A sickening story, defriend for a whopper, WoW anthropology, FanLib's death, that icon meme

[misscam]

This makes me ill in more than one way.

The mother and brother of a 14-year-old Afghan rape victim face charges after they cut her open and removed her foetus without anaesthetic, it has been reported.

... They actually cut her open. Tied up in a barn. While she was fully conscious and aware. And this, to them, is honourable. I think I'm gonna be sick.

That poor girl. Get raped at 14 and then your family does that to you. I just have no words. This week is not doing much for my faith in humanity, I have to say.

In other stuff:

- If you're really hungry for a buger, a new deal offers you one free for defriending ten people on Facebook. I see drama potential in that one all right.

- Doctor Who fandom - persistent troll is at large. Keep your IP tracking on.

- An anthropology professor at the University of Hawaii is doing research into World of Warcraft. His comments about WoW are pretty interesting, and I'd totally read a book of his. Though going from living two years in Papua New Guinea to raiding hardcore in WoW must be some contrast.

- LJ offers an explanation for the latest stuff. Hurr.

- An interesting look at what happened to FanLib. I remember some of the wank when FanLib first launched, but I'd failed to notice it had died to Disney's touch.

- LESS THAN A WEEK TO NEW BSG. I'm not sure if I'm more excited or scared for what's to come.

- Life on Mars is reairing on Norwegian telly and I'd forgotten how awesome it is. Why haven't I bought the DVDs? Hmm. Must aquire that and Hustle. My poor already overflowing DVD shelves...

That meme everyone is doing:
MAH ICONS.

default	oldest	newest
saddest	happiest	angriest
cutest	sexiest	funniest
fave ship	fave fandom	fave animated
best quote	best textless	best stolen idea
use the most	favorite

HOW MANY ICONS DO YOU HAVE: 178
OUT OF HOW MANY AVAILABLE ICONS SPACES: 195
IF YOU COULD BUY SPACE FOR MORE, WOULD YOU: Not currently, ask me again in two fandoms
DO YOUR ICONS MAKE A STATEMENT: They're more of the things I like than anything else, not sure there's much statement in that
WHAT FANDOM DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: BSG
AND THE SECOND MOST: Doctor Who (BSG beat it by one single icon)
WHAT SHIP DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: Adama/Roslin
ARE YOUR ICONS MADE MOSTLY BY OTHER PEOPLE: Yes
DO YOU MAKE ICONS: Very rarely
ARE THEY ANY GOOD: Bah
ANIMATED ICONS ARE: Sometimes good, mostly not

DO THE MEME.
Coding can be found here

Comments

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

- Doctor Who fandom - persistent troll is at large. Keep your IP tracking on.

Thanks for the tip: not that I've seen said troll about, but it's only a matter of time. *eyeroll* Oh internets.

in other news, EEEOMGANIMATEDKITTINZ. That is all.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

It's a troll with a specific grudge against one person, so it seems to have gone after friends of and comms that person is a member of so far. But given how persistent and grudge-loving it is, I don't discount it just hitting members of the comms and go from there. Don't know if IP tracking discourages it, but can be good to have either way.

Kittens rule all! That one comes from a patch of awesome anitmated kittens that made me overdose on the cute.

[ashestothestars.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Trolls. Amazing how they come in all walks of life, isn't it.

Oooh. Social Anthro study *bookmarks to read later*. I love social anthropology, especially when it gets into current areas. Of course, I'm a person who argued with the science behind "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey".

[lily-winterwood.livejournal.com]

Puh-ritty iconses! Wish I had more icon space so I can actually do that meme. ;]

I know! BSG comes next week! Whoo! Ads for it are in Photobucket, and I'm being driven crazy by them.

[maureenlycaon.livejournal.com]

Oh, jebus. I SO did not need to see that tonight, when I already felt so contemptuous of humanity that I was willing to support the Gaian Liberation Front already. And now the police are "trying" to arrest the family? Fuck, I know what I'd do if I were the authorities . . .

Somewhere along the line to becoming sentient, Homo sapiens went completely, fucking, utterly nuts.


I remember people's reaction to the talk of the FBI and such researching WoW. Of course they're trained to see enemies everywhere, but with 13 million subscribers, I'd say it's well worth scientific study whether we're looking for terrorists behind 3D rendered bushes or not, just because it's interesting.

[crackpig.livejournal.com]

A TROLL?

WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!

*Hides under bed*

[neadods.livejournal.com]

OMG, that first link makes me want to get off this planet. I will never understand how anyone can consider it honorable to mutilate (or kill) crime victims.

I haven't run into the troll yet - is s/h/it posting anon or under a sockpuppet, do you know?

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

Do the ten people have to have been friended on Facebook for any particular length of time? Does the account doing the defriending have to be more than 24 hours old?

[fromward.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the links! Not just the ones you've shared here but in other posts. I don't always click on all of them, but it's great to be able to check out the information and read your thoughts on it, too.

Oh, I just saw the Life on Mars ending rated on one of those countdown shows. I think it was 'top tv endings' or some such thing and LoM came out as #1. Made me remember how awesome the show was.