Nightwis:

nightwis:

New way to use vuvuzela. I think its more useful :D

 I STILL LOVE VUVUZELAS!!!

No medium has ever survived the indifference of 25-year-olds.

Clay Shirky (via soupsoup)

Candwhich is the sandwhich in a can. In a can! There are so many wrong/right (choose your own word there) things about the western world, and this is one of them.

Now, I'm a lazy person. I'm a huge fan of anything that saves time and effort. I've only used clothes driers for years (power bill be damned!) and I'm currently hyperventillating at the thought of moving to a flat that doesn't have a dishwasher. I like conveniences. I get that shit. But this is way too far.

What the hell, man? It comes in BBQ Chicken/You-will-eat-this-and-die flavour? Ugh, I think I just threw up a bit. No, I did not make this up. This shit is real.

Bullrush was one of the bestest games ever when I was a kid. I really enjoyed it. Dunno if I'd ever play in this game though. Still, it's one of my favourite ads.

newsweek:

unburyingthelead:

  You just can’t make this stuff up. The Ladies Against Feminism (for real) co-sponsored a “baby conference”where Michelle Duggar of TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting received the “Mother of the Year Award.”

As Amanda tweeted, “I fail to see how being physically capable of non-stop pregnancy is the same thing as being the world’s best mother…That’s like saying the guy who can eat 50 hot dogs in a minute is the world’s greatest gourmand.” Why is ultimate motherhood simply about having as many babies as possible? And when oh when is the Christian Right going to stop promoting the notion that women’s ultimate purpose is incubating?

I also think it’s worth noting that the founder of Ladies Against Feminism, Jennifer Chancey thinks women shouldn’t vote or hold office. So apparently being a dope mother is also about teaching your children that women don’t deserve or need equal rights.

via Shelby Knox.

Nwk friend Kathryn Joyce wrote a very nice piece for us a few years ago (and a nicer book) about the Quiverfull movement that is behind things like this.

No more smoking for prisoners!

Judith Collins is either a complete badass or is on a suicide mission. It's hard to tell at this point.

Collins announced yesterday that smoking is to be banned in prisons from 1 July 2011. This will be known as the day when prisoners all over the country start experiencing nicotine withdrawal symptoms. Damn, I would not want to be anywhere near a prison that week.

Prisoners and smoking - it's a natural combination. I know this is true, because I see it on films and TV. And they never lie to us! Collins seems to have other ideas.

Why is it that every other workplace can be smokefree except for Corrections? I find that unfair

Say what? Man, the prison guards probably have a very different definition of 'unfair'.

I'm a fan of banning smoking from the workplace. Banning smoking from, say, the offices of an accountancy firm is kinda sucky, but you'll live. Office workers will bitch to hell and back if you ban smoking. In extreme cases, there may even be an email petition but they will eventually step into line or find another job. Banning smoking from a prison is hella sucky and you are almost guaranteed a riot. Shit will get real.

In all seriousness, I understand banning smoking from inside prison cells. That's all cool. But why aren't there smoking areas for those who do smoke? There are smoking areas in other workplaces (usually in the parking lot out the back or something of that description). I'm sure that it would be easier to manage if there were options available to those who wanted to carry on inhaling the sweet, smoky taste of nicotine. Of course, I could be wrong about all of this. I'm not a politician/almighty decision maker and I don't need to reassert how much of a hardass I am.

Like the McChrystal fracas, this isn't about health. It's about politics. Any idiot can see that. Yes, it's important that we respect the health and rights of non-smoking prisoners and employees. I totally agree with this. I just think that this could've been done in a smarter way. A way that ensures the prison guards don't end up shitting themselves on 1 July next year.