Awww sadface.

I’d like to introduce you to a friend of mine:

This is Saparmurat Niyazov. He died today. While I won’t comment on his policies or himself as a person, I will share some nuggets of… joy? from wikipedia about him:

As President-for-Life of Turkmenistan, he had issued many unconventional decrees, such as:

-In April 2004, urging young people not to get gold tooth caps or gold teeth, suggesting instead that they chew on bones to preserve their teeth.

-In 2004, banning news readers from wearing make-up as Niyazov had difficulty telling male and female readers apart.

-The Taipei Times reports that the Turkmen leader changed the Turkmen word for bread, and name of the month of April, to that of his late mother.

Now he’s done far more important and bad things than this, resulting is massive outcries throughout the world. Feel free to learn more about him at the link above.

FL: hahah owned - they put large painted ovals on the road, informing tailgaters how far apart they should stay when traffic is bad. someone decided to paint a Pac-Man on the road in between the dots.