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Yznhymr · 11-07-2009, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I use my aviation snips to open clamshell packages. Works extremely well.

Bet those bad boys would work in a pinch at a bris.

Cloud · 11-06-2009, 11:42 AM

Well, I typically use scissors, but honestly, I think the can opener would would work better, because you don't have to continuously reposition it, exposing one's hands to the edges.

monster · 11-06-2009, 09:20 PM

chainsaw is the way to go. Or give it to a 2-year-old. they can open anything they shouldn't be able to without hurting themselves

Yznhymr · 11-07-2009, 12:10 AM

Here's an old school Eurpoean circumcision knife from 1770s...

glatt · 11-10-2009, 09:33 PM

All you internet savvy Science Fiction fans, what is the deal with Cthulhu, and why do I stumble across pictures of him all over the internet? I never read Lovecraft, so can any of you tell me why a character from a story written almost a century ago is a recurring internet meme? Am I missing a joke or something?

monster · 11-10-2009, 09:35 PM

No answer, but i can give you a recipe if that helps.... I'm thinking crispy fried with lemon

Cloud · 11-10-2009, 09:40 PM

cool name and creepy writer--what's not to like?

and; OUCH at the bris knife!

BTW, I tried the can opener thing--worked like a charm!

monster · 11-10-2009, 09:47 PM

Wouldn't it have been awesome if Cancer had just happened to be in the WTC in 9/11?

ZenGum · 11-10-2009, 09:52 PM

Cthulu is FSM's cousin.

Clodfobble · 11-10-2009, 10:35 PM

1.) It's a fun name to say, with bonus ironic-hipster points for sounding like a gothy foreign language.
2.) The octopus mouth is oddly entrancing?

I dunno man, Cthulhu is just funny.

glatt · 11-11-2009, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Cthulu is FSM's cousin.

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

1.) It's a fun name to say, with bonus ironic-hipster points for sounding like a gothy foreign language.
2.) The octopus mouth is oddly entrancing?

I dunno man, Cthulhu is just funny.

The similarities with FSM are obvious, and I figured it was just some sort of hipster meme. But it just seems so bizarre. I never heard of Cthulu until maybe 5 years ago when I started seeing him everywhere. It's just strange that an obscure character from so long ago was revived. I'm curious what the catalyst was. I suppose you could make the same observation with any meme. I'm not even sure Cthulhu rises to the level of a meme.

Clodfobble · 11-11-2009, 08:56 AM

Oh, I'd heard of Cthulhu before then. He was a funny joke for my group of friends at least as far back as high school (1997ish.) Maybe it's less that the meme itself came out of nowhere, and more that the group of people who had already attached to it came of age and started posting crap on the internet.

glatt · 11-11-2009, 09:09 AM

So I guess just because I hadn't heard of Cthulhu doesn't mean the character was obscure.

Cloud · 11-11-2009, 09:12 AM

Generations re-discover Lovecraft and think he's cool; this generation just happens to be the Internet one.

Clodfobble · 11-11-2009, 10:51 AM

Well, but it's different, because you have to factor in the irony. Anne Rice is having a little mini-popularity-boost, because of Twilight, all of which is popular with kids who really think vampires are cool and are re-discovering all of it. Cthulhu, on the other hand, is popular with people who think it's funny to fill their baby's mouth with spaghetti and photoshop the eyes to make him look like Cthulhu, not people who are genuinely snuggling up with Lovecraft books and appreciating them.

11-06-2009, 11:42 AM	#2
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Well, I typically use scissors, but honestly, I think the can opener would would work better, because you don't have to continuously reposition it, exposing one's hands to the edges. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-06-2009, 09:20 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	chainsaw is the way to go. Or give it to a 2-year-old. they can open anything they shouldn't be able to without hurting themselves __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-07-2009, 12:10 AM	#4
Yznhymr the crowd goes wild! Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA Posts: 663	Here's an old school Eurpoean circumcision knife from 1770s... __________________ "The pride system tends to intensify the self-hate against which it is supposed to be a defense, since any failure to live up to one's tyrannical shoulds or of the world to honor one's claims leads to feelings of worthlessness." Bernard J. Paris, Ph.D.

11-10-2009, 09:33 PM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	All you internet savvy Science Fiction fans, what is the deal with Cthulhu, and why do I stumble across pictures of him all over the internet? I never read Lovecraft, so can any of you tell me why a character from a story written almost a century ago is a recurring internet meme? Am I missing a joke or something? Attached Images

11-10-2009, 09:35 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	No answer, but i can give you a recipe if that helps.... I'm thinking crispy fried with lemon __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-10-2009, 09:40 PM	#7
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	cool name and creepy writer--what's not to like? and; OUCH at the bris knife! BTW, I tried the can opener thing--worked like a charm! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-10-2009, 09:47 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Wouldn't it have been awesome if Cancer had just happened to be in the WTC in 9/11? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-10-2009, 09:52 PM	#9
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Cthulu is FSM's cousin. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-10-2009, 10:35 PM	#10
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	1.) It's a fun name to say, with bonus ironic-hipster points for sounding like a gothy foreign language. 2.) The octopus mouth is oddly entrancing? I dunno man, Cthulhu is just funny. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-11-2009, 08:56 AM	#12
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Oh, I'd heard of Cthulhu before then. He was a funny joke for my group of friends at least as far back as high school (1997ish.) Maybe it's less that the meme itself came out of nowhere, and more that the group of people who had already attached to it came of age and started posting crap on the internet. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-11-2009, 09:09 AM	#13
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	So I guess just because I hadn't heard of Cthulhu doesn't mean the character was obscure.

11-11-2009, 09:12 AM	#14
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Generations re-discover Lovecraft and think he's cool; this generation just happens to be the Internet one. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-11-2009, 10:51 AM	#15
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Well, but it's different, because you have to factor in the irony. Anne Rice is having a little mini-popularity-boost, because of Twilight, all of which is popular with kids who really think vampires are cool and are re-discovering all of it. Cthulhu, on the other hand, is popular with people who think it's funny to fill their baby's mouth with spaghetti and photoshop the eyes to make him look like Cthulhu, not people who are genuinely snuggling up with Lovecraft books and appreciating them. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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