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napalmnacey ([info]napalmnacey) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2010-07-21 09:17:00


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Entry tags:animals, ayn rand is a jellyfish

A tiny, weeny WTF_Nature wank...
I was unsure whether to post this here or iwank, but I posted twice, once to LOL and once to say, "Dude, you're being really annoying", so I figure it might go better here. Right.

WTF_Nature is a super fun community on LJ devoted to the crazy shit nature comes up with. Freak storms. Animals we didn't know existed. Animals that do exist but mutate. If it's in nature, and it makes you go "WTF", it's in the comm.

Yesterday, writerspleasure decided to post about a species of goby in South African waters that has turned on its natural predator, the jellyfish, and made those squishy suckers into their dinner. A really interesting subject, full of fascinating ramifications for the local ecosystem in that area. For some reason, he brought in an Ayn Rand reference.

[info]markslj is tired of this political bullshit.

Wank is soon in the waters once the first blood is shed.

[info]pazi_ashfeather makes a comment on writerspleasure's behaviour.

Thing degenerate and get mighty personal after that, all while the both of them argue about Ayn Rand. I don't know why, but people arguing about Ayn Rand always makes me laugh.

So anyway, one minute you think it's over, but those crazy kids start up the argument again in another thread. Are the Bearded Gobys Libertarians or Bolsheviks? A question for the ages!

Ahhh... Ayn Rand. *chuckle* Tiny, to be sure, but like the Bearded Goby, kind of cute as well.



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[info]the__ivorytower
2010-07-21 02:00 am UTC (link)
Gobys remind me of WoW.

Also, like so many things, I have heard of Ayn Rand more often in satire than I've actually heard *of* her.

To Wikipedia! *five wipe*

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[info]barankhy
2010-07-21 02:50 am UTC (link)
TvTropes has a good page on her and objectivism.

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(no subject) - [info]mmanurere, 2010-07-21 09:47 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]barankhy, 2010-07-21 04:56 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mcity, 2010-07-26 09:50 pm UTC
WARNING: UNFUNNY
[info]imp
2010-07-21 03:10 am UTC (link)
Aside from her being an Objectivist, my main knowledge of her is her unfortunate tendency to write "Welcomed" Rape.

I don't care if her books are somehow the most amazing thing since sliced bread, that alone prevents me from ever wanting to pick one up.

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Re: WARNING: UNFUNNY - [info]bienegold, 2010-07-21 04:24 am UTC
Re: WARNING: UNFUNNY - [info]puipui, 2010-07-21 10:51 am UTC
Re: WARNING: UNFUNNY - [info]napalmnacey, 2010-07-21 11:40 am UTC
Re: WARNING: UNFUNNY - [info]msmanna, 2010-07-22 07:24 am UTC
Re: WARNING: UNFUNNY - [info]eleutheria, 2010-07-22 09:20 am UTC
Re: WARNING: UNFUNNY - [info]napalmnacey, 2010-07-21 12:01 pm UTC
Re: WARNING: UNFUNNY - [info]phosfate, 2010-07-21 01:41 pm UTC
Re: WARNING: UNFUNNY - [info]puipui, 2010-07-21 09:58 pm UTC
Re: WARNING: UNFUNNY - [info]agent_hyatt, 2010-07-22 03:24 am UTC
Re: WARNING: UNFUNNY - [info]sistercoyote, 2010-07-21 06:25 pm UTC
Re: WARNING: UNFUNNY - [info]imp, 2010-07-21 06:54 pm UTC
Re: WARNING: UNFUNNY - [info]platedlizard, 2010-07-21 08:29 pm UTC
Re: WARNING: UNFUNNY - [info]dragonfangirl, 2010-07-22 06:40 am UTC
Re: WARNING: UNFUNNY - [info]cleolinda, 2010-07-21 08:47 pm UTC
Re: WARNING: UNFUNNY - [info]ardath_rekha, 2010-07-22 05:54 pm UTC
Re: WARNING: UNFUNNY - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2010-07-22 11:08 pm UTC
Re: WARNING: UNFUNNY - [info]sandglass, 2010-07-22 07:19 pm UTC
Re: WARNING: UNFUNNY - [info]takhys, 2010-07-25 10:38 pm UTC
Re: WARNING: UNFUNNY - [info]puipui, 2010-07-25 11:15 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]takhys, 2010-07-25 11:25 pm UTC

[info]bemysty
2010-07-21 10:16 am UTC (link)
Everything I know about Ayn Rand I learned off Sewer, Gas & Electric (which comes highly recommended IF you can get past the literal African genocide).

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(no subject) - [info]b_jellybean, 2010-07-22 04:07 am UTC
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[info]kitt_in_socks
2010-07-21 02:04 am UTC (link)
The Che Guevara icon is a nice touch.

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[info]khym_chanur
2010-07-21 02:30 am UTC (link)
Yeah, I'm not seeing the connection between jeyllyfish and Ayn Rand.

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[info]platedlizard
2010-07-21 05:18 am UTC (link)
I think there's a vague connection in that the fish apparently went 'screw it!' and started eating their normal predators (the jelly fish), just like John Galt and co went 'screw it!' and abandoned society for their own commune Objectivist Utopia.

You kind of have to drink a lot and squint to see it.



In other news, according to Firefox 'Objectivist' is not a word.

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[info]bride_of_lister
2010-07-21 02:31 am UTC (link)
I think that community just brings the drama. There's an entertaining debate a few posts back about how distressing is it to rat owners that researchers feed pythons rats.
I somehow don't think the pythons are really complaining.

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[info]dragonfangirl
2010-07-21 02:43 am UTC (link)
Although the rats may be.

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[info]platedlizard
2010-07-21 05:31 am UTC (link)
I'm juuust reading that. It brought back memories of chopping up dead mice and rats (and fish, day-old chicks, hamsters, and anything else the lab sent us) for the birds of prey at the zoo in the BOP kitchen, while at the same time playing with the trained rats we used in the bird show.

And then we made 'finger puppets' with the dead mice.

Good times.

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[info]tofuknight
2010-07-23 12:43 pm UTC (link)
I know that when I kept rats and was on boards the SANE rat owners were more concerned with feeding live rats to pythons, both because of the cruelty to the rats in question, but also the practical possibility of the rat seriously injuring and killing the pythons.

I'm not going near the discussion, though, because I'm having a good day and it sounds like it might make me go D:

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[info]darksumomo
2010-07-21 03:38 am UTC (link)
I'd be really tempted to contribute some of my collection of anti-Rand quotes, but I think the other members of wtf_nature would turn on me. Besides, that would be trolling the wank. Darn.

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[info]persona
2010-07-21 04:07 am UTC (link)
I however find this relevant to my interests and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

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(no subject) - [info]darksumomo, 2010-07-21 04:29 am UTC
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[info]platedlizard
2010-07-21 05:34 am UTC (link)
If they're funny enough you could post them here. And if they're not so funny post to you journal and link back to it.

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(no subject) - [info]darksumomo, 2010-07-21 02:49 pm UTC

[info]kylenne
2010-07-21 05:41 am UTC (link)
Haha, I just happened to stumble across one today that was gold. I have no idea who originally said it, I just saw it randomly on LJ:

"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."

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How about a drinking game? - [info]darksumomo, 2010-07-21 02:53 pm UTC
Re: How about a drinking game? - [info]darksumomo, 2010-07-21 02:54 pm UTC
Re: How about a drinking game? - [info]darksumomo, 2010-07-21 02:55 pm UTC
Re: How about a drinking game? - [info]erototoxin, 2010-07-26 02:24 am UTC
Re: How about a drinking game? - [info]queencallipygos, 2010-07-22 04:28 pm UTC
Re: How about a drinking game? - [info]erototoxin, 2010-07-26 02:26 am UTC
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*hopeful* - [info]taktuk, 2010-07-22 03:44 am UTC
Re: *hopeful* - [info]darksumomo, 2010-07-23 07:56 pm UTC

[info]loquaciousquark
2010-07-21 04:08 am UTC (link)
WOW. That sure went from nothing to KILL in about four comments. "Extreme protip" made me laugh, though.

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[info]tehrin
2010-07-21 04:50 am UTC (link)
actually rediscovered her earliest published philosophic writing.

I wasn't aware they were missing.

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(no subject) - [info]sandglass, 2010-07-21 05:04 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]napalmnacey, 2010-07-21 05:48 am UTC
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[info]bienegold
2010-07-21 05:41 am UTC (link)
That new tag is my faaavorite.

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the tag made me do it
[info]kylenne
2010-07-21 05:59 am UTC (link)
Worst, most half assed icon ever:

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[info]blue_penguin
2010-07-21 06:15 am UTC (link)
You know, all of this could be solved if someone would only ask the gobys what their political leanings are.

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(no subject) - [info]bienegold, 2010-07-21 06:32 am UTC
Save the endangered malaria!
[info]lilitu93
2010-07-21 08:51 am UTC (link)
When I saw wtf_nature wank, I thought it would be the save the endangered malaria wank. I'd kind of skipped by the objectivist wank yesterday, but I'm checking it out now.

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WANK SWAP - [info]napalmnacey, 2010-07-21 08:52 am UTC
Re: WANK SWAP - [info]lilitu93, 2010-07-21 10:47 am UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]bienegold, 2010-07-21 08:57 am UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]re_weird, 2010-07-21 09:52 am UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]napalmnacey, 2010-07-21 09:56 am UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]lilitu93, 2010-07-21 10:46 am UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]puipui, 2010-07-21 11:09 am UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]napalmnacey, 2010-07-21 12:01 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]theladyfeylene, 2010-07-21 05:06 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]sistercoyote, 2010-07-21 06:32 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]puipui, 2010-07-21 10:03 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]artimusdin, 2010-07-21 10:04 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]sistercoyote, 2010-07-21 10:56 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]napalmnacey, 2010-07-22 12:46 am UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]sistercoyote, 2010-07-22 01:10 am UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]napalmnacey, 2010-07-22 01:38 am UTC
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Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]sandglass, 2010-07-21 10:57 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]sistercoyote, 2010-07-22 06:50 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]zyna_kat, 2010-07-21 12:41 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]khym_chanur, 2010-07-21 05:08 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]barankhy, 2010-07-21 05:46 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]dragonfangirl, 2010-07-22 06:45 am UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]alpheratz, 2010-07-21 01:13 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]risha, 2010-07-21 03:46 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]tehrin, 2010-07-21 04:01 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]platedlizard, 2010-07-21 07:07 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]beccastareyes, 2010-07-21 07:35 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]snarkhunter, 2010-07-21 10:33 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]napalmnacey, 2010-07-22 12:45 am UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]snarkhunter, 2010-07-22 01:45 am UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]khym_chanur, 2010-07-21 05:23 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]platedlizard, 2010-07-21 07:08 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]platedlizard, 2010-07-21 07:15 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]queencallipygos, 2010-07-22 04:20 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]sandglass, 2010-07-21 10:58 pm UTC
Re: Save the endangered malaria! - [info]blue_penguin, 2010-07-22 12:59 am UTC

[info]re_weird
2010-07-21 09:03 am UTC (link)
There's a reason "hating ayn rand" is an lj interest, if for nothing other than all her followers seem to be uniformly humorless wankers.

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[info]zyna_kat
2010-07-21 12:34 pm UTC (link)
Won't someone think of the phytoplankton?

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(no subject) - [info]feenix, 2010-07-21 09:24 pm UTC

[info]sparkysrevenge
2010-07-21 02:06 pm UTC (link)
I read Atlas Shrugged when I was 16. It just had pretty visuals, and I remember liking the plot, but it wasn't ~*~zomglifechanging~*~ like apparently it should have been? ;) I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it. I must be Doing This Ayn Rand Thing Wrong.

I think it's cool that the little fish decided to fight back, though. I've had a jellyfish sting. It hurt. DAMN THE MAN, JOE. DAMN THE MAN.

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(no subject) - [info]evilsqueakers, 2010-07-25 04:22 am UTC

[info]ms_treesap
2010-07-22 12:44 pm UTC (link)
LOL Writerspleasure.

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