As the newsreader from the Simpsons once almost said..
Better Communist than Fascist for sure!
annattheftsays
What a wonderful way to start my day! Thanks for posting this!
robrosays
Speaking of arachno-communism, as you probably know, it’s tarantula mating season in the Southwest. As USA Today puts it, “watch out for ‘hordes’ of tarantulas coming soon.” No point linking to that article. It’s fairly benign and predictable advice: tarantulas are OK just don’t pick them up.
Of course, the big story I woke up to this morning is the genes-jeans pun controversy from American Eagle Outfitters featuring actress Sidney Sweeney zipping up her pants and saying “I have great jeans. My jeans are blue.” Needless to say the attention is on Sweeney, and not American Eagle Outfitters or their ad company. Culture wars and advertising…what could be better for big business.
imbacksays
What’s the difference between an arachno-anarchist and an anarcho-arachnist? Asking for a friend.
drstevesays
Every time I think of that one Rick & Morty episode about his spaceship battery being powered by nested pocket universes I wish to see more about the arachnid takeover of the planet that was happening offscreen.
birgerjohanssonsays
My political alignment is “nuke any golf resort where the core players are like the baddies in Nick Cage’s film Super-8.”
John Wattssays
robro, #3
I don’t get the drooling oohs and ahhs over Sidney Sweeney. I think she looks pretty average. As Somerset Maugham once said, she has but the prettiness of youth.
stuffinsays
Are the black widow spiders going to bite all the MAGAs? If so, I’m in. And make any treatments for those bites illegal.
@5 drsteve – One of the best Rick and Morty episodes.
@7 John Watts – I agree she gets attention based on her intentional youthful sexual persona.
robrosays
John Watts @ #7 — I’ve never seen her perform except for this jeans shtick for American Eagle Outfitters. Obviously they are playing on her blonde, blue-eyed youthful “good genes” to sell their “good jeans” because any other genes would not have been good enough.
Ridanasays
Lol, so it’s not just me. Just last week in Adam Lee’s “Probability Broach” thread I said, “Whenever I see the word ‘anarcho-capitalist’ I always initially misread it as ‘arachno-capitalist.’ I don’t know if that’s due to PZ’s influence or a subconscious view of capitalism as an elaborate web constructed to trap prey.”
I welcome our new spidery overlords!
As the newsreader from the Simpsons once almost said..
Better Communist than Fascist for sure!
What a wonderful way to start my day! Thanks for posting this!
Speaking of arachno-communism, as you probably know, it’s tarantula mating season in the Southwest. As USA Today puts it, “watch out for ‘hordes’ of tarantulas coming soon.” No point linking to that article. It’s fairly benign and predictable advice: tarantulas are OK just don’t pick them up.
Of course, the big story I woke up to this morning is the genes-jeans pun controversy from American Eagle Outfitters featuring actress Sidney Sweeney zipping up her pants and saying “I have great jeans. My jeans are blue.” Needless to say the attention is on Sweeney, and not American Eagle Outfitters or their ad company. Culture wars and advertising…what could be better for big business.
What’s the difference between an arachno-anarchist and an anarcho-arachnist? Asking for a friend.
Every time I think of that one Rick & Morty episode about his spaceship battery being powered by nested pocket universes I wish to see more about the arachnid takeover of the planet that was happening offscreen.
My political alignment is “nuke any golf resort where the core players are like the baddies in Nick Cage’s film Super-8.”
robro, #3
I don’t get the drooling oohs and ahhs over Sidney Sweeney. I think she looks pretty average. As Somerset Maugham once said, she has but the prettiness of youth.
Are the black widow spiders going to bite all the MAGAs? If so, I’m in. And make any treatments for those bites illegal.
@5 drsteve – One of the best Rick and Morty episodes.
@7 John Watts – I agree she gets attention based on her intentional youthful sexual persona.
John Watts @ #7 — I’ve never seen her perform except for this jeans shtick for American Eagle Outfitters. Obviously they are playing on her blonde, blue-eyed youthful “good genes” to sell their “good jeans” because any other genes would not have been good enough.
Lol, so it’s not just me. Just last week in Adam Lee’s “Probability Broach” thread I said, “Whenever I see the word ‘anarcho-capitalist’ I always initially misread it as ‘arachno-capitalist.’ I don’t know if that’s due to PZ’s influence or a subconscious view of capitalism as an elaborate web constructed to trap prey.”
Can your spiders fight as a unit? Because you’ll need that capability to beat the arachno-capitalists…
Robro: The ad seems to imply the “good jeans” are only made for people who have “good genes.” Which has always been the problem with “designer jeans.”
@Raging Bee #11:
Are you wondering who would win if one hundred spider-sized capitalists fought one capitalist-sized spider?
@Imback, #4
I think it’s kind of a “People’s Front of Judea”/”Judean People’s Front” situation……