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Artist Shintaro Ohata Seamlessly Blends Sculpture and Canvas to Create 3D Paintings

When first viewing the artwork of Shintaro Ohata up close it appears the scenes are made from simple oil paints, but take a step back and you’re in for a surprise. Each piece is actually a hybrid of painted canvas and sculpture that blend almost flawlessly in color and texture to create a single image. The cinematic figures are sculpted from polystyrene while the backgrounds are made from traditional painting techniques.

This Is Not Fucking Harmless

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caseymalone:

I love Kickstarter. I think that’s clear to people who know me by now? I love it. There’s a dude named Brad Muir and he works at Double Fine and I love the games they make, so much. But before Kickstarter, every time a Double Fine game came out I was a little worried it would be their last, and I’d have to worry that if people didn’t buy it, who knows what would happen to that studio. Then they found KIckstarter and now they make games and people like me can front load the development cost for them and it is the absolute best arrangement for creative people who want a tool in the exhausting struggle of art + commerce.  A friend of mine is taking a month off her job to write a children’s book because of this platform. It’s GREAT. I love it. 

The outcome of this is that I spend a lot of time just browsing Kickstarter looking for something cool to either back or crow about online. I don’t really back much - I don’t have a ton of capitol to toss around, and I’m sure the fact that I have a lot of ideas and no money factors into my love of a platform that gives money to people with ideas - but I like to check it out. So tonight, I found THIS fucking thing. 

This is a nightmare. 

Watching the video, reading the description, it sounds fairly innocent but a little eye-roll inducing. It’s another book where some nerd, desperate to be liked by women (this is not an insult, we are ALL desperate to be liked by someone we want to have sex with) thinks he’s figured out some cheat code or check-list like routine they can run in a bar to make women sleep with them, as if women aren’t people but a series of subroutines or an obstacle course that they can optimize to get their dick wet as fast as possible. And he’s written that advice down! And he’s selling it! To you! You could learn his cheat codes. This is nothing new for the internet. In fact, a large swath of this book was published already on Reddit. What’s new is that he’s crowdfunding it. 

And sure, you might think this is sad or dumb or that this guy is just another lonely dude talking to other lonely dudes who’ll head out into the night with their fedoras to failure, right? Not a big deal? Oops, turns out we’re wrong, because here are some excerpts from what he’s already put on Reddit - 

”5) Get CLOSE to her, damn it!

To quote Rob Judge, “Personal space is for pussies.” I already told you that the most successful seducers are those who can’t keep their hands off of women. Well you’re not gonna be able to do that if you aren’t in close! ”

“All the greatest seducers in history could not keep their hands off of women. They aggressively escalated physically with every woman they were flirting with. They began touching them immediately, kept great body language and eye contact, and were shameless in their physicality. Even when a girl rejects your advances, she KNOWS that you desire her. That’s hot. It arouses her physically and psychologically.”

 

“Decide that you’re going to sit in a position where you can rub her leg and back. Physically pick her up and sit her on your lap. Don’t ask for permission. Be dominant. Force her to rebuff your advances.”

“Sex

Pull out your cock and put her hand on it. Remember, she is letting you do this because you have established yourself as a LEADER. Don’t ask for permission, GRAB HER HAND, and put it right on your dick.”

 - Source

SO. Now I am no longer rolling my eyes.

This guy is no longer just being weird and creepy on the internet. Now he’s writing a book about how to sexually assault women, and he is using something I believe in (Kickstarter) to ask YOU for money to do it. I am offended as someone who believes in the platform, and more importantly I am offended as someone who believes women shouldn’t be treated this way, and that people who say otherwise CERTAINLY should not profit off saying they should. 

This isn’t harmless. People come to these boards because they are scared of being humiliated, and they are saying to the world, “Tell me what to do, because I don’t know what to do.” And this guy has chosen to tell them, “You should be a rapist.” 

There’s largely nothing we can do about people saying this shit on a place like Reddit - Reddit’s a mess for another time - but let’s get it off of Kickstarter. The project is funded in 10 hours - and unfortunately a lot of those are sleeping hours - but PLEASE report it to Kickstarter, please tweet @Kickstarter asking them to take it down, and PLEASE do not let something cool be used for the UGLIEST thing imaginable.

The Kickstarter - Report Button is on the bottom of the page

Please Tweet at @Kickstarter 

Casey

I’ve reported this and tweeted at KS. I just hope someone on that end will be around to deal with the flood of complaints before the project is funded. Shit like this flies under the radar far too often.

I’ll put this here too, for good measure.

whoa whoa whoa, this is fucking scary.

I’ve had men do this on multiple occasions and take my hand and put it on their dicks. It is 100% assault. the fact there’s a dude trying to fucking promote that sort of shit is disgusting

like wow this is

fuck that shit i can’t even describe how scary and sickening it is to see this. wow.

excuse me hi this is gross.

So if men grabbing my hand despite my protest and put it on their gross as sin dicks as a sign of dominance…

… that must mean me lighting their genitals on fire must be a sign of UTTER dominance. After all, who cares if they say ‘no’! You’re dominant! That’s hot.

Please kill this now, guys. Seriously. REPORT IT.

brynjolfs-protege:

AMANDA DON’T FORGET

MALE VOICE 3

sex moans

good night

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I’ll make you all da cupcakes Tina.

When are you back in KL? :3

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dingraha:

please watch this video please watch this video please watch this video please watch this entire fucking god damn video

this is the most illegal thing i’ve seen in the entire history of wrestling

hush-hush-antitime:

daisyloveletters replied to your post: i can’t drink soda cold. but especially not ginger…

Well, I can only drink soda when it’s flat. Otherwise I just get all weepy and whiney ; A;

I like it slightly between flat and bubbly, I’m glad to know I’m not the only one that isn’t like “soda is only good cold/so bubbly it stings your soul.” I also really can’t drink dark sodas at all. they made me sick. sprite and ginger ale and bizzare natural fruit sodas are my favorites (raspberry and such, I used to love generic orange or grape sodas but my tolerance for sugar has gone way down)

Likewise. I can’t drink the super sweet stuff, and if I had to drink dark sodas it has to be of the light/diet variety because dang yo I don’t need that much sugar inside me.

The most exciting I get is like, club soda and orange juice like that’s the perfect ‘bubbly drink’ for me.

karengills:

Anonymously tell me your honest opinion about me. I can’t reply, just post it.

fuckyeahvikingsandcelts:

Pontoise, April 2013 - Fous d’Histoire by iamthewoodendoors on Flickr.

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miss-milk:

Are we just pretending this didn’t happen or something?

My kind of idol Nigella Lawson and her vile creature of a husband publically choking her in rage has made me so fucking angry right now. I mean i know no facts, but look at her fucking face as she walks away! but what makes my rage boil even hotter is that now people are slating her for being a coward and not standing up against domestic violence. Sorry, WHAT? She is being attacked for being attacked. Now how the fuck does that work. ANd it’s clear from the first picture its abusive and controlling all of the time not just in this very public incident. I love you Nigella.

I feel for her, but she needs to grow some balls and tell this douche to pound sand

Shut up. shut up forever.

Holy shit fuck off forever

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT??? NO.

YOU CANNOT JUST UP AND TELL AN ABUSIVE PERSON TO POUND SAND.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DO? 

THEY ABUSE YOU EVEN MORE.

WOMEN IN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS FEAR THAT THEY MIGHT GET KILLED EVEN IF THEY SO MUCH ASK FOR A BREAK UP OR MOVE AWAY. IF SHE HAD FOUGHT BACK HE WOULD’VE ONLY REACTED MORE VIOLENTLY. HE PROBABLY WOULD’VE SERIOUSLY HURT HER OR HAVE SENT HER TO THE HOSPITAL.

WHEN YOU ARE IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY POWER WHAT SO EVER. YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO PICK YOUR BATTLES AND PICK THEM WISELY.

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justnodandsmile:

thecakebar:

Birthday Cake Shots

YES PLEASE

Give. Me. Now.

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rdreamwalker:

asilookatthemoon:

The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog.

I feel like I’ve been preparing for this image all my life.

The internet is over, everyone can go home

It’s just as beautiful as I always imagined.

My life is complete.

Life is over as we know it

That’s it, we’re done here.

(Source: theamericankid)