Hipster-Yanick

"For most of America, Psy is a funny name, a funny face, and a funny personality. He doesn’t sing in..."

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:08:57 -0400

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For most of America, Psy is a funny name, a funny face, and a funny personality. He doesn’t sing in English and most people just don’t get it leaving most of them to not take him seriously. It’s easy to strip the significance behind “Gangnam Style” down if you don’t know what it means and solely find entertainment in the Asian guy shaking his hips. But what most people don’t realize is that Psy doesn’t take himself seriously. He’s a satirist and political dissident. “Gangnam Style” was a commentary, not just a fun pop tune with a silly dance.

Gangnam is Seoul’s wealthiest and flashiest neighborhood. For South Koreans, Gangnam represents the ideal life of excess and consumerism. Psy’s character in the video is a wannabe Gangnamite. He dreams he’s living the flashy, excessive lifestyle while he’s really just like everyone else, swimming in a public pool and riding the subway. But never in the video does it seem that Psy’s character is unhappy. He’s content to play in a children’s playground and meet the girl of his dreams in the subway. “Gangnam Style” is much more that we have made it, but that’s not surprising considering Psy’s background and how little we know about it.

In America, it seems like “Gangnam Style” was Psy’s big break when in fact the song had been released on his sixth studio album and his music career hadn’t been about making flashy and catchy songs. He believes music is the key to overcoming the intolerance embedded in his country’s political systems. Throughout his career, his songs have been banned for inappropriate content and have been surrounded by controversy, not to mention the fact that he fought his mandatory military draft.

Psy is a voice for his people. He’s fighting the oppression and intolerance he sees in his culture through his music. And by ignoring his worth and his value, we’re reducing the culture of South Korea into a short man with funny pants doing a ridiculous dance.

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- Opinion: American media chooses to undervalue artists like Psy from “Gangnam Style” (via kpop-confessions)

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:59:10 -0400

"No one will be alive by the last book. In fact, they all die in the fifth. The sixth book will be..."

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:58:03 -0400

““No one will be alive by the last book. In fact, they all die in the fifth. The sixth book will be just a thousand-page description of snow blowing across the graves.””

- George R.R. Martin
[when asked if he was going to let any Game of Thrones/Song of Ice and Fire characters live] (via let-them-eat-static)

pleatedjeans: smbc comics

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 10:14:18 -0400

pleatedjeans:

smbc comics

discoverynews: There’s a Hole in the Sun! During the latter...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 10:04:25 -0400

discoverynews:

There’s a Hole in the Sun!

During the latter part of last week, a huge void rotated across the face of the sun. But never fear, it isn’t a sign of the “End Times” or some weird sci-fi stellar malnourishment, this particular hole is a coronal hole. Though it may be a well-known phenomenon, it is noteworthy — it’s the largest coronal hole to be observed in the sun’s atmosphere for over a year. Read more

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towritelesbiansonherarms: arcaneimages: Somewhere a graphic...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:18:05 -0400

towritelesbiansonherarms:

arcaneimages:

Somewhere a graphic artist is giggling.

ahahha

mynameschai: Saw this years ago, still love it.

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 02:45:58 -0400

mynameschai:

Saw this years ago, still love it.

The shortest possible game of Monopoly is 4 turns and 21 seconds long

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:41:32 -0500

iheartchaos:

Monopoly is notorious for lasting a really long god damn time and alienating you from your friends and family in the process. But as long as Monopoly games can run, the shortest possible Monopoly game with two people only takes four turns and around 21 seconds.

Read the steps here

iheartchaos: Lego Avengers Harlem Shake… you did this...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:35:15 -0500

iheartchaos:

Lego Avengers Harlem Shake… you did this internets. You did this.

iheartchaos: The Canadian Parliament addresses the...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:05:36 -0500

iheartchaos:

The Canadian Parliament addresses the Zombie Apocalypse concern… this actually happened.

Absurdity gone wild.

guardiancomment: Chelsea Welch, the US waitress who was fired...

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 09:35:40 -0500

guardiancomment:

Chelsea Welch, the US waitress who was fired after she posted a picture of a tip receipt on Reddit, wrote for us:

I was a waitress at Applebee’s restaurant in Saint Louis. I was fired Wednesday for posting a picture on Reddit.com of a note a customer left on a bill. I posted it on the web as a light-hearted joke.

This didn’t even happen at my table. The note was left for another server, who allowed me to take a picture of it at the end of the night.

Someone had scribbled on the receipt, “I give God 10%. Why do you get 18?”

I assumed the customer’s signature was illegible, but I quickly started receiving messages containing Facebook profile links and websites, asking me to confirm the identity of the customer. I refused to confirm any of them, and all were incorrect.

I worked with the Reddit moderators to remove any personal information. I wanted to protect the identity of both my fellow server and the customer. I had no intention of starting a witch-hunt or hurting anyone.

Now I’ve been fired.

The person who wrote the note came across an article about it, called the Applebee’s location, and demanded everyone be fired — me, the server who allowed me to take the picture, the manager on duty at the time, the manager not on duty at the time, everyone. It seems I was fired not because Applebee’s was represented poorly, not because I did anything illegal or against company policy, but because I embarrassed this person.

In light of the situation, I would like to make a statement on behalf of wait staff everywhere: We make $3.50 an hour. Most of my paychecks are less than pocket change because I have to pay taxes on the tips I make.

After sharing my tips with hosts, bussers, and bartenders, I make less than $9 an hour on average, before taxes. I am expected to skip bathroom breaks if we are busy. I go hungry all day if I have several busy tables to work. I am expected to work until 1:30am and then come in again at 10:30am to open the restaurant.

I have worked 12-hour double shifts without a chance to even sit down. I am expected to portray a canned personality that has been found to be least offensive to the greatest amount of people. And I am expected to do all of this, every day, and receive change, or even nothing, in return. After all that, I can be fired for “embarrassing” someone, who directly insults his or her server on religious grounds.

In this economy, $3.50 an hour doesn’t cut it. I can’t pay half my bills. Like many, I would love to see a reasonable, non-tip-dependent wage system for service workers like they have in other countries. But the system being flawed is not an excuse for not paying for services rendered.

I need tips to pay my bills. All waiters do. We spend an hour or more of our time befriending you, making you laugh, getting to know you, and making your dining experience the best it can be. We work hard. We care. We deserve to be paid for that.

I am trying to stand up for all of us who work for just a few dollars an hour at places like Applebee’s. Whether a chain steakhouse or a black-tie establishment, tipping is not optional. It is how we get paid.

I posted a picture to make people laugh, but now I want to make a serious point: Things like this happen to servers all the time. People seem to think that the easiest way to save money on a night out is to skip the tip.

I can’t understand why I was fired over this. I was well liked and respected at Applebee’s. My sales were high, my managers had no problems with me, and I was even hoping to move up to management soon. When I posted this, I didn’t represent Applebee’s in a bad light. In fact, I didn’t represent them at all.

I did my best to protect the identity of all parties involved. I didn’t break any specific guidelines in the company handbook – I checked. But because this person got embarrassed that their selfishness was made public, Applebee’s has made it clear that they would rather lose a dedicated employee than an angry customer. That’s a policy I can’t understand.

I am equally baffled about how a religious tithe is in any way related to paying for services at a restaurant. I can understand why someone could be upset with an automatic gratuity. However, it’s a plainly stated Applebee’s policy that a tip is added automatically for parties over eight like the one this customer was part of. I cannot control that kind of tip; it’s done by the computer that the orders are put into. I’ve been stiffed on tips before, but this is the first time I’ve seen the “Big Man” used as reasoning.

Obviously the person who wrote this note wanted it seen by someone. It’s strange that now that the audience is wider than just the server, the person is ashamed.

I have no agenda here. I seek no revenge against the note writer. I have no interest in exposing their identity, and, at this point, I’m not even sure I want my job back. I was just trying to make a joke, but I came home unemployed.

I’ve been waiting tables to save up some money so I could finally go to college, so I could get an education that would qualify me for a job that doesn’t force me to sell my personality for pocket change.

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Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:58:34 -0500

thisistheverge: French government replaces ‘hashtag’ Twitter...

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:21:47 -0500

thisistheverge:

French government replaces ‘hashtag’ Twitter term with ‘mot-dièse’

That translates to “sharp-word,” and while citizens of France won’t be forced to switch up their vocabulary anytime soon, the new word will be used in all government documentation and for all official state matters. There is a bit of a problem though; as the Huffington Post points out, mot-dièse alludes to the sharp symbol (♯) but the hashtag is traditionally a right-leaning character (#).

It’s not so bad. In Quebec, the language office suggests “mot-clic” (click-word)…

pleatedjeans: toothpaste for dinner

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:13:35 -0500

pleatedjeans:

toothpaste for dinner

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Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:07:35 -0500

Contraste : Un smoothie dans un verre du fast-food très...

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 08:39:36 -0500

Contraste : Un smoothie dans un verre du fast-food très gras Five Guys.

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