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Principia Discordia => Apple Talk => Topic started by: Lies on April 11, 2010, 07:41:12 AM

Title: Interesting cracked article
Post by: Lies on April 11, 2010, 07:41:12 AM
http://www.cracked.com/article_18478_the-7-ballsiest-pranks-you-wont-believe-actually-worked.html

Spot the discordian reference.
Title: Re: Interesting cracked article
Post by: Remington on April 11, 2010, 07:48:53 AM
Good old Eris.

Also, for the Good Doktor's consideration:
http://www.cracked.com/article_18507_5-works-legitimate-mad-science-passed-off-as-art.html (http://www.cracked.com/article_18507_5-works-legitimate-mad-science-passed-off-as-art.html)
Title: Re: Interesting cracked article
Post by: Lies on April 11, 2010, 07:58:34 AM
Quote from: Remington on April 11, 2010, 07:48:53 AM
Good old Eris.

Also, for the Good Doktor's consideration:
http://www.cracked.com/article_18507_5-works-legitimate-mad-science-passed-off-as-art.html (http://www.cracked.com/article_18507_5-works-legitimate-mad-science-passed-off-as-art.html)
Joe Davis is *the* fucking man.
Title: Re: Interesting cracked article
Post by: Triple Zero on April 11, 2010, 12:03:17 PM
Wow that #2 Yes Man prank is the best, I think. Especially the bit about how it made the corp look like dicks when they had to retract their generousity :)
Title: Re: Interesting cracked article
Post by: Kai on April 11, 2010, 03:12:07 PM
Yeah, Joe Davis is the mad scientist of the 21st century. A man to emulate.
Title: Re: Interesting cracked article
Post by: Pariah on April 11, 2010, 06:22:25 PM
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Quote from: Pariah on April 10, 2010, 04:54:38 PM
Quote from: CrackedHipsters ignore rules because they think it will make them look like they don't care. There is no end result, just a continuous cycle of mediocre indie rock and scruffy looking dudes. By basing their actions on avoiding the mainstream, they are in fact guided by the mainstream.

QuoteDoing the opposite of the mainstream is still being a part of the mainstream because you're still using the mainstream as your primary point of reference

COINCIDENCE?
We report you decide
Title: Re: Interesting cracked article
Post by: BabylonHoruv on April 11, 2010, 08:41:27 PM
I don't know if the one where the Golden Apple was left behind in Columbus was actually the work of a Crimethinc operative or not, but I know that they cite it as an example of ways to mess with corporation in their Recipes for Disaster book.
Title: Re: Interesting cracked article
Post by: Hoser McRhizzy on April 12, 2010, 01:15:55 AM
Quote from: Triple Zero on April 11, 2010, 12:03:17 PM
Wow that #2 Yes Man prank is the best, I think. Especially the bit about how it made the corp look like dicks when they had to retract their generousity :)

Newish and similar, if you're into this sort of thing:  Bradford Houppe for the the Shell: We're Sorry campaign (gets good at 1:55) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zciWUOrIUqo

No response from Shell as of yet.

Although my favourite was "Vivoleum."  If you're not familiar with it, they pretended to be bigwigs from an oil company research group.  Apparently environmental collapse due to Alberta's tar sands is no problem, as converting the dead bodies of oil refinery workers into 'natural fossil fuel' will ensure we can still drive to work during the apocalypse.  They were outed before they could get away with it, but the idea itself was genius and played to an elite group of oil investors who (until the Yes Men got yanked) were politely considering the idea.
Title: Re: Interesting cracked article
Post by: hooplala on April 12, 2010, 02:02:57 AM
If you read the actual article the apple is never mentioned.
Title: Re: Interesting cracked article
Post by: Telarus on April 12, 2010, 02:39:43 AM
Quote from: Hoopla on April 12, 2010, 02:02:57 AM
If you read the actual article the apple is never mentioned.

Glad someone else noticed. That means we have an in @ the Cracked writer staff if we dig a bit.
Title: Re: Interesting cracked article
Post by: Richter on April 12, 2010, 02:49:27 AM
Quote from: Kai on April 11, 2010, 03:12:07 PM
Yeah, Joe Davis is the mad scientist of the 21st century. A man to emulate.

Seriously, this man is a goddamn hero.
Title: Re: Interesting cracked article
Post by: The Wizard on April 13, 2010, 12:24:34 AM
QuoteYeah, Joe Davis is the mad scientist of the 21st century. A man to emulate.

Hells yes. He's definitely the mad scientist I've been looking for. Awesome.
Title: Re: Interesting cracked article
Post by: hooplala on April 13, 2010, 12:36:00 AM
Quote from: Telarus on April 12, 2010, 02:39:43 AM
Quote from: Hoopla on April 12, 2010, 02:02:57 AM
If you read the actual article the apple is never mentioned.

Glad someone else noticed. That means we have an in @ the Cracked writer staff if we dig a bit.

Exactly.  We should get on this.
Title: Re: Interesting cracked article
Post by: Eater of Clowns on April 15, 2010, 11:59:38 PM
Can you spot the Chaos star?

http://www.cracked.com/article_18476_5-ancient-acts-war-that-changed-face-earth_p2.html
Title: Re: Interesting cracked article
Post by: PopeTom on April 16, 2010, 12:52:01 AM
Quote from: EoC on April 15, 2010, 11:59:38 PM
Can you spot the Chaos star?

http://www.cracked.com/article_18476_5-ancient-acts-war-that-changed-face-earth_p2.html

Do you mean to insinuate that the Dutch are all spags?  Or just the people of Naarden?
Title: Re: Interesting cracked article
Post by: Eater of Clowns on April 16, 2010, 01:02:02 AM
Quote from: PopeTom on April 16, 2010, 12:52:01 AM
Quote from: EoC on April 15, 2010, 11:59:38 PM
Can you spot the Chaos star?

http://www.cracked.com/article_18476_5-ancient-acts-war-that-changed-face-earth_p2.html

Do you mean to insinuate that the Dutch are all spags?  Or just the people of Naarden?

Trip 0 and Regret are the only Dutch I know and they are both spags.  It's the only conclusion I can come to.

Seriously though that photo didn't look real, I thought it was some rendered image.  Looks like I've made a fool of myself.   :lulz:
Title: Re: Interesting cracked article
Post by: PopeTom on April 16, 2010, 03:16:30 AM
Star shaped fortifications became all the rage once humans started lobbing cannon balls at one another.

While not chaos stars exactly you can see similar design in Ft. McHenery and Ft. Ticonderoga.

I imagine there are even more similar shaped structures all across Europe and the Middle East.
Title: Re: Interesting cracked article
Post by: Chairman Risus on April 16, 2010, 03:41:05 AM
Quote from: PopeTom on April 16, 2010, 03:16:30 AM
Star shaped fortifications became all the rage once humans started lobbing cannon balls at one another.

While not chaos stars exactly you can see similar design in Ft. McHenery and Ft. Ticonderoga.

I imagine there are even more similar shaped structures all across Europe and the Middle East.

WHAT WERE DISCORDIANS DOING WAY BACK THEN? I THOUGHT WE PENTIONED TO BAN TIME TRAVELERS.
                             















RISUS,
                                                                                                       :monkeydance:
Title: Re: Interesting cracked article
Post by: PopeTom on April 16, 2010, 04:50:47 AM
Quote from: Risus on April 16, 2010, 03:41:05 AM
Quote from: PopeTom on April 16, 2010, 03:16:30 AM
Star shaped fortifications became all the rage once humans started lobbing cannon balls at one another.

While not chaos stars exactly you can see similar design in Ft. McHenery and Ft. Ticonderoga.

I imagine there are even more similar shaped structures all across Europe and the Middle East.

WHAT WERE DISCORDIANS DOING WAY BACK THEN? I THOUGHT WE PENTIONED TO BAN TIME TRAVELERS.
                             

I know three Discordians who never signed onto the time travel ban treaty.
Title: Re: Interesting cracked article
Post by: The Wizard on April 16, 2010, 09:47:29 PM
QuoteI THOUGHT WE PENTIONED TO BAN TIME TRAVELERS.

Oh...I didn't know about that. Oops. (goes off to destroy evidence of time travel)