Balenciaga Destroyed Crewneck Sweater

Get yours here! Cheap!

Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 29, 2022 - Comments (3)
Category: Antisocial Activities, Design and Designers, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Fashion, Frauds, Cons and Scams, More Money Than Brains

The Case of the Furious Children

In 1954, six young boys who exhibited violent behavior were brought to live on the grounds of the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. They were specifically selected because they were deemed the worst of the worst:


For the next five years, the boys were attended around the clock by a team of specialists.

It was all part of an experiment, which came to be known as the "Case of the Furious Children," designed to find out why these young boys were so violent and whether they could be turned into responsible citizens. Eventually, around $1.5 million (in 1950's dollars) was spent on this effort.

By the end of the experiment, one of the researchers, Dr. Nicholas Long, said that the boys now had a "better than 50-50 chance of living a productive life." So what became of them? Were they reformed, or did they head down the path of crime and prison that they originally seemed to be destined for?

I'd be interesting to know, but I haven't been able to find anything out. I'm guessing the info has never been released because of privacy issues.

More info: Harpers Magazine - Jan 1958

Chicago Daily Tribune - July 19, 1959

Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 19, 2022 - Comments (0)
Category: Antisocial Activities, Experiments, Psychology, Children, 1950s

Anti-Blond Crusade

The Mean Girls of Apeldoorn:

Chicago Tribune - Feb 15, 1996

Posted By: Alex - Tue Jan 18, 2022 - Comments (4)
Category: Antisocial Activities, 1990s, Hair and Hairstyling

Unauthorized Dwellings 16

If you walked down Mitte’s Oranienburger Straße at any point between 1990 and 2012, you would have likely noticed a commanding, if dishevelled, structure located just a short distance from the synagogue. Up until five years ago, the second-most visited art attraction in Berlin wasn’t the East Side Gallery or Museum Island, it was this five-storey building: aka Kunsthaus Tacheles. Taken over by artists after the Wall fell in 1990, the building was transformed into a creative commune. It was quintessential post-Wende Berlin: upon their occupancy, the artists launched a legal battle for the property and rescued it from demolition, maintaining a presence for 22 years.

Full essay here.


The Wikipedia page.

Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 19, 2021 - Comments (0)
Category: Antisocial Activities, Art, Outsider Art, Unauthorized Dwellings, 1900s, 2000s, 2010s, Europe

How to Succeed With Brunettes

Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 31, 2021 - Comments (0)
Category: Annoying Things, Antisocial Activities, Customs, Emotions, Etiquette and Formal Behavior, PSA’s, 1960s, Men, Women

Follies of the Madmen #497

You'll be able to administer all the spankings you desire, if you buy our shirts!

Source.

Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 18, 2021 - Comments (3)
Category: Antisocial Activities, Fashion, Public Humiliation, Fetishes, 1940s, Men, Women

Have a nice day

Casper Star-Tribune - Nov 23, 1983

Posted By: Alex - Sat Oct 24, 2020 - Comments (6)
Category: Antisocial Activities, 1980s

Have a Good Day, Dear

The office as deathtrap.

Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 15, 2020 - Comments (1)
Category: Antisocial Activities, Bad Habits, Neuroses and Psychoses, Business, Death, Destruction, 1970s

The Lewis Sisters, “He’s An Oddball”

Our theme song here.

Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 02, 2020 - Comments (2)
Category: Antisocial Activities, Eccentrics, Music, 1960s

I Was a Teen-Age Caveman

Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 26, 2020 - Comments (2)
Category: Antiques, Anachronisms and Throwbacks, Antisocial Activities, Music, Violence, Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Creatures, 1950s