Comments on: Headline of the year: "Buddhist ‘Iron Man’ found by Nazis is from space" http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/headline-of-the-year-buddhi.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: heligo http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/headline-of-the-year-buddhi.html#comment-1544296 heligo Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183927#comment-1544296 I love you Xeni :) I love you Xeni :)

]]> By: acerplatanoides http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/headline-of-the-year-buddhi.html#comment-1543712 acerplatanoides Fri, 28 Sep 2012 01:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183927#comment-1543712 Sure it's not carved from the Buddha's spaceship, suuuuure it isn't.  Sure it’s not carved from the Buddha’s spaceship, suuuuure it isn’t. 

]]> By: Nagurski http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/headline-of-the-year-buddhi.html#comment-1543710 Nagurski Fri, 28 Sep 2012 01:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183927#comment-1543710  Wouldn't "Chingada meteorite" be more grammatically correct?  Wouldn’t “Chingada meteorite” be more grammatically correct?

]]> By: tyrsalvia http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/headline-of-the-year-buddhi.html#comment-1543635 tyrsalvia Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183927#comment-1543635 On my Facebook, I asked my friends what author they would dearly love to see write a novel about this object. I have been enjoying the mental plot synopses I have been getting out of this exercise.  On my Facebook, I asked my friends what author they would dearly love to see write a novel about this object. I have been enjoying the mental plot synopses I have been getting out of this exercise. 

]]> By: Gyrofrog http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/headline-of-the-year-buddhi.html#comment-1543415 Gyrofrog Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183927#comment-1543415 Heh heh... "<a href="http://translate.google.com/#es/en/chinga" rel="nofollow">chinga</a>." Heh heh… “chinga.”

]]> By: blindidiotgod http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/headline-of-the-year-buddhi.html#comment-1543356 blindidiotgod Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183927#comment-1543356 Probably acquired by the Nazi expedition documented in this film: http://archive.org/details/1943-Geheimnis-Tibet "In 1938 Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler sponsored an expedition to Tibet lead by several Nazi SS scientists to study the regions flora and fauna, and to take scientific measurements of the Earths magnetic fields. The expedition was also sent to find traces of the orgins of the "Aryan" race in Tibet which was where Himmler thought evidence of could be found. This film is a Nazi era documentary of that expedition." - Film Summary by Jim Riecken via IMDb ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236249/ ) Probably acquired by the Nazi expedition documented in this film:

http://archive.org/details/1943-Geheimnis-Tibet

“In 1938 Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler sponsored an expedition to Tibet lead by several Nazi SS scientists to study the regions flora and fauna, and to take scientific measurements of the Earths magnetic fields. The expedition was also sent to find traces of the orgins of the “Aryan” race in Tibet which was where Himmler thought evidence of could be found. This film is a Nazi era documentary of that expedition.”
- Film Summary by Jim Riecken via IMDb ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236249/ )

]]> By: retepslluerb http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/headline-of-the-year-buddhi.html#comment-1543322 retepslluerb Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183927#comment-1543322 It is now. It is now.

]]> By: Jeremy Pickett http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/headline-of-the-year-buddhi.html#comment-1543257 Jeremy Pickett Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183927#comment-1543257 This just confirms what us Laser Lotus Buddhists have known all along. This just confirms what us Laser Lotus Buddhists have known all along.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/headline-of-the-year-buddhi.html#comment-1543237 Boundegar Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183927#comment-1543237 Waaaaaaaait a minute.  THAT wasn't in Wikipedia! Waaaaaaaait a minute.  THAT wasn’t in Wikipedia!

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/headline-of-the-year-buddhi.html#comment-1543229 Brainspore Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183927#comment-1543229 We already knew the Iron Man was a time traveller thanks to the research of Doctors Iommi, Ward, Butler and Osbourne of the Black Sabbath Institute. A partial abstract of their findings reads: <em>He was turned to steel </em><em>In the great magnetic field </em><em>When he travelled time </em><em>For the future of mankind </em> <strong>Still unanswered questions include:</strong> Is he alive or dead? Has he thoughts within his head? We'll just pass him there—why should we even care? We already knew the Iron Man was a time traveller thanks to the research of Doctors Iommi, Ward, Butler and Osbourne of the Black Sabbath Institute. A partial abstract of their findings reads:

He was turned to steel In the great magnetic field When he travelled time For the future of mankind 

Still unanswered questions include: Is he alive or dead? Has he thoughts within his head? We’ll just pass him there—why should we even care?

]]> By: Brian Donohue http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/headline-of-the-year-buddhi.html#comment-1543215 Brian Donohue Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183927#comment-1543215 Damn, they beat <a href="http://weeklyworldnews.com/" rel="nofollow">Weekly World News</a> to the scoop! Damn, they beat Weekly World News to the scoop!

]]> By: kmoser http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/headline-of-the-year-buddhi.html#comment-1543204 kmoser Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183927#comment-1543204 Technically, <i>everything</i> is from space. Technically, everything is from space.

]]> By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/headline-of-the-year-buddhi.html#comment-1543195 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183927#comment-1543195 It's a black helicopter larva. They sample the brain waves of nearby populations during and before extruding their cocoon in order to pick an appearance that maximizes the chances of the larva being left undamaged by local people and sufficiently venerated that an unsuspecting host will be nearby when it emerges to start the next stage of its life cycle. The morphology can vary markedly depending on the ambient mythology at the time of pupation, so they can be quite difficult to recognize. It’s a black helicopter larva. They sample the brain waves of nearby populations during and before extruding their cocoon in order to pick an appearance that maximizes the chances of the larva being left undamaged by local people and sufficiently venerated that an unsuspecting host will be nearby when it emerges to start the next stage of its life cycle.

The morphology can vary markedly depending on the ambient mythology at the time of pupation, so they can be quite difficult to recognize.

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/headline-of-the-year-buddhi.html#comment-1543194 Felton / Moderator Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183927#comment-1543194 Indiana Jones and the Buddhist Iron Man from Space. Indiana Jones and the Buddhist Iron Man from Space.

]]> By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/headline-of-the-year-buddhi.html#comment-1543184 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183927#comment-1543184 Are we sure that the Buddha wasn't actually <em>planted</em> in Tibet by time-travelling space Nazis(you never know what they are up to in their base on the dark side of the moon) in order to legitimize the Tibetan expedition as part of some wacky power struggle within the upper echelons of the party? Are we sure that the Buddha wasn’t actually planted in Tibet by time-travelling space Nazis(you never know what they are up to in their base on the dark side of the moon) in order to legitimize the Tibetan expedition as part of some wacky power struggle within the upper echelons of the party?

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2012/09/27/headline-of-the-year-buddhi.html#comment-1543165 SamSam Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183927#comment-1543165 Do they have any evidence that it was carved by Humans? I'd like to believe it came from space looking as it does now. Do they have any evidence that it was carved by Humans? I’d like to believe it came from space looking as it does now.

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