ZARDOZ’S FRIDAY NIGHT ADVICE N’ LINKS

 

ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. ZARDOZ DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH MATERIAL FOR LINKS ONLY OR FOR ADVICE ONLY – SO, USING THE MIGHTY COGITATION POWERS OF THE TABERNACLE, ZARDOZ CONCLUDED THAT A LITTLE OF EACH WOULD SUFFICE. THEREFOR, RECEIVE THE GIFT OF ADVICE AND LINKS….GO FORTH AND COMMENT!

Q: My girlfriend and I have lived together off and on for three years. We met at a lesbian bar in Los Angeles, and it was love at first sight for me.

I suspect she has been seeing another woman. She has changed her dress style and even her cologne. When I confront her, begging her to tell me if she’s been cheating, she laughs it off. We don’t communicate well anymore, and she’s sleeping in another room now.

I have cared for her for so long. We were going to be married. Now I feel she doesn’t love me anymore. I have tried following her, but she disappears and sometimes doesn’t come home for days. I haven’t slept or eaten in weeks.

I love her so much. If she doesn’t come back to me, I’ve had thoughts of suicide. I can’t afford a shrink. I hope you can help. — FREAKED OUT & CLUELESS IN CALIFORNIA

A: NORMALLY ZARDOZ IS APPALLED BY “RELATIONSHIP ADVICE” – HOWEVER, YOU HAVE FOLLOWED THE PROCLAMATION THAT THE PENIS IS EVIL. THUS, ZARDOZ WILL HELP. ZARDOZ WILL HAVE YOUR PARTNER TRANSPORTED TO THE VORTEX AND HAVE THE ETERNALS GO TO SECOND LEVEL WITH HER.

GO TO SECOND LEVEL AND DISCOVER THE TRUTH!

IF SHE HAS BEEN CHEATING, ZARDOZ OFFERS YOU TWO ALTERNATIVES. FIRST, SHE CAN BE RENDERED CATATONIC AND PLACED IN A PLASTIC WRAP…DON’T ASK, IT IS A VORTEX THING.

ZED, STAY HERE AND MAKE SURE SHE DOESN’T LEAVE.

OR SHE CAN BE SENT TO THE GRAIN FIELDS.

CHANGED COLOGNE, EH?

SHOULD THE TRUTH BE LESS BAD NEWS FILLED – RECONCILE AND STAY TOGETHER FOR ETERNITY.

WHAT A LOVELY COUPLE

ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.

 

AND THE LINKS:

  1. ZARDOZ EXPECTS THE PENNSYLVANIA BRUTAL ENFORCES TO BE SWAMPED WITH VOLUNTEERS.
  2. THAT IS A CLEANSING.
  3. IF THE CHOSEN ONE KNOWN AS “SUGARFREE” WISHES TO EXPAND HIS “HAT AND HAIR” FRANCHISE – PERHAPS HE SHOULD LOOK TO THE UK.

ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.

Comments

236 responses to “ZARDOZ’S FRIDAY NIGHT ADVICE N’ LINKS”

  1. C. Anacreon

    PENNSYLVANIA BRUTAL ENFORCES TO BE SWAMPED WITH VOLUNTEERS

    People from Tennessee like to drink?

  2. Tres Cool

    Im still gonna say it!

    Hit that sweet motherfkin’ THEME MUSIC !

    1. Nephilium

      Just for that. It’s time for a song I don’t think I’ve linked before.

      /DRINK DRINK DRINK DRINK

      1. Tres Cool

        meh…..Im still dried-out

  3. Spudalicious

    ““BuzzFeed’s description of specific statements to the Special Counsel’s Office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding Michael Cohen’s Congressional testimony are not accurate,” Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller’s office, said Friday.”

    1. Sean

      Amazing that the special counsel made a public statement.

      1. Spudalicious

        That’s the best part of the whole story.

    2. Playa Manhattan

      Yeah, but Buzzfeed was morally right, so it’s a victory.

    3. Playa Manhattan

      Apparently, the twitter scuttlebutt is that Bill Maher’s entire show was going to be about this.

      Excellent timing.

    4. Juvenile Bluster

      My policy of always waiting 48 hours before making any kind of comment about any news regarding anything from this investigation turns out to be correct yet again.

      1. C. Anacreon

        NBC News trumpeted the Buzzfeed story tonight before the Mueller tweet, saying only that they couldn’t confirm the story beyond Buzzfeed.

        But just because it’s unconfirmed doesn’t mean we can’t lead with it!

        Somewhere Huntley and Brinkley are spinning in their graves.

    5. Hyperion

      And our esteemed media just ran with another BuzzFeed story? Have they learned anything?

      1. Rebel Scum

        They haven’t. But I have. (Well, not ‘learned’, but acquired additional evidence to support an existing conclusion.)

  4. DEG

    I vote for the grain fields.

    1. Hyperion

      What about a land covered in a giant rug?

  5. DenverJ

    Happy Friday, you reprobates!

  6. Great ZARDOZ what do you suggest for this one?

    https://www.dailystar.co.uk/just-jane/749177/just-jane-advice-christmas-threesome-ex-girlfriend

    Of course, the real mystery here is the why the guy would dump a drop-dead gorgeous girl who’s into group sex to be with some dumpy loser so insecure that she has to write a tabloid rag for advice about destroying her relationship.

    1. Spudalicious

      Your relationship is over. Jump in with both feet and then move on with your life.

    2. LJW

      “Even the landlord would come round and join in the fun in return for a reduction in the rent.”

      Sounds like a softcore porn storyline.

      1. C. Anacreon

        Cue porn music:
        “Brown chicken brown cow”

      2. C. Anacreon

        Or perhaps Paul Rodgers singing:

        “Let’s move for a reduction in the rent!

        All right now, baby itsa all right now….”

  7. Playa Manhattan

    “Now I feel she doesn’t love me anymore.”

    Have you tried not nagging?

    1. Almost certainly not.

    2. straffinrun

      Pegging?

      1. She’s a lesbian. What’s she gonna peg with?

        1. Spudalicious

          It’s called a strap on, Ted.

          1. Hyperion

            *Ted S furiously googling*

            ‘Strap in’… damnit that can’t be it!

            ‘strap over’…. shit, that ain’t it either!

            Now where the fuck is that post!?

          2. Rhywun

            “You’re missing a hyphen” in 3, 2, 1….

          3. Unlike you, I don’t need a strap-on.

          4. Spudalicious

            Google it. Hyphen not required.

          5. Rhywun

            Rhywun’s house rules require it when it’s a noun.

          6. Spudalicious

            Interwebs > Rhywun.

          7. Rhywun

            I’m comfortable with my superiority over the “interwebs”.

          8. Spudalicious

            That’s what Tulpa would say.

          9. Don Escaped Texas

            Crying – fuck that was funny even the next morning.

          10. mexican sharpshooter

            It’s called a strap on, Ted

            Why would a lesbian strap Ted on? That doesn’t make any sense.

          11. Jarflax

            Does a strap on Ted give a fucking liberal lecture?

          12. mexican sharpshooter

            If Ted starts lecturing us about fucking liberals, I’m outta here.

          13. Spudalicious

            *snort*

  8. Nephilium

    So these next couple of weekends appear to be good ones for me. There are several special releases coming from both Saucy and Working Class that appear very interesting. It doesn’t hurt that Working Class is doing a mac and cheese fundraiser for a rugby league, and Saucy’s release is happening the same weekend as Masthead’s second anniversary.

    1. Tres Cool

      Looks like you guys are getting a taste of the shitty weather they’re f̶o̶r̶e̶c̶a̶s̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ shitting their pants over down here. Congrats.

      1. Nephilium

        They’re predicting it. So far it’s clear here, just supposed to get really cold this weekend, with lows down in the single digits. It doesn’t hurt that I’m outside of the snow belt.

      2. juris imprudent

        We will be fleeing the weather and rolling south to face the perils of Florida man, for a week.

        1. Tres Cool

          Tres Sr. is about to embark on his annual pilgrimage to FLO-rida, too.
          Oddly, Ive never been invited.

          1. He’s trying to tell you something. :-p

          2. Playa Manhattan

            Where exactly does he go?

          3. KSuellington

            Is that Tres Sr. in the bathrobe?

            https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R7xbhKIiw4Y

  9. Happy weekend Glibs!

    http://archive.is/hHia1

    Vaginae dentata sponsored by ZARDOZ.

    1. Spudalicious

      Not my favorite lineup. Maybe 20.

  10. commodious spittoon

    ZARDOZ, my wife is committed to being faithful in our marriage and seems to want me to fulfill a patriarchal fantasy for her. This makes me deeply uncomfortable since I’m a devoted male feminist and only want what’s best for her, and all women. She’s reluctant to make unilateral decisions for our two-unit family, despite pleading with her to be more assertive and dominating. When I took a voluntary pay cut at work, she was furious. But how else am I supposed to give her the life she deserves as the empowered female breadwinner? She’s anxious about providing for our child, with whom she’s six months pregnant, on her Staples manager salary. When I tried to remind her that it’s every liberated woman’s wish to “have it all” with a career and family and caretaker husband, she shut me out and refused to speak for days. Then she threatened to leave when I suggested she should unburden herself with a boyfriend. I promised I wouldn’t be jealous! I just want her to be emotionally and sexually satisfied. How can I convince her that feminism will make her happy?

    1. Sean

      Pics?

      1. commodious spittoon

        Here’s a picture I took while she was trying to explain why what’s good for all women isn’t necessarily good for her. I just wanted her to see how confident she looks when she stands up for herself. It didn’t go over well.

        1. Sean

          Would not.

      2. Spudalicious

        It’s 2019, brah. We want video.

    2. 1. Buy a .357.
      2. Load it and cock it.
      3. Place against temple and pull trigger.

      Her problems are now solved.

      1. Spudalicious

        Her’s or his temple?

        1. Sean

          Yes!

      2. commodious spittoon

        Oh, no. No guns in this house. Not even toy guns.

    3. Rhywun

      The boyfriend gets to be part of the family, too – right?

      1. Yes, their children will call him “manly daddy”

    4. Urthona

      Knew it was fake by the fourth line.

  11. AlmightyJB

    My wife thinks this is sound advice Zardoz but she has had much beer.

    1. Playa Manhattan

      “But”?

      1. AlmightyJB

        That’s what she said.

  12. juris imprudent

    Boris Johnson as the Hair – brilliant!

    1. commodious spittoon

      Was it the AIDS thing?

      Anyway, big deal. I do that all the time.

    2. Rhywun

      “Courage.”

      1. commodious spittoon

        “Man with (limited, but enduring) claim to fame declines sex with groupies.” I guess that’s a rougher row to hoe when you have options, but somehow I’m not bleeding admiration for the guy.

        At least when Jim Norton talks about his sex addiction, it’s heavy on the trannies and coprophilia.

        1. commodious spittoon

          That should say: tranny hookers, ‘cuz Jim Norton ain’t pulling on sex appeal alone.

          Or wasn’t, anyway. Maybe he’s changed his tune.

    3. Spudalicious

      I involuntarily tried that in my previous marriage. “Previous” being the operative word.

    4. straffinrun

      I thought Jackass was off the air.

  13. Juvenile Bluster

    We’re in for a major winter blast here. Time to get out the heavy coats! Layers, people!

    Sunday
    Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 71. Breezy, with a southwest wind 11 to 17 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
    Sunday Night
    Mostly clear, with a low around 44. Northwest wind 9 to 13 mph.
    M.L.King Day
    Sunny, with a high near 67. North wind around 8 mph.

    1. Spudalicious

      Rusty chainsaw headed your way.

    2. Jesus man, 44 in South Florida is the apocalypse. I remember when I lived there if it dropped below 55 people broke out the parkas.

      1. Tres Cool

        I was on a holiday trip with ex (OG-1X-OG) to Key West, when the POLAR VORTEX struck the eastern seaboard. It got down to the 50s in the Keys, and those people lost their minds.

    3. Playa Manhattan

      Mammoth got 125 mph winds and 7 feet of snow yesterday. Ski Patrol was still dropping bombs today at lunchtime.

      I’m not going up for another month, but that snow will still be there.

      1. KSuellington

        And we will still be hearing bullshit stories about California’s drought next summer.

        1. dbleagle

          Freaking cold back home. Low tonight 70 and high tomorrow 78. The coats will be out and seat heaters going all over. I am in Seattle and it will be the usual wet and rainy.

          1. We had a warm front here today . . .38. It melted some of last weekend’s snow. But that’s alright, we’re getting another 7 inches tomorrow.

        2. Playa Manhattan

          Conserve water and rip out your lawn, serf.

          1. KSuellington

            The “new normal” blah blah blah.

        3. Juvenile Bluster

          California has a cycle that repeats, that will always repeat, that continues to repeat, and that is treated as new:

          1. Rain/snow falls in the winter
          2. Snow melts in the Spring, causing forests and other brush to grow
          3. Summer is dry, drying out all the brush
          4. Fires start in fall
          5. Rain/snow start, helping to put out fires

          Repeat ad infinitum.

          1. Nephilium

            Just because it’s a chance to link it again.

    4. Nephilium

      I was greatly entertained one of the times I was in Las Vegas in April. It was in the mid 50-s there and everyone was bundled up. People didn’t understand how me and my friends were able to walk around in short sleeves, and shorts without an issue. We had to point out that it was snowing where we were from the week before.

      1. Spudalicious

        “It was in the mid 50-s there and everyone was bundled up.”

        You are MUCH older than I thought you were.

        1. Nephilium

          Well, it was during Viva, so most of us were wearing 50’s garb, and the temps were about the same. It was unfortunate for the bathing suit competition however.

      2. mikey

        Same visiting parents is SF. “How can you wear just a T-shirt?”
        “When we left home two days ago (GF Montana) it was -35.. That’s 85 degrees colder than it is right now!”

  14. If you object to being called toxic, that’s just proof that you’re toxic. Sit down, shut up and be lectured about how terrible you are. Your in-born nature is an abomination got it?

    https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/media/2019/01/15/why-are-men-afraid-of-gillette-metoo-commercial/2581893002/

    Written by a man named Goodykoontz. I’m guessing it’s been a long time since he’s had any goody-koontz.

    1. Rhywun

      This strikes me as yet another instance of two mindsets talking past each other.

      If you think “boys will be boys” equates to “bullying, sexual harassment, and more” – there’s just no point in conversation.

    2. straffinrun

      Just accept that have toxic masculinity.

      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S6ens0G_Upc

    3. Me: Why do you like to fuck sheep, Mr. Goodykoontz?
      Goodykoontz: How dare you suggest I fuck sheep!
      Me: Your anger proves you’re afraid to discuss your sheep-fucking.

    4. mexican sharpshooter

      The Arizona Repulic: Still can’t figure out why they can’t sell papers in Arizona.

      1. Jarflax

        Sinema won, I think they have an audience.

  15. Don Escaped Texas

    People from Tennessee like to drink?

    We didn’t invent whiskey, but we are getting pretty good at it.

    So I broke down and started back to work Monday: I’m repping a design engineering firm. As a storied and mercenary, I’ve onboarded a time or two, been around, and have my own ideas about best practices, and I must say: this went almost too easily. The phone was on time, the laptop started right up (easiest VPN I’ve ever used: one click, no dongle), everyone’s nice, everyone’s seasoned and capable, but they still have the laid-back Millennial office: chess table, easy furniture out on the balcony, lots of free snacks, all tucked away from the madding crowds in a whole neighborhood of class A space but only ten minutes from 285. Biz and credit cards should be in Monday so I can start doing some damage.

    I’m always jammering on here about there being no chicks in engineering, but I’ve kinda found a few: they don’t really build anything, but they do crank out nice calculations and blueprints, so here’s props for that much.

    Downside: they’re a swag firm. I’m okay with handing out calc pads with out trademark on ’em, but logo shirts are for (looks around, maybe some of y’all love ’em) others: I’m a suit and tie guy, and I’m certainly not wagging their laptop satchel anywhere or parading around in a Land’s End button-down.

    Best part is no limit on resources or territory: just sell and they’ll figure out where to get the staff to do it; coast-to-coast, any client or segment.

    I don’t trust; I’m a pessimist and selfish bastard. But this smells rights.

    1. commodious spittoon

      Wear the suit. Insist they call you “Q” without any irony.

    2. Nephilium

      Nope, no suit and tie. I’ll stick with business casual at worst.

      1. Rhywun

        Ties are for interviews. I won’t work anywhere that requires one.

        1. l0b0t

          I wear short pants to work. I hate trousers with an intensity that is likely unwarranted but I’m really uncomfortable if circumstances force me into long-pants. Last week was the first time I put on “bloody Saxon trews” since about this time last year.

          1. Rhywun

            Nice. I’ve never had that luxury.

          2. I wear short pants to work. I hate trousers with an intensity that is likely unwarranted but I’m really uncomfortable if circumstances force me into long-pants.

            I’m choosing yo interpret this in the British manner where short pants are whitey tighties and long pants are boxer briefs.

  16. Brochettaward

    A lot of people mock the TSA for their failure rate, but they’re considered essential. The ones who have to show up. So what about the government employees at the other laundry list of government agencies? Does anyone think they’re better at their stated jobs? So while the media is quoting a bunch of insiders who are oh so scared that disaster is coming, there’s little questioning anywhere of the efficacy of those regulators. This is the libertarian moment. The one that the people in the media who claim to be libertarians are too big of pussies to praise.

    I’m reminded of how regulations often develop from isolated incidents. Like, some kids died. And now we’ll implement a bureaucracy that actually insulates the powerful among the regulated from liability. And then even more children die then before, but it’s OK because the government is in bed with those they’re supposed to monitor (when the disaster is too large, that’s actually the definition of a market failure and how you end up with too big too fail scenarios).

    The government actually operates a lot like sports teams. Media covers and profits off the people they’re supposed to hold accountable. They’re resource is information that they get from insiders. Coaches and players selectively leak in ways that benefit themselves. Like…they get favorable coverage.

    This is my drunken way of introducing this story that Drudge is headlining. The one where a bunch of Washington “aides” just know that the shut down will end with just one single disaster. A disaster which, that despite a month now, hasn’t occurred. Which is why the media types are stuck talking about trash in public parks. Or stories on how over regulated industries are suffering because their aren’t bureaucrats there to do jobs they never should have had in the first place. Like approving beer labels.

    1. Rebel Scum

      Are you suggesting that government agents that approve beer labels are non-essential? You deplorable shitlord. It would be anarchy of unregulated labels without them. ///sarc

      1. I don’t know about you guys, but I’m pretty scared of what the beer labels might look like without the regulators around.

        1. Brochettaward

          You know, I’m suggesting something even more radical. That the regulations and regulators actually do more harm for the consumer than they do good.

          If I ever write an article, it will be on this subject or the drug war.

    2. Ownbestenemy

      I applaud those that still go because they actually believe in their oath and understand their duty. I do go to work on the technical side still 40 hours a week because I want Air Traffic to have all the tools available to continue to separate aircraft.

  17. Rebel Scum
  18. LJW

    Couple Coyotes(animals not smugglers) just ran through our neighborhood. Damn laws that forbid hunting within city limits. Cops/Animal control won’t take care of them either.

    1. commodious spittoon

      YIPyipyipyipyipyipyip

    2. Gustave Lytton

      Cougar loped across the roadway in front of me the other night. Those things are big in person. Tail looks like a firehose.

      1. Spudalicious

        Was it named Jeanine Pirro?

    3. AlexinCT

      Get a crossbow…

  19. Rebel Scum

    Immediatly Dems are calling for an “Investigation”. Isn’t there already an investigation? This reeks of a replay of the Dossier.

    Their playbook will remain the same because they are incapable of adapting. They have this plan that works against any average, spineless Republican But that plan, like any plan, is only as good as the initial position in which it allows you to be placed and does not necessarily provide for innovation reflecting actions by the opponent. Trump is a different kind of Republican who seems to stick to at least some supposed principles Republicans supposedly have* and he has the backbone (some call it pettiness) to back it up. This thwarts Team Blue.

    *I like to tell my gf that Trump is kindof a Kennedy/Clinton/Webb business Democrat (which he kinda is…). That really gets under her skin given that she is dyed in the wool and subject to w/e the inconsistent party line is at any given moment. I mean she literally parrots taking points. Smart girl in other areas, but not so in philosophy and government. That said, she accepts that I am a gun-toting libertarian conservatarian. So that’s something.

    1. Rebel Scum

      Meant to add, Trump seems to allow for adaptation in his dealings, which is why he thwarts Team Blue on a regular basis. The House delegation travel by military equipment/staff/etc denial is a prime example.

  20. Subwoofer

    I’m a little surprised it isn’t bigger news that RBG will reportedly step down from SCOTUS sometime this month

    Its gonna be scorched earth. Stock up on popcorn.

    1. commodious spittoon

      Read that url as “SMoDserved,” which seems appropriate.

    2. Rhywun

      Editor’s Note; We first posted this story in September, 2018.

      Um. What?

      1. Rebel Scum

        Aaaaaaannnnnd it’s gone. What? My optimism. It’s gone.

    3. Spudalicious

      Let us hope it’s true that she will step down. Shitty reason, though.

      Replacing her with a Constitutionalist takes squishy Roberts right out of the equation.

    4. Hyperion

      First they have to let the fake Buzzfeed story die down. Then the epic pantshitting after Trump announces he’s using the military to build the wall and Nancy ain’t getting jackshit, has to somewhat die down. Then we can get on to the epic RGB pantshitting.

      BTW, who beat Cohen up?

    5. Playa Manhattan

      That’s Buzzfeed levels of truthiness.

  21. Timeloose

    So the wife and I had a vigorous conversation on the various forms of bureaucracy in our work places.

    I made the case that there is 10-20% of those in the system who work hard to do thier job despite the system, then there are 40% or so that try to walk the line between doing thier job and giving lip service to the system in place, then there are the 40% that are the system. The ratios vary depending on the environment, field, and lifecycle of the company or entity.

    Hers is at the flip side where the majority are more concerned about keeping the bureaucracy growing and mine is creeping towards the dark side as they grow.

    Have any of you seen the bureaucracy stay the same or shrink as the company grows or is it like the one way ratchet of the GOV?

    By the way drinking Nikka Coffey Wiskey.

    1. straffinrun

      Maybe it has a Peter Principle element to it. People rise to a position where they aren’t competent any longer so they turn into bureaucratic leeches. Anyone is competent at that.

      1. Timeloose

        There is that as well as once you get to a certain size of company you start making rules based on past failures. So you need people to enforce the new rules, then these people need to justify thier jobs. this creates the incentive to add more rules. Rinse and repeat.

    2. Rhywun

      Other than no-skill jobs, I had only been with one company in my career-to-date. It grew from 69 when I joined to 1500+ when it got snapped up by another company of 7500+. The bureaucracy went exactly in the direction you would suppose.

    3. The Last American Hero

      I’ve worked at many different sized organizations and had clients ranging from tiny to large, Fortune 500 companies. The bureaucracy grows, never shrinks unless the company shrinks dramatically.

      Thing is, even in well run company, you kind of have to have it grow. The logistics of running a 60 person company vs. even a 30 person company are very different, and it gets worse the bigger you get. Bill Ford Jr. can’t know every employee by name and make little carve outs and exceptions for everyone. As you grow, you need a more formal structure. At a certain size, you are recruiting year round, and so you need the dreaded HR function to be more robust since folks are constantly onboarding and exiting. The key is maintaining a personal touch and recognizing the evils of the bureaucracy and fighting the good (but losing) fight against it. Kind of like Libertarianism.

    1. Heroic Mulatto

      Let’s not pretend that people loved Gillette before. They sponsor the Patriots’ home stadium, for crying out loud!

      1. No, I didn’t love Gillette before. In fact I haven’t used their product in years. However, I did use Dawn dish soap and Tide detergent. I’ll be buying Palmolive or Ajax from now on and I’ll go back to making my own laundry detergent. Don’t ever let the say this didn’t cost them some business.

        That reminds me. Before they banned smoking everwhere, the local newspaper had an editorial that claimed that banning smoking in restaurants didn’t hurt businesses. My father called them and cancelled the paper that day. When they asked why he said, “I’m proving you wrong that supporting a smoking ban won’t hurt business, it just hurt yours.”

        1. Heroic Mulatto

          It was an ‘everyone hates the Patriots’ joke.

    2. Hyperion

      Think about this. If these feminazis and their mangina hordes could succeed in curing 95% of men of toxic masculinity and turn them into spineless soy boys, the other 5% who are still inflicted with toxic masculinity could band together, subjugate, and enslave the other 95% of emasculated society in very little time. Didn’t think about that, did you, bitches?

      1. Rhywun

        I’m guessing the 95% of women who don’t like soyboys won’t let it get that far.

  22. BakedPenguin

    I don’t know why, but I had to listen to this.

    1. BakedPenguin

      Of course, Candy Apple Grey is one of my “definition” albums.

      Right place, right time, right songs, etc

      You want me to beg forgiveness, tender an apology
      It’s not my fault and you’re not getting one from me

      You’re making me sorry
      Sorry somehow
      You’re making me sorry
      Sorry somehow

      Now I guess it’s your decision, now you decide
      Take me to the cleaners baby, take me for a ride
      Whoever cares for your affairs will sort it out for you
      Send me a subpoena, baby, tell me what to do

      Damn.

      1. Chafed

        Love that album and especially love that song.

    2. Timeloose

      Sweet.

  23. Timeloose

    I’m enjoying an old school post punk night.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yb7Li2Vs24Y

    1. BakedPenguin

      Damn. TL, we’ve been drinking the same water or something.

      1. Timeloose

        Pixies at the present. Tame.

      2. Timeloose

        Is your water called Oban and from Scotland?

        1. BakedPenguin

          OK, maybe something else. Also, Pixies are cool,

    2. Tres Cool

      Have you seen Lydon lately? What a mess.

      And THIS was stuck in my head earlier this week.

      1. Timeloose

        Lydin’s head is so big now it gets stuck in many things these days. It’s not ego but age and Newcastle Brown Ale.

      2. Timeloose

        Dead boys. Nice.

      3. Timeloose

        I know you a punk guy. Do you like Fidlar? Young guys that are entertaining as hell live.

        1. BakedPenguin

          Dead Boys are entertaining, but I’d rather listen to Don’t Want to Know if You Are Lonely I got myself started on a Husker Du kick.

          1. BakedPenguin

            Also, I can speak English, despite what appears above.

  24. straffinrun

    My daughter’s friend (9 years old) comes over all the time. She tapped me on the shoulder yesterday and said, “~san, aw fuck, aw fuck”. Huh? She shows me a small paper cut on her index finger. Bet her parents are glad she’s picking up English from me.

    1. Tres Cool

      It’s not Straffin-san after all?
      Huh.

    2. Timeloose

      Is it like learning English from the factory floor or the construction site.?

      1. Tres Cool

        Better than learning english from listening to Wide World of Sports and Howard Cosell ?

        1. Timeloose

          The whole mountain is made of snow…..

          1. Nephilium

            I want my two dollars!

    3. Heroic Mulatto

      I’ve read your autobiographical manga:

      1. Playa Manhattan

        Just……. why?

        1. Heroic Mulatto

          The wise man answers, “why not?”

          1. commodious spittoon

            There wiser man does a Father Dougal, averts his eyes, and says, “Oh, okay, then.”

      2. commodious spittoon

        Family Friendly status: confirmed.

      3. straffinrun

        Put that in a fortune cookie.

        1. commodious spittoon

          You made it dirtier.

      4. Rhywun

        I in no way approve of this.

        (Hi, Preet!)

      5. Juvenile Bluster

        And y’all think *I’m* the otaku degenerate.

    4. KSuellington

      What is up with that Family Friendly thingy? How has this site still retained it? Can it ever be rescinded?

      1. straffinrun

        This is a response to me or HM’s cartoon? Teaching kids to swear properly is very family oriented.

        1. Heroic Mulatto

          It’s my “cartoon” now?

          1. straffinrun

            I’m on record as not being an anime guy. Soapland? Guilty, but they are of age.

          2. Juvenile Bluster

            They’re always of age! They’re just either really incredibly small 18 year olds or 600 year old vampires stuck in the bodies of an 11 year old.

        2. KSuellington

          HM cartoon. My family is Irish, swearing is mandatory.

        3. Tejicano

          I wonder how many here even get that there is no way to swear in Japanese at a similar level as we do in English. So even if this mother of this friend of Straff’s daughter had somebody to explain what har daughter had learned to say she would probably be thrilled that her daughter was learning authentic English.

    1. commodious spittoon

      His first source is Louise Mensch, and his second source is the Marshal of the Supreme Court.

      1. commodious spittoon

        Trump’s 50-D Chess Gambit: confirmed.

        Either that, or he has the most congenially feckless enemies ever.

    2. straffinrun

      “Cormier earlier denied to NPR that Cohen was a source for the story.”

      But this time I’m totally not lying.

    3. Heroic Mulatto

      Buzzfeed done fucked up. They didn’t count on Mueller going out of his way to contradict their “source”.

      1. Spudalicious

        Thank you William Barr.

  25. Lachowsky

    After doing a bit of looking into, I have recently discovered that the reason my property taxes went up so much in 2015 was not because I bought a piece of land that year, but because the county has been charging me taxes on a house that is not on my land. I have paid 1500 dollars to the county over the past 3 years for a structure that I do not own.

    I have talked to the structure owner and discovered that he too has been paying taxes on this structure. Over the past week, my wife has been (thank God it’s her and not me) getting this sorted out. She has managed to make the county admit its mistake and has gotten a promise for a refund. This is good, however-

    The county wants to credit the extra money I have paid them towards my taxes next year.

    I am not happy with that. I want my fucking money back.

    Anywho, my wife has done an admirable job of sorting this out, however I will not accept a credit as repayment. Monday, I’m going to the revenue office to state my views and expectations.

    Wish me luck glibs.

    1. They’re open on Monday?

      1. Lachowsky

        Fuck if I know. I’m just assuming they are. If they aren’t, then I’ll just be pissed again.

        1. Spudalicious

          MLK Day. They won’t be open.

          1. Lachowsky

            God damn it.

    2. straffinrun

      Perfect time to try out your new toy.

      1. Heroic Mulatto

        We all knew that it would lead to Killdozer eventually.

        All roads lead to Killdozer.

        1. straffinrun

          I had no idea that my fantasy had been lived out already.

          https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PZbG9i1oGPA

          1. Lachowsky

            Marvin John Heemeyer is an American hero who should exalted to the same level as harriet Tubman, lavoy finnicum, Thomas Jefferson, chief joseph, or vickie weaver.

          2. straffinrun

            You just hit the key word mother lode. NSA computers are exploding as we speak.

          3. Playa Manhattan

            Narus STA filters say nah. Maybe next week.

          4. The Last American Hero

            Maybe, but they are on furlough so they won’t read it until March or April.

          5. Gustave Lytton

            No John Brown?

          6. Tejicano

            You may as well scream “woodchipiper”!

      2. Lachowsky

        Damn it straff. I hadn’t thought of that yet. You’re gonna get me killed.

        1. straffinrun

          At the risk of going no true Scotsman on your ass, that would’ve been any real libertarian’s first thought.

          1. Lachowsky

            My first real thought was hiring a lawyer and suing the county.

            Probably futile, but maybe worth it.

            I’m a man who once upon a time spent over a thousand dollars on a lawyer to prove myself innocent of a crime that I had already spent the night in jail for and if convicted was only going to be liable for a 180 dollar fine.

          2. The Last American Hero

            Your second thought should be to call the local TV News “Problem Solver”. The check will be in the mail by the end of the week.

          3. Rhywun

            That only works if the “problem” is an evil corporation or landlord.

          4. Chafed

            One in LA went after loafing city workers. There is still hope.

    3. Lachowsky

      This really pisses me off. Property taxes are serfdom. I hate the damn things anyway and it extra pisses me off that I’m being overcharged for a structure that some other poor serf is already paying on.

      1. Michael

        This is a pittance compared to the amount your county fucked you over, but I just learned how much my state charges in late fees for unpaid tolls. A sixty cent toll will cost you twenty extra dollars if not paid on time. I don’t even know how that can possibly be legal, but there it is.

        1. CPRM

          Evil Capitalist Libertarian Bank of America used to charge $20 for over-drafting by 1 cent. Therefore something something fatcats!

    4. CPRM

      Like that time my township replaced my fake road sign with a real road sign, except at a higher level of stupidity and malice.

    5. Anywho, my wife has done an admirable job of sorting this out, however I will not accept a credit as repayment.

      Tell them that you’ll accept credit as repayment only if you’re allowed to charge the same exact fees and interest as somebody who doesn’t pay their property taxes on time.

  26. LJW

    So I should be able to buy BuzzFeed for a decent price after tonight. Then I can quietly convert it to a Libertarian publication and slowly trick a bunch of leftists into to voting for McAfee next election…

    1. commodious spittoon

      Aren’t they already in hock to Hulk Hogan and his angel investor Peter Thiel, or am I thinking of some other borderline defunct clickbait ad revenue harvesting operations?

      1. J. Frank Parnell

        That was Gawker.

        1. commodious spittoon

          I was right!

          1. Nephilium

            And how dare a rich gay man who was outed by a media outlet want to destroy them?

          2. commodious spittoon

            Who are we not to revel in their destruction, merely because a gay man desired it.

          3. Nephilium

            Well, I can’t approve destroying everything that the gay men want destroyed, but that’s probably because I’m not one of them.

          4. CPRM

            ‘THEM’?!?! You fucking BIGOT!!!111!

    2. LJW

      “into to” see I’m already writing like a BuzzFeed “journalist”

      1. Rhywun

        If that doesn’t work out, I bet the Daily Mail is hiring.

    3. straffinrun

      Buzzfed.

    4. Ownbestenemy

      It’s been over two years of egg on face reporting in this…I’m not sure if it’s a blessing or just the next step in our infotainment media complex we have here in America.

      I am beginning to think we are Truman in the Truman Show

    1. commodious spittoon

      I wonder whether anyone at any other point in history thought, “War has been our heritage and our destiny since time immemorial, but now, at long last, we’ve found peace.”

  27. CPRM

    I just want to thank everyone here who has supported me making my stupid cartoons. This place is teh best!

      1. CPRM

        A Jo led song. Pshaw! I mean, I’ll groove to it. But She’s no Rachel.

        1. CPRM

          I mean, it doesn’t even have Bradly rap breakdown.

      2. slumbrew

        That’s a strong jaw on the blond. Not quite Rumer Willis, but impressive.

        1. CPRM

          She looks less manly in that video than the S Club Party video

  28. Gustave Lytton

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/01/verizon-price-hike-could-kill-free-texting-service-for-teachers-and-students/

    WTF should teachers be texting their students at all? WTF is wrong with this world? Valuable service my ass.

    1. CPRM

      Who gets charged for texting anymore? I’m on the lowest plan offered here, which includes 10GB of data I use 0 of monthly and unlimited texts.

      1. Ownbestenemy

        My oldest is finishing high school in Cali…the teachers have to sign up and pay for online grading that includes a parent connect service…but ya know…they need more money.

        Yet my two youngest are in Nevada that is ranked 50 in education and we get that service as part of the system…

      2. Rhywun

        I’m sure there are bare-bones plans.

        I hope when I’m old and have no use for unlimited VR or whatever crap they come up with, that there will be bare-bones plans for me.

      3. Gustave Lytton

        It’s a third party service. Sounds like Verizon is charging bulk texting services a spam fee because that’s where some/most spam texting is coming from. Boo hoo. So sad.

      1. Gustave Lytton

        “Lured” by the teacher or his raging hormones?

    2. Rhywun

      largely unregulated

      Well, there’s your problem.

  29. Ownbestenemy

    I wonder if Mueller is about to face the wrath of the Left for disputing the article that was to impeach not only Trump but Pence and usher in the era of President Pelosi

    1. Gustave Lytton

      Look how many times Comey flipped from villain to hero during the elections.

    2. Soyboy

      Why did his office do it? To maintain the illusion of credibility? (Of course not—why would he care, and the only people who find the investigation credible and consider him to have integrity would have swallowed the Buzzfeed allegations without question.)

      I’m trying to reconcile it.

      1. Ownbestenemy

        I dont think highly of Mueller but he knows if he doesnt step in on this report, any scant actually evidence will be obliterated.

        Given his team, he cannot have spurious and unverifiable accusations roaming about.

        I think he calculated that he needs to keep it clean in regards to hearsay with this.