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Re: Boston
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:22 pm
by beats me
But what does that make the people who pat themselves on the back for posting a fact finding outrage video on facebook that was already posted 3 million times by other people? I know they are coined as slacktivists, but feeling you’re changing the world by posting a video and mentally giving yourself an achievement star?
At least drum circles get people’s attention and are slightly less inconvenient than a bomb.

Re: Boston
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:58 pm
by Machinesworking
beats me wrote:
But what does that make the people who pat themselves on the back for posting a fact finding outrage video on facebook that was already posted 3 million times by other people? I know they are coined as slacktivists, but feeling you’re changing the world by posting a video and mentally giving yourself an achievement star?
At least drum circles get people’s attention and are slightly less inconvenient than a bomb.

Facebook is the absolute worst platform for anything political. It's for cute cat pics and talking to your aunt.
Yeah I'll take smelly hippies over Timothy McVeigh.

Re: Boston
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:51 pm
by knotkranky
fucking drum-circles omg
but ya gotta go with the hippies
there is no escaping dichotomy
Re: Boston
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:23 pm
by andydes
Machinesworking wrote:
Timothy McVeigh.
I think the fact you know his name is part of the problem. He should be remembered (if at all) as just another brainless psyco. Authorities should put less emphasis on how dangerous these arseholes are (they love that), and more on them being pathetic losers. It's tragic that they get a platform for their "views" like this.
Re: Boston
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:26 pm
by beats me
andydes wrote:Machinesworking wrote:
Timothy McVeigh.
I think the fact you know his name is part of the problem. He should be remembered (if at all) as just another brainless psyco. Authorities should put less emphasis on how dangerous these arseholes are (they love that), and more on them being pathetic losers. It's tragic that they get a platform for their "views" like this.
While I agree with you in theory, we have a great many TV shows dedicated to celebrating pathetic losers. Don’t think labeling people that directly would make them any less famous.
Re: Boston
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:52 pm
by knotkranky
Nah, you parade McVeigh around and show everybody how much like him we are.
Re: Boston
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:53 pm
by doghouse
A friend of mine was a spectator at the finish line and is now in the hospital with borken bones and shrapnel wounds
He was
lucky...no lost limbs and he's still alive.
Re: Boston
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:57 pm
by knotkranky
Holy crap
Evidently they have a suspect on video and are close to an arrest.
Re: Boston
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:28 pm
by Forge.
knotkranky wrote:Holy crap
Evidently they have a suspect on video and are close to an arrest.
hopefully they get him quick, I think the internetz are close to lynching this guy:

Re: Boston
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:32 pm
by Forge.
Machinesworking wrote:
Facebook is the absolute worst platform for anything political.
you just have to follow the right pages.. everyone has a page now, even the ones you like, so you can sort the wheat from the chaff yourself without having to wade through Rupert Murdoch's sea of piss and vinegar
Re: Boston
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:34 pm
by Forge.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/intern ... ne:default
Additional investigations by internet users have found that the attack was committed by either a lone attacker, a right-wing militia, a single Islamic jihadist, a consortium of Islamic fundamentalist groups, the U.S. Federal Reserve, North Korea, the Boston Police Department, the anti-gun lobby, the pro-gun lobby, or the marathon’s organizers.

Re: Boston
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:37 pm
by Forge.
While still early in the investigation, experts believe the internet is likely to uncover crucial evidence in the coming hours that will likely result in anywhere between 20 to 30 million more leads on potential bombing suspects
Re: Boston
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:42 pm
by Forge.
Notice the old Ableton logo in top center?
Re: Boston
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:46 pm
by Forge.
I have to say, given this was probably one of the most photographed events in the US at that time whoever did it wanted to get caught... or was just really really dumb.
Re: Boston
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:51 am
by Jack McOck
LoopStationZebra wrote:knotkranky wrote:That's another reason to not watch the tube. Hordes of gun toting patriots on the wrong point.
Quite honestly...better than watching hordes of patchouli oil invested nitwit Lefty Socialists prattling on about redistribution and how profound the latest Terrence Malick film is whilst sitting in a pool of their own filth at the latest G7 protest.

Mix one part organic patchouli oil with one part ylang ylang ("complete" quality) oil, and two parts rubbing alcohol for a true "scent of hippy" perfume. Recommended for spraying on neighbor's cat.