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Nihilism
FOUND by Alison Kranz
in Berkeley, California
I work at the UC Berkeley engineering library and one of my tasks is to sort through and condense the suggestions provided for improving classes taught by librarians. Each student is asked to answer the same questions:
1. What was the most important thing you learned?
and
2. What are any questions or suggestions you may have?
Among the endlessly boring and repetitive lists of questions I found these replies very refreshing.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
cold, hard, dirty truth
Who knew Billy Preston aspired to be an engineer before he took up electric piano?
speaking of nothing- Britney Spears is on the Biography right now. Riveting. Gotta go.
channel. Biography channel. I hate when that happens
What do you think about those American Apparel ads? It must be hard to get poopstains out of those "high-wasted" shorts.
Is both a period and a parenthesis needed after the numbers? Pick one or the other.
Stop, I'm glad someone finally mentioned the ads. The clothes (pictured) look uncomfortable and unforgiving. They'd show everything. Those dresses on the side? No way I could pull those off.
And I'd be worried about the poopstains if I were you... :)
My high school algebra teacher always dotted and parenthesized (yes now a verb) her numbered lists. I never understood it. And it is true, those ads are kinda silly. They look like the kind of clothes that would only work for an anorexic teenager and only before the first wash.
Please support Found Magazine by shopping their sponsors! You know you love American Apparel. Manifest your love in a pair of high waisted, (poopstained? what?) shorts.
I hate those ads, too. The thing is, I think the clothes would look fine if some underwear was involved.
american apparel is a good company though... they sew all the clothing in los angeles rather than make children in sweatshops do it.
I take it who ever wrote that was just wasting thier time, how sad for them. Found in a suggestion box?
I'm sorry but I'm a bit mystified re: these shorts ads. What shorts ads? I don't see any. Could anyone clarify? Ta very much.
I thought these ads looked like something from the past. Maybe the 80's? 70's? I guess it is true that everything comes back in style? Are these in style? I do think it is awesome that they are actually made in the US though. I would maybe buy some if the weight limit wasn't 92 pounds. Well that and if they wern't so ugly...
Yeah, and in most of the photos, most of the models are at least partially decapitated. Ick.
Apathetic responses are always refreshing... as a former teacher, I would occasionally have students answer questions like this.
...This site has ads?
Hohoho, I've been blessed by the internet fairy.
if you click on the ad and go to their site, it looks sort of like a stripper store. i mean, do regular people actually wear shorts that don't actually cover the one thing they were designed to cover?
What's the difference between ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care.
Punctuation cops got *nothing* better to do. Those shorts are ugly! Hehe, you said poopstain.
I have nothing to comment.
Nothing.
This is the list of Christmas gifts I've bought so far.
Hmmmm...maybe I should shop at American Apparel. Or perhaps print their catalog as a gift to my teenage sons....
Basil! hahahahaha! I'm so easily amused.
The American Apparel clothing is just as hideous in person... I've seen it. Unless you're interested in some sparkly stretch pants, or a unitard. In that case, you're in luck.
1. My opinions don’t really matter, but are, in fact, boring and repetitive.
2. Why are two uncommunicative responses refreshing?
T... how about, the responses are refreshing in the lack of BS that people usually respond with.
Nothing from nothing leaves nothing. You gotta have something.
I click the ads to support the site, but I think the clothes are boring and overpriced. If I pay $20 for a tank top, it needs to look like I paid $20 for it.
I've just found them and my word I wish I hadn't. Knickers that go up your bum! They're as bad as tangas.
I think that girls who wear them just like the feeling of something up their bum - it gets them going. I'm not one of those girls, incidentally.
No kidding Terry is so funny, I want my T's to have substance. The material is so thin and shitty. What up wit dat?
I don't like american apparel. What is the other one? With the funky jewelry? I like the styles if they weren't too expensive. The chinese takeout box earrings are my fav.
3.) everything.
4.) oh yeah...yo mama too.
Suggestion for a new sponsor:
www.zubaz.com
They're Back!!
I had to fire up Internet Explorer (which I never use) just to see what you guys were talking about.
Zubaz rock! Way better. I don't get thin T-shirt either. So cheap.
No comment is a comment. (George Carlson) I'de love to take the credit, but that wouldn't be right.
Haven't heard from egg1234 in a while. American Apparel looks like hooker clothes. Kinda like shopping at 5,7,9.
i like it when a previous found 'regular' comes back.. of course, i always like it when they comment all the time, rather than go and come back... oh i dont know.. good to see you again, eggs1234.
Of course, there are some i could do without.
That is so Zen.
(The find and his love of it - NOT the Am App clothes!)
Supposedly, every subject can be summed down to just two things that are important to understanding it.
http://www.csun.edu/~dgw61315/thetwothings.htm
BTW what is up with Zubaz? It looks like they only sell the one style of pants but in different colors.
If you live in Oklahoma, this could easily be the answers to a PSO questionnaire:
1. What happens when you turn on the lights?
2. What do you have in your refrigerator?
3. What's on your back porch? Beer, hotdogs and cheese.
Hi eggs4077.
Hahaha! Pepper, I used to shop at 5,7,9 in high school.
Fy dolla me love you long time.
Nadine, zubaz were an 80s thing that were subsequently made fun of and now may be "back". See MC Hammer. Actually they do look really comfy :-O
Thanks Marie. In the eighties I was a little more into the Ramones and converse hightops crowd I guess. They look like something David Lee Roth would wear.
I worked for a department store for a little while. We had a suggestion box that we read 5 suggestions from on Sundays before we opened. It was my job to go through them on Saturday night and remove the "vulgar" ones; or ones that hit on issues the store chose to ignore. Such as seniority issues and people getting days off that screwed other people over. On my last day, (that I made sure ended on a Sunday) I left only 5 suggestions in the box....along with one I wrote personally. The manager was half was through reading it before she saw where it was going and had no choice but to finish reading it and give an answer. It was great. :-)
Fuck you mona.
Pepp you remind me of this.
http://www.proft.org/tips/evil.html
actually, pepper, i was talking about those uber grammar/spelling nerds, who insist on correcting the really obscure errors.
you grow on me.
Night! you want to print the catalogs for your sons?! HILARIOUS! I squeaked a little when i read that, much as i would if my own mother had suggested it!:-))) thanks for making me squeak!
Talk shit to me baby I love it.
"Never violate the sacredness of your individual self respect."
B-O-R-I-N-G...find.
i never understood how emaciation became sexy. give me a woman with some meat on her! i don't want to be afraid she might break! same goes for the guys.
notmy fave found - but hey, thought i'd throw my name out there since eggs7890 did. ;-)
ok - i actually went to the amercan app. website and can't stop laughing. literally. gold lame' suspender swimsuit??!! i'm still laughing as i type. short-alls? all of what?? your nipples?
LMFAO
I noticed the AA ads before today only because they spell "waisted" incorrectly. Are they implying that you must be both "high" and "wasted" to enjoy their pants??? Because if so, I think i'm out of luck.
Speaking of the grammar/spelling nerds, I'm surpised nobody's picked up on the fact that the American Apparel ad misspells their own product. (Wasted should be Waisted)
...unless they're referring to the fact that the part of the shorts that go clear up to your chest is "wasted".
Sorry Wendy, you totally posted that while I was writing mine. Good eye.
Manda, I didn't see the swimsuit, but the lame' tights blew me away. Who wears that? Oh yea HOOKERS.
Did you see AA's selected books for sale? It's this supposedly cool stuff from Vice magazine. Whatever.
Here is that link to the gold lame suspender bathing suit.
It is a crime of fashion.
http://store.americanapparel.net/rsac307.html
At first I thought today's post was a teenager's to-do list.
Is it mae or do all the girls in the American Apparel ads look like hookers who just got hauled in for their mug shots? Ugly girls with bad hair and make up, tacky clothes, bad lighting, white back ground...it looks like a still from America's Most Wanted or something!
How much money do you have?
What are you doing?
What's your problem?
If you had a million dollars what would you buy first?
What would you like for Christmas?
What would you do if your mother was about to be shot by a robber?
What would you say to your father if you had just strapped him into a chair, gagged him, and were holding a gun to his head?
I bet someone at American Appearal is getting a high wasted boner over the number of web hits Found is providing.
If they can spell it wasted, I can spell it Appearal.......
I would love to meet this person. Genius!
Since the nature of this find somewhat limits conversation I'd like to ask a couple questions:
Do any of you know each other or have you just been posting here long enough that it seems like you do? Also, is there more than one 'Pepper'?
Hey guys, be nice to mona. She's a great gal.
thanks sarasara. youre a sweetheart. i mostly just ignore the haters..
curious kat, we're a dysfunctional family here at found. some people post lots, some people post occasionally, some people just come here to laugh at us, i'm sure.
Supposedly there is more than one pepper, one loves me, the other pretends to hate me. one's a girl, one's a boy. One had a 10 lb baby.
LOL @ Thunder.....hey, at least we got the pres. to declare a state of emergency.....President Bush cares about Oklahomans.
You eat hot dogs? eeewwwww.
For more entertainment, go through the customer comments on the gold lame suit. Here is just a sample:
"pia b. August 5, 2007
i love it! it honestly depends on how you wear this, but you can pull it off easy with a wifebeater and black shorts or tight-fitting jeans and a fedora or something. i wear it all the time, i love eeet.
Rated it: Five stars"
i'm still giggling. it looks a racy SNL skit from when they used to be good...
I go to Cal. Nice find. GO BEARS!
I buy all my clothes from American Apparel.
I wonder if Am. Ap. sells leather pants?
i'm loving the lame' suspender bathing suit. gotta order me one for the pool next summer! my kids will want to invite all their friends over!
Do people who wear AA ever wear undergarments?
Unfortunately, as refreshing as this "found" post was, the comments superseding it are exactly the opposite. How many pages can you people spend talking about pairs of shorts and other clothing articles? More insightful conversation about the actual found item, less about a clothing brand you dislike please.
Mona, I loves you!
I own that suspender lame' bathing suit. I wear it everyday!
They do, Stephanie. In fact, AA is most known FOR their undergarments. I own 20 or more pairs of their colorful underwear. I wouldn't really wear their actual clothes (they're kind of cheap and generic looking), but I love their underwear. I think the underwear is their most famous item.
i love you mona.
I hope the 'Pepper' that had a 10 lb baby was the girl 'Pepper.'
1.) What was interesting about this Find?
2.) What did anyone have to say about it?
Atually that's unfair. The interesting thing about the Find is the handwriting -- I'm not a graphologist but it looks very sinous and creative. I would guess the gappy 'g's and the elided 'i-n's signify someone who is impatient and not bothered about detail?
Sarasara, I would love to make you squeak.
Baby basil, that's brilliant. I shall bore people with that Q & A at every opportunity henceforth!
Stan in Line, great comment too.
Sure I click on links to ladies' clothing sites but I wouldn't admit to it!!
Was very puzzled by the 'lame suspenders' until I spotted the apostrophe standing in for an accent on 'lamé'. Ho ho.
There was a sketch on a very early UK TV satire show in the 1960s. A monk and a nun (Dudley Moore and Eleanor Bron, I think) sing:
'If you were the only girl in the world...'
'And you were the only boy...'
...
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...'Nothing'
You can get "organic" thongs..."sustainable editions" of butt floss? There's a better picture of the lame swimsuit there, as well.
http://store.americanapparel.net/women-intimat
KING LEAR
Now, our joy, although the last, not least; to whose young love the vines of France and milk of Burgundy strive to be interess'd; what can you say to draw a third more opulent than your sisters? Speak.
CORDELIA
Nothing, my lord.
KING LEAR
Nothing!
CORDELIA
Nothing.
KING LEAR
Nothing will come of nothing: speak again!
CORDELIA
Well, American Apparel has Organic Baby Rib Men's Briefs on sale for $8 a pair and Women's Nylon Spandex Micro-Mesh See-Through Low Slung Panties in Black, Lightning Blue and Nude for only $11.
KING LEAR
Now you're talking. Here, take my Platinum Plus MasterCard and surprise me.
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I think I know what it's like to be disappointed in the north pole, having lost my bearings on more than one occasion, but finds like this which transcend comment sometimes elicit treasures such as "I Warship Satin" and today's lively discussion of Loop Terry Teeny Shorts and such offered at self-satisfyingly low prices by this site's major sponsor.
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And besides, Nightingale's comment made Sarasara squeak. That made my whole day.
Dissapointed, you didn't comment on the find, you commented about people's comments, which seems to irritate you and therefore you are irritating also!
I like all the Peppers, except for one.
terrie-is-so-very said: "I click the ads to support the site".
Please don't do that. When you do that it makes the advertisers not make any money, and then they dry up and blow away. You're better off suggesting to the owners of this fine site to advertise something else! Besides, I wouldn't doubt if they make money only on purchases. At least, that'd be the smart way to go.
Anyways, I agree, the clothing is hideous. Oh the note? Ye, I've been known to do that (write "nothing") on occasion to these silly questionaires.
Who dots their I's like that?! And on the second "nothing ", do I detect that the T might have almost been an H? I think this was written by two people! The one has a comma after it and the 2 has a period after it. Creepy! Haa, just kidding!
How I only wish that was my to-do list !!!!
Jonathan in lame, my favorite, check out this site. Very interesting. You to mona, i guess.
http://www.quantumenterprises.co.uk/graphonomi
monday, nothing. tuesday, nothing. wednesday and thursday, nothing. friday for a change, a little more nothing. saturday, sunday, nothing.
i do love that song. and i think these are the most reasonable answers for a feedback survey i've ever read. what's most important? nothing- either it's all important or it's all the same to me. what could improve? nothing- either you suck without hope or you're doing just peachy keen.
love it.
Lady Brandy, I'd sure love to know what that comment, written by you, said!!
Midlife: Brilliant King Lear! Brilliant!
jonathan, midlife, happy to oblige.
J in gle bells, shotgun shells-
I hope you understand the irony of your response. :\
Also, I think that the correct way to make a list is with a period and parenthesis, but I could be wrong. Did anyone learn a "right way" to number a list during their years of schooling? I always thought that 1.) is the correct way... and more pressing an issue: how old was the student who submitted this? His Ns, if they're intended to be uppercase, (which I think they are, seeing as his other Ns appear to be lowercase) are backwards...
Well Lil Ol' Me: My suggestion was..."When prom comes around for the local highschools, the girls(and some guys) going that work here should get the standard ONE day off insted of THREE, thus taking days off away from people that have been here for years." The little preppy bitches that worked there wanted (and usually recieved) three days off. Day before prom, day of, and the day after. The day before was to get nails done, pedicures, spray tans, ect..... day of was for the dance itself and the "after parties", and the day after was to sleep off the hang overs. NOT FAIR! The older women that worked there usually ended up haveing to work 9 days strait at that time due to it. It was BULLSHIT. I went to prom. I worked the day before AND the day after. Pissed me off. After the index card being read, all the women that wern't in highschool clapped and agreed loudly. All the young girls gave the usually scoffs and "oh come on!" comments. I quit in March. Prom was in May. Funny, how I went to the store dayafter MY old highschool's prom and there were alot of chicks in the juniors department looking tired and nauseated. HA!
TotallyMe,
I have now way to know if a website gets paid per click or per completed purchase (unless they state it). If I don't click on the ad, how will I know if I wish to purchase something?
That would be "no way"
Salt in the wound. Sea salt, rock salt, bike salt, popcorn salt. Salt salt salt. Now we're even, pepper. (haha)
Salt! You forgot road salt! Or are rock salt and road salt the same thing? Oooo, here's one. Kosher salt.
margarita salt, salt pork, sweat salt, salt of the Earth, watermelon salt, salt free.
Salt lick, Johnny salt, dirty old salt
salty attitude.
I think American Apparel is an on-line dating agency, for wannabee hot babes called Loop Terry Zip Jogger, Baby Rib Bum Bottom Panty, Mesh Boy Brief, Loop Terry Teeny Short, and California Fleece Pant.
At least one of these girls has a very strangely shaped ass (R Crumb would call them ‘bean bodies’ I think).
AUT TACERE AUT LOQUERE MELIORA SILENTIO.
...'If you have nothing worth saying, say nothing.'
So who gets to calculate what's "worthy" of being said, and what is not? You, Salvator?
I call the name loop terry teeny short!
I claim Baby Rib Bum Bottom Panty!
Literally 'Either be silent or say things that are better than silence'. But the translation with two 'nothings' seemed relevant to the Find.
If you've seen the look in his eyes in the National Gallery self-portrait you ain't gonna mess with him. He decides what's better than silence, OK? So just shaddap and looka da pictures.
Salvator, a man way ahead of his time.....
Hey, Frozen Fargo!
Go Bison!
Sioux su -- well, you know!
Thanks for the Salvator Rosa quote. The self-portrait is riveting! I was hoping it might be in "our" National Gallery instead of "The" National Gallery in London. Oh well, another good excuse to go to Britain one day.
Signor Midife, you will be most welcome. Jonathan and I will be waiting on the steps of the National Gallery with a cup of steaming hot sweet tea (or warm flat English beer, according to season).
PS -- I know not this 'California' whereof you speak.
Your sobriquet 'Midlife' I presume is a quotation from our beloved Dante:
Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
ché la diritta via era smarrita.
...a crisis of midlife indeed!
Salve atque felicitatio,
Salvator.
Yet another example of why student evaluations are a useless process. What a waste of paper and time.