This embossed, etched, and gilded steel close helmet is attributed to German armourer Kolman Helmschmid. It currently resides in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where there is a relevant essay on fashion in 16th century European armor.
Helmets fitted with masklike visors were a popular German and Austrian fashion about 1510 to 1540. With their visors forged and embossed as humorous or grotesque human masks, such helmets were often worn in tournaments held during the exuberant pre-Lenten (Shrovetide) festivals, celebrations somewhat akin to the modern Mardi Gras. Substitute visors of more conventional type were often provided for everyday use.
Interestingly, the postulated 1515 date for this helmet would make it contemporary with the “horned helmet” previously posted at Neatorama.
Link, via Titam et le Sirop d’Erable. Photo credit Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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I haven't laughed so hard at anything in months as at that sudden stabbing of the remote up his own butt, right after he "comes out of the closet". It's as if in that moment he just wanted to rebel and the best way to rebel in his subconscious mind is to go take some dick up the ass. If it's fake, then it's one of the most genius pieces of comedy ever written and performed. If it's real it's so goddamn funny that I think my head is going to explode.
I withheld my vote right until the end because I wanted to see if this was fake. I don't think it's fake. The kid recording seems genuinely thrilled that he's about to ruin his brother's life. That's his wireless webcam right? Or did he just start recording on his brother's webcam and run out of the room?
If this ISN'T real...then where did the "thespian" get his inspiration?
Also, sticking remotes up your ass doesn't get your mom to give your WoW account back.
that was the most 'WTF' thing I've seen in a very long time. and not just the 'attempted anal penetration' via remote, but the sounds he was making.. fuckin' eh. he seemed possessed.. by a WoW demon. that shit is computer crack. this'll make top 15 fer sure. i wonder how long his little brother will be alive after he finds out about this! :l
Yes your mom wants you to hit yourself in the head with your shoe becauseyou play to much wow.
My only reaction to that event is suitably, wow.
Please carry on, I feed on your tears.
This is worthless.
edit: Ok, I just watched it again. Anyone notice the magic act? He throws the blanket over his head and next thing he's undressed. I don't think Dave Copperfield could have done it better.
Nibiyabi is the winner of the Internet, June 20 2009.
He sets the camera up in a small time frame he knows is available between "downstairs yelling" and the "visit to room". I only believe it's real because I too, am insane...
We also canceled accounts "on our own" for a few parents that were too afraid of their child's reaction should they find out that the parent closed the account. In the one case that I bothered to research, I could certainly understand the mother's fear...that kid was seriously scary (in a "I like to torture my pet rabbits with propane torches" kind of way), and you couldn't pay me to be left alone with him.
2. Freakout overreaction boy walks in immediately after.
3. Entire freakout happens neatly within frame.
4. Leaves room in time for victorious brother to return for his 'goldmine'
So very *fake.
Even if this is fake, it isn't unrealistic. I've seen people freak out to a similar degree when their internet would go down during a raid. In their case it was blinding rage though, the kind that produces large holes in walls.
You can't really blame the game though, anymore than you can blame gambling, sex, or anything else that people get addicted to (which is pretty much anything). WoW is fun, and for many it is more fun than normal boring life. Take that away suddenly and the reaction can be violent (and sometimes hilarious).
...insaNE.
Yes, Alliance for sure, though possibly possessed by an Orc.
If it is a fake those kids did a damned good job. Not that whether or not it was staged really matters. I've known kids that age that will flip out like that any time their parents take something they like away. Teens aren't exactly known for their ability to take things in stride.
Trust me, my daughter came out screaming and she's never stopped since!
That was so real (to me) I've been there.
And I don't think a young mind strung out on Digital Crack could control an outburst if cut off from the engaging world of Wow. Anyone who has played should agree it's tough to quit, now imagine a young, undeveloped mind grossly hooked. Every day he has played, every minute, every effort every hope, all the gear, everything, wiped out and deleted - what could be a year of his young life of brainwashing has been wiped out! - He freaked but it's up to the parent to pull the plug at this stage.
But a few points.
1. You can in fact cancel an account. If you are the parent, you can cancel the subscription AND change the account password. Therefore rendering it inaccessible. My co-worked had to do this to his kid. Luckily, his kid just shifted interests to something else...
2. The "did you see that?" at the end is suspect. The brother didn't "see" anything, how does he know there was anything funny to "see?" My first reaction upon retrieving the camera would be to say "did you head that?"
3. The timing is just too perfect. Why did the brother think to put it down/pick it up when he did...
... all that said, I'd love to know more about it... it is funny enough that I'd take credit for it if I had made it and it was fake.
I'm probably a WoW addict myself. I would be very, very careful giving kids access to games like this. It's probably not a good idea to pay for your kids account. If they choose to spend their own money on one, that's their decision (well, within reason).
It's hard to tell anything about the framing without seeing the rest of the room. If the bed is up against the left wall and there are clothes/etc on the floor to the right of the camera (not uncommon for a boy's room at that age) then that may have been the only open floorspace in the room.
>> The "did you see that?" at the end is suspect.
Doesn't seem too out of place to me. He could certainly hear what was going on and probably had a pretty good idea that the guy would be in frame if the room was small. It's also possible that he was monitoring the feed from another room if it was a wireless camera.
Either way, it was a reasonable thing to say since he would only have eventually released the video if there was something on it worth seeing.
Yea, it's possibly fake, but I'm not convinced. I can't imagine both of them acting that well. From a psychology standpoint, there was a level of accuracy in the emotional distress that would absolutely astound me coming from an actor that young.
You see him kick off his tearaways as soon as he sits on the bed with the blanket.
Oh yeah, saw that. I was just saying he should play Vegas with a talent like that. Then he could afford his own account, and regain his virtual LoveRemote, instead of using the real thing.
He just never counted on a remote to the ass.....ewwww. Seriously, I hope this kid gets the help he needs; I hope the parents get the parenting classes they need.
if this IS real...then WoW is clearly like heroine.
Have you ever sucked dick for WoW?
I still can't get what would make someone even attempt that sequence of muscle movements involved in picking up your remote and subsequently shoving it up your own ass.
Amusing though.
exactly.
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Imagine what he will do when he finds the video on youtube?
Quick someone call a priest!! And better make sure it's a level 80. Also,anyone doubting the link between humans and apes needs to watch this video.
Actually paladins get exorcism, much better choice.
>> ^Jaace:
if this IS real...then WoW is clearly like heroine.
Have you ever sucked dick for WoW?
ROFL, well I've seen a kid try to sodomize himself with a remote for WoW...even those this is probably fake.
Also, I've seen real freak-out videos and they aren't much less of a freak-out than this one. I am sticking with WoW = video-game *drugs.
"Too good to be fake. Too good to be real."
exactly.
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Imagine what he will do when he finds the video on youtube?
I would say, "Too fake to be real, to real to be fake," which is, in fact, very similar to not saying anything at all. Oh well... what can you say?
Um...Why did his clothes come off?
To better access his anus?
Need a fake channel.
This is worthless.
amen. fuck me guys, i can't believe anyone thinks this is real.. seriously? wtf are y'all thinking? i saw this on digg earlier and just dismissed it as fake sauce. can't believe its made it to the top 15. shit. i am officially disappointed in you.
>> ^burdturgler:
Need a fake channel.
This is worthless.
amen. fuck me guys, i can't believe anyone thinks this is real.. seriously? wtf are y'all thinking? i saw this on digg earlier and just dismissed it as fake sauce. can't believe its made it to the top 15. shit. i am officially disappointed in you.
I dunno man, I'm leaning heavily towards fake myself, but I still think it is all kinds of funny. Real or fake, the remote in the anus just tickles me pink. (that last part being a setup for a joke folks, have at it).
Edit: I mean, let's face it, WoW makes people rather... uh... high strung: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPt1bckqJmU&feature=related
You would have to put some serious effort to fake that. Do you really have the endurance to freakout in that manner for that long? That's adrenaline and pure rage.
To then have a parent who may or may not understand that take it away from you can be traumatic, and one of the hallmarks of being a teenager is having a very loose grasp on your emotional responses.
Trying to stick a remote up your butt just seems weird though.
(except that time I forgot the string - can you say ER visit?)
It's such a load of old hogwash when people say that shit. Validating your own opinion based on something either completely unrelated to the actual events, or your own ability/experience.
I'm NOT a gullible freak, and i can tell this is fake. It's a very funny, very well done fake, and if anything that makes the video better for me. Well done lads, that was very very well written and performed.
Fake. Funny, but painfully fake
Could we please put a stop to the pointless and inherently unprovable argument on whether or not this is a staged video?
Doesn't matter. It's entertaining, worth watching, so it deserves an upvote.
Anyone who is absolutely convinced that this is fake or real probably needs to reexamine their personal standards of proof.
Yes, heaven forbid we should have an opinion.
Umm I hope that's not just some kind of misogynistic Freudian slip. "Heroine" is a female hero. "Heroin" is a drug.
Sorry I don't normally comment on misspellings but this one amused me.
I don't know how anyone could be this addicted, it scares me. I play WoW, I've got a maxed out character (freakin lvl 80 rogue w/ 5.5k dps pre 3.1) and I could live with my account being canceled, I'd just do other stuff besides naxx 25 on thursday nights. Unless this kid is the hardcore of the hardcore raiders and had Yogg-Saron in heroic Ulduar down to 30% health at the time his account was canceled, hes not right in the head.
i understood about 1/4 of that
Unless this kid is the hardcore of the hardcore raiders and had Yogg-Saron in heroic Ulduar down to 30% health at the time his account was canceled,hes not right in the head.Fixed.
It is NOTHING like cold turkey from heroin, not remotely. This was just a pissed off spoiled kid having a tantrum. The kid for sure has some kind of emotional addiction going on by to even suggest it's as bad as a drug addiction is asinine.
>> ^Psychologic:
Anyone who is absolutely convinced that this is fake or real probably needs to reexamine their personal standards of proof.
Yes, heaven forbid we should have an opinion.
Someone once used that same argument against me when I argued against absolute certainty in the supernatural.
>> ^nopuedonoesmantequilla:
I don't know how anyone could be this addicted, it scares me. I play WoW, I've got a maxed out character (freakin lvl 80 rogue w/ 5.5k dps pre 3.1) and I could live with my account being canceled, I'd just do other stuff besides naxx 25 on thursday nights. Unless this kid is the hardcore of the hardcore raiders and had Yogg-Saron in heroic Ulduar down to 30% health at the time his account was canceled, hes not right in the head.
i understood about 1/4 of that
i understood all of it =(
but also XD
Jaace: "Okay, so if this IS real...then WoW is clearly like heroine."
Umm I hope that's not just some kind of misogynistic Freudian slip. "Heroine" is a female hero. "Heroin" is a drug.
Sorry I don't normally comment on misspellings but this one amused me.
^ You're not going to be one of those people who just points out spelling mistakes and then doesn't actually post anything, are you? That's just obnoxious.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Greatest-Freakout-Ever-Response
http://www.videosift.com/video/Greatest-WoW-Freakout-Ever-2
why is the first one a recording of a youtube vid? wheres the original?