That’s. Depressing.
You know how someone makes a cheesy remake of a childhood show or cartoon (I’m thinking the Grinch movie here), and someone says “they’re raping my childhood”?
Well, now, through the miracle of modern technology, your childhood memories can be pre-ruined for your convenience.
February 20th, 2008 12:13
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February 20th, 2008 14:10
That reminds me of the Playmobil airport security playset, which I have just for the weirdness factor of it. I also have the safecrackers playset. Someday I plan to photograph the safecrackers going through security with their acetylene torch.
February 20th, 2008 17:11
Geez. It *does* come with a Real Metal Detector Detection Alarm Alert Beacon.
I’m sure in a week, Make will come up with some droll and annoying way to reuse its components, at least.
February 20th, 2008 21:00
I see the product is a “USA Tested Toy”. Which means it wasn’t *made* here.
So you can export your children’s future overseas while you teach them about fear and Republican opportunism.
Now *that’s*. Depressing.
February 24th, 2008 06:18
“Play airport security” advertised on the front of the box.
Somehow, that sounds about as fun as playing “Claims Adjustor” or “Sociologist” for a child.
February 25th, 2008 01:44
Claims adjustors and sociologists don’t get to do cavity searches, though.
February 25th, 2008 11:08
Oh, you wrote ’sociologists’… I read that originally as ‘psychopaths’. And I was going to point out that, yes, psychopaths probably do get to do cavity searches. Maybe even regularly.
Actually, seeing these sorts of toys surprises me little, after seeing the establishment of some vile organization called ‘Homeland Security’ come into being with this … wretched … presidency.
“Homeland Security” has a ring to it that smacks of expressions like “Protecting the Fatherland” and “Mother Russia”. I feel like our society is being savagely (and anally) raped for being so fucking stupid as to allow such a damned stupid thing to come into being.
Not even 4 decades have passed since we separated the CIA from the FBI in an attempt to reduce the powers of state after seeing what Hoover could do to this country, when some bumbling idiot claiming to be a Texan, holding a C-average education that his parents probably bought him (the grade, not just the education), forces an organization called ‘Homeland Security’ up our collective asses.
The only good thing about it, is that they can’t get their head out of their ass long enough to do any real damage with it, thanks to sheer stupidity.
In a metaphorical way, I can’t help but feel that “Homeland Security” is like an intellectual full body cavity search done not so much for the information they could glean, as just the sheer fun of the act itself.
February 25th, 2008 12:11
See, it’s ‘haters’ like you that make this country unsafe.
February 28th, 2008 10:38
Yeah, that’s depressing, but… IT’S NOT AS DEPRESSING AS AMUSING.ORG NOT UPDATING!
February 29th, 2008 00:28
I remember leaning over to my friend during “Charlie & The Chocolate Factory” and saying “If you hear any screaming, it’s just Tim Burton brutally sodomizing my childhood memories.”
Yeah, Amusing.org not updating IS pretty depressing. But think of how much WORK it is for Spinn! I mean, he’s gotta pick something funny someone else said! And then he’s gotta click a button! Give the poor guy a break.
February 29th, 2008 00:44
The alternative is putting back in the bug that let all entered submissions go public. People loved that.
February 29th, 2008 17:32
Ok, wasn’t aware it was a bug. Sorry. Sometimes hard to tell between actual technical problems and the usual turkey-slapping that people who gave the site all the hits all these years get when they come seeking their favorite parts thereof.
March 5th, 2008 14:02
Okay.
Currently there’s a problem that any data going into amusing.org is getting backslashes before every quote/doublequote character. I don’t have the option of turning magic_quotes_gpc off on my server, so I can either 1) post-fix the inputs or 2) switch to php5 on amusing.org.
I tried (1) two months ago. Some reason my code doesn’t do it. I don’t know why, I haven’t had time to investigate. (2) I tried, but unfortunately I wrote these scripts back before I knew what register_globals is about, which, if you don’t know what that means, means I have to comb through my submission page and admin page to find “bad” variables and replace them with good ones. Until I get the time and motivation to do either of things, I have to do (C): every time I accept a group of submissions, I have to manually go into the database and correct the slashes. Which, incidentally, applies to your submissions, because of the quote in your alias.
None of which is pressing a single button, okay?
Right now I have some motivation for programming (the good news) but it’s on an entirely different personal project (the bad news for you) that I’m hoping will make me money (the good news for me). Honestly, your snarkiness does not increase my motivation to do anything for you.
March 5th, 2008 21:39
Ok. I’m a bastard, but not a fuckin’ bastard. Looks like you did take care of it. On behalf of those who really enjoy the less-serious side of things, probably too much for anyone’s good, thank you.
March 7th, 2008 10:00
I think there’s still something wrong with amusing.org. It still accepts Mr. ?’s impossibly lame entries.
March 7th, 2008 14:32
That’s not a bug, it’s a feature.
March 7th, 2008 17:37
Most of my entries aren’t accepted, so I’d say the site is working. I mean, most of mine are things that pop into my head when I’m either at work or overtired, neither of which are my best thinking times.
March 10th, 2008 17:34
“Find hidden metal,” the box invites. So you’re SUPPOSED to conceal metal objects and try to sneak them through — isn’t this toy really encouraging kids to play “terrorists ‘n’ hijackers?”
Gotta love those action words: “WOOSH items through security!”