Slog - Comments on I Survived Folklife http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife ...someone get on making that as a T-Shirt, please. Complete with a bullet-grazed bongo. Right before the gunshot at tonight's Folklife, the girlfriend and I were approaching the Seattle Center fountain. I heard the pop, but it sounded like a little toy popper, not a booming gunshot, and I didn't see any crowd ruckus (admittedly, I was distracted by wood-carved puzzles for kids). One minute later, a series of cops ran past me, yet even this didn't register. No, it took a particularly large woman running past me shouting, "Pick up your babies and run! Run! Protect your babies!" At... Copyright 2008 Sat, 24 May 2008 21:51:32 -0800 Wed, 28 May 2008 10:05:27 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by cankle-bludgeoner You're a dick.

]]> cankle-bludgeoner http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032135 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032135 News Sat, 24 May 2008 22:25:26 -0800 Comment by Cale i had a friend sitting about 20 ft away. he said it sounded like firecrackers. soon after some guy yelled "someone just got shot and i'm on acid!"

]]> Cale http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032137 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032137 News Sat, 24 May 2008 22:36:13 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Shut up.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032142 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032142 News Sat, 24 May 2008 23:01:18 -0800 Comment by Andrew I love how people expect guns to sound like they do in the movies.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032143 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032143 News Sat, 24 May 2008 23:03:52 -0800 Comment by Stephanie your balls scare me more than the thought of being shot at Folklife...

]]> Stephanie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032145 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032145 News Sat, 24 May 2008 23:27:04 -0800 Comment by UnCommon Sense Due to the circumstances, your post was unfunny and tasteless.

]]> UnCommon Sense http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032146 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032146 News Sat, 24 May 2008 23:27:48 -0800 Comment by Sam M. @6: Noted. If this incident had been anything like a Columbine or something else, I'd be very indebted to this person's warning. As it stands, it was pretty much a non-incident (except for, well, the two people who took a bullet), and I'm finding humor in it... I don't mean to demean anyone. I just think the line "PROTECT YOUR BABIES" is kinda completely hilarious.

]]> Sam M. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032149 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032149 News Sat, 24 May 2008 23:38:34 -0800 Comment by Hattie McDaniel I don' knows anythin' 'bout protectin' no babies!

]]> Hattie McDaniel http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032150 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032150 News Sat, 24 May 2008 23:42:10 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Hahahaha -- people got shot. Non sequitors were uttered.

This is PRIME SLOG SNARK TERRITORY.

Capital Hill - we love it!

West Seattle - we love it!

Columbia City - we love it

I love Seattle!

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032153 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032153 News Sat, 24 May 2008 23:50:24 -0800 Comment by gotohell A**hole sizeist. Substitute another appearance trait like skin color for "fat" and see how funny you sound then. "When you see a black person run, you run." "A particularly dark-skinned woman ran past me." Etc. And changing your size permanently is about as easy as changing your skin color, so don't be telling me it's apples and oranges. With large Americans in the majority (regardless of whether you think that's something apocalyptically horrifying), I am mystified as to why anyone gets away with size bias. But I know your boss is also a size bigot so you all are likely high-fiving around the office as we speak.

]]> gotohell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032154 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032154 News Sat, 24 May 2008 23:59:37 -0800 Comment by meanie nice one gotohell, cause you can totally go on a diet and lose your "black" one day. You win at apologies today

]]> meanie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032157 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032157 News Sun, 25 May 2008 00:08:09 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave fatties are treated worse than jews in concentration camps.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032158 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032158 News Sun, 25 May 2008 00:12:30 -0800 Comment by Mike of Renton Thread dead after 2 hours and 21 minutes

]]> Mike of Renton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032160 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032160 News Sun, 25 May 2008 00:21:47 -0800 Comment by smp Well, I for one will start running if I see a fatty running by. It's just common sense.

]]> smp http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032161 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032161 News Sun, 25 May 2008 00:22:49 -0800 Comment by leek Yup, that was basically an asshole comment. But let's be adults and really type out "asshole," ok?

]]> leek http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032162 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032162 News Sun, 25 May 2008 00:50:16 -0800 Comment by Size 0 If only the fatty had gotten shot in her cankles and died! There is truly no justice.

]]> Size 0 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032165 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032165 News Sun, 25 May 2008 01:10:41 -0800 Comment by stinkbug
a fat man and a drum

]]> stinkbug http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032170 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032170 News Sun, 25 May 2008 01:53:24 -0800 Comment by John the most ordinary nut sack I have seen in 40 years of constant gay cruising - honey, nothing to brag about

very common nuts badly needing nut torture

stupid fuck head to boot (in the nuts)

]]> John http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032172 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032172 News Sun, 25 May 2008 02:46:35 -0800 Comment by Nuts2you Did you really need to post an image of your nuts? There is so much wrong with your post, from the lack of fear of gunshots to the random idiocy of describing a piggy running past as your final realization that something may be wrong.
I never trust the fatties, most only run for a sale of donuts, so when I see a pig-person moving fast, I worry there could be more on the way.
But honestly, clicking on your link and seeing those nuts has made me ill. You lack of caring for the two people shot is expected from a Stranger "writer" but posting images of nuts? Priceless, classless and unimpressive.

]]> Nuts2you http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032177 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032177 News Sun, 25 May 2008 06:38:51 -0800 Comment by catnextdoor Everyone please note: gunshots sound like a pop/firecracker/whip crack.... no loud "boom" and it's not followed by a loud "yee haw!"

People should know the sound- and how to disarm one. I love how Seattle is so ignorant that it took some woman screaming "save your babies" to get anyones attention. Also- if you hear a gunshot dont run away or hide behind a wall. Get down low on the ground or run towards the gunman weaving from side to side.

Simple things that can save your life and others.

]]> catnextdoor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032182 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032182 News Sun, 25 May 2008 07:32:42 -0800 Comment by bored4life I think Sam's post was perfect. It was honest and humorous at the same time. I just wonder if the fat woman had finished eating her elephant ear before she started running and warning folks in the crowd?

]]> bored4life http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032183 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032183 News Sun, 25 May 2008 07:45:24 -0800 Comment by The CHZA If there's something funnier than a fat woman yelling about protecting babies, it's people who use the word "sizeist"

]]> The CHZA http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032184 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032184 News Sun, 25 May 2008 08:05:40 -0800 Comment by Tiktok I wonder how which part of the Sound Sound the shooter and victims are from?

]]> Tiktok http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032185 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032185 News Sun, 25 May 2008 08:08:57 -0800 Comment by Catalina Vel-DuRay I think it's a perfectly nice nutsac. I've certainly seen worse. Although the view the nutsac is blocking is probably more interesting than the nutsac itself. That's usually the case.

But I do have to wonder What The World Is Coming To. I honestly thought Folklife had been discontinued several years back, and then I hear about a shooting at it. What sort of dreadful person brings a gun to Folklife? Unless its changed drastically in the last few years, it doesn't seem to fit either the gun nut or gansta profile for quality entertainment.

And are the people who were shot OK? And what about the puppy?

]]> Catalina Vel-DuRay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032186 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032186 News Sun, 25 May 2008 08:27:22 -0800 Comment by genevieve @7 - yes, the PROTECT YOUR BABIES was funny. The "bludgeoning those cankles" is where it crossed from amusing post to just being mean for no reason.

]]> genevieve http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032200 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032200 News Sun, 25 May 2008 10:37:30 -0800 Comment by No cankles here People sure are getting their granny panties in a wad. Fat people running is a totally accurate "canary in a coal mine."

]]> No cankles here http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032202 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032202 News Sun, 25 May 2008 10:45:55 -0800 Comment by I am your Mother If The Stranger staff had any heart at all, they would be setting up a benefit to help the victims cover their medical expenses and their rent, since the woman shot in the leg won't be a work for while.

Do you get it yet?

]]> I am your Mother http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032204 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032204 News Sun, 25 May 2008 10:53:46 -0800 Comment by some guy I don't get it.

Okay, so fat people are funny or whatever - I worked on a video about people who had gotten gastric bypass surgery. It was frightening to hear how horribly these people were treated when they were still enormous. Honestly, it's just awful. And many of them had trouble when they got all thin and cute and everyone was all nice to 'em 'n shit.

]]> some guy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032207 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032207 News Sun, 25 May 2008 11:09:19 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger Thank god our police are worried about porn playing at the Eagle and R-Place and what is happening at Nemos! SPD have their priorities right on target!!!

Shooting at Folklife....people time to leave Seattle, we have hit the iceburg and are going down!!!

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032212 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032212 News Sun, 25 May 2008 11:19:09 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 I'm looking forward to the mayor's new task force targeting nightclubs which cater to the folk and bluegrass crowds. Violence inside the venues is bad enough, but when it spills into public areas, something must be done. Clearly, these scenes are a scourge on our neighborhoods.

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032215 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032215 News Sun, 25 May 2008 11:49:01 -0800 Comment by classybot as a fat person (in both the fat and phat spellings of the word), I deem this article hilarious.

]]> classybot http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032239 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032239 News Sun, 25 May 2008 14:02:11 -0800 Comment by ass You're an ass
You freaked out after shit already went down
felt embarrassed about it
and made fun of someone else to feel better.

Ass.

]]> ass http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032261 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032261 News Sun, 25 May 2008 16:08:36 -0800 Comment by elenchos I laughed.

And I learned something too, about how to know when it's time to run.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032266 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032266 News Sun, 25 May 2008 16:34:15 -0800 Comment by ellarosa i don't get it. where's the rest of bullwinkle's face?

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032294 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032294 News Sun, 25 May 2008 20:12:45 -0800 Comment by pissy mcslogbot classybot @31: lets make bot childrenz with cankles to spare.

we both know the world needs more of them, to continue our canckled bot domination.

bot cankles are the new muffintop.

]]> pissy mcslogbot http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032296 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032296 News Sun, 25 May 2008 20:28:26 -0800 Comment by Sondari What are cankles?

]]> Sondari http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032297 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032297 News Sun, 25 May 2008 20:32:58 -0800 Comment by pissy mcslogbot 36: that squidgy and sexxy body point where fleshy calf/ankle comingle in joyous disregard of convention and decorum. it's quite the turn on to some.

]]> pissy mcslogbot http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032299 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032299 News Sun, 25 May 2008 20:46:39 -0800 Comment by Suz What I got out of this is one thing... fat people are much smarter than Sam Machkovech.

(BTW, you may not have cankles on your ankles but you've something that some dumbass could make fun of, if they bothered to take the itme to do so.)

]]> Suz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032301 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032301 News Sun, 25 May 2008 20:55:34 -0800 Comment by DarwinAwardgoesto A security guard that works at the Pacific Science Center got word that it was a guy who brought the gun to pistol whip someone. It figures neither got hurt, but what if the gun had gone off and he got killed because of it? The guy is obviously not very bright.

]]> DarwinAwardgoesto http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032322 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032322 News Sun, 25 May 2008 23:47:38 -0800 Comment by UnCommon Sense The asshole's name is Clinton Chad Grainger, from Snohomish. The blood on his face is from the beatdown the hippies gave him for shooting one of their own.

]]> UnCommon Sense http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032323 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032323 News Mon, 26 May 2008 00:14:40 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I hear the Mayor's going to close down all free public events, and limit events to only the super-rich and their artist friends ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032329 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032329 News Mon, 26 May 2008 00:42:00 -0800 Comment by Catalina Vel-DuRay Pistol-whip? How noir! I had no idea they still did things like that.

If I were coming into town all the way from Snohomish for the sole purpose of pistol whipping someone, I think I'd make sure the gun wasn't loaded.

But fortunately, I am not a whipper - pistol or otherwise. I much prefer the whithering look.

]]> Catalina Vel-DuRay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032350 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032350 News Mon, 26 May 2008 08:35:48 -0800 Comment by Catalina Vel-DuRay Or is it a withering look? Either way...

]]> Catalina Vel-DuRay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032351 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032351 News Mon, 26 May 2008 08:37:08 -0800 Comment by ZWBush I laughed. Fat people running is always comical. People getting shot, not so much. And the ball pic at the end was a nice touch. Cankles aren't as nasty as those muffintops!

]]> ZWBush http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032373 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032373 News Mon, 26 May 2008 09:56:56 -0800 Comment by adrian sam, you should get an award for this post. brilliant. i am yours forever.

]]> adrian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032376 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032376 News Mon, 26 May 2008 10:21:14 -0800 Comment by Non I'm liking Same more and more

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032378 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032378 News Mon, 26 May 2008 10:29:50 -0800 Comment by adrian shut up, non, you feckless turd. god i'm gonna kick your ass.

]]> adrian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032382 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032382 News Mon, 26 May 2008 10:58:07 -0800 Comment by Non How fun

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032396 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032396 News Mon, 26 May 2008 13:07:39 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe People with childish emotions buy their rite of passage to hell.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032415 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032415 News Mon, 26 May 2008 14:39:05 -0800 Comment by boobcat Yeah, getting shot is SO freaking funny. Let's make up lots of jokes about innocent strangers being rushed to the hospital with bullet holes and blood everywhere. Hilarious.

Oh, wait. What's even MORE funny is small people and animals being trampled in a stampede. Oh, and big women running in fear. That's REALLY funny.

/sarcasm

Idiot.

]]> boobcat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032513 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1032513 News Tue, 27 May 2008 00:25:03 -0800 Comment by Stan Oh, and big women running in fear. That's REALLY funny.

Strictly visually speaking, that's not just funny, it's hilarious.

]]> Stan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1033329 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1033329 News Tue, 27 May 2008 17:53:51 -0800 Comment by boobcat "hilarious"?

Yeah, to a sick jerk who has no compassion for other human beings. I'll bet you laugh when you see car wrecks or photos of emaciated famine victims, too. Holocaust photos must send you into hysterics of laughter, eh?

Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to have normal human emotions? Maybe a therapist could help you. Then again, maybe not.

]]> boobcat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1033700 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_survived_folklife#c1033700 News Wed, 28 May 2008 10:05:27 -0800