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Iran Thread: Iran Harder

KajustaKajusta Registered User regular
edited June 2009 in Social Entropy++
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Photos of the shit going down:
http://www.iran101.blogspot.com/

Other interesting articles, etc.:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/6/13/742141/-Tehran-Street-Photos
http://garysick.tumblr.com/post/123070238/irans-political-coup
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/the-revolution-will-be-twittered-1.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6493623.ece
boogedyboo wrote: »
currently using http://tweetgrid.com/ to monitor following:
#iranelection
#iran
#tehran
#mousavi

and it's almost 4am Tehran time....

also people posting from Iran
http://twitter.com/mahdi
http://twitter.com/mousavi1388, related flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mousavi1388/
http://tehranbureau.com/

Bloggers:
Sully @ The Daily Dish
The Lede @ NY Times

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  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    It has got to suck to be an Iranian police officer right about now.

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  • Mr. Henry BemisMr. Henry Bemis God is love Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    www.hulu.com/watch/16771/saturday-night-live-digital-short-iran-so-far

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  • ascotascot Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    haha, bloggers, twitter

    the internet

    ascot on
  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    what did the iranian say after he was chased down by riot cops?

    I RAN!

    Wren on
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  • DsmartDsmart Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Iran is pretty cool. Iranians are pretty cool.

    Hope they figure this one out!

    Dsmart on
  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    but Iran...

    Iran's so far away.

    Kuribo's Shoe on
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  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    The Lede wrote:
    Then a man in a car moving in the other direction rolled down his window and shouted at her in anger, “You whore! Why are you creating conflict between people?” A basiji (a member of the volunteer paramilitary aligned with Ahmadinejad) charged at her from nowhere with a metal rod and was about to beat her when he was held down and beaten himself by five or six men streaming out of nearby cars.

    Nice.

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  • DadouwDadouw Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Whats going on

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Dadouw wrote: »
    Whats going on

    twitter thread

    Wren on
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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    but Iran...

    Iran's so far away.

    I knew you'd beat me to this.

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  • ZoolanderZoolander Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    ya iran is pretty cool
    i mean theyre a pretty damn important civilization and stuff
    id like to visit one day
    when the craziness is gone

    Zoolander on
  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I WALK ALONG THE AVENUE

    I NEVER THOUGHT I'D MEET A GIRL LIKE YOOOOU

    MEET A GIRL LIKE YOOOOOU

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Zoolander wrote: »
    ya iran is pretty cool
    i mean theyre a pretty damn important civilization and stuff
    id like to visit one day
    when the craziness is gone

    how long you planning on living?

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I am so down with European culture.

    In the desert, every last god damned thing under the sun is serious business.

    Weaver on
  • ZoolanderZoolander Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Zoolander wrote: »
    ya iran is pretty cool
    i mean theyre a pretty damn important civilization and stuff
    id like to visit one day
    when the craziness is gone

    how long you planning on living?
    i doubt id have to wait more than 30 years or so

    Zoolander on
  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Weaver wrote: »
    I am so down with European culture.

    In the desert, every last god damned thing under the sun is serious business.

    and in the desert, everything's under the sun

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  • DsmartDsmart Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Iran sounds like the English pronoun "I" and the English verb "Ran"

    Coincidentally, the 80's pop group "Flock of Seagulls" had a hit single titled "I Ran"

    It follows that we will make jokes about this.

    Dsmart on
  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    middle east will be glassed in 30 years

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Wren wrote: »
    middle east will be glassed in 30 years

    A nuclear reaction doesn't really make glass as we think about it, just an amorphous silicate soup of whatever is around.

    Hunter on
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  • VicVic Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    sarukun wrote: »
    The Lede wrote:
    Then a man in a car moving in the other direction rolled down his window and shouted at her in anger, “You whore! Why are you creating conflict between people?” A basiji (a member of the volunteer paramilitary aligned with Ahmadinejad) charged at her from nowhere with a metal rod and was about to beat her when he was held down and beaten himself by five or six men streaming out of nearby cars.

    Nice.

    Reading that made me so happy. Sometimes, rarely, the world works right.

    Vic on
  • ZephyrZephyr Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    i dont understand persian so can someone explain why some people pronounce mahmoud ahmadinejad as mackmood ackmadinejad?

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    Weaver wrote: »
    I am so down with European culture.

    In the desert, every last god damned thing under the sun is serious business.

    and in the desert, everything's under the sun

    one man

    Weaver on
  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Hunter wrote: »
    Wren wrote: »
    middle east will be glassed in 30 years

    A nuclear reaction doesn't really make glass as we think about it, just an amorphous silicate soup of whatever is around.

    look stop ruining our cool metaphors for destruction with your stupid chemistry bullshit

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  • ZephyrZephyr Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    oh
    StopAhmadi, a guy who has been twittering from Iran for like 14 straight hours, just said this:

    "The telecommunication building in Amirabad, Tehran is on fire!"

    A little over a half hour ago he said:

    "Rumours say ppl have taken over @Tajrish Sq. police station."

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Zephyr wrote: »
    i dont understand persian so can someone explain why some people pronounce mahmoud ahmadinejad as mackmood ackmadinejad?

    well you see

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  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    Hunter wrote: »
    Wren wrote: »
    middle east will be glassed in 30 years

    A nuclear reaction doesn't really make glass as we think about it, just an amorphous silicate soup of whatever is around.

    look stop ruining our cool metaphors for destruction with your stupid chemistry bullshit

    That, uh


    that would actually be


    y'know


    physics.

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  • MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Hunter wrote: »
    Wren wrote: »
    middle east will be glassed in 30 years

    A nuclear reaction doesn't really make glass as we think about it, just an amorphous silicate soup of whatever is around.

    Yeah Wren, you stupid fuck

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    WAIT A MINUTE

    The Earth rotates our star at an insignificant Z-axis! Nothing is under the sun!

    WORLD PEACE

    Weaver on
  • FirmSkaterFirmSkater Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I really hope for the best for everyone in Iran right now. Shit is going to be crazy for a few days.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    sarukun wrote: »
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    Hunter wrote: »
    Wren wrote: »
    middle east will be glassed in 30 years

    A nuclear reaction doesn't really make glass as we think about it, just an amorphous silicate soup of whatever is around.

    look stop ruining our cool metaphors for destruction with your stupid chemistry bullshit

    That, uh


    that would actually be


    y'know


    physics.

    everything is physics

    suck my hogleg

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  • ZoolanderZoolander Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    i know a bunch of iranians
    some of the friendliest people ever
    like the opposite of the crazy muslim stereotype
    so i dunno what the fuck is up with the rest of the country

    Zoolander on
  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    SHUT UP WITH YOUR SCIENCE FAGGOTRY

    Wren on
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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    The easiest way to completely "glass" a nation such as Iran would be the the Sherman approach.

    Weaver on
  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    FirmSkater wrote: »
    I really hope for the best for everyone in Iran right now. Shit is going to be crazy for a few days.

    hmm, not quite familiar with iran are you?

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  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Weaver wrote: »
    WAIT A MINUTE

    The Earth rotates our star at an insignificant Z-axis! Nothing is under the sun!

    WORLD PEACE

    That's all a matter of arbitrary perspective.


    If you invert the axes, then pretty much everything can be considered to be "under" the sun.

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  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    sarukun wrote: »
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    Hunter wrote: »
    Wren wrote: »
    middle east will be glassed in 30 years

    A nuclear reaction doesn't really make glass as we think about it, just an amorphous silicate soup of whatever is around.

    look stop ruining our cool metaphors for destruction with your stupid chemistry bullshit

    That, uh


    that would actually be


    y'know


    physics.

    everything is physics

    suck my hogleg

    Well, I mean, I know that


    I was just trying to see if you knew it.

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    no, then we'd just be on the other vertical side of the sun relative to our perspective

    Weaver on
  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    KILL THE SUN IT IS CONFUCIOUSING!

    Weaver on
  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Weaver wrote: »
    no, then we'd just be on the other vertical side of the sun relative to our perspective

    Annnnnnnnnnnnnd my brain is full.

    sarukun on
  • FirmSkaterFirmSkater Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Zoolander wrote: »
    i know a bunch of iranians
    some of the friendliest people ever
    like the opposite of the crazy muslim stereotype
    so i dunno what the fuck is up with the rest of the country

    It doesn't have anything to do with them being Muslim or Iranian and everything to do with them being undereducated and misinformed.

    I know plenty of whites and Christians who say dumb ass shit way stupider than "The Holocaust was a lie" and "Nuke Israel" but we have a lot of people here who are educated and informed and so keep idiots out of our government.

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