Comments on: Pic of the Day — Worst/Sickest/Coolest Idea For A Chess Set

By: gbmonte

gbmonte — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:34:00 +0000

did anyone mention that the board is set up wrong?

By: Inconnux

Inconnux — Sat, 24 May 2008 04:41:07 +0000

LoL

Shows that the ‘artist’ isnt bright enough to set up the board properly. The set did make me laugh though.

By: jbellies

jbellies — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:40:55 +0000

#23 Neal at IntoYourHead

Energised? No.

Eulogy? It’s just a piece of art. No more a eulogy than Picasso’s Guernica is a eulogy of bombing. The fact that the artist chose to depict the airplanes as black (when in real life their colours are more likely to be white) and the buildings as white (when many of them would be black towers) makes me think that, possibly, it is an item of criticism, at least in Western thought, you know, Light versus Darkness = Good versus Evil?

Of course, board set up wrong could by part of the artist’s intention, part of the message. “The medium is…”

By: aquablog

aquablog — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:57:38 +0000

Hm… Original… I look at this pic about 15 minutes… Black humor… Very black…

By: Neal at IntoYourHead

Neal at IntoYourHead — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:57:53 +0000

Let’s be thankful that people still get energised about the important things. Like the fact that a chess-based eulogy of some terrorist planes and their targets, is positioned incorrectly according to the rules of chess.

By: Somebody_Else

Somebody_Else — Fri, 23 May 2008 03:27:17 +0000

I wouldn’t want to play with it, at least not as black. I would have a hard time remembering which pieces are which.

By: alexf

alexf — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:20:40 +0000

I’ll admit, I LOL’d….

By: Pofoz

Pofoz — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:19:21 +0000

Two things:

1) Are the back row buildings modeled after real skyscrapers? Some of them look vaguely familiar.

2)”Click to embiggen” – Yay! a Simpsons reference!

By: Angel H. Wong

Angel H. Wong — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:55:30 +0000

I find it more enjoyable to play M$ flight simulator 2000 and smack a 747 onto a building than playing chess.

By: OhForTheLoveOf

OhForTheLoveOf — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:43:45 +0000

I won’t say you aren’t supposed to understand at… but it’s safe to say that most of you guys don’t understand art.

By: bretticus

bretticus — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:32:02 +0000

Great gift idea for the terrorist who has everything!

By: GetSmart

GetSmart — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:42:32 +0000

It’s ART. We’re not supposed to understand it. We’re supposed to react to it. And judging by the reactive posts above, it’s ART all righty.

By: Steve-O

Steve-O — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:06:33 +0000

#11 meme – You mean like an upside down cross in a jar of urine ART or Goatse ART which is basically all the ART you are going to get from the fucked up ART community.

I actually think the chess set is funny which I believe was the intention. ART no, humor yes.

By: Sinn Fein

Sinn Fein — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:33:55 +0000

#8 it’s called ART you republican shitbag!

Yeah, #11, I know your kind of art. Everyday I leave a prime example of it floating in the toilet, you liberal fascist ART phony!

By: OhForTheLoveOf

OhForTheLoveOf — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:10:18 +0000

This is a brilliant chess set. This is a chess set that says what this nation needs to say:

1. We are not afraid
2. We are not afraid
and
3. We are not afraid

Of course, the set might be early. It looks like some of you might still be afraid. Oh well.