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- spookyttws, on 03/10/2009, -0/+32FTA: "Mohammed Nuru, deputy director of the Department of Public Works, said the city had to dispatch 69 employees and an extra street sweeper truck to clean up after this year's pillow fight."
Well, sometimes you've just got to suck it up. It's an unavoidable fact of life that there's going to be a 3,000 person pillow fight once a year. - JDoorjam, on 03/10/2009, -0/+27Saying they're "considering" it really means they want to appease the 5% who grumble about these things. In reality, it's this kind of sporadic cultural lunacy that makes San Francisco such a fun place to live, and no elected official will do anything to change it.
And, of course, much like Critical Mass, at this point the event is a tradition and has no real "organizers," so there's no one they can pin the blame on. - AriaStar, on 03/09/2009, -3/+28SF also wants to crack down on nudity at Bay to Breakers. What gives? Running through the city naked is part of why it's awesome living here.
- JFitzpatrick, on 03/10/2009, -1/+22lol what the ***** are they going to do? Waste tax dollars so some city employee can monitor the inter-tubes and catch a flash mob in action just in time to mobilize the SWAT team and do what? Tear gas a bunch of kids with pillows?
- OutpostNetwork, on 03/09/2009, -4/+22It's all fun and games until somebody has to pay for the cleanup.
- AgentG96, on 03/10/2009, -0/+15I went to the pillow fight this year for the first time and it was awesome. The best part was attacking cars with my pillow, just great. Nobody got mad either, the whole event is just an orgy of crazy civility.
- borez, on 03/10/2009, -0/+13Jeezus, if you can't have a bit of fun what's the point.
FTR in perspective: it's hardly like they're picking up the pieces of the financial industry. Now that's a real clean up operation. - sickgam3r, on 03/09/2009, -1/+10feathery *****
- JDoorjam, on 03/10/2009, -0/+8.... really? do you have any actual examples of that? I'd think a city that tolerates a massive, thousands-of-people pillow fight and only quietly grumbles about the cleanup would be considered relaxed and tolerant. I'd also consider tolerant a city that has pie fights, nudist parades, monthly thousand-cyclist bike rides, public sex-fetish festivals, and a zero-priority marijuana possession policy (all other crimes, including jay-walking and littering, are a higher priority by city police and attorneys).
- agentVivid, on 03/09/2009, -4/+11LAME. this only further marginalizes the organizational power of the youth culture. it makes everyone involved look angst-ridden and completely incapable of benefiting society.
it may be fun, but as OutpostNetwork points out, somebody has to pay for that cleanup. - ken830, on 03/10/2009, -0/+6Although better than "Frisco," don't call San Francisco "San Fran".
- inactive, on 03/10/2009, -2/+8Didn't know pillow fights are serious business these days.
- JTMON, on 03/10/2009, -3/+9Yeah, that somebody would be the same people having the pillow fight. Say it with me, it's called taxes!
Notice how they first stated DAMAGES when really they mainly just needed to clean up feathers. Right, we must shut this ***** down, it's damaging and makes us have to clean ***** up. We have no other public festivities that require clean up, nope, uh uh. - spriggig, on 03/10/2009, -0/+6Yeah, we need more laws. Especially against things that people enjoy doing as a community, because we already do far too much together as a community.
As far as "Paying For The Cleanup" goes, that's what taxes are for. If you put it to a vote and asked whether to cancel the events or raise the sales tax by 1/4% to cover it, the tax increase would probably win. Even people who don't participate understand the value of such community events. - oboshoe, on 03/10/2009, -1/+7Pillow biters crack down on Pillow fighters.
- gtbpaintballer, on 03/10/2009, -3/+7LOL I do have to say this years pillow fight was the most epic one so far.I thought the article was going to be about how some people suffered bloody noses from the pillows(personally I think I may have suffered from a mild concussion from some of the hits this year).
- inactive, on 03/10/2009, -2/+6Back under your bridge, troll. No food here.
- museamongmen, on 03/10/2009, -0/+4San Fran seems like a pretty cool place.
- AngustheCat, on 03/10/2009, -0/+4No, they can't do that! What would San Francisco be without flash mobs and random acts of random love?
- ken830, on 03/10/2009, -0/+3Well.. I wasn't born in San Francisco, but I have lived in the City since age 2 (27 years ago). Among everyone I know, natives (or near-natives) refer to the city as "San Francisco," or "SF." Only outsiders call it "Frisco" or "San Fran" but maybe it all depends on the crowd you hang out with...
- SQLserver, on 03/11/2009, -0/+3Them darn liberuls think they can be fightin' terrorists with mah pillows? Darn them there pinko commies!
LOL, you are nuts. - caeser5786, on 03/10/2009, -0/+3Why is it that half the articles on Digg sound like they come from the onion?
- twoheadedboy00, on 03/10/2009, -1/+3Please never call it San Fran. Fran is one of the least linguistically pleasing words in the English language.
- BaxterK, on 03/10/2009, -0/+2Since when is a pillow fight a sign of being 'pretentious'?
- SenatorPenguin, on 03/10/2009, -0/+2We were getting horse drawn carriages and bike-taxis. And when two groups of friends were walking opposite ways down the sidewalks we had a west side story/pillowfight brawl. Got to be one of the best new traditions.
- inactive, on 03/10/2009, -0/+2isn't it nice to tell other people what to do?
it's even nicer when you don't do it, especially in regards to such trivial matters. - antdude, on 03/10/2009, -0/+2(_|_)
- fartmungerer, on 03/10/2009, -0/+2I was in San Francisco over Valentines Day and saw four French people on the bus with pillows. There was also a man with a kilt, so it didn't really strike me as terribly odd, but it's nice to have things clarified.
- 1iProd, on 03/10/2009, -0/+2My pillow case tunics were scattered in that mess as well, don't forget that.
- Syric, on 03/11/2009, -0/+2God forbid a city try to keep its streets free of litter. Libertarians will whine about anything.
- zuiquan, on 03/10/2009, -1/+3Although I respect the attempt(not really), the actual execution was unbelievably inept. Try again later, maybe with a different login so people won't associate this lame troll with the next one you try to pull off.
- molochi, on 03/10/2009, -0/+2But "An Franc" is OK. All the locals call it that.
- jitterbits, on 03/10/2009, -0/+2You're right. Either way, they're spending money. May as well spend it on something that is fun and makes people feel like a community.
- Travelsonic, on 03/10/2009, -0/+2Assumptions... the mother of all *****.
- phantomcrawl, on 03/10/2009, -0/+1Should read San Fransisco wants to crack down on valentines day and love and *****.
if they get rid of this ***** that i wont be spending in their city that day - moirende, on 03/10/2009, -2/+3Damn them, those San Franciscans and their anti-pillowest racism. The oppressed pillow feathers yearn to be free, and only through resistance (of hitting other pillows. Or hot chicks) can they reach their national aspirations. A sad, sad day indeed. Freedom!
- inactive, on 03/10/2009, -2/+3That wasn't meant to insult you; it was not a comment about your personal physique.
We can spend all day arguing if nudity is harmful or unpleasant to me or my children, we will just have to agree to disagree.
"You know you'd want to see me running through the street naked." But since you brought up your own appearance... Don't be so full of yourself. Just because you are a woman and are not obese, doesn't mean you can assume I would want to see you naked. And judging from your picture, I do not. - glenneroo, on 03/10/2009, -0/+1not that anyone cares but a 6-hour pillow fight is not a flash mob. keyword being FLASH... like lightning flash..? get it? oh nevermind.
- Syric, on 03/11/2009, -0/+1I can smell your hypocrisy from here, glenneroo. Might want to tone it down.
- bluto36, on 03/10/2009, -1/+1count me as one of the "i do not's"
- inactive, on 03/10/2009, -2/+2There are many awesome things about living here; naked fat men running in the streets are not one of them.
- MindyV1, on 03/25/2009, -0/+0City wide pillow fights can be fun and safe if someone organizes the event ahead of time. That way the proper precautions can be taken to avoid damages. Check out video of a pillow fight held on April Fools Day. http://volumeone.org/v1_events/post/50.html
- zuiquan, on 03/10/2009, -1/+1Pfft, when I lived out there people called it San Fran all the time. I have to assume that things haven't changed that much in the 8 years I've been gone. Also, the reply button is your friend.
- inactive, on 03/10/2009, -0/+0Thirded!
- blackfox026, on 03/10/2009, -2/+1Should just have a baseball bat fight instead. Feathers might be hard to clean up, but blood just washes away with the rain.
- mg0001, on 03/10/2009, -1/+0But still has a 50:50 chance to make it onto the front page today
- AriaStar, on 03/10/2009, -3/+2I'm a thin woman. You know you'd want to see me running through the street naked.
Another part of why it's awesome here is the live-and-let-live mentality and people feeling free enough to run naked, even if fat and ugly. Doesn't hurt you. - glenneroo, on 03/10/2009, -2/+1isn't it nice to have an opinion?
it's even nicer when you keep it to yourself, especially in regards to such trivial matters. - shogun101, on 03/10/2009, -1/+0There were some pretty cute chicks this year... hope they don't take it away.
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