Get Cynical

From Socyberty.com:

But where did the legend of the Krampus originate? The word itself comes from ‘krampen’ and is from Old High German. It means claw. Krampus is an incubus who accompanies Santa Claus, but does not follow the old man’s prerogative of present giving. An incubus is a demon in male form which visits sleepers and lies upon them (the word comes from the Latin ‘incubo’ which is to lie on top). The Krampus is not your common or garden night rapist, however: his brief is to punish the children who have misbehaved during the year. Below, in this early twentieth century postcard, you can see the whip (or Virgacs) he would carry with him.

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From Flickr:

this one was so easy to do! The “spaghetti” is just buttercream piped through a large round tip, the “sauce” is strawberry jam tinted with yellow & white food colours, the “meatballs” are Ferrero Rocher truffles and the “cheese” is shaved white chocolate!

Pass the insulin.

We are truly touched by his noodly appendage.

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It’s like these techniques are designed to piss your attacker off even more.

And the ending of this clip is great.

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It is refreshing to know that here, in our country, there are thousands of women who think, and express their thoughts — who are thoroughly free and thoroughly conscientious — who have neither been narrowed nor corrupted by a heartless creed — who do not worship a being in heaven whom they would shudderingly loathe on earth — women who do not stand before the altar of a cruel faith, with downcast eyes of timid acquiescence, and pay to impudent authority the tribute of a thoughtless yes. They are no longer satisfied with being told. They examine for themselves. They have ceased to be the prisoners of society — the satisfied serfs of husbands, or the echoer of priests. They demand the rights that naturally belong to intelligent human beings. If wives, they wish to be the equals of husbands. If mothers, they wish to rear their children in the atmosphere of love, liberty and philosophy. They believe that woman can discharge all her duties without the aid of superstition, and preserve all that is true, pure, and tender, without sacrificing in the temple of absurdity the convictions of the soul.

Robert Green Ingersoll – “Men, Women, And God” (1885)