North Korea

Of the seven pallbearers at former leader Kim Jong-il's 2011 funeral, apart from Kim Jong-un, all have either been executed, have lost their jobs or have not been seen in some time

The Mystery of the Cursed Hearse!

Has someone knitted that hearse a wooly hat?

Some of this is from a defector called Park. I'd like to hear from someone more Neutral.

You sound like someone called Geir.

It was just a car joke tbh

As was PP's (although iirc Geir rhymes with hair, not here).

Seriously? My mind is blown. I've been pronouncing it "Gear" for years.

I didn't know either.

jesus, I've had the wrong couch all along

I've been making up all kinds of clever puns for my own amusement like 'Top Geir' etc., and now all of that is ashes.

i've been sitting on this info for awhile waiting to blow people's minds but Geir Hongrø is actually pronounced "guy'r hoon-grah"

http://www.forvo.com/word/geir/

turning and turning in the widening geir

so i guess the next question is how you do pronounce knutover?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCh2l0J1uJk
So long, Geir Bowser

I remember Geir giving us a pronunciation guide once. I was in Norway for work a few years ago and one the guys there was named Tor. All the Americans called him "tore" but I did notice that when other Norwegians referred to him it sounded more like Too-uh. So the "r" at the end isn't likely pronounced very strongly if at all. Maybe more like Gay-uh.

Geir (gair) is the person
Geir (gear) is the concept, the way he approaches life and music

Geir is a concept, by which we measure our pain.

- John Lennon

Top Geir

Is this like when everyones brains blew up because LJs name isnt pronounced "lewis".

That was far more shocking to me, actually. I think I've finally gotten used to it in the last year.

god, has it been 6 years?

been here nearly 9. soon i will inherit modship and enact ceremonial purges. as a current mod you should be terrified

i've been sitting on this info for awhile waiting to blow people's minds but Geir Hongrø is actually pronounced "guy'r hoon-grah"

http://www.forvo.com/word/geir/

― example (crüt), Thursday, May 14, 2015 4:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

How come this has the same cadence as OJ Da Juiceman's AY!

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--9M6ujqGc--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1304482470637684514.png

"And i want this next batcg of soju to be made out of... people"

somebody should photoshop the chair out

Of all the times to be away from my computer for a week. That one would be tricky though.

wtf is happening in that picture btw

Whole slideshow is hilarious/frightening as hell.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/north-korea/kim-jong-un-visits-food-factory-amid-shortages-north-korea-n249631

http://i.imgur.com/W2V0C7V.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ekFLHYB.jpg

Also, lots of photoshops:

http://i.imgur.com/NLx5ypB.png

http://i.imgur.com/jGaZpbL.jpg

lol gawker used this as its 'we cured aids with ginseng' story pict

the faces on the men around him, poor guys :(

one’s so nervous he misbuttoned his white coat

my previous comment still stands imho: I always imagine the people in the background thinking "those used to be my kids"

so do we have a moral duty to find this funny or to not find it funny or

horrified laughs are laughs

Kim Jong Un previously visited the same factory in May 2013. He returned to inspect how the facility had updated its technology.

"So how's that technology coming along now, fellas?"

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/kim-jong-un-closely-inspects-hello-kitty-set-orphanage-n234301

ah, the one with the humping stuffed toys in the corner of the room:

http://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/msnbc/components/slideshows/_production/ss-141026-kim-jong-un-orphanage/ss-141026-kim-jong-un-orphanage-04.nbcnews-ux-1024-900.jpg

remember when 99% of people who had something to say about 'the art of killing' didn't realise the killer bros were laughing at the documentary bros because yeah well

http://i.imgur.com/BLvzIuI.jpg

all of them always with the little notebooks ready at hand

They really think they're pulling it off. Gets me every time.

This is like something from the Baytown Weekly Skylight:

http://i.imgur.com/h0JLXiP.png

that's his wife there in green supposedly eh

oh that's his wife? so that's why she's notebook-less

why do they clear everyone out of every single place he visits, don't they work rope lines in north korea, press the flesh a little

btw schlump linked this very good photo/video essay on photo-breezing recently

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/10/world/asia/north-korea-photos-video.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

that video in the middle was literally like, the internet, that is all it is now, that and comment boxes