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Jan. 23rd, 2002 07:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grindmonkehI was directed toward a really interesting/sickening link on the events in the Congo that have gone ignored for the most part until the recent Nightline series.
This has nothing to do with that really...
05:55 GrindBastard] this tock ticks too slow.
05:57 GrindBastard] all ticks and no counter-strike makes GrindBastard a dull boy.
05:57 Guinness ] =(
05:59 GrindBastard] Is your cell phone contributing to the tragedy in Central Africa?
06:00 Guinness ] Only because I'm directing troops with it.
06:01 GrindBastard] the antenna makes for a helluva pointing stick, eh?
06:03 Guinness ] You make no sense.
06:03 Guinness ] It has no antenna.
06:03 GrindBastard] it has a beak.
06:04 Guinness ] Don't put it on a plate.
06:04 GrindBastard] did you know that the congo is inhabited by the congolese?
06:05 Guinness ] I thought they were Congolianites
06:06 GrindBastard] maybe in the lower western congo
06:06 GrindBastard] but for the most part they are the congolese.
06:06 GrindBastard] Hutu militia forces, known as Interahamwe, murdered an estimated 800,000 of their Tutsi countrymen.
06:07 GrindBastard] that's a lot of Tutsis.
06:07 GrindBastard] i wonder if you can make a tutsi roll.
06:07 Guinness ] laughable.
06:10 GrindBastard] it's all fun and games until 800,000 of your countrymen are murdered.
06:11 Guinness ] those crazy hutu.
06:13 GrindBastard] that hutu that they do.
06:13 GrindBastard] who do?
06:13 GrindBastard] hutu!
06:13 Guinness ] hahahahah
06:14 GrindBastard] i wonder if the hutu would find that laughable?
06:14 Guinness ] right after they shot you with a $50 ak-47
06:14 GrindBastard] is that $50 congolese?
06:14 GrindBastard] or $50 americalese?
06:15 Guinness ] Well, I don't know what the shiny rocks -> american dollar exchange rate is.
06:15 GrindBastard] i don't know either.
06:15 Guinness ] haha, those primitives.
06:15 GrindBastard] Over a hundred years ago the lure was ivory and rubber, today it's diamonds, coltan and copper
06:16 GrindBastard] those damn bountiful primitives.
06:16 GrindBastard] i'm surprised the u.s. has no hand in this.
06:16 GrindBastard] we like bountiful primitives.
06:17 Guinness ] only south-african bountiful primitives
06:17 Guinness ] the rest of africa can go find their own massive gold and diamond mines
06:17 GrindBastard] i say abolish regionalized greed.
06:18 Guinness ] we needs us some globalized greed
06:18 GrindBastard] Guinness Guinness
06:19 GrindBastard] think above and beyond
06:19 GrindBastard] universal greed.
06:19 GrindBastard] the infinite was meant to be had by us.
06:19 GrindBastard] manifest destiny.
06:19 Guinness ] my primitive congolianite brain can not comprehend =(
06:19 Guinness ] I'm.. just.. an unfrozen caveman...
06:19 Guinness ] your world... frightens and confuses me...
06:20 GrindBastard] yeah yeah
06:20 GrindBastard] tell it to timothy hutton
06:20 GrindBastard] (really bad joke and obscure reference)
06:21 Guinness ] hahahhaha I don't get it
06:21 GrindBastard] early eighties movie
06:21 GrindBastard] caveman has a magnet
06:21 GrindBastard] caveman trapped in ice
06:21 GrindBastard] ice thaws to water
06:22 GrindBastard] caveman is studied by lots of scientists...timothy hutton...etc.
06:22 GrindBastard] http://us.imdb.com/Title?0087452 (Iceman)
06:23 Guinness ] I see.
06:23 GrindBastard] do you know Neil Young's Heart of Gold?
06:23 Guinness ] I was referencing the Phil Hartman SNL skit.
06:24 GrindBastard] oh?
06:24 Guinness ] nope
06:24 GrindBastard] i can't decide which is worse.
06:24 GrindBastard] i should teach you that song in true Iceman form.
06:24 GrindBastard] or not.
06:24 GrindBastard] probably not.
06:27 GrindBastard] You may not have heard of coltan, but you have it in your cell phone, laptops, pagers and other electronic devices. It is important to everyday communication in the United States, but it is making the conflict in Congo more complicated.
06:27 Guinness ] i see.
06:27 GrindBastard] it made it so easy to defeat the aliens in independence day.
06:27 Guinness ] so what impact does coltan have on everyday life?
06:28 GrindBastard] plug laptop into aliens' windows/mac compatible computer
06:28 GrindBastard] upload virus.
06:28 Guinness ] wait 20 seconds..
06:28 GrindBastard] Kadamn.
06:28 Guinness ] ding! SKULL AND CROSSBONES
06:28 GrindBastard] hell yeah.
06:28 Guinness ] YOU HAVE BEEN HACKED
06:28 Guinness ] AND STUFF
06:28 GrindBastard] i'll bet they had a gf5 in that ship.
06:29 GrindBastard] that was some intense graphical mayhem.
06:29 GrindBastard] Coltan mining is very well paid in Congo terms. The average Congolese worker makes $10 a month, while a coltan miner can make anywhere from $10 to $50 a week.
06:30รท GrindBastard whistles.
06:30 GrindBastard] they probably couldn't afford to watch independence day.
06:30 GrindBastard] so they would have no chance of defeating alien invaders with their coltan.
06:32 Guinness ] makes you wonder what happened to the alien ships overhead at the end of the movie.
06:32 GrindBastard] oh?
06:32 GrindBastard] they splashed down
06:32 GrindBastard] remember?
06:32 Guinness ] I don't think so
06:33 Guinness ] I thought the british and everybody shot them down with airplanes
06:33 GrindBastard] i remember seeing them drop like led zeps
06:33 GrindBastard] hmmm.
06:35 Guinness ] I need to watch that movie again.
06:35 GrindBastard] i don't
06:35 GrindBastard] i was offended
06:36 GrindBastard] it made drunken cropdusters look like intellectually inferior denizens.
06:37 Guinness ] that's so unfair.
06:40 GrindBastard] i'm glad you think so too.
This has nothing to do with that really...
05:55 GrindBastard] this tock ticks too slow.
05:57 GrindBastard] all ticks and no counter-strike makes GrindBastard a dull boy.
05:57 Guinness ] =(
05:59 GrindBastard] Is your cell phone contributing to the tragedy in Central Africa?
06:00 Guinness ] Only because I'm directing troops with it.
06:01 GrindBastard] the antenna makes for a helluva pointing stick, eh?
06:03 Guinness ] You make no sense.
06:03 Guinness ] It has no antenna.
06:03 GrindBastard] it has a beak.
06:04 Guinness ] Don't put it on a plate.
06:04 GrindBastard] did you know that the congo is inhabited by the congolese?
06:05 Guinness ] I thought they were Congolianites
06:06 GrindBastard] maybe in the lower western congo
06:06 GrindBastard] but for the most part they are the congolese.
06:06 GrindBastard] Hutu militia forces, known as Interahamwe, murdered an estimated 800,000 of their Tutsi countrymen.
06:07 GrindBastard] that's a lot of Tutsis.
06:07 GrindBastard] i wonder if you can make a tutsi roll.
06:07 Guinness ] laughable.
06:10 GrindBastard] it's all fun and games until 800,000 of your countrymen are murdered.
06:11 Guinness ] those crazy hutu.
06:13 GrindBastard] that hutu that they do.
06:13 GrindBastard] who do?
06:13 GrindBastard] hutu!
06:13 Guinness ] hahahahah
06:14 GrindBastard] i wonder if the hutu would find that laughable?
06:14 Guinness ] right after they shot you with a $50 ak-47
06:14 GrindBastard] is that $50 congolese?
06:14 GrindBastard] or $50 americalese?
06:15 Guinness ] Well, I don't know what the shiny rocks -> american dollar exchange rate is.
06:15 GrindBastard] i don't know either.
06:15 Guinness ] haha, those primitives.
06:15 GrindBastard] Over a hundred years ago the lure was ivory and rubber, today it's diamonds, coltan and copper
06:16 GrindBastard] those damn bountiful primitives.
06:16 GrindBastard] i'm surprised the u.s. has no hand in this.
06:16 GrindBastard] we like bountiful primitives.
06:17 Guinness ] only south-african bountiful primitives
06:17 Guinness ] the rest of africa can go find their own massive gold and diamond mines
06:17 GrindBastard] i say abolish regionalized greed.
06:18 Guinness ] we needs us some globalized greed
06:18 GrindBastard] Guinness Guinness
06:19 GrindBastard] think above and beyond
06:19 GrindBastard] universal greed.
06:19 GrindBastard] the infinite was meant to be had by us.
06:19 GrindBastard] manifest destiny.
06:19 Guinness ] my primitive congolianite brain can not comprehend =(
06:19 Guinness ] I'm.. just.. an unfrozen caveman...
06:19 Guinness ] your world... frightens and confuses me...
06:20 GrindBastard] yeah yeah
06:20 GrindBastard] tell it to timothy hutton
06:20 GrindBastard] (really bad joke and obscure reference)
06:21 Guinness ] hahahhaha I don't get it
06:21 GrindBastard] early eighties movie
06:21 GrindBastard] caveman has a magnet
06:21 GrindBastard] caveman trapped in ice
06:21 GrindBastard] ice thaws to water
06:22 GrindBastard] caveman is studied by lots of scientists...timothy hutton...etc.
06:22 GrindBastard] http://us.imdb.com/Title?0087452 (Iceman)
06:23 Guinness ] I see.
06:23 GrindBastard] do you know Neil Young's Heart of Gold?
06:23 Guinness ] I was referencing the Phil Hartman SNL skit.
06:24 GrindBastard] oh?
06:24 Guinness ] nope
06:24 GrindBastard] i can't decide which is worse.
06:24 GrindBastard] i should teach you that song in true Iceman form.
06:24 GrindBastard] or not.
06:24 GrindBastard] probably not.
06:27 GrindBastard] You may not have heard of coltan, but you have it in your cell phone, laptops, pagers and other electronic devices. It is important to everyday communication in the United States, but it is making the conflict in Congo more complicated.
06:27 Guinness ] i see.
06:27 GrindBastard] it made it so easy to defeat the aliens in independence day.
06:27 Guinness ] so what impact does coltan have on everyday life?
06:28 GrindBastard] plug laptop into aliens' windows/mac compatible computer
06:28 GrindBastard] upload virus.
06:28 Guinness ] wait 20 seconds..
06:28 GrindBastard] Kadamn.
06:28 Guinness ] ding! SKULL AND CROSSBONES
06:28 GrindBastard] hell yeah.
06:28 Guinness ] YOU HAVE BEEN HACKED
06:28 Guinness ] AND STUFF
06:28 GrindBastard] i'll bet they had a gf5 in that ship.
06:29 GrindBastard] that was some intense graphical mayhem.
06:29 GrindBastard] Coltan mining is very well paid in Congo terms. The average Congolese worker makes $10 a month, while a coltan miner can make anywhere from $10 to $50 a week.
06:30รท GrindBastard whistles.
06:30 GrindBastard] they probably couldn't afford to watch independence day.
06:30 GrindBastard] so they would have no chance of defeating alien invaders with their coltan.
06:32 Guinness ] makes you wonder what happened to the alien ships overhead at the end of the movie.
06:32 GrindBastard] oh?
06:32 GrindBastard] they splashed down
06:32 GrindBastard] remember?
06:32 Guinness ] I don't think so
06:33 Guinness ] I thought the british and everybody shot them down with airplanes
06:33 GrindBastard] i remember seeing them drop like led zeps
06:33 GrindBastard] hmmm.
06:35 Guinness ] I need to watch that movie again.
06:35 GrindBastard] i don't
06:35 GrindBastard] i was offended
06:36 GrindBastard] it made drunken cropdusters look like intellectually inferior denizens.
06:37 Guinness ] that's so unfair.
06:40 GrindBastard] i'm glad you think so too.
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Date: 2002-01-23 07:23 pm (UTC)Looks like feb 2nd will be Toronto, the following indy, then perhaps the following after will be Ohio. Highlearn's bday.
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