Thread for things that blew your mind today.

[JackWhisper]

The video streaming service is in the early stages of developing a live action series based on “Zelda,” about an ordinary boy named Link who must rescue a princess named Zelda and save a fantasy world called Hyrule, said a person familiar with the matter.

NAW! RULLY?! THAT SOUNDS SO ORIGINAL! HOW IS THIS GUY SO FAMILIAR?!

[JackWhisper]

That shit made me laugh SO hard Fallen, thank you. I was like 'wait they act like everyone in the world doesn't know the fucking entire plot to Zelda'.

[pabstblueribbon]

If the opposite of pro is con, then what is the opposite of progress?

Saw this scrawled on a wall of woodsweather cafe in the west bottoms of KC.

[Ker_Thwap]

That shit made me laugh SO hard Fallen, thank you. I was like 'wait they act like everyone in the world doesn't know the fucking entire plot to Zelda'.

Zelda is an elf chick, right?

[Tisket]

Robin William's kid.

[pabstblueribbon]

The Great Dictator's Speech

I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Gentile - black man - white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way.
Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost....
!/images/photos/0000/0874/Great_Dictator_Pub_140-6_normal.jpg! The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men - cries out for universal brotherhood - for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world - millions of despairing men, women, and little children - victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people.
To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. .....
Soldiers! don’t give yourselves to brutes - men who despise you - enslave you - who regiment your lives - tell you what to do - what to think and what to feel! Who drill you - diet you - treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men - machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You don’t hate! Only the unloved hate - the unloved and the unnatural! Soldiers! Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty!
In the 17th Chapter of St Luke it is written: “the Kingdom of God is within man” - not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people have the power - the power to create machines. The power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
Then - in the name of democracy - let us use that power - let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world - a decent world that will give men a chance to work - that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfil that promise. They never will!
Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people! Now let us fight to fulfil that promise! Let us fight to free the world - to do away with national barriers - to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness. Soldiers! in the name of democracy, let us all unite!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibmcsEGLKo

[Velfi]

Brownies from just Nutella and eggs. http://diethood.com/2-ingredient-nutella-brownies/

[Atlanteax]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/10/living...rpt/index.html

The 12-hour convention, which is strictly platonic and nonsexual, was created by professional cuddler Samantha Hess. She is also the founder of Cuddle Me Up, a business that provides platonic touch for clients through cuddling sessions.

Hess' idea to start a cuddling business materialized back in January 2013. She came across a photo on Facebook of a man offering free hugs, and a newly divorced Hess thought to herself that she would definitely pay someone for a hug right at that moment.

"Just because I don't have someone in my life doesn't mean I don't deserve affection and touch," she said.

The thought of cuddling a stranger on Valentine's Day might seem creepy, but Hess said the problem lies with people's perception. "In our culture, cuddling is connected with romantic relationships. Platonic touch is such a taboo thing," she said.

"There are a lot of moms who give a lot of touch, but they never really take. So they come into (my business) and get touch from me."

How long can this sort of thing stay 'strictly platonic' ??

[Androidpk]

Professional cuddler...

[HouseofElves]

Someone ask him who he was and why he quit.

He says he still has relationships with people he met there, including other Riot employees and shared a screenshot:

http://youtu.be/6PxxExsVA_Y?t=2m53s

I am at a loss.