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discounteggroll
02/06/09

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I remember 14.4k modems and logging into AOL, going into a private GIF with a macintosh performa and arguing why I shouldn't have to "send first" and how I always get burned.

adolescence at it's finest. you had to work to get the dirty stuff back in the day. now you gotta work to keep if off your screen
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Curves
02/06/09

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That still happens to me every day, even with broadband.
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OMG! Chariot!
02/06/09

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Why does everything that looks a little artsy have to be so damn exepensive or not at sale at al? Fuck art, mass produce this shit and sell it at IKEA or something.

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Hello Mister Walrus
02/06/09

@Chariot: I would argue that the best art is in fact commercialized. It takes a lot more talent to design an Aston Martin than this rug. The best movie directors make shitloads of money. Even in the video game industry, the best paid people are not programmers, but designers - and how can anyone argue that BioShock or Fallout 3 are not great artistic works? This makes a lot of sense to me. The best art is the kind that the most people appreciate. If everyone appreciates your art, they will pay for it.
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resonanteye
02/07/09

@Chariot: I agree. Now let's talk Ikea into buying the rights to produce stuff that's like this.
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Julian Bush
02/06/09

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the art is in weaving a quarter of a rug?
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Kaiser-Machead
02/06/09

@Julian Bush: The art is in the representation of wonky internet in real life. Someone will walk into the room and say "OMFG(said exactly phonetically) my sight hasn't finished downloading the room!" *jumps out window*
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Alberto Mario Pernett
02/06/09

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déja vú...
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Kaiser-Machead
02/06/09

@Alberto Mario Pernett: Dangit, you beat me to the Matrix reference.
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TalKeaton
02/06/09

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Oh.

OH!

It's intentionally like that.

I get it!
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yelraf
02/06/09

@TalKeaton: Unless he just fucked it up and decided to call it "art". Pretty much the same thing, these days.
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IN THE FACE!
02/06/09

@yelraf: I saw a rug almost exactly like that in the sample/return/clearance/misfit bin at a carpet store/warehouse one time...

I almost bought it. (it was like $20 for an ~8' x 10' rug, but I think one edge was unfinished so I was worried it would end up unraveling)
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