Fredrik Posted August 29, 2002 All "articles" of this kind do of course lack reason and sense (they're supposed to be that way, of course). Only a few of them have what they're supposed to have: teh funney. This one was somewhat funny. 0 Share this post Link to post
spank Posted August 29, 2002 Tetris was definitely a conspiracy: a) it was made by a Russian; b) ... during the cold war; c) millions of western employees were distracted by it, causing profits to plunder. KINDA MAKES YOU WONDER, EH? 0 Share this post Link to post
Fredrik Posted August 29, 2002 millions of western employees were distracted by it, causing profits to plunderRofl! 0 Share this post Link to post
m0l0t0v Posted August 29, 2002 the Smurfs are communists: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/1709/ 0 Share this post Link to post
IMJack Posted August 29, 2002 AndrewB said:Communist Mario? WOW, that's a lot of JavaScript errors! 0 Share this post Link to post
Fredrik Posted August 29, 2002 IMJack said:WOW, that's a lot of JavaScript errors! Woah, it's the year 2002, and someone has not yet discovered how much more pleasant the Internet is with JavaScript disabled in their web browser! 0 Share this post Link to post
IMJack Posted August 29, 2002 Fredrik said:Woah, it's the year 2002, and someone has not yet discovered how much more pleasant the Internet is with JavaScript disabled in their web browser! I can't help it. IE and Visual Java won't let me ignore the goddamn things, no matter how many times I disable it. (Plus this is a school comp, and they'll kill me if I monkey with the settings.) 0 Share this post Link to post
Fredrik Posted August 29, 2002 Mozilla And tell the staff at the school that they can save thousands of bucks if they switch from Windows to Linux :) 0 Share this post Link to post
Spike Posted August 29, 2002 Here's a new one : Virus programmers are secretly recruited by Norton to perpetuate the need for more sales of their Antivirus product. Woooh, spooky. 0 Share this post Link to post
fodders Posted August 29, 2002 Yeh whenever Norton etc. list a virus and then say "Not in the wild" I wonder...soooooo how the fuck do YOU know of it? 0 Share this post Link to post
AndrewB Posted August 29, 2002 I think not in the wild means it hasn't infected wildlife. 0 Share this post Link to post
Woolie Wool Posted August 29, 2002 (Post nuked by Woolie Wool because someone already mentioned the communist nature of the Smurfs before I did) 0 Share this post Link to post
Fredrik Posted August 29, 2002 Woolie Wool said:Smurfs are also Commies. -1, Redundant 0 Share this post Link to post
VileSlay Posted August 29, 2002 m0l0t0v said:the Smurfs are communists the creator, peyo was a socialist and had an affinity for alchemy and lsd IIRC. if you look at the smurf official website, the company that owns smurfs is called International Merchandising, Promotion & Services, or IMPS for short. there was a lot christian rightwingers during the 80's that said peyo was a devil worshipper. as for that mario article, thats really reaching. and the "peace symbol" on the flag is a skull. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted August 30, 2002 VileSlay said:as for that mario article, thats really reaching. and the "peace symbol" on the flag is a skull. I figured it was a Koopa face. That would be the reason behind it being green. 0 Share this post Link to post
Coopersville Posted August 30, 2002 ROFL. I was about to play that new Mario Sunshine game before I read that... 0 Share this post Link to post
mmnpsrsoskl Posted August 30, 2002 ROFL God dammit. I saw that comparison between Mario and Stalin and was laughing for about 5 minutes. It's all true. 0 Share this post Link to post
Captain Red Posted August 30, 2002 AndrewB said:Communist Mario? I KNEW IT! 0 Share this post Link to post
Wobbo Posted August 31, 2002 In tetris, everything fits together, all the different colors cooperate to score. CANT YOU SEE TEH EVEIL??!?!?!?!?!?!? 0 Share this post Link to post
IMJack Posted August 31, 2002 Did you know the guy who created Tetris, Alexei Pajitnov (sp?), didn't make a single ruble of his own off that game until a couple years ago? Communism at work. :( 0 Share this post Link to post
spank Posted August 31, 2002 If the idea of communism is, above all, equality, then it works: everyone is poor :D 0 Share this post Link to post
Wobbo Posted August 31, 2002 IMJack said:Did you know the guy who created Tetris, Alexei Pajitnov (sp?), didn't make a single ruble of his own off that game until a couple years ago? Communism at work. :( Actually capitalist "intellectual property rights" often rob people of the money they should get. Countless examples, watch VH1 But hell yeah that guy deserves loads of cash 0 Share this post Link to post
pilottobombadier Posted August 31, 2002 How is Mario communist? I thought one of the main goals was collecting all the coins??? 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted August 31, 2002 Xian said:Actually capitalist "intellectual property rights" often rob people of the money they should get. Countless examples, watch VH1 But hell yeah that guy deserves loads of cash Everclear was living on the streets for like a year or two while their first album was all over the Billboard charts. 0 Share this post Link to post
pilottobombadier Posted August 31, 2002 the_Danarchist said:Everclear was living on the streets for like a year or two while their first album was all over the Billboard charts. They shoulda been doing shows for a long time before getting produced. Judas Priest was performing live for 5 years before Rocka Rolla came out. 0 Share this post Link to post
Coopersville Posted August 31, 2002 How is Mario communist? I thought one of the main goals was collecting all the coins??? Coins to pay for mass destruction weapons to destroy his non communist enemies more likely. 0 Share this post Link to post
IMJack Posted August 31, 2002 IMHO, Mario has more drug references than Commie references, but that's just me. 0 Share this post Link to post