Weekly Random Post of Random

[alisanne]

• A chef cooks on the sidewalk in Paraguay. And people still think Global warming isn't real?
  
  
• Kids answer test questions hilariously.
  
  
• Here's a set of interview questions I'd be amused to get. And now that I've seen it, I'll be considering my answer to question 6 very carefully. *g*
  
  
• 35 places to swim before you die. I'm a bit miffed that Jamaica isn't on the list. :P
  
  
• This left me speechless. Rights for gay people have a long way to go.
  
  
• What if things were turned around and society treated men like it does women? Scary things happen. Why can't we all just treat each other with respect?
  
  
• Ever try to tell a joke when you're drunk? Better hope an animator isn't around to animate it. *giggles*

Comments

[nicki]

Bodrum is lovely, but we didn't "swim" per se. A bit leary of the cultural issues. :P

Lake Tahoe is bloody cold.

[alisanne]

*nods* Yes, I can see that.

*shivers* I can imagine! :)

[kabal42]

The cooking is wild.

The test answer I liked best was the "Grown-ups are weird" one, which I completely agree with. I never got that either.

Interview questions were A+ :D

Those waters looks stunning. The pictures where it looks like the boats are flying because the water is so clear... it boggles my mind.

I've seen parts of the PDA video before, but the whole thing is more interesting.

The French gender-reversal was amazing. I loved how it put some extra emphasis into the racial discourses in Europe as well - on top of being about "just" men and women.

[alisanne]

I know, right? I just had to shake my head. I wonder what those streets do to people's shoes? Or feet (for barefoot kids)?

Hee! Grown-ups are totally weird. That much is true. *g*

*laughs* Those interview questions made me chuckle, especially the way they came up with them. :)

I KNOW! I said the same thing. In several of them it almost looks like it's an optical illusion the water's so clear. *shakes head*

What's interesting for me about the PDA thing is that no one batted an eye when the het couple were smooching. And the actor who made it an issue ended up being mocked by the other patrons when her back was turned. But EVERYONE was staring at the gay couple. Those college students did give me hope for the future, though.

Wasn't it incredible? And yes, the racial/religious overtones were very thought-provoking as well, I agree. By the end of the film my mouth was hanging open.

[kabal42]

Agreeing wrt the college students. They really did give me hope too. That was pretty brave of them, too, standing up to an entire room full of people.

*nods* I think it's because I live where I do. Racism in most of Northern Europe takes the form of islamophobia - and everyone who looks like they may be from a country with a muslim majority is immediately assumed to be muslim, and thus a victim of this brand of racism. So it was really important to see that pointed out as well. The man, the victim of one form of prejudice, perpetuates another form himself.

[adafrog]

I adore the interview questions.

[alisanne]

Hee! I agree. :)