California mother and serious writer Joanna Schroeder recently got her fifteen minutes of fame courtesy of breathless CNN reporter Sara Sidner. Why, exactly? You see, Ms. Schroeder is very, very concerned about the well-being of her teenage sons, as a good mother should be, and wanted to raise the alarm for other mothers of teenage boys to be aware of the insidious reach of right-wing propaganda. She valiantly warned her fellow naive do-gooders about the sinister extremist messaging being used to target youth, lest they be “drawn in by snarky memes.”
Words to watch for
Snowflake: used to mock people deemed too sensitive, especially about issues impacting minorities
SJW: stands for “social justice warrior,” a term used to mock civil rights activists
Sidner does offer the rote, perfunctory disclaimer that Schroeder “does not shun mainstream conservative thought,” yet curiously fails to provide any evidence of that, or any example of what constitutes mainstream conservative thought. This claim is completely and laughably undermined by the inclusion of the terms “snowflake,” and “SJW” in the sidebar list of forbidden speech.
Those terms have been part of conservative dialogue for years. National Review is the leading organ of that mainstream conservative thought which Schroeder claims to not shun, yet of which she is blissfully unaware. A quick web search of the National Review website yielded articles from early 2015 by James Lileks and Jennifer Kabbany with the contemporary usage of “snowflake” as a term for overly-sensitive, nominally adult humans. Rather prophetically, Kabbany’s piece is titled “The Death of College Humor.” The term “SJW” was first used by National Review in late 2015 in articles by George Leef and Katherine Timpf.
Those who use the phrase sarcastically, as most do, imply that the snowflakes’ sensibilities are impossibly delicate, and shatter when confronted with the horrible realities of the world, such as capitalism or people who are insufficiently troubled by the link between climate change and industrial lettuce production. –James Lileks
Four and a half years is forever ago in the age of internet and twenty-four hour news. Yet, somehow, concerned mother Schroeder and professional journalist Sidner both missed those and all the subsequent references in National Review and other conservative media. And all the serious, informed, and rational discussion about the chilling effect of speech codes, and the erosion of first amendment rights.
Words to watch for
Beta… Cuck…
Femenoid/femoid…
Redpilled…
Blood and Soil…
14 or 88…
((( )))…
That’s quite an impressive list that they have assembled, and some of them are actual white supremacist dogwhistles: “Blood and Soil;” 14; 88; and the “echo,” those three nested parentheses denoting the thing contained within is (((Jewish))). But it should be noted that the echo has also been coopted by Jews and is often used ironically. Schroeder is right to be concerned about teenagers using those phrases. But including the phrases “SJW,” “snowflake,” and “triggered” in that laundry list only fans the flames of hysteria and undermines Schroeder’s already dubious credibility.
The first word I heard was “triggered,” and that’s a tough one. You may hear this from your conservative uncle, and you may also hear this from a kid who’s getting a lot of alt-right messaging online, and that’s everyone’s too sensitive today. -Schroeder, CNN interview
About the term “triggering” – Schroeder seems unaware that the term was originally a legit feminist term, explained to us back in June, 2015, by Gillian Brown on that unimpeachably feminist website Everyday Feminism. That the term has been so thoroughly co-opted by relentless parody that she is only familiar with its ironic usage must be as disappointing to Schroeder as having her lack of familiarity with feminist rhetoric exposed.
Schroeder does grudgingly acknowledge during her CNN interview that not all those “words to watch for” are racist, but some are “gateways.” The slippery slope argument, hinted at. Just like Marijuana is a “gateway drug” and every person who takes a puff from a “reefer” will eventually end up a heroin addict. And then there is the slippery conflation of mere mockery with inevitable racism and homophobia, since according to the article the term Snowflake is used to mock people “especially [emphasis added] about issues impacting minorities.” SJW, we are informed, “is a term used to mock civil rights activists.”
These terms are being used to mock and push back against the speech police, wannabe censors and their enablers such as Schroeder. The whole point of “triggering,” in the original usage anyway, is the conflation of speech with actual physical violence. This is unacceptable to those of use in the Liberty community, and moral scolds such as Schroeder must always be seen as enemies of free speech.
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383 responses to “The Moral Panic of Joanna Schroeder”
The first word I heard was “triggered,” and that’s a tough one. You may hear this from your conservative uncle, and you may also hear this from a kid who’s getting a lot of alt-right messaging online, and that’s everyone’s too sensitive today. -Schroeder, CNN interview
Sounds like she was triggered.
Good take down Tonio.
Yes, Tonio is one of the best writers here.
Clear, concise and the perfect length for my commute. Good stuff as always.
I hate that word. Anyone who uses it for any reason, even the singular noun in say, an internet moniker, is a complete and total asshole.
The first Viet Cong down the path stepped over the tripwire. The next triggered the claymore.
*reaches for Scottish Claymore mounted on wall*
Shot six times he fell from his horse into a shallow ravine. His horse dangled the leads into the crevasse so Lee could reach them. The horse then pulled him to safety. Trigger was a smart loyal horse.
*dials up Elmer’s Glue factory with GPS location info to a crevasse*
““Blood and Soil;” 14; 88; ”
I’m not as lenient on the progs as you. They have shown that they will twist anything to make people look like a white supremacist (see ok sign). So for me come back when they say sieg heil.
??
It’s a lot of Strurm und Drang. Next thing you know we’ll have another Drang nach osten.
sidebar list of forbidden speech.
Was that in the linked CNN story? I didn’t see any forbidden word list.
Yes, there are several “words to watch for” sidebars (may not be correct term) scattered throughout the original CNN article.
You avatar looks better without the koala.
Thanks, I aim to please.
Every heroin addict started life as a milk drinker. Obvious gateway
Funny you’d mention milk:
https://theconversation.com/how-the-alt-right-uses-milk-to-promote-white-supremacy-94854
What are you hiding Fours ore?
Fours ore? Damn autocorrect.
He was alive during WW2. Obviously a Nazi plant.
^^^ Underrated comment.
You are already suspect! There is a serious link between honey and Hitler!
Secretly hides 1/2 jar of honey, wipes mustache
“Today’s a special day. Over the past year and a half, I had the opportunity to get to know Katie Hill and call her my partner and friend. Now, I get to call her Congresswoman. Congratulations @RepKatieHill, I can’t wait to work side by side with you!”
https://twitter.com/AsmChristySmith/status/1080917619891494914
Whistling in the wheat field?
I would watch that on xhamster. Just saying.
#metoo
Absolutely. Hair brush or no.
“14 or 88” She best never go to a Chinese restaurant. 88 is good luck.
88 is good luck.
Uh, no.
It’s Patrick Kane’s number, Tulpa.
<a href="https://nascar-galleries.s3.amazonaws.com/gallery-images/2016/07/19/big_thumbnail/81476103.jpg" title="Patrick Who?!” target=”_blank”>Patrick Who?!
Could I get an edit fairy?
/note to self: “No HTML tags within a link”
Eyepiece is your friend here.
It looked hunky-dorey in Eyepiece. Even executed the link properly when I clicked on it in the preview.
Whoa.
Yeah, first it’s so-called “lucky” eights, then before you know it they’re claiming to be “victims” of lowered education standards. SMDH.
14 is divisible by 7. All menu items in a VN restaurant that are divisible by 7 are the best stuff. Its a little known secret code the Vnese use to communicate the choice items with each other. Mrs Fourscore has taught me well.
…no shit…
*looks up nearest Vietnamese restaurant*
This woman is like that person who just saw a movie that came out 10 years ago and wants to talk about it now.
If you put her in a line-up with six other women and said, “One of these people is a wretched scold who is going to accuse lots of people of being racist” I’m picking her every single time. It’s something about the glasses.
And if Warren and Klobuchar were also in the line up? Makes retching scold a little tougher, right?
That’d be like the Three Tenors of shrewish, joyless harridans.
I’d still smash.
Also, is there a helpful term for people who accuse anyone who doesn’t conform to their specific worldview or political ideology of being white supremacists? That can be used in polite company?
Intellectually dishonest.
I want to say Witchfinder General, but I don’t want to sully these guys. Maybe Heinrich Kramer…
Or these guys.
Very tasteful avatar.
Cunte?
That leaped to mind, but a lot of people like them and they’re useful. “Shitbird” is more accurate but not quite specific enough.
Racialist?
Race hustler?
A progressive?
OT . . posted at the end of the last thread, but deserves a repeat:
Most of you by now have hear me talk about Lilah and her battle with Epidermolysis Bullosa. There is now a book based on her available for preorder.
I also wrote and recorded a children’s song based on the book. Her mother and I are trying to find a way to make the song free with a pre-order. If we can’t find a way to do that, I’ll just make sure anyone who orders the book has a way to get it anyways.
It’s EB awareness week, so the timing is perfect . . . .please get a copy today if you have young kids or know someone who does.
OMWC . . .you can use it to lure girls to the van!
That is a beautiful book. ?
thanks dude, now I have like sand in my eye or something…
I kind of feel like an ass . . .I don’t proofread well and typically have a lot of typos (see above where I typed “hear” instead of “heard” . . .I just saw that on the pre-order page, first paragraph, third sentence, the word “characterize” should be “characterized” I pointed it out to the author, I hope it didn’t burst her bubble. But really, shouldn’t the publisher have caught that, isn’t it their job?
And right as I hit submit, she told me it was corrected . . .so disregard.
A one in one million incurable, painful, and fatal genetic condition characterized by extreme fragility of the skin, connective tissues, and mucosal membranes.
either you are crazy, or they are very responsive
Damn……that is rough.
Call me old fashioned, but I don’t equate the fight for Blacks to earn the right to vote and not be lynched for whistling at a white woman with some douche-bag Evergreen College grad fighting for mandatory proper pronouns.
Go fuck yourself Joanna Schroeder.
Also, great take-down, Tonio. I really like reading your stuff (no euphemism)
Also, also; thanks for the whatever-text. I recently learned (from Rhywun?) that it’s not alt-text but something much less roll-off-the-tonguey (also not a euphemism)
The Evergreen college SJW probably favors criminal charges for males whistling at women. The only difference now is the race.
Yeah, Medgar Evers was a civil rights activist. Talcum X is a cunte, and Joanna Schroeder is an idiot.
The whole point of this propaganda is to convince you to equate those things. It’s evil.
And you’d think actual civil rights activists would be screaming about it. But the left has Blacks so brainwashed that they put up with it* for the “greater good”.
*I say this as a white person in NoDak. My perception may not be entirely accurate.
There are indications Trump’s support among African Americans, men particularly is higher than any Republican since LBJ bought the civil rights leadership.
Not even vaguely true.
“Social Justice Warrior” was an autonym used by the people we would now call “woke” to announce how seriously they regarded social justice. I first encountered it in relationship to Rebecca Watson and the Atheism+ “movement.”
It quickly became an insult because the people adopting the descriptor were such utter pricks.
Because of your comment, I just read about “Elevatorgate” and I feel dumber because of it.
Wait, my cards last week said some stuff about scholarship and study. It’s real!
That was a surprisingly significant kerfuffle. You can go from there to P.Z. Meyers and to Ken White becoming a complete autofelcher.
Jeebus…that connects with Pope Hat shitting in his hat?!
Yeah. One of Rebecca’s biggest proponents was P.Z, who then went on to make public accusations that one of his detractors was a serial rapist, but couching his accusations as being statements of fact based on secret information. He then got Ken to represent him in the ensuing defamation suit, and from that point on Ken took the woke side in everything.
P.Z. went from being a scientist and free-thought / anti-anti-evolution thinker to a complete cunte in a frighteningly short span of time.
I watched much of it happen, having been a fan.
Shirley, I apologize for bringing up a painful subject, but I’d like to add my sympathy for the loss of your critter. We lost our adored only-kitty quite suddenly back in June, and we still miss him terribly. We were spared the hard decision – in our case, it only came down to a pretty obvious DNR when he went into cardiac arrest. I gather you currently feel as if you’re done, and after as many doggies as you say you’ve had, I can’t blame you. I’m hoping we’ll adopt again, maybe as soon as next month. Mr. GT has been dragging his feet – George Kitteh was Daddy’s widdle man – but I don’t want him (or me) to go into deep winter without a furry critter to lift our spirits.
When your entire movement is based in the clouds it becomes shockingly hard to evaluate the importance of any dispute.
I like your version better. It really makes them idiots.
Dana’s Church Lady is timeless. Thx for watching that interview for us, T-Bonio.
“everyone’s too sensitive today”
Analysis: True.
You son of a bitch, you better not be talking about me!
Also, would the annoying Mom, but only anally.
You know, I dated a girl who kind of looked like her but brunette once. Same expression and everything. Turns out she was as dull and tedious in bed as she was in every other aspect of her life. It’s like you go out with the stuffy librarian and she lets her hair down, and sure enough she’s smoking hot, but then it turns out she really is a dowdy librarian at heart.
You’re watching the wrong porn then
Look, some people are like onions, right, they’ve always got another layer. Other people are like pies, where they’ve got an outside layer, then there’s a layer beneath that, but then when you get to the bottom it turns out they’re really just like the first layer. Me, I like people who are like brisket. They might have a layer of bark, probably a smoke ring, but they’re basically the same all the way through.
LOL damn you
I think it was l0b0t this morning that mentioned that Kim Wylde’s “Cambodia” reminded him of an Abba song. I was thinking it was this.
So Ill just drag this here.
It was Leon, but thanks; this song is awesome. Yet another on the list of music I disregarded as being not punk when I was a snot-nosed youth but I wholly appreciate today.
*flashback to loving “Super Trooper” when I was 12 years old*
They do have a number of catchy pop songs, don’t they?
All this time I honestly assumed ((())) was exclusively a glibs thing. Guess I don’t get out much.
I had no idea “triggered” was a feminist term. I thought it was started by snowflakes who got triggered by everything. The woman/chic/broad turns the term into right wing propaganda is a new one. Haven’t seen that before.
I thought it was what I did right before the dynamite goes boom.
People invent new term to shout down and silence people they hate, the people they hate mock them with it, new term is now hate speech. Pretty straightforward, really. We’ll whittle that Webster down to a pocket-bible yet!
I thought it started as a real thing from PTSD, and then the SJWs co-opted it.
triggers pre-date PTSD. Its a substance abuse rehab/12-step thing.
Or so someone told me once.
in rehab the responsibility to avoid triggers is on the patient. You know, the sane way, where the person with the special need is responsible for meeting it not everyone else on Earth.
Peoples/places/things is one of the dumbest things ever preached.
You don’t like nouns?
I like nouns!
Yikes. That is no Conjunction Junction or Lolly Lolly Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here.
Same here. I thought it referred to people who’ve experienced actual trauma in their lives being reminded of it by environmental *triggers*, which was then co-opted by the same people who decided that bitching at the government for having to pay student loans back was their generation’s equivalent of Omaha Beach.
Not flash backs? Triggers trigger flash backs? Or are flash backs spontaneous?
I think triggers trigger flashbacks. I think. Not sure. But I think you can also just have spontaneous flashbacks. Or maybe the issue is that there are cases where very subtle triggers bring the flashback on such that it seems as if it were spontaneous.
Shit, I think you’re right.
This rings true. “Triggers”. Yeah, I’ve been hearing that term for decades.
The evolution of the usage is fascinating, from Gillian Brown’s use of the to refer to anything which causes a PTSD incident, even though Brown doesn’t use that term (and which I mischaracterized as “feminist” above), to the adoption by casual SJW’s who claim to be “triggered” by anything which contradicts their oh-so-fragile worldview (as per Lileks), to the takeover of the term by the anti-SJW crowd. Delicious that Schroeder and Sidner totally self-pwned on this one.
Yeah, interesting how “triggered” now means “offended”, and “offended” is just this side of physical assault. Everyone has become dainty Victorian ladies. I anticipate the return of the fainting couch and smelling salts.
I have never heard anyone I run into in daily life use the term other than ironically. The fact she claims it is now a right wing term is rather hilarious. and your link to her writings, where she opines of all the horrid things in this country is some how linked to Trump yet they have been going on for many decades, yet as far as minority employment and moving up in the world has gotten better, (which I only give credit to trump as far as pushing a tax cut and deregulation) will never be recognized because literally Hitler. It all is fascinating as far as disconnect goes.
“Everyone I disagree with is a racist.”
Film at 11.
Mr. Mojeaux just came out to me. He now identifies as a lottery winner.
He’s as rich as “Call me Ma’am” is feminine”.
But does he follow through?
WTF? We need to know what is his trick? Does he change his socks? What underwear does he wear? What is the morning ritual? Does he sacrifice small animals in the shed? He is the luckiest person I have ever heard of.
Oh, no. Sadly, no, not for real.
But you know, if sayin’ it makes it so …
Aaaaaah, you have told us of his luck so I still want to know all above regardless of winning the lottery. I lose at everything. Whats her face number 2 and I got married in Vegas. I told her I didn’t gamble. Machines never choked out a few coins at me like they do everyone else. She said no way, they always spit a few to keep you playing. I proved her wrong and she told me I couldn’t put a coin in a machine the rest of the trip.
Oh NOOOOOWWWWWW you’ve brought casino games into it.
This is the story of our one and only trip to a casino:
Mr: We each get $20 to blow no the slots.
Me: *looking around at bright lights, noise, jangling, despairing elderly ladies hinched over a slot machine* Hey, look, there’s a nice relatively dark corner I can curl up in a fetal ball now.
Mr: No, c’mon, it’ll be fun. *grabs hand*
We’re standing in front of this machine where he shoves in $20 and pushes a button and things spin.
Me: WTF YOU DON’T EVEN GET A LEVER?!
Mr: They have them. It’s for show.
I watch as he hits the button 19 more times. Bye bye $20.
Me: Are you fucking KIDDING ME?! Where are the fucking blackjack tables?
Mr: Whu?
Me: Now!
Mr: Yeah, hi. Wife wants to play blackjack. Can you help her out a little?
Me: All I need to know is when to say more and no more. Here’s $20.
1/2 hour later …
*storm out of the fucking casino with $100 in my hand*
That was 17 years ago.
There’s a reason that’s my name.
When to say more and when to say no more?
The first few hours at the tables, I drink water and typically do pretty well. Then I relax, rubs my hands and yell, “cocktail!”. And over the next few hours I will have an awesome time, and lose everything I won, and everything I brought to gamble with.
I am a living example of why casinos give you “free” booze. Fortunately, I only gamble every few years.
Casinos reek of despair and loneliness. The bright lights and neon and noise and jangling send me into sensory overload.
Mind you, I can go to heavy metal concerts, no problem, but there is something about casinos that just runs a razor blade down my spine.
Lol! And I have no interest in heavy metal concerts.
My one and only casino experience was in Cleveland at around 10pm on a weeknight.
Despair and loneliness pretty much sums it up. There were a few knots of millennials at the craps tables who seemed to be having fun but the slots and other gimmicky machines… OMG.
My only time gambling was when our unit was on a 4-day weekend in Lake Tahoe (closest city to where we were training). I ran into a buddy from Boot Camp who had already lost his entire paycheck (about $180 – this was a long time ago). I said we should hang out since I didn’t gamble anyway. So we are walking around and he spots a $1 slot machine – “This is the one I was looking for – they always pay out”. I couldn’t get him to shut up so I told him I would lend him $10 but when that was gone we were leaving.
On about the 5th dollar he hits $20 – so I take my $10 out of it. Two pulls later he hits another $20 – so I take half to hold for him for dinner. Every time he hit after that I would take half to hold for him until his pot was spent. When he spent his last dollar I was holding $110 for him.
And that’s how gambling addicts are made. ?
It may be hard for you, but you need to be there for him. Support him; make him feel lucky; admire his power balls; if he tells you his lucky number is 69, embrace it…
You’re welcome for the help during this trying time.
Thank you. It is a trying time.
Take all that money and dump it back into the house you’re running away from!
Oh FFS. if he won megamillions tomorrow, the first thing I’d do is hire a backhoe and tear this fucker down bucket by bucket.
His lucky number is one ?
I thought it was something different…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5ab8BOu4LE
Thanks for that. I haven’t heard that song in forever.
That’s just, like, god tempting your soul with riches. You should give it to your church leaders so they can show the rest of you that god is pleased with them and blessed them with riches. Because that’s different, somehow. 😉
I’m still giggling about the “Surprise Sniffarooski”.
I can’t stop laughing about every word of it. It’s incredibly well done.
Does anyone here know Yuri?
“Do you know heeem? Has you seen heeem?”
Yuri is not a him.
I dont think you’re in a position to assign gender roles to Yuri. I dont care if you are a lawyer.
Sorry, no hims in Yuri. It is a basic rule of the genre.
Not even in Yuri on Ice?
Shouldn’t that be Yaoi on Ice? Damn patriarchy ruining things for TERFs even in the Land of the Rising Sun.
Now I’m afraid to Google that.
wimp
After what he’s done to my YouTube ‘recommend for you’ vids list, yeah, tapping out.
HM satisfies the dark side of my intellectual curiosity. Man does not live by Jordan Peterson youtube alone. The balanced life is achieved by alternating academic lectures on archetypes, with phat asses bouncing.
You post one link to a pic like this and everyone’s a critic:
WTF do you get this shit? So fast? Do you have a 6Tb external hard drive full of this stuff all neatly filed for quick access to traumatize us poor, innocent glibs?
This was already in the media library.
Also, it comes to me.
it comes to me.
Hmm, I’d have thought it would’ve been vice versa.
Is she a little person, or is that really a mule?
Of course it is a mule! Do you want her to get pregnant?
I miss Tijuana
The “rule” fits:
Christ, what an asshole!
You see the smirk on the donkey’s face too?
????
For some reason, I find the Beardo the Weirdo leering at the viewer to be the most disturbing thing about the picture.
That’s basically what a young OMWC looked like.
The used car salesman or the goat?
Andropov?
That guy was an asshole.
Unlike this guy.
No, Yuri Tarded.
Impress me when you find the cover for the paperback “Nancy’s Black Husband” where Nancy bangs the doberman.
c. 1980s or whenever I was a teen.
Oh you did not just dare him.
“Debbie does German Shepherds” About 1973 or so
*yawns*
I haven’t found it yet, but this is one of the most sublime things I have ever seen:
Where’s Jeremiah?
Okay, nothing on the Joy to the World reference? 3DN?! Bah!!!
*storms off, stops, kicks pebbles, storms off again*
Mama told me not to come…
They won that poker game.
EXACTLY! The art style is basically the same, no?
“Christ, what an asshole!”
/St. Bernard
And Hyp thinks *I’m* the one ruining our family friendly status.
What is more family friendly than pets?
Well, you do write some pretty smutty stuff.
Wait… is that authored by the fellow who played Higgins in television’s Magnum P.I.?
Yuri? That’s a vowel away from yori, from last week’s nihongo
classelectroshock session. Now I’m triggered.I told you life is too short to study head-final languages.
Why do you hate Yoda?
Obviously mainstream conservative thought = CNN
I feel triggered by her blond haired aryian white priviledge. Also, her glasses are racist, as is that smirk on her face.
I think we’ve got enough for a class action lawsuit. Does she mention using Roundup? This could be big
We found Glysophates in cancer patients!
/California Terminal Cancer Ward and Environmental Research Lab
Our Motto: Control Groups stifle Academic Freedom.
Good point-by-point analysis, T.
How many people remember HRC used “fake news” to refer to the IT debacle in her State Dept office?
I’m triggered.
I mean, she’s the perfect retort to white supremacy, because she’s clearly white. Obviously we’re gonna need more than a lack of melanin to get this global domination thing going.
She won’t be breeding.
At least not with humans.
Sorry. As I stated in the comment one subthread: complete and total asshole.
I was referring to myself, just so ya know.
Via Instapundit:
American-Made Cheese Named World’s Best for the First Time Ever
Heads are exploding around the world. The best part:
That’s because the EU has effed up French cheese with stupid regulations.
It’s a good thing that the EU can still export their products, because with their tax rates, no one there can afford them.
How I miss Vacheron. Ahhh. You have to spread it with a spoon.
I think the best tasting cheese in the world is Crystal Farms mozzarella.
Now I’m….dammit!
Living up to your avatar.
So was it a blind taste-test, or “we wanted to throw the award somewhere other than France”?
“We try to celebrate cheeses from around the world” sounds like the latter.
I don’t really get these “Best Cheese, Wine or Beer” competitions. How do you decide that across such a wide category? Best Syrah, Best Stout, Best Stilton, Ok, you are comparing the quality of the entries. Best cheese? Can you really decide that the excellent Cheddar is better than the best Gruyere?
Or the best Mozzarella?
You avatar is gay.
But my taste in cheese is impeccable.
Yeah, it’s ridiculous. I don’t like moldy cheese so that winner is never going to be “my” best cheese.
Epoisses is good, but it’s not even vaguely France’s best. I consider this judging panel to be composed of stupidheads.
Incidentally, when I was in Quebec, the fromagieres were completely bitchy to me until I asked if they had Epoisses. Then they couldn’t stop offering me samples. Quebec cheese is meh at best.
Was it similar to Kraft American cheese?
I cut the cheese. Did that help?
That cheese sounds like shit. /from the land of cheese and beer
I’m willing to bet that we have some words round there that she totally did not expect and that will make her spontaneously combust into a melting snowflake soup.
This is what happens when the basic human struggle has ended. First.World.Problems. We’ve now given every mentally disturbed person a big megaphone and the time to use it. The only way to actually resolve this is to ignore them or mock them. Or, giant meteor. The establishment media may actually be the worst enemy that humankind has ever faced. Trump at least has that part sort of right.
When do the Huns, Goths, Mongols, and Vikings arrive to wipe us all out with their superior testicular fortitude?
Bitches ain’t shit but hoes and tricks.
She’s an Econ student at Boston College.
?
Too bad You isn’t American, with that Econ paper she could be a Congressperson in a couple years. Right pape, right school, what’s not to like?
‘Authorities said You, also a student at Boston College, was “physically, verbally and psychologically abusive” toward her boyfriend during their 18-month-long relationship.
Investigators looked through a trove of text messages the two exchanged in which You allegedly tells Urtula, 22, to “go kill himself” or to “go die” and that she, his family and the world would be better off without him, prosecutors said.’
Dumping a chick and blocking her number is pretty tough to figure out, huh? Involuntary Manslaughter? Get the fuck out here. Sure, she sucks as a human, but words and actions…ah, it’s Massachusetts, what was I thinking.
“47,000 text messages in 2 months.”
I did some math; assuming being awake for 18 hours a day, every day, that comes out to 43-ish texts per hour. When you realize she was likely with him for large periods of time and not texting him, that’s a mind boggling amount of texts.
Just put ‘Forward’ on autoplay
The linked article left out the only important part of the story! No pic of the perp! How am I to judge if she is to die for, unless I can see if I would?
Yeah, I saw one, well developed young lady, assets visible in the picture
Wait, you mean young, or young compared to you? Cause, if you are referring to what I think you are…no.
He means other outlets have pics. She’s a solid 6 maybe a 7 on a good day.
*searches*
Hmm…yes. I see.
Rollins said a bill is currently in front of a legislative committee that would make encouragement or assistance of suicide a crime a punishable of up to five years in prison.
Kill yourself.
Wouldn’t it be simpler if they just passed one law:
It is a felony of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th degree to be a bad person. The degree shall be determined by the classification of degree of badness by the Badness Committee which shall be empaneled in consultation with the DNC, SPLC and RCP.
No First Amendment problem there.
Rachael Rollins should do the world and MA a favor by offing herself.
Spent the weekend trying to get tires for GFs car, but everybody was booked. This morning, in the snow, slid into the curb. Bent tie rod ends. Gonna be $800 to fix it and get new tires, alignment, and a couple previously broken lugs replaced. Sigh. I could do the job myself, but I won’t have time until this weekend and we’re down to two broken vehicles, so uber rides would cost us almost $500 until I could fix it, and wouldn’t include new tires, lugs, or alignment. Sigh. I really wanted to buy myself a new vehicle, but I guess I gotta fix GFs, first.
Stop bragging about having a GF. Now I’m…dammit!
Yeah, well, her finances are a mess, which is why I’m so broke that I can’t pay 800 and also buy myself a vehicle, so…
I just read that and it’s not fair. Without her income, I’d be some poor looser single Hippie, with no disposable income. And she’s a great cook. And she makes me forget my widower sadness. And I really really like her.
Fix the car, save up, enjoy the good stuff.
Ha! I posted before your addendum. That doesn’t sound like me at all.
‘I’d be some poor looser single Hippie,..’
THAT DOESN’T STING, MEANIE!
How did you end up so loose? Was it a SMITH?
An external hemorrhoid is no joke, yo.
Seriously, this thing can be fucking painful at all the wrong moments.
Sounds like you’re dating me, which doesn’t seem to work for a guy looking for a GF. Funny, that.
Was it you that I advised to look for ladies 37 to 45? Because, I’m telling you, they are hot to trot at that age.
I don’t think so but that’s in my age range anyway. I have my eye on a really bad idea right now but she’s only twenty-seven. And I’m not too hopeful. Dating is tough when you spend most nights sitting at home, drinking, smoking weed, hating yourself and talking to you pricks.
You attract the energy you put out in the world, TH. Start with loving yourself, Bruh. Believe it or not, THAT will bring more chicks – of higher quality – than any body spray, facial hair, or even OMWC’s magic (unmarked) van.
You’re worthy of it, TH. But you gotta start with knowing that. Maybe fake it for a while, but believe it, Hip – because it’s true.
(And there is nothing wrong with staying home and smoking some herb!)
These WaPo obits are getting out of hand.
Merde.
I appreciate the pep-talk, Ozy, no joke, but I’ve honestly come close pretty close to the conclusion through my life experiences that I’m shitty boyfriend material. I’m high-strung, moody, prone to depression and substance abuse, raised by a psychopath, and am emotionally too fragile to handle all the intricacies and head games that go into developing a deep bond with another human being.
I’m animated meat, scuttling across a thin bit of ground on an orb hurling through the verse for a small amount of time. I’m sentient of that and can appreciate how unique that is, but it’s still kinda dreary.
Oh, well. First World Problems are just whining.
Jeebus, TrigHip. We all think that at some point. You aren’t Dexter FFS. Try to evaluate yourself from a different perspective because it doesn’t sound like you’re being fair to yourself.
If head games are involved, it’s the wrong human being.
TH— Pretend I’m giving you a big hug.
“If head games are involved, it’s the wrong human being.”
Imma stop you right there.
We need to qualify just what type of “head games” we’re talking about here, because I can think of some fun ones. Like Ali Baba and the 69 Thieves.
Don’t feel bad for me, feel bad for the Dolphins. What a shitshow.
Plus, I beat my best friend at fantasy football tonight. He was 7-0 and I was 3-4. Back in the playoff race. See, life isn’t all bad.
/lowered expectations
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=atfDg4fLcks
GT:
Caboose: “Is she a regular girl?”
Church: “Caboose, what I tell you about girls?”
Caboose: “……There are no regular girls.”
Can confirm.
Sometimes the best you can hope for is compatible pathologies.
TH – If I could be so bold as to offer only one piece of wisdom to you, it’s this: You are *not* any of that. First, you are not your feelings. Watch them for a while and you’ll notice they come and go. Some days you wake up feeling great! Others, blah. They are just wind. And if you can “watch” those emotions, doesn’t that necessarily mean you’re NOT those emotions? Who is doing the watching? Nor are you your experiences. Those are just opportunities to learn and grow. It is unfortunate, but the greatest catalysts for growth are the ones that cause us to suffer the most. But if every time you take a moment to ask yourself the “why” of it, it changes everything: why am I so upset by this guy?Why am I bothered about X,Y,Z of my past relationships? When you really gnaw on those for a while, you’ll find wisdom on the other side. I promise you.
Much love, my man.
/raises bong in your direction and slowly exhales a big hit
Thanks, Mo.
Seriously though, I haven’t been the least bit emotional while writing any if this. It is what it is, and my relationships have always been few and far between. Single is my default mode, and I’m usually okay with that.
Listening to Bill Burr answer listener emails, being single seems pretty goddamn good.
TH— There are very few things I am afraid to say here for fear it’ll get taken the wrong way, but … *takes a deep breath*
I read a romance novel once that was wonderful, but it was dark and it was deep and it made me ugly cry. The dude had bipolar (really bad) and the chick had some deep self-esteem issues.
You would think that it would be a fucked-up codependent relationship and in some ways it was—but no relationship is without its codependent moments.
But rather, the author made it work as a mostly interdependent relationship. He brought things to the table she needed and she brought things to the table he needed. It was an equitable trade-off for both of them.
I don’t know if it would help or hurt for you to read it (let me know if you do), but the core of it was that there’s somebody for everyone. I don’t know if I believe that. But what I do believe is that most of us aren’t as hopeless as we believe ourselves to be.
I also believe that libertarian-type people are harder on themselves than is necessary, realistic, or true.
We like truth. We like order. We like personal responsibility. We believe that luck is only preparation meeting opportunity. We are not very forgiving of ourselves if we “violate” any of a number of personal ideals.
You did stuff back in the day. Okay, so what.
I don’t know what you mean by head games because GT’s right, that if there are head games, that is not the right person.
If by “head games” you mean the navigation through the various steps of relationships, well, yes, there are going to be those and you know what? Sometimes they’re exhausting. And you’ll go through rough patches.
But Ozy’s right that you have to get into a good place for you. You do stuff you enjoy. You work on being best pals with you.
Also, stop with the Drakkar Noir. That’s so 90s.
Ozy and Mo:
I believe that your last comments require more thoughtful responses than I’m capable of giving after my usual evening habits. I’ll digest and hit you back at an appropriate time in the future. Goodnight, guys.
Can confirm.
It’s completely unsurprising that this woman has teenage sons that are budding shitlords. She sounds like she really could use a check of her white privilege for bringing them into the world.
Budding shitlords? With the upbringing she likely gave them, we’re lucky if they don’t turn into budding serial killers.
More updates about things you don’t care about: years ago I broke my wrist, had cash but no insurance. Surgeon wanted to go fancy, with wires and struts and such. I wanted a cast and done. He warned me that, years later, I would feel a click in my wrist. I have now felt this click. Still less painful than the price he quoted Hiyaa! *rim shot*
If we had Medicare for All you wouldn’t have to choose. You’d still be waiting to get your wrist set, but it’d be free.
+1 rebreak/reset.
Which is the option I have for my right arm which I let heal by itself many many moons ago after what I thought was a sprain, but was in fact a break at the wrist. I will NOT be availing myself.
Speaking of health care. Here’s news from quasi-socialist New Zealand: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018718668/life-expectancy-cut-in-unacceptable-southern-dhb-urology-treatment
Short version, delay in reviewing the file means man now needs chemo & radiation.
Sad story: the main thesis is that if we could only get government-run health care working right, this wouldn’t happen.
Showtime is playing Eddie Murpy’s Raw right now. Forgot how un-PC is was and funny. I miss 1987.
Delirious and Raw were two of the absolute best stand up shows of all time. Eddie at his peak. Ever since he got arrested offering that nice female identified person a ride home in Hollywood at 3am he went PG and has sucked. I look forward to checking out his new return to R rated with the Dolomite flick.
His bit on his interactions with Bill Cosby – along with his dead-on impressions of both Cosby and Richard Pryor – are just gold.
I watched the Rudy Ray More flic last night. It’s great. Funny, engaging, and a great example of a DIY dude.
That was the one where he was wearing skintight red leather and making jokes about “faggots,” no?
“I can tell when you’re looking at my ass, because it gets hot.”
That’s a FIRE!
*googles*
Heh yup, “Delirious”. I remember thinking he was kind of foxy. Talk about mixed signals.
In retrospect, think he was overcompensating?
Not a clue. I’ve never paid enough attention to him in order to form an opinion.
Gotcha. I thought maybe after he got caught picking up a trans prostitute ‘on accident’ you might have had an “Ah, okay” moment, whatever the fuck that means.
I am perhaps surprisingly not very familiar with that event other than via hearsay. I think I was deep in college & work back then.
If Richard Pryor can fuck Marlon Brando in the ass, Eddie Murphy can get some trans-head.
Worst.Porn.Ever.
Deep wisdom here. Deep wisdom.
Here you go Rhy, one of my favorite bits from it. Fucking hilarious.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg-csjbwo5s
Raw is the blue suit, Delirious is the red.
Didn’t he recently apologize or express some contrition for it?
Yeah, but he also said fuck cancel culture. One can grow and think jokes may have been crass without caving.
That was interesting. I didn’t hear about him calling out cancel culture. Good for him.
I saw a yahoo! click-bait article about what question Obama asked Eddie Murphy. I didn’t click, but this is what ran through my head:
OBAMA: So, uh, Eddie, you, uh remember that time, uh, you picked up that, uh, hooker and it was, uh, really a man?
Eddie: Yeah, of course I remember that shit. Ruined my career then. Today I’d be getting blow jobs from the press.
OBAMA: Well, uh, I was, uh, just wondering…Could you, uh, tell? What I mean is, uh, did you know that she, uh, was…
Eddie: What the fuck you asking me this for?
OBAMA: Oh, uh [GLANCES AT MICHELLE] It’s a mistake anyone could….er uh…should make. [DOWNS AN ENTIRE GLASS OF CAMPAIGN]
The latest Dave Rubin episode with Brandon Tatum is good, I recommend if you’re looking for an hour long listening experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Y35EpOiFc
Listened to that yesterday. Interesting guy. Almost felt guilty about giving cops so much shit. Almost.
Had to run a meeting at work this morning. Everybody looking at me and I’m thinking, “Damn. I’m a fraud and these people only tolerate me cuz they have to.” Haven’t felt that in decades and after a minute of panic, I realized, “Who GAF if they’re right?” Who isn’t mostly full of shit?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome
Is it a syndrome if it’s true?
I think rarely do actual imposters realize they’re imposters. More like this
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect
I rate my knowledge of the Dunning-Kruger effect at ?
You sure did Dun-Krug-Her!
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity
Yeats
I’m surrounded by engineers and always feel that way.
At least they pay me little enough that I don’t feel like a fraud.
I don’t like to be in charge. But I’m always right, so if it’s something that can come back to bite me I always start mansplaining everything. I hate having to do that, but people suck. But that’s where I stop; when I’ve covered my ass I slink away and don’t mention anything above my post.
Whether you might be a dime above your pay grade in that role or not, I can tell you that there’s nothing more fun than helping a bunch of sharp people work together. The most important part is understanding what everyone is telling you, and that might be hard if you don’t have that guy’s skills, but people will help if you’re really listening.
The other thing: stay Socratic. People will talk their heads off explaining, so a well-crafted howdoesthatwork and whatdoyouneedfromBilltomakethathappen or two and it should start to paint a picture. You’re never criticizing if you’re just asking a well-intentioned question. You’ll even get away with gotitsowhencanyouhavethatpartready!
The kicker is that I’m plenty capable of doing this job. Done it many, many times. Just that it was weird to have that feeling when it’s not justified by reality at all.
I had to quit my last job because it was running me into the ground.
I knew I was out of my depth in trying to do that job – I had some relevant background and some key skills it required, but I really wasn’t the right person for it and was trying to stretch myself into the role.
On my hand-off to the guy who was going to take over the role until they could hire somebody else I was told “You’re not a (industry) professional”. It really hurt – but I realized they were lucky I gave it a try since they were only paying about half what a true professional in that industry would warrant.
industry
I’ve heard that; sometimes there’s a bit to it.
I’ve worked all over the place, but YMMV. I’ll say this: pharma/medical, chemistry, automotive, aerospace, these are the guys who talk like this while
* Bhopal burns
* hip replacements crumble
* 737 software spew corpses all over the place
Cross-pollination is good for most firms, especially the ones who aren’t stuck in the past watching the competition pull away.
Yeah, I wasn’t hiding anything or lying when they hired me so they had to know it was a bit of a stretch too. The (industry) I was covering was just a role within the company’s main industry – and it was the first job I had in that main industry or anything related to it.
It’s been 9 months and they still haven’t hired a replacement so that tells me their expectations are too high anyway.
I got hired for temp contract to translate the training manuals for this LEGO knockoff company. Totally botched the engineering jargon. Still made them pay me cuz I didn’t lie to them. “I don’t know anything about engineering.” “No problem. You’ll figure it out”. No, I didn’t.
Now I’m imagining the Wisconnie equivalent of Troy McClure “You may remember me from such manuals as ‘Operating your Tiger Rice Cooker #87-100’, ‘Makita Stationary Sander’, or ‘2008 Toyota Corolla Tire Warranty and Guide’”.
I can never get
sure I do, like I love Fresca
out of my head
Phil Hartman was a genius of an actor
Fair if it’s true. I’ve been doing this job for 15 years and *polishes monocle* am probably good at it given how often I get referrals.
Obligatory
Leaving the religion part out, I’d say she got it about right.
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2019/10/28/why-on-earth-would-we-vote-for-your-side-kira-davis-delivers-brutal-reality-checks-to-2020-dems-in-one-perfectly-stated-thread/
The problem, visa vi both sides and us; they can’t detach emotion from their political thoughts. This is dangerous. You can’t even have a political discussion anymore without the other person seeing it as an emotional attack on them. There are not ideas anymore, just feelings.
* looks around, nobody’s watching *
psst . . . hey buddy
* opens trench coat and points *
“vis-a-vis, pal, but you got the pronunciation spot on!”
* closes trench coat and slips around corner
Brings a tear to my eye, you teach spelling just like ‘uncle Bob’…
Look at this thread and ask yourselves, what exactly are you offering America in 2020 that would in any way inspire them to dump Trump and vote Dem?
They’re offering to get rid of your health insurance policy. That’s something everyone wants, right?
“You want drag queens at school story hour but want to ban God at school”
Milton Berle can read a story to my kid any day.
Only if your kidcis conducting a séance. RU Paul on the other hand.
Conservatives would do themselves a big favor by not caring about Drag Queens et al. It’s not like someone is evil by being one. I liked a lot of her rant, but some of it is just right wing collectivism.
Politically; drag queens OK. Personally, keep the fuck away from my kids you fucking freak! That these ideas can’t co-exist today is the travesty.
Personally, I’ve found them interesting. But I’m kind of a freak myself. I like weirdos and outcasts when they aren’t pretending they would never abuse power if they had it.
I simultaneously believe that:
a) the whole “drag queen story hour” thing is harmless
b) the whole “drag queen story hour” thing is inappropriate
But I guess that’s not binary enough for current-year politics.
Shut up fag! *Punches Straff in the nuts, gets arrested because Rhy was nearby when I used a ‘slur’, Rhy laughs at us both*
Meh, I don’t really give a shit about drag queens per se, but I can’t think of a single reason for them to show up at a library and read stories to children other than the “lol how u like that u stupid xtian rethuglitards!!!!eleventy” factor.
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/10/fatal-clash-near-portland-left-wing-hangout-followed-random-argument-not-political-attack-lawyers-say.html
1) Profa is arming themselves no shock. But getting a concealed handgun permit, that’s interesting.
2) shots fired, with little to no corroboration, and no arrests have been made? Seems a bit unusual.
3) just a random drunken encounter? I bet there’s more to that.
When every feeling is a basis for a political idea, every fight is about politics.
Was in the grocery store and overheard a guy asking an employee if they had fat free half&half. Apparently this is an actual product but the store didn’t carry it. WTF? Why not just pour nonfat milk in your coffee? Or water?
I had a scene pop in my head today to reflect me talking to health nuts. Fat guy talking about how he’s eating healthy, stuffing his face with veggies with giant amounts of dill dip on each veggie.
At a previous job, there was a health & safety coordinator who was apparently responsible for making speeches during weekly meetings about eating healthy and exercising. She was massively overweight and stayed that way for the entire time I worked there. One day I saw her sitting down to lunch with a chicken salad. Good enough. But then she proceeds to squirt two full packets of ranch dressing on it.
“Yes, we do, creep.
https://youtu.be/Ii2mE7siNuI
I think I’ll skip dumping coffee mate on the potato salad.
Got like an asian 404 or something. *Burns down Andre Risen’s house*
https://www.creap.jp/
It’s the quotation marks that WP is barfing on.
Oops.
[Not Sure If Anyone Got The Joke]
RIP, never be the same again.
She sure weren’t a
chjeep woman to have around.https://youtu.be/2nEzfa43VF8
We got it.
https://youtu.be/o9mJ82x_l-E
As a Packer fan, I got it.
Was he ‘of a certain age’? My generation was raised that fat is pure evil. Kind of like salt or sugar today.
Could of been. Now that I think about, yeah mid to late 40’s. Fat makes you fat.
/wasted childhood of nonfat milk and margarine, or as my grandma called it, oleomargarine.
This post not available in the State of Wisconsin.
Stories abound of people driving to the UP to buy margarine here in butter country (just as we kept drinking during Prohibition), but somehow the next [INSERT BAN] will surely work! Wisconsin is the birth place of the progressive movement and we all have alcohol poisoning. Make of that what you will.
Wisconsinites and Aussies. I’ve run into so many of them over the years in various places around the world. It’s bizarre.
We ate margarine and drank 2% because it was cheep.
Fuck, I just fell in love with real, honest-to-goodness 100% butter a few weeks ago. It is just so superior in every way to even the half-butter, half-canola crap I used to use.
I thank my wife for rescuing me from that. And putting butter in a proper crock on the counter, not in the fridge
*assumes butter is used, not left as a decoration and isn’t someplace like Florida
I saw something like that at BedBathBeyond the other day. (I needed a butter dish.) I was dubious. That would so not fly here in NYC during at least half of the year.
We’ve been leaving the butter on the counter (next to the cutting board, natch’) in NYC for years. Our crock inverts into a small cup of water forming a seal with the butter. Soft, spreadable, real creamery butter is one of life’s pleasures.
Kerrygold butter. ?
https://archive.li/tuvvl/bc4acec7eace3aedc39714d7863a3529c5e6ed59.jpeg
NSFW.
https://content6.morazzia.com/stasyq/0058/17.jpg
NSFW.
https://contenta.morazzia.com/stasyq/0058/07.jpg
NSFW.
403, The Forbidden Website.
https://youtu.be/mJYtJs_PkKE
No actual music video? I agree with Trump, asia is short shrifting us on trade.
They don’t seem to have released an MV for that one yet. You’ll have to make to do with this
https://youtu.be/7Wq_lDDazOM
Hey, Festus. How we feelin’?
That’s what makes it intriguing.
403 Forbidden. I never thought Q would deliver blue balls but here we are.
She’s welcome at GlibFit. Tell her to swing by on Sunday.
I’ll take her temp the old fashioned way.
First is nice for a Q girl, the other two are forbidden
Well maybe Q is downtown working for the FBI.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0fcb5T1pcM&list=RDvLwocVPaGsE&index=19
Every time the left panics about online words, an 8channer gets xer wings
Good morning glib shitlords
Morning Pie or Morning, Pie or Mourning Pie.
Contemplate this picture if you are ever thinking about skipping your daughter’s clarinet recital.
https://twitter.com/GarbyJooman/status/1188205332473925632
I wouldn’t mind to hear her story about ‘that one time at band camp‘.
Gah!
I always wonder what these types do for a living. “Being unique” only gets you so far.
In the past they ended up as a carny
I eating breakfast in a hotel the other morning and noticed one of the guest who appeared to be a normal corporate salesdroid with standard haircut, logoed button down shirt, etc, until I noticed the tatt sleeve left his arm and went over the back of his hand.
When I was applying for the “Q Course” you were prohibited from even having a tattoo. The other day at work I saw a SGM and a LTC with tattoo sleeves on their arms. Times change. But it is much easier for me to get a tattoo some day versus somebody trying to get rid of a sleave to land a job.
I can’t take anyone seriously like that. Sorry, just a bridge too far for me.
Some would say my interview would be the longest day for them
I was having a conversation with some friends and the topic of workers and tattoos came up. My position was that I would hire them if they can make me money. Some seemed taken aback by that stance.
Good thoughts there. But like I would advise my folks, “Never give a board a reason to pass you over.”
(Yawn)
Having turned in early, naturally I pinged awake inconveniently.
How we all doing ??
It’s too early and I’m cranky. And I have to go to work shortly.
Happy link: https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/10/26/lisa-boll-cookie-monster-sesame-street-home-halloween/
Good morning ‘Splosives.
Good morning. Got home from work on the early side so was able to squeeze in an hour nap before getting the kids ready for school (which I am doing now). Unrelated to anything, I tried some of that Bondic brand glue that cures with the application of UV light. I’m impressed so far; it fixes broken LEGO quite nicely.
I’m in the office, and annoyed that I woke up around 3am.
I am at work vaguely annoyed by random shit and a stupid custom netlist procedure that I cannot access properly and I need to find a stupid workaround
I did not sleep great as it was 100% humidity and it caused a drip drip drip noise of water on metal to be heard in my bedroom from outside
Mornin’ all! Splitting my attention between laptop & Nook.
You should know we don’t get too talkative before the lynx starts mourning.
Makes it easier to keep up.
Repost of the forbidden girls.
https://archive.li/sAl16/dfc061976b035a7db25a2fe91e68bb3350e5a4cf.jpg
https://archive.li/Zwjwj/b13515dcf9c4c573b17b1fca9f31d470b95ed062.jpg
NSFW.
1 still wins.
They are all welcome at Glibfit.
meh
Test of my Avatar
how did that work out for you?
Looks like he’s a hopping cactus.
@Pie
I was enjoying (as always) your humor and turns of phrase and suddenly remembered Andrei Codrescu. What is his reputation back home?
I have no idea, I do not really follow poetry.
I don’t think I read anything by him nor remember him being discussed around me. In more literary circles, I don’t know as it is not my thing.
oh; oh well
I’m a big fan of his, but I didn’t want to prejudice your opinion. I never agreed with him all the time, but he seems particularly humane.
There is an affect that may not be fair, but I can’t help it: people who speak ESL and are accomplished (business, tech, or even particular social skills) are just charming to me. I’ve particularly been drawn to speakers of Arabic, Hindi, and the Slavic languages: their kludged syntax (bonus points for Jiddisch) and sing-songy meter has always disarmed and even thrilled me.
People are neat, and, as a man who can only claim to be able to count in ten in most languages but is otherwise very much limited to English, my time around people who routinely work and write in their second or third language just has been amazing. My last French boss: I never liked him at all; but his seamlessness in Europe, North and South America was truly impressive.