For Your Consideration: Jonathan Kos-Read Is A Turd

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When I was younger and had hope, “The Cask of Amontillado” was my favorite story, mainly because readers are never given a clue as to the offense committed by Fortunato to warrant such hatred. Similarly, I shall not mention the offense committed by Jonathan Kos-Read to merit the proceeding onslaught. However, I will endeavor to be as professional as possible. Now, here is a doctored photo of him at the entrance to Birkenau, taken from a folder on my desktop entitled DIE JONATHAN DIE.

The PRC’s “Human Rights Record Of The United States In 2011” Explained

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Last Friday, the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China published a report called The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2011. It was in response to the US State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011, which featured information on about 200 countries, China included. China's report, published on Xinhua, et al., was about 8,000 words. We read it so you don't have to -- and brought in TAR Nation to explain what it all means.

An Unfortunate, Fantastic Choice Of Typography

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Via Reddit, here’s a movie poster for a Chinese rom-com called Love in the Buff, a sequel to Love in a Puff. While we eagerly await its sequel, Red-Bean Duff: Steamed-Bun Love, let us pause a second to muse over the brilliance of the lavender-pink font. It’s just so right, and full of spunk, encapsulating the... Read more »

Viral Video Of The Day: Hamster Plays Dead When “Shot” By Owner [UPDATE]

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Here's video of a hamster that plays dead when his owner pretends to shoot him with his finger. The video was posted on Sina only yesterday at 11 am, but it's already received nearly 372,000 views there, not to mention 5,127 forwards on the Sina Weibo page of @YouTube萌宠 as of this moment. Netizens have dubbed the hamster the "ying di" -- literally, "emperor of film," but really meaning simply "Best Actor."

Here’s How One Prominent Chinese Website Chose To Censor Boobs

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We just gave you our take on Topless New York, a Kickstarter Project that (desperately) needs your help. Now we’d like to un-ironically inform you that while America doesn’t seem to give a left tit about boobs in public — there’s risk of overexposure, kind of like having candy corn every week instead of just... Read more »

Mid-Week Links: Sina Weibo pushes censorship onto users, a Good Samaritan is saved by surveillance tape, and be better, foreigners

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An accident that killed eight people on Monday afternoon, via NetEase There’s a “Beijing Creatives” meeting happening right now at Great Leap Brewing, winner of the “Place in Which You’re Most Likely to Hear the Phrase ‘You’ve Probably Never Heard of Them’” award in the BJC Bar and Club Awards. Go check it out and show... Read more »