Were there cats before the internet? I don’t care to research the topic as it’s not relevant to this video:
I wonder if any of those were a result of a…dead…mouse?
Skiing is awesome, but you need lots of pristine, untouched snow right? Wrong! In his below segment from All.I.Can by Sherpas Cinema, freeskier JP Auclair proves that not only can you get by on gritty snowbanks, handrails, and pavement, you can kill it. The co-founder of Armada absolutely shreds a line through town in BC, appearing only peripherally in the first couple minutes before the song (Dance Yrself Clean by LCD Soundsystem) drops and he starts slaying in earnest.
You can get the full version of the film on DVD or for iTunes at Sherpas Cinema.
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Beavis and Butt-head are back! Returning to MTV on October 27, the duo of rock / metal-loving, socially awkward teenage delinquents will be starring in all new episodes after a hiatus of almost 15 years.
Running from March 8, 1993, to November 28, 1997 on MTV, the original Beavis and Butt-head episodes won a cult following with its off color humor, profligate farting, complete lack of intelligence, and (frequently scathing) music video reviews.
MTV has released a preview of the first episode, Holy Cornholio (see below), which it describes as “the bold new standard by which all of television will be judged,” saying that “MTV’s first foray into Emmy territory is a remarkable one.”
Beavis and Butt-head are up to their usual shenanigans in the preview scenes from the new episode that have been released. In one scene, Beavis has screwed any army man to his hand and Butt-head springs to the rescue with a screw gun: ”Settle down Beavis, okay this is gonna like hurt you alot more than it’s gonna hurt me”. In the misguided attempt to extract the screw, Butt-head instead screws it in further. A hilarious trip to the hospital ensues. Check out the full preview below:
The preview is only about 5 minutes long and just leaves me wanting more. Unfortunately, I guess I will have to wait until next week. In the meantime, here are the Beavis and Butthead Top Five Music Videos for those who need more:
Psilocybe mexicana is one of over 200 species of mushroom in which psilocybin can be found.
The study measured personality changes in 51 participants who were given high does of the hallucinogen psilocybin. Better known to many as “Magic Mushrooms,” psilocybin is a compound that occurs naturally in varying concentrations in over 200 species of Basidiomycota mushrooms. Documentation of human usage goes back thousands of years and includes Mayan depictions of ceremonies involving hallucinogens, rock art in the Spanish village of Vilar del Humo that was created over 6,000 years ago offers evidence that Psilocybe hispanica was used in religious rituals, and murals dating from 7000 to 9000 BCE have been found in the Sahara desert in southeast Algeria and suggest prehistoric usage of psilocybin mushrooms.
Hallucinogens, including psilocybin, were often used in shamanistic cultures where shamans or similar leaders would ingest them to engage in spirit quests that would offer glimpses of the culture’s gods and provide insight into its history and future.
For a substance that has been featured with such prominence throughout human history, we know very little about it. The Johns Hopkins study is a start, but it’s conclusions — e.g. participants in the study who displayed showed measurable personal changes all reported having ”mystical experience[s]” — are far from groundbreaking; many college students or Phish followers would likely report similar findings (albeit, perhaps not as scientifically: ”Dude, you see all these colors and things moving and it makes you feel like, you know, how amazing the world is and how interconnected everything is, but that we’re, like, pretty insignificant.”).
Hopefully the John’s Hopkin’s study will fuel further inquiry into hallucinogens and people respond to them. An except from the study is included below as well as a link to the full summary:
A single high dose of the hallucinogen psilocybin, the active ingredient in so-called “magic mushrooms,” was enough to bring about a measureable personality change lasting at least a year in nearly 60 percent of the 51 participants in a new study, according to the Johns Hopkins researchers who conducted it.
Lasting change was found in the part of the personality known as openness, which includes traits related to imagination, aesthetics, feelings, abstract ideas and general broad-mindedness. Changes in these traits, measured on a widely used and scientifically validated personality inventory, were larger in magnitude than changes typically observed in healthy adults over decades of life experiences, the scientists say. Researchers in the field say that after the age of 30, personality doesn’t usually change significantly.“Normally, if anything, openness tends to decrease as people get older,” says study leader Roland R. Griffiths, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.The research, approved by Johns Hopkins’ Institutional Review Board, was funded in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.The study participants completed two to five eight-hour drug sessions, with consecutive sessions separated by at least three weeks. Participants were informed they would receive a “moderate or high dose” of psilocybin during one of their drug sessions, but neither they nor the session monitors knew whenLasting change was found in the part of the personality known as openness, which includes traits related to imagination, aesthetics, feelings, abstract ideas and general broad-mindedness. Changes in these traits, measured on a widely used and scientifically validated personality inventory, were larger in magnitude than changes typically observed in healthy adults over decades of life experiences, the scientists say. Researchers in the field say that after the age of 30, personality doesn’t usually change significantly.
“Normally, if anything, openness tends to decrease as people get older,” says study leader Roland R. Griffiths, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
The research, approved by Johns Hopkins’ Institutional Review Board, was funded in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.
The study participants completed two to five eight-hour drug sessions, with consecutive sessions separated by at least three weeks. Participants were informed they would receive a “moderate or high dose” of psilocybin during one of their drug sessions, but neither they nor the session monitors knew when.
Full summary here.
It’s not necessary to say much here. Check out the videos below and hit full screen. Some amazing GoPro HD shots snowboarder Tim Humphreys took while filming himself riding and getting airborne.
Hello, Mostly Toasty. First time, long time:
I was considering recently that as automatic electronic payments on smartphones, ipads etc. become more prevalent, and paper money and coins slowly go the way of the dodo, how the tipping habits of customers in establishments where gratuities aren’t necessarily standard will be affected. For instance, it’s not commonplace to tip in places like pizza joints, Subways, delis, etc. If you’re paying for a slice or a juice box on a credit card, I’d venture to say that it almost never happens. But what is commonplace in these establishments is for cash paying customers to drop their change into the TIP JAR, if for no other reason than because they don’t want change they will most likely lose jangling around in their pockets. But it’s also a nice gesture – instead of feeding them to your living room sofa, why not give these soon-to-be-lost coins to some poor immigrant working on minimum wage who just provided you with a needed service?
Furthermore, doing so combats a sort of arbitrary imbalance in the world of quotidian tipping. If you’re supposed to tip a bartender for opening a bottle top for you, it seems slightly unfair to me that the sandwich maker assembling your sub at Subway doesn’t deserve a gratuity for their services. I’m compelled to draw this even further and submit that my enjoyment of a Subway sandwich is more dependent upon a capable employee, than my enjoyment of a beer or a whiskey is determined by a proficient barkeep. A skillful oil-and-vinegar-ing of my tuna on honey-wheat footlong determines the product quality much more so than does the way in which a bartender twists off my Miller Lite cap. I can, however, appreciate that if you’re an Old Fashioned or martini drinker, the way in which these drinks are prepared is at the crux of your ability to enjoy the beverage. Breaking it down to a more micro-economic level, the tip (and the implicit understanding that the customer can over, under or even not tip depending on the quality of service) is designed to ensure high quality products and services at bars and other establishments. Customers will continue to patronize these high quality establishments, which enable them to stay in business and pay their employees, who – in turn – continue to make proper Old Fashioneds and martinis during work hours and pump money back into their local economy during their free time. And so we carry on and avoid turning into the Soviet Union and everyone is happy and so on and so forth.
Now I’m not a Subway menu adventurer, but I’d imagine that if I were to order, say, the new BBQ Pulled Pork sandwich a proper layering, heating, and application of the bbq sauce would greatly determine the outcome of the sandwich. As much as a tyro bartender can fuck up a martini?–I don’t know. But while they are still around, let’s continue to drop those unwanted 7 cents into the tip jar.
PS i also wonder how a decrease in the use of change and the near extinction of payphones will affect homeless persons revenue from pulling stuck and loose quarters out of city payphone deposit slots.
So, first off, this happened on the L train:
A quick recap by way of keywords (because I know all you kids hate reading): Fat Mom, Subway Seat Refusal, Mace, “Where the Baby?”, Fight. Done deal. Another instant internet classic brought to you by the folks at Mostly Toasty.
But this got me thinking about the proper rules and codes of conduct in any mass transit situation. There needs to be a freaking manual titled: “How to not ride the Subway like a retard” printed out and given to every mouth-breathing mongoloid that I share a train with every day.
Here are 5 absolutely crucial rules that I’ve come up with, as a jumping off point:
1.) You should give your seat to very old and young, injured, or pregnant people, and that’s it.
The lady in the above video wanted a seat solely because she shot something out of her vagine. The kid’s sitting down, so I’m with the lady in white: go fuck yourself. As for the whole “chivalry” nonsense, I’m all for holding doors and whatnot but listen ladies, equality is equality. Do you want a seat, or do you want rights? Enough of this having your cake, so to speak.
2.) Wait until everyone that is getting off the train has exited, before you try and enter.
Oh man, these people kill me. Whats the motivation here? You know who is the worst offender of this? Little Asian ladies, hands down. Listen toots, whatever disgusting thing that you purchased in your specialty store on Canal St isn’t going to dry out any more, settle down and be courteous to your fellow human beings. Jeez, didn’t these people invent the practice of meditation?
3.) Wait until the train has stopped to position yourself by the door.
Similar idea. Are you afraid that that you will miss your stop? I’m sorry, but if I’m standing up, reading, I like to have a hand on something that will keep me from stumbling onto other passengers when the train stops, so no, I won’t move my arm for you.
4.) If the train is crowded, move all the way in.
Morning trains are always the worst for this. Some sassy fat bitch parks her ass right by a subway pole, and refuses to move. Thus creating a logjam at the door that she’s closest to. Stop doing this.
5.) If you don’t have headphones, don’t play music.
If I see one more Boost Mobile subscriber playing their latest crappy mixtape out loud through their cell phone, I’m going to freak out. Although, I did bond with an older gentleman over the prodigious 36 Chambers-era Wu Tang Videos. (Me: They were so good. Him: Right?)
Anyway, this is just the beginning. What else am I missing?
You’re welcome MTA patrons.
Addendum:
6.) Don’t stand in front of doors on the side where they open.
This one is pretty self explanatory. Who wants to squeeze by someone to get on or off the train? It disrupts the flow. On crowded trains, this cannot always be avoided, but when I see people doing it on empty trains, it’s really annoying. Move 5 ft and make everyone’s life better.
Animals Being Dicks is probably the 2nd greatest site on the internet today. I just wasted a solid 2 hours on this site like it was nothin’.
Little Bastard
(via Fazed)
Why do most of the hilarious bloopers come from regional news team intros? You’re telling me that this is what’s become of Ron Burgundy’s legacy, San Diego?
Looks like jet pack man was just a taaaad too eager on the forward thrust button.
Innovative products are great; they can make things easier, more convenient, cheaper, faster, etc. Unfortunately, not all innovative products are created equal: some are just downright stupid.
Take for instance this weeks Bad Product Idea #203: the Bicycle Bungee. For only $200 dollars you can own a retractable bungee cord to hook your bike together with your riding partner. The concept being that stronger riders will pull along weaker ones and allow riders of different skills to ride together.
An admirable goal, no doubt, however, $200 seems a bit steep for something that you could probably cobble together in your garage for $40 and a couple hours of labor. Going beyond that, the bike bungees seems so… dangerous.
What happens if either rider crashes? The rear rider gets going faster than the front rider on an incline? The cord gets caught on a branch? A stampeding herd of koala bears clotheslines themselves on the cord? I could go on, but in the interest of getting to the actually video I will spare you all of the horrible “what if” scenarios that surround this product. Enjoy (added video bonus: ripping NZ Accent):
I wonder how many of these things have been sold. If anyone wants to throw $200 away, I can give you an address.
