A Satisfied Fool

I'm spread quite thin sometimes, easy to see through. Yes, I have real affinity for British Humor, and I definitely have an interest how humor can illuminate how we conceive of knowledge or life's nuances. Sometimes, like now, I'm at a loss of words but still want to put something out there. So I'm combining all these aforementioned things into one post here. I want more people to watch some Karl (On the left, a poster circulating of Karl that aims to boost his popularity around the world).

It's difficult to argue he's a genius (as Ricky Gervais once said: "If you think Karl's a genius, you're an idiot!"), yet there is also the other side of idocicy. A profound sort of backwash comes when you drink from the cup of knowledge, what is left is Karl. What is left is bittersweet hooch, which when drank, allows us to see the subplots of society. We see what others miss, and that's a really special skill.

The Videos, "Satisfied Fool":

Part 1:

Part 2:

And Finally, Part 3:

GroupHug

Anybody been there? It's bizzare, and frighteningly addictive. And the title's apt, it's a social experiment that should be looked at closely. (http://beta.grouphug.us/random)

I think I have a problem. Yesterday I had to eat dinner at my sisters house, but I havnt [sic] been eating. I am trying to lose weight. When she left the table for a moment I stuffed the food into a napkin. I was afraid to throw it in the trash because I thought she might find it. I stuffed it all in my bra and it wasn’t noticible [sic] because I had a big sweatshirt on. I had to stay there another hour with food stuffed into my bra and I was afraid I smelled. I’m truly pathetic.

Egad. These, I suppose, are the new sites of cultural resistance, the new areas of discourse. Take, for example, the topic of eating disorders. Not only do we have a (relatively) new way of communicating with each other in GroupHug, we have an expanded discourse on an old topic like anorexia. Does this remind anyone of sexuality and Foucault? It likely should.