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No Kanye! Bad Kanye!

By Stacey Nosek | Posted Under Pajiba Love | Comments (87)



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So apparently, I’m told something happened at the MTV Music Video Awards last night? If you didn’t tune into the idiocy, here’s a complete recap for your reading pleasure. (FourFour)

The plot thickens! Michael Bay threw Megan Fox under a bus by posting a letter on his website by three unnamed crew members about what a stupid, ungrateful bitch she is. Also, the watch is on to see how long it takes for her to piss off Diablo Cody. Stay tuned! (Agent Bedhead)

The viral campaign for Cloverfield 2 is in full swing. Do they really think they can pull this shit this again and make us care? Yes. Yes they can. (Atomic Popcorn)

I can’t even wrap my brain around this, but there’s an organization of atheists who are committed to taking care of Christians pets after they go to heaven for the rapture. A joke? You tell me. Thanks, Marya! (Eternal Earthbound)

OH DEAR GOD NO. I can put up with a lot of goddamn asinine fashion comebacks from the 80’s and 90’s, but shoulder pads are NOT fucking one of them. *shakes fist in general direction of fashion industry* (Zelda Lily)

Bruce Campbell is going to have a major role in the fourth Spider Man installment. Does this mean I should finally get around to watching parts I-III to catch up? (Gordon and the Whale)

Oh Jesus, Sylvester Stallone has gone and Mickey Rourke-ified himself. (Celebitchy)

I caught the last 15 minutes of “The Vampire Diaries” before the awesomely awesome premiere of “Supernatural” last week and was unimpressed. In somewhat related news, the actresses from “The Vampire Diaries” got arrested for flashing their tits. (Warming Glow)

Here’s what it would look like if Amazon suggestions actually told the truth. (Screen Junkies)

Should you divorce your wife who left behind her entire life for you just because she can’t have children? Only if you want to win the “jerk of the year” award. (Mix Tape Therapy)

7-11 is just making up names of fruit to flavor their Slurpees with now. (Impulsive Buy)

If you liked Spaghetti Cat, you’re going to love Lasagna Cat. He’s the cat that eats only lasagna! True story. (DListed)

Today’s video is about a dog. Who likes to go down a slide. In other words, Japan, you’ve done it again!

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Comments

That looks like the bumpiest slide ever.

Posted by: pianofilledwithflames at September 14, 2009 1:11 PM

First!!! Yeah a first, first

Posted by: midfan at September 14, 2009 1:13 PM

boo, stupid slow computer.

Posted by: midfan at September 14, 2009 1:15 PM

I think you meant boo stupid first post.

Posted by: coveredinbees at September 14, 2009 1:17 PM

That is such a happy dog. AND BRUCE CAMPBELL AS MYSTERIO! SAY IT LOUD AND PROUD AND MAYBE IT'LL HAPPEN? Or is this like fairies and I can clap my hands to make it happen?

Posted by: Optimus Rhyme at September 14, 2009 1:19 PM

That Amazon link cracked me up; especially the J&K+8 crap.

As for "Vampire Diaries", I just can't I can watch True Blood with pride, but this crap? Oh, and look at the fascinating new plot: Vampire male falls for human female. What? Crazy! Where do they get these fresh ideas?!?

::loads gun::

Posted by: Patty O'Green at September 14, 2009 1:27 PM

FUCK KANYE WEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UNTALENTED FUCKTARD!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Case at September 14, 2009 1:27 PM

I thought we didn't do First! here. Dammit, I'm leaving now.

Posted by: Lillie at September 14, 2009 1:28 PM

That is the happiest dog I've ever seen. It looks like it wants that slide to go on forever. It must be like the ultimate doggie massage.

Posted by: BWeaves at September 14, 2009 1:29 PM

Kanye is talented.

But he is also a fucktard, so I agree with you 50% Case.

Posted by: Colin at September 14, 2009 1:30 PM

My dog likes to go down the slide too! She doesn't wear ridiculous sweaters, though, so she's not half so funny.

oooh, I just sounded British, didn't I? That's a lark!

Posted by: esme at September 14, 2009 1:31 PM

Paddy, that one was my favorite too. Although I would have gone with an industrial ceiling fan. Just to be sure it didn't break.

Sometimes I'm glad for internet anonymity. Becuase if I ever ran into that dude from the Mix Tape Therapy post, I'd punch him square in his egotistical, deluded, buttmud covered baby dick. Then I would be in jail fighting with dudes named Tiny and Firehose over who's turn it was to spend the night with the picture of Spender. What a fucking dick!

Posted by: admin at September 14, 2009 1:35 PM

Hey, Kanye was just trying to keep the awards show honest. Everyone is jumping all over him for interrupting that farce and pointing out what was objectively the truth: Beyonce's video was better than Taylor's.

It is logically inconsistent that Taylor Swift could have a video that was better then Beyonce if Beyonce had the best video of the year.

And yet instead of praising Kanye for his courage to speak truth to power at the VMAs he is receiving scorn and ridicule from the public. Come on, people! MTV is the real villain here with their bogus award show. Taylor Swift didn't have the best music video from a female artist. Why should she be honored? Why should she be able to stand up and accept an award that she didn't deserve?

Oh, you were just going to grumble in your comments section like you always do whenever some mediocre artist wins an award they don't deserve. Don't you wish Steven Spielberg would have stood up at the 78th Academy Awards, snatched that Oscar away from Crash and handed it Ang Lee & Heath Ledger where it clearly belonged? Kanye has the courage to take a stand for what is right and decent. Maybe future generations will recognize him for what he is: a hero.

Posted by: Yossarian at September 14, 2009 1:38 PM

In a different, better world...

At that exact moment in the header shot? When Kanye grabs for the mike? Taylor would've raised the award above her head, and swung down with every ounce of strength she could muster, driving that fucking Moonman into his ridiculously shaven skull.

The crowd would've go absolutely bloodthirsty, tearing him apart limb from limb. While Kanye screamed in all caps, Beyonce would take to the stage where Miss Swift and Sasha Fierce would make out topless for the remainder of the show while Radiohead and NIN joined Gwar for an interpretive Michael Jackson tribute...

In a different, better world...

Posted by: Skitz at September 14, 2009 1:39 PM

Yeah, Taylor Swift should play the race card.

Posted by: Agente Provocatrice at September 14, 2009 1:40 PM

I tried to introduce my dog to the fun world of slides. She jumped off halfway down.

Posted by: Cindy at September 14, 2009 1:41 PM

HOLD EVERYTHING!
HIJACK:
Has anyone else seen this:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6173399/Charles-Darwin-film-too-controversial-for-religious-America.html

What the FUCKETY-FUCK-FUCK!!!?

IT MADE ME GO ALL CAPS-LOCKY. ARRRRRGH!

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at September 14, 2009 1:47 PM

Mental Note: Georgia hates tits.

Mental Note Note: Kanye is a racist alcoholic. Don't piss him off. Wait . . .

Mental Note Note Note: Beyonce might not be such a huge bitch after bringing Taylor back on stage.

Mental Note Note Note Note: Arrange for Baytard to eat Foxtwat, then die quickly from the resulting 17 venereal diseases.

Nap.

Posted by: Kballs at September 14, 2009 1:48 PM

Dial down the outrage, Lindsey with an 'e'

That article was terrible and not worth an ounce of your concern. It's hack journalism and fear mongering designed only to get people to link to it in outrage and flame-war in the comments section.

Actually, it probably ties in with the Kanye coverage pretty well because of that... but otherwise, not worth the attention you give it.

Posted by: Yossarian at September 14, 2009 1:54 PM

Wow Yossarian. I didn't think anyone would actually defend such boorish douchebaggery, but apparently you have.

Here's the thing: even if Taylor Swift's video was an ACTUAL pile of dog shit and Beyonce's video was so amazing that when you watched it, all your body hair stopped growing forever, it was STILL complete fuckery for him to go up on stage, grab the mike from her, and start boo-hooing about it.

FIVE YEAR OLDS know better than to do shit like that. Seriously. He doesn't have the social skills of a fucking kindergartner.

However, afterwards, when he was being interviewed for not winning again or whatever, he could have railed all he wanted, long and loud and hard about the EXTREME INJUSTICE O MERCIFUL GOD WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO? and it still would have been semi-jerky, but it wouldn't have come near the level of assholery, pure twatwafflery that this act did.

He's outdone himself. She's a 17 year old kid, up there for five hot seconds thanking MTV for giving her the award, before some overgrown baby literally snatches the mike out of her hand and nearly makes her cry.

And you think that makes him a hero or something. Awesome.

Posted by: Snuggiepants the Deathbringer at September 14, 2009 1:56 PM

I really don't think Movieguide.org is as influential as they're making it out to be.

Additionally, I can see it not getting a distributor in the US because the studios assume it would bore American audiences, what with the likely lack of explosions, robots, and/or boobs, but not because ...wait, what? Is that a true fact? Only 39% of Americans believe in evolution? What the hell? That CANNOT be correct. I refuse to believe it.

Unrelated: Hey, Canadia? Got any room for me? How 'bout a job?

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 14, 2009 2:00 PM

Come on, people! MTV is the real villain here with their bogus award show.

But see, that is what makes his tantrum so pointless. Since when has MTV ever done shit right? It is a music video award from a channel that doesn't even show music videos anymore!

I mean I can understand if it was maybe the Grammys, something that still stubbornly hold some sort of credibility. But fucking MTV? He gave them more credit than they were worth.

So no, he isn't a hero. He is the douche who made the little white girl sad (again, breaking Rule #1) in front of an audience of little white girls. How he could have thought his bullshit would be taken even remotely serious at that particular show is indicative of how out of touch he is.

Posted by: Vermillion at September 14, 2009 2:03 PM

Some white woman got called out musically by some black man.....somebody call the fucking whaaaambulance!

Posted by: Guess Who! at September 14, 2009 2:04 PM

Mmm hm. So, that quote from Movieguide has nothing to do with that movie, by the way, but is from a book review of a biography of Darwin. I'm just saying.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 14, 2009 2:09 PM

Snuggie, I was being tongue-in-cheek (I know it can be hard to tell, no sarcasm font and all). I don't really defend what Kanye did but I also don't think it's anything to get worked up about. It's silly.

Kanye is a jackass. The whole reason he is there is so that he can be a jackass. MTV needs those moments where everyone twitters & facebooks "OMG Lady gaga is covered in blood on VMAs!!!" Kanye was their big moment this year and they are grateful. He will get nothing but encouragement from them.

Taylor Swift got her boring, trite, forgettable little thank-you speech stepped on and instead she got to be the focus of the night with people chanting her name, cheering for her, her encore do-over speech at the end and millions of people Googling her and feeling sorry for her the next day. This was the best possible thing that could happen to Taylor Swift.

Everyone wins and we get youtube videos and water cooler talk the next morning. Just another day in the hype machine.

Posted by: Yossarian at September 14, 2009 2:10 PM

So, that guy from the Mix-Tape site. I just want to beat him to death with a bag of frozen bread. I want his death to be swift and cold. Oh, so cold.

Posted by: ZombieNurse at September 14, 2009 2:11 PM

Che, your level of sarcasm here cannot be equaled.

Posted by: Guess Who! at September 14, 2009 2:11 PM

That article was terrible and not worth an ounce of your concern. It's hack journalism and fear mongering designed only to get people to link to it in outrage and flame-war in the comments section.

I must conclude that this is true.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 14, 2009 2:12 PM

If you liked Spaghetti Cat, you’re going to love Lasagna Cat. He’s the cat that eats only lasagna! True story.

Your honor, I submit Garfield. Thank you

Posted by: dammitjanet at September 14, 2009 2:14 PM

That is downright embarrassing, Lindsey.

Posted by: Cindy at September 14, 2009 2:15 PM

At least everyone forgot about Serena's meltdown.

Posted by: Braski at September 14, 2009 2:21 PM

Fans of MTV voted for this. Fans of MTV. Kanye is railing against fans of MTV.
He gets wasted at pointless award shows and makes a testicle of himself, forgets the words to his own DOPE RAPS on national television, and blogs like drunk people fuck: loud and aimlessly. I'm more tired of this guy than Heigel and Fox combined. What a sad, lonely, pathetic little man he is.

Posted by: Kballs at September 14, 2009 2:25 PM

Yossarian point taken. You might want to have a chat with Guess Whookie over there, who seems to want to make it into a Race Thang.

(Imagine the eye rolling.)

Posted by: Snuggiepants the Deathbringer at September 14, 2009 2:27 PM

Hey, I think we can use a little outrage over wanton stupidity. And I thought this site was all about outrage related links. More specifically, Pajiba Love is about outrageous links.

I've tried ignoring things that aren't worth the attention, I think we all have, and you know what it got us?

Reality TV, That's what!

Except SYTYCD, that's awesome.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at September 14, 2009 2:29 PM

My dog LOVES slides. That slide in the video, however, is so bumpy. Why oh why? To keep the little kiddies from shooting off the end? Is it an ass-massager? Is it a Japanese thing?
Personally, I like to spray silicone based hair de-tangler on the local playground slides, and sit back to watch the show. You can launch a kid a good 10 feet if the conditions are right.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at September 14, 2009 2:38 PM

The only problem is that whoever wrote that article is displaying the wanton stupidity (or, the manipulation of facts coupled with complete lack of journalistic pride or ethics).

A movie about evolution failed to secure a distributor so far. That's it. Everything else is a huge leap off a short pier. The guy quotes fundy websites as if they are a source (his only source). It's rubbish. If Bill Maher can secure a distributor for his garbage & Ben Stein can secure one for his intellectually dishonest trash then the only thing you can conclude about this movie is that it needs a big name attached to get big money. Whatever position it takes on a controversial idea is a non-factor. In fact, controversy sells (see West, Kanye) and would encourage someone to pick this up if only for the free press.

Posted by: Yossarian at September 14, 2009 2:39 PM

AvB, I have a room in my, uh, basement. It has a window! And it’s not too cold...in the summer. But I have blankets and toques! Now, for employment...hmmm...I have a few questions. Are you comfortable in a balaclava (ski mask)? Can you dig a hole approximately 5 ft or so in depth in under 30 minutes? If so, I may have work for you.

Posted by: Eyvi at September 14, 2009 2:43 PM

Lindsey with an 'e':
Tap dancing is unexpectedly sah-weet this year. "I hear music!"

Posted by: Kballs at September 14, 2009 2:48 PM

P.S. From Gallup.com:

PRINCETON, NJ -- On the eve of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, a new Gallup Poll shows that only 39% of Americans say they "believe in the theory of evolution," while a quarter say they do not believe in the theory, and another 36% don't have an opinion either way.

*phew*. thanks anyway, Evyi! (Though I am a champeen hole-digger.)

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 14, 2009 2:50 PM

Unrelated: Hey, Canadia? Got any room for me? How 'bout a job?

I have a BIG spare bedroom and I hear StabbyMart is looking for managerial staff.....

Posted by: admin at September 14, 2009 2:55 PM

Yossarian, dear, this is Pajiba. Scathing reviews for bitchy people. We get our collective thong in a twist, boxers in a bunch, over such simple stupidities as the Hannah Montana trailer. So of course when Kanye does something as massively dipshitted as what he did last night, we are going to fucking go ape. As for the rest of the world, people tend to get worked into a lather when a grown man bullies a child.

Posted by: stardust savant at September 14, 2009 2:57 PM

Kballs, please don't tell me I have to start hating tits just because I live in Georgia. Please?

On the Darwin movie: the Brit producer is just trying to stir things up at this point. He can't get his movie sold, so let's blame it on religion in the US. Everything that can make money in the US will find a distributor. It's pretty obvious no one thinks this will make money, and they're probably right. So it goes straight to DVD. Quit whining, bitch.

I have a friend in his 40's who has been trying to have a baby for pretty much his whole life. He has incredibly high standards and incredibly bad luck, attaching himself time and time again to women who don't want children. And its all about passing on his genes so adoption is a no go. So he is pretty thorough about the issue before he gets too far in a relationship, but it is absolutely a deal breaker. Still I don't think he would require a fertility test before gettin' hitched. So I can at least see Mix Tape Therapy Guy's side of the story. He is still a jerk but he's managed to get himself into a terrible situation and I kind of feel for him a little bit.

Posted by: ed newman at September 14, 2009 3:01 PM

Oh and that dog is just trying to scratch himself since they're making him wear that gotdamned SHIRT. It's not even a sweater, it looks like a broadcloth SHIRT.

Damn. Poor goggie. But at least he's having fun.

Posted by: Snuggiepants the Deathbringer at September 14, 2009 3:02 PM

I am shocked and dismayed that the hoards of Pajibites couldn't sense Yossarian's sarcasm. As if anyone who felt that way could be among Pajiba's readership (despite what certain polls might suggest, that level of douchebaggery is too low).

Posted by: Patty O'Green at September 14, 2009 3:12 PM

OK, maybe I'm an internet idiot, but where, oh where, can I get episodes of SYTYCD online? Not on Fox.com (fuckers. Their other shows, suuuure, but not SYTYCD. Someone PLEASE show me the way.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at September 14, 2009 3:17 PM

Oh right, my thong got in such a twist over Kanye that it wrapped around my brain and strangled out the other comment I was going to make. I sincerely, SINCERELY hope that the atheist pet care organization is not a joke, because that would be one of the most brilliant entrepreneurial ideas ever. And kind of oddly sweet as well. As a Catholic and an animal lover, the thought is a little touching. I have a few thoughts, though.

1. My doggies are sweet, so they would be going to Heaven with me.
2. My cats are evil assholes, so they'll probably be fine on their own. Except maybe for Kali, she's a sweet girl so she might need some love. Actually, she might come with me and the dogs.
3. My husband is an atheist, so he can care for them for free. Unless of course he has the literal Come To Jesus meeting before the Apocalypse. Then our three male cats will be out of luck.

Posted by: stardust savant at September 14, 2009 3:19 PM

I went back and re-read Yossarian's post with /sarcasm on and yep. Got it.

I think I was too pissed over Kanye's douchenozzlery to see it the first time.

Posted by: Snuggiepants the Deathbringer at September 14, 2009 3:22 PM

'36% don't have an opinion either way.'

Sorry, but I don't find this comforting at all.

And don't even get me STARTED on Ben Stein.
I used to love him, for all of his quirky acting (Bueller, Bueller, Bueller) and his awesome game show 'Win Ben Stein's Money' (Suck it Alex Trebek, Stein went head to head with the contestants and usually won, and he didn't have the little card with the answers in the final round!)
And then he had to go all douche bag religious nut job on us. Shame on you Sir, I say Shame! Go to your little meetings of the "The World is FLAT" club and leave the rest of us alone.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at September 14, 2009 3:25 PM

My only point is that the London Telegraph is using the "only 39%" argument, which implies that the other 61% believe, to borrow a phrase, that Jesus rode dinosaurs, which is just not true (clarification: not true that 61% believe. Jesus may very well have ridden dinosaurs. I wouldn't know, I wasn't there). So, their entire article is essentially based on a fallacy.

Also, I had a link somewhere at some point that led me, somehow, to full episodes of SYTYCD. I'll have to check when I get home from work (and then school), and check to see if it's still a valid link. Otherwise, you can try YouTube, there are a few people there who upload it in sections. You have to catch it right away before it gets taken down, though. (Lucky me, I have an arts-loving family who have a DVR, so I can watch it later on the weekends! Whoohoo!)

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 14, 2009 3:35 PM

Hey, Hey, Hey religious nut-jobs! Oops, I mean "true believers" Have I got a deal for you!

For only $1000, cash, small bills, in advance, you could be a Seraphim Club Member! Not only will I feed and water and snuggle your pets after Jesus had called y'all home in the Rapture, but I will keep you irritating religious chain emails endlessly circulating.

For an additional $2000, you could be a Dominions Club Member! As an additional benefit I will raise public objections to any children's book that has any scientific fact, or fictious reference to witches or sorcery.

And for the bargain price of ONLY $10,000 you could be an Archangel Club Member! The highest order of angels! This exclusive membership includes all previously stated services and in addition I will picket the funerals of deceased homosexuals with offensive signs, and spit on their weeping mourners.

Since I am a godless heathen, I should be around for a good long while, so join the Angel Club today, first come first serve! Supplies limited! Void except where it's not.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at September 14, 2009 3:46 PM

I can say that since I can't sing/play an instrument/write decent song lyrics/etc. I will never have a moment where I get to accept an award for my talent. But having once won a cookie bakeoff, I know that if some douchewaffle stepped up, took the mic from me and declared my cookies not as good as someone else's I would have cried. Actual tears. I give Taylor props for holding it together when that drunk asshole accosted her on stage. And I think Beyonce did a great job, staged or not, of giving us all a great pop culture moment.

Posted by: jennifer at September 14, 2009 3:54 PM

AvB: You would be my best-est friend for ever, and could sit next to me at lunch EVERY DAY if you find me a link to full episodes of SYTYCD. I work until 9-10 PM 6 days a week and I have a bitch of a time getting home on Wednesdays to catch the show. Forget Thursdays, NEVER happens.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at September 14, 2009 3:55 PM

Kanye West doesn't care about white people.

Posted by: io at September 14, 2009 4:01 PM

am i really the only person who thinks that slide is awesome? little frictionless rollers are much better than burning your ass on hot metal or plastic slides. and getting that weird static burning from plastic... ::shudders::

Posted by: yeratomato at September 14, 2009 4:07 PM

The Darwin movie "controversy":

I love my country, but I sure hate most of the dumb mother fuckers that live here. 38% of the population believes the theory of evolution? I wonder how many of the dipshits in the other 62% believe God is going to come down out of the clouds in 2012 and rescue them from Democrats and the liberal media? Probably lots. Imaginary shit is always easier to believe in.

Posted by: TylerDFC at September 14, 2009 4:33 PM

AVB, do not listen to Admin. Saskatchewan will kill you. It's as cold and flat as the devils' tit.

Vancouver, on the other hand, is warm and . . . wet, like a . . . . oh dear. Um . . . . okay, yes, we're Canada's vagina! BUT IT"S AWESOME!

Posted by: Lauren at September 14, 2009 4:37 PM

There are 2 things that crack me up about Vancouver BC.
1. I get that it is the sunny tropical gold cost of Canada, but mercy, there is a lot of pastel and stucco in that town. Parts of it look like Miami.
2. What is with the little stone lions? every second driveway in Vancouver has little lions flanking it.

If you haven't noticed, keep an eye out, you'll see.

Superior transportation system though. Spot on.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at September 14, 2009 4:52 PM

AVB, do not listen to Admin. Saskatchewan will kill you. It's as cold and flat as the devils' tit.

Yes. But you will be able to see the zombie/albino invasion coming five days before it gets to you. No sneaking up on us you undead bitches. You neither zombies.

Posted by: admin at September 14, 2009 4:57 PM

Ahem, Stardust Savant:

I'm not sure how to break this to you. I hope you're sitting down. The Rapture is an invention of the Evangelical Protestant movement. They believe Catholics are a little lower than Satan when it comes to religious worth. No way, no how are you making it in to their heaven.
The good news: you can party down here with the rest of us when the bible-thumping zealots have all been taken from the plant. Personally, I can't wait for the Rapture. It will be so lovely to have all the haters gone from here.

Posted by: PaddyDog at September 14, 2009 5:17 PM

And more bad news...

According to the Catholic teaching on this subject dogs do not go to heaven.

Posted by: Yossarian at September 14, 2009 5:27 PM

Disney lied!

Che, it's too cold here in the winter for those sumbitches to invade. Plus, I don't think zombies have the manual dexterity required to walk in show shoes. Albinos would just get lost because they couldn't see themselves and thusly would have no point of reference for direction.

Posted by: admin at September 14, 2009 5:31 PM

YOU'RE ALL NOT LISTENING TO ME! ! !


i want a japanese sliding dog.

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2009 5:32 PM

I can't believe in any religion that says dogs aren't going to heaven.

Posted by: MM at September 14, 2009 5:33 PM

Superior transportation system though. Spot on.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at September 14, 2009 4:52 PM
-------------------------------------------------
This is sarcasm, yes?

On the old system: my house - mom's house = 1 bus
The new system instated this fall: my house - mom's house = 4 buses/trains

Pray tell, where do you live that our shit transit system impressed you so? I'm genuinely curious.

Posted by: Lauren at September 14, 2009 5:34 PM

Vancouver has a superior transportation system??? Do you mean Vancouver, WA? Vancouver, BC has possibly the worst transportation system of any 'developed' city. Some buses come once an hour and even then they rarely come on time. Also Translink hires the surliest people on earth. And it costs $9/day to ride! It's damn near satanic.

Posted by: io at September 14, 2009 5:58 PM

69!! (Oh and 70th..but that's less entertaining.)

Posted by: io at September 14, 2009 6:01 PM

I don't listen to either Beyonce or Taylor, but I have managed to see that stupid Beyonce video 5 bazillion fucking times and its a video with three chicks dancing around in leotards. What's so amazing about that?

Its Girls Gone Wild without the nudity, drunkiness, color, or steel drums.

Don't get me wrong. My penis thinks its a great video, but if all music videos were judged by dicks then Kanye would be judging all video award categories and we wouldn't have this uproar to begin with.

Posted by: L.O.V.E. at September 14, 2009 6:22 PM

Catholicism is the best of the religions.

As an alter boy I got to drink jugs of wine. And it was even encouraged by my priests ...

(hold on ... fighting off repressed memories ... fighting of repressed memories ...)

and when I was a teenager at an all boys school ... (repressing, repressing) ... dating a girl from the nearby all-girls school and I wanted to get down with chicks, I was all, "Hey babe, I don't like to use rubbers", and she's all, "but I don't want to get preggers", then I could be all, "yah, but contraceptives are against our religion". And then we would compromise and I would get a BJ sans condom. Sweet.

Posted by: L.O.V.E. at September 14, 2009 6:35 PM

I have just had one of the shittiest days ever, but that dog just made my day. A DAMN FRENCH BULLDOG JUST SAVED A SHITLOAD OF PEOPLE FROM BEING KILLED BY BEING CUTE.

I feel better now.

Posted by: luthien26 at September 14, 2009 6:48 PM

I'm sure it makes me a horrible person that I DON'T CARE.

It was the VMA's, which are a joke since MTV doesn't even show videos any more. Who votes for the video awards? Maybe these people didn't know where to find the videos since you can't see them on TV.

And never mind the fine mist of "publicity stunt" wafting through the air. Didn't Eminem almost eat Sascha's ass at the last awards show these jackasses put on and it ended up being fake?

And why did I hear the same Kanye song being played almost simultaneously on THREE stations this morning on my way to work? Hmmmm? Could it be...Satan? Or more MTV bullshit? And perhaps if I had bothered to check the country stations I would have heard Taylor Swift's song being played the same way.

I just think we're being fucked with again. Over the stupid VMA's. By stupid MTV. And it annoys me. And it's Monday. And I hate everyone. Sorry. Move along now. Move along.

Posted by: greer at September 14, 2009 6:50 PM

Easy Canadians easy! I was trying to be nice!

Well, it's been 10 years since last I was in BC, so maybe it has gone to shit (New System?), but back then my Ex (a transportation planner and light rail junkie) loved it so much that he dragged me on a vacation to BC for the specific purpose of riding the public transportation system. That was the theme of the honeymoon in San Francisco too (oh B.A.R.T., how he loved thee) And Seattle trips as well. Shocking wer're divorced.
Anyway, it might be a matter of perspective.
The fact that Vancouver BC has trains at all is a huge leg up on many US cities. If it has become expensive and inconvenient over the last decade, I didn't know about it, so fuck me for paying what I though was a compliment. It was pretty nice back then from the perspective of a person with a Masters Degree in Urban Planning and Transportation.
Vancouver WA has defunded its transportation system to the point it barely functions at all, and has aggressively refused to participate in inter-city lightrail from Portland, even when offered federal funding. They even rescinded the one and only carpool lane on I-5 SB, which was only in effect during rush hour anyway. 90% of traffic in North Portland on I-5 during rush hours is from Vancouver WA, yet they blame Portland for their refusal to tie into the transportation system. /Vancouver WA rant

The state of public transportation in the US in most smaller cities and many large ones is really terrible in general, which if you travel outside the US becomes glaringly apparent. Here in Portland OR the light rail and streetcar system has only been successful due largely to the steadfast long term commitment of the Metro government and the dedication of several citizen groups who keep the dream alive and fight back the various anti lobby's.

I Didn't mean to fluster your beavers, or whatever is going on up north.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at September 14, 2009 7:25 PM

You know what made my day?
The fact that both TK and admin seem to have commented on the Mix Tape Therapy site and not in any wise ass way. They're just plainly giving good advice to a confused human being, full of humility and good intentions.
Now, even if Kanye and Taylor don't follow my advice and don't get together over a nice piece of Stockholm syndrome pie, I'll still know there is love out there.

Posted by: The Gemeinderat at September 14, 2009 7:36 PM

And now, I've heard of Taylor Swift.

There was no need for that.

No need.

Posted by: Kissing Girls Makes You Sleepy at September 14, 2009 7:54 PM

I hope figgy considers Agente Provocatrice's comment for the EE. I laughed so loud I startled my poor cat.

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at September 14, 2009 8:30 PM

What Kanye did to Taylor was wrong, but it's so stupid. Why sre we making such a huge deal over something so simple. This is the REAL Kanye West and I've been thinking (what if he was telling the truth). In some weird fucked-up way, MTV and 12 year old preteen girls are awarding people who don't deserve it. What if Kanye did that to the jonas Brothers? Think about that and the MTV movie Awards ; it's worthless.

Posted by: Corey W. at September 14, 2009 9:04 PM

PaddyDog, have I ever told you how much I love you? Not many people know that the Rapture is a complete fabrication by the Evangelicals and that Catholics do not believe in it. Most assume that the Rapture is a belief held by all Christians. Believe you me, I've been told by many an Evangelical that I am going to hell because I apparently worship both the Pope and the Virgin Mary. News to me.

Another thing that not many people know...the Catholic church officially supports the theory of evolution.

Ben Stein makes me cry. He's so damned smart, how can he believe creationism? It's a complete insult to his intelligence and probably his faith too.

Posted by: stardust savant at September 14, 2009 9:11 PM

From Wikipedia,

The position of the Catholic Church on the theory of evolution has moved over the 150 years since the publication of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species in 1859 from a long period with no authoritative pronouncement from the Vatican, to a statement of neutrality in the 1950s, and then to more explicit acceptance in recent years. Today[update], the Church's official position remains a focus of controversy and is fairly non-specific, stating only that faith and scientific findings regarding human evolution are not in conflict, though humans are regarded as a "special creation", and that the existence of God is required to explain the spiritual component of human origins. This view falls into the spectrum of viewpoints that are grouped under the concept of theistic evolution.[1][2]

Posted by: L.O.V.E. at September 14, 2009 10:18 PM

That's pretty much it. But, I think the best way to understand the position of the Church on the theory of evolution is to read speeches by the pope and cardinals regarding the Church's position. Since that Wikipedia article is actually written correctly, it is a bit sanitized. It misses the theology that is cited by Church speakers in addresses at scientific forums. Everything I've read from the horse's mouth has expressed support for the scientific community.

Still, most people don't know offhand that there is a large segment of the Christian community that supports scientific discovery as it relates to evolution.

Posted by: stardust savant at September 14, 2009 10:28 PM

And I hope that Wikipedia is not lumping intelligent design in with "the spectrum of viewpoints that are grouped under the concept of theistic evolution". Otherwise, I'm going to have to take Wikipedia out behind the woodshed and knock some fucking sense into it.

Posted by: stardust savant at September 14, 2009 10:30 PM

Lindsey with an 'e' everything is now illuminated. I also apologize for the rant it was fueled by 6 years of riding public transportation. I understand where there was a misunderstanding, most of my bile is due to their lack of improvements and with the total apathy by the employees/management to complaints. (Example: they want to take out an express bus from a suburban neighbourhood and replace it with an expensive light-rail system that would take 10 minutes longer to get to its destination) Basically they haven't upgraded the system to accommodate urban sprawl and a population boom. If you enjoyed the skytrains last time, there's now a new line (well, two if you include the Olympics generated one from the airport); sadly the only silver lining to this cloud. As for perspective, I now study in an ex-eastern block country that is a zillion times poorer (and government taxes are nowhere near Canada's) yet the buses and trains are evenly distributed and come every couple of minutes. Can't really comment on the US systems as I've been to Seattle and Portland only.

And sympathies on your ex making you ride public transport on your honeymoon.

Posted by: io at September 15, 2009 8:54 AM

*sigh: ..sympathies for your ex...

Posted by: io at September 15, 2009 8:58 AM

Lindsey, please be my friend. For I am also a godless heathen who loves SYTYCD. Heck, I'll even hang onto my DVDs of the show and pass them on to you if need be, if only for your post-rapture business ideas.

I've heard a few interesting, scientifically reasoned ideas against the theory of evolution, so I've got no problem with people who have doubts--it's the loons who believe in the Bible literally and won't for one second consider using their brains or examining some basic facts that make me nuts.

Anyone nowadays can make up their own bullshit statistics and people will believe it anyway. I have to drive by a billboard to work every day that says "90% of women who have abortions say they were wrong!" Really, 90%? Remarkable. I'd like to know whose ass they pulled that number out of. Jon Stewart's done some interesting bits about statistics too.

And Kyle from the Mixed Tape site? It's been said already, but I have to add my voice to those calling you an asshole. Holy hell, are you an asshole. Do the species a favor and never, ever reproduce. I'm afraid that whatever genes contribute to making you a reprehensible dick of the first order might get passed on.

Posted by: DeadBessie at September 15, 2009 10:54 AM

I'm an Evangelical Christian and I do NOT believe in the Rapture. It is a sick, sick means of scaring people into "believing" and has absolutely no biblical basis whatsoever. I also firmly believe that Catholics will be in heaven, as well as people of all religious and spiritual backgrounds. And they're not all going to be Republican (shocking, I know). And they won't all be heterosexual either.

Posted by: bonnie at September 15, 2009 11:34 AM

DeadBessie is now my friend.
Anonymous people on the internet like me, they really like me!
Yea!

Now if only that happened in real life...

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at September 15, 2009 12:56 PM

I do NOT believe in the Rapture. It is a sick, sick means of scaring people into "believing" and has absolutely no biblical basis whatsoever.

I lke to call this "faith as fire insurance." It is so, so sad.

Bonnie, I wish the Christian school I went to for a short time was filled with Evangelicals like you. I would have had a better experience there and with Evangelicals in general.

Posted by: stardust savant at September 15, 2009 1:11 PM

"Bruce Campbell is going to have a major role in the fourth Spider Man installment."

Uhm, no. More exactly, "Bruce Campbell talked to Access Hollywood recently about his potential involvement" -- that's a difference.

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