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Derrick Gordon, 1st Out Gay NCAA Basketball Player, Dating 'CSI' Star!
Derrick Gordon, the first openly gay NCAA men's college basketball player, made his red carpet debut with former CSI star Gerald McCullouch at the GLAAD Awards this weekend!
Out, proud, and LIVING--get it, Derrick!
The two arrived to the GLAAD media awards in NYC this weekend -- 47-year-old Gerald was Derrick's date for the evening ... and MediaTakeOut has a photo of the two kissing on the red carpet.
Gordon -- who only went public about his sexuality last month -- was honored at the event ... and afterward wrote, "22 years old now...4 years ago I wouldnt have never imagine my life changing so much and being at the GLAAD AWARDS...IM TRULY BLESSED!!!!"
Looks like the pair had a great night! Have fun guys!
What yall don't understand about Derrick Gordon is that he honestly doesn't give a fuck what yall think whether you are gay or straight. I went to the University of Massachusetts with DG and even though I didn't know he was gay I still treated him like a human being and yall should too. But if you aren't going to do so I would rather you say this to his face and not over the Internet. Are you willing to die over the shit you believe or think you know about from someone else's love.
This nigger married this man for the financial benefit of it, just like all of the other niggers who marry whites. Because they are too ignorant, lazy and uncouth to make their own money.
We brought these worthless apes to this county from starvation and filth and just look what they have done. They have about brought this country to it's knees with their crime and living off our tax money. Just as they have in Europe and South Africa.
There is just something imprinted in their bloodline that makes them worthless noncontributors to society.
I honestly think that a white man traveled to Africa, fucked an ape and out came the nigger, is why they are so damned ignorant.
South Africa? seriously? "White" people like yourself - i presume - are the ones who traveled to countries like South Africa, to basically drain it of it's resources and use and abuse it in every way possible. White people like yourself are the ones who traveled for thousands of kilometers to enslave these people, uproot them from their homes and families to fulfill whatever sick purpose your twisted minds have justified and deemed necessary/important. If you ask me you uprooted these people from warmth and purity to the "starvation and filth" that is your way of life, not to mention that "this country" (the USA i presume) has been built on the mass graves of the single greatest act of genocide in the history of mankind. Finally, I am certain that if this fine gentleman basketball player was indeed looking for financial gains, he certainly would've picked someone other than this gentleman third tier actor (no offense to the man OR his race) to commence his gold-digging activites, possibly a white middle aged woman with a fondness for dark meat (maybe even a relative of yours? you should be so lucky you white trash racist cracker cousin/sister fucker) Good day to you.
I typically would'nt dignify a comment like this with a response, but an exception is in order! There is nothing factually correct about your xenophobic comment, and your understanding of evolutionary biology astounds me. You are clearly uneducated and untraveled, maybe if you made the effort to leave to US you would see that Europe thrives upon its diversity and tolerance of others. Thankfully people like you are few and far between in this world!
A definition for Xenophobia can be found in the Oxford English dictionary FYI!
The only ignorance I see is you. I didn't know people or should i say things still think this way. Which part of the world do you live in? The funny part is you probably live around black people everyday and you don't say shit to them because your ass would have been fucked up already. Stupid ass. Have your fun and talk all the shit you want. It will catch up to you
Whats your promblem you racist a___hole ? Did your teach you better? They must be pigs to raise a piece of white trash like you. And its the other around its the white sluths hounding our athletic talented brothers. Your mother is a sluth and your daddy must be a faggot who did not know what he had in bed. Trailer Trash motherfucker.
Black gays come on here and threw a fit over a black dude kissing a white dude and the white dude being a predator, so now those black gays need to deal with the ramifications of their ignorance (which results in racist comments toward them). If you can dish it- you better be able to take it
Fuck you Kevdobbins... You are a pathetic 1" dick of a man... JEALOUS that God only made you half of a man! Black men are most to be desired, from our beautiful skin.....Big Dicks, and soulful personality. You wish you could be half the man of a Black man. How about you burn yourself tanning......Oh, stay outta the sun because you stink like a dogs ass whe. Your wet. Now that's Disgusting. Fucking bitch.
I'm surprised to see so many racist, sexist, and homophobic remarks by black commentators who are claiming (in the same sentence) to want to rid the world of prejudice. I mean, I'm a mexican gay boy, I know all about prejudice, but the black community seems to be struggling with a lot of bigotry against everyone but their own. I'm just sayin' now....these comments are scary, but eye opening.
Oh Black people are so comical. Yall claim racism every second you get, can't seem to let go of "slavery" even though that happened decades stacked upon decades ago, claim that your "people" are the most hated upon and face the most prejudice... MEANWHILE yall attack any type of other minority group you can, especially the Gay & Lesbian community. Yall are damn fools. You make me feel ashamed to be a young Black American. You represent us in the most hypocritical way. Then yall wonder why no one takes us seriously. Little do you know we are ALL God's children and ALL deserve his blessings. The bible states that "It is not good that man shall be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him" Genesis 2:18 It doesn't state anything about the gender of this helper. So for those of you throwing the bible, please know it. Be happy for them not angry.
If you want to see BLACK HOMOPHOBIA on display, read some of the comments below. And they say there isn't a disproportiante problem with homophobia in the black community? Please! Even black gays can't stand anything to do with gay people and recite the most ignorant hate speech against gays. Time to finally be honest about it.
Love; ^_^ isn't it a great thing to see too people happy with each other and accepting one anther for who they are.. it gives me hope that someday I too will find love no matter whom its from in this "hateful" and "lustful" world of the gay community.
As I wish you too the best in your future.
To the public of unknowns, supporters as well as the naysayers:
I find it truly funny how every single young, black, and gay male that posted here, and yes I'm black, I'm gay, and I'm 28 ... notice its only the young and only the black whom feel the worst about Gerald and Derrick's relationship, in truth its mostly jealousy Derrick chose Gerald over age and race and instead of choosing someone that is more suited to the gay society standards.
"The young and attractive must be with the young and attractive only"
In their eyes that's the way the world works; and in truth the naysayers wish it was them in place of Gerald for a chance of a lifetime to be with Derrick, but hate is hate no matter the face or the race. Thanks to these young black gay boys, not men, young boys, that's not old enough "mentally", that crawled out from under whatever rock of loneliness and vanity, to show off their true feelings toward, race, age, and so on. Thank god 47 year old Gerald isn't out of shape; or we'll be seeing the gay health nuts come out of their gym corner for an enlightenment on how Gerald should also look, hmm see these are the reason why the gay community is worse than the black community after the 1970's, when all of the black leaders are dead or silence and we have what rights we could gain, however we take our opportunities at freedom for granted, only to scream at the world of what we hate most about others. Be happy my gay brothers that your still free to do so and not living in a place such as Russia or many parts of African where the law states your neighbors (have the right to kill you and burn you alive) if they even suspect that your gay, and believe in African they burn you first, ask question never if they accuse you just to remove you from the public eye, consider it stress relief for them and celebrate your burning like your Frankenstein's monster, and that's how we treat each other in the gay community.
That's what I can't understand about us here in the USA; the land of opportunity, the gay community and most definitely in the black gay community we hate each other, for extremely stupid reasons its like a night club that has the big gay bouncer stopping you because someone said your not worthy, if they are unattractive meaning fat, born disfigured or to old, or look some kind of way that gay men don't like you and say it as loud as they can get it, if their HIV status is positive unless your sexy your not welcome here, or their sexual status, your not Masculine enough your to Fem, "oh your gay your a man but yet your a Tranny, NOO!" (your not welcomed here), or if a person finance is low lets not forget about that (your not welcome here) unless your attractive and the sex is really good. You're not worth enough by 60% to 70% of gay individuals in our community, that find more flaws in you than you do to yourself, so enough is enough, who are we to make calms who's perfect; when that person is less perfect, than the one who shunned through antipathy.
We turned on each other, and for what?? When all this is basically about sex and that's it, so what if Gerald like his coffee black, or Derrick likes his lovers to have some years under his belt, some of you that disapprove can't even maintain what you have let alone cry about what other do.. So to close this posting; because I can write a book about the gay community as a whole, but this topic is uncovering alot of truths about how evil and miss directed the gay community truly has become.
So to the supporters of Gerald and Derrick's relationship, thank you for your support an showing there still hope in the gay community.
And to those whom disapprove; please deport yourself, move to Africa or something, and be as gay, and as loud about yourself as you want to be; just a heads up, pitchforks and torches will be meeting you halfway because you don't deserve the freedom that is given.
I think it is very important to recognize the fight that LGBT people around the world are facing now. In this article (and tons of others like it) we praise celebrities for doing something which so many others have done before, and at a much higher cost.
Yet this is the article where people leave comments of praise and triumph because someone made the "bold" move of coming out to a camera and a crowd. Let's see how this stacks up with the people facing "pitchforks and torches" in Africa or even the 10 year old that's thinking about suicide as a better option than standing up for himself because he feels different and is bullied by his parents, siblings, and/or class mates ... if Gerald or Derrick faced these issues in their past, let us hear about that - not whether their paychecks will be affected by this decision.
I am very glad to hear about a success story for our community, but these are not the individuals moving the world along, they just happen to catch a free ride at the front of the bus at a good time of the day.
Why must we as gays perpetuate bigotry after we have suffered so much from it? who here has not had people stare at them down for being gay, who hasn't been called expletive names in here, or felt uncomfortable in social situations where not everyone is gay? I just don't understand, why are so many of us still inciting bigotry to others? I hate to tell it to all of you, but yes, even our gay world is full of bigotry. We've all seen the "sorry, I only date white, it's my preference". Saying that racism is over is just plain stupid and untrue, however, when we see two people in love and open about it, let's celebrate the fact that they can do it and not end up in jail, not judge them harshly. Leave that to the Christian bigots that believe we are lesser beings.
I'm not gonna lie, being a Black 34 year old gay man from Connecticut....I get so sick of seeing white gay representation. I love that these two men are in love, but for me (Not being a dumb ass racist, but real as I can be) would of loved to see him w another man of color. White gays, especially where I now live, Atlanta are so closeted prejudice but lusting after the body & sex of us black man. Are we good enough to introduce to ur family? NOOO! Are we good enough to have a glass of wine & shoot the shit w ur friends? NOOOO! I honestly feel like we are a taboo, and a mandingo fantasy to be desired..... Thats it.......Even though white gay men face discrimination, they are Still white, and holds onto their white superiority & privilege. Instinct & all the other gay, predominantly white magazines rarely ever features stories about Black gay men * Except for a H.I.V. ad* Feature us on covers....LOGO channel should be called, WGO"White Gays Only.....It's not fair......It hurts as a man if color and also gay. Therefore, I don't date white men, and only date Men of Color exclusively.
I get so tired of hearing this. I am sorry but I have found my black men racist towards whites. I am from Detroit and I have found that gay black men make it known in a very mean way that they do not want a white male. Also, it is ok to have BET and no one says anything about it, but you call LOGO for white gay people only. Its all bullshit..Also when you say you only date men of color is fine..but your tone says something else.
See this is what I can't stand about gay black men, and I would like to add this is being written by a gay black man, why does colour even have to be an issue? Are we not past this yet? Instead of being a pain in the neck "hater" and disliking the fact you can't get a date with any race, why can't you just be happy they are together?
You wonder why gay black men don't want to date other gay black men? It's because this is the type of crap they have to put up with within their own community! Other races see a beautiful black man they want to get to know. But to you, if it isn't black-on-black, all you see is a problem?! The Black Panthers did not fight so you could have the right to complain! They fought so you wouldn't have anything to complain about!
So before you whine and whine that "Oh why doesn't he date within his own race?" Just remember this! It was only 40-something odd years ago (remember Stonewall if not Google it) we wouldn't even be allowed to debate this in public, without being arrested, and it was ONLY 10 years before that YOU wouldn't be allowed to complain at all. Not without someone adding, "Shut up Negro!" after you were done speaking. You want to live Dr. King's dream then "Keep your eye on prize!" And not on the guys! Oh how some people forget where they came from! Can I get a witness?!!
Oh Max baby, while I am ashamed of you, I am also jealous that you are able to truly believe what you preach here. I am actually very curious to talk to you in person.
It is all about color my friend, whether we like it or not. And "past this yet?" Are you kidding? Not only was civil rights was NOT that long ago, but only fools and white people believe that we are in a post-racial society. Some of the white folk that believe this are fools too, but there is the issue of relinquishing power. That is in essence what we want white folk to do and well I can see how that is hard. Once we see more black people in positions of power, less black people in jails, black children receiving an equal education to their white counterparts, etc, etc, etc, (because the list goes on and on) then maybe we can say, and that is a big MAYBE, that color does not matter.
First of all I don't think your Black IDIOTS. Second, while "Stone wall" was happening...."WE" as in African Americans were fighting for Civil Rights....Don't know what that is??? Google it bitch....... I was just being honest. If you can't take it, then fuck you and fuck off! Not stopping you from dating white men. You can have the whole Lotta them.
Come on Eric...why is it that city that have more blacks have more crimes. Black on black crime is over 90 percent. I would say this is something you should be talking about. However, its the same bull shit..whites hate blacks..etc...lets be real you have the same hate..and you all kill each other..
Oh my! I think The United Negro College Fund failed with Eric. They may be calling and asking for their money back using bad words like that? Why is it people swear online when they can't get their point across? Small penis? Beaten as a child?
Eric do you know a Twitter profile by the name of Miss Bronquetta? You know that it wasn't Rosetta Stone who wouldn't sit on the back of the bus so you could have your rights, right? Because you sure don't act or write like it! You may want to you use some of the other words in the English language that aren't expletives. Just a thought.
A, B, C, D, P, F, Q Eric Hooked On Phonic sure didn't work for you!
Eric, I hate to break it to you, but you ARE a dumb ass racist.
Love is love. Period.
For you to say that you wish this guy was with a man of color is simply racist. Why does it matter??
For the record, I'm a white, gay guy from the back woods of West Virginia and I have a fiancé who happens to be black.
I PROUDLY take him EVERYWHERE with me even when it's uncomfortable because I love him.
I have stood up to my family in defense of our relationship because I LOVE HIM.
It personally offends me that you generalize white gay men into a category of creatures who lust for another race but lack the backbone to date outside of their own.
You are certainly entitled to date exclusively black men but you should be careful spewing those generalizations on the internet if you don't want folks to think you're a racist.
Your the reason I detest the idea of being w a white man......You can't even step back and see my Goddamn point.... Your the type that would discredit my entire experience being a Black man, and also gay. I am not generalizing, that us my experience that I shared......and I am one in a million that share thise sentiments. After dating a man like you hate would Indeed follow. Fucking insensitive asshole.
Hate to break it to you Brent, but people of color cannot be racist. NO MATTER WHAT.
And I agree with everything Eric says, albeit it I would not shy away from true love or a soul-mate that happens to be white.
I think what you need to do is take a step back and look beyond yourself and more at the bigger picture to see that Eric's points are on point. Surprised that you date a black man and can't see that, but whatevers I am jealous that you actually have a man. :)
Um, yeah people of colour are racist. Don't know what planet you live on? Do you know how many gay black men aka Thugs hook up exclusively with white men only to see what they can get from them? See no one wants to mention to the two words "reverse racism" because in the gay black community it doesn't exist. Really?! PUHLEASE! Gay black men are sometimes more racist than white men can ever hope to be. We just think it's "OK" because apparently we are the one's so hard done by. When really we are only doing to white men what was done to us as we struggled for civil rights? Want to have a meaningful conversation. Ask 10 gay white men about reverse racism. You may not like what you hear! And this was written again by a gay black man!
Hold the fuck up...how can "people of color" not ever be racist?!?!? That's the most ignorant statement I've ever heard, you sir are a fucking idiot. What planet do you live on? I'm a "person of color" and all I have to do is turn on the news to see that other "people of color" are racist. "Person of color" on "person of color" violence or "person of color" on white violence and no one cares, but as soon as a white person beats, stabs, shoots, or kills a "person of color" and the NAACP is up in arms screaming racism even if the "person of color" was in the wrong and in the process of committing a crime...so please explain how a "person of color" can't be racist
Black people can be and ARE very racist (and homophobic and misogynistic, just read this thread) I'm latino and live in a blended black/brown neighborhood and black people are shockingly racist against other ethnic backgrounds and proudly homophobic. Heck, most black gays will throw the LGBT community under the bus in a heart beat.
Well, not that a person with 2 Ivy League degrees cannot be an idiot, but yeah. I'll say it again people of color cannot be racist. Prejudice yes, racist no. Only white people are racist. The system is set up so that that is so. I don't have time to explain further. Look it up and I will not call you an idiot as you did me, but I as a person of color was also ignorant on this fact. I now better now. :)
WELL STOP FUCKING W "PEOPLE OF COLOR" THEN, YOU WHINEY BITCH! WHITE PEOPLE CREATED THE CONDITION OF SAID "PEOPLE OF COLOR" So deal....or shit thr fuck up! Blacks are constantly trying to accept, assimilate, and include White people, just for you to be a closed minded hateful fuck, too disillusioned to see why US PEOPLE even fo through Most of the shit we do.......Take a history class bitch then come talk to men about us "PEOPLE OF COLOR" *Sticks up middle finger in disgust*
You seem really angry. I think you need to look deep inside yourself and see where all if your aggression is coming from. Just let people love each other and get over the color of their skin. The fact that you are hung up on it is truly unfortunate. I'm not saying that you don't experience daily challenges that I know NOTHING about. HOWEVER, I personally treat everyone with respect and love seeing interracial relationships. To me, that equals progress and barriers being broken down. I am an ally and not an enemy Eric. If you can not see that, then you are going to spend a lot of time in your life fighting unnecessary battles with the wrong individuals.
My boyfriend of 4 years is 42 and I am 23. Ive never been so in love with ANYONE. He is my everything, my soul mate!! we have sooo much in common even his ex wife says we are two pea's in a pod! Age is NOTHING but a number and I can assure you I will die with this man. I wouldnt change it for anything.
I am 33 and my partner is 25+ We've been together for 5 years and counting. I honestly believe age is just a number. I think it is awesome. More power to you guys. For those who has opinions based on hate and digust... Don't say anything at all if you have nothing nice to say. Focus on your relationship and see if you are happy with it.
Does anyone recall the concept of dating? They didn't announce their engagement let alone state they're a couple. Gay men date. And former television stars show up at high profile events because publicity is good for their careers. I don't have any idea about the status of their "relationship". I hope they had fun
Not enough therapy in the world to solve this. I just want to know who cheats first. However, at least it brings to the the forefront the bigotry and prejudice in the gay community people either don't want to talk about or ignore... because it runs very very deep. Following this relationship with make a great case study, because after the media rips this poor kids life and career apart, there will be no white guy to save him.
I think these comments actually perfectly illustrate HOMOPHOBIA within your black community, which is alarming at best and vile at worse. You're black community attempts to call others out on their bias in the same sentence you reveal your own. No wonder so many different groups know black folk as a "ME ME ME" group. You're FIRST in line to deny other groups their equal rights but constantly throw a fit if anyone dare say anything negative about you. And cheating is more of a problem in your black community. With all those fathers literally RUNNING away from their children. We can get real too.
Okay you Ageist need to chill out. I see all this these comments saying "Ew" and "Too Old and Gross". Why can you not be happy for the two of them? STOP PUTTING YOUR OWN VIEWS ON OTHERS! Its makes you look like that village idiot that doesn't know how to shut up because he is so dissatisfied with his/her own life. A belief is only meant to benefit you and those who share your views. Have we all forgotten how diverse this world is? Despite how awkward it may be as long as they are happy with one another that is all that really matters in the end. Some of you truly need to grow up.
Before people get their panties in a bunch the fact is no one on here has any idea of who or what type of guys Derrick Gordon or Gerald McCullough are attracted to. It would help if wanna be politically correct white gay men got their heads out of their ass and admitted to the racism within the gay community, men of color barely have any representation in the gay community unless it's so high profile black guy in sports or entertainment coming out. Men of color are seldom used in advertising in gay publications or representation in the gay community in general, so when a black man comes out what's wrong with wanting to see him with another man of color, nothing against whites but you see white gay male couples plastered all over gay neighborhoods & media, most black gay men that live and spend their time in predominately gay neighborhoods that are in relationships are most likely involved with white men and have majority white gay males friends. Just like gays want better representation on TV men of color want better representation within the gay community so forgive us for wanting to see black gay male celebrities in relationships with men of the same ethnicity. It's not just black, it's latin, asian, middle eastern, it's all men of color. I myself find both Derrick & Gerald very attractive and wish them well, on the same vane yes it would be nice to see Derrick with another man of color. We live in a very visual world, so if a questioning young man of color who's looking to see someone like him see's a Derrick Gordon in a relationship another black man and feel good about himself great, so before you want to pull out the race card see it from our historical perspective to get a clear and better understanding of where men of color are coming from.
Yes, I want Gay representation in the media, where people are hired to act, perform, speak, etc. I want Black, Asian, Latino/Latina, older/younger, etc representation on my news, I watch MSNBC, record MHP every weekend, Rev Al and Rachel Maddow every night. I want the things I watch, read and support to represent my entire community, even the parts that don't look, sound or think like me.
But when it comes to whom someone dates and loves, I want that person to reflect the attraction and love and desire of the other person. And if I have an opinion beyond that, then maybe I should get my priorities straight, because I did not select race, gender, height, weight, hair or eye color of the person I fell in love with, but rather, I like to think love selected us for each other, and if anyone has another plan or opinion about it, they better work it out quietly, because they have no business talking or speculating about it without the expectation of saying it to my fist. Mr. Gordon, if he gives a shit what anyone thinks about his love life, is in for a lifetime of unhappiness, and I don't wish that for anyone.
There are plenty of young men that are exclusively attracted to older men. Taking race out of my comment, because I don't think it is an issue to anyone but racists of all races, there is someone for everyone. Putting our own experiences onto this couple is irrelevant, selfish and without purpose. What does my 10 year relationship with a man 15 years younger who pursued me, and persisted until I gave up on my biases about younger guys have to do with these guys? Only what I imagine. In reality, it has zero to do with them.
I wish all couples the best, whether that best is two weeks of passionate carnal knowledge and a quick break up or a lifetime of intimacy, joy and love. I cannot judge what someone else's best is, and if you think you can, we'll aren't you just the most special narcissistic projectionist in creation.


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This week I'll take you globe-trotting once again. While I suspect you'll be treated to a myriad of contraptions powered by the internal combustion engine by other Saturday Sepians, I'm choosing to use a more environmentally friendly, if not particularly pc, means of transport.
Jinnirickshaw, undated probably c.1880s, unidentified photographer
Albumen print (141 x 95mm) mounted on printed card (155 x 112mm)
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
This mounted albumen print of a non-standard format was purchased on a whim, partly because it's a well composed and exposed photograph of an interesting subject, representing a way of life that's pretty much disappeared, but also because it doesn't merely reinforce the colonial stereotype of white sahib being conveyed from one shady verandah to another by a rickshaw-wallah.
Judging from the style of print and mount, I estimate that it was probably printed in the 1880s or 1890s, and I think it may have been taken somewhere in the Indian sub-continent. The printed text at lower left appears to relate to the subject, rather than the photographer or publisher, and suggests that the photograph may have been produced in some numbers. Indeed, I found another copy of the image here, dated 1895.
The derivation of jinnirickshaw is suggested by The Free Dictionary to be from three Middle Chinese words, jin (person), lik (strength) and chai (vehicle) via the Japanese word jinrikisha. My Concise Oxford Dictionary states that the variety of spellings one finds are archaic forms of the more familiar rickshaw, which they define as a:
Light two-wheeled hooded vehicle, drawn by one or more persons.Wikipedia claims, quite plausibly, that the rickshaw is thought to have been invented in Japan in 1869 after the removal of a ban on wheeled vehicles during the Tokugawa period. After a popularity explosion in that country, it spread quickly to other Asian countries, being introduced to India around 1880.
Kingwell in a rickshaw, Durban, South Africa, c.1920s
Souvenir postcard portrait by unidentified photographer
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
Although the popularity of hand-pulled rickshaws waned in the Third World throughout the twentieth century, particularly after the Second World War, there was one country where this mode of transport took on a life of its own. South Africa's first rickshaws were imported into Natal in 1892 and within a decade had become the main mode of transportation, with over 2000 of them in Durban's streets. Gallery Ezakwantu tells a fascinating and well illustrated story of how the rickshaw puller's simple, unadorned calico uniforms and traditional Zulu feathered, bovine-horned headwear have evolved, over time, into outrageous enormous multi-horned headdresses and costumes spectacularly decorated with beads, sheepskins and a variety of other accessories.
An example of one such Zulu rickshaw puller with his conveyance and a client is pictured in the postcard above, probably taken in a makeshift outdoors studio on Durban's waterfront some time in the 1920s. The scene somewhat clumsily painted on the backdrop is easily identifiable as Durban's sweeping beachfront, with The Bluff forming a backdrop to the harbour entrance, as this Streetview shows. The message handwritten on the back of the postcard merely identifies the occupant of the rickshaw as "Kingwell," presumably a surname. I feel that the uniform he is wearing is possibly merchant marine, or perhaps from a colonial administration, but I haven't been able to pin it down.
"Rickshaw Boys" - Durban, South Africa
Postcard by unidentified publisher, posted 1966
In early 1968 my family had an extended holiday in South Africa, photos in the family albums showing that we spent time in Potchefstroom, Simonstown, Bredasdorp, Durban and Umhlanga Rocks. The only memory of that trip that remains with me is an extremely vivid one of the rickshaw drivers on the Durban waterfront. By that time their costumes, and their playing-up-to-the-tourists antics, were probably at their most extravagant. Unfortunately I don't have a family photograph to go with it, which reinforces my idea that it is a real memory rather than one prompted by later tales of the event related by my parents. In my mind's eye, however, they looked very much like the three posing for this mid-1960s postcard.
An excerpt from a 1967 article in the New Age provides a taste of the experience to be expected:
As pictorial attractions for tourists go probably no city in the world would care to challenge Durban ... at the spin of a 20c piece ... some 15 Zulu ricksha boys, who ply their trade along the sweeping Durban Esplanade between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. ... offer outstanding value. They out-Twiggy Twiggy with the number and variety of their poses ... [take] a swing along the sea shore ... [and] spread their regalia like peacocks.As a six year-old country boy who had never come across anything like this in my life, I was terrified and absolutely refused to go near it. When one of my parents and my younger sister Diana went off down the Esplanade for a ride, complete with the see-sawing, twirling gyrations and strange chants of the "driver," I was convinced I would never see them again. I suspect tears ensued although time, thankfully, has wiped those from my memory.
Bud Payne, Durban or Umhlanga, 4 April 1968
Photomatic photobooth portrait (65 x 68mm)
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Although, as far as I am aware, no photograph exists of that particular scary ride, there is a photobooth portrait of my father which could have been taken on the same day. It doesn't have any identifying studio marks or printing on it, but by comparison with similar thin-metal-framed prints from the 1950s which I discussed in a previous article, I can tell it was taken in a Photomatic photobooth. It's possibly the latest example of a Photomatic portrait that I've seen.
Getting back on topic, this series of photos suggests that Durban's rickshaw drivers are still attracting the tourists, although I suspect they're no longer offering rides for twenty cents. I don't think I would fancy expending that amount of effort, even for a considerably greater sum.
Japanese Rickshaw, at the Powerhouse Museum.
Zulu Ricksha, 1892-2000, Power Carriages of the Mandlakazi Clan, from Gallery Ezakwantu.
Ricksha Boys of Durban, The Age, 11 September 1967, p.11, courtesy of Google Books.


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A long time ago, when he was a teenager, his parents were prominent members of the Grumpyville community. When a group of black families wanted to build a community center, the majority of Grumpyville whites fought like hell to keep them from doing so. Because, after all, they were black people.
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There's nobody at the community center old enough to remember how it got started. Although the center's humble origins are doubtless memorialized somewhere on a wall or booklet, most of its members are my age or younger now.
Mr. Patient is stubborn (like most guys) and been reluctant to leave the house he and his wife have owned for 50 years. To him moving into a care home was out of the question. His financial resources, though comfortable, didn't allow him to hire much in the way of outside help. And he was too stubborn to call friends for help. So he worsened, and became increasingly unable to care for his home and self.
Usually these situations end in disaster. The patient is found lying on the floor, dead or near it, after the postman notices no one is getting the mail. But this one was different.
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Sinead's Letter Starts Ugly Feud With Miley: "You're Fucking Stupid"
On Wednesday, we shared a heartfelt, motherly letter Sinead O'Connor penned to Miley Cyrus. It was filled with sage words that mostly advised the young star to avoid being "pimped out" by the music industry.
Miley didn't take it so well.
As soon as the letter went viral, Miley RTd some of Sinead's more personal tweets from years ago, along with the caption: "Before Amanda Bynes ... There Was ..."
Miley's retweets were of these comments from Sinead:
Sinead quickly took off the earrings, wrote Miley out of the will and ripped her like she was a picture of Pope John Paul II in a new letter posted to Facebook:
"Miley… Really? Who the f--k is advising you? Because taking me on is even more f--kin' stupid than behaving like a prostitute and calling it feminism. You have posted today tweets of mine which are two years old, which were posted by me when I was unwell and seeking help so as to make them look like they are recent. In doing so you mock myself and Amanda Bynes for having suffered with mental health issues and for having sought help."
"I mean really really… who advises you? [H]ave you any idea how stupid and dangerous it is to mock people for suffering illness? You will yourself one day suffer such illness, that is without doubt. The course you have set yourself upon can only end in that, trust me. I am staggered that any 20 yr old woman of the 21st century could behave in such a dangerous and irresponsible manner as to not only send the signal to young women that its ok to act like prostitutes but also to the signal that those who have suffered or do suffer mental health problems are to be mocked and have their opinions invalidated. Have you no sense of danger at all? or responsibility? Remove your tweets immediately or you will hear from my lawyers. I am certain you will be hearing from all manner of mental health advocacy groups also. It is not acceptable to mock any person for having suffered."
"It is most unbecoming of you to respond in such a fashion to someone who expressed care for you. And worse that you are such an anti-female tool of the anti-female music industry. I hope that you will apologise to Amanda Bynes and to any person who has been wounded by your mockery of those who have suffered. And I hope that you will wake up and understand that you in fact are a danger to women."
"Furthermore you posted a photo of me tearing the pope's photo .. as if to imply insanity.. by doing so all you have achieved is to expose your staggering ignorance. I suggest you read The Philadelphia Report, The Boston Report, all the reports which will illuminate for you why that action of mine remains sane and valid. By mocking it you mock every child who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of priests and had it covered by the Vatican. You could really do with educating yourself, that is if you're not too busy getting your tits out to read."
And just when you thought it was safe to comment, Miley responded with these Tweets...
Who won this round, Instincters?
Personally, I am exhausted of anyone referring to any criticism of Cyrus as "slut shaming" and pretending that any negative commentary is negative against women in general.
The concept of slut shaming refers to the practice of using a woman's personal sex life as a weapon. It does not refer to a sexualized stage performance, and Miley's inability to keep her tongue in her mouth. It is not "slut shaming" to criticize her rudeness, or to suggest she is getting some really bad advice.
So those commenters spewing this, save the "slut shaming" criticism for real women, not for "singers" who dress In rubber, masturbate with foam fingers on stage, and stick their tongues out at everything. Using that concept to defend a stage performance dilutes its impact in real situations.
My annoyance at this point has to be directed at Miley.
Both of her responses to Sinead were juvenile. I mean, come on. To first compare her to Amanda Bynes (which is outrageous, considering this woman is an intelligent and talented mature lady) and then to use the 'fame' card by expressing how busy she is is just sickening!
My annoyance also is directed at the people who are commenting saying Sinead is just trying to garner fame and attention... We don't know that? Is it so hard to believe that a famous person MIGHT just be genuinely concerned for young woman whom she believes is lost in the music industry and propagating the most positive message for young teenage girls? Christ! Have some manners. And if anyone is going to be that kind of genuine person, it's Sinead.
Lastly, I have to say that I have to agree completely with Sinead's latest open letter to Miley. Someone needs to be telling her this stuff! I'm sorry, whether she thinks it or not, she is an anti-female tool used by the chauvinistic music industry as was Britney in her day. Women like them are used for their bodies to make tons of money for the industry. Sinead is one clever cookie.
They both lost this battle.
Sinead is not helping feminism by slut-shaming Miley -- and, no, that is exactly what she's doing. Because objectification isn't done by the naked girl. It's done by the people *looking* at the naked girl. Furthermore, repeatedly referring to that behavior as "prostitution" while simultaneously regarding it in such a negative way does *nothing* to improve the situation of actual prostitutes. So, Sinead, in her attempts to reach out to another human being, has pretty much thrown two entire sectors of human beings under the bus. Well done.
But, on the other hand, Miley could easily have just said what I said. But she didn't. She decided to, a) respond as though all criticism is insulting (even though this criticism was kind of insulting, it was obviously intended to be constructive and should have been regarded that way) and b) throw *another* sector of humanity under the bus by mocking people dealing with mental illness.
With their total willingness to disregard everyone outside their own discussion...are we sure they're not actually members of Congress?
Miley Cyrus is a disgusting "pimped out" child. I have NEVER and I mean NEVER liked a damn thing she's done. I hope Disney realizes their precious back catalog of HANNA MONTANA is now soggy pickles for adult whores! She'll eventually catch a bacterial infection via that tongue which hangs lower than Gene Simmons' and the music world will be all the better for it!
I have to say, though, that if Sinead is going to fault Miley for how she's referring to mental illness, then she should also consider how her language is stigmatizing sex workers the way she keeps saying "acting like a prostitute" ... "behaving like a prostitute." I love Sinead and am no fan of Miley's racially insensitive and problematic new image (though I loved "Hannah Montana"...), but I don't think it's responsible to discuss or refer to sex work that way.
Craig, here's the thing. People can't choose whether or not they have a mental illness. However, most people CAN choose to work in the sex industry. I am not about labels, and I'm not judging people who work in the sex industry, but Miley is acting promiscuous to get attention and to sell her album. That's the issue Sinead was calling Miley out on, and rightfully so. Sinead initially did it in a nice way, and she was constructively criticizing Miley but was not putting her down. Miley acted like a 2-year old and threw a mental health issue Sinead had back in her face. That was uncalled for.
I think you should rephrase your thoughts about MOST people working the sex industry as having a choice in the matter... Just saying. As someone who unfortunately had to be a part of that industry at a very low time in my life. Its not like you wake up one day and think, I want to be a whore professionally... Well some might but most people do it because they have either run out of options or because they are being forced into it by outside forces!
I'm not trying to be insensitive, but YES, many people do choose that lifestyle. Now, if you have a gun held to your head, then, NO, you DIDN'T choose it. Otherwise, it was a choice. There ARE other jobs out there besides working the sex industry. And, it's a shame that you didn't post your name.
Your comments only confirm what Sinead was saying. She told Miley she was "behaving like a prostitute and calling it feminism." Then you go on to say that you worked in that industry without a choice. It is an industry that does not foster freedom and empowerment, so by your very words, it is antithetical the the feminism movement.
As someone who has suffered from the effects of bipolar disorder, I understand where Sinead is coming from. Miley, while trying to make Sinead look stupid by re-posting tweets from Sinead when she was mentally ill, has instead made herself to look like an ass. Miley needs to grow up and get a real job. She's NOT talented enough to be in show business, anyway. Someone who does nasty and provocative things to promote herself, like Miley, is clearly trying to deflect attention from her lack of talent. Miley will probably be the next celebrity (if you want to call her that) to enter rehab.
I'm sorry to hear Sinead has suffered mental illness in the past. Any serious illness is hard to over come but mental illness can be devastating and Sinead is right, it was not decent to use that part of her life as a tool for vengeance. I am glad it seems Sinead knows that and can rise above it.
Almost all teen stars have suffered a form of mental or emotional distress, Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan being extreme examples, so I think Sinead has a point to her saying.
Miley is just a new generation of teen stars and I think people should not be so harshly critical while she explores that. She is being a hoe but we don't need to judge her so harshly that it humiliates her and shuts her down. Without exploration there is no creativity. Maybe after this phase she will find herself realize what a slut she was and become a great artist.
Didn't comment before out of respect for O'Connor - Cyrus' talent is questionable at best, negligible at worst. I had, & still have enormous respect for O'Connor & all that she has done & hopefully will continue to do; since I didn't need any more reason to turn off the music or TV before whenever Cyrus came on that has not changed, that's only been reinforced.
There is a gray line sometimes; between fighting objectification and slut shaming. O'Conner is near the edge of it; but you just took a dive into the deep end of misogynistic aggression.
Don't pretend you're on the side of women. You're just a fucking asshole bigot - you can get the hell out of our conversations now.


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It's got a catchy tune and if I could sing it I would, but you wouldn't want that, I'm sure. The only place I've ever carried a tune was in a bucket.
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Friday, April 22, 2011
Comic 889: Turtles, Man
I hate this comic. I hate xkcd. I hate Randall Munroe. I've been ticked off by xkcd before, but strip 889 just completely blows my mind. I'm not even going to reproduce it here; if you haven't seen it, just count yourself one of the lucky ones, because it's so numbingly stupid that reading it is akin to being smashed in the head with a backhoe. I'd rather get raped by a porcupine than read this balls-awful comic. I'd rather eat a box of thumbtacks, I'd rather swim in a septic truck, I'd rather use a wood chipper as a hat than see that complete and total piece of suck again.
It's just...it's BAD! It's not insightful, it's not funny, it's not well drawn, it's downright stupid, and it seriously sounds like Randall wrote this while on some heavy drugs. You know, normally I try to put in a few good words about each xkcd I review. It would be wrong to say I'm trying to find the hidden gems; it's probably more like searching for whole kernals of corn in a pile of manure. But this one has no such corn. This is just a big, sloppy, puddle of diarrhea.
I'm sorry, that was disgusting. Still, I'm not entirely sure it's inaccurate. The message of this comic is little more than "Turtles don't have worries. Boy, they're lucky!" What the heck are you talking about, Randall? You don't have worries, either! You spend 15 minutes a week scribbling on a sheet of paper, throw it online, and have thousands of people all trying to suck your nonexistent balls the next morning. You could put out anything and the masses would still be there, waiting expectantly, mouths open, panting like dogs. Teachers put up your comics in their classrooms. Blogs link to you regularly. Internet memes have been spawned because of your worthless excuse for a webcomic. It's just one big "find Randy's dick and suck it" contest on the internet, and you're the center of attention. You make more money than you have any right to with this strip, you're considered a guest of honor at conventions, you can probably sleep 10 hours each night, and you still have a 13 hours every single day (rounding down) to jerk off to fantasies of Megan. You've got it made in the shade, buddy! YOU'RE the one who's got it "figured out"!
A turtle doesn't have any worries? It's a FREAKING TURTLE! It doesn't have to brain to comprehend things like stress, it doesn't have a reason to comprehend things like stress, and it sure as heck doesn't have any files to delete! YOU are that turtle, Randall. You go on with your stupid, sheltered little life, completely protected from anything even close to stress, no worries in the world, just sitting there thinking, "hurp I'm a Randall." You know what? You ARE a Randall, and 50 years from now you'll STILL be a Randall, just sitting there, rock-stupid, oblivious to real people with real concerns, and thinking that your little world is all there is. I hate you.
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yo, dude. chill.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 12:19 AM
Gamer_2k4, we can run this site together... INTO THE GROUND.ReplyDelete
[you know, if it wasn't already swimming in its own secretions]
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 2:00 AM
The first two paragraphs I was all "meh, rage for rage's sake" but then the point came... probably one of the best reviews ever on xckdsucksReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 2:29 AM
- Chiggy ChuggaApril 23, 2011 at 2:45 AM
it's actually pretty misinformed and speciest to assume that non-human animals "don't have brains to understand stress" or "don't have worries". basic ethology -- or simply paying attention to any pet -- dispels this myth as surely as paying attention to the world dispels creationism.ReplyDelete
and i don't think the analogy is frivolous; there is a very strong component of "animals are meat machines for us to use" in christianity. it's right there in genesis, and the alleged source of all human value -- the fictional soul -- is said to be absent from non-human animals.
par for the course for christianity's "we are super special you guys" neurosis.
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 3:54 AM
Science teaches us we're the best too, Chiggy Chugga, and that's because it's true. We evolved into geniuses and developed the tools to turn the entire animal kingdom into our own smorgasbord. We created complex languages and the capcity for history that comes with it. We are so far ahead of those animal schmucks that they'll never catch up. You can go talk to the animals all you want, Chiggy Dolittle, I'm going to stay on the top of the food chain where I belong.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 4:12 AM
Chiggy- animal intelligence is on a sliding scale- things like dolphins can feel stress and presumably other emotions, pigs are intelligent enough to be distressed, as are dogs.ReplyDelete
however reptiles are significantly lower down on the scale, and some fish even more so.
spiders can't feel happiness.
so it's pretty misinformed to assume that all animals have the full spectrum of human emotion or intelligence (required to generate foresight that is a necisarry component of worry).
Any amount of time studying neurology will tell you this- as well as observing pets. when was the last time fido worried about paying his taxes?
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 4:40 AM
Human success in dominating the food chain is based on two main factors: 1) Opposable thumbs to effectively manufacture tools 2) Language to successfully communicate. Animals such as birds have been shown to develop tools for their own use in gaining food etc. That's right, DEVELOP, i.e. build them from sticks and leaves. There's no reason to believe emotion is unique to humans, just because we're the only ones with detailed language. How the fuck do you know that "spiders can't feel happiness"? Have you asked one? At worst that's a blatant lie to win an internet argument and at best it's indoctrinated misunderstanding of basic logic. You can't know something unless you have SOME sort of indication that it's true.ReplyDelete
Isopods feel happiness when they crawl into your mouth and eat your tongue. You feel their contentment when they nestle in as a chitinous, writhing replacement.ReplyDelete
Fucking isopods.
And yes, I mean all isopods. EVEN THE WOODLICE.
- Zombie KidApril 23, 2011 at 5:48 AM
I like turtles.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 6:00 AM
Legio vigesima Valeria Victrix of Kittens said:ReplyDelete
"....You feel their contentment when they nestle in as a chitinous, writhing replacement...."
Presumably this explains why the Yankees live in their huge basements consuming squirrels and mispronouncing the word 'really' as if it possessed only two syllables.
The Testudines have both endo- and exoskeletons. They are more rigid than the woodlice and therefore unsuitable as instruments of phonetic articulation - unless you are German.
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 6:16 AM
Anonymous 04:40 AM said:ReplyDelete
"....You can't know something unless you have SOME sort of indication that it's true....."
That which is false is unknwowable then?
Spiders can feel happiness, just not American happiness.
- Eff GregApril 23, 2011 at 6:44 AM
Aquarians, you never answered my question. What do you look for in a guy? Beyond 'girth', that is.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 6:53 AM
This was probably one of the best reviews ever on xkcd. The "Randall is the turtle" moment was very insightful.ReplyDelete
chiggy chugga that "we are so special" neurosis is true for every human on this planet including you. what the hellReplyDelete
oh wait sorry obvious trollingReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 7:39 AM
Damn Gamer, don't try to hide your anger now
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 7:49 AM
I think you'll find people with a more environmentalist/humanist/atheist philosophy are not nearly as prejudice towards other creatures as Christians. I suspect Chiggy Chugga wasn't trolling at all.
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 8:12 AM
Eff Greg,ReplyDelete
I look for clues.
- Eff GregApril 23, 2011 at 8:46 AM
Clues to what, exactly?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 8:58 AM
- Eff GregApril 23, 2011 at 9:06 AM
Why must you be so evasive, Aquarians? Are you so afraid of being honest?ReplyDelete
anon he brought up Christianity out of the blue and insulted it (i know i sound kind of melodramatic.) it seemed quite trolly, although i have seen "internet atheists" act like this before. also his name is chiggy chugga.ReplyDelete
the idea of being prejudiced towards an animal seems kind of strange to me.
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 9:17 AM
889 could be the same comic, only replacing the turtle with Charlie Sheen.ReplyDelete
Also he would be surrounded by 7 gram rocks and porn stars.
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 9:17 AM
I am an alliteratively vile and vexatiously vituperative cunt.ReplyDelete
Have you seen my visage? SR will be by shortly to post a link to photographs of me. Keep a bucket handy.
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 9:25 AM
I'm pretty sure we've all seen those images, "Dr. M".ReplyDelete
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- Eff GregApril 23, 2011 at 9:34 AM
If that really is you, Aquarians, then you are astonishingly beautiful. If it isn't, then you are still astonishingly beautiful.ReplyDelete
@SR - I like to play with fire.
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 9:46 AM
I believe I have found one of your actives ones, ALT-F.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Not quite, but there is a familial connection.ReplyDelete
Sheesh, Anonymous 9:46, do you want my telephone number? It would save a lot of wear and tear on your keyboard.
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Eff Greg,ReplyDelete
It is I, alas. And a curse it is!
- Eff GregApril 23, 2011 at 10:04 AM
A more recent photo would convince me of that, Aquarians. But like I said, I don't particularly care.ReplyDelete
You're still avoiding my question. What do like to see in a guy?
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 10:09 AM
I wonder how "Greg F." feels about us mutilating his name and carrying it on this long.ReplyDelete
Hopefully flattered.
I am a fan of XKCD, but I've been reading this blog to see a different point of view. I've got to say that this argument really didn't work.ReplyDelete
I don't believe that you understood the point of the argument that this comic was making. The point was to say that turtles do have it lucky for the very reason that you pointed out in this blog post: "It's a FREAKING TURTLE! It doesn't have to brain to comprehend things like stress, it doesn't have a reason to comprehend things like stress, and it sure as heck doesn't have any files to delete!"
That is the point that Randall was attempting to make in that comic. Turtles don't have to deal with the stuff that humans do, and in a way that makes them lucky.
Also, it seems as if you need to learn how to write an argument. It seems as if a majority of your arguments are just the ad hominem logical fallacy. If you spend a majority of your words insulting the person and not the comic, then people aren't going to take you seriously.
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 10:25 AM
Ah, so that was some blog that you and BP were parodying/ripping off, eh? Interesting.ReplyDelete
The plot thickens.
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 10:41 AM
Not quite anonymous 10:25.ReplyDelete
Query? You're not a Canadian cunt are you?
To save you some trouble our active blogs are not primarily in English and are viewable only with a costly subscription. Google and Bing will not even afford you a snippet. The crap is all copyrighted now!
We sold out I reckon.
Eff Greg,
I grow weary of the game.
Mike Becheek Gloom said:
"....If you spend a majority of your words insulting the person and not the comic, then people aren't going to take you seriously....."
Which would be a problem if the premise of this blog was to be taken seriously. And the ad hominem attack, though a logical fallacy, is a respectable rhetorical device.
- Eff GregApril 23, 2011 at 10:52 AM
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 10:57 AM
To my very cervix!ReplyDelete
Ravenzomg would be better quarry for you. I's nothin' but trouble.
- Eff GregApril 23, 2011 at 11:09 AM
I seriously doubt you are more trouble than I can handle.ReplyDelete
I think one of the flaws with this comic is that turtles' existence probably isn't as simple as randy seems to believe. Those fuckers have to worry about STARVING because they got TIPPED OVER.ReplyDelete
As far as Carl's review goes, if the joke, the actual joke, had been self-consciously about Randall trying pot for the first time, it probably would have been a lot funnier.
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 11:12 AM
Which would be a problem if the premise of this blog was to be taken seriously.ReplyDelete
....Well, for once, +1 ALT-F.
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 11:16 AM
You make me blush Ravenzomg.ReplyDelete
The Parable of the Cock and Cunt
The cunt said, "Whatever it takes".
The cock said, "As long as no one is remunerated for it."
The cunt said, "Whatever it takes".
The cock replied, "We must not use any people with whom we disapprove, or whose motives are suspect, or who demand to be paid for their work."
The cunt said, "Whatever it takes".
The cock sniffed, "I hope we are not going to have to do any marketing?"
The cunt said, "Whatever it takes".
The cock riposted, "Our work must be designed in purity, perfect in theory as well as in execution, able to meet all the needs of all potential users from now 'til eternity."
The cunt said, "Whatever it takes".
The cock throbbed in annoyance and insisted, "We will find the one best way, and persuade the swarthy masses, who have yet to be enlightened, to adopt it."
The cunt said, "Whatever it takes".
The cock, in his best stentorian voice, "And those who don't do it our way don't matter as they hardly exist. We'll do it for our folks, and ignore the vile and unwashed majority, even though they outnumber us fifty to one. Eventually they will adopt our genius."
The cunt said, "Whatever it takes".
The cock pursed his testicles in exasperation at the cunt, "Have you no principles? Are you willing to work for hire, patent and copyright your work, sell it for money, hire people to help you, sell it to evil governments and huge malignent corporations, conform to international standards adopted by evil . . . ?"
The cunt lunged, snapped its labia, and devoured the cock, and muttered, "Whatever it takes".
Then the cunt set to work, getting the job done.
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 11:36 AM
Guys, you obviously hate xkcd, but if it can generate HUNDREDS of comics worth of discussion, doesn't it have at least some intellectual worth?ReplyDelete
I mean honestly, you guys talk and talk about each comic even though you despise it. Seems kinda pathetic to me.
- Eff GregApril 23, 2011 at 11:38 AM
You inverted Team America?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 11:45 AM
Anonymous 11:36 said:ReplyDelete
"....I mean honestly, you guys talk and talk about each comic even though you despise it. Seems kinda pathetic to me....."
That's us - we're all about the pathos. And bathos for some of us.
Eff Greg?
What the fuck is Team America and how would one invert it?
@Mike Becheek GloomReplyDelete
"That is the point that Randall was attempting to make in that comic. Turtles don't have to deal with the stuff that humans do, and in a way that makes them lucky."
Perhaps so, but he made the point devoid of any insight or humor. Randall made an observation that's abundantly obvious, and the resulting comic was completely pointless. That's my problem with it. He might as well have had a single sentence that said "I wish I was a tree so that I never got stressed out." That's just stupid.
- Eff GregApril 23, 2011 at 12:02 PM
I think you will like that.
- Jon LeviApril 23, 2011 at 12:08 PM
"He might as well have had a single sentence that said "I wish I was a tree so that I never got stressed out." That's just stupid."ReplyDelete
Pardon me for taking Randall's side here, but I have to defend what little artistic integrity he has. I don't think he'd ever sink that low. He may be lazy, but a single sentence comic, is a couple of levels below his standard.
Pretty sure that was sarcasm, Jon, but still:ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 12:15 PM
Eff Greg,ReplyDelete
In the immortal words of the eminent calypsonian Roaring Lion (via Jimmy Soul):
"If you want to be happy for the rest of your life never make that ALT-F your wife.
So from my personal point of view get Ravenzomg to marry you."
Alas, youtube is blocked on my computer. Besides, I am on dial-up and it wouldn't play anyway.
Dearest Gamey One,
Trees, at least in the northern hemisphere, can undergo the stress of temperature induced phloem and xylem cavitation.
Then again, reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
- Eff GregApril 23, 2011 at 12:19 PM
"See, there's three kinds of people: dicks, pussies, and assholes. Pussies think everyone can get along, and dicks just want to fuck all the time without thinking it through. But then you got your assholes, Chuck. And all the assholes want us to shit all over everything! So, pussies may get mad at dicks once in a while, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes, Chuck. And if they didn't fuck the assholes, you know what you'd get? You'd get your dick and your pussy all covered in shit!"ReplyDelete
You're on dial-up, and youtube is blocked? Where are you?
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 12:23 PM
Eff Greg:ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 12:24 PM
I am currently in the Anal Sphincter Muscle of North America - a condition of my parole.ReplyDelete
My parable is a tad more subtle.
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 12:26 PM
Anonymous 12:23ReplyDelete
Did not Randall do a comic recently about that sort of witty retort?
- Eff GregApril 23, 2011 at 12:35 PM
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 12:38 PM
- Eff GregApril 23, 2011 at 12:48 PM
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 12:58 PM
The only concurrence between my parable and your Team America drivel is the pseudo-anthropomorphising symbolism of genitalia. Otherwise the two are dissimilar in tone and meaning. For example, re-read my parable replacing the word 'cunt' with Republican and the word 'cock' with Democrat (adjusting the final labia snap with a GSW)ReplyDelete
The Team America dross is unidimensional and sexist; created for the sniggering consumption of peri-pubescent Yankee males.
Panama? Close.
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 1:02 PM
Or Liberal code writers for 'cock' and Conservative business folks for 'cunt'.ReplyDelete
My parable has universal application
"Ad hominem" meant "self-evident argument" until the meaning was twisted by the Christians in 1793. Half a century later, Webster mistakenly included it in an early print of his An American Dictionary of the English Language in 1848 which is where the modern meaning comes from.ReplyDelete
- Eff GregApril 23, 2011 at 1:10 PM
That is why I thought you had inverted it - you had taken the shallow symbolism of Team America and its poorly generated demographic, and modified it to show the truth.ReplyDelete
Cock, cunt or asshole - you follow them to their roots, you find the same thing.
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 1:13 PM
Dearest Jagwio,ReplyDelete
It's Latin rendered in the Accusative case you Thalidomide stump sucking cunt.
It means: 'To the Man'
It's self evident you are a dullard.
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 1:20 PM
"....Cock, cunt or asshole - you follow them to their roots, you find the same thing....."ReplyDelete
How droll. And I mean that in its archaic sense.
Though it would not apply to vermiform brethren.
No, you are.ReplyDelete
- Eff GregApril 23, 2011 at 1:28 PM
Fuck the vermiform.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 1:40 PM
You are indeed perceptive Jagwio.ReplyDelete
shut the fuck upReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 2:47 PM
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 2:48 PM
You can climb a mountainReplyDelete
You can swim the sea
You can jump into the fire
But you'll never be free
You can shake me up
Or I can break you down
We can make each other happy
We can make each other happy
We can make each other happy
We can make each other happy
You can jump into the fire
You can jump into the fire
You can jump into the fire
You can jump into the fire
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 3:41 PM
God, so sick of Aquarians publicly talking to himself at such length. Even the inane prattle of insignificant anonymous posters is more interesting.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 4:34 PM
So hey guys does anyone know how porn stars have such clean, hairless taints? I really don't like ass hair but at the same time I don't want to have a razor blade or hot wax anywhere in that vicinity, any advice?ReplyDelete
How the fuck did Aquarians turn this into a discussion about genitalia?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 5:02 PM
@ThePirateKing: If you don't assert yourself and make the topic less topical, then you're letting the terrorists win!ReplyDelete
ALTF is worse than xckd by at least a factor of 10. But skimming past all his posts makes me miss the in between ones which may be non-shitty :(ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 6:11 PM
it was a tortoise!!!ReplyDelete
I've got no problem with derailing the thread from its topic, I just don't like ALT-F turning this into the comment-thread version of 631.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 25, 2011 at 7:16 AM
I'm a girl Pirate King and you can always just ignore me.ReplyDelete
I thrive on rejection.
Oh look, yet another review which mentions Megan for no reason, when the character doesn't even appear in the comic.ReplyDelete
And you're bitching about a comic that was probably made on 4/20?
there's always a reason to mention MeganReplyDelete
I could ignore xkcd too, ALT-F. But it is just too terrible to be ignored.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 2, 2011 at 3:52 PM
NERD RAAAAAAAGE!!!!!ReplyDelete
Somebody needs to take his daily prescription of chill the fuck out.
is it youReplyDelete