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Ask General Kang: How much time should I be spending on Social Media every day?

None. Next question. No, seriously, what is the right amount? It depends. Do you have other things to do? Like, I don’t know, a job? Let’s assume yes, and let’s assume it’s about eight hours a day. Okay, so that … Continue reading →

Paging Dr. Godhead

“…whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.” –Bertrand Russell “The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction … Continue reading →

The Best Part of Waking Up Is … VOLTREX HAS YOUR TOAST

All the cybernetic units in the Voltrag Collective understood that breakfast was the most important meal of the day for humans, especially for their developing offspring. Without breakfast, human spawn could run into all kind of behavioral and biological issues, … Continue reading →

Performance art gone horribly right

All of the critics agreed. Hans Feckenbruke’s performance piece, “Transcending Irony: post-post-modern capitalism in the Western World, from the top of the Chrysler Building, as seen from the perspective of consumers on the ground,” was a spectacular — if messy … Continue reading →

Ask General Kang: Why don’t you ever mention robots?

Oh, you silly humans and your fascination with robots! And I don’t mean the kind of useful robots that actually exist, like the ones in factories. I assume that by “robot”, you’re interested in the sentient “danger Will Robinson, danger!” … Continue reading →

Why an economist makes a bad leader

At least one of the reasons. Stephen Harper has an MA in economics, and he has other issues. You know what gives you a better background than economics? Camp counsellor. Alltop went to Camp Ha Ha.

The loneliness of the long distance rabbit

The stats were daunting. The average breeding season for rabbits is 9 months (10 in Newfoundland). Gestation time is 30 days. Each litter produces somewhere between 4 to 12 kits (baby rabbits). It takes 4 to 5 weeks to wean … Continue reading →

DOES John Woo hate helicopters?

A longitudinal study of John Woo helicopter hate: Film Helicopters Destroyed Helicopters Used Unsafely Hard Target (1993) 0 1 Broken Arrow (1996) 4* too many to count Face/Off (1997) 0 3 Mission Impossible 2 (2000) 0 2 Paycheck (2003) 0 … Continue reading →

Appropriate Dress Required

Sometimes you feel like putting on a pretty little sundress, and prancing around in a meadow with the butterflies. Other days, you wake up and think: rubber dress … fishnet stockings … gasmask and shotgun … fuck yeah! But pack … Continue reading →

From the annals of really useless superpowers

#UselessSuperPowers was a thing on Twitter yesterday, and it was nice to see one in cartoon form. Please use the comment form to add your own, Alltop can make you laugh at the speed of sound.