THE MEME INTERVIEWS, PART 392

I owe popfiend  some memes. Here they are. Because I know you’ve been wondering the following:

1. I am Godzilla! YOU are Japan!

Your result for The Godzilla Personality Test!...

Godzilla: King of the Monsters!

Godzilla. The Original Badass. Congratulations, Mr. Mutated Dinosaur.


Bad News: You tend to have nuclear meltdowns on rare occasions (Godzilla vs. Destroyah) and you have a weakness to this thing called the Oxygen Destroyer. So you're not completely invincible.

Good News: You might as well be though. You've fought every monster out there and you usually come out on top. Sure you had your goofy moments in the 70's but really you are one bad son of a bitch, and everybody knows it. You have a lot of respect and people know when to get out of your way. Congrats, you're like the Fonzie of giant monsters! Oh and you tend to get mad whenever someone screws up the environment so hey good for you.

Take The Godzilla Personality Test! at HelloQuizzy


2. I’m a lazy, horny bastard.

Your Deadly Sins

Sloth: 100% Lust: 80% Greed: 60% Pride: 40% Gluttony: 20% Wrath: 20% Envy: 0% Chance You'll Go to Hell: 46% You will get bugs, because you're too lazy to shoo them off. And then you'll die.

How Sinful Are You?

3. I’ve probably been abducted by aliens.

There's a 56% Chance You've Been Abducted By Aliens

Maybe you've really been abducted by aliens... but probably not. Let's face it. You're just a little weirder than most people.

What Are the Chances that You've Been Abducted by Aliens?

4. One day I shall rule the world.

Your result for The Supervillain Archetype Test...

The Megalomaniac

Ambitious, Intelligent, Calculating

The Megalomaniac is the most prestigious of super-villain classes. If anyone is ever going to rule the world, it will probably be you.

Your main goal in life is power and domination, you have the tools to do it, and you know it. Megalomaniacs are intelligent and forceful, and they tend not to let their emotions cloud their judgment. Most of the time. They are usually found, or not found, working at the top of a huge structured organization, though many prefer to work by themselves.

The Megalomaniac has but one flaw, but its an invariably fatal one; arrogance. He knows that he can take over the world, and he isn't afraid to let you know, often elaborately and in great detail. They often do not foresee the fly in their ointment, because they do not want to admit that such a fly could exist.

Sample Megalomaniacs: Dr. Doom, Lex Luthor, Ras al'Ghul, Kang the Conqueror, Emperor Palpatine, Brain

Take The Supervillain Archetype Test at HelloQuizzy


The world is not enough,

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THE JOEBAMA JUGGERNAUT IS ALL UP IN YR PHONE

I write about telephones for a living. As such, I was intrigued by the Obama campaign’s idea of alerting fans by SMS when he selected his VP. “Gets teh 411 b4 Wolf Blitzer d00d! FTMSM LOL!!!”

Which is why I find it amusing that most people got the news via the usual means (i.e. teh blogz) at least a couple of hours before the SMS arrived.

Not that it’s likely to hurt Obama’s campaign, mind. Still, you’d think a campaign that seems to have a far better idea of how to leverage the Internet than John “What are these computers of which you speak?” McCain would know that when you send bulk messages to thousands of people at once, it’s not instantaneous. SMS tends to be even worse than email, since it was never really designed for mass messages. (That’s why you need a special service and/or a specific handset if you want to send text messages to more than one person at a time.)

Besides, the whole thing was effectively rendered meaningless once Wonkette encouraged people to send out fake messages. “It’s John Shaft! Cos Obama is a bad SHUTYOMOUF! LOL Srsly kthxbye”.

Still, the real goal of Team Obama was probably to build up a massive database of cell-phone numbers, so in that sense, mission accomplished. Those of you who signed up can expect to hear from the JoeBama Experience shortly.

As for Joe Biden, well, I can’t say I’m surprised. He was an early favorite, and I think an Obama/Hillary ticket was wishful thinking. And sure, it’s hard to work an Old White Establishment Guy into Obama’s “change” mantra, but c’mon, you never seriously believed Obama was going to actually go to Washington and fuck shit up, did you?

Of course not. And frankly, the only way he could have gone out like that was by giving the slot to Chuck D. Or maybe Zack de la Rocha or someone.

Anyway, having Biden riding shotgun makes as much sense as anything else. I wasn’t crazy about him as a presidential candidate, but he has a decent track record on civil liberties (one of my pet issues, you may have gathered). He’ll probably say something dumb, but he’s a politician. That’s what they do.

And no, I am not impressed by the GOP’s clever little “See? Obama’s admitting he’s too inexperienced” talking point. At least Obama’s got the balls to admit it. Besides, it’s a bullshit criticism. The whole point of having a VP is to have someone who can fill in those expertise gaps. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses, and I’d argue that True Leadership is the ability to acknowledge yr weaknesses and partner with people who can make up for them.

FUN FACT: I’d totally vote for a Obama/Chuck D ticket just to see the look on Bill O’Reilly’s face when they won. But only if Obama promised to make Flavor Flav the new FCC commissioner.

Bring the noise,

This is dF