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Do Politicians Dream Of Electric Sheep?

 
 
moriarty
19:10 / 08.09.03
TW: You’re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, Angela, it’s crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back, Angela. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that, Angela?

AA: That would never happen. I wouldn’t turn it over in the first place, and the thing with it being in pain is out of the question. Let me ask you, John, how does this fit in to the bigger picture when you ask me about the dying tortoise and the dead butterflies?


Six canidates for mayor in the upcoming election in San Franciso are tested to see if they are Replicants (nicked from Krew via Boing Boing).

I think this is the standard upon which all interviews should be conducted. Can you imagine going in for a job interview and being asked these questions?
 
 
grant
19:18 / 08.09.03
Yes.

Before I hit the link -- did any of the subjects get it?
 
 
Panic
19:36 / 08.09.03
did any of the subjects get it?

Yes. One.

My favorite exchange was;

"Calfskin. I don't know what that is."

"Do you know what a cow is, Matt?"



I'll grant it's no"C-beams glittering in the dark at the Tannhauser Gate blah blah lost like tears in rain blah blah time to die blah" but it's got it's own absurd charm.
 
 
sleazenation
20:18 / 08.09.03
now all we need are dogs sniffing the californian candidates to see if they are merciless killing machines from the future seeking to influence the course of humanity...
 
 
gridley
20:43 / 08.09.03
That's brilliant.

The Wave is the same magazine that snatched up website wonder Seanbaby. Check out his archives at the Wave for his hilarious view of the world. Or check out his analysis of the superfriends at www.seanbaby.com.
 
  
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