Comments on: Twitter Gun http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: lectroid http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1125632 lectroid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125632 You know, the Archie McFee catalog sells a similar item, but instead of a bird, it's a big flag that says 'bang' on it. Much easier to read from across the room. You know, the Archie McFee catalog sells a similar item, but instead of a bird, it’s a big flag that says ‘bang’ on it.

Much easier to read from across the room.

]]> By: jenjen http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1125636 jenjen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125636 Those are fantastic - the sheer ingenuity and precision to get those tiny birds to work is just amazing. Those are fantastic – the sheer ingenuity and precision to get those tiny birds to work is just amazing.

]]> By: GuyInMilwaukee http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1125639 GuyInMilwaukee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125639 Those so need to be added to every tactical nuclear device the US builds from now on. Those so need to be added to every tactical nuclear device the US builds from now on.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1125642 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125642 Pity the poor bastard who gets caught in a duel with one of these. Pity the poor bastard who gets caught in a duel with one of these.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1125670 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125670 According to Christie's results page, they sold for slightly more than $5.8 million. http://www.christies.com/about/press-center/releases/pressrelease.aspx?pressreleaseid=4816 According to Christie’s results page, they sold for slightly more than $5.8 million.

http://www.christies.com/about/press-center/releases/pressrelease.aspx?pressreleaseid=4816

]]> By: kmoser http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1125930 kmoser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125930 "Rich" meaning above what level of income? Just above yours, I'll bet. “Rich” meaning above what level of income? Just above yours, I’ll bet.

]]> By: yoshiboshi http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1125677 yoshiboshi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125677 Very cool! Even more amazing is that it works well, even until today. I wonder, who was the previous owner? Very cool! Even more amazing is that it works well, even until today. I wonder, who was the previous owner?

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1126450 Mister44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126450 Sure - cave men made are for arts sake. But 'professional' painters who made a living at it required patrons who could afford to keep them clothed and fed. And once the art was made, you needed people able to keep the art nice and passed down through generations. I imagine there were still some amateur artists, but their works were less likely to survive if they weren't in a church, palace, or mansion. This is less of an issue in the last couple hundred years, and less popular artists of the time are more likely to have surivied. Folk art is both popular and important, but the equivalent of 'folk art' from the renaissance is nearly non-existent (I could be mistaken on that, but I can't ever recall anything about it in my art history classes.) Ancient art has examples of 'folk art', in he forms of pottery etc, but things like Greek mosaics, Aztec jade masks, and Egyptian sculpture required skilled artists under the employ of the rich or the rulers. But yes - these pistols are nice. People don't think of guns being super old, but I have seen amazing works by Beretta (the company is still in business today, who make the M-9 for the military and the 92F that a lot of police use, and are known for their shot guns). They are works of art with gold and ivory inlay and around 500 years old. Sure – cave men made are for arts sake. But ‘professional’ painters who made a living at it required patrons who could afford to keep them clothed and fed. And once the art was made, you needed people able to keep the art nice and passed down through generations. I imagine there were still some amateur artists, but their works were less likely to survive if they weren’t in a church, palace, or mansion.

This is less of an issue in the last couple hundred years, and less popular artists of the time are more likely to have surivied. Folk art is both popular and important, but the equivalent of ‘folk art’ from the renaissance is nearly non-existent (I could be mistaken on that, but I can’t ever recall anything about it in my art history classes.) Ancient art has examples of ‘folk art’, in he forms of pottery etc, but things like Greek mosaics, Aztec jade masks, and Egyptian sculpture required skilled artists under the employ of the rich or the rulers.

But yes – these pistols are nice. People don’t think of guns being super old, but I have seen amazing works by Beretta (the company is still in business today, who make the M-9 for the military and the 92F that a lot of police use, and are known for their shot guns). They are works of art with gold and ivory inlay and around 500 years old.

]]> By: slgalt http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1125694 slgalt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125694 Put a bird on it! Put a bird on it!

]]> By: AirPillo http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1125697 AirPillo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125697 At first I thought it was a working gun that just happened to have a pretty singing bird inside, which would be fairly dark humor. Instead it looks like it's a novelty gun that only "fires" singing birds, though. At first I thought it was a working gun that just happened to have a pretty singing bird inside, which would be fairly dark humor.

Instead it looks like it’s a novelty gun that only “fires” singing birds, though.

]]> By: Pea Hix http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1125703 Pea Hix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125703 Price realized yesterday: $5,866,499 Price realized yesterday: $5,866,499

]]> By: Nicky G http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1126217 Nicky G Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126217 Put a bird on it INDEED! :-D hahahahah! LOL Portlandia is soooo funny, thanks for the larf. Put a bird on it INDEED! :-D hahahahah! LOL Portlandia is soooo funny, thanks for the larf.

]]> By: Nicky G http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1126219 Nicky G Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126219 God DAMN those rich people. Who, uh, pretty much have donated most of the artwork on display at all major museums that I've certainly ever been to. Yes, damn them to HELL. I'd rather not have ever seen any masterworks at all in my entire life, for having known that they were once/currently owned by RICH people. The BASTARDS. Letting me go to their "museums" for the "public" (often for free) so I could observe beautiful things up close and personal, that otherwise I would never, ever get to see in person. My life is much the worse for them, I say! God DAMN those rich people.

Who, uh, pretty much have donated most of the artwork on display at all major museums that I’ve certainly ever been to.

Yes, damn them to HELL. I’d rather not have ever seen any masterworks at all in my entire life, for having known that they were once/currently owned by RICH people. The BASTARDS.

Letting me go to their “museums” for the “public” (often for free) so I could observe beautiful things up close and personal, that otherwise I would never, ever get to see in person. My life is much the worse for them, I say!

]]> By: FreakCitySF http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1125712 FreakCitySF Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125712 I sooo want! In the age of mass production this stuff just appeals to me more and more. I would love to even just have the 3d files, maybe make a replica someday. I sooo want! In the age of mass production this stuff just appeals to me more and more. I would love to even just have the 3d files, maybe make a replica someday.

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1125713 Mister44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125713 "I shall have sattisfaction, sir, for your tresspasses against my honor. 10 paces, turn, and fire." 1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9..10 - TURN! *BLAM* *Tweeet tweet tweeddle dee deeet dett...* "Damnit, Jeeves, you gave me the wrong pistol. I said the one on the night stand by the kangaroo." “I shall have sattisfaction, sir, for your tresspasses against my honor. 10 paces, turn, and fire.”

1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9..10 – TURN!

*BLAM*

*Tweeet tweet tweeddle dee deeet dett…*

“Damnit, Jeeves, you gave me the wrong pistol. I said the one on the night stand by the kangaroo.”

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1126229 Mister44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126229 I should point out my posts were all sarcasm I was exhibiting the same attitude some people had towards an photo that sold for millions. It was borderline trolling - but maybe it proved a point. I have nothing against the rich, and with out them most of the master works of the last 500 years ago would neither have been created or survived. I should point out my posts were all sarcasm I was exhibiting the same attitude some people had towards an photo that sold for millions.

It was borderline trolling – but maybe it proved a point.

I have nothing against the rich, and with out them most of the master works of the last 500 years ago would neither have been created or survived.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1125738 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125738 <i>Price realized yesterday: $5,866,499</i> Sir, at Christie's, these fine items do not "realize" their price. They "fetch" it. Price realized yesterday: $5,866,499

Sir, at Christie’s, these fine items do not “realize” their price. They “fetch” it.

]]> By: Stonewalker http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1125749 Stonewalker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125749 My jaw don't often literally drop. When that little bird popped up I sat with an open mouth for about a minute. Wow! My jaw don’t often literally drop. When that little bird popped up I sat with an open mouth for about a minute. Wow!

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1125757 Mister44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125757 Great - another rich asshole art collector. Gee - we need more of them. Maybe he can stop by a soup kitchen and just show them off. You know, let the little people enjoy them a bit. Great – another rich asshole art collector. Gee – we need more of them. Maybe he can stop by a soup kitchen and just show them off. You know, let the little people enjoy them a bit.

]]> By: tylerkaraszewski http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1125762 tylerkaraszewski Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125762 Awesome, it's a steampunk-esque object that actually works! Awesome, it’s a steampunk-esque object that actually works!

]]> By: MarkM http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1126023 MarkM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126023 Thank god for rich a-holes of the early 19th century. They fvck up 98% of the people whom they rule/employ/own. But, hey, if they happen to commission a brace of "bird pistols" and they forget to specify that same be buried with them upon death, it's all good. You go, rich a-holes of the early 19th century! Thank god for rich a-holes of the early 19th century.
They fvck up 98% of the people whom they rule/employ/own.
But, hey, if they happen to commission a brace of
“bird pistols” and they forget to specify that
same be buried with them upon death, it’s all good.
You go, rich a-holes of the early 19th century!

]]> By: JimEJim http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1126291 JimEJim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126291 This is a fallacy. Plenty of people still make art even without the financial incentive of rich people. Hell, it's arguable some of the better art was made separate from that popular establishment. Regardless, let's ignore all that and just focus on how incredibly awesome this piece of engineering is no matter how it came to be. This is a fallacy. Plenty of people still make art even without the financial incentive of rich people. Hell, it’s arguable some of the better art was made separate from that popular establishment.

Regardless, let’s ignore all that and just focus on how incredibly awesome this piece of engineering is no matter how it came to be.

]]> By: nate_freewheel http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1126292 nate_freewheel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126292 Do you really have the audacity to demand masterpieces more beautiful than a sunset, a wildflower, and an ocean? Do you really have the audacity to demand masterpieces more beautiful than a sunset, a wildflower, and an ocean?

]]> By: sapere_aude http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1125788 sapere_aude Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125788 This may actually be the coolest thing I've seen in my entire life. If not, it certainly has to make the top 10 list. This may actually be the coolest thing I’ve seen in my entire life. If not, it certainly has to make the top 10 list.

]]> By: Katie M. http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1126055 Katie M. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126055 "We should burn all the rich people or eat them, and smash the machines they hold so dear." Great! You can start with your computer! “We should burn all the rich people or eat them, and smash the machines they hold so dear.”

Great! You can start with your computer!

]]> By: General Specific http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1126079 General Specific Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126079 These are wonderful, and I hope the new owner decides to share them with the rest of us (preferably in a museum near me). These are wonderful, and I hope the new owner decides to share them with the rest of us (preferably in a museum near me).

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1126342 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126342 It is an interesting development in English that Greek/Latin based words which are originally plurals are being interpreted as singular: <i>a visa</i>, <i>an automata</i>. I wonder how long it will take for <i>a musea</i>, <i>a cacti</i> and <i>a discussion fora</i> to take hold. It is an interesting development in English that Greek/Latin based words which are originally plurals are being interpreted as singular: a visa, an automata. I wonder how long it will take for a musea, a cacti and a discussion fora to take hold.

]]> By: MrWednesday http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1125835 MrWednesday Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125835 Enter The Curmugeon. Enter The Curmugeon.

]]> By: LeFunk http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1126603 LeFunk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126603 When you absolutely, positively, got to kill every motherfucker in the room. When you absolutely, positively, got to kill every motherfucker in the room.

]]> By: bfarn http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/twitter-gun.html#comment-1125839 bfarn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125839 Actually, it's a little known fact that Christies donates 100% of all sales directly to soup kitchens. Actually, it’s a little known fact that Christies donates 100% of all sales directly to soup kitchens.

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