[12:45 PM] Mr. Silver:
I'm reminded of the film Caligula
Not the sex and violence, so much as the emperor going loopy
The only time I watched the whole thing, I got the impression that it was really about a man who no one dared naysay
Testing the limits of that immunity by coming up with the craziest antics he could, just to see if anyone would protest.
So I was wondering if Trump is just trying to test the limits of his idiot fans for the narcissistic pleasure? I mean, the guy just isn't winning the White House.
(In retrospect – AUGH!!! Mr. Silver)
[12:50 PM] Mr. Blue:
Maybe he's like Farage and Johnson in the UK
Didn't actually think Brexit would succeed... now they're jumping ship
Trump's like.. “Hoo boy. I didn't think I'd actually get this far.”
[12:54 PM] Mr. Silver:
I think I'd noticed because I'd recently had an argument about Andy Warhol doing the same thing.
Though in his case, it was purposely making lots of non-art just to see if people would continue to claim it was good.
[1:00 PM] Mr. Blue:
Yeah
Did you see that story, recently, where someone put their glasses on the floor at a modern art museum and people started taking pictures of it thinking it was someone's work
[1:05 PM] Mr. Silver:
Yeah, I liked that glasses one.
Same sort of thing happened at the Philly Museum, kind of. My brother in law worked there and had stories. One time a worker left a drop cloth and some other painting supplies in one of the galleries and people were checking it out.
He said they installed an abstract piece once and it was as displayed until the artist visited and told them it was upside down.
[1:10 PM] Mr. Blue:
Or the story of the cleaning lady that threw away someone's exhibit because it was literally trash strewn on the floor.
If literally anyone can do it or duplicate it, it's not really art IMO
I mean, anything can be hard, but if it doesn't require talent I don't wanna see or hear it [1:17 PM] Mr. Silver:
Some of the “achievements” are definitely just crap, yes.
There are some subtle things, though. Nor sure I'd call them art as much as showing off an experiment or mastering a technique though.
[1:18 PM] Mr. Blue:
Even if you look at stuff like naive art -- most of the most famous and lucrative painters in those "shitty" styles were actually well trained and could paint realism if they wanted, they just chose not to. Or they tried to but weren't good enough or the market was too saturated
You don't necessarily have to show all your talent in your craft, but you do need to have some
[1:21 PM] Mr. Silver:
(Silver Jr. and kids with us at Carnegie) "It's just a white rectangle!"
"Ah, but is it? Come close...really close. Look. Can you see all the squares and the different textures in each one?"
"Ohhhhhhh..."
[1:36 PM] Mr. Brown:
I'm going to put paint on the canvas then piss on it
ART
I should take a black and white photo of me pissing on a bug zapper. Call it Yellow Steam even though it's B&W.
[1:52 PM] Mr. Blue:
Fashion is kinda similar - at least high runway-type fashion
Make these poor girls wear garbage bags and old McDonald's wrappers and then profess it has some deep meaning about today's society being a "throw away culture"
[1:57 PM] Mr. Silver:
Well, there's fashion and there's fashion, I suppose
No one actually wears an art piece outside.
[11:10 AM] Mr. Silver:
So my last Arabian Nights adventure is coming up and it was killin' me coming up with a reasonable plot to match the idea I had.
Finally cracked it and finished my intro yesterday
It's all about stealing a crown jewel
[11:12 AM] Mr. Blue:
What kind?
[11:21 AM] Mr. Silver:
A crown, actually :D Anyway, I decided I had to do some research into old-style security methods
Got into the history of locks and guard animals and such.
My favorite was:
[12:09 PM] Mr. Blue:
So what was your favorite???
[12:20 PM] Mr. Silver:
(Been trying to write it for an hour...I'm 6 words in)
[12:21 PM] Ms. Rose:
He's busier than Jesus.
[12:22 PM] Mr. Silver:
"In ancient Egypt if it was important enough you would take the object, seal it in 'a block' of wood, sink it in a pool and then put crocodiles in the pool, and underfeed the crocodiles."
"If you needed it back out, you had to kill the crocodiles one at a time, or poison the pool."
[12:52 PM] Mr. Blue:
So if you want good loot, look for the guy with a pool of crocodiles in his back yard
"Hey Ramses, what's with the crocs?"
"Oh nothing, I just like crocs. I'm definitely not hiding anything in there if that's what you're driving at."
[12:58 PM] Mr. Silver:
"No blocks of sealed wood about?"
[12:59 PM] Mr. Blue:
"No. Now if you'll excuse me I have to underfeed my crocs."
[1:00 PM] Mr. Silver:
"I see you have a jar of Imhotep's 'Little Anubis' Pool Poison. They're the best!"
“Oh yes. Er. Gotta maintain the pool...otherwise I'd have crocs up to my eye of Horus eyeliner.
[1:00 PM] Mr. Blue:
Heheh
If I had a moat I'd put bull sharks in there
[10:06 AM] Mr. Blue:
I’m in the "women that drink too much coffee" queue
[10:10 AM] Mr. Silver:
"I'vebeenhavingalotoftroublewithhowslowtheVPNisrecentlyandheartpalpitaionsand(pause...sip noise)andI'dlikeatozzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZ*******````````!!"
(Dogs start distressed howling and whining in background)
[10:19 AM] Mr. Blue:
LOL
[12:52 PM] Mr. Blue:
Tour bus company called "Gold Wang"
Nevermind, its on an an island off the coast of Taiwan
Magong City
[1:01 PM] Mr. Silver:
(James Bond Theme style music) "Gold Wa-ang! He's the man...the man with the wang of gold!"
[1:23 PM] Ms. Rose:
LOL Mr. Silver.
[1:31 PM] Mr. Silver:
(Bond, strapped into bus driver's seat. Auric Goldwang gloating)
"Ever since I was a child I've been fascinated by mass transit. It's passengers...it's profitability...it's divine efficiency.”
“I decided that I would do anything to increase my personal route portfolio. One such as you will not stand in my way.”
(Reaches over...turns ignition key)
“I think you will find this interesting Mr. Bond: it's a hydrogen fuel cell prototype vehicle. Very useful for transporting people...and...other things.”
“Goodbye, Mr. Bond."
(Bond struggles futilely at the seatbelt) "Do you expect me to talk?"
(amused) "NO Mr. Bond! I expect you to DRIVE!"
[2:23 PM] Mr. Blue:
LOL
Just got to read that!
[2:30 PM] Mr. Silver:
I was going to talk about "Operation: Grand Tram" but it was too many lines away.
[1:21 PM] Mr. Silver:
I love a really high-quality botched TV commercial edit.
(Jumping happy golden retriever)
"HeeeeEEEEYYY PET LOVERS!"
(cuts to black and white...hand putting rose on a grave)
"Boylan Funeral Home is here for you in your time of grief..."
[1:22 PM] Ms. Rose
ROFL
[1:22 PM] Mr. Brown
LOL
[12:01 PM] Mr. Blue:
Did Silver Jr. find any sport or athletic activity to his liking?
[12:05 PM] Mr. Silver:
No
He's good with axe fighting, broadsword and fencing...and lightsaber I suppose.
[12:32 PM] Mr. Brown:
Just pick up the closest stick
[12:33 PM] Mr. Silver:
When the apocalypse comes and people run out of bullets, he'll be in good shape vs the wastelanders.
[12:41 PM] Mr. Brown:
The alchemists will still have bullets
[12:54 PM] Mr. Silver:
...alchemists?
[12:55 PM] Mr. Brown:
Anybody that can make gunpowder from the elements
They could find a way to make guns work
May be flintlock and such, but they will have guns
[12:56 PM] Mr. Silver:
Assuming they can put together suitable ingredients, there are a couple explosives to make, sure.
[And yes, with no ability to make percussion caps and properly machine parts, we'll be at metal tube muzzleloaders fairly soon.]
[1:02 PM] Mr. Blue:
Bow & arrow would be the ticket
Especially if it's zombies... quieter
Zika might be the new thing - instead of zombies it'll be hordes of cannibal pinheads meandering around
[1:05 PM] Mr. Silver:
I wonder how many chemically-adept people can even find and extract blackpowder ingredients
[1:06 PM] Mr. Blue:
That Cody's Lab guy got gunpowder out of urine
[1:07 PM] Mr. Silver:
He got one ingredient for it out of urine.
This is the "Upside-Down Pyramid" theory I started formulating in college...more a thought experiment.
Culture moves on...basic blocks are pushed out from underneath the pyramid building up to the present as they are "simple" and "no longer needed".
How many blocks can go before it all falls over?
Like the Bronze Age.
It stopped not because iron was better...because it definitely wasn't...
It stopped because they couldn't find anymore tin
There's still ancient bronze stuff all over the place. Practically nothing iron survived very long. Junk metal.
[1:11 PM] Mr. Blue:
Interesting
I thought bronze was softer
Copper certainly wasn't ideal
[1:22 PM] Mr. Silver:
There's a bronze mix that is almost as hard as diamond...granted that's a modern refinement
Bronze
Iron
[1:36 PM] Mr. Blue:
Heh
So they just overmined the tin?
Was it at any point just sitting on the ground?
I know that gold used to be, in some places
[1:37 PM] Mr. Silver:
The sources ran out and they couldn't find anymore, yeah
Took a long time...can't recall...Couple thousand years or so (looks)
3300-300BC
Bronze can become "diseased" and start to rot, but it doesn't just rust away.
It usually oxidizes to a brown or green patina and the process stops and it just stays like that.
Rust...well...you've owned cars...
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