Comments on: George Will on Vibrators http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 07:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1048845 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048845 Funnily enough, waking up to 200 e-mails about a spam comment wasn't that helpful. I go through all the comments anyway. Funnily enough, waking up to 200 e-mails about a spam comment wasn’t that helpful. I go through all the comments anyway.

]]> By: Kai Pak http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1048594 Kai Pak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048594 Pretty much par for the course for someone who is completely out of touch with the zeitgeist at large. Pretty much par for the course for someone who is completely out of touch with the zeitgeist at large.

]]> By: Kai Pak http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1048608 Kai Pak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048608 Saying that we should refer to only the most strict definitions of words and not include context on other possible meanings is absurdly pedantic. Of course anyone with at least a bit of common sense knows what else vibrator means and wouldn't use it in a serious setting let alone a circulated publication unless they were actually talking about a device used for sexual gratification. And of course any reasonable person would think it's a bit queer that George Will could be so clueless to its typical modern usage. Probably not a big deal per se, as you argue; but certainly titter worthy ;). Saying that we should refer to only the most strict definitions of words and not include context on other possible meanings is absurdly pedantic. Of course anyone with at least a bit of common sense knows what else vibrator means and wouldn’t use it in a serious setting let alone a circulated publication unless they were actually talking about a device used for sexual gratification. And of course any reasonable person would think it’s a bit queer that George Will could be so clueless to its typical modern usage.

Probably not a big deal per se, as you argue; but certainly titter worthy ;).

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1048869 SamSam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048869 That's a good point. Than again, whoever designed the Report Abuse button to send you more than one email per individual post (I'm looking at you Rob...) deserves... well I don't know... spam? It seems as if there are other solutions rather than you getting 200 emails. But if you go through all the comments anyway, then I guess it's not actually an issue. That’s a good point. Than again, whoever designed the Report Abuse button to send you more than one email per individual post (I’m looking at you Rob…) deserves… well I don’t know… spam?

It seems as if there are other solutions rather than you getting 200 emails. But if you go through all the comments anyway, then I guess it’s not actually an issue.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1048875 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048875 I can't wait until he uses a 'figure of <i>light</i> in a world of <i>flesh</i>' metaphor for Glenn Beck. I can’t wait until he uses a ‘figure of light in a world of flesh‘ metaphor for Glenn Beck.

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1048630 SamSam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048630 Yeah, what did happen to that? Ads frequently stay around for a while these days. Not that the mods aren't doing their job, but you'd think they'd like the crowdsourcing. Yeah, what did happen to that? Ads frequently stay around for a while these days. Not that the mods aren’t doing their job, but you’d think they’d like the crowdsourcing.

]]> By: Hugh http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1048661 Hugh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048661 So is the implication that George Will was dog whistling that Huckabaee is a dildo? Or not? Who is George Will? And how long do I have to watch before his eyebrows stop doing that? So is the implication that George Will was dog whistling that Huckabaee is a dildo? Or not? Who is George Will?

And how long do I have to watch before his eyebrows stop doing that?

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1051487 Rob Beschizza Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1051487 All will be <a href="http://www.disqus.com/">fixed</a> soon. All will be fixed soon.

]]> By: Mark Crummett http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1049479 Mark Crummett Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1049479 Man, that GIF is creepy on so many levels. Man, that GIF is creepy on so many levels.

]]> By: Rotwang http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1048460 Rotwang Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048460 Nice gif! Nice gif!

]]> By: scifijazznik http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1048721 scifijazznik Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048721 I'll be over here, waiting for George to use "vibrator" and "Santorum" in a sentence together.... I’ll be over here, waiting for George to use “vibrator” and “Santorum” in a sentence together….

]]> By: bjacques http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1048469 bjacques Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048469 Huckabee reminds of Kevin Spacey in "Se7en." Oh, and Vibrostation ad! ------------------------------------> Huckabee reminds of Kevin Spacey in “Se7en.”

Oh, and Vibrostation ad! ————————————>

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1048483 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048483 Are Mormons as scary as Kenyans or something? For the last 3 election cycles, Romney has come off as the least nutty and best-spoken candidate, so how come he can't win at least his party's nomination (somewhere other than Utah, I mean) This Canuck is puzzled, but then again I also can't figure out why our current PM really wants to make us all American serfs either. (Unless there's an election, where he keeps harping on the fact that his opponent is a 'closet American' --- sigh, politics.) Are Mormons as scary as Kenyans or something? For the last 3 election cycles, Romney has come off as the least nutty and best-spoken candidate, so how come he can’t win at least his party’s nomination (somewhere other than Utah, I mean)

This Canuck is puzzled, but then again I also can’t figure out why our current PM really wants to make us all American serfs either. (Unless there’s an election, where he keeps harping on the fact that his opponent is a ‘closet American’ — sigh, politics.)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1050025 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1050025 Have you ever noticed how Mike Huckabee resembles the character "Ben Harper" on the Brit sitcom "My Family"? Have you ever noticed how Mike Huckabee resembles the character “Ben Harper” on the Brit sitcom “My Family”?

]]> By: JonStewartMill http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1048496 JonStewartMill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048496 What happened to the 'report abuse' button? What happened to the ‘report abuse’ button?

]]> By: endymion http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1048510 endymion Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048510 I guess the word is being used with a tin ear, but a vibrator is something that vibrates. I don't see why you (and Rachel Maddow, love her though I do) are making a big deal of this. I guess the word is being used with a tin ear, but a vibrator is something that vibrates. I don’t see why you (and Rachel Maddow, love her though I do) are making a big deal of this.

]]> By: emmdeeaych http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1048511 emmdeeaych Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048511 An unidentified Senator has put a hold on it? An unidentified Senator has put a hold on it?

]]> By: jjsaul http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1048514 jjsaul Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048514 On the merits, I hate to admit that smug prick actually stepped up and called out the race-baiting whisper campaign of his fellows. It certainly doesn't make up for a career of projecting the aloof superiority of a man wrong on every major issue, but for once he stumbled across a worthy stand. On the merits, I hate to admit that smug prick actually stepped up and called out the race-baiting whisper campaign of his fellows. It certainly doesn’t make up for a career of projecting the aloof superiority of a man wrong on every major issue, but for once he stumbled across a worthy stand.

]]> By: mbatey http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1048519 mbatey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048519 This is a real collector's item, in that very, very few posts on BoingBoing are a complete waste of time. This is a real collector’s item, in that very, very few posts on BoingBoing are a complete waste of time.

]]> By: S2 http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1048550 S2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048550 I think George was just trying to be polite (or following someone's editorial policy), substituting "vibrator" for "dildo" in describing the Huckster. I think George was just trying to be polite (or following someone’s editorial policy), substituting “vibrator” for “dildo” in describing the Huckster.

]]> By: Angryjim http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1048552 Angryjim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048552 lower those eyebrows! And the other one! lower those eyebrows!
And the other one!

]]> By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/george-will-on-vibra.html#comment-1048565 IronEdithKidd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048565 EEEWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!11!!1!!!1! EEEWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!11!!1!!!1!

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