tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:156313 Arthur D. Hlavaty Arthur D. Hlavaty 2015-11-03T12:14:25Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:156313:1560544 2015-11-03T12:14:25Z 2015-11-03T12:14:25Z public 0 How about some “evils of the modern world” art that doesn’t focus on <a href="http://andrewhickeywriter.tumblr.com/post/132460733356/lizardywizard-i-havent-seen-the-original">smartphones and fat people</a>?<br /><br />Thanx to <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/'><b>andrewducker</b></a></span><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=supergee&ditemid=1560544" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:156313:788682 2012-05-23T12:01:09Z 2012-05-23T12:01:09Z public 0 <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2012/may/21/1?CMP=twt_gu">Anders Breivik</a> and the horrible effects of <strike>self-abuse</strike> violent video games.<br /><br />Thanx to <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/'><b>andrewducker</b></a></span><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=supergee&ditemid=788682" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:156313:604296 2011-09-12T21:35:44Z 2011-09-12T21:36:20Z public 0 Perhaps my favorite example of British understatement occurred when a People's Republic arrested a friend of George Orwell's for possession of ideas with intent to distribute. He commented, "There is no point in getting angry, but it is a stupid malignity that does try one's patience." Today my patience is tried by the <a href="http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/genreville/?p=1519">agent</a> who told Sherwood Smith and Rachel Manija Brown that their post-apocalyptic YA series could probably sell if they'd just lose that gay character.<br /><br />Thanx to <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://sartorias.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://sartorias.livejournal.com/'><b>sartorias</b></a></span> et al.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=supergee&ditemid=604296" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments