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So according to this article: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/01/drones-are-appearing-on-afghan-rugs/385025/ People in Afghanistan traditionally weave rugs with familiar images, and they've started weaving patterns of drones into them. Aside from the question of who the gently caress would buy a rug with a drone on it, I suspect at least one of these carpet makers are actually goons:  I mean it's missing the cheetos and the taylor swift crotch chop but I imagine there is some guy in Afghanistan reading these forums inbetween weaving rugs. In either case I wont buy the drone carpet but I will pay top dollar for one of these 9/11 rugs. Hi dude reading this, I'm sorry the west hosed up your country.
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they cant spell for poo poo
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Feb 1, 2015 21:52
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I want that first rug so incredibly badly
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Feb 1, 2015 21:55
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they arent even consistant with how they spell airplane aerplan aertlan whoever made this was dumb as poo poo, all cultural relativism aside e: and thats a pretty nice hardwood floor, their house is nicer than mine just from that detail alone
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Feb 1, 2015 21:58
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I will buy that rug, put on my wall, and slav squat in front of it all day every day.
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Feb 1, 2015 21:58
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Mae posted:I want that first rug so incredibly badly a white elephant gift like no other
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Feb 1, 2015 21:59
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Do want.
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Feb 1, 2015 22:03
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http://a.pomf.se/fvnbzp.webm
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Feb 1, 2015 22:03
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Back in 2012 I bought a rug like that from an afghan for a mate of mine, it had a tank, AKs, RPGs, an apache and spelling mistakes. It ruled.
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Feb 1, 2015 22:05
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gender illusionist posted:Back in 2012 I bought a rug like that from an afghan for a mate of mine, it had a tank, AKs, RPGs, an apache and spelling mistakes. It ruled. i wish i could ask one of these guys why theyd spell the same word two different ways like the answer cannot be unfunny, they either a) realize they dont know how to spell the word and want to cover all their bases so they at least can point and go "see no, i got it right over here" b) forgot they already used the word in the rug they are in the middle of making and just go ahead and re-guess how to spell it c) give zero fucks about the quality of their work and just want to sell the non-internet equivalent of 9/11 jpegs to dumb yuppies who will pay 50 bucks for a half hour of work
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Feb 1, 2015 22:08
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Stop posting pictures of my floor please.
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Feb 1, 2015 22:09
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The date on the first rug says 20001. I love it. 
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Feb 1, 2015 22:12
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this is interesting because the Hmong people of Southeast Asia have a similar practice called story cloths:   during the Vietnam War the Hmong formed a secret alliance with the US to fight communism in Laos, but after the US left Vietnam, the communists also were victorious in Laos. to punish the Hmong for aiding the US, the Pathet Laos pledged to wipe out the Hmong completely, and thousands fled into Thailand to seek asylum in the US and elsewhere the interesting thing is that the Hmong didn't traditionally make these before the war; while interned in the Thai refugee camps, they had a lot of time to spare, and so they made these story cloths to sell to raise money for their trip to political asylum
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Feb 1, 2015 22:19
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Secks Cauldron posted:The date on the first rug says 20001. I love it. that's according to the Muslim Calendar 
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Feb 1, 2015 22:27
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oh my god the little paratroopers are adorable, "yaaaaay im parachuting!"
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Feb 1, 2015 22:27
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Cursed Lumberjack posted:i wish i could ask one of these guys why theyd spell the same word two different ways romanised spelling is not a thing that has been invented yet in pashto: if it sounds right then it's right, but most likely with these rugs they have no idea what they're writing
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Feb 1, 2015 22:30
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gender illusionist posted:romanised spelling is not a thing that has been invented yet in pashto: if it sounds right then it's right, but most likely with these rugs they have no idea what they're writing i mean you could just go and make stuff up but romanized pashto has been around since the late 60s, so if you actually want to be truthful you have to just admit they are either dumb, dont care, or are churning these out to make money off rubes
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Feb 1, 2015 22:33
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Cursed Lumberjack posted:oh my god the little paratroopers are adorable, "yaaaaay im parachuting!" Makes me think of the lost tribe story telling scene from Mad Max.
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Feb 1, 2015 22:34
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Guys, you can order your war rugs here: http://warrug.com/ They appear to be out of WTC rugs and drone rugs. But they have links to some really large desk-top size images of the drone rugs: Drone rugs, large images: http://warrug.com/index1.php?idr=1566 http://warrug.com/index1.php?idr=1580 http://warrug.com/index1.php?idr=1581
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Feb 1, 2015 22:37
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nnnotime posted:Guys, you can order your war rugs here: lol@those prices
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Feb 1, 2015 22:42
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Blue Train posted:lol@those prices like i said, making money off dumb edgy nerd yuppies with 30mins of effort thrown into a lovely rug lol
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Feb 1, 2015 22:44
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Those rugs are p cool and I would buy one if I was a rich yuppie. I wonder how much of the $650+ goes to the weavers though.
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Feb 1, 2015 22:49
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The Mad Archivist posted:the interesting thing is that the Hmong didn't traditionally make these before the war; while interned in the Thai refugee camps, they had a lot of time to spare, and so they made these story cloths to sell to raise money for their trip to political asylum i live in Minnesota, we got lots of Hmong immigrants here. these rugs own and some of them are huge, like ten feet in size. and at the Hmong flavored charter school one of their gym walls is covered in a huge fuckoff painting in the rug style
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Feb 1, 2015 22:50
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Male Tears posted:Those rugs are p cool and I would buy one if I was a rich yuppie. I wonder how much of the $650+ goes to the weavers though. The Gross Domestic Product per capita in Afghanistan was last recorded at 424.37 US dollars in 2013. enough to be below that prolly figure like one percent
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Feb 1, 2015 22:52
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Blue Train posted:lol@those prices It's a good investment since will make it much easier to attract a russian girlfriend.
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Feb 1, 2015 22:54
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etalian posted:It's a good investment since will make it much easier to attract a russian girlfriend. hell I could buy a russian gf for cheaper than some of those rugs
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Feb 1, 2015 22:56
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Blue Train posted:hell I could buy a russian gf for cheaper than some of those rugs lol the joke is that all those rugs he linked individually are priced at 0 dollars on that website its a funny joke about cheap russian women
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Feb 1, 2015 22:57
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Cursed Lumberjack posted:lol the joke is that all those rugs he linked individually are priced at 0 dollars on that website oh didn't click those, lol
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Feb 1, 2015 22:58
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They are just making lemonade out of lemons IMO
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Feb 1, 2015 22:59
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Cursed Lumberjack posted:i wish i could ask one of these guys why theyd spell the same word two different ways its cause they're made by several people working together.
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Feb 1, 2015 22:59
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Iseeyouseemeseeyou posted:that's according to the Muslim Calendar
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Feb 1, 2015 23:07
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Cursed Lumberjack posted:i mean you could just go and make stuff up but romanized pashto has been around since the late 60s, so if you actually want to be truthful you have to just admit they are either dumb, dont care, or are churning these out to make money off rubes yeah I know that's technically the case but in my experience there wasn't much consistency. I doubt the kids that make the rugs know what they're doing and they have a very poor qc chain
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Feb 1, 2015 23:14
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i got one of those carpets when i was in afghanistan except mine has an RPG, an AK-47, a tank and the twin towers on it.
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Feb 1, 2015 23:19
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The earliest of these date back to the Soviet occupation.
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Feb 1, 2015 23:49
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Cursed Lumberjack posted:they arent even consistant with how they spell airplane Come on guy, we only finished blowing up all their schools like 5 years ago, give them some credit.
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Feb 1, 2015 23:51
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I mean, why don't we also criticise that poor carpet maker in his backward country which we bombed even more to dust than it already was because his American flags don't have 50 stars?
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Feb 1, 2015 23:56
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Kitchner posted:I mean, why don't we also criticise that poor carpet maker in his backward country which we bombed even more to dust than it already was because his American flags don't have 50 stars? yeah okay whats his name ill send him an email calling him a dummy
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Feb 1, 2015 23:57
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Cursed Lumberjack posted:yeah okay whats his name ill send him an email calling him a dummy You're totally not going to believe this, but he doesn't even have wifi. God drat.
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Feb 2, 2015 00:03
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Cursed Lumberjack posted:yeah okay whats his name ill send him an email calling him a dummy Send it via carrier pigeon and he'll appreciate it because he can also eat the pigeon
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Kitchner posted:You're totally not going to believe this, but he doesn't even have wifi. God drat. okay ill text him gimme his digits this guys gonna hear it from me not even 50 dang stars
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