AI6YR Ben
This pesticide advertising display seems entirely too cheerful about spraying toxic chemicals around your home..🤔😡
Jun 2 at 12:30amWeb
Show threadKate RobertsJun 2
@ai6yr “there are endless possibilities” also reads a bit like a threat
Show threadDaniSueJun 2
Do it yourself pesticide is the crap that we fight every day.
Show threadSheldonJun 2
@ai6yr Where is that?
Show threadAI6YR BenJun 2
@sysop408 Honolulu
Show threadFrank BennettJun 2
@ai6yr @sysop408 >whew<
When I read the Japanese, I was horrified that this might be a store over here—not that our home centers are at all reticent about putting jugs of garden poison in the impulse-purchase shelves next to check-out.
Show threadAI6YR BenJun 2
@fgbjr @sysop408 LOL everything in Hawaii is both Japanese and English, for the most part. Although, it feels to me like the Japanese tourists were most certainly avoiding Honolulu last week, I suspect no one REALLY wants to deal with way the US is treating international visitors/possibility of being thrown randomly into prison or trucked to El Salvador.
Show threadFrank BennettJun 2
@ai6yr @sysop408 Cycling around, I've come across two Hawai'ian themed cafes. I'll ask, "oh, is the owner from Hawai'i?" and the answer will be "no, he just likes Hawai'ian things." Playboy golfers and surfers. Here was the luncheon special at one of them. Authentic ethnic cuisine from the hand of a dedicated restauranteur.
Show threadAI6YR BenJun 2
@fgbjr @sysop408 Hmm, that looks like "attempted loco moco". Not authentic because NOT ENOUGH GRAVY! (and no Macaroni salad) 🤪 And needs double the amount of rice and the egg has to be running all over everything.
Show threadFrank BennettJun 2
@ai6yr @sysop408 Without experience of the original, it just looked kind of mournful. 😟 But (just in case you geolocate the spot!) on the same small island there are also truly wonderful owner/operator cafes with warm atmosphere and good food.
Show threadAI6YR BenJun 2
@fgbjr @sysop408 LOL The Hawaiian way is lots of gravy, lots of food, more mayo than you ever want to eat... 🤔 That most certainly looks like a Japanese interpretation of Hawaiian food, much like I imagine quite a bit of Japanese food here is an American interpretation of Japanese food.
Show threadme_valentijnJun 2

@fgbjr @ai6yr @sysop408
... are those steamed vegetables? On a Loco Moco?!? And the mayo would normally be part of the absurdly large side of macaroni salad. Why is that rice so sad and white with no gravy to cover it? 😭

Loco moco is all about rich and creamy excess over cheap starchy excess.
https://tenor.com/view/uncle-roger-haiyaa-gif-10362845697691341895

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Show threadFrank BennettJun 2
@me_valentijn @ai6yr @sysop408 Lotus root, sweet potato, carrot slices, probably zapped in a microwave—the place was pretty minimalistic on the kitchen side. (An hour later I found that my fave lunch spot was open, and I had a second larger more delicious and more nutritious meal for a little less.)
Show threadAI6YR BenJun 2
@fgbjr @me_valentijn @sysop408 LOL the silverware at Japanese restaurants is so fun.
Show threadSheldonJun 2
@fgbjr @ai6yr ok now I’m noticing the other signs. They’re a little too excited about their extension cords too. I’ll be bitterly disappointed if those are not the most amazing cords ever with how hard they’re going.
Show threadChunshek Jun 2
@ai6yr
Interesting mix of languages… Japanese on the red and yellow signs. Simplified Chinese on the green sign.
Show threadd.riftJun 2
@ai6yr I find most people are too cheerful about spraying toxic chemicals around their homes...
Show threadPaul_IPv6Jun 2

@ai6yr

we all have hobbies we enjoy...

🎶 All the world is in tune on a spring afternoon,
as we're poisoning pigeons in the park.
And maybe we'll do in a squirrel or two,
as we're poisoning pigeons in the park. 🎶

Show threadAI6YR BenJun 2
@paul_ipv6 LOL is that a real song?
Show threadPaul_IPv6Jun 2

@ai6yr

tom lehrer:

https://genius.com/Tom-lehrer-poisoning-pigeons-in-the-park-lyrics

Show threadAI6YR BenJun 2
@paul_ipv6 Now I REALLY wonder what he's doing in there.
Show threadRoad KrillJun 2

@ai6yr @paul_ipv6

Oh, you haven’t lived if you’re unfamiliar with Tom Lehrer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuMLpdnOjY

Tom Lehrer - Poisoning Pigeons In The Park

YouTube
Show threadChris SamuelJun 2
@road_krill @ai6yr @paul_ipv6 Oh indeed - he's got an excellent song about Werner Von Braun which pulls no punches, and of course this classic! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcS3NOQnsQM
Tom Lehrer - The Elements - LIVE FILM From Copenhagen in 1967

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Show threadKaren E. Lund 💙💛Jun 2

@road_krill @ai6yr @paul_ipv6 A college friend had his album. He apologized in advance to me (the only Catholic in the room) before playing this one, but I laughed harder than anyone else. Almost injured myself.

"Two, four, six, eight..."

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pvhYqeGp_Do

Tom Lehrer - The Vatican Rag - fabulous version - LIVE FILM From Copenhagen in 1967

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Show threadRichard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️Jun 2

@ai6yr

No doubt that display was at the DIY Poison Mall

Show threadSweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽Jun 2
@ai6yr
Poison is fun!
Show threadAI6YR BenJun 2
@NMBA Ouch
Show threadBroadforkJun 2
@ai6yr This is horrific.
Show threadJohn Francis 🦫🇨🇦🍁💪⬆️Jun 2

@ai6yr "DIY make your own organophosphate pesticide kit". A few bottles of precursors and catalysts.

You could make ATP! Or nerve gas! Or bug spray! Or fire retardant!

All depending on the temperatures, measurements, and exacting multi step procedures you executed, whether intended or not.

Show threadM.S. Bellows, Jr.Jun 2
@johnefrancis @ai6yr Okay but to be fair if people are going to be making their own vaccines and gender-affirming medicines etc., those are skills they're going to need to develop anyway.
Show threadJohn Francis 🦫🇨🇦🍁💪⬆️Jun 2
@msbellows @ai6yr "I self vaccinate...from life"
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Jun 2
@ai6yr "Our product kills pet dogs, Yayy!"