Recent links -- Rickrolled
Apr. 15th, 2008 01:20 pmThat's the second biggest rickroll I've ever seen![1]
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[1] I debated with a "Biggest. Rickroll. Evar." Simpsons reference, but decided the Monkey Island reference was better as (a) Monkey Island is the coolest thing ever and (b) it probably does come second best, after xkcd's take.
I get great fun explaining this at work, as people had heard of Astly, but never of the practice of rick-rolling. In short, what happened was the American sports team the New York Mets had a poll on their website to decide their new theme tune.
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Terror law in tatters as extremists go free
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What a marvellously accurate headline. I'm fairly sure there's a subtext that "terror law in tatters" is a bad thing, or a good thing, but I can't tell which. The content is very serious, but I just love how well-chosen words can convey precisely an opinion, even a deliberately ambiguous one (even though I don't suppose the headline was actually intended objectively).
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[1] I debated with a "Biggest. Rickroll. Evar." Simpsons reference, but decided the Monkey Island reference was better as (a) Monkey Island is the coolest thing ever and (b) it probably does come second best, after xkcd's take.
I get great fun explaining this at work, as people had heard of Astly, but never of the practice of rick-rolling. In short, what happened was the American sports team the New York Mets had a poll on their website to decide their new theme tune.
( Read more... )
Terror law in tatters as extremists go free
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What a marvellously accurate headline. I'm fairly sure there's a subtext that "terror law in tatters" is a bad thing, or a good thing, but I can't tell which. The content is very serious, but I just love how well-chosen words can convey precisely an opinion, even a deliberately ambiguous one (even though I don't suppose the headline was actually intended objectively).