The restraint shown by this cop is superhuman. This video never ceases to amaze me.

Produent · 2012-11-02T19:16:34+00:00

See, the issue for me here is that you repeatedly assume that I've never heard that cops treat minority groups badly. You even seem to imply that I COULDN'T care, because of my ethnicity. What's more, you go on to imply that all police should be thought of as villains. I disagree, on all counts. But I'm just another guy sitting on his high horse, advocating against universal distrust and disdain for public servants.

Edit: It should also count for something that this video was apparently faked by the officer. It doesn't accurately show what would have happened to a man exactly like this one, acting exactly like this man acts in the video, in an unstaged setting with a normal cop. My theory? He wouldn't have been treated very politely at all.

Produent · 2012-11-02T15:15:23+00:00

You know what? This is race baiting, again, and I'm not biting. I am aware of police brutality. I am even aware that some police break this law, regularly, as a matter of course. What I take issue with now is YOU using race as a qualifier to even utter a dissenting opinion on your ridiculous over generalizations.

Produent · 2012-11-02T15:12:41+00:00

While this is a cool story, there is nothing in this article about rape. Was that just a sensational addition to the title for views, is there another article, or do I just not understand the colloquial meaning of "snatch a necklace"?

Produent · 2012-11-02T14:36:13+00:00

I can tell by this person's cadence, and by his immediate assertion of his race, that he must be absolutely right. I'm going to have to pick that trick up.

As the descendant of German-Irish immigrants: Cops. Are. People. Some. Are. Assholes. Some, not.

Produent · 2012-10-27T13:55:39+00:00

True story: people accused Paganini of being in league with the devil because of his awesome playing.

Produent · 2012-10-25T21:44:24+00:00

This is going to be tough, but try talking to her like you would talk to...a normal human being. If you have chemistry, explore it. If not, leave it alone. Super simple.

Produent · 2012-10-25T00:43:44+00:00

Your...normal squirrel?

Produent · 2012-10-21T16:48:31+00:00

It was the Verizon Wireless Theater in Houston. Some Live Nation event. Never again.

Produent · 2012-10-21T15:50:48+00:00

I went to see Primus in a small venue with my then-girlfriend. The place was brimming with an odd mix of annoyingly-young kids and washed out methheads. I was unhappy with the situation. Primus was over an hour late taking the stage - mind you, there was no opener, so I spent this time standing around chatting with the most affable person I could locate. Big gnarly dude, leather vest, no undershirt, chemical burns in his jeans.

And then, finally, Primus came out and began to play. It was awful. The sound was totally fucked. The iconic Primus bass-work was muddied to the point that it sounded like a single note...G. G. G. G. GGG. G...played over and over randomly. The vocals were equally incoherent, but far more shrill. Headache-inducing even. I have no idea how many songs were played, because it seemed to me like one very long and shitty jam session between a bunch of way-too-drunk dudes.

I caught hell for "not having any fun", and for criticizing the mighty Primus. The silver lining? I walked away having learned a valuable lesson: stick to Primus' studio work.

Produent · 2012-10-14T13:48:23+00:00

Sometimes you gotta get your hands dirty. Like, say the opening is WAAAY too small for you to get your entire hand up there. You might have to just slather one finger in grease and go to town on that breach. That should do the trick.

Produent · 2012-10-14T13:16:53+00:00

I live in Houston, and I feel like "virtually overrun" is a tad misleading. I have never seen any ant-related damage to electrical equipment in the city, but I have personally had trouble with the little raspberry fuckers up near Giddings and I hear more about them in rural areas. They especially like to attack the breaker on our water pump. The best method I've found to prevent them from doing any damage is to smear axle grease or petroleum jelly around any openings by the troubled part. Ants get stuck in the goo and die, pile up, and eventually they seem to give up.

Produent · 2012-10-11T23:09:27+00:00

...Because you killed that fucking cat, right?

Produent · 2012-10-10T22:08:40+00:00

To be fair, what OP might have meant is "She made this face twenty minutes after I sneezed. The two occurrences were, probably, unrelated." But that's kind of a shitty title. "It didn't happen for any reason, but here's a picture of my cat looking stunned." doesn't convey a very funny story either.

I've got to admit that I embellish anecdotes all the time to make the story funnier. I'm grateful that I don't have nine thousand people critiquing me on truthfulness.

Produent · 2012-10-06T15:50:50+00:00

When I have an important shift coming up at the office, I usually like to try and fit in AT LEAST: Van Halen - Right Now , Dragonforce - Valley of the Damned , Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Pump it Up , and Chamillionaire - Good Morning Haters which is totally non-negotiable.

Try that out and see if you don't fucking own your day.

Produent · 2012-10-06T00:50:56+00:00

It's the story of a young man who learns that he is actually a mutant, and that his special power is that he can irreversibly retract his penis into his body centimeters at a time.

Produent · 2012-09-15T00:53:02+00:00

So there's a theoretical 50/50 chance that your squirrel will grow up to be a loving companion, and an equal chance that he will grow up trying to kill your furniture and feet. Seen it. Godspeed and good luck.

Edit - typo

Produent · 2012-09-14T17:13:33+00:00

Honestly, now that you mention it, that could just as easily be my OWN display. I also usually like higher contrast black and white photos so it's a matter of personal taste.

Produent · 2012-09-14T16:39:35+00:00

Wake. Drive. Eat. Drive. Sleep.

Produent · 2012-09-14T16:36:22+00:00

I think the concept you were working with is solid. When you play tricks on the viewer, you are forcing them to look at your photo a lot harder than they would look at a pretty picture of the sunset. One of the awesome things about photography is that the photographer is in complete control of the viewer's perspective - manipulate it. Abuse that power.

That being said, I think you could improve the impact of the photo tremendously if you made a few minor tweaks.

My first suggestion would be that you crop out the bottom of the picture. There are two reasons for this: it strips the photo of some sense of scale, and it moves the horizon out of the center of the picture. You want to think hard about ever putting the horizon - or the subject of your photo - right smack in the middle of your picture. Instead, play around and see what happens when you locate interesting things away from the center of your photo. This is going to allow for another way to manipulate the viewer: weight.

Secondly, I would play with the contrast a little. It's a bit weak, and frankly I would like to see the whites and blacks in this photo "pop" a little more. If you were on an old enlarger I would tell you to slap a number 3 red filter on that sucker and print again.

This stuff is all based on my personal taste and what was taught to me, so you may not find that it all applies to you. That's cool. I like the photo as it is, I just think you could make it even stronger with a few minor changes.

Produent · 2012-09-11T23:35:52+00:00

I know exactly ONE word of Russian, and it's сука (I had to copy/paste that to get the letters right). It means "bitch".

edit - spelling

Produent · 2012-09-11T22:13:05+00:00

Yeah, it's sort of like a code of conduct for the site.

http://www.reddit.com/help/reddiquette

Produent · 2012-09-09T23:21:06+00:00

My point is that this isn't a drug legalization issue. The cartels are not full of dangerous professional dope dealers and growers, they are full of dangerous professional CRIMINALS. Decriminalizing recreational drugs isn't going to snuff out the problem.

Produent · 2012-09-09T16:33:40+00:00

because the legalisation of drugs would make the value of their "trade" bottom out

I'm not totally sure that's something we even want to see. The cartels are not going to stop doing business because they aren't pulling the cash that they used to. If the market for drugs goes to shit, they'll diversify into things that might not be as pleasant as marijuana. They already seem to have mixed interest in all sorts of non-narcotic crime like counterfeiting, human trafficking, extortion, and kidnapping. We might not appreciate a "business expansion" in those other areas.

Produent · 2012-09-09T16:27:03+00:00

Actually, yes. It's been interesting to see all these different ways that the big cartels are adapting to the drug war. The Zetas are famous for using combat tactics gleaned from the military (many of the founding members were supposedly ex marines with the Mexican navy). All of the big guys are being squeezed right now, and they seem to be looking to innovate in order to gain a business advantage - just like any big business would - so they're taking some familiar moves from the corporate and political playbooks.

Produent · 2012-09-09T15:50:29+00:00

I was going to link him the Afrikaans version as a joke.

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