Shame Day: Nike, Coca-Cola, and Nestle

Posted on November 26, 2013 by | 26 comments

By request, this Shame Day is going to be a triple-feature, with three of the most insidious corporations out there out in the stocks. Now I’m currently boycotting all three of these companies (and have been for some time) and made banning them from campus the priority of my college activism. That’s all just to say that I’ve had a long time to build and hone my venomous rage and hatred of both these companies, so buckle up- this is going to be vicious one.


Let’s start with Nike.

Nike

Even the mildest of the companies many, many offenses is still pretty vile. Take a look at this ad Nike ran back in 2008 for the Beijing Olympics:

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2 Broke Girls, S3E10 “And the First Day of School”: A TV Review

Posted on November 26, 2013 by | 3 comments

ITSMARKITSMARKWHAAAAAT

Mark from Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23! Mark from Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23! Mark from Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23! Mark from Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23! Mark from Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23! 

I could care less about anything else right now, but I suppose I have standards to maintain, so let me begin by stating that last week’s episode, “And the Pastry Porn”, could have easily been a mid-season finale. It ushered in a new era of 2 Broke Girls episodes that rounds out the cast, changes up the premise, and feels like an entirely different sitcom. Continue reading →

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What is the Meaning of “Life of Brian”?

Posted on November 25, 2013 by | 8 comments

In spite of swearing off Family Guy roughly three years ago due to feeling like the show’s creators had zero respect for their audience I watched an episode today for a single reason which Gordon brought to my attention. It branches off pretty naturally from last week’s Culture War Correspondence and post from early 2012 about cartoon death, though that was primarily concerning younger audiences. That reason is, of course [obviously a SPOILER after the jump]: Continue reading →

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Growing Old

Posted on November 25, 2013 by | 2 comments

Just a few seconds ago, I saw a picture of a time capsule embedded in the flooring of a mall in Calgary, listed to be unearthed in the year 2999. I had misread the caption at first as 2099, and thought to myself, “Huh- seems like a waste. I’ll still be alive for that.”

The full implication of that just struck me.

I’m going to be alive in 2099.

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Internet Problems

Posted on November 23, 2013 by | Leave a comment

I’m in a library typing this because my house hasn’t had any internet since roughly 2 PM Thursday, which explains the lack of a post yesterday. I leave for a cabin in Muskoka in a few hours at which there will be internet, or at least I’ve been promised.

I haven’t missed an update in a few months now, and this is pretty devastating to me. Mourn with me over the loss of my streak, and then congratulate me on my return. The gif below will instruct you as to how:

ALSO: Our blog is now also on tumblr, which I suppose means our blog now has our blog. This is mostly to post a lot of our existing content to another corner of the internet, but I’ll be reblogging posts I’m into as well.

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Fame Day: Cooking Comically

Posted on November 21, 2013 by | 1 comment

It all started back in August of 2011 with a post on r/pics titled “2am Chili.”

The recipe for delicious-looking chili in 29 panels became an instant hit, and blew up to garner 2,208 upvotes and almost 2,800 comments. Its appeal was obvious, too. A simple step-by-step cooking instruction doesn’t receive all that much excitement, but insert a fairly aggressive stick man who has some serious opinions about food and tells you that the spice blend you just made “smells like touchdowns” and you’ve got something special on your hands. Continue reading →

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