Comments on: Brain Rot: I Am The 99% http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 13:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: strangefriend http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1284054 strangefriend Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1284054 Ammonium alum or potassium alum is what gives me the rash. Ammonium alum or potassium alum is what gives me the rash.

]]> By: A Nonny Moose http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1283481 A Nonny Moose Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1283481 Try a deodorant "rock", it's a crystal-based natural deodorant (Usually ammonium alum or potassium alum, the potassium alum ones seem more effective to me) that works by inhibiting the growth of bacteria that generate odor. I've been using it for years, and while I'm not sensitive to regular deodorants, I've never had any reaction to it. Bonus points for not having any scent of its own to clash with the cologne/perfume of your choice. Try a deodorant “rock”, it’s a crystal-based natural deodorant (Usually ammonium alum or potassium alum, the potassium alum ones seem more effective to me) that works by inhibiting the growth of bacteria that generate odor. I’ve been using it for years, and while I’m not sensitive to regular deodorants, I’ve never had any reaction to it. Bonus points for not having any scent of its own to clash with the cologne/perfume of your choice.

]]> By: chris coreline http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1283265 chris coreline Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1283265 Its far too early in my morning for satire, respectable journalists should know better. cancel my subscription! Its far too early in my morning for satire, respectable journalists should know better.

cancel my subscription!

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1283045 ocker3 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1283045 The old British Empire knew how it was done, divide and conquer, use one class/tribe to rule over another, that way you weren't always directly involved in what happened, and could replace people who got out of line, or were seen to. The old British Empire knew how it was done, divide and conquer, use one class/tribe to rule over another, that way you weren’t always directly involved in what happened, and could replace people who got out of line, or were seen to.

]]> By: strangefriend http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1282958 strangefriend Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1282958 I wash every day, but don't wear deodorant because it always gives me a rash that causes the skin of my armpits to slough off.  Sorry. I wash every day, but don’t wear deodorant because it always gives me a rash that causes the skin of my armpits to slough off.  Sorry.

]]> By: gothicgeek http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1282952 gothicgeek Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1282952 par·a·ble    [par-uh-buhl] Show IPA noun 1. a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson. 2. a statement or comment that conveys a meaning indirectly by the use of comparison, analogy, or the like. par·a·ble
   [par-uh-buhl] Show IPA
noun
1.
a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
2.
a statement or comment that conveys a meaning indirectly by the use of comparison, analogy, or the like.

]]> By: riorico http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1282949 riorico Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1282949  We don't stand together. We won't ever stand together. We won't even watch TV together. We'll gather in small clumps, more-or-less smelly, and yell at each other, with occasional mayhem. This is how we naked apes behave: against our own interests.  We don’t stand together. We won’t ever stand together. We won’t even watch TV together. We’ll gather in small clumps, more-or-less smelly, and yell at each other, with occasional mayhem. This is how we naked apes behave: against our own interests.

]]> By: devon charnley http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1282944 devon charnley Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1282944 Thud Thud

]]> By: John Stephens http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1282807 John Stephens Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1282807 If we're all going to stand together, then some of you need to wash more often.  I'm just saying, is all. If we’re all going to stand together, then some of you need to wash more often.  I’m just saying, is all.

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1282792 Teller Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1282792 He's seasoned! He’s seasoned!

]]> By: Cenny http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1282727 Cenny Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1282727 Earth: You don't have to be crazy to live here, but it sure helps. Earth: You don’t have to be crazy to live here, but it sure helps.

]]> By: Another Kevin http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1282711 Another Kevin Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1282711 And as I read it, it just seemed that the old man was a private security guard. A lot of those guys do make peanuts. And what regular police force keeps officers on after retirement age? And as I read it, it just seemed that the old man was a private security guard. A lot of those guys do make peanuts. And what regular police force keeps officers on after retirement age?

]]> By: dnietz http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1282677 dnietz Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1282677 Not at all, many cops grip that end so that the right angled handle becomes an acute weapon like a hammer head. It is quite effective and painful. Not at all, many cops grip that end so that the right angled handle becomes an acute weapon like a hammer head. It is quite effective and painful.

]]> By: ferd http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1282676 ferd Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1282676 Likely 85 line halftone screening used for printing CMYK on newsprint.  Nice, grainy look. Likely 85 line halftone screening used for printing CMYK on newsprint.  Nice, grainy look.

]]> By: Jeffrey Dailey http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1282674 Jeffrey Dailey Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1282674 Vimes had never got on with any game much more complex than darts. Chess in particular had always annoyed him. It was the dumb way the pawns went off and slaughtered their fellow pawns while the kings lounged about doing nothing that always got to him; if only the pawns united, maybe talked the rooks round, the whole board could've been a republic in a dozen moves. Vimes had never got on with any game much more complex than darts. Chess in particular had always annoyed him. It was the dumb way the pawns went off and slaughtered their fellow pawns while the kings lounged about doing nothing that always got to him; if only the pawns united, maybe talked the rooks round, the whole board could’ve been a republic in a dozen moves.

]]> By: joeposts http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1282663 joeposts Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1282663 I love the artwork in these comics. Good old stippling. I love the artwork in these comics. Good old stippling.

]]> By: Mitchell Glaser http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1282658 Mitchell Glaser Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1282658 I think he gives them too much credit, Mark, it's not just misguided self-interest. It seems to me that you need to be at least a little sociopathic to take a job with even the possibility of beating or killing other people. Arthur C. Clarke wrote a novel where sometime in the future the president was chosen by a computer program based on a strict set of rules, the first of which was that the candidate must never have shown any desire to be in politics. That should go double for police and the military: anyone who wants the job is immediately suspect. I think he gives them too much credit, Mark, it’s not just misguided self-interest. It seems to me that you need to be at least a little sociopathic to take a job with even the possibility of beating or killing other people. Arthur C. Clarke wrote a novel where sometime in the future the president was chosen by a computer program based on a strict set of rules, the first of which was that the candidate must never have shown any desire to be in politics. That should go double for police and the military: anyone who wants the job is immediately suspect.

]]> By: querent http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1282653 querent Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1282653 UCPD makes +100k, apparently, and I don't think many cops are below the poverty line.  99% for sure, but not so poor as to be deterred from a doctors visit by the copay. As someone solidly below the poverty line, I thought it was a point worth making. "There's a lot of money in poverty." UCPD makes +100k, apparently, and I don’t think many cops are below the poverty line.  99% for sure, but not so poor as to be deterred from a doctors visit by the copay.

As someone solidly below the poverty line, I thought it was a point worth making.

“There’s a lot of money in poverty.”

]]> By: Mark_Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1282643 Mark_Frauenfelder Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1282643 The back cover of Charles Burns' Big Baby One-Shot explains 90% of what you need to know about the police: http://d.pr/By5C The back cover of Charles Burns’ Big Baby One-Shot explains 90% of what you need to know about the police: http://d.pr/By5C

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1282614 Teller Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1282614 He's using the wrong end of the club but he's so old, he forgot. He’s using the wrong end of the club but he’s so old, he forgot.

]]> By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1282608 millie fink Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1282608 Great work, especially the payoff at the end. Didn't see that coming. Great work, especially the payoff at the end. Didn’t see that coming.

]]> By: unit_1421 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/brain-rot-i-am-the-99.html#comment-1282607 unit_1421 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131990#comment-1282607 The rich have always used one half of the poor to kill the other half, and it won't stop until we all stand together. The rich have always used one half of the poor to kill the other half, and it won’t stop until we all stand together.

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