The Off Topic Topic

[garbon]

Yeah, it's buzzfeed, but actually a funny/cool story:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/how-i-became-a-minor-celebrity-in-china-after-my#.dlXzAql10

TLDR: BuzzFeed guy has his iPhone stolen in NYC. Pictures of a Chinese dude with an orange tree start showing up in his Instagram account. He writes a BuzzFeed story about it. The thing goes viral in China, and people start looking for "Uncle Orange." They finally find him, and the two get in touch. The BuzzFeed guy is now in China, welcomed like a celebrity, to visit Uncle Orange and hang out with him.

Yeah, I've been following that as it was happening.

That Buzzfeed guy is also the one person most likely to put together "articles" full of pictures of hot men.

Now fuller story. So crazy!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/i-followed-my-stolen-iphone-across-the-world-became-a-celebr#.lmyEo69r2

[lustindarkness]

WTF?! LOL

[Admiral Yi]

I have gaydar lock.

[Josquius]

The story progresses. Nice

[Eddie Teach]

I have gaydar lock.

How can you tell a gay hipster from a straight one? 

[Admiral Yi]

How can you tell a gay hipster from a straight one? 

Contrapunto 

[Admiral Yi]

Woops.  Contrapposto.

[garbon]

Didn't I note that he is confirmed in being gay?

[Martinus]

I have gaydar lock.

How can you tell a gay hipster from a straight one? 

Gay hipsters bathe.

[Martinus]

And use a trimmer.

[Admiral Yi]

No straight hipster has the panache to pull off a bowl cut.

[derspiess]

Woops.  Contrapposto.

Contraputo

[Admiral Yi]

Contraputa.

[Sheilbh]

It's strange that we're coming full-circle to where it's actually cheaper to hire a Mary Poppins than use a day care.

Mews houses were converted from stables into very desirable little houses in the nicer bits of London. Now many are being converted back into accommodation for the big house's servants

A wooden shack where women could get manicure and pedicure. In a sense it's kinda awesome.

It is. It reminds me of the story of one of the concentration camps liberated by British troops. There was an appeal for people to send whatever they could to help clothe and feed the inmates. Someone, some genius, sent a box of lipstick. Apparently it was hugely popular with the female survivors and someone, I think a journalist or a soldier, said it was almost as if you could see the women starting to feel human again.

"The Rousseauian Day Care: we keep your children safe from being corrupted by institutions"

Also love the Brother Orange story. Insane

[derspiess]

Mew.