Modern Primate

A curious new fandom is sweeping the country. You may not have noticed, but once you know what to look for, they’re easy to spot. In every state in the nation, countless young people are getting together in groups to collect rubbish thrown from moving automobiles. Amassing collections is nothing new, but these collections fetishize refuse. It’s called Discardianism.

Unlike Freeganism, a practice in which people choose to eat discarded food items out of dumpsters as a means of anti-consumerist protest, Discardians seem to merely collect roadside trash as a hobby. Also unlike Freegans, Discardians exhibit slightly fascist habits, opting to dress in bright orange or neon vests, to better identify fellow Discardians while perusing ditches near interstate highways.

(via Is ‘Discardianism’ the Fastest-Growing Fandom Ever? | Modern Primate | man, that’s deep)

Romney says now, “wouldn’t it be cool if I told the NAACP they were a bunch of government mooches, and SURPRISE MY VICE PRESIDENT CANDIDATE IS CONDOLEEZZA RICE- don’t you want a woman OF COLOR as VP?” Seeing how a regular woman wasn’t enough to convince all those reverse racist voters that white people should rule the world, Mittens has decided that he can convince them to vote for him because he is using an African American woman of as bait he believes in America. You’re obviously a sexist racist if you don’t vote for Mittens NOW WITH MORE W.O.C.

(Continue Reading: Privilege FTW: Romney’s Condoleezza Strategy | Modern Primate | man, that’s deep)

Simians! Cyborgs! Gather round (some of you might get that joke).

My name is Bryce, and I’m here to bring you Privilege FTW, a new column about those political arguments where privilege gets all the winning. It gets so much winning in these features that it completely undermines the political argument! The goal is to maybe troll it (just a little, because it’s funny), but to offer an equally hilarious counter proposition – we are an advice site for gawd’s sake.

As someone who has poured a great deal of energy into feminist gender politics over the past 5 years – I was a late bloomer, but the structures of masculinity take some working through – , the majority of Privilege FTW material comes from my own reading of the awesome feminist blogs in the world (wide web). But don’t take this as anti-feminist, it’s anti-stupid. And I will surely tackle other types of arguments and propositions. Mitt Romney and the Republicans are low hanging fruit, as are the awesome kidz at the FoxNewses, and all of awesome librul pluralists are always saying something dumb.

And sometimes, I’m sure it will happen because it does to the best of us, my own system of privilege will get the best of me. That’s what the comments section is for.

Check out the first edition: Privilege FTW: Sexual Healing

My cat Geoffrey bet me that I wouldn’t go through with making this post. So here I am, attempting to prove him wrong.

(via 49 of the Most Awe-Inspiring Feats of Human Achievement | Modern Primate | man, that’s deep)

Born in March: Conceived in July

The smell of fireworks and hot dogs were thick in the air, as your young parents celebrated their freedom together. Their stomaches, full of light beer and potato salad, made sloshing noises like bags full of sick as their knees became imprinted with the checkerboard pattern of the picnic blanket on which their lovemaking commenced. America. Fuck Yeah. (via What Your Birthday Reveals About Your Parents’ Sex Lives | Modern Primate | man, that’s deep)