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This is a high quality item. You two are crazy.

Just a few years ago, Guy Ritchie's Aladdin remake existed only in the realm of satire:

If stupid Tharg won't give the fans the high-quality merch they desire, then others will step up to fulfil their fantasies.

SHE LOOKS READY

Spent the last 20 minutes watching looped video showing the puckered lips of an elderly gentleman gently undulating in extreme close-up and in slow motion.

No idea what he said, but I would definitely now bang Jeremy Corbyn.

I'm just posting the last song I heard on the radio, which is pretty pathetic. Hackney Colliery Band cover Toto's Africa*

https://youtu.be/iqWNOUOxjPI


* Did we ever discuss Weezer's Africa cover, which took the same approach as Gus Van Sant's shot-for-shot remake of Psycho? Is that even a cover, or just an A-list version of one of those old Top Of The Pops albums my mum had, where session bands performed almost indistinguishable recreations of chart hits? And did anyone see SNL's Weezer sketch (featuring Matt Damon and Kenan from & Kel)? Like all SNL skits, it doesn't quite hit the mark, but I thought it was clever to use Weezer as an example of the kind of band it would be ludicrous to care about *that* much. I like a few of their songs, but I wouldn't push Rivers Cuomo out of the way of a bus.

Frank, I can't unsee that!

Who would want to!

I'm sure the Chinese authorities use these to harvest your data, but they're still incredible. Like the bit in Blade Runner where Han Solo keeps zooming further and further into the image*, except for entire cities:

THIS MUST BE HOW GOD FEELS WHEN HE USES THE ZOOM FUNCTION


* which, at the time, I casually opined would never be possible, since the memory required to produce such an image would be greater even than the capacity of a Commodore 64

Ice Man

BANGER

Heavy Metal by Justice, the French EDM duo who aren't Daft Punk

It's been too long since bumsex girl

Look how riotously filthy this place used to be!

https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=21891.msg374820#msg374820

Brilliant. More authentic (and sexy) than either movie version.

[Rackle]

I was going to submit the jumper as an Advent Calendar entry but I see it got it's on thread <gah!

> slaps forehead <

Sorry, Rackle. I'll send you a photo of my big red face to use as an alternate calendar entry; say it's Rudolph's nose, or something.

[The State]

How high up the chain you outline do we have to go before these organisations cease being communities electing representatives to carry out their will and become The State, oppressing the people and laying claim to rights they don't have?

... until you get to the first person who believes he or she has the right to give you orders

The check-in clerk at Terminal 2 isn't on a power trip

You fundamentally disagree with her asking you to show a valid passport, yet you respect her counterpart's right to order you away from Alton Towers unless you bung her a few quid?

[The State]

Does your local parish council have the same rights as your local county council? Does your local county council have the same rights as the government? Do your neighbours have the same rights as MPs?

They seem exactly the same to me, too.

How high up the chain you outline do we have to go before these organisations cease being communities electing representatives to carry out their will and become The State, oppressing the people and laying claim to rights they don't have?

I respect the right of a community to exclude me or anyone else from their territory ... if they own the land and make those rules, and apply them Lawfully, who am I to interfere?

... But as states are basically small groups of people claiming rights they don't have, I don't think that kind of ownership is valid

Why isn't a state a community, with the same rights as a community?

[They deserve the same respect]

They deserve the same respect because communities and companies are made up of individuals. One person, in my view, has exactly the same rights and responsibilities as two people, ten or a million

So why don't you respect the right of a community to control entry into their territory in the way you would for any Plc?

Enjoy your film, Shark.