Via Pharyngula
This is awesome on so many levels:
Like a Fiji Mermaid, only more dashing:
Complete with faithful on-the shoulder cephalopodic clam-eating side-kick, Poly (not Polly).
My google reader claims this was available on Cute Overload earlier today, but it’s gone now. That’s a cryin’ shame, because I think it’s the coolest thing they’ve posted in a long time (maybe ever?).
Looks like it originally came from BMEzine, which is way cooler than Cute Overload could ever hope to be.
I love surreal youtube animations. This one is no exception. Certainly, the fact that the children involved appear to be murderous little mutants doesn’t hurt :)
A surreal short film by Run Wrake presenting an allegory about human greed. Artistically, the film is modeled after early 20th Century children’s early readers. 8 minutes, 20 seconds long.
Via Neatorama
Via Consumerist, an example of fun advertising:
I assume that ‘ghost’ is a bit of a mistranslation- these seem more like the Japanese idea of spirits (a la Spirited Away.
No matter, I still think this is great fun. If American TV was this much fun, I might actually watch it sometime!
…are cute? Well, hamsters at least, are cute, so I suppose this won’t fit into my doubleplusuncute bucket.
I don’t know HOW you managed to capture your hamster’s ‘tocks so perfectly. I mean look at this specimen!
Should I tell them that those are not, in fact, “‘tocks”, but are rather testicles? It seems that other people saying as much in the comments are for the most part being ignored, so there’s really no point, I guess.
Besides, when I told them that one of their previous darlings likely had terrible birth defects they accused me of “Nuffing”. Do a browser find in the comments for ‘hydrocephaly’ and/or ’nuff’, if for some reason you are interested.
On the bright side, I guess any accidental hamster births (”But the pet store said they were both female!”) couldn’t happen to nicer people.
Via Neatorama, I normally hate monkeys and apes (too much like people) but I love this. Maybe it’s the old timey music, and maybe it’s the super surreal and cute subject matter. More likely, it’s because there’s a cat. I’m a sucker for cats.
That cat puts up with scrubbing really well. He and the chimp must be good friends! There must be something about felines and primates conducive to this sort of thing.
Further evidence:
Exhibit A, monkey and kitten:
Exhibit B, Koko and her kitten:
I think I might be onto something, here.