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Comment by nyoki — May 16, 2008 @ 6:32 pm

The sun is fucking awesome.

Comment by Camiam321 — May 16, 2008 @ 4:17 pm

It’s technically a dwarf star, amusingly enough, considering its 333,000 times the mass of Earth.

Comment by deuce — May 16, 2008 @ 6:05 pm

Let’s hope not. Already I have to deal with assholes who can barely drive and are constantly trying to kill me on the highway, if only through their colossal stupidity. I’d hate to think those same people might also be able to take to the skies.

Comment by Phil Elmore — May 16, 2008 @ 12:10 pm

nice blind spot

Comment by Mr.Bungle — May 16, 2008 @ 1:22 pm

@Mr.Bungle

damn beat me to it

Comment by collegeboy — May 16, 2008 @ 1:46 pm

I would make a transformers reference, but it is just what it looks like.

Comment by Sarcastastic — May 16, 2008 @ 2:15 pm

It’s M.A.S.K.!!!

Comment by AlecDalek — May 16, 2008 @ 6:28 pm

Can you imagine some of these idiots trying to drive/fly in 3D?

Comment by nyoki — May 16, 2008 @ 6:37 pm

@nyoki

As opposed to them trying to drive fly in 2D?

Comment by hvymetal86 — May 17, 2008 @ 9:11 am

ouch!

Comment by hydrat3d — May 13, 2008 @ 10:53 am

I think I might need some of that to get rid of this migraine.

Comment by Annarchy — May 13, 2008 @ 11:02 am

This is how they should operate on fundamentalists.

Comment by deuce — May 13, 2008 @ 11:25 am

my sister needs an operation…

Comment by storminator — May 13, 2008 @ 12:00 pm

Some people still do this today - mainly idiots. But they swear it fixes stuff.

Comment by ohmybob — May 13, 2008 @ 12:40 pm

trepanation yay lets pop our head holes hahahahaha.

Comment by acid_monkey1 — May 13, 2008 @ 3:19 pm

Must have been the editor’s day off. Or not. I would have let this slide if I were the editor.

Comment by Camiam321 — May 13, 2008 @ 8:43 am

because you know, the “great tit” isn’t a type of bird.

Comment by njch412 — May 13, 2008 @ 9:59 am

Seriously, how freaking clueless are you?

“Gee, an article about great tits. Now that we have a good reason, shall we put the words ‘great tits’ to the headline and receive millions of hits or not?”

This headline was selected intentionally because the editor knows the internet is full of clueless people like you who instantly start spreading the article around the net like a fucking wildfire.

Comment by unknown — May 13, 2008 @ 10:34 am

Can’t we all agree that although the title is somewhat misleading, it still holds true in that a great pair of boobies help one cope with warming(see also: anything)?

Comment by FlyingMantisShrimp — May 13, 2008 @ 10:38 am

Mantis, this article isn’t about boobies. It’s about tits. See the difference?
Booby:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-footed_Booby
Tit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_tit
As you can see, boobies are long and clumsy. Tits are small and sleek.
The more you know!

Comment by suicydking — May 13, 2008 @ 12:11 pm

Jeeeez how juvenile.

Boobies!!!

Comment by ukexpat — May 13, 2008 @ 12:43 pm

I wish I had more hands

so I could give them titties

four thumbs down

hahahahahahahahahahaha

I’m Rick James Bitch

Comment by paddymcpub — May 13, 2008 @ 2:29 pm

so 2012 is the next peak?

Comment by Pants — May 11, 2008 @ 10:15 pm

@ Pants

That’s what it looks like. The closer it gets, the more this silly 12/21/12 thing seems possible. Lots of funky shit lining up in 2012.

Comment by wookie_x — May 11, 2008 @ 10:22 pm

Please, no more posts where I have to read paragraph after paragraph of educational stuff. MCS time is meant to be funny time.

Comment by the_duck — May 11, 2008 @ 10:25 pm

i bow to the majestic awesomeness of the sun.

Comment by dookie_booty — May 11, 2008 @ 10:32 pm

hah, awesome that it peaks in in 2012. I’ll have to make sure that i have some cactus juice ready for the winter solstice.

Comment by lee7 — May 11, 2008 @ 10:43 pm

Cillian Murphy will save us. No sweat.

Comment by flintlocke — May 11, 2008 @ 11:35 pm

@wookie_x

lol i dont get that whole thing… i know its the end of the mayan year and age of aquarius, but what does it mean? i would think if anything was gonna happen, itd be on 6/6/06 but all that happened was the release of the omen (which was a rather decent picture :D)

Comment by Pants — May 11, 2008 @ 11:47 pm

does our solar system move to the southern hemisphere of our galaxy in 2012?

Comment by asdf — May 12, 2008 @ 12:25 am

The end of the world is 2012 … right, as soon as I believe that is when I get fitted for a tin foil hat. Just because some bare footed, coca leaf chewing, non-wheel using, child sacrificing failure of a civilization says the world is going to end because they got tired of making calendars out of rock, doesn’t make them any more accurate about predicting the “end” then all the other fools throughout the centuries. Also, Mr. Sun has gone to “solar max” over 900 times in the last 10,000 years and the world hasn’t end yet because of it, so why now?

Comment by gor — May 12, 2008 @ 3:29 am

If anybody buys the whole Mayan calendar nonsense, please step away from the internets.

If you believe that a bunch of savages can predict accurately the end of the world without any sophisticated astronomical observation tools - get your head checked.

The Mayan calendar bullshit is the same as the Y2K scare (though that one actually had some facts behind it)

Its the same as trying to predict the Rapture. I can’t recall the name, but one of the Cristian fanatic faiths has been pushing away the rapture every 15 years or so. Oh its happening on 1915, 1930. still nothing. 1945?(good guess though) 1960?no? Its just useless bullshit.

Still, if I recall in some African country a couple hundred people locked themselves in a church waiting for the year to become 2000, as it was though that it was the end of the world.
2000 came. and nothing happened. They started panicking and shooting each other.

Comment by Namelis1 — May 12, 2008 @ 3:57 am

lol thats hilarious

Comment by Snow — May 12, 2008 @ 4:09 am

@ Pants

According to Terrence McKenna and others, it’s the end of the Mayan Long Cycle calendar. Some believe that this will lead to a “new age” in humanity. Just exactly what this new age entails is anyone’s guess. Personally, I think it meant that they’d have to carve a new calendar. In Reality, well, that’s the date of the Winter Solstice (but that doesn’t mean much any more).

At various times that year the following events will happen:

433 Eros, the second-largest Near Earth Object on record is expected to pass Earth at a distance of around 16.6 million miles.

Various presidential elections, including the US.

The Kyoto Accords will expire.

A solar and lunar eclipse will happen (though not simultaneously).

The summer Olympics in London.

Alot of other crap that most people don’t care about.

Comment by wookie_x — May 12, 2008 @ 12:10 pm

You’d think if the Mayans could do something amazing like predict the end of the world, they could be savvy enough to not get completely wiped out.

re: wookie_x’s list: there’s a bunch of shit happening all the time. Look at any year with a Presidential election in the past century–there’s also always an Olympics that year. *Something* ends that year and likely there’s a random space event going on too.

Comment by rattybad — May 12, 2008 @ 6:53 pm

I just thought it was a cool pic.

@the-duck, sorry it’s how I roll. Maybe you can just hold a piece of paper over the text.

Comment by nyoki — May 12, 2008 @ 7:39 pm

@ Rattybad

Thanks for totally missing the point of the list. OF COURSE there’s a bunch of shit that’s totally mundane and barely worth mentioning happening! Why do you think I ended the list with “Alot of other crap that most people don’t care about”? For fucks sake man, grow a clue!

Comment by wookie_x — May 12, 2008 @ 10:29 pm

nyoki I enjoyed your pic just for looking cool, and being semi interesting.

Comment by Wisebrute — May 14, 2008 @ 7:43 am

Neo-cortex, frontal lobe
Brain stem! Brain stem!

Hippo-campus, neural node
Right hemisphere
Pons and cortex visual
Brain stem! Brain stem!

Sylviun fissure, pineal, left hemisphere
Cerebellum left
Cerebellum right
Synapse-hypothalamus
Triaden-dendrite

Axon-fibrous, matter gray
Brain stem! Brain stem!
Central-tegmantal path-way
Temporal lobe

White-gormatter
Four brain skull
Brain stem! Brain stem!

Central fissure, cord- spino
Bor-riato

Piamater
Men-ingeal vein
Menulla-oblongotta and lobe-limbic
Micro-electrodes…The Brain!

That oughta keep the little squirts happy…

Comment by Mayyday — May 10, 2008 @ 8:17 pm

omg mayyday i was thinking the EXACT same song lol.
loved watching that show

Comment by xaldinlancer — May 10, 2008 @ 8:31 pm

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Li5nMsXg1Lk

Comment by Mayyday — May 10, 2008 @ 8:33 pm

OMG WERE BEING FIRED UPON GET DOWN!

Comment by THE_GTC — May 9, 2008 @ 2:15 pm

I’d like to see what would happen when a bullet strikes a cigarette while it is laying on a horizontal. I did just purchase a new rifle so I guess I could figure that out myself

Comment by njch412 — May 9, 2008 @ 2:52 pm

so its half white and half pink
wtfs going on here
the bullets passing thru white and pink chalk? jw

Comment by TrikYodz — May 9, 2008 @ 3:00 pm

The chalk is passing around the bullet rather. I have full confidence that the chalk will win the battle.

Comment by Mystik — May 9, 2008 @ 5:12 pm

I have no idea what’s going on here. What is this for? I’m not familiar with this type of deal.

but I’m excited!

Comment by tiki god — May 4, 2008 @ 11:22 am

whatever tiki said

Comment by Madru — May 4, 2008 @ 11:30 am

Cardboard regatta?

Star Destroyer?

a + b = awesome.

Comment by mAgnUS BUTTfoorson — May 4, 2008 @ 11:52 am

Alright, the city of Helena, MT holds an annual Cardboard Regatta in Spring Meadow Lake. The Regatta is a fund raiser for a non-profit organization that helps people with disabilities, and in order to generate competitive interest local stores and restaurants donate gift certificates as prizes. The only real rule is that a boat must be made entirely of duct-tape and cardboard (various other materials can be used but only in small amounts). The boats are first judged on their originality which is then followed by the races. We basically won every prize they could throw at us, including victory over our competitors and the shocked looks carved into their faces. All-in-all, with a cardboard Star Destroyer, that I kicked across a lake, with a total cost of roughly $20 to build, we landed ourselves nearly $400 in various gift certificates.

tl;dr ~ we’re five nerds from Montana that won $400 in gift certificates by entering a Star Destroyer in a cardboard boat race.

Comment by Neshamah — May 4, 2008 @ 12:32 pm

Looks awesome. Congratulations on your epic win.

Comment by Bran — May 4, 2008 @ 1:38 pm

Sweet!

Comment by Phyreblade — May 4, 2008 @ 1:46 pm

Wait, you’re boat won on kick power alone? That is truly amazing-ness at it’s finest.

Comment by Sarcastastic — May 4, 2008 @ 2:01 pm

Looks like a great group of guys who are creative, diligent and will never get laid.

Comment by korben88 — May 4, 2008 @ 2:15 pm

So, where you UNDER the star destroyer?

Comment by RSIxidor — May 4, 2008 @ 3:43 pm

Yeah, I just realized what he meant by kicking it across the lake, and by “optics system.” I only briefly looked at it earlier.

Now it looks to me like he made a periscope out of two mirrors, and was indeed under it kicking. I R SO SMAHRT

Comment by Shanghai_Factor — May 4, 2008 @ 5:27 pm

That is freakin epic.

Comment by Jaypeezy — May 4, 2008 @ 6:38 pm

Neshamah, can I put your photos and description of your pwnage in the next issue of RebelPilot? (this is the last issue of rebelpilot: http://www.squidoo.com/issue99)

Comment by Daskunt — May 4, 2008 @ 6:48 pm

Damn…I had no idea of the scale of awesomeness of the Star Destroyer until now…That’s amazing!

Comment by reptilecobra13 — May 4, 2008 @ 9:27 pm

@ Daskunt
Yes, I would also greatly appreciate it if you could name everyone from the team, seeing as how all I did was drive it. Using the second picture in the series for reference the members of my team are (from left to right): Dylan Smith, Matthew Taylor, Justin Harvey, Kevin Ward, and Taylor McCormack (not pictured Beav Murnion).

Comment by Neshamah — May 4, 2008 @ 11:26 pm

Thanks for that Neshamah. When I’ve published it (before the end of the week) I’ll drop a link back in here for you to check it out.

Comment by Daskunt — May 5, 2008 @ 7:27 pm

Does it have to be human powered, or could you attach something like model rocket engines to shoot it across the lake?

Comment by slick556 — May 7, 2008 @ 7:12 pm