As I am procrastinating quite a lo the last few days, here’s a few pictures that motivated me for doing so.
And last but not least, a small something from XKCD. The best excuse for legitimatley slacking off.
I was over at a friends place, and he had tons of these funny pictures with the black border and white text. So I quickly got a copy of them because some of them are just too funny.
If you are at work, I wouldn’t click Read More. Some people might be offended.
If you are sitting at home, go ahead and click!
I am sure you have been following the US elections over the last year or so. Barrack Obama had his campaign slogan: Change. Yes we can.
Well, let’s look back 10 years or so, when the famous Budweiser commercial first aired.
Times change. So here’s the 2008 version of that commercial. Just click read more.
What do you do when you’re constantly filmed? You try to capture the attention of the person who’s watching.
FEUDALISM: You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk.
PURE SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else’s cows. You have to take care of all of the cows. The government gives you as much milk as you need.
BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and put them in a barn with everyone else’s cows. They are cared for by ex-chicken farmers. You have to take care of the chickens the government took from the chicken farmers. The government gives you as much milk and eggs as the regulations say you need.
FASCISM: You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of them and sells you the milk.
PURE COMMUNISM: You have two cows. Your neighbors help you take care of them, and you all share the milk.
RUSSIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the government takes all the milk.
CAMBODIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. The government takes both of them and shoots you.
DICTATORSHIP: You have two cows. The government takes both and drafts you.
PURE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors decide who gets the milk.
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors pick someone to tell you who gets the milk.
BUREAUCRACY: You have two cows. At first the government regulates what you can feed them and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to milk them. Then it takes both, shoots one, milks the other and pours the milk down the drain. Then it requires you to fill out forms accounting for the missing cows.
PURE ANARCHY: You have two cows. Either you sell the milk at a fair price or your neighbors try to take the cows and kill you.
LIBERTARIAN/ANARCHO-CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.
SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
“Although reclining your seat is technically your right, just like free speech if you exercise it to your limits everyone around you will think you’re an asshole.”
- Ze Frank