Comments on: Images to make perfectionists suffer http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 20:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Deidzoeb http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1548460 Deidzoeb Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1548460 I don't feel gotten. I feel a little more full of lemonade. I don’t feel gotten. I feel a little more full of lemonade.

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1547888 chgoliz Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1547888 Snacks for a toddler, left out overnight so they dried out. Snacks for a toddler, left out overnight so they dried out.

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1547885 chgoliz Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1547885 I hate you.  *grin* I hate you.  *grin*

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1546364 noah django Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1546364  was hopeful that meant the activity tab was functional again, too.  *sigh*  was hopeful that meant the activity tab was functional again, too.  *sigh*

]]> By: TheMudshark http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1546349 TheMudshark Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1546349 She may be totally anal, or she may be the only one around who knows jack shit about her work and has to put up with all the ignorants around her calling her "anal" for managing to do her job well in spite of them. She may be totally anal, or she may be the only one around who knows jack shit about her work and has to put up with all the ignorants around her calling her “anal” for managing to do her job well in spite of them.

]]> By: tubacat http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1546347 tubacat Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1546347  Why alphabetize? Don't you want spices/herbs grouped with the ones that are usually used together (nutmeg/cinnamon/ginger vs oregano/thyme/etc)  Why alphabetize? Don’t you want spices/herbs grouped with the ones that are usually used together (nutmeg/cinnamon/ginger vs oregano/thyme/etc)

]]> By: tubacat http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1546345 tubacat Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1546345  Oooh - idea! Sell a regular size catsup with a double ended bottle of relish/mustard...  Oooh – idea! Sell a regular size catsup with a double ended bottle of relish/mustard…

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1546318 niktemadur Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1546318 A Mexican classic - many car mechanics have a habit of buying cigarette soft packs, throwing all the cellophane wrapping away and ripping the square hole on the bottom, leaving the top foil intact. A Mexican classic – many car mechanics have a habit of buying cigarette soft packs, throwing all the cellophane wrapping away and ripping the square hole on the bottom, leaving the top foil intact.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1546278 Stefan Jones Tue, 02 Oct 2012 04:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1546278 <I>What?</I> What?

]]> By: Mantissa128 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1546044 Mantissa128 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1546044 I like this one because it's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_paradox" rel="nofollow">Russell's Paradox.</a> I like this one because it’s Russell’s Paradox.

]]> By: Susan Carley Oliver http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1546029 Susan Carley Oliver Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1546029 And, garyg2 - do you have a source for this image? I'd like to use it and credit the originator. ETA - [in Emily Litella voice] Never mind. And, garyg2 – do you have a source for this image? I’d like to use it and credit the originator.

ETA – [in Emily Litella voice] Never mind.

]]> By: Susan Carley Oliver http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1546026 Susan Carley Oliver Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1546026  Oo, yay - so glad to see the disqus thumbnail thingee got fixed!   Oo, yay – so glad to see the disqus thumbnail thingee got fixed! 

]]> By: Susan Carley Oliver http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1546024 Susan Carley Oliver Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1546024 I've heard this referred to as "the Persian flaw" in reference to leaving one knot incomplete in a Persian rug. The Japanese concept of wabi sabi comes to mind, as well. I’ve heard this referred to as “the Persian flaw” in reference to leaving one knot incomplete in a Persian rug.

The Japanese concept of wabi sabi comes to mind, as well.

]]> By: Sekino http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1546018 Sekino Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1546018 I was fine until the very last one. That drives me to violence (towards pencils of course). Goddamn ingrown lead!!! I was fine until the very last one. That drives me to violence (towards pencils of course). Goddamn ingrown lead!!!

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1545977 B E Pratt Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1545977  I am so putting that as my desktop pic. I keep all my desktop links on the taskbar so as to not mar the desktop :) [way easier to deal with, too]  I am so putting that as my desktop pic. I keep all my desktop links on the taskbar so as to not mar the desktop :) [way easier to deal with, too]

]]> By: spocko http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1545951 spocko Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1545951  answer on other side. [other side] How to dive an engineer totally nuts. -answer on other side.)  answer on other side.
[other side]
How to dive an engineer totally nuts. -answer on other side.)

]]> By: Quiche de Resistance http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1545945 Quiche de Resistance Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1545945 There is nothing wrong with this way to open a snack bag.  What is wrong is when my wife (always) tears it from half way across the top all the way down the damn side so there is no way to close the fucking thing with a chip clip and you need to wrap it with with a goddamn roll of tape to get it closed so shit doesn't get stale or fall all over the place. There is nothing wrong with this way to open a snack bag.  What is wrong is when my wife (always) tears it from half way across the top all the way down the damn side so there is no way to close the fucking thing with a chip clip and you need to wrap it with with a goddamn roll of tape to get it closed so shit doesn’t get stale or fall all over the place.

]]> By: garyg2 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1545892 garyg2 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1545892 Love the book shelves http://i.imgur.com/0gRaG.jpg , intentional disorder, so... wicked. Love the book shelves http://i.imgur.com/0gRaG.jpg , intentional disorder, so… wicked.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1545891 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1545891 This is quite appealing to the artistic temperament (as opposed to the designer temperament.)  A piece broken off the statue, a single dead flower in the bouquet, a crooked tooth in the otherwise perfect face - those are inspirational to the artist. This is quite appealing to the artistic temperament (as opposed to the designer temperament.)  A piece broken off the statue, a single dead flower in the bouquet, a crooked tooth in the otherwise perfect face – those are inspirational to the artist.

]]> By: Sparg http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1545874 Sparg Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1545874  Anal prolapse  Anal prolapse

]]> By: ando bobando http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1545838 ando bobando Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1545838 Mine was alphabetised once... when I first installed it.  Mine was alphabetised once… when I first installed it. 

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1545812 Donald Petersen Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1545812 Who <b>doesn't</b> alphabetize their spice rack? Oh, that's right.  My wife. [/maritaltension] Who doesn’t alphabetize their spice rack?

Oh, that’s right.  My wife.

[/maritaltension]

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1545809 Donald Petersen Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1545809 The screenshot from <i>Royal Tenenbaums</i> could have been replaced by nearly any random frame of any Wes Anderson movie.  His <i>oeuvre</i> is a horrible, nightmarish world, y'ask me. The screenshot from Royal Tenenbaums could have been replaced by nearly any random frame of any Wes Anderson movie.  His oeuvre is a horrible, nightmarish world, y’ask me.

]]> By: Matt Black http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1545805 Matt Black Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1545805 Some of the tiling "errors" are reminiscent of Islamic buildings such as the Alhambra, the principle being that only God is capable of perfection, so minor imperfections are deliberately introduced so as not to be disrespectful to the deity. Some of the tiling “errors” are reminiscent of Islamic buildings such as the Alhambra, the principle being that only God is capable of perfection, so minor imperfections are deliberately introduced so as not to be disrespectful to the deity.

]]> By: Tavie http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1545800 Tavie Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1545800 Thanks for the agita. Thanks for the agita.

]]> By: naught_for_naught http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1545785 naught_for_naught Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1545785 anal expulsiveness anal expulsiveness

]]> By: Martin Greve http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1545781 Martin Greve Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1545781 What horrible, nightmarish world. I would go insane if everything was "organized neatly" like that. What horrible, nightmarish world. I would go insane if everything was “organized neatly” like that.

]]> By: Mr. Customer http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1545766 Mr. Customer Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1545766 Anal-expulsion. I know a few, too. Anal-expulsion.

I know a few, too.

]]> By: Eugene Turner http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1545762 Eugene Turner Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1545762 There's an antidote, thankfully. http://thingsorganizedneatly.tumblr.com/ There’s an antidote, thankfully. http://thingsorganizedneatly.tumblr.com/

]]> By: ando bobando http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/images-to-make-perfectionists.html#comment-1545753 ando bobando Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184512#comment-1545753 The plates in the dishwasher! Also the fact that there is way more relish left in the bottle bothers me more than the fact that the label is upside down. Why do they sell those three packs with equal sizes of each condiment? Ketchup should be twice the size of mustard which is then twice the size of the relish. The plates in the dishwasher!

Also the fact that there is way more relish left in the bottle bothers me more than the fact that the label is upside down. Why do they sell those three packs with equal sizes of each condiment? Ketchup should be twice the size of mustard which is then twice the size of the relish.

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