Hipsters in Space

So, this is old, but good.
Commence non-committal dancing! Space hipsters, whatever!



I mostly enjoy that their space ship is a shoe

Happy 4/20! Prepare to have your 'mellow' harshed

Happy 4/20 everyone! Can you smell the Hippies?

As a reformed Hippy myself, I have great insight on their world and feel obligated to critique the culture.

What a strange holiday April 20th is. On 4/20 you are supposed to break the law with all of your friends, but as far as I can tell there is no real reason to do it. There is a lot of speculation about where the date's importance comes from, but no one really knows and I don't think anyone really cares. Wikipedia claims that the date and time originated with some high schoolers who would smoke after getting out of detention at 4:20 every day, but I've heard plenty of other ones involving Hitler's birthday and other even more outlandish origins.

Do Hippies really even need an excuse to smoke some grass? No, no they don't. As protest I am making a point of not smoking grass and telling anyone who asks me to that this is a dumb holiday. 4/20 is similar to Christmas and Easter, maybe it meant something to someone at some point, but now its just a reason for misguided idealists to embrace consumerism. While you may not want to hear this, dealing drugs is a business just like the Frito-Lay Corporation, the company that sells Funyuns and other such popular stoner snacks. Way to break the mold, kids.

Video Games

Have you ever wondered how the video games of the 1980s were spawned?
Prepare to find out.

Video Game Pitch Meeting (1979) -- powered by Cracked.com

Were the video games of our youth carrying hidden messages? I remember Mario, the game in which you eat mushrooms, (styled after a poisonous type of hallucinogens) collect shiny coins, (presumably to buy coke) collect trippy stars and flowers that make you harder to kill, and jump on the heads of goombas, (maybe a derogatory term for Italians?) different types of reptilian creatures, sometimes with wings, various other creatures and items.
Really, take a look
I think cracked.com might've not been very far off the point.