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You Are A Terrorist

Is it just me, or does this video carry more weight by virtue of the German narration?

This piece has a little Monochrom flavor to it. Yes, they’re Austrian, and I get the distinction, but they both do the German-accented anarchical satirist thing.

Here’s an example.

Octocat Adventure

Animation Savant David O’Reilly created this web series while posing as 9 year old submitter, Randy Peters.

Carlos Mencia’s Sad Little Twitter Page

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A Cracked contributor really let Carlos Mencia have it in this in-depth analysis of Mecia’s Twittering habits…

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Poor guy. No one wants to mock his unjustified celebrity anymore. What did he ever do to deserve this? I mean, other than riding on the coattalis of his famous mother, and stealing other comics’ material…

Twitnalysis

Here’s an in-depth analysis of the inane world of Twitter. Enjoy…

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Update: As the ever-vigilant impartial-ist, here’s a terrific editorial from TechCrunch on the presumed death of RSS in the face of Twitter’s conquering of the real time sphere.

Kanye West Hates Twitter

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To be perfectly frank, I have almost no idea who Kanye West is, or why he is relevant. I’m happy to give him a full Mep endorsement, however, solely on the grounds that he despises Twitter so openly.

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To Boldly Go…

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In honor of Star Trek’s opening weekend, here’s a sneak peak at the future of non-fictional human space exploration. This is an endeavor that seems to be solely in the hands of private entrepreneurs, such as the creator of Paypal, being interviewed here:

Transcendent Man

Here’s the trailer for an upcoming indie documentary on inventor and luminary Ray Kurzweil. Kurzweil is well known for his involvement in artificial intelligence development, as well as his prediction of the ‘Singularity,’ which refers a hypothetical future benchmark during which the rate technological change outpaces human ability to comprehend the changes.

Passive Aggressive Email Bout

This is really spectacular. I can’t tell you how much chronically passive aggressive people make me want to passive-aggressively punch them in the face.

Mep Report #112

The Adrenaline ‘Dominate’ Button, Famous Gerontologist Sounds Like Crazy Russ, An Ethical Treatise on Advanced Review Copies, the Third Sign of the Apocalypse, How to Make it in the Fantasy Fiction World, Eunuch Rabbits, Quaid Discrimination, and The World’s Video – “One of the Great Moments in Human History.”

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John Cleese on Twittering

Here’s a quick hit from the Python Master, himself.