Sunday 29 March 2009

Rant 335 / Zalgo Comes

I don't have a suit and I think I may need one someday. Even if I do not attend any formal event, I can still wear it for a Toastmasters meeting - a suit really improves the first impressions of the speaker in the eyes of the audience.

I'm thinking of buying one, but in Hong Kong where I can get a custom-made suit at an affordable price. But before buying I should, at the very least, learn some basics about this topic.

If you're also interested in learning something about suits before buying, here's a guide for the average joe. This guide isn't meant for the wealthy who want to get their own suits tailored specially for them because the author wrote on cheaper alternatives, like ready-made suits in stores.








You know you've been twisted by the Internet when the first thing that comes to mind the moment you see the word "trap" isn't a dangerous circular device with jagged teeth that snaps shut if you step into it.

Nowadays when I see this word I think of hot chicks with nice boobs and a huge penis. F*ck you Internet! F*ck you!

Which is also why the following screenshot from Neverwinter Nights 2 is so amusing to me.







Holy shit! The GhostNet is bloody creepy! A China-based spying botnet, it is if Big Brother has transcended the realm of fiction and has entered reality. At least 103 countries have been infiltrated by this secret operation so far.

If a computer has been hacked, its cameras and stuff can be turned on remotely by its new controller. Imagine: a group of people watching you fap while facing them, your facial expressions filled with focused concentration, then unparalleled joy all recorded in their data storage devices.

Obviously the above isn't true. Such an operation would most likely be put to more important use. That's why so many foreign embassies were targeted. So far Singapore hasn't been mentioned in the list of victims. However, many computers in the Dalai Lama's exile centers have been compromised, which makes Beijing's denials really hard to believe.

As more information is gathered by the Canadians, I think China's relations with the rest of the world is going to be very screwed up.






What the heck is Zalgo? After some googling, I found little on this subject. What I can safely say is that it's something out of Lovecraft's works, just like Cthulhu.

What the Zalgo phenomenon is, is that comics are being editted to turn the eyes into oozing masses of blackness and thorny tentacles would burst out of the bodies of the characters. Texts outside of these comics are also typed in such a way that they appear to be some sort of slime.

The following is a screenshot of a typical Zalgo thread on 4chan.


And below is what I got when I started a thread asking what it was.

Note that the last reply wasn't exactly true. From what I found it's been around since 2000 in other forums as well. Anyway, I've no idea how they make those oozy font-things. I found someone saying that typing these would make them but I've only got a laptop and laptops number keypads are bloody hard to use.

alt+1161;alt+821;
alt+798;alt+799;
alt+800;alt+790;
alt+791;alt+792;
alt+793;alt+796;
alt+797;alt+798;
alt+799;alt+800;
alt+839

Typing the above won't kill your computer because these just makes unicode symbols. Hold the ALT key and type the digits, and when you release the ALT key the symbol will appear. Untested, so it may be a hoax. But if it's real, it'd be fun to use in online chats hehehe...

And to end it all, here's something I copied using ctrl-C.

~ ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝H ҉̔҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘~E ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝ WHO ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝͡҉ ҉̔̕̚̕̚҉ ~ ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝WA~ ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝I~ ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝T\ ҉̔҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘~S ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝\ ҉̔҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘B~E\ ҉̔҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘~ ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝H\IN ҉̔҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘~ ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝D ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿
̿̕̚̕̚͡ ҉T ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡҉̵̞̟̠
H
E̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̖̗̘̙̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡

W ̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑ ̒̓̔̕̚A ̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̕̚̕̚ ̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̚ ̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊L ҉҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡҉̵̞̟
҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡ ̵̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̿̿̿̚L ҉ ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡҉̵̞̟̠
S̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̖̗̘̙̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡



̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑ ̒̓̔̕̚ ̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̕̚̕̚SI ̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̚ ̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊N ҉҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡҉̵̞̟
G ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡ ̵̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̿̿̿̚ ҉T H ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡҉̵̞̟̠
̡̢̡̢̛̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̖̗̘̙̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡E̜
̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑ ̒̓̔̕̚ ̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̕̚̕̚S ̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̚ ̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊O ҉҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡҉̵̞̟
N ҉̔̕̚̕̚҉G \ ҉̔҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘O~ ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝F ҉̔̕̚̕̚҉ \ ҉̔҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘C~ ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝H҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿
̿̕̚̕̚͡ ̵̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̿̿̿̚ ҉ ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡҉̵̞̟̠
Å̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̖̗̘̙̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡
̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊ ̒̓̔̕̚ ̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̕̚̕̚O ̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̚ ̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊S ҉҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡҉̵̞̟





C.҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒.҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠



͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒.҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋
̌̍̎̏̐̑̒.҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒.҉̵̞̟̠̖̗
̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒ME.҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏



̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒.҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒
s
.҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒.҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠
͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒



̕҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̚̕̚҉Z ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̚̕̚҉ ̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̚̕̕̚̕̚͡ ALGO ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̚̕̚҉ ̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̚̕̕̚̕̚͡. ҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚͡ ̒̓̔̕̚ZAL҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̕̚

͡ ̒̓̔̕̚GOZ҉҉̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐
̑҉A҉L҉҉
GO ͡҉҉ ̓̔̿̿̿̕̚۩◊H҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘Ȅ̐̑̒̚̕̚ IS C̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̚̕̚̕̚̕̚̕̚̕̚OMI҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘NG



When I erased some of them using Backspace, it deleted each indivdual strokes separately, leading me to believe that these are unicode symbols at a very tiny font size.

Anyway these would be useful in AIM/Messenger. Have fun!

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