Apparently some people just don’t get it.  I’m sure there are gun-crazed weirdos everywhere, but man they sure seem to flock to the States for some reason.  I saw an article about a new trend for gun owners to openly carry their handguns as they go about their business.  Apparently in most states you can openly carry a gun (in a holster) as long as you have a permit for it.  Well, these rocket scientists decide that’s a great idea and have started to do just that.  Carrying guns when they drop their children off to school, into their bank, into stores, etc.  Their argument is summed up:

“What we’re trying to say is, ‘Hey, we’re normal people who carry guns,’ ” said Travis Deveraux, 36, of West Valley, a Salt Lake City suburb. Deveraux works for a credit card company and sometimes walks around town wearing a cowboy hat and packing a pistol in plain sight. “We want the public to understand it’s not just cops who can carry guns.”

Well, that’s true, criminals also carry guns.  And I’m not entirely certain I would call anybody who carries a gun around in any free society “normal”.

Forget about exercising any archaic rights that only made sense 200 years ago (bear protection, anyone?), do you really want to make the police’s job any harder?  These guys aren’t just carrying guns, they wear uniforms that make them targets for criminals.  I’m pretty sure I don’t want them to be jumpy around me and invite disaster.  I just love the mentality of these gun–tards:

“I’m not going to hide in the corner of a school and mall and wait for the shooting to stop,” he said.

No, I’m sure we all want not one socially maladjusted psycho shooting a gun in a public place, but two (or more).  The police have the training to respond to this sort of thing, not some beer soaked redneck squinting through last night’s hangover as he tries to focus.  As for me and mine, I would rather have an unarmed society that would respond to a glimpse of a gun tucked into a waistband, rather than a society so jaded and numb to the sight of weapons that any reaction to danger is too little too late, and with the CERTAINTY of more bloodshed.  There’s no reason to carry a weapon in a public place, none.  End of story.

The sad part is, although all of the evidence points towards just removing guns from the public landscape, these people just won’t change.  Do you think this grandmother thinks any differently about carrying guns around in public now?  That’s a lesson I never want to learn, myself.

Ok, so stay with me for a minute on this one.  First off, we have a perfect example of the insanity that currently pervades our society when it comes to airport security.  Not only can you not take (gasp!) toothpaste on the plane, you also can’t wear a T-shirt with a picture of a Transformer on it, if that Transformer is holding a gun.  Never mind that it’s a picture of a gun, a fictional cartoon character, and it’s a frigging shirt, people.  Thank goodness these people are there to keep us safe from any dangerous silkscreening.

From deadly t-shirts we move onto the incredible strangeness of the homeless woman in Tokyo who apparently moved into a man’s closet and LIVED THERE FOR A YEAR.  A year.  Two things come to mind here, the first of which is just how frigging roomy is this man’s closet?  I was always led to believe that Tokyo was a densely populated city, with space at a premium.  Perhaps they should consider reclaiming some closets to solve this space shortage.  Secondly, how clueless do you have to be to not notice the person living in your closet?  I mean sure there’s always the convenience factor that maybe you would overlook some things, like being able to just ask for the right shirt and have it handed to you in the morning.  But still, a whole year, that’s a serious case of weird.  Apparently he only noticed because of the missing food, not the extra toothbrush in the bathroom, extra laundry, and unexplained subscription to Closet Living magazine.  Not the most observant fella here.

From closets, clothing and deception we move onto more clothing, or more specifically clothing designed to deceive.  Apparently there is a certain demand for underpants that are padded to simulate assets that aren’t actually there.  Padded underpants, people.  Designed to make your butt look bigger.  Why?  Why?  Isn’t the whole point of exercise to actually reduce the size of that thing?  If yours is lacking in padding, isn’t that good?  I’m completely lost here as to the reasoning behind it (har har).  There are men’s and women’s sizes there, and interestingly there are only various sizes available for the men’s line.  Is it possible that these things are more popular with men?  I can’t imagine wearing it, it would feel like you had a diaper on I would think.  It’s a strange world folks.

From inexplicable butt enhancements to absolutely ridiculous body “enhancements” through the creative use of some of the “wonderful” chemicals available to us these days.  While some of the pictures shown are heavily photoshopped, some still come close enough to make you just shake your head, and wonder.

Thanks for staying with me on this, it helps to talk it out.

It seems that the best way to accessorize your new car is with a new gun, at least for a dealership in Missouri.  A handgun, to be specific.  What better way to participate in freeway gun-play than with something small that fits easily into the glovebox of your new ride?  Yep, that’s the kind of thinking we need more of, new innovative ways to encourage people to buy more guns, and let’s associate them with cars too.  That’s some smart thinkin’.  God Bless the USA.  Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.

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