Comments on: Steampunk's guide to sex http://boingboing.net/2012/09/09/steampunks-guide-to-sex.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Karl Williams http://boingboing.net/2012/09/09/steampunks-guide-to-sex.html#comment-1529574 Karl Williams Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180084#comment-1529574 This sounds promising; the creators have a good reputation for turning out excellent content. I've just backed enough to get a print copy. This sounds promising; the creators have a good reputation for turning out excellent content. I’ve just backed enough to get a print copy.

]]> By: Øyvind http://boingboing.net/2012/09/09/steampunks-guide-to-sex.html#comment-1528794 Øyvind Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180084#comment-1528794 Someone named Killjoy wants me to learn about Victorian age sexuality? As told by Alan Moore? Absolutely nothing about that sounds enticing...and yet...I'm intrigued. Someone named Killjoy wants me to learn about Victorian age sexuality? As told by Alan Moore? Absolutely nothing about that sounds enticing…and yet…I’m intrigued.

]]> By: Beanolini http://boingboing.net/2012/09/09/steampunks-guide-to-sex.html#comment-1528678 Beanolini Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180084#comment-1528678 From <a href="http://www.harmonieii.co.uk/caving/they%20words/engineer.html" rel="nofollow">The Engineer's Song</a>? From The Engineer’s Song?

]]> By: jackbird http://boingboing.net/2012/09/09/steampunks-guide-to-sex.html#comment-1528554 jackbird Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180084#comment-1528554 Dirt on your rug is a terrible thing it's a transformation with an urge to clean... Dirt on your rug is a terrible thing
it’s a transformation with an urge to clean…

]]> By: soap http://boingboing.net/2012/09/09/steampunks-guide-to-sex.html#comment-1528551 soap Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180084#comment-1528551 I want your skull... cleaned. I want your skull… cleaned.

]]> By: Kirill Lepetinskiy http://boingboing.net/2012/09/09/steampunks-guide-to-sex.html#comment-1528546 Kirill Lepetinskiy Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180084#comment-1528546 This has never been more relevant This has never been more relevant

]]> By: Jake von Slatt http://boingboing.net/2012/09/09/steampunks-guide-to-sex.html#comment-1528539 Jake von Slatt Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180084#comment-1528539 So, this is real. Magpie (aka Margaret Killjoy) is one of the finest human beings I know, and I am totes backing this kickstarter. So, this is real. Magpie (aka Margaret Killjoy) is one of the finest human beings I know, and I am totes backing this kickstarter.

]]> By: Pedantic Douchebag http://boingboing.net/2012/09/09/steampunks-guide-to-sex.html#comment-1528524 Pedantic Douchebag Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180084#comment-1528524 I was wondering the same thing. Was this person arrested <i>specifically</i> for blogging? Or did they blog about being arrested for shoplifting a steam cleaner whilst listening to the Misfits? SO many questions... I was wondering the same thing. Was this person arrested specifically for blogging? Or did they blog about being arrested for shoplifting a steam cleaner whilst listening to the Misfits? SO many questions…

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/09/09/steampunks-guide-to-sex.html#comment-1528505 Brainspore Sun, 09 Sep 2012 22:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180084#comment-1528505 <blockquote>…Professor Calamity, the US's only arrested blogger.</blockquote>Is that true? I'd be (pleasantly) surprised to learn that <em>no one</em> else in the country has yet to be arrested for anything they ever posted on a blog.

…Professor Calamity, the US’s only arrested blogger.

Is that true? I’d be (pleasantly) surprised to learn that no one else in the country has yet to be arrested for anything they ever posted on a blog.

]]> By: Robert Cruickshank http://boingboing.net/2012/09/09/steampunks-guide-to-sex.html#comment-1528447 Robert Cruickshank Sun, 09 Sep 2012 20:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180084#comment-1528447  Thanks! Now I'm wondering where I got that idea.   Thanks! Now I’m wondering where I got that idea. 

]]> By: soap http://boingboing.net/2012/09/09/steampunks-guide-to-sex.html#comment-1528421 soap Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180084#comment-1528421 I didn't think so, but I had to check: http://books.google.com/books?id=qcTZ1ZCT-S8C&lpg=PA77&ots=xVQcKXT1ik&dq=Steely%20Dan%20Naked%20Lunch&pg=PA77#v=onepage&q=Steely%20Dan&f=false I didn’t think so, but I had to check:

http://books.google.com/books?id=qcTZ1ZCT-S8C&lpg=PA77&ots=xVQcKXT1ik&dq=Steely%20Dan%20Naked%20Lunch&pg=PA77#v=onepage&q=Steely%20Dan&f=false

]]> By: Joseph Francis http://boingboing.net/2012/09/09/steampunks-guide-to-sex.html#comment-1528417 Joseph Francis Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180084#comment-1528417  Steams there a punk with soul so dead who never to itself hath said...?  Steams there a punk with soul so dead who never to itself hath said…?

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2012/09/09/steampunks-guide-to-sex.html#comment-1528413 bcsizemo Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180084#comment-1528413 Gotta do something to keep your brass dildo from tarnishing. Just imagine: riveted for her pleasure. Gotta do something to keep your brass dildo from tarnishing.

Just imagine: riveted for her pleasure.

]]> By: Mike Norman http://boingboing.net/2012/09/09/steampunks-guide-to-sex.html#comment-1528404 Mike Norman Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180084#comment-1528404 Steampunk is so dead that even ironic self-aware affected Steampunk commentary is dead. Steampunk is so dead that even ironic self-aware affected Steampunk commentary is dead.

]]> By: Robert Cruickshank http://boingboing.net/2012/09/09/steampunks-guide-to-sex.html#comment-1528403 Robert Cruickshank Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180084#comment-1528403  It's been a while since I've read Naked Lunch, but I seem to remember that Steely Dan was also steam powered.  It’s been a while since I’ve read Naked Lunch, but I seem to remember that Steely Dan was also steam powered.

]]> By: theophrastvs http://boingboing.net/2012/09/09/steampunks-guide-to-sex.html#comment-1528389 theophrastvs Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180084#comment-1528389 The Guardian had a recent article http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/sep/07/how-the-vibrator-caused-buzz on the history of the vibrator which included reference to a steam-powered model: "a steam-powered "Manipulator" had been invented, consisting of a table with a cut-out area for the patient's pelvis, to which a vibrating sphere was then applied."  ...sorta re-conjures the sweaty stoking boys in the boiler room, don't it? ("Ach! She canna take much more of this Captain!" [meters and dials inch toward red-line]) The Guardian had a recent article http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/sep/07/how-the-vibrator-caused-buzz on the history of the vibrator which included reference to a steam-powered model: “a steam-powered “Manipulator” had been invented, consisting of a table with a cut-out area for the patient’s pelvis, to which a vibrating sphere was then applied.”  …sorta re-conjures the sweaty stoking boys in the boiler room, don’t it? (“Ach! She canna take much more of this Captain!” [meters and dials inch toward red-line])

]]> By: Robert Cruickshank http://boingboing.net/2012/09/09/steampunks-guide-to-sex.html#comment-1528386 Robert Cruickshank Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180084#comment-1528386 Or:  Can I Do it Till I Need Goggles? Or:  Can I Do it Till I Need Goggles?

]]> By: Joseph Francis http://boingboing.net/2012/09/09/steampunks-guide-to-sex.html#comment-1528378 Joseph Francis Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180084#comment-1528378 I hope Lady Clankington is in there somewhere I hope Lady Clankington is in there somewhere

]]> By: An Infinitude of Tortoises http://boingboing.net/2012/09/09/steampunks-guide-to-sex.html#comment-1528354 An Infinitude of Tortoises Sun, 09 Sep 2012 17:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180084#comment-1528354 Steampunks Do It With 3-in-1 Oil! Steampunks Do It With 3-in-1 Oil!

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