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I swear to fucking God, if somebody doesn't buy me a jetpack for Christmas, I'm going to burn the universe to the ground.

Tune in to Disney for generic, emergency room-free stories of (pre-)teen hijinks (so thoroughly unrealistic...); ABC Family for teen angst, pregnancy and fallen angels; or Cartoon Network (booger jokes and fights that take two episodes to resolve), Amberlark. Otherwise, Cosby it is.

The "interactivity" argument is complete and utter bullsh in terms of defining "art". It's all interactive, it's all a process of creating, receiving, and interpreting messages. Words are wonderful, and novels can be beautifully written,but they're nothing without the reader making the image in their own mind. Y'know, interacting with the text. With photography, capturing the moment is the artist's job, but it's up to the viewers to give it context and meaning. If video games can't be art, then neither can Picasso be called an artist.

Canada is getting its own Jersey Shore rip-off

I'll be honest, that looks EVEN WORSE than Jersey Shore. And that's saying something.

Hanna Barbera is the FoxNews of 70s cartoons.

As much as I won't watch one second of Jersey Shore, I might actually watch the Canadian version.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a really, really good book - read it!

And I don't know if I watch enough TV to judge the overall amount of swearing, but I do know they say really, stunningly (IMO) inappropriate things in the first 60 seconds of Two and Half Men (the amount of that show I see before I can get to the remote). I am child-free, but if I had kids I'd be pissed about what they say. As an adult I'm just insulted that the show continues to be #1.

RE: Henrietta Lacks, I think Cracked already had her in an article from a few months ago, something called '5 People You Don't Know Who Changed The World' or something.

That's CLEARLY Ron Jeremy at 00:53 of the Guido trailer.

/looks up

Yeah I need an internet de-lousing...

Spaceballs was on this weekend and the boyfriend and I had the "Good GOD I miss Rick Moranis" conversation that occurs only every time we see him on screen.

"There's only one MAN who would DARE give me the raspberry.

...

LONE STAR!!"

Immortal cells are cancer cells. The cells as individuals do not live forever, but they can keep replicating and dividing forever. They are also easy to work with in lab.

Yeah, back in the 50s informed consent wasn't really all the rage. Still, I'm not sure her family deserves any money. She wasn't harmed, really, and her cancer cells were NOT special in any way.

Why isn't there a monument to this woman?

Also, could not make heads or tails out of that Guido trailer. It isn't awesome-bad--it's just boring. Oo, look, badly choreographed gun fights. Naked chicks. A hero who couldn't throw a knife if his life depended on it. I understand that if you're rich, you can do all sorts of shit for your own amusement, but why inflict it on the public?

And I understand why some people don't like swearing, I'm just not one of them and I swear a lot, mainly because I work by myself a lot of the time and there's no one around to offend, and also because it pisses my mom off and serves as a reminder that I'm an adult and can say what I fucking please.

Hi, Mom! Have a great fucking day, goddamnit!

Amberlark, I hear ya'. My kids are 11 and 7 and the dearth of family friendly programming *is* frustrating. To make it even worse, I don't have satellite or cable and am limited to abc, nbc, cbs, fox, and cw.

What's really funny is that I was home for a couple of days the other week with a sick kid (the 11-yo) and ran across The Cosby Show in the afternoon. She LOVED it. Thought it was the funniest thing she'd seen in a long time.

To me, the first sign that said "Guido" will be a shit-fest was that they couldn't even get the aspect ratio right for youtube.

TK - Please add the jetpack to your Universal Wish List on Amazon and I will start the collection. Who's in for a grand?

Believe me, if Amazon sold jetpacks, that fucker'd be at the top of my list, with stars and goddamn bows on it. But noooo.

Fuckin' Amazon. That's some bullshit right there.

If TK promises we can ride tandem with a zombie from his collection, I'm in.

For reals. I promise free jetpack rides for everyone, accompanied by Leroy (head zombie). You will, of course, have to sign some sort of release form.

Also, "jetpack ride" is not some sort of crude euphemism. Just so we're clear.

The HeLa cell story is not exactly new. I read about it in science class (in high school, I think) oh so many years ago (at least 20). Apparently, until her cells came along, cancer researchers had trouble keeping their samples of cancer cells alive, or somesuch shit. So they kept using her cells (which they grew mroe of, I guess) long after her death. I'm also not sure her family deserves any money out of it.

Also, Thanksgiving is not the most delicious of days. Not even close. Is there anybody else, here at least, who really doesn't like Thanksgiving food?

Slash, you are not alone. Thanksgiving is my least favorite holiday. Not only I am not a fan of the main dishes, I don't cook, so I end up doing all the dishes.

Superfriends! good god that was a horrible, horrible show. Fucking Wonder Twins.

They are from all over the world, but they are AAAAAALLL THE SAAAAAAAME. Holy shit. South Park was right. Jersey Shore has invaded. Someone call Osama.

Jet pack eh?

those could come in handy for the Zombie Apocalypse.

::calls supplier:: "Get me 10 jetpacks mounted with 2 machine guns."" ::end call::

Now that would be epic. imagine finishing the zombie uprising and not even having to get your feet dirty.

"Canada is getting its own Jersey Shore rip-off called Lake Shore, and it’s filming in Toronto....If you’ll excuse me, I need to go invest in a .45, a shovel, an unmarked white van and shower curtains."

Fuck, and no. I've lived in Toronto for 15 years, and since getting rid of Mad Mel Lastman, I have, in general, felt proud of my adopted city. Now we have Rob "Almost Too Crazy For The Tea Party" Ford as mayor, and this Lake Shore abomination...this just makes me want to drink (more).

Sigh.

Jeremy, might I suggest foregoing the .45 and opting instead for a Hilti nail gun? That way you can get all your supplies (except for the van), at the nearest Home Despot, or wherever one buys nail guns powered by .22 blanks that you don't have to have an FAC and/or deal with shady, back alley types to acquire, and have the added bonus of close contact with your douchetastic targets.

Totally untraceable.

Trust me dude.

It works.

I cannot believe You People are 'firsting' all over me! Well excuse ME for not being spot on the nobbin like you all are!

(heh. just fuckin' with ya.)

I randomly clicked onto it last night and was fascinated by her story. Shoulda known the Jibans would know what was up already. I think recognition if not compensation should happen here. She pretty much died of septicemia in a black ward with nary a care for her at all, and yet her nabbed sample has done so much for the world.

She's got descendants living on the streets and in poverty, they did their best to obfuscate what they'd taken and how, and to hide her identity when questions occurred - there's a reason for that and it must be money...shit like this simply isn't right.

She's the modern equivalent of Jesus' 'miracle of the bread and fishes' and it hasn't sparked even a thankyou?

That trailer from Lake Shore is one of the most ignorant, moronic and offensive things I have ever seen on Pajiba. A bunch of 905 club kids whose brains have been poisoned by MTV and MTV byproducts are filmed enacting a Jersey-Shore rehash, with a multiculti twist being the show's only claim to originality (though it's interesting that for all of the multicultural boasts, no WASPSs, Blacks or Indians made it to the final cast). And this somehow represents Toronto? Seriously? We just elected Rob Ford for mayor, and the last thing we need is another public humiliation.

Everyone connected to the production of Lake Shore, from the cast members to the publicists to the cameramen to the caterers, should be ashamed of themselves for getting involved in such a shallow, venal, puerile, anti-enlightenment piece of trash. And for anyone in the twenty-something age bracket who thinks this programme looks in anyway fun or worthwhile or -- God forbid -- worth auditioning for, there is only one solution: Conscription. Draft those li'l steroid-popping fuckers and have them serve in Afghanistan for a couple of tours. And have the show's production team publicly flogged in Nathan Phillips Square.