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Otherkin

May 31st 2009 12:27
Horus
Horus is an example of therianthropy, the combination of human and wild elements. Subcultures based around this may form part of the Otherkin identity


Otherkin would have to be one of the more unusual social groups I've found via the Net - Humans who claim they're not human. As such.


And come on, work with me here - that's kind of cool right?

Otherkin regard themselves as animals, aliens, extra dimensional beings or other non humans. This is usually depicted as the state of an individuals soul, within a human body, generally attributed to the (I love this term) 'Oops, missed' theory of reincarnation. However there are exceptions - the Vampyres, for instance.

Generally becoming aware of their Vampiric status through discovering THE THIRST - the need to drink blood, (or for psionic vampyres - energy) . Not that there’s any real need to fear for your neck - these days biting is kind of frowned upon, and the drinking of human blood seems more a process of hypodermic needles and blood tests. Vampyres can get diseases too.

Image used under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 1.0 License Horus. Antiquité égyptienne du musée du Louvre. Guillaume Blanchard, July 2004, Fujifilm S6900 Really Long Link
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Led Zeppelin Satanic Theories

June 2nd 2008 00:19
Led Zepplin are freaking awesome. If you doubt this, have a look;



A band this huge tends to develop plenty of conspiracy theories. In Led Zeppelin’s case, it was a ripper, a conspiracy that became part of the ledged of Rock n’ roll itself.

The conspiracy stemmed from a passage of Stairway to Heaven which was said to hide Satanic messages that could be heard when played backwards.


There are many variations of what the segment says, but one of the most cited is – “Here’s to my sweet Satan, the one’s who’s path would make me sad, whose power is Satan, He’ll give you 666, He has a toolshed where he made us suffer, sad Satan.’

The following video gives full lyrics for the song backwards, suggesting it as dedicated in its entirety to Satan;



Aside from the various conspiracies surrounding ‘Stairway,’ there are a small number of things that additionally have helped to build on the conspiracy.
zoso
The Image 'Zoso' from Led Zeppelin Four

Jimmy Page has been long associated, if not directly with Satanism, with the Occult, and had a known interest in the writings of Alistair Crawly. His symbol, from the album Led Zeppelin four often referred to as ‘Zoso’ has an unknown meaning, as yet unexplained meaning, but contains symbolism, taken from Crowly.

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Extreme Ironing

April 2nd 2008 13:51
Extreme Ironing Comic


I’m proud to say that I discovered Extreme Ironing before it was cool. It was grade nine, and I was researching for a HPE assignment where we had to make a magazine for a sport.

I decided to make mine on extreme sports. Searching terms on the Internet, I would hunt for something interesting to write about. And then… I found their Webpage HERE.

Extreme Ironing is one of those wonderful curiosities that reminded us of the strangeness of people. The depth of passion that one could feel for a thing for no other reason than because it was in some way theirs.

If you’re still wondering what it is, I assure you, there is little need for confusion. It is what it sounds like; a profoundly silly fusion of Extreme Sports and Ironing. As the site quotes, it “combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well pressed shirt.” Extreme Ironing activities regarded as official include, but are not limited to;

Climbing large mountains and ironing on top of them;

Ironing underwater;

Beach Iron Flinging;

Freestyle Ironing (a test of creativity – including such events as trampoline ironing).

It is tempting to COMPLETELY dismiss extreme ironing, but for the fact of, despite all the nonsense, ironing clothes while suspended in mid air by a wire between two cliffs, while not exactly sensible, is neither exactly easy.

It lives long, lives hard and looks sharp. Here’s to Extreme Ironing.

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Disney – Ford – Nazis?

March 3rd 2008 12:52
Disney has long been at the centre of a vast number of conspiracies. A number of these are centred around Disney’s namesake – Walt Disney, famous for his capitalist passion and ability to be ‘difficult’.

Henry Ford was another Capitalist, father of the modern production line. He regarded himself a pacifist, and opposed the first world war, considering it a waste of time.

Both of these men however have been associated with some kind of Nazi connections.

Ford was the owner of the newspaper The Dearborn Independent, in which a number of articles that were right wing and anti-semantic, including the Protocols of Zion. There were published and distributed widely, including in Germany. Hitler himself was a fan of both the publication and of Ford. However when a case was brought against Ford, he spoke out against the content and claimed he was unaware of what the publications contained, though this is contested by some. He did however express a belief in the Protocols of Zion, saying they matched up with what seemed to be going on in the world.

Prior to the outbreak of World War two, Ford was awarded the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, by the German Consul of Cleveland – the highest medal that could be given to a foreigner.

However, when he was shown the actions of the Nazi’s against the Jews later in his life, he was shocked, and, reportedly, suffered a heart attack.

Disney, who is the more famously known as an anti-Semite, is the lesser qualified to hold the title. What is confirmed is that he was a great opponent of Labour Unions, a main source of his criticism, and was a strong opponent of Communism. However where we move into allegations of anti-Semitism all we have to go on are a few reports of anti-Semitic behaviour from a few who knew him, including Ford, and an oft sited example of a Jewish looking Wolf in one of the Cartoons.

The following video is not the one oft sited, but is another cartoon brought up as evidence to suggest Disney was anti-Semantic.



There has never been any credible suggestion of Disney associating with Nazis.
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Crying Clubs

February 7th 2008 13:05
Crying is OK Sidewalk graffiti


Crying clubs are pretty self explanatory. The antithesis to a nice happy night out, Crying Clubs are where groups join together to cry their hearts out together.

They usually will have a number of people in the club cutting onions, to help stimulate the tears.

One would have to wonder how such a phenomenon may have gathered such vast popularity.

To understand one possible explanation, we have to go over a couple of the basic ideas of the idea of what constitutes Gothic.

Gothicism began during the Victorian Era, a time period characterized by the view, popularized by the monarch of the time, that one should aspire to goodness and properness.

The reaction to this popular idea of ‘goodness and correctness’ was equally matched by a sense of ‘evil and wrongness’ – a movement that became the Gothic.

If we look at today’s world, the overwhelming mood seems set more by the major corporations than Political figureheads, and the message is the same – feel good, feel good, feel good. If there was to ever be an equal and opposite reaction against this kind of thinking, the Crying Club would have to be it’s exact physical manifestation.

Boo Hoo. We party with you.

Image by by Zefrey Throwell; Valencia Street; San Francisco, CA, uploaded by Franco Folini and licensed under a Creative Commons attribution Share Alike License.
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Banksy

October 29th 2007 06:01
When God sneaks out at night to stencil an old brick wall, he’s making a picture of Banksy. That’s how awesome Banksy is.

Banksy is a well known artist and trickster, centred in England. He is most famous for his stencils, produced illegally in public spaces around England


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Is Racism Justified?

October 4th 2007 13:30
We treat different people in different ways. We have to. People are different. We don’t try to demand folk with wheelchairs climb the stairs, and we don’t ask Vietnamese actors to play Michael Jackson in the biopic of his life.

However, when we decide on how to treat people based on race, we run into the issue of racism. The best way to describe racism, I find, is to regard it as ‘racial discrimination’ – specific discrimination based on an individuals race or ethnicity. And there is a question of if racial discrimination is ever appropriate to which I would have to say “yes”. Now it’s very easy to get all indignant and be all like ‘that’s not cool man! We’re all the same on the inside! Don’t be hating


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Vegetarians and Vegans

September 30th 2007 12:57
Animals and humans – who is superior? One argument put forward for Vegetarian and Vegan lifestyles is that Humans and animals are equal. And Equals do not eat each other for dinner (Fish and Bundy excluded).

However that argument sounds completely dodgy to me. If Humans and animals are equal, then why can man not eat sheep, while wolves can? In fact, if we’re equal to Lions, how come they get to eat us, and not the other way around


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Hare Krishna Spam

June 19th 2007 11:30
Gouranga
Gouranga Gouranga Gouranga


I got an unusual Email the other day


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Disney Nazi Film

May 19th 2007 06:40
Crazy stuff…

Can YOU work out the Moral of the story?
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Brisbane Zombie Walk

March 20th 2007 04:50
Some events are important, or signifficant, or profound or political.

Then, there are some that are just plain fun. Like the Brisbane Zombie walk


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Holocaust Denial

February 7th 2007 03:26
Fiction?
Fiction?
Andrew Bolt denies Global Warming existed.

John Howard contests the stolen Generation


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Woodford Folk Festival

January 30th 2007 05:21
Sorry this one has been so long coming...

Woodford
Somebody had stolen a plastic McDonalds sign and strapped it upside down to their tent, to appropriate it as a big W for Woodford


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Harajuku Girls

January 10th 2007 04:15
One of the most incredible sights in Japan is that of the Harajuku girls. They’re pretty much just Japanese girls who get all funked up and wander around all day, eye sushi for the masses.
To be honest, there’s not a lot to be said, on a deeper level for Harajuku girls. They’re pretty much just there to be looked at. So: Here we go…

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Polyamory, PUA and Sleaziness

November 22nd 2006 02:24
He Men
Spot the ordinary everyday guy with no chance - and then the sleazebag He-Man!


My friend Solace, who was mentioned in, and left a comment in, This Article, was talking to me the other day, defending the Pick Up Artist Culture, with this comment


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Self Sufficency

November 17th 2006 01:30
Piggies!
Could you raise these cute critters? And, erm, eat them?
Sometimes doing something new is just doing something old. Like living off the land. It’s often been something in my head, living like that, just a kind of wispy fantasy.
Although, right now I’m abuzz with delight, as I’m just bought the most awesome book in the world: The complete guide to self sufficiency.
This is awesome. Included in this book are detailed instructions on how to farm, to keep, kill and eat animals, to gain energy from the sun, wind and water, to make fuel from animal waste, to make a drop toilet, to do blacksmithing, pottery, and so on


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Hikikomori: Japanese Urban Hideaways

October 10th 2006 03:55
Hikikomori
Hikikomori
We all do it. Get up in the morning and feel like we barely have the strength to leave our room. All we want to do is to sit down at the computer all day, behind a screen, where the real world can't hurt us.

This is what the Japanese call Hikikomori. Those who can't take the stress of modern life, who end up shutting themselves away from the world. And with an approximate fifty thousand Hikikomori students in Japan, the problems not going away anytime soon


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