we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MF DOOM next issue » « previous issue This Week: * RAND - Objectivist film reviews * AUSTERITY - as a board game * FRIENDS - all at the same time & place ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | "Ever notice our ___/ _ |/_ > Sponsor B3ta << Want this space? Then talk to us. http://b3ta.com/mailus/ ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK Crabs, dogs and >> Crab Vs Goby << "The struggles of my little hermit crab with a grumpy goby," writes stevierar. "I got a new camera, wanted to test it and am in a silly mood." http://www.b3ta.com/links/1261915/ >> Back to work dog << "Thought I'd let my dog describe the feeling, through the medium of 'dog'," groans DefyingDarwin http://www.b3ta.com/links/so_its_back_to_work >> A trip through Mandy comic, 1972 << Vintage comics specifically written for girls are an amazing way of looking back at social norms of the past. Who are the heroes? Who are the villains? Spoiler: Most of them are ponies. (Thanks to reviewer Ambegris) http://goo.gl/pCfH0h ------------------------------------------------- : USVSTH3M STUFF It's politics this week * The 13 best insults tweeted to Labour - what a brilliant new vote-winning strategy: pissing off the entire arts community! http://usvsth3m.com/post/the-13-best-insults-tweet... * Labour Party Press Team Tweet Generator - Need to rush our a weak-kneed rebuttal in a hurry? We've done the hard work for you. http://community.usvsth3m.com/generator/labour-par...# * Jeremy Hunt's Realistic A&E Crisis Simulator - How long can you last before YOU'RE privatised? http://games.usvsth3m.com/jeremy-hunts-realistic-a... * Austerity! The board game - it's a more realistic version of Monopoly. Download, print and play! http://usvsth3m.com/post/austerity-the-board-game ------------------------------------------------- : SITES IN BRIEF Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates >> How many days in a week? << Bodybuilders' guide to intellectual discussion and then it goes a bit downhill. http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php >> Nazi cows << The Independent runs a story completely indistinguishable from The Onion - still, amazing headline. http://goo.gl/rhGRqO >> After One Year Of Atheism... << Former Pastor: "I Don't Think God Exists"' http://www.npr.org/2014/12/27/373298310/after-year... >> Ayn Rand reviews films << "Bambi: The biggest and the strongest are the fittest to rule. This is the way things have always been — four stars." http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/ayn-ra... ------------------------------------------------- : BOOK REVIEW Double penis man writes a book Last year 'Double Dick Dude' was interviewed on Reddit about having two penises. This story went huge and now there's a book - promoted on The BBC and all sorts of mainstream media organisations. So we read it and erm... We have to wonder how many of these people *actually* read it. There's some pretty fierce stuff to cover on, say, BBC Newsbeat. Not saying it's not interesting or entertaining, it is, but it's also hardly safe sex. He talks about sex with over 1,000 people without using protection and spends a long time describing how he enjoyed giving a woman a prolapse by penetrating her cervix. Anyway, strong stuff. Oh, and the fisting, and resulting rectal prolapse. TLDR: Prolapse. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00R8A2HV... ------------------------------------------------- : VIDEO SCHMIDEO Like TV but, you know, with buttons * 10 hours of a zooming fractal video. Might be useful if you haven't discovered MDMA yet. http://youtu.be/u9VMfdG873E * Every episode of "Friends" sitcom - played all at once. On the same screen. Might be useful if you haven't discovered MDMA yet. http://youtu.be/6MbJi0xtnEA * Magnificent strutting on the USS Enterprise. http://www.b3ta.com/links/LETS_STRUT ------------------------------------------------ : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE Results from the 'Starfish' challenge Last week we asked for your images of Asteroidea. Your favourites included: * WWF: A cheeky Panda reversal (inexpressible) http://b3ta.com/board/11127239 * CENSORS: sparing our seaside blushes (monkeon) http://b3ta.com/board/11126486 * ERIC AND ERN: bringing the sunshine (Dead Pixels) http://b3ta.com/board/11126781 All these images, and a load more can be found here: http://b3ta.com/challenge/starfish/popular/ >> New challenge: Extract a character < This week we want you to remove someone from a famous album cover or movie poster and put them in a new and chucklesome situation. http://b3ta.com/challenge/extractcharacters/ ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? * Remember Dan Bull / B3tan Housewife? Turns out he's going through a really hard time at the moment. Get well soon, Dan! http://www.b3ta.com/links/1261979 ------------------------------------------------ : STAR IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE Make something cool and tell us about it. If you are in it then people will see your stuff. Things we'd really like to see include * MAKE SOME SEMIAQUATIC MAMMAL FIGURINES - give them away. Call it a 'pottery ottery lottery' * LENNON CHALLENGE - JOHN LENNON ONCE WANKED 9 TIMES IN ONE DAY - we nominate YOU to beat him and upload the film to youtube OR give 50p to Amnesty. * PAUL WELLER BIOGRAPHIES - maybe call it 'Jammy Git'. The second autobiography should be called "Weller Weller Weller Ooh Tell Me More" Send contributions via the mail form. http://www.b3ta.com/mailus/ BTW: If you've sent something in that hasn't been featured then don't be put off - we look at everything you send us. ------------------------------------------------- YAY: [email protected] NAY: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------- Follow @b3ta on Twitter and win a leopard: https://twitter.com/b3ta ------------------------------------------------- THANKS: This issue was written by Rob Manuel with David Stevenson. Stuff sent in by CharlieHebdo, A Rory Borealis, Mudface, tubaman, Jimbotfu, mr.dogshit & tubaman. Image challenge by Fraser Lewry. Mike Trinder is QOTW bloke. Top tip via Just a vagabond. ------------------------------------------------- TOP TIP: Ensure people know you support a political cause by updating your Facebook status. next issue » « previous issue Newsletter We run a free weekly B3TA email reporting on the coolest stuff on the net. _____________________ [ go ] -------------------- THIS WEEKS HEADLINES -------------------- * TYPE-IN MAGAZINE - LAUNCHED FOR YOUR FINGERS * AI SLOP - GET READY TO OINK FOR IT, PIGGIES * GET WELL SOON - WISHING WELL TO DAVE BAGPUSS READ LATEST ISSUE archive