C. Buddha's Hasty Musings

Category: Society & Culture

  • Top this.

    It’s very rare to find someone who’s the master of so many things.

    DENVER, CO - APRIL 21: Pop star Prince performs during a tour stop in Denver at McNichols Arena July, 3, 1986. The pop star died Thursday morning at his Paisley Park estate in suburban Minneapolis April 21, 2016 according to his publicist. He was 57. A cause of death has not been revealed (Photo By John Leyba/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
    Prince performs during a tour stop in Denver at McNichols Arena July, 3, 1986. Photo By John Leyba/The Denver Post via Getty Images

  • Kanchanaburi War Cemetery

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    When I told Max not too step on or over headstones, he asked if it was because they are traps.

    I remember being told not to do the same thing decades ago in a cemetery in Hawaii. I remember asking if it was because it’s impolite to step on people’s heads.

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  • G is for Gun

    or Gat:

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    I like how people in a sane world can use certain words and not totally lose their shit. Besides, it’s a warm & fuzzy single action.

  • Sony hates you.

    “Last Friday, Sony Music sent Gummy Soul a cease and desist order for Amerigo Gazaway’s “Bizarre Tribe: A Quest To The Pharcyde”.”

    LINK

    Sony just doesn’t get it:
    They don’t know how to make good products anymore.
    They don’t understand “fair use.”
    They don’t know how to get back all the loyal customers they chased away over the years…
    It seems they only want to make a last few bucks before Samsung and Apple and all the other companies who do get it (a little better, at least) collectively piss on their grave.

    Die, Sony, die.

    By the way, the album mentioned above is simply sublime.

  • Moar 24

    JACK IS BACK! JACK IS BACK!!

    jack is back.

    But I dinna understand:

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  • We are Legion, or the Ts have already won.

    – NOTICE OF BAGGAGE INSPECTION –

    To protect you and your fellow passengers, the XSA is required by law to steal your wife’s panties and confiscate your house keys so you can’t get in when you arrive home from your 26 hour flight at midnight inspect all checked baggage. Your bag was among those selected for physical inspection (possibly because it contained used women’s undergarments).

    During the inspection, your bag and its contents may have been searched for prohibited or tantalizing items. At the completion of the inspection, many of the contents were returned to your bag (albeit not in the orderly or sensible fashion in which they were originally packed). Also, we forgot to completely zip up the outside pockets so that stuff was falling out of it when it reached the baggage carousel. In addition, we forgot to replace the suitcase straps… Our bad!

    If the XSA officer was unable to open your bag for inspection because it was locked, the officer may have been forced to break the crappy die-cast metal locks meant to keep out petty thieves and perverts on your bag. Our bad! We routinely invest in million dollar x-ray porn machines, but can’t afford a bent paper clip! XSA sincerely regrets having to do this, however, XSA is not liable for damage to your locks resulting from this necessary security precaution (because if we wanted to be accountable for our actions, we wouldn’t work for the government!).

    We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

  • I, cultural interpretor

    WARNING: If you are vegan, watching these videos will melt your eyeballs.

    There couldn’t possibly be a western equivalent to this horrifying act of culinary cruelty, right?

    Wrong:

    Attributing this reaction to ionic exchange somehow doesn’t make it less difficult to watch (again and again).

  • Hapax legomenon of the day (with def)

    Bamafutication: Claiming that the commander-in-chief had “nothing to do” with a military operation targeting the most wanted man in the world.

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    You’re just angry you missed the Apprentice.

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    UPDATE: Out of many, this is the best.

  • This made me laugh at 4am

  • Spicy Maple Links of Destruction 2/11/11

    Offered mostly without comment because I’m still chewing on them:

    The last Japanese man remaining in Kazakhstan
    A Kafkian tale of the plight of a Japanese POW in the Soviet Union

    An Evening with J. D. Salinger
    Of course he’s crazy, that’s why his best works ring so true.

    Educating B Students
    My question is: Where have all the A students gone?

    The New Atheists’ Narrow Worldview
    If it weren’t for the crazy shit based in monkey-ass superstition, religion wouldn’t be half as entertaining… And in that regard, I think of animistic religions as more honest than others.

    And finally:

    Alternate Universe Movie Posters
    So cool.