Comments on: Attention people born in the 1990s: please do not have sex in Chinese gondola http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 16:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html#comment-1416375 Lobster Mon, 07 May 2012 13:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158062#comment-1416375  Palindrome, but it's not that either.   Palindrome, but it’s not that either. 

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html#comment-1412372 niktemadur Wed, 02 May 2012 23:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158062#comment-1412372 <i>Is that a pun?</i> No, not a pun... what's that thing that spells the same backwards and forwards? Is that a pun?

No, not a pun… what’s that thing that spells the same backwards and forwards?

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html#comment-1412362 niktemadur Wed, 02 May 2012 23:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158062#comment-1412362 There is or was a large framed picture of hard-drinkin' Leslie Nielsen in his <i>wilderness years</i> (pre-"Airplane!") in the departure lounge, which I found a bit bizarre and not as funny as the original "Naked Gun", but waaay funnier than "33 1/3:  The Final Insult". There is or was a large framed picture of hard-drinkin’ Leslie Nielsen in his wilderness years (pre-”Airplane!”) in the departure lounge, which I found a bit bizarre and not as funny as the original “Naked Gun”, but waaay funnier than “33 1/3:  The Final Insult”.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html#comment-1412356 niktemadur Wed, 02 May 2012 23:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158062#comment-1412356 Wait, it's confusing... since the nineties <i>per se</i> began on January 1, 1991, do people born in 1990 count?  If they don't, then people born in 2000 surely DO count, as the "noughties" didn't begin until (you guessed it) January 1, 2o01. It shouldn't be a problem now, but just wait a few years, when the hormones start a-flowing! Wait, it’s confusing… since the nineties per se began on January 1, 1991, do people born in 1990 count?  If they don’t, then people born in 2000 surely DO count, as the “noughties” didn’t begin until (you guessed it) January 1, 2o01.

It shouldn’t be a problem now, but just wait a few years, when the hormones start a-flowing!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html#comment-1412247 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 02 May 2012 21:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158062#comment-1412247 The first time I rode that thing, they were playing Cher's greatest hits all the way up. It was very weird. The first time I rode that thing, they were playing Cher’s greatest hits all the way up. It was very weird.

]]> By: Wingnut http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html#comment-1412218 Wingnut Wed, 02 May 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158062#comment-1412218 Here is the whole sign Here is the whole sign

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html#comment-1412162 SomeGuyNamedMark Wed, 02 May 2012 20:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158062#comment-1412162  If this gondola is a rock'n...  If this gondola is a rock’n…

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html#comment-1412163 Nash Rambler Wed, 02 May 2012 20:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158062#comment-1412163 Fondola? Fondola?

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html#comment-1412161 SomeGuyNamedMark Wed, 02 May 2012 20:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158062#comment-1412161 So are other positions allowed? So are other positions allowed?

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html#comment-1412132 Lobster Wed, 02 May 2012 20:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158062#comment-1412132  Is that what they're calling it these days?  Is that what they’re calling it these days?

]]> By: dragonfrog http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html#comment-1412115 dragonfrog Wed, 02 May 2012 20:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158062#comment-1412115 Indeed - you're in a gondola, enjoy the ride.  Critique of Pure Reason can wait. Indeed – you’re in a gondola, enjoy the ride.  Critique of Pure Reason can wait.

]]> By: eselqueso http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html#comment-1412053 eselqueso Wed, 02 May 2012 19:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158062#comment-1412053 But... everyone wants to join the 100 M high club! But… everyone wants to join the 100 M high club!

]]> By: homer2324 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html#comment-1412047 homer2324 Wed, 02 May 2012 19:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158062#comment-1412047 The sign reads "There are risks in high places,Love Love be careful" The first sentence is self-explanatory.The second sentence's meaning:  "Love Love" - referring to intercourse, or simply sexual activities in general  "be careful" - probably intended means "think twice"Therefore, the sign can be interpreted as "There are risks high up in the air, think twice before you act sexually."However, it can also be interpreted as 'There are risks high up in the air, be careful when you act sexually.' The sign reads
“There are risks in high places,Love Love be careful”

The first sentence is self-explanatory.The second sentence’s meaning: 

“Love Love” – referring to intercourse, or simply sexual activities in general 
“be careful” – probably intended means “think twice”Therefore, the sign can be interpreted as “There are risks high up in the air, think twice before you act sexually.”However, it can also be interpreted as ‘There are risks high up in the air, be careful when you act sexually.’

]]> By: ChicagoD http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html#comment-1412024 ChicagoD Wed, 02 May 2012 19:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158062#comment-1412024 Wait, those kids were totally not doing what the sign showed. They were doing more of a face to face, not cowgirl. WTF, China? WTF? Oh wait. Is that a pun? Wait, those kids were totally not doing what the sign showed. They were doing more of a face to face, not cowgirl. WTF, China? WTF? Oh wait. Is that a pun?

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html#comment-1412008 Felton / Moderator Wed, 02 May 2012 18:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158062#comment-1412008 I would have assumed the image on that sign meant "no CPR allowed." I would have assumed the image on that sign meant “no CPR allowed.”

]]> By: bo_burger http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html#comment-1412009 bo_burger Wed, 02 May 2012 18:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158062#comment-1412009 This gives me an idea for my next trip to Palm Springs.   This gives me an idea for my next trip to Palm Springs.  

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html#comment-1411971 SamSam Wed, 02 May 2012 18:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158062#comment-1411971 Oh man, people born in the '90s are allowed to have sex now? Oh man, people born in the ’90s are allowed to have sex now?

]]> By: Teirhan http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html#comment-1411958 Teirhan Wed, 02 May 2012 18:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158062#comment-1411958 Well, there go my summer plans. wait, i was born in the eighties! yess Well, there go my summer plans.

wait, i was born in the eighties!

yess

]]> By: tylerdurden http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html#comment-1411945 tylerdurden Wed, 02 May 2012 18:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158062#comment-1411945 Phew, I'm safe. Phew, I’m safe.

]]> By: gregbaker http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/attention-people-born-in-the-1.html#comment-1411909 gregbaker Wed, 02 May 2012 18:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158062#comment-1411909 I have been told that the (mainland) Chinese refer to the "after 90s" generation almost like North Americans say "millennials". Roughly, those are the ones who have grown up with  influence from the outside world and have a more global perspective: they are very different from their parents. So the closest culturally-aware translation is probably something like "keep your pants on, hippies". Edit: I can't find much (English) reference to that cultural divide, but this mentions it, at least: http://articles.cnn.com/2010-07-18/tech/china.post90s.generation_1_internet-analyst-wild-card-generation-tencent?_s=PM:TECH I have been told that the (mainland) Chinese refer to the “after 90s” generation almost like North Americans say “millennials”. Roughly, those are the ones who have grown up with  influence from the outside world and have a more global perspective: they are very different from their parents.

So the closest culturally-aware translation is probably something like “keep your pants on, hippies”.

Edit: I can’t find much (English) reference to that cultural divide, but this mentions it, at least: http://articles.cnn.com/2010-07-18/tech/china.post90s.generation_1_internet-analyst-wild-card-generation-tencent?_s=PM:TECH

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