So there’s this site called We Are the Rising Tide.Com which has as its raison d’etre the idea that there really is an organization called S.H.I.E.L.D. that uses superheroes reputed to be fictional to save us from supervillains and other threats also believed to be fictional and that…well, hell, just CHECK IT OUT.
Best excuse explanation for intellectual property theft idea borrowing ever:
by Esther Inglis-ArkellWe know that people make up false memories if prompted. But since our brain never stops being a jerk, we can also convert real memories into things we believe we imagined. Cryptomnesia can strike via our own memories, or our memories of things that others tell us. One of the most famous cases of cryptomnesia destroyed the fantasy-writing career of Helen Keller.
Have you ever told people a joke that you’re sure that you made up – only to have someone point to a magazine or website where it was already published? It happens to a lot of people. Their mind registers a phrase or an event and keeps it around, but the provenance of the event is lost. After a sufficient amount of time, the event pops up in their brain, and they assume they made it up.
BROOKLYN NINE-NINE made me laugh too (even with Andy Samberg).
How do they look to you?
It’s a T-shirt. For $17.99. And you can get it:
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The news is all over the interwebs, and we’re carrying it for the same reason everybody else is – holy shit, it’s Ray Fucking Harryhausen! Stop-motion monster miracle man! A genuine, pre-interweb icon!
Harryhausen died in London today at the age of 92. Our condolences to his family and friends…and to the film world, which will miss him greatly.