Luna's (Not So) Lunes Linkies - Round 58
Bouncing right off of harvesting for blood in Killer7 to this to attempting to finish The Watchmen because I was a lazy bastard but I really want to try and have it finished before tomorrow night to, well... bed. Tonight's going to be relatively quick:
...Wut. Kitten Found Stuffed Inside Marijuana Bong. "'The cat appeared to be very lethargic, somewhat in a sleeping state,'" ZOMG NORLY? I am torn between being appalled and reminded of a video I watched back in freshmen year of a guy forcing a bong on a cat (but not in a bong).
In other cat related news... here's that cat after it got out of the bong OH MY GOD, I'M SUCH A DICK SOMETIMES YOU GUYS, I'M SORRY (BUT YOU HAVE TO ADMIT IT, THAT WAS PRETTY FUNNY) cat versus cake.
My Periodically Awesome Sidebar strikes again with note-worthy news: Obama beats out Jesus as America's hero (Obama places first, Jesus Number Two). This is... completely unexpected. God, I wish I weren't feeling so rushed to provide some kind of witty commentary on that. (In case you were wondering: Bush!Jr. is #5, Hilary Clinton is #12, Chesley Sullenberger [pilot who landed his jet safely in the Hudson River] is #9, and John Wayne... completely dropped off the list from 2008 to 2009.)
I was reading about the wacky awesome things that the Google Team make in their free time (amongst which G!mail and Google Maps were born, by the way), and the number one thing that I had never heard about that caught my attention was Google Flu Trends. What it does is that it tracks the amount of times, and where, people are googling about the common flu, and postulates that it's in those areas, you can expect to see a flu-breakout of sorts. When mapped against traditional polls and records (because let's face it: not everyone who is googling about the flu actually has the flu), the results are remarkably similar. Even further, influenza surveillance data obtained by traditional means takes awhile to compile, which means that Google can accurately estimate flu activity in your state up to two weeks faster than traditional flu surveillance systems. This is ridiculously cool. A bit of tweaking, and I foresee this being an invaluable resource someday in lieu of a zombie apocalypse.
Okay, you guys: my mother sent this one to me this past week. Needless to say, there was much WTFing to be had. Underwear Cops was a segment on a hidden camera show and... oh my fucking god ma. What were you doing that you found this on the tubbernets? (And, uh, this one is vaguely NSFW by the way.)
In retaliation, I sent her this article (which was sent to me by serke) about one guy having fun with those electronic signature things. We've all seen how very unlike our signature is when we've jotted it down on the blasted things and one guy took it upon himself to see how far he could get with it. Hilarity fuckin' ensues. (Oh yeah, and like the last one, vaguely NSFW... not horrible but definitely more NSFW than Underwear Cops.)
More fun with my mother came in the form of The Teenager Audio Test. Basically, it play a high frequency noise that people under 25 can generally hear and people over 25 generally can't. And oh god. I can hear it just fine (my teeth are literally clenching thinking about it) but my mother couldn't at all. Another fun fact: it's apparently been used as a deterrent device to keep teenagers from loitering in malls and shops. The site says it's like a mosquito buzzing but I think "nails on a chalkboard" is a far more accurate description.
Apparently an octopus at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium is a little deviant and, in a moment of curiosity, pulled open a valve, causing hundreds of gallons of water to overflow its tank. No worries: no sea life was harmed.
This one's from hmsbackstroker: you can buy virtually anything off of Amazon, but apparently they'll draw the line at virtual rape games. The game, Rapelay, is a PC game that allows players to gang rape virtual women and then force them to have an abortion. "In Rapelay, gamers direct a character to sexually assault a mother and her two young daughters at an underground station, before raping any of a selection female characters." ...I think I kinda see Amazon's point on this one. OH JAPAN. YOU GUYS.
To end on a completely nonsensical note: I caught "In A Snuggie Rap" on TV at an unmentionable hour of the morning. In case you didn't know, Snuggies are blankets with sleeves, that apparently thinks that as your arms are warm, who cares about your back? In any case, I would much rather watch the Snuggies Rap at 2:30 in the morning than the actual commercial.