Websites that make you cheer, do a backflip, or both

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:47 am

When my girlfriend found out about the Gundam wedding thing, she wanted to immediately travel to Japan. Presumably with me (let's ignore the thing about same-sex marriages), though possibly to marry the Gundam itself.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 3:12 pm

clikml wrote:http://shibuya246.com/2009/08/22/gundam-wedding/

Wowza. Is there any culture zanier than the Japanese? I don't even care for Gundam or that genre but that is still some admirable devotion to entertainment.

http://waitinginline.insanejournal.com/9405.html

Maybe?

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 6:16 pm

http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays

Some 28 year old guy twittering things his 70-something dad says... surprisingly funny.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 1:21 am

This website...I can't help it. It's like crack. I mean, really, honest reviews of romance novels. What could be funnier?

How about mercilessly mocking the covers?

http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/ ... ver_snark/

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:01 am

there is a website that catalogues comic book/cartoon character religions.

Apparently Superman is Methodist and figured, once his super hearing kicked in, that as long as he could hear the services, he didn't have to physically be there...

And apparently the Thing is Jewish...

http://www.comicbookreligion.com/

Oh, and it kinda stretches the definition of Religion, as it catlogues other metaphysical/belief oriented character aspects, such as philosophy, metaphysical/fantasy race, etc.

CatharzGodfoot · Post by **CatharzGodfoot** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:45 pm

Prak_Anima wrote:there is a website that catalogues comic book/cartoon character religions.

Apparently Superman is Methodist and figured, once his super hearing kicked in, that as long as he could hear the services, he didn't have to physically be there...

And apparently the Thing is Jewish...

http://www.comicbookreligion.com/

Oh, and it kinda stretches the definition of Religion, as it catlogues other metaphysical/belief oriented character aspects, such as philosophy, metaphysical/fantasy race, etc.

What is "Jewish Catholic"? Someone who believes in the Pope's infallibility but not the divine misconception? A Catholic who keeps kosher? Google was no help on this, and neither was Wikipedia.

tzor · Post by **tzor** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:13 pm

CatharzGodfoot wrote:What is "Jewish Catholic"? Someone who believes in the Pope's infallibility but not the divine misconception? A Catholic who keeps kosher? Google was no help on this, and neither was Wikipedia.

I have no clue, although I do know a lot of people who were Jewish on one side of the family and Catholic on the other. Perhaps a "Jewish Catholic" is a Catholic who loves Lox? Who would die for a good tongue sandwich, properly dressed, on rye bread with a nice pickle, drinking some Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray Soda.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:26 pm

I think what it means is a person who was raised by a Jewish and a Catholic parent.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 4:09 am

Here's something pretty nice. It perked my mood up.

http://mylifeisaverage.com/

Today, my roommate and I were playing "Hakuna Matata" and dancing and singing along with our door open. Just as it got to Simba's part, a boy slid through our doorway on his knees singing, "It means no worries, for the rest of your days!" and completed our trio. We told him he is welcome back here anytime.

Today I was on the computer in the school media lab and discovered that someone had created a file called "Once". Curious, I opened it, only to find another file titled "Upon". I opened this to find one titled "A" and then another titled "Time". This went on for about 50 files and actually told a story. At parts it would have multiple files to pick from, like a choose your own adventure story. This was by far the best thing to happen to me all day, and I'm determined to hunt down the mystery creator and thank them.

Today while in Child Development class, we were discussing relationships. She asked us questions that we answered the way girls would normally answer. The class is all girls, so she got a bunch of boys from another class and asked them the same questions. When they were asked 'What's the difference between Sex and Romance?' they just sat there for a minute and then finally one of them said, "Candles?" It made my week.

Edit: A little more awesome.

http://www.howmanyofme.com

Apparently, there's only 19 other people in the United States with the same name as me.

Edit Edit: Well, I can account for one of them--my father.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:30 pm

Since people have been discussing the U.S. healthcare plane lately:
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/un ... onent3.php

Whatever your opinions, it could be worse.

CatharzGodfoot · Post by **CatharzGodfoot** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:41 pm

Camouflage art.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:47 am

That's cool, Catharz. The bulldozer one was the hardest for me to see.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:21 pm

Yeah, I like the bulldozer one the best too.

Still, I wonder if any of them were simply shopped. It would have been cool to see multiple angles of some of them to show that they weren't.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:29 pm

It'd be easier to paint the clothes and take the photo.

-Crissa

venom3053000 · Post by **venom3053000** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:35 pm

hi this is my first time posting here, and this a site I like www.htmlcomics.com has lots of free comics on it.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:37 am

http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

I'd like to make something clear. There are felsic igneous rocks out there that are more musically talented than I am. But this was fun to the play with.

The Lunatic Fringe · Post by **The Lunatic Fringe** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:58 pm

CatharzGodfoot wrote: What is "Jewish Catholic"? Someone who believes in the Pope's infallibility but not the divine misconception? A Catholic who keeps kosher? Google was no help on this, and neither was Wikipedia.

"Jewish" refers to an ethnicity as well as a religion.

So I'm a Jewish Atheist, and that's not any more of a contradiction than an Italian Atheist.

...btw, were you joking, I can't tell...

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:45 am

http://playthisthing.com/

It's sort of like TVtropes, but with awesome indie games instead of tropes.

Help. I've been stuck in here for hours.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:46 am

Speaking of TV Tropes.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/M ... Stratagems

I found that highly interesting to read.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:54 am

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/M ... GayOldTime

Some hilarious examples. It's the trope of language changing and leaving old lines unintentionally hilarious through innuendo, basically.

shadzar · Post by **shadzar** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:49 am

Narcissus wrote:
CatharzGodfoot wrote: What is "Jewish Catholic"? Someone who believes in the Pope's infallibility but not the divine misconception? A Catholic who keeps kosher? Google was no help on this, and neither was Wikipedia.
"Jewish" refers to an ethnicity as well as a religion.

So I'm a Jewish Atheist, and that's not any more of a contradiction than an Italian Atheist.

...btw, were you joking, I can't tell...

I am truly confused.

All I know is the Old Testament is the Jewish bible, I think, and the new Testament is the Christian bible.

Doesn't that make all Christians then Jewish?

Or do you mean Jewish Atheist as in an atheist born form a Jewish family?

I am REALLY confused what is being said here.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:08 am

shadzar wrote:
Narcissus wrote:
CatharzGodfoot wrote: What is "Jewish Catholic"? Someone who believes in the Pope's infallibility but not the divine misconception? A Catholic who keeps kosher? Google was no help on this, and neither was Wikipedia.
"Jewish" refers to an ethnicity as well as a religion.

So I'm a Jewish Atheist, and that's not any more of a contradiction than an Italian Atheist.

...btw, were you joking, I can't tell...
I am truly confused.

All I know is the Old Testament is the Jewish bible, I think, and the new Testament is the Christian bible.

Doesn't that make all Christians then Jewish?

Or do you mean Jewish Atheist as in an atheist born form a Jewish family?

I am REALLY confused what is being said here.

I don't know how to make it clearer... Jew refers to an ethnicity as well as a religion. You can be Jewish by decent, just like you can be Polish by decent, but being descended from people from Israel doesn't make one a religious Jew.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:09 am

Christians recruit. Judaism doesn't.

Yes, some Christians are born Jewish, and vice versa. The majority of Christians may have Jewish ancestry, but so do the majority of white people. Just like nearly all Blacks in America have white ancestry. It all gets mixed up.

-Crissa

virgil · Post by **virgil** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:13 am

"Jewish" is an actual ethnicity, on par with being born Indian or Japanese. The ethnicity is also associated with a religion, Judaism, and practitioners are also called Jews.

tzor · Post by **tzor** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:56 pm

Crissa wrote:Christians recruit. Judaism doesn't.

Generally speaking they don't actively recruit, but they accept converts. On the one hand, they have no real interest in doing so. On the other hand, the initiation rituals aren't exactally a big sell to most of the male population.

But to some extent being "Jewish" from an ethnic standpoint is further divided into various subgroups depending on where they had settled.

Historically, Jews have been identified into two major groups: the Ashkenazim, or "Germanics" ("Ashkenaz" meaning "Germany" in Medieval Hebrew, denoting their Central European base), and the Sephardim, or "Hispanics" ("Sefarad" meaning "Hispania" or "Iberia" in Hebrew, denoting their Spanish and Portuguese base). The Mizrahim, or "Easterners" ("Mizrach" being "East" in Hebrew), that is Middle Eastern and North African Jews, could constitute a third major group.