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@Byrd Brain- Hey- No bad words about my cousin here please...! ;-)
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Thanks Alex- Now I can see both my entries and now the 2nd one doesn't make much sence anymore. :-D
@Gauldar- To me it seems that these things go like waves- Times with all the liberties in the world are followed by times with lots of repression. And in societies like ours where we have no direct dictatorships, these liberties grow and shrink by public social agreement. Like in the Victorian time in England, showing skin -any skin- was a fellony and highly Not Done. And the way you spoke about certain topics could make you an outcast bound for the Penal Colony of Australia. Nowadays overthere it is quite the opposite. :-?
@Gauldar- To me it seems that these things go like waves- Times with all the liberties in the world are followed by times with lots of repression. And in societies like ours where we have no direct dictatorships, these liberties grow and shrink by public social agreement. Like in the Victorian time in England, showing skin -any skin- was a fellony and highly Not Done. And the way you spoke about certain topics could make you an outcast bound for the Penal Colony of Australia. Nowadays overthere it is quite the opposite. :-?
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...And I thought that "Mock Duck" was something you could order at your local Vietnamese restaurant...?
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That's my old cornremover...!
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As I write, I have to listen to a song on the radio that goes "Riverside Mother***R!!!" from a Sidney Samsom...And now I am shocked and amazed. ...But over here nobody blinks and it just gets played- This song and more others like it with lots of explicit language that couldn't get through here on this blog, nowadays are normal whereas a few years ago they would have been blocked from the radio.
...The times they are achanging... And not alwasy for the better I might add....
...The times they are achanging... And not alwasy for the better I might add....
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Me like it...! I understand why it is so high-priced with all the hours of manual labour to make it, but still I think it is a bit much. But If my wife would make one herself to wear, I would have no objections whatsoever...!
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Something interesting occurred just now- I tried to post a comment here that to my knowledge and intent was not rude, hurtful or harmful. Yet probably the blog engine scrapped the comment.
I don't know where Neatorama is based, but it seems that there is a big difference in what I (coming from the Netherlands) perceive as non-appropriate and what this blog thinks on the same.
I guess I grew up with the idea that rudeness and faul language not only come from the words that actually are used, but moreso from their context.
I find it at least strange that examples going back as far as 1914 are presented here. In that case why not also bring up examples from countries like the Netherlands and Belgium in 1945...? ;-)
I don't know where Neatorama is based, but it seems that there is a big difference in what I (coming from the Netherlands) perceive as non-appropriate and what this blog thinks on the same.
I guess I grew up with the idea that rudeness and faul language not only come from the words that actually are used, but moreso from their context.
I find it at least strange that examples going back as far as 1914 are presented here. In that case why not also bring up examples from countries like the Netherlands and Belgium in 1945...? ;-)
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...How much???
I've never ever spent more than €60,- on jeans...! In fact I've never ever spent so much on anyting (aside my house), not even my car...! Even if I had that kind of money, I would use it for other things...! I'm shocked!
I've never ever spent more than €60,- on jeans...! In fact I've never ever spent so much on anyting (aside my house), not even my car...! Even if I had that kind of money, I would use it for other things...! I'm shocked!
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Bizarre- Freedom of speech in the US...? A friend of mine has spent some time in jail juist for only suggesting to the officer that fining him for 2miles speeding bordered on acting like a fag... And then we see an example of 1912 from Norway...? Perhaps we should also find examples from a bit later in ...say Belgium or the Netherlands around 1945...?
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Masterful!
I often wondered about this when I see how it works when ordinary everyday stuff ends up in museums or galleries: The moment an object passes those like magical doors and gets the stamp of "acknowledged example of the surroundings of Humanity in any way, shape or form", it is handled with gloves, ends up on some pedestal and is is treated like Holy- In museums and galleries one does not run, yell, speak loud. But one does walk around in awe, full of wonder and deep thoughts.
Why? It still stays that same stupid thing that you wondered about why your grandma or your neighbour still uses it while there's tons of cleverer stuff out there that is much better. But still you find it on that pedestal, behind that security-barrier and so you almost automatically like revere it at least a bit.
And so when you bring that atmosphere right to the natural environment of the objects in question, the environment itself becomes sacred in some ...daft way.
Great project, awesome. Makes at least me thinking... :-D
I often wondered about this when I see how it works when ordinary everyday stuff ends up in museums or galleries: The moment an object passes those like magical doors and gets the stamp of "acknowledged example of the surroundings of Humanity in any way, shape or form", it is handled with gloves, ends up on some pedestal and is is treated like Holy- In museums and galleries one does not run, yell, speak loud. But one does walk around in awe, full of wonder and deep thoughts.
Why? It still stays that same stupid thing that you wondered about why your grandma or your neighbour still uses it while there's tons of cleverer stuff out there that is much better. But still you find it on that pedestal, behind that security-barrier and so you almost automatically like revere it at least a bit.
And so when you bring that atmosphere right to the natural environment of the objects in question, the environment itself becomes sacred in some ...daft way.
Great project, awesome. Makes at least me thinking... :-D
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Drunk BEAR- Culprit: Fermented apples
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqv4IyDzB1s
...You should see us humans when we eat that kind of stuff.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZmDWltBziM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqv4IyDzB1s
...You should see us humans when we eat that kind of stuff.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZmDWltBziM
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That corkscrew machine is amazing!
After seeing this, I think I want to design a cupboarddoor-opener like that- filling half the room with machinery just to open a cupboard door... :-D
After seeing this, I think I want to design a cupboarddoor-opener like that- filling half the room with machinery just to open a cupboard door... :-D
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Very early model fly-swatter...?
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Well- At least I try in a language that is not native to me. You think this is about winning this argument, then I assume you must be a young North-American... What's next- Some bashing up? :-D
Still- poor beaver....
Still- poor beaver....
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So now they're declared a health-hazard.
Might I also suggest elderly people, young children and adolecents to be categorized health-hazards? Of course after thorough investigation in hospitals where causes of injury related to these groups are counted and categorized and put in horribly graphic graph's.
:-?