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Instead of working on things like photographs, I ended up writing an email to the detective on the flier concerning the dangers of pedobear. Hey, let’s make it an open letter!

Detective Jones,

I came across an article on the website Gawker about the notice given out concerning the Pedobear Meme. As a frequenter of the internet and all its lame jokes, I wish to explain the gist and usage of Pedobear in case the posted flier is real.

The dumpster of all things internet-insane, 4chan, has a way of policing itself. As zany as the website and its users may be, they have common rules about right and wrong. Pedophilia is one of those things labeled wrong.  4chan procured this cartoon figure from the obscure and slowly made its way into mainstream internet culture. Pedobear is typically used to call out a person as taking a joke about pedophilia too far. The character has even been seen on billboards in Malta, commenting on how badly the Catholic Church as a whole was handling the pedophile issue by not firing the men accused of molestation.

The pedobear joke has been around long enough that people now wear watches with his face on it. His character’s absurdity has led his appearance to be funny rather than menacing. Wearing his image on a t-shirt is equivalent to wearing a t-shirt with Hello Kitty, who is pretty creepy-cute when you think about how she doesn’t have any eyebrows or a mouth.

While I agree that joking about something like pedophilia is a rather dark humor, generally people who use the pedobear image do not support the practice of sexually abusing children and are actually against it. Using the bear’s image is typically a social bullying technique to get the offending user to stop a poor joke or as a way to point out the absurdity of a situation. Pedobear is more of a mocking label of bad things rather than an obvious badge used by child-seeking predators.  I am more concerned with those people who participate in chat groups designed specifically for men and women who actually do want to engage in sexual activities and who go into chat groups to prey on young people. They tend to be a bit sneakier.

Thank you for your time and good luck catching the bad guys,
Stephanie Haddad

PS: I don’t want you to think you’re getting any viruses from the links. They’re legit sites! It’s more fluid to put the link into the words rather than having the giant url written out. All the links from my message above are listed here.

Gawker story: http://gawker.com/5636011/stupid-california-police-warn-parents-of-pedobear-the-pedophile-mascot?skyline=true&s=i
pedobear in Malta: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/12/pedobears-pope-billboard_n_534106.html
4chan: http://www.4chan.org/faq
the pedobear store: http://www.pedobearstore.com/
hello kitty toilet seat cover and more: http://inventorspot.com/articles/hello_kitty_toilet_set_adds_cute_your_commode_23978
pedobear.org and their latest tshirt: http://www.pedobear.org/
pedobear pointing out the hypersexualization of teenybopper singers: http://i28.tinypic.com/2rfu6g2.jpg

I will be going through my pictures and will soon update my sites. yeeha.

It’s happened. I’ve been gifted a Mac product.

I’m not denying this is a pretty piece of hardware. It’s sleek and has been designed to handle images and music in the most awesome way possible. Its top-of-the-line inner things maximize the battery life. The part I loathe is that all the cool stuff costs money and there are no USB or firewire ports. The only way into that thing other than the magical one little dock/port/soul suck thing under the home button is… i can’t find a way, nor a way to easily go “back,” and the wireless picker-upper isn’t as powerful as my laptop’s.

With this all in mind, I’m going to do my damnedest to make use of this giant iPhone that can’t make calls. Somehow this iTouch without a camera will become part of the business side of Haddadadad. My aunt meant well when giving me this really really nice and trendy computer screen, and I should use it. There’s bound to be good uses photography-wise.

I’m all for paying for quality programs that help me actually do something useful, like a Photoshop dealy or a music editor with tons of options. Paying for instant messengers, RSS readers, most games, and photo trinkets are not on my list. The only free multi-platform messengers are made for iPhones for now.

Palringo shows up tiny on the screen. It’s kind of adorable and sad and annoying at the same time. The important thing for now is the application works! Woohoo! Communication.

I still can’t find my battery charger.

It’s just how they are………..

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Here’s The Daily Show talking with coach Don “Moose” Lewis on his proposed all-white men basketball league. Moose, based in Georgia, believes that with people from other countries and other colored skin, white guys aren’t getting enough play because the others are better than them. And that’s bad.

Kudos to the kid with a strong enough disposition to not go ballistic on the coach when he’s accused of stealing.

Whites-Only Basketball Promoter Still Not A Racist (But Really Is) [Multiculturalism] deadspin

(3:26:13 PM) SJ: i think i need to tape my fingers together!
(3:26:18 PM) SJ: but idk where i put the tape
(3:26:22 PM) SJ: wait i remember but then i can’t type
(3:26:24 PM) SJ: hmmm
(3:26:26 PM) SJ: HMMMM
(3:26:31 PM) MACHELLLE: DILEMMMAAA
(3:26:33 PM) MACHELLLE: type wif one hand?
(3:26:42 PM) SJ: noooooooo that takes forever
(3:26:48 PM) SJ: HOW WILL YOU SEE MY INFECTION
(3:26:51 PM) SJ: uh
(3:26:57 PM) SJ: INFLECTION*

(12:40:24 AM) KGB1: i pulled my quads while setting weights down on my birthday hahaha
(12:40:35 AM) KGB1: it was a present
(12:40:36 AM) smores: ouch, sweet ass birthday present
(12:40:37 AM) KGB1: to myself
(12:40:41 AM) smores: exactly
(12:40:47 AM) KGB1: but they are almost healed
(12:40:50 AM) KGB1: ummmm how to explain
(12:41:02 AM) KGB1: you know how you can do squats with dumbells at your sides
(12:41:08 AM) smores: yes
(12:41:10 AM) KGB1: i usually do that wit h30s
(12:41:26 AM) KGB1: but i had 40 lb ones to do calf raises
(12:41:37 AM) smores: oo
(12:41:52 AM) KGB1s: my watch kept beign bumped while i was doing the reps so i went to set the weights down so i essentially did the negative motion of the squat
(12:42:07 AM) KGB1s: but i did it way too fast adn didn’t bend my knees right
(12:42:14 AM) KGB1s: so the outer sides of my quads went NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
(12:42:28 AM) smores: should have screamed, “MOTHER OF GOD!”
(12:42:33 AM) KGB1: i knowww
(12:42:40 AM) KGB1: i sort of yelled AAHHHHHHHOOOOWWWW
(12:42:42 AM) KGB1: sort of.
(12:42:44 AM) KGB1: in a gym
(12:42:57 AM) smores: so no one really knew you pulled anything
(12:43:02 AM) KGB1: not at all.
(12:43:03 AM) smores: just thought you were really workin hard

Kris Letang Tyler Kennedy get a humility check while the news people get giggly and starstruck.

PART ONE: ZEE WEATHAIR IZ AWKWAARD, NON?

PART ATWO: FOURTEEN DAY WEATHAIR REPORT IN TRENDS

ohhhhh you guys.

sid + cup = bffs

Kris Letang And Tyler Kennedy Do The Weather psamp
pic from deadspin

it’s a sibling thing. fail dog

On December 12th at the Russo house in Bethlehem Township of Pennsylvania, Steve Russo relayed fun sex stories while sipping on vodka at his 17-year-old’s party. For high schoolers. The high school aged party-goers received both the stories and the drinks, and photographic evidence of the social hijinks were found on Facebook. By the cheerleading squad’s coach. Ouch. Guess he won’t be bartending any more sweet parties in Scranton.

Turns out a few members of the school’s squad were present at the party and were encouraged to dance on a “stripper” pole. Too bad they were 14-16 years old. too bad the father was encouraging them to get on the pole and take their tops off.

Russo was charged with furnishing alcohol to Freedom High School students after he allowed his 17-year-old son to host a party at his home on Dec. 12, police said. He coaxed girls wearing cheerleader outfits to dance around the stripper pole in his basement, police said.

He is charged with nine counts of endangering the welfare of children, eight counts of furnishing alcohol to minors and nine counts of corruption of minors in connection with the party. lehigh valley

The story started circulating at the end of February. The latest: Russo tried to kill himself and his four-year-old in his garage with car exhaust after texting his girlfriend that it was all her fault. The kid’s grandfather found them before they died… Russo isn’t allowed near the kid anymore.

Dad Who Hosted Cheerleader Stripping Party Tries To Kill Himself And His Son deadspin
It’s All Fun And Games Until Your Cheerleader Stripper Pole Photos Show Up On Facebook (With Update) deadspin
Steven Russo, 36, accused of hosting teen drinking parties, encouraging pole dancing lehigh valley live
Cheerleader Stripper Pole Dad Steven Russo Tries To Kill Self, 4-Year-Old Son busted coverage

It’s not sexual, you dirty-minded weirdo.

It’s a fish de-boner! “My wife will like that!”