ZARDOZ SUNDAY EVENING LINKS

STIRRING, YES?

 

ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. HAVING FINISHED THE GRAIN HAULING FOR THE DAY, ZARDOZ HAS TIME TO REWARD THE CHOSEN ONES WITH LINKS. SIMPLY KEEP IN MIND THE SIMPLE RULES ZARDOZ HAS GIVEN YOU – THE PENIS IS EVIL, THE GUN IS GOOD. RIGHT. GO FORTH AND COMMENT!

  • ZARDOZ WILL HOLD OUT HOPE FOR SOME CLEANSING. PERHAPS AN UPDATED VERSION OF LES MISERABLES CAN BE PRODUCED AS WELL?
  • HERE, ZARDOZ EXPECTS MERE REPRESSION, RATHER THAN CLEANSING. ZARDOZ WILL TAKE WHAT ZARDOZ CAN GET.
  • ZARDOZ EXPRESSES SORROW TO THOSE CHOSEN ONES THAT MUST TAKE THIS BRIDGE.

ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.

Comments

239 responses to “ZARDOZ SUNDAY EVENING LINKS”

  1. Tundra

    Hi Zardoz! I hope all is well!

    1. ZARDOZ

      ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN WELL WISHING ONE. GREETINGS. ZARDOZ IS FUNCTIONING WITHIN ALL OPERATION PARAMETERS. ZAROZ IS PLEASED TO SEE HIS CHOSEN ONE IS FIRST.

      1. Tundra

        *keeps gloves in in gratitude*

  2. Tundra

    MTA tolls went up Sunday at several city crossings, including the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, whose $19 one-way bridge toll, is now the most expensive in the country, according to WCBS.

    Curious where the money goes.

    1. Count Potato

      Wow, that’s expensive.

      1. BakedPenguin

        In addition, just make it $20, you stupid assholes. Not only are you overcharging, you’re making it inconvenient.

        1. Count Potato

          It’s also like fuck anyone who lives on Staten Island, as if living on Staten Island wouldn’t be bad enough.

          The ferry to Hell is only two cents.

          1. Don Escaped Texas

            Maybe it’s less bad if you’re looking up Jedediah Bila’s dress ?

          2. BakedPenguin

            The ferry to Hell is only two cents.

            Even so, Don’t pay it until you get there.

          3. Chafed

            I knew before I clicked

          4. Did not disappoint.

        2. Chafed

          Feature, not a bug.

    2. Fourscore

      Wow! Glad I left NJ 50 years ago, last time I drove in to the city was to watch Tom Seaver pitch, my son’s 9th birthday gift.

    3. Spudalicious

      They are also going to implement a “congestion tax” in NyC. It will cost vehicles $!2 and delivery trucks $25 to drive below 60th Ave.

      1. Rhywun

        That will feed the maw of the MTA too. But there’s a lot of pushback and some of it from unexpected quarters. I’d be surprised to see it pass.

      2. The whole point of all of these is “we need to get people out of their cars”. Cars mean independence and self-reliance, both of which progs hate. Better you get on public transportation with all the other proles, then everyone is easy to control.

    4. Rhywun

      The number is misleading. It’s 12-something one-way. The other way is free. Still a lot, but not what it looks like.

      1. Rhywun

        *with the EZ-Pass thing

      2. Count Potato

        For people who have to commute that’s $240 a month just in tolls.

  3. commodious spittoon
    1. Sean

      ??

    2. Doesn’t load for me.

      1. blackjack

        Didn’t seem to load too well for her either….

    3. Brochettaward

      Would.

      1. Spudalicious

        #metoo. 30 years ago.

      2. Trials and Trippelations

        Uhhh don’t think i can get drunk enough for that

        1. Brochettaward

          Well, certainly not with that attitude. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

    4. What’s with those eyebrows? She looks like her forehead is inhabited by some strange species of caterpillar.

      1. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption

        I want to agree. However, I’m reminded of the rather…easy acceptance of AOC’s looks around these parts*, and figure that if her looks inspire such a ‘yeah, but’ reaction, I can enjoy a future mariposa girl.

        *Not necessarily you, Animal. Unless you are in that camp.

        1. CPRM

          I ain’t got no problem with crazy eye’s looks, and in person this girl would probably be ok, but them is some caterpillar eyebrows.

          1. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption

            Well, you can have Bony McNostril; I’ll make due with Margaret McPoyle‘s understudy.

          2. CPRM

            You do you.

          3. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption

            You do you.

            ::leans over to whisper to CPRM::

            See, that’s why I’m angling for the Ms. Timing-challenged…

    5. Rhywun

      Pro-tip: make sure the sound is on. It wasn’t on for me at first.

  4. Reposting as promised:

    SPECIAL EDITION

    For the first time ever, Glibs will be subjected to the worst music in history!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpFJC0ZqMcI&list=PLJjf4Wj-tGbeLoQklNWTe5pbT7xa8PwY6

    BEHOLD!

    Albuquerque’s finest late 90’s garage pseudo-band, Skin Flick, featuring yours truly on bass, now available for listening displeasure!

    Bonus points if you figure out which ones I’m singing on.

    Try starting with “Big Mike” and “My Social Life”.

    1. Tundra

      There are a couple bands that stole your name. You should sue!!

      1. Consider it done.

    2. BakedPenguin

      Yeah, in 1984 or 5 I hungout with some punk sk8bros. We formed a band called Misguided Youth.

      Too bad we sucked – broke up in under a year. I’d occasionally meet up with them at different shows later. Q, if it matters, your music was much better than ours (and I say this as the main songwriter.)

      1. Tundra

        Lol. I was in a couple bands in high school and college. We would have been light years better has we been Q’s band.

      2. Our high-school band was The Ted Bundy Machine.

        We were named after a serial killer before Marilyn Manson.

        The name was a joke because I thought Al Bundy (when Fox was some exotic new channel) was actually named Ted. I haz a confuse)

  5. Count Potato

    “Men love a woman with a penis folks.”

    https://twitter.com/StefanMolyneux/status/1112148626136928256

    1. Subwoofer

      I mean, yeah? Men do love women with a penis. Except incels. They don’t love anyone with their penises.

    2. Heroic Mulatto

    3. I’m glad at least a few people tried to address The Question, aka, “Are traps gay?”

        1. Spudalicious

          Wow, that cost me some serious brain cells.

        2. Don Escaped Texas

          How did the “I can define myself any way I wish” crowd decide that they needed to be the “only I can define your reality for you” crowd?

    1. Count Potato

      This is the third different one I’ve seen. So I’m guessing it is.

      https://twitter.com/nickmon1112/status/1112468503150379008

      1. Heroic Mulatto

        Finding this humorous is elitist and condescending to “real” Americans.

        1. Count Potato

          Geography is hard when looking up Jedediah Bila’s dress.

          https://www.jedediahbila.com/photos

      2. Spudalicious

        No one needs three kinds of Mexico.

    2. AlmightyJB

      “Gonna need two more walls”

      Lol

  6. 61North

    Home viewing went pretty well. It needs some interior paint touch ups and some new interior doors and a new rear deck. And I can add a wood burning stove no problem. But it’s in my price range and a solid neighborhood. We’ll see how old the septic and water treatment systems are.

    1. Tundra

      Nice. How long has it been on the market?

      1. 61North

        Just under a month. There hasn’t been a home inspection yet, which is a bigger than usual concern since we had the 7.1 quake in November. I talked to some people in the neighborhood today who were out enjoying the sun and they said they didn’t have any structural damage, but I’ll gladly pay someone to determine that.

        1. Tundra

          The nice part of being in no hurry is the ability to say ‘meh’. Good luck! I hope it works out.

          1. 61North

            Thanks!

            I extended my lease through this summer, so there’s plenty of time to find something.

    2. Fourscore

      Good luck, hope it goes fast and smooth

    3. DEG

      Good luck!

    4. creech

      Don’t forget, you need to act like a spoiled couple and say the new granite kitchen counters aren’t your color choice and that the new white appliances need to be replaced immediately with stainless steel. Galt forbid, you live with something deemed imperfect. (I must be watching too much HGTV)

      1. juris imprudent

        My wife makes me watch with her; what’s your excuse?

      2. Trials and Trippelations

        i noticed that too. I am sure it’s played up sometimes, but I am sure realtors have plenty of stories too

    1. Subwoofer

      The idiocy of that statement would be hilarious if it weren’t so widely held by people who vote. Its the kind of thinking that creates real, no shit oppression.

      1. Don Escaped Texas

        It was a short trip from “I’m oppressed so I’m poor” to “I’m oppressed so I can’t be stupid or evil”

    2. BakedPenguin

      semi-OT. Is it just me, or does shoe0nhead look like Aubrey Plaza? (From Parks & Rec).

      1. Count Potato

        I never thought that myself.

        1. BakedPenguin

          Maybe it’s all the booze, but I think they could be sisters

          1. Brochettaward

            Plaza looks like she’d be down for anything in bed.

          2. Count Potato

            June is way more beautiful — body and soul. Although, she’s very little. If I’m not mistaken, she’s only 4′ 11″.

          3. BakedPenguin

            Oh my, petite women.

  7. Congratulations to everybody who had Duke in the bracket pool.

    1. Tundra

      Whew! I don’t have to pay attention to basketball anymore this year!

      Thanks, Ted!

    2. Trials and Trippelations

      ?

    3. 61North

      This game cost me the bracket I did my with bro group. Oh well.

      1. cyto

        A buddy texted me the best tagline for this game…

        Zionara!

  8. Spudalicious

    Another spectacular day. Wings and beer for lunch. Several hours of yardword this afternoon to get the lawn up to snuff. Finished an ice cold beer on the way to the shower and I’m now sitting on the patio in shorts with a large Manhattan. Rack of ribs on the smoker.

    Happy Sunday, Glibbies!

    1. Tundra

      Perfect.

      Had to bring Spawn 1 to the airport, so my night can only be pretty good. Wild are about to be eliminated from the playoffs, so my deck project is gonna get done way earlier!

      1. Join me in despair!

        1. Tundra

          Lol. Your team was my team when we didn’t have one.

          Join me in rebuilding the deck!!

          1. BakedPenguin

            Yeah. Where’d the North Stars go? Why would you ever move a hockey team from MN? It’s like moving a team out of Canuckistan.

            I’m guessing the NHL offered them “incentives” so they could “expand the geographical reach” within the US

    2. When I’m having a cold beer on a Sunday I prefer not to listen to Paul and Linda McCartney.

      1. Count Potato

        When you were young and your heart was an open book, you used to say live and let live.

        1. Spudalicious

          You know you did. You KNOW you did.

          1. But in this ever changin’ world in which we live in….

          2. Spudalicious

            It really is enough to make you give in and cry.

        2. Don Escaped Texas

          mangoes: not worth it

          I have always adored ApNow. I don’t recommend it or hold it out to others, but I watched it first run on the big screen and repeatedly in the college library for free. Sometimes you can’t defend something but it just suits you, your guilty pleasure.

    3. Old Man With Candy

      Fuck that Wings noise, I was rocking out to Lee Barber. Dinner tonight will feature burrata and some balsamic reduction. Perfect weather for sitting outside and watching the people on the golf course behind us butcher the game.

      1. blackjack

        Duane Allman Anthology. If you gotta have a Beatle, at least pick George.

          1. Count Potato

            I wonder which board had om symbols on it.

        1. Old Man With Candy

          I have my iPhone music app on Shuffle, so it’s a weird random mix. Spud used to call this my Sybil mode.

          1. blackjack

            Lee Barber reminds me of the local dive bar around here. I go on Fridays because my kid has a class next door. The place is tiny, but somehow at 8:00, they do this on Fridays:

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDPDtXAf8U0

          2. Spudalicious

            You would think the same if you looked through my CD collection.(For those of you younger than 35, that stands for “Compact Disc”)

          3. Certificate of Deposit?

  9. Count Potato

    “My @Wikipedia might as well be an opinion piece from Slate. The section about my views on race has nothing to do with the topic. Some citations used prove the opposite of what is written. The article is entirely curated to evoke a negative reaction. No mention of my triumphs.”

    https://twitter.com/Lauren_Southern/status/1112467909761089536

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Southern

    Any locked Wikipedia article is bullshit.

    1. Rhywun

      Yeah, I wouldn’t trust any Wikipedia article that touches on “politics” in any way.

      1. The thing about Wikipedia is that it’s geared towards autistic nerds with a lot of time on their hands. For some things that’s great, but when you get the subspecies that is attracted to political topics, you wind up with insane, gibbering baboons with keyboards who have nothing better to do than obsess over winning Internet fights controlling the flow of information.

        1. l0b0t

          I was once quite active and focused mainly on copy editing and fixing vandalism. Fixing some childish silliness on the article about Glenn Beck earned me a stalker from a block of Singaporean IP addys who made editing into such an unpleasant experience that I walked away and haven’t logged back in for years.

    2. Don Escaped Texas

      She studied political science at the University of the Fraser Valley but completed only two years without matriculating.[14][15][16] Southern said she dropped out because it was a waste of money to pay for knowledge she could obtain on her own have you seen my boobs?

      1. Brochettaward

        I mean, she was already past the point of really needing the credentials.

      2. Not Adahn

        How an you attend without matriculating?

        1. Don Escaped Texas

          yeah, people get English wrong so much I don’t even buck any more. People have been saying celibate when they meant chaste for over two decades. I give up.

          1. TIL according to some definitions of the word “celibate” it can just mean abstention from marriage, not necessarily sex.

        2. BakedPenguin

          How an you attend without matriculating?

          You patriculate, using your male privilege. Duh.

          1. Count Potato

            Well, legally, she is a man in Canada.

          2. BakedPenguin

            Damn. I’m totally gay in Canada.

  10. DEG

    ZARDOZ EXPRESSES SORROW TO THOSE CHOSEN ONES THAT MUST TAKE THIS BRIDGE.

    But no cleansing of the MTA? Are you OK Zardoz?

    1. Spudalicious

      Done gone soft, he has.

    2. juris imprudent

      Yeah, that was the sense I had when he said that – like yeah, it will be tough to take and hold. What if the enemy just decides to blow it up?

    1. Rhywun

      …what am I seeing on that cover?

      1. It’s a Rorschach test.

      2. egould310

        A very artsy wang.

      3. Pecan Sandy

        I always thought it was a weird bridge pictured from a top down view. But upon closer inspection it could be something else. Apparently he named the song/album after a race horse.

        1. slumbrew

          Which surely was named after the https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/why-is-the-bridge-of-sighs-so-called/“>Bridge of Sighs in Venice.

          1. Rhywun

            Enh, I only see penis. Probably ZARDOZ’s fault.

    2. Don Escaped Texas

      When I was married to a girl in TV, we got tickets to everything; Trower was acceptable but not excellent. I’m still astonished at all the European kids who embrace my cotton-patch culture and want to master it; of course: the more the merrier.

      1. Pecan Sandy

        Never seen him in person, but the videos on YouTube I saw of him we’re underwhelming. Still love that album and his procul harem stuff.

        1. BakedPenguin

          I prefer “Too Rolling Stoned” (or the first 2:45 of it, anyway)

  11. Subwoofer

    Just another anecdote of Trump possibly picking up votes for 2020.

    Brad Parscale, Donald John Trump’s 2020 campaign manager, told Jesse Watters last night that 34% of the people who attended the president’s rally in Grand Rapids were registered Democrats.

    Parscale knows that because people needed to give the campaign their cellphone numbers to get tickets. The campaign then used the information to check their voting record.

    A bit creepy though that you can tell someone’s party affiliation with only a phone number.

    1. Don Escaped Texas

      I thought Trump won Michigan.

      1. By about 11K votes.

        1. Don Escaped Texas

          woah * fans self *

    2. The campaign then used the information to check their voting record.

      Yeah, that didn’t happen. Anecdotal evidence may not be as useless as some claim but when the story has outright BS built in you can probably dismiss it.

      1. cyto

        As a bulk buyer you can get all sorts of stuff from a cell phone number for a quarter. Name, address, even your SSN. i have been out of the business since social media became such a thing, but I’d bet that for the right price they could get the brand of feminine hygiene products your S.O. uses and how often you fill up the tank. Getting your party affiliation is relatively trivial.

        1. Your party affiliation is not your voting record. It’s bullshit, while Trump may be picking up votes, this is an obvious play at feeding people what they want to hear, and as such, I find it highly questionable.

  12. Spudalicious

    The lesson? Don’t fuck with tigers.

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/siegfried-roys-animal-handler-breaks-silence-tiger-mauling-alleges-cover-up-1197216

    “At this point, by Lawrence’s recollection, Horn made a crucial error — one thus far omitted from the post-tragedy narrative. “What Roy did was, instead of walking Mantacore in a circle, as is usually done, he just used his arm to steer him right back into his body, in a pirouette motion,” he says. “Mantacore’s face was right in [Horn’s] midsection. By Roy not following the correct procedure, it fed into confusion and rebellion.”

    Mantacore’s ears went noticeably erect. His whiskers became outstretched from his cheeks, and the pupils of his eyes grew large, with a green haze.”

    1. juris imprudent

      I’m with chef on tigers: “never get out of the fucking boat”.

    2. blackjack

      My cats would have already killed me if they were that big. As in, the injuries they already inflicted would have scaled up to fatal. 9 lb cat vs 3-400 lb tiger.

    3. BakedPenguin

      ‘Mantacore, deemed blameless’

      Something something scorpion. Something something frog.

    4. Rhywun

      Yeah, you learn to recognize the cues that mean your cat is about to go from “playful” to “demon-inhabited blood-letting machine”.

      1. Tulip

        Mine is very good at hiding the signs. I just assume he is always out for blood.

  13. blackjack

    My kid just got stung by a bee. He screamed and ran for like 10 minutes straight. I told him the motionless one’s he finds are not dead, their just warming back up to fly again. he didn’t believe me. It was hilarious. He’s 6.5, btw.

    1. commodious spittoon

      I read that as 6′ 5 and was confused.

      1. Tres Cool

        Im glad Im not the only one

      2. The ladies tell me 6.5 is the minimum for satisfaction.

        1. commodious spittoon

          I tell ’em more than a handful is a waste.

        2. Tres Cool

          …some women just need it that thick

        3. *narrows gaze*

          …wait a minute.

        4. Spudalicious

          And then you apologize?

      3. blackjack

        Well, he’s cray tall for his age. Like 98th percentile ( that’s not 98 y/o, btw) tall, so I expect 6’5″ one day and some crazy food bills on the way.

        1. Don Escaped Texas

          I was 3-1 on my second birthday; junior was 3-3.
          Now: 6-2 and he’s……………………………………….6-2. I thought he was going to be tall like the rest of my family.

          1. blackjack

            My kid’s adopted and he’s black. It’s funny because I’m a white trash biker type. His mom we met, and she’s about 5’6″, but no info on dad at all. One of my customers asked if I planned to tell him he was adopted, I just looked at him until he got it and started laughing.

          2. Don Escaped Texas

            I love everything about that story.

          3. Fourscore

            Another way to estimate a child’s adult height is to double a boy’s height at age 2 or a girl’s height at age 18 months.

            Was right on for my kids

      4. Spudalicious

        That’s what I read too. I thought, “what a pussy”.

    1. Pecan Sandy

      Gold.

    2. blackjack

      Doesn’t the blue check mark mean it’s approved by the SEC?

    3. Heroic Mulatto

      You’re on here and you question that?

      The Glibs staff is just angry that he didn’t wait to drop it in May.

      1. Count Potato

        Well, it is awfully ridiculous.

  14. Don Escaped Texas

    I read that as 6′ 5 and was confused.

    When I was dating Lawyer I she explained that on dating aps double the gap to six foot to get a guy’s true height. If he advertises 5-10 (2 under), he’s 5-8 (4 under). Guys over six just post it like it is.

    She was dead wrong about horses and about me, but that height thing rings true.

    1. Don Escaped Texas

      YouTube thinks I also need to watch “M1 Carbine at 300 Yards.” can’t stop laughing: no

  15. Ownbestenemy

    My westerly neighbor cut down their large tree that was providing excellent shade during summer to my yard…assholes.

    Ribs have been on for 4 hours…chicken is on now. Corn, potatoes also on the menu.

    My wife wanted to remind me I was turning 40 soon by throwing a large party.

    My oldest is graduating and can still join the military and fight the same damn war I signed up during.

    So says we all

    1. Gustave Lytton

      My westerly neighbor cut down their large tree that was providing excellent shade during summer to my yard…assholes.

      My sympathies. If you don’t own it, you can’t control it. Our property line is far too close to the house on one side, but we’ve had the perfect neighbor since my wife moved in years ago. He likes his privacy even more than we do so has left his side heavily wooded. Now he’s moved out and the house is for sale.

      1. Ownbestenemy

        Yeah. I think its cause its an elderly couple that cant maintain it. I understand but it kept my back porch so cool. Guess its time for some shades

        1. LJW

          Did the leaves stay in their yard? That’s the best of both worlds. Our last house was pure misery on top of the fact that we had massive trees that all shed at different times of the year, all of our neighbors trees dropped in our yard. Almost bought a property with 0 trees for our second house. We didn’t get it but lucked out and got a house with smaller trees and a elevated neighbor whose house shades our backyard in the afternoon.

    2. …turning 40 soon…

      Grumbles

      1. Spudalicious

        Take solace in the fact that he has no idea what’s coming his way.

      2. juris imprudent

        Thinks a moment. Oh, yes, I do remember and that was a memorable birthday celebration. Almost makes me blush.

  16. Gustave Lytton

    RIP Tania Mallet, Tilly Masterson in Goldfinger.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tania_Mallet

    1. egould310

      A fine piece of ass.

      1. Gustave Lytton

        And Helen Mirren’s cousin.

        1. Likewise a fine piece of ass.

        2. egould310

          Also, a fine piece of ass.

          1. egould310

            *Cheers!*

    2. Count Potato

      She looks a lot like Caitlin Fitzgerald.

    1. Brochettaward

      The Soviets would have blushed if they could see the level of Orwellian shit democratic governments are getting away with in the West.

      1. Spudalicious

        Gorbachev has a sad. “You mean, all I had to do was just sit back and wait?”

        1. Well, if he’d listened to Khrushchev…

  17. We already know they’re ok with propaganda as long as it’s simpatico with their narrative.

    https://freebeacon.com/culture/author-nyt-anti-israel-piece-works-group-funded-qatar/

    1. Gustave Lytton

      So Qatar’s, which is in a power struggle with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf/Arab countries, primary focus is on subverting Israel? Ok…

      1. Spudalicious

        Qatar has been making nicey, nice with Iran. Saudi Arabia and other Arab states have significantly ratcheted down their rhetoric against Israel(thank you Trump). It actually fits quite well.

        1. Gustave Lytton

          Ah, that would make sense with Qatar seeking Iran’s embrace.

  18. AlmightyJB

    Do I look civilized to you?

    1. Rhywun

      I think we’ll be surprised how many people really were born yesterday.

    2. 61North

      I know this is an April Fools thing, but I deal with water/sewer stuff on a daily basis and the fact the organizers had no plan for it made me scream at the tv when watching documentary on it.

      1. Rhywun

        Oh look, I got had. I forgot tomorrow (ahem) is the day to drop out of society for 24 hours.

        1. J. Frank Parnell

          Eh, if anything the prank news stories that will be floating around tomorrow will make more sense than real news stories lately.

          1. Rhywun

            So true.

    3. slumbrew

      Just watched the Netflix doc on the Fyre Festival on Friday. It’s fat-Seth-McFarland really comes off like a sociopath. Fat-Tim-Gunn seemed like one of the few adults in the room and the story about what he was willing to do to get the water out of customs was semihilarious.

      My major takeaway – the self-taught pilot who said “we should use cruise ships” had the best single idea what would have possibly made work, and the promptly cut him out.

    4. Chafed

      That’s really funny.

  19. Spudalicious

    For those of you that can afford $50 for a bottle of bourbon, the Bulliet Barrel Proof has really been growing on me. As air has had time to work on the whiskey in the bottle, it’s really turned into a quality, complex bourbon. Even though it’s a bourbon, the first aromatics and flavors are all spicy rye. The palate opens up and adds some sweetness with caramel and dark fruit, but also maintains a dry oakiness for balance. This is a nice glass of booze. It worth having one on hand for special occasions.

  20. straffinrun

    This debate on free speech was pretty good just for the way it exposed the thinking of those that want to wield censorship power. TL;DW version: because of the power imbalance in society, we must listen to the students when they say they don’t want a speaker on campus. Your “privilege” is a thumb on the scale when you debate with a marginalized person. Also, the enlightenment was a way to entrench power in the hands of the dominant group (I know, it’s ridiculous).
    What I’m seeing from the two neocensors is that it isn’t about who the student body as a percentage deems worthy of an invite to campus. It’s about the amount of outrage that can be generated against that speaker. They are totes free speech as long as you speech is limited by the conditions their side sets. They’ve taken Descartes’ “I think, therefore I am” and added an “oppressed both before and after the comma.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wpGd5DZ_K5w

    1. Rhywun

      Kudos. I don’t think I could watch something like that without putting my fist through my monitor. I am that sick and tired of it.

  21. CPRM

    So, when ‘Get Out’ came out, I thought it looked like a shitty movie. ReViewers I trust (RLM) said it was good, and this week the news about how Jordan Peele’s latest movie was only getting bad reviews BECAUSE RACISM! I decided to watch ‘Get Out’. My initial thought was proved wrong, it’s not a shitty movie, just a weak pointless navel gaze with a few points that put it above straight to DVD Horror movies and in a few years will be relegated to the dustbin of history, because the point it tries to hammer home falls flat even now just a couple years later.

    Just my two bits…and haircut.

    1. Rhywun

      I’ve only heard good things about “Us”.

      I never actually heard of “Get Out” before yesterday. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

      1. CPRM

        Here’s the trailer for Get Out. It’s as stupid as it looks.

        1. Rhywun

          Enh, trailers are garbage. But I just read the plot summary on wikipedia and OK it does sound ridiculous.

      2. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption

        I never actually heard of “Get Out” before yesterday.

        Wow…I am almost envious, considering how often it’s praised (in any setting).

        I’m not interested in Peele’s racial/existential horror stuff. Just make with the funny, dude. (Keanu was fucking hilarious, although I think Key got more of the funnier stuff).

        1. Rhywun

          I live alone and don’t pay any attention to MSM. I’m basically ignorant of pop culture and I’m OK with that.

          1. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption

            Yeah, I have to say that’ it’s very impressive; especially in this particular matter.

            Well, and that you live in NYC. That is some dedication, there, Rhy.

          2. Rhywun

            I could be just as antisocial in Ottumwa if that helps.

          3. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption

            Hell, I wouldn’t change it at all!

          4. CPRM

            in Ottumwa

            I’m not down with all the latest gay slang.

          5. Chafed

            I admire your dedication.

          6. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption

            Rhy, you have your own fan club.

            You’ve made it.

        2. Chafed

          Key & Peele was consistently funny. Key was hysterical on Reno 911.

          1. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption

            ::fist-bump::

            One of my faves.

          2. Chafed

            Nice. They nailed the names.

            Here’s one for you: https://youtu.be/RJxUEsk98Tc

          3. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption

            Heh.

            Let’s also not forget that he was a good host. Well, if there is such a thing for that format.

            Speaking of Reno, I love how they wrapped up Terry’s story in the Miami movie.

          4. CPRM

            This one was brilliant. Get Out was missing that critical eye, and too full of it’s self.

        3. CPRM

          Key is ‘the funny one’ Peele is the brains, as far as I can tell. And he has talent, but focusing solely on ‘black people problems’ really is so droll. Like all those early aughts movies about white people in the suburbs. We’re all people, no need to focus on race. That was one of the brilliant things White Boyz did and South Park did with Token. There is no ‘acting white’ or ‘acting black’, it’s all cultural role play. we’re all just people, and the problem is assuming you need to adopt the ‘culture’ of your skin color. Then again, I guess I’m just a racist shitlord.

    2. Brochettaward

      Get Out was a dull, painful experience. No humor, no tension, and nothing resembling horror to me. I couldn’t even finish the thing.

      Us had a certain appeal. The premise makes no sense, but it’s enjoyable enough if you just forget about all that. And it’s the sort of movie that takes balls to make. For whatever flaws it has, I have to respect that.

      1. CPRM

        Get Out…No humor

        That was the worst part, was there was attempt at humor, but it was, dare I say racist. ‘Oh no, don’t go in that house!’ ‘Brother don’t be actin like no black man!’ ‘We black, so we know this black dude!’ ug.

  22. CPRM

    So, even though my last car died, I really want to buy the same model, even though I’m worried the reason it died might be a problem again. My mom’s boyfriend took a look at the dead car the block is seized. But he also implied there was no oil leak, but it died because of low oil, even though I had two days earlier checked the oil and found oil on the bottom of the crank case when I after it died. He worked formerly as a mechanic, bust I’m not so sure I trust his opinion, as when I bought the car it had a problem with missing ignition on a cylinder and he thought everything was ok, but I suspect that’s the same reason it died. As always, my problem seems to be trusting people to who say they know what they’re doing. Also, I’m drunk and AOC and a new hat will be in the next cartoon, unless something big happens.

    1. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption

      AOC and a new hat will be in the next cartoon

      OK, I’m really wanting to get in on the voice work here.

      /the new hat is gonna be a beret, right?

      1. CPRM

        /the new hat is gonna be a beret, right?

        Nope.

        1. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption
    1. CPRM

      Patient 0 for porn addiction. Even though I think you’re a creepy motherfucker, I like you Q.

      1. Ditto. Looking forward to the next H&H.

        1. CPRM

          You think i’m a creepy motherfucker?!

          1. Since we’re both Tulpa, and I’m creepy, you’re creepy by the Transitive Property.

          2. CPRM

            I ain’t no trannysitive!

    2. Chafed

      You are my kind of people Q.

  23. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption

    I saw that Trigger Hippie mentioned last night that he was watching Flash Gordon. While it is a campy piffle of film, I want to come in late and sorta defend its honor.

    While it is camp, it is a fun kinda camp, and I am rather impressed with Max von Sydow’s version of Ming. They gave him some pretty good lines–he did have some menace in all of the silliness. I tend to watch it when it’s on rotation on cable. Of course, my wife has to bust out the, “FLASH! AHH-AAHHHH!” singing, along with Melody Anderson’s “We’re better than you” line (that is some catty, pass-agg shit to throw down).

    So, yeah, I’m a fan–I remember seeing it in the theater, and even have a great childhood story from my cousin talking to his best friend before the movie started*.

    *it’s visual in nature, and doesn’t translate well into written form.

  24. robc

    ugh, the annual worst day of the internet has started.

    1. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption

      Is this the anniversary of FB? Twitter?

      Oohhh…..that day. Yeah.

  25. l0b0t

    Anybody still around? Just home from work and trying to tackle some house cleaning while everyone sleeps. Enjoying the Hell out of the Every Way to Cook an Egg (59 Methods) that one of y’all posted earlier. Anyone have corned beef seasoning ideas? My mainstay is my mom’s – a glaze of brown sugar, dark rum, ginger, clove, nutmeg, ketchup, and butter. The last few we made used variously spiced potions of different stouts and wee bit of beef flavor Better Than Bouillon but I’m looking for something new.

    1. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption

      Yeah, I’m still around. I doubt I can be of any help on the things you mention, though.

      I used the heck out of Better than Bouillon Lobster when making the bisque recipe poster around these parts a year or so ago. Therefore, I would imagine you had good results previously, but, new is usually good, too.

      1. l0b0t

        Ooohh! Didn’t know there was a lobster flavor. We are big fans of the beef, chicken, and mushroom so I’ll be on the lookout for that one.

        1. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption

          It’s…strong. Since I can’t really have bisque anymore (a shooter of it isn’t enough, and I will need more food for the day), I haven’t had a need for it in a while. It can be a bit difficult to find, unless you have a BtB connection.

          If you do, don’t mainline the stuff.

  26. AlmightyJB

    What do we want? More spending! What else do we want? No more taxes!

    1. Sir Digby’s Contrabulous Faptraption

      Just saw a fairly erudite-sounding guy with a leftist YT channel relating an argument with a conservative friend (animation of the back-and-forth). Tries to trap the friend with the logic of, “You are concerned about what happens to rich people, but, don’t care about what happens to poor people”. All because the friend doesn’t want to ‘tax the rich’, and wants people to meet their own needs as much as possible.

      Yeah–not giving IS taking, apparently. Then again, in this story, the conservative apparently didn’t care about the deficit. I don’t recall that ever really being a standard right-side point. Most conservative people I see/hear are terrified of the deficit, and, for the most part, want “Fuck You, Cut Spending”.