September 26, 2013
— Ace Adam Carolla had a rant.
Of course he did.
The rant was about Starbucks Moccachino coffee-shakes, topped with lots of whipped cream.
And the rant was about adults drinking these beverages. Not just as a treat. But as a daily thing.
His rant was about what he called our culture's hard turn to the "nummy." To childish tastes.
Everyone likes sweets, of course. But he was getting at the idea of reversion to the juvenile. That adults, rather than simply attaining the taste for actual coffee, and you know, drinking coffee, were instead reverting to their Childhood Palates of insisting that all things be "nummy."
That they be very sweet, and even very cute. "Moccachino." That's cute, isn't it?
And what adults had historically done, he said, was embrace adult tastes. Cigars taste good to an adult cigar smoker because he has cultivated that taste. Oysters don't taste good to a kid; oysters taste good to an adult who has cultivated a taste for oysters. Cognac isn't good because it's sweet. Cognac is good because we have embraced adulthood and trained ourselves to embrace more sophisticated tastes.
He mentioned something dirty too which I won't mention because Family Blog. Let's just say the point of that was that not everything good that adult might do should involve sickly-sweet Numminess.
A moccachino, topped with lots of nummy whipped cream, is not a sophisticated taste. We emerge from the womb craving the sweetness of sugar, after all.
Again, it's one thing to indulge in a treat. But it's another thing to decide to simply revert to one's childhood self.
Now when he was on this rant, I thought he was full of shit and just being annoyed because Being Annoyed is how Adam Carolla makes his rent.
He also, I'm sure, went off on his typical rant about adult men watching Super Hero Movies, which does in fact hurt my butt. And I'm sure he connected that to the New Nummy.
But looking at the White House's new "Adorable Care Act" Cute Overload animal pictures, and the continue rise of BuzzFeed, despite, you know, everyone knowing it's a big of a joke, I now appreciate there was a deeper level to his rant about the problem of Numminess in America.
.@GOP. You see @BarackObama wallop you today? A little advice: #YouDontMessWithThat
— Brad Woodhouse (@woodhouseb) September 26, 2013
Actual tweet by Brad Woodhouse,
Democratic National Committee Communications Director
We are indeed becoming a more childlike people. We are more and more shirking the expected obligations of adulthood, such as marriage and procreation, and even more basically, we're rejecting the obligation of adults to actually think, in terms of numbers, and of best outcomes, and so forth.
The national mode of thinking is now Nummy. "We" -- and by we I mean Americans, not "we" meaning us here right now -- increasingly think in terms of cute, and easy, and glib, and dumb, and fun.
Why boycott Barilla? Do we really support a world in which every utterance, act, thought, belief, or gesture must be pre-cleared with the 100-million-strong leftist Committee of the Whole before we dare it?
We don't think about things like that. We think in terms of Nummy. Barilla is being Non-Nummy towards Gays, who are themselves très Nummy. Ergo, to be One with the Nummy, one must spit up soft little pieces of half-digested pablum, like a collicky baby, and then one can take satisfaction in Thinking Nummy Thoughts.
Over at Slate, a guy writes this about the contrived Barilla Nummy Controversy:
Barilla is not your enemy and Absolut is not your friend; they are just businesses with PR departments that are at different points along the road toward realizing that influential, “taste-maker” minority groups are worth courting, both for direct patronage and easy image-boost-by-association. It’s unfortunate, I guess, that Barilla (or at least Guido Barilla) is behind the times on this matter, but the earnest anger I’m seeing online about that fact is perplexing. I mean, are you really so starved for approval that you need it to come packaged with pasta?
Why, Yes, actually. Because having all of your trivial cultural preferences flattered by impersonal corporations at every turn is itself Very Nummy Indeed. All little girls want to be told that they're the Best and Prettiest Little Girl there is, and all little boys want to be told they will play for the Yankees when they Get Big.
To have one's head patted and cheeks pinched by Admiring Grown Ups at all possible times is the Nummiest Nummy Thing there is.
Years ago, when Titanic ruled at the box office, Hollywood began chattering: Will culture -- I mean, popular culture -- be determined by the tastes of the 16-year-old girls who turned that film into a billion-dollar bonanza by repeat viewings?
I think they rather overshot the mark. The culture is now dominated by the tastes and preferences of Tweener Girls. Or, in reality, 50 year old men and women attempting to channel their inner Tweener to appeal to a population which has decided that they were fools to have ever turned 13 at all.
You know, thirteen -- when you lost your innocence. When you stopped thinking Smurfs were All That and a Bag of Gummy Bears.
Now I have to caveat this: Prior to Tweener Girls becoming the default National Tastemakers, our national culture was determined by the tastes of 19 year old boys, per the Zanuck Postulate.*
So this isn't just a sexist thing. It's about losing at least those seven years of maturation, too.
We are drowning in nostalgia and crushing debt and we can't see the latter because we've checked out into our Happy Place to chase the former.
I can't blame the White House or BuzzFeed for these trends. They're pushers, but they didn't create the sad addiction. This stuff works in America.
But why? Why does it work?
When did we all check out of adulthood to revert to tweenerhood? And when did we stop thinking that might be a little indulgent and shameful?
* The Zanuck Hypothesis was offered by movie producer David Zanuck, who observed:
Girls will see things that boys will see, but boys won't necessarily see things that girls will see, and in fact probably won't.
Younger children will see things that teenagers will see, but teenagers will refuse to see things that younger children want to see.
Adults will see things that older teenagers would see -- but only older teenagers.
Therefore, Zanuck declared, one's best shot at turning a profit with a film is to craft it relentlessly to appeal to the tastes of 19-year-old males.
And now you understand why every single movie in the theaters seems like it was written for a teenaged boy. Because they all were.
Except I think "19 year old" has been out of vogue for decades. Try "15."
And yet the new Nummfication drives that Sweet Spot Age down even further, to 12.
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Posted by: mallfly at September 26, 2013 01:20 PM (bJm7W)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 26, 2013 01:20 PM (g1DWB)
Don't ever talk about gays being "nummy" ever again. Not. Ever. Again.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 26, 2013 05:19 PM (/PCJa)
Seconded.
Posted by: Austin in TX at September 26, 2013 01:20 PM (F9Hpt)
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Posted by: mallfly at September 26, 2013 05:20 PM (bJm7W)
Did they also mention that they were using old-timey dynamite to get at that sweet sweet cash?
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Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 26, 2013 01:22 PM (DmNpO)
So Ted Cruz talks makes some really good point and all the media is talking about Green Eggs and Ham.
This is an 'ahha moment just like when I realised the Sandanista's were freeking comunists
Posted by: pip at September 26, 2013 01:22 PM (W6iIX)
The paradoxical part of this is that our culture seems intent upon making children act and dress like grownups. I'm talking about the My Little Prostitute outfits, the ones with the little fishnet stockings.
For preschoolers.
We are well and truly fucked.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 26, 2013 01:23 PM (0HooB)
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Posted by: Angry Mummy at September 26, 2013 01:23 PM (ggRof)
WOO-HOO! 27 FOREVAH!!
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at September 26, 2013 01:23 PM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at September 26, 2013 01:24 PM (bc6Q/)
Incidentally, that's why I listen to prog, noise-rock, and avant-garde jazz fusion. Because adulthood and all that.
(The above is what is known as "kidding on the square.")
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 26, 2013 01:24 PM (n/+FT)
It's the 40-year-olds that have me flummoxed.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 26, 2013 01:24 PM (gqgiP)
The paradoxical part of this is that our culture seems intent upon making children act and dress like grownups. I'm talking about the My Little Prostitute outfits, the ones with the little fishnet stockings.
For preschoolers.
We are well and truly fucked.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 26, 2013 05:23 PM (0HooB)
I'm not a father, but I can't imagine what a father (or mother) is thinking letting their daughters out like that at any age. Might as well ask them to be kidnapped by a degenerate.
Posted by: Austin in TX at September 26, 2013 01:24 PM (F9Hpt)
When did we all check out of adulthood to revert to tweenerhood? And when did we stop thinking that might be a little indulgent and shameful?
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I could get all preachy, but if you think about it, it will come to you.
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Posted by: occam's brassiere at September 26, 2013 01:25 PM (QZkRD)
You know, I'll want to retire someday. I should really start saving some money from month to month. (Responsible adult)
You know, I'll want to retire someday. I need to keep voting for Democrats. (There are too many in this catagory.)
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Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula51 at September 26, 2013 01:25 PM (4p5/2)
I've always wondered -- Ace namechecks him a lot on the moronblog...does anyone know whether Carolla is aware of the existence of AoSHQ?
(Ace, this is your cue to do maybe get some more Garry Kasparov-style humblebragging into the comments.)
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 26, 2013 01:25 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at September 26, 2013 01:25 PM (/Crba)
Also, remember AlGore's speech where he tried to convince a bunch of wet-behind-the-ears kids that they knew more about life than their parents.
That's a physical impossibility.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 26, 2013 01:25 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at September 26, 2013 01:26 PM (bc6Q/)
Posted by: steevy at September 26, 2013 01:26 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 26, 2013 01:26 PM (DmNpO)
See this is what I dislike about Carolla. He is the typical California libertarian. He might as well railed against his own Mangria because that is exactly how you would describe the taste of Mangria.
I didn't listen to this particular rant and he may have addressed that but he does this all the time.
Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2013 01:26 PM (m2CN7)
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Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at September 26, 2013 01:27 PM (qyfb5)
He also, I'm sure, went off on his typical rant about adult men watching Super Hero Movies, which does in fact hurt my butt. And I'm sure he connected that to the New Nummy.
Yeah, grownups used to read/listen to Beowulf, Digenis Akrites, and the Iliad. Totally different....
Posted by: Grey Fox at September 26, 2013 01:27 PM (TMJao)
he is not.
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[strikethrough]test[/strikethrough]
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 26, 2013 05:28 PM (n/+FT)
Need to upgrade to that platinum membership.
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Posted by: alexthechick - Bring the SMOD at September 26, 2013 01:29 PM (VtjlW)
FUCK YOU ADAM! IF HOLLYWOOD WROTE MEN LIKE FUCKING JOHN WAYNE, I'D WATCH THE FUCK OUT OF IT*. If the only hero man role I can get is FUCKING WOLVERINE, I'LL WATCH WHAT I CAN FUCKING GET. Instead of these emasculated lady men on romcoms that can't get over their fweewings. So F*ck Yeah I watched the Avengers, and Star Trek II with Kick Ass and fuck their names I don't care James Tiberius Kirk. WHY!? It's the closest thing to a man acting like a man that Hollywood will let me see.
(New version of True Grit watched 4 times Yeah!)
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Posted by: AmishDude at September 26, 2013 01:30 PM (xSegX)
Everyone except for conservatives, Republicans, Christian church-goers, white people...keep shunning those people if you want to keep your star.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at September 26, 2013 01:30 PM (/kI1Q)
Its not just making things more infantile... its making it more girly.
Boys in my day did even use terms like Nummy.... boys did not drink Mochachinos.... Boys did not do cute puppy or kitty pictures...
That was girl Crap.... boys were out making everything we could pick up a gun or a sword... boys ate MoonPies... and Creepy Crawlies... (although I will admit to the pure sugary pleasure of Pixy Sticks)... and JawBreakers..
Now Boys are supposed to act like Girls.... and the Government is treating the Electorate that way.... because.... GAY!
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Posted by: Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer at September 26, 2013 01:31 PM (ggRof)
Fathers who let their daughters dress like that are shitty fathers.
Sorry about the shaming....but you suck as a parent if you think that kind of stuff is appropriate, or even if you don't but let it go.....
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Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at September 26, 2013 01:32 PM (/Crba)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 26, 2013 05:30 PM (QF8uk)
Did you buy her a beer? Did you go to 2nd?
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Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 26, 2013 01:33 PM (DmNpO)
Titanic is Star Wars for 13 year old girls.
Posted by: Epobirs at September 26, 2013 01:33 PM (kcfmt)
you went right for that huh?Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 26, 2013 01:33 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: occam's brassiere at September 26, 2013 01:34 PM (QZkRD)
I didn't listen to this particular rant and he may have addressed that but he does this all the time. Posted by: polynikes
Ouch! And ha ha!
Posted by: Dang at September 26, 2013 01:34 PM (Hx2XA)
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Posted by: steevy at September 26, 2013 01:34 PM (9XBK2)
Question for those in the know:
Is there perhaps a way to block another twit user so that their tweets are no longer visible?
regular blocking does not appear to work.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 26, 2013 01:34 PM (sCynV)
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Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at September 26, 2013 01:35 PM (/Crba)
so? do we need it Nummified too?
Posted by: ace at September 26, 2013 01:35 PM (/IWYB)
Posted by: Jet Built Around Cannon at September 26, 2013 01:35 PM (4L2D1)
My wife moved out of her parents at 18. My BIL is 29, got kicked out of college and is still living at home watching Disney movies with his mother and playing video games. He works at a video store or something.After he got booted out of college his father paid for him to become an EMT. He finished the schooling and never took the test. This behavior is rampant.
Kind of a long shotm but hat sounds like someone I know - do you have another BIL, elder brother of the aforementioned BIL, who lost a leg in Iraq?
Posted by: Grey Fox at September 26, 2013 01:35 PM (TMJao)
and all little boys want to be told they will play for the Yankees when they Get Big.
Ha. My Dad - "nice going there dumbass, try not to fall over why you take out the trash".
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 26, 2013 01:35 PM (sj9LN)
>>>Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at September 26, 2013 05:31 PM (bc6Q/)
I can only watch "The Quiet Man" and "McClintock!" so many damn times. The problem isn't with me seeking more mature content. It's the more mature content being available.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Laughing Maniacally While Throwing Matches. at September 26, 2013 01:36 PM (0q2P7)
It's more sugar than caffeine. Might as well just have Cocoa Puffs.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 26, 2013 01:36 PM (bYRF2)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 26, 2013 01:36 PM (Cadn7)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 26, 2013 01:36 PM (QF8uk)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at September 26, 2013 01:36 PM (bc6Q/)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 26, 2013 01:36 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Jesse Pinkman, PhD Bitches! at September 26, 2013 01:36 PM (T0Pku)
If they're living in the U.S., we're paying their SSDI.
http://is.gd/I7lwou
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at September 26, 2013 01:37 PM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at September 26, 2013 01:37 PM (/Crba)
Posted by: EC at September 26, 2013 01:37 PM (doBIb)
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Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 26, 2013 01:37 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: steevy at September 26, 2013 01:37 PM (9XBK2)
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Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at September 26, 2013 01:37 PM (bc6Q/)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at September 26, 2013 01:38 PM (bb5+k)
Heh. In a Twit, I told Babs Murkoski to grow up - after she or her minions posted a ridiculous bit using a childhood book to slam Cruz. I also said that both pubbies and dems needed to grow the f*** up.
Twitter suspended my account.
F*** 'em if they can't take a joke.
Posted by: Warren Bonesteel at September 26, 2013 01:38 PM (klGLB)
Posted by: WalrusRex at September 26, 2013 01:38 PM (XUKZU)
Left without giving us that caveat that people on the right are not
without fault also.
so? do we need it Nummified too?
Posted by: ace at September 26, 2013 05:35 PM (/IWYB)
Yes , writing a strictly partisan article as a partisan is definitely nummifying it.
Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2013 01:38 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 26, 2013 01:38 PM (QidfK)
Posted by: EC at September 26, 2013 01:39 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 26, 2013 01:39 PM (IXrOn)
Moving pictures are a very direct conduit to our pleasure centers. We mimic what we see because it becomes normal. So, advertisers and activists always have an avenue to corrupt generally sated people. Create an illusion and drive consumers to it. We are horribly vulnerable to manipulation.
But enough of such freeform mindthoughts. Where's Starbucks?
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at September 26, 2013 01:39 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 26, 2013 01:39 PM (DmNpO)
i like 'em too, which is why I said my Butt was Hurt. But I felt like I had to mention the shot he took at Me Personally or else I'd be clipping out some criticism he was tossing my way.
Posted by: ace at September 26, 2013 01:39 PM (/IWYB)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, kaiju wrangler at September 26, 2013 01:39 PM (naUcP)
Posted by: alexthechick - Bring the SMOD at September 26, 2013 01:39 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 26, 2013 01:40 PM (Cadn7)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 26, 2013 01:40 PM (IXrOn)
My husband said he didn't either.
I never talked back to my parents.
Neither did my hubby.
We both had jobs as kids, teenagers, and early adulthood.
And, we're not that old.
It's like a new generation of soft-adults have aged, but not matured.
And, the botox, cosmetic, plastic surgery, and hair industries are booming!
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 26, 2013 05:39 PM (IXrOn)
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Cradle to grave, baby. All it will cost you is your {s} soul freedom
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at September 26, 2013 01:40 PM (yIZJ3)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at September 26, 2013 01:40 PM (bc6Q/)
I understood your point. But I find it extremely difficult to take seriously anyone who is so fixated on appearances that they elicit comments such as yours.
One can see that in upscale leftist hangouts like Woodstock NY and the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
People who spend time in front of the mirror before they go out, not to check whether they are neatly dressed, but to ensure that the message is visible loud and clear.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 26, 2013 01:40 PM (gqgiP)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at September 26, 2013 01:41 PM (/Crba)
"So this isn't just a sexist thing. It's about losing at least those seven years of maturation, too."
First time a read this, I read it as "It's about losing at least those seven years of masturbation, too."--- It would explain a lot of frustration!
Posted by: rld777 at September 26, 2013 01:41 PM (gObCt)
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Posted by: steevy at September 26, 2013 01:41 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at September 26, 2013 01:41 PM (bb5+k)
If they're living in the U.S., we're paying their SSDI.
http://is.gd/I7lwou
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at September 26, 2013 05:37 PM (/kI1Q)
I think it's now called Obamacare. Now fix me a sammich....after you change my nappy.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 26, 2013 01:41 PM (sCynV)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 26, 2013 01:41 PM (GEICT)
I can only watch "The Quiet Man" and "McClintock!" so many damn times. The problem isn't with me seeking more mature content. It's the more mature content being available.
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Yeah. we've got 150 channels and there is nothing on except how the Nazis stole alien technology and which housewife hates which for what reason.
Posted by: WalrusRex at September 26, 2013 01:41 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Evil Libertarian at September 26, 2013 01:42 PM (Xcb5k)
Posted by: Alec Leamas at September 26, 2013 01:42 PM (nnkXw)
That debt bomb doesn't mean shit. Nothing to see here folks. We'll take care of it just like the Weimar Republic of Germany took care of theirs....
Oh look! Obama is hangin' with JayZ! Michelle has such amazingly toned arms! OMG!1!!11!!
*dreamy eyes*
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at September 26, 2013 01:42 PM (N/HlO)
THIS. A million times this.
Who wants an icky Chemistry degree when you can have so much more fun getting an easy Cultural Anthropology degree?
Part of the cause is almost unavoidable, due in part to technology (and I do love me some technology). Balance a checkbook? You've got direct deposit / automatic bill pay.
Something broke? Fuck it- it's too complicated and expensive to repair yourself. Get a new one, or pay someone to fix it.
Need to figure out the best route between point A and B? GPS it. etc, etc, etc.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 26, 2013 01:42 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Liquidflorian at September 26, 2013 01:42 PM (8NXUk)
Posted by: steevy at September 26, 2013 01:42 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Dang at September 26, 2013 05:24 PM (Hx2XA)
Hot damn, LOL!
And aye, I'm still a gamer at twenty-seven. I love a good carrot cake, a good german chocolate cake, a finely crafted lasagna, and I cannot get enough good science fiction because there isn't enough.
All that said, I'm a bit irked, as ace is, by part of Carolla's rant, but I do agree with ace's point (not Carolla's) about how we, as a people, do not weigh outcomes and eventualities in our minds anymore.
It's all about the moment.
Upon reflection on that thought, I reaffirm my acceptance of Let it Burn.
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at September 26, 2013 01:42 PM (mJEtb)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/468788.Drinking_Sapphire_Wine
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 26, 2013 01:42 PM (QidfK)
Posted by: Grey Fox at September 26, 2013 05:35 PM (TMJao)
No Grey Fox... sadly I think there are just a lot of them
Posted by: The Jackhole at September 26, 2013 01:43 PM (nTgAI)
Or...look carefully at the unknown word and think to ones-self: what is the worst thing that could possibly be?
And you will be correct.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 26, 2013 01:43 PM (gqgiP)
Posted by: jjshaka at September 26, 2013 01:43 PM (q08ck)
Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2013 01:43 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Grown Ass Man at September 26, 2013 01:43 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 26, 2013 01:43 PM (IXrOn)
Semi-related. About 100 years ago, H.G. Wells wrote An Outline of History and in it, after various speculations, he states the reason that Roman Empire fell was because the citizens didn't care enough to keep it going. That's where we are.
Which thesis, of course, is going to be a little difficult to defend, given the continued existence of the Eastern Roman Empire, the pride in Roman culture and identity that continued to existed after the Western Empire was no more, and the fact that the Germans were so heavily Romanized by the fifth century that it is difficult to see where "Roman" ended and "Barbarian" began.
But what do I know? I am just a dumb humanities major...
Posted by: Grey Fox at September 26, 2013 01:43 PM (TMJao)
Posted by: garrett at September 26, 2013 01:43 PM (QIZQt)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 26, 2013 01:44 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 26, 2013 01:44 PM (Cadn7)
Posted by: occam's brassiere at September 26, 2013 01:45 PM (QZkRD)
Under 30? Who the hell taught you how to cook? That is not the recipe.
Posted by: Soylent Corporation at September 26, 2013 01:45 PM (eHIJJ)
In NYC at any deli if you order a 'coffee' you get milk and coffee. This is bullshit. Coffee is black, you sub-cretins.
If I fucking wanted cow squirt in my coffee I'll ask your wife.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 26, 2013 01:45 PM (ligos)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at September 26, 2013 01:45 PM (bc6Q/)
Left without giving us that caveat that people on the right are not
without fault also.
Yes, and? Newsflash: people on the right are not without fault. In fact, we often mirror the flaws of people on the left nearly exactly, because as it turns out those flaws are not political flaws but rather universally human ones.
In an age of ultra-polarization, where the sorts of people who would read a Jonah Goldberg article are becoming increasingly successful at hiving themselves off into communities of utter conformity and mutual reinforcement, it's actually more important than ever to be reminded of this.
Also, it's intellectually honest. Which never goes out of style, not even in "rah rah" base-pleasing articles. Never.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 26, 2013 01:45 PM (n/+FT)
I've been to the ER enough times to tell you that a bike helmet is a necessity if you are going to spend any time in the saddle.
They don't look any gayer than camo or waders.
Posted by: garrett at September 26, 2013 01:45 PM (QIZQt)
Posted by: Albie Damned at September 26, 2013 01:45 PM (Yhu4q)
Posted by: EC at September 26, 2013 05:41 PM (doBIb)
Tell me about your mother.....
Posted by: S. Freud PhD at September 26, 2013 01:45 PM (gqgiP)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 26, 2013 01:45 PM (WjLUf)
Posted by: Eton Cox at September 26, 2013 01:45 PM (q177U)
My 45 year old brother recently got ticketed by a cop for not wearing a bicycle helmet. He lives in Annapolis. I knew they passed helmet laws for minors back in the early nineties. But now they have them for adults???
Nuts!
Btw, that law passed when I was in 8th grade and I vividly remember finding it an outrageous, stupid law as they explained it to us in the school cafeteria. One of my early signs of having libertarian/conservative orientation.
Posted by: Serious Cat at September 26, 2013 01:46 PM (UypUQ)
Posted by: Alec Leamas at September 26, 2013 05:42 PM (nnkXw)
Buy our pasta - it doesn't taste like A2M.
Posted by: Guido Barilla at September 26, 2013 01:46 PM (ggRof)
The Curse of Affluence.
In America, those who didn't mature died or were scorned for being unwilling and incapable of earning their bread, starting a family and contributing to society as an adult.
Now there's no consequence for refusing to grow up. Dressing like a hipster fuckbag and pretending Zooey Deschanel is pretty and interesting gets a television series. You can't starve in America. That's the problem.
The original Bohemians weren't lauded. They were scorned as the worthless piles of slsck assed fuckmeat that they were.
Now judgment is the only sin. Cant tell the specialist snowflakes that they're childish, unmanly pieces of shit.
Remove the consequences, marinate in the decline.
--EoJ
This. But again, it will correct itself. No place for softies in the thousand years of darkness.
Posted by: DanInMN at September 26, 2013 01:46 PM (XqeyF)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at September 26, 2013 01:46 PM (EGPJQ)
Posted by: Dr. Denis Leary at September 26, 2013 01:47 PM (/Crba)
Posted by: EC at September 26, 2013 01:47 PM (doBIb)
he must lurk here whilst doing The Five
Posted by: Albie Damned at September 26, 2013 01:47 PM (Yhu4q)
Try going to the drop-down box on their profile page and selecting "Turn off retweets'
I believe that does it.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 26, 2013 05:37 PM (DmNpO)
Thanks! Lately Twit has been as bad as AOHell in it's worst days. I don't need more hair, I don't need to lose weight, I don't need a bigger dick, and I don't need to know how to pick up chicks. (Although the first three prob wouldn't hurt with #4...though my wife would smack me upside my noodle with something heavy, and made of cast iron if I tried).
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 26, 2013 01:47 PM (sCynV)
who were they, by the way? In french their word for gypsy also means Bohemian. Were they gypsys?
Posted by: ace at September 26, 2013 01:47 PM (/IWYB)
Posted by: Biochemistry Book at September 26, 2013 01:47 PM (X866z)
I believe that started to occur in the 70s. TV became dominated by adolescent idiots and liberal feminist hags, with a dollop of subservient males. The "stoopid dad" meme began.
And when did we stop thinking that might be a little indulgent and shameful?
That was a gradual process in the 80's and 90's. It has accelerated in the last 10 years as more advanced video games, anime, CGI and cosplay have ascended, reinforced by the internet. "Bronies" are the latest manifestation of this trend.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 26, 2013 01:47 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at September 26, 2013 01:47 PM (bc6Q/)
Posted by: Albie Damned at September 26, 2013 01:48 PM (Yhu4q)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at September 26, 2013 01:48 PM (bb5+k)
*carefully positions soapbox*
IMHO, much of this is the result of Critical Theory in general and the Feminist Movement in particular. Manliness and maturity once went hand in hand. Usually, Dad was the one who said, "No."
As the intelligent, thoughtful and considerate American Male has been derided and criticized out of existence, Mommy has taken over. The same Mommy who can't say, "No."
How better to create a malleable and submissive society than to remove the strong man?
*steps off soapbox*
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 26, 2013 01:48 PM (0HooB)
The very same people who demand! that everyone wear a bike helmet, just in case.....
are
the very people who shreik like an [redacted] when you decide to conceal/carry a pistol just in case a thug decides to make you there mark
Posted by: pip at September 26, 2013 01:48 PM (W6iIX)
Posted by: fastfreefall at September 26, 2013 01:49 PM (2R71D)
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 26, 2013 05:45 PM (n/+FT)
I bet you guys were killers on the debate team. And I hope to god you never represented anyone in front of a jury for anything serious.
Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2013 01:49 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 26, 2013 01:49 PM (Cadn7)
***
Then who's gonna pay for my social security?
Posted by: WalrusRex at September 26, 2013 01:49 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at September 26, 2013 01:49 PM (bc6Q/)
Posted by: John Smith at September 26, 2013 01:50 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 26, 2013 01:50 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: NCKate at September 26, 2013 01:50 PM (WtZbx)
Had to look that one up.
Posted by: The Obsidian Owl at September 26, 2013 05:43 PM (tWmgi)
Grats. I'm still trying to figure out (BIRM). I think it might mean "But I Raped a Mongoose), but it's still a bit iffy in some contexts.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 26, 2013 01:50 PM (sCynV)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 26, 2013 01:51 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Beagle at September 26, 2013 01:51 PM (sOtz/)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at September 26, 2013 01:51 PM (bc6Q/)
***
Me too.
Posted by: Bill Clinton at September 26, 2013 01:51 PM (XUKZU)
Mangria? F off, Adam.
Because $
Posted by: 13times at September 26, 2013 01:52 PM (fGPLK)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at September 26, 2013 01:52 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: © Sponge at September 26, 2013 01:52 PM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: EC at September 26, 2013 01:52 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: occam's brassiere at September 26, 2013 01:52 PM (QZkRD)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at September 26, 2013 01:52 PM (bc6Q/)
I used to chew the acquired taste of chewing tobacco. I miss it sometimes, but yeah probably a good idea I quit.
I did tell my wife if she didn't stop chewing my ass she'd get fat before I'd run out of ass.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 26, 2013 01:52 PM (sj9LN)
1.) I was.
2.) I have.
There's a difference between paid advocacy for the defense of someone's rights (lawyering) or a political speech (which is what debate team is the equivalent of) and a thoughtful political article meant to be read in one's repose. I think you knew that already.
I dunno, maybe you just get off on believing our side is composed of nothing but Heroic Paragons of Flawless Virtue or something. Me, when I hear someone saying that, I mentally revolt because I know what poorly-executed pandering feels like.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 26, 2013 01:53 PM (n/+FT)
>> Wear the dumb fucking thing, seriously. <<
I got hit by a Hostess truck in Tucson. (The fucker ran, too.)
My helmet likely saved my life that day.
Posted by: garrett at September 26, 2013 01:53 PM (QIZQt)
No in that Gypsy is a very narrow category that includes more elements than what the bohemians were. What they were, were drifter hippies straight out the 1960's. No job, no clue, no home, no plan, and a wiliness to call any sort of brain vomit art, drifting from metropolitan area to metropolitan area looking for some sort of magical philosophical nirvana that their absinth addled childish ideology could relate to and survive in.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Laughing Maniacally While Throwing Matches. at September 26, 2013 01:53 PM (0q2P7)
Two different uses of the same word.
Bohemian because they were different....just like the Gypsies.
Posted by: S. Freud PhD at September 26, 2013 01:53 PM (gqgiP)
Which is why cats are such cruel bastards towards other things smaller than them, and why so many of them make a good dinner for a fox, wolf, lynx, etc.
Humans, I think, have got the same problem - we live in a largely post-scarcity world. Liberals in climate-controlled houses on PCs or tablets talk about a more 'primitive' lifestyle or simple living without a trace of irony. They hate things not out of necessity - like a Roman would hate a Vandal - but out of luxury.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 26, 2013 01:53 PM (Axoep)
Posted by: Lincolntf at September 26, 2013 01:53 PM (ZshNr)
Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at September 26, 2013 01:53 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: AmishDude at September 26, 2013 01:54 PM (xSegX)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 26, 2013 01:54 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at September 26, 2013 01:54 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Beagle at September 26, 2013 01:54 PM (sOtz/)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at September 26, 2013 01:55 PM (bc6Q/)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 26, 2013 01:55 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: EC at September 26, 2013 01:55 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Friedrich Nietzsche at September 26, 2013 01:55 PM (Ck5RC)
Wear the dumb fucking thing, seriously.
--John Smith
I feel like a goddamned dork wearing mine, but my old lady insists. She argues that I wear a motorcycle helmet because some crazy prozac addled cell phone yacking fuck might try to kill me and the same could happen on a bicycle. She's actually right. I hate every minute of it, but I can't come up with a cogent argument that isn't equivalent to "it makes me fee like half a man."
Posted by: DanInMN at September 26, 2013 01:55 PM (XqeyF)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 26, 2013 01:55 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: garrett at September 26, 2013 05:53 PM (QIZQt)
I got hit by an 80-year-old lady.
She said I was in her blind spot. The one straight through her windshield.
My helmet bounced against the front wheel of the car and cracked. My head didn't.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 26, 2013 01:55 PM (gqgiP)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 26, 2013 01:55 PM (Cadn7)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at September 26, 2013 01:56 PM (bc6Q/)
Oh, by the way, "Ow my Balls!" is on tonight.
Damn. Clam Kings is on tonight.I'll have to pass on OMB.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 26, 2013 01:56 PM (sCynV)
Posted by: NinjaShoes at September 26, 2013 01:56 PM (BCz1s)
Posted by: islandman78 at September 26, 2013 01:56 PM (NGBna)
Posted by: EC at September 26, 2013 01:56 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 26, 2013 05:55 PM (ZPrif)
you got that right
Posted by: Avg. N. Korean at September 26, 2013 01:56 PM (W6iIX)
Posted by: steevy at September 26, 2013 01:56 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 26, 2013 01:57 PM (dfYL9)
Yeah. we've got 150 channels and there is nothing on except how the Nazis stole alien technology and which housewife hates which for what reason.
Posted by: WalrusRex at September 26, 2013 05:41 PM (XUKZU)
Don't forget the dwarves that hoard triplets then donate their lessers to compete in "pageants" on "go-go juice" for a spinoff.
Or a man with 132lb testicles.
Or a BBC documentary following around 3 women with extremely large breasts discussing their various trials and tribulations. (Happy ending with that one though- they all made the sensible choice and refused to go under the knife).
Posted by: CAC at September 26, 2013 01:58 PM (ZNmVa)
My helmet bounced against the front wheel of the car and cracked. My head didn't.
Brain Buckets. They're a 'Good Thing'.
Posted by: Martha Stewart at September 26, 2013 01:58 PM (QIZQt)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at September 26, 2013 01:58 PM (bc6Q/)
I don't care if you drink Kool aid and eat candy cigarettes when you are 50.
Honesty
Integrity
Hard Working
Kind
Responsible
Dependable
Self supporting
Do whatever the fuck you want.
I guess the problem is that these infantile behaviors probaly are often symptoms of the larger problem.
Posted by: The Jackhole at September 26, 2013 01:58 PM (nTgAI)
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 26, 2013 05:53 PM (n/+FT)
I guess people like Thomas Paine were not on your reading list.
Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2013 01:58 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at September 26, 2013 01:58 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Jesse Pinkman, PhD Bitches! at September 26, 2013 01:58 PM (T0Pku)
Posted by: AmishDude at September 26, 2013 05:54 PM (xSegX)
And it's a huge mistake in politics.
The Left criticizes us: "My shit smells like roses -- you want to murder old ladies and feed their brains to the inmates in your prisons."
We should never allow any equivalence. They are bad: We are good.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 26, 2013 01:58 PM (gqgiP)
Posted by: NCKate at September 26, 2013 01:59 PM (WtZbx)
Posted by: John Smith at September 26, 2013 01:59 PM (wR+pz)
It's more sugar than caffeine. Might as well just have Cocoa Puffs."
Damn straight. Back in my day, we had Kaboom! and powdered milk. And we liked it! Well, we didn't like it, but we ate it! Because we had to and our parents hated us. But out of the Serengeti of suburbia, we survived with our Kaboom!, with our wits, and with our manhood.
Posted by: Kaboom! Kidz at September 26, 2013 01:59 PM (eHIJJ)
No, it's usually a sign of the critic's attempt to try and reel people in who aren't already Committed Team Members, and who might approach the critic's argument with skepticism, but be persuadable if they see things that indicate to them that the critic is arguing in good faith. A polemic that declares "we are 100% right and virtuous and the other team is 100% wrong and villainous" isn't going to work very well to people in most situations. That's why the strongest debaters always know how to address shortcomings in their position, acknowledge flaws, but explain exactly why those flaws are irrelevant in the larger picture. The persuadable reader then thinks "huh, this guy's giving me a fair assessment, and not just selling me a line."
I tend to think that people who don't realize this have never spent any time (professionally or personally) having to interact and persuade people on the opposing side of things. Because unless you do this, you're not going to have much success. You'll fire up the people who have already bought in, sure -- and that does have its place -- but you're not going to make any inroads.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 26, 2013 01:59 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: steevy at September 26, 2013 01:59 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at September 26, 2013 01:59 PM (6J+oK)
"Hey, little girl, I've got something for you." - Ice Cream Man
Posted by: Fritz at September 26, 2013 01:59 PM (UzPAd)
it would be better with sprinkles.
(but seriously, Plato had this shit pegged, and the pattern will repeat itself endlessly if people aren't aware enough to stop it.)
Posted by: Shoey at September 26, 2013 02:00 PM (jdOk/)
Posted by: © Sponge at September 26, 2013 02:00 PM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at September 26, 2013 02:00 PM (6J+oK)
Heh.
The Zanuck hypothesis you say?
The local craft brew around here arrived at a similar idea:
White collar people will drink beer with a blue collar looking label, but blue collar people won't drink beer with a white collar looking label.
So they opted for a fairly blue collar label.
It sold well. They're on their third expansion.
Posted by: tsrblke, actual real life PhD student at September 26, 2013 02:00 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at September 26, 2013 02:00 PM (bc6Q/)
Hmmm... thinking on this a bit more...
Manhood is right out of style... they treat us like Teenage Girls... and want us to act that way...
Because teenage girls are the most likely group to worry about what others think... ie... what is cool... and to go with the crowd...
whatever crowd they think, or are told, is important.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 26, 2013 02:01 PM (lZBBB)
Nothing about mom, or anyone getting released from/going to prison.
Mom was driving that hostess truck
Drunk
On her way home from prison
In the rain.
There you go. Just need to add a dead dog in there, and it's CW gold.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 26, 2013 02:01 PM (sCynV)
Posted by: Severe Conservative riding Orca at September 26, 2013 02:01 PM (RFeQD)
Perhaps but the focus material was a segment of a rant. The response was a counter rant against the premise of the original. Can you appreciate the meta-humor of the attack and response in context with the topic without me explaining the joke?
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Laughing Maniacally While Throwing Matches. at September 26, 2013 02:02 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 26, 2013 02:02 PM (0HooB)
No free Twinkies.
I was lucky that there was one witness (lady waiting for the bus) or I would have been out of pocket for an ambulance ride and some minor surgery.
Posted by: garrett at September 26, 2013 02:02 PM (QIZQt)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 26, 2013 02:02 PM (oFCZn)
Now, many people seem proud of the fact that they can't. They're above such trivial, lowly tasks and possessing the ability or willingness to do them is somehow beneath them.
But fuck it, they have Triple A and a credit card.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 26, 2013 02:02 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Serious Cat at September 26, 2013 02:02 PM (UypUQ)
Listen, if you want to start a friggin' revolution, then yeah a "my side angelic"/"your side demonic" approach has its merits. But people like Jonah Goldberg are writing articles that, believe it or not, are trying to reach an audience beyond just those who are already on-board with conservatism. In fact, I've used his stuff to bring people closer to our side in the past.
You know who doesn't bring waverers over to our side? Mark Levin.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 26, 2013 02:02 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 26, 2013 02:02 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: fastfreefall at September 26, 2013 02:03 PM (2R71D)
As long as you are financially responsible for the consequences, I don't give a shit what you do.
But the second you are not held 100% responsible for whatever happens: fuck you; put the belt on, and the helmet too.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 26, 2013 02:03 PM (gqgiP)
Posted by: thunderb at September 26, 2013 02:03 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Moccachino Babe at September 26, 2013 02:04 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 26, 2013 02:05 PM (9R+2e)
I blacked out after reading this was a family blog
Please disregard my posts on the Barilla thread
Posted by: thunderb at September 26, 2013 06:03 PM (zOTsN)
Actually, according to the new lib/dem/leftie standards where they are teaching you about dill does in nursery school, where they keep you all day, only one nap, this is now considered a family blog.
Posted by: knowledge is power at September 26, 2013 02:05 PM (Nx76m)
on helmets, aparently in WW2 the reason US GI's didn't buckle their chin strap is they didn't want their helmet to 'capture and explosion' an pull their head off
Posted by: Sid at September 26, 2013 02:05 PM (W6iIX)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 26, 2013 02:05 PM (Cadn7)
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 26, 2013 05:59 PM (n/+FT)
You are one dense and obtuse dude. Persuading one side and making your case does not have to include sharing or reiterating your negatives.
Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2013 02:05 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: knowledge is power at September 26, 2013 02:06 PM (Nx76m)
My parents said NO to fast food across the board. Most parents in our neighborhood allowed it as an indulgence for good behavior. They'd take the kids to McDonalds once a week, but they wouldn't eat any of it themselves.
Because that stuff was and is_children's food_. Marketed to children with puppets and cartoons and a clown and cheap toys in the bag. Not suitable for adults.
Then that generation of fast-food kids grew up and had kids of their own. Or, rather, didn't grow up, and had kids anyway. Cradle to grave infantilization.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 26, 2013 02:06 PM (gqT4g)
And it's a huge mistake in politics.
The Left criticizes us: "My shit smells like roses -- you want to murder old ladies and feed their brains to the inmates in your prisons."
We should never allow any equivalence. They are bad: We are good.
...
oh for god's sakes. I'll give up my politics in a red hot second before I give up my humanity.
WE ARE NOT BORG.
Posted by: ace at September 26, 2013 02:06 PM (/IWYB)
Posted by: Beagle at September 26, 2013 02:07 PM (sOtz/)
FIFY
Posted by: John P. Squibob at September 26, 2013 02:07 PM (ATSqW)
Posted by: Soona at September 26, 2013 02:07 PM (3sDOE)
Posted by: steevy at September 26, 2013 02:07 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: ace at September 26, 2013 06:06 PM (/IWYB)
Yeah if we were borg, the blog wouldn't be trying to make me download scripts (or would it?)
Posted by: tsrblke, actual real life PhD student at September 26, 2013 02:07 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Chilling the most at September 26, 2013 02:08 PM (Rn9xc)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at September 26, 2013 02:08 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: knowledge is power at September 26, 2013 02:08 PM (Nx76m)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 26, 2013 02:08 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 26, 2013 02:08 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: occam's brassiere at September 26, 2013 02:09 PM (QZkRD)
Posted by: Moccachino Babe at September 26, 2013 02:09 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 26, 2013 02:09 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: The Jackhole at September 26, 2013 02:09 PM (nTgAI)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 26, 2013 02:09 PM (QF8uk)
WE ARE NOT BORG.
Posted by: ace at September 26, 2013 06:06 PM (/IWYB)
Really? Avoiding dissing your side in an article is akin to giving up your humanity?
Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2013 02:10 PM (m2CN7)
I see men (dads) in giant Ts/izod shirts and loose, long shorts who look more like a 4th grader. I see women (moms) dressing like middle-school hotties with the skinny jeans, low-rise w/exposed thongs. I know, get off my lawn, but you should be able to tell the parents from the kids on the playground.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 26, 2013 02:10 PM (U6BWX)
Posted by: ace at September 26, 2013 06:06 PM (/IWYB)
No, we are not.
But we also need to play the game using the same rules our opponents use.
The LIVs have been skillfully manipulated by the Left to believe that the Right is uncaring and bordering on evil.
We have lost this battle, and until we play by their rules we will continue to lose.
There is nothing particularly inhuman about bare-knuckle politics.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 26, 2013 02:11 PM (gqgiP)
Posted by: steevy at September 26, 2013 02:11 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 26, 2013 02:11 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Moccachino Babe at September 26, 2013 02:11 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 26, 2013 02:11 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: Moccachino Babe at September 26, 2013 02:12 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 26, 2013 02:13 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 26, 2013 02:13 PM (QF8uk)
Posted by: Lincolntf at September 26, 2013 02:13 PM (ZshNr)
Posted by: The Jackhole at September 26, 2013 06:09 PM (nTgAI)
And the biggest problem an electorate can have, is not understanding that 'There is NO Such Thing As A Free Lunch'..... someone, somewhere, ALWAYS pays.
But to continue my meme... Teenage Girls ALWAYS have Daddy to pay for their shit... thus its FREE to them....
Hell.... My Dad bought my Sisters cars.... me and my Brother had to work and buy ours for ourselves.... which meant my Sisters had MUCH better cars than we did...
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 26, 2013 02:14 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 26, 2013 02:14 PM (9R+2e)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 26, 2013 02:14 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: EC at September 26, 2013 02:14 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 26, 2013 06:13 PM (DmNpO
Star Trek villain.
"We will take your distinctiveness and add it to our own."
Took everyone and turned them into hive mind robots.
Posted by: tsrblke, actual real life PhD student at September 26, 2013 02:15 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 26, 2013 02:15 PM (a4Omg)
I see women (moms) dressing like middle-school hotties with the skinny jeans, low-rise w/exposed thongs.
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Let's not get hasty with our judgements here.
Posted by: Soona at September 26, 2013 02:15 PM (3sDOE)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at September 26, 2013 02:15 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 26, 2013 02:15 PM (9R+2e)
The good thing is we have found an alternative to the "ugly tree" joke.
"Man, Megan McCain got hit by a whole fleet of Hostess trucks."
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 26, 2013 02:15 PM (sj9LN)
This is typified by the foodie who will only eat locally sourced, organically grown produce. I can't imagine they would be quite so cheerful about it if they were actually living off of the land. I like a summer garden, but I wouldn't want to rely on it.
Posted by: no good deed at September 26, 2013 02:16 PM (k55Fc)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 26, 2013 06:13 PM (DmNpO)
BANNED 
Posted by: The Jackhole at September 26, 2013 02:16 PM (nTgAI)
Posted by: WOW at September 26, 2013 02:16 PM (6sqK6)
Of course he does. I used to not be politically active. And then things changed. I began listening to various POVs and skipped over Levin. And then things changed. I listened to Levin and found that he was saying what I was beginning to think. And I got smarter, more sophisticated, less ignorant.
Things change. And Levin was part of the maturation process that turned me from non-affiliated to Republican to independent to conservative.
Levin won't bring over waverers who aren't really looking to waver. They are what one could call poseurs. But true waverers can gravitate, indeed do gravitate, when they're ready for conversion. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at September 26, 2013 02:16 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: thunderb at September 26, 2013 02:16 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 26, 2013 02:16 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: EC at September 26, 2013 02:17 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 26, 2013 02:17 PM (a4Omg)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 26, 2013 02:17 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: occam's brassiere at September 26, 2013 02:17 PM (QZkRD)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at September 26, 2013 02:17 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 26, 2013 02:18 PM (DmNpO)
>>>> I see women (moms) dressing like middle-school hotties with the skinny jeans, low-rise w/exposed thongs.
It all depends if they are hot or not
Posted by: Sid at September 26, 2013 02:18 PM (W6iIX)
Nummie is for talking about boobs.
Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at September 26, 2013 02:18 PM (MnSla)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 26, 2013 06:13 PM (QF8uk)
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What if it's just a real thin sliver of pie?
Posted by: Soona at September 26, 2013 02:18 PM (3sDOE)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLqeNhHs4n8
Short summary: blame the Mad Men for the deification of youth, which tragically morphed into the deification of stupidity.
Posted by: LizLem, who wants to get off this crazy thing at September 26, 2013 02:18 PM (8wqqE)
There is nothing particularly inhuman about bare-knuckle politics.
I mostly disagree with you (shocking I know), but there is a point to be made about making "liberal" a derisive term again.
The left has been trying for years to adopt "progressive" as a substitute for "liberal" because the latter had such negative connotations amongst most people. It was mostly used as an invective during Reagan's term.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 26, 2013 02:19 PM (SY2Kh)
I always buy the Nummy Bears, and especially love the black ones. I'm a stone cold integration kind of guy.
Posted by: Joe Biden at September 26, 2013 02:19 PM (pJF+c)
Hey, mom's can/should try to look good, but when they dress in the same Juicy sweats as their teenaged daughter it's just creepy.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 26, 2013 02:19 PM (U6BWX)
my conversion started after 911
Hannity (I know, I know, it was a primer), then Rush. Never really liked Levin. Really like Dennis Praeger now.
Posted by: thunderb at September 26, 2013 02:19 PM (zOTsN)
Metal vaginas.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 26, 2013 06:14 PM (9R+2e)
Oh, but 7 of 9.
Posted by: The Jackhole at September 26, 2013 02:19 PM (nTgAI)
Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at September 26, 2013 02:19 PM (6J+oK)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 26, 2013 02:19 PM (Cadn7)
Posted by: Donna V. at September 26, 2013 02:19 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 26, 2013 02:20 PM (GEICT)
Oh that's the real quandary isn't it; If it really does crater, having kept your humanity only to summarily discard it when the line narrows and only two sides do exist. To be or not to be? Tis it better to in intellectual honesty engage with mine enemy with my weaknesses fully acknowledged, and their merits fully expounded, standing on that public stage before my peers? Or should I debase the conflict between to remove the grey and starkly draw the line in the hopes of averting that evil end which my opponents so dearly crave which would make the same effect? Does a humanity that cannot appreciate that nuance, indeed deserve anything less than the oppressive weight of the iron fist and the harsh taste of civil strife? But who am I to judge them so harshly, should I not act in the way I deem will best avert such catastrophe? Which again would be to respond in kind to my enemy as they do to me?
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Laughing Maniacally While Throwing Matches. at September 26, 2013 02:20 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: EC at September 26, 2013 02:20 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 26, 2013 02:20 PM (IXrOn)
Hey, mom's can/should try to look good, but when they dress in the same Juicy sweats as their teenaged daughter it's just creepy.
Don't judge.
Posted by: Woody Allen at September 26, 2013 02:20 PM (QIZQt)
WE ARE NOT BORG.
Posted by: ace at September 26, 2013 06:06 PM (/IWYB)
Really : Powered by Minx 0.7 alpha
Posted by: The Jackhole at September 26, 2013 02:20 PM (nTgAI)
Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at September 26, 2013 02:21 PM (6J+oK)
Posted by: CAC at September 26, 2013 06:19 PM (ZNmVa)
I guess "groupthink" is a good description.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 26, 2013 02:21 PM (gqgiP)
Posted by: occam's brassiere at September 26, 2013 02:22 PM (QZkRD)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 26, 2013 02:22 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at September 26, 2013 02:23 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 26, 2013 02:23 PM (Cadn7)
Posted by: Lincolntf at September 26, 2013 02:24 PM (ZshNr)
...because grow the fuck up already. Are you an adult that plays video games and dresses up on Halloween? Grow the fuck up already.
Coffee is coffee. It's for the fucking caffeine buzz, fer fuck sake. It's to get a boost in the morning and to keep going in the afternoon.
...and get a fucking haircut. What are you, 11?
And pull your pants up. Get the fuck off my lawn. I don't give a fuck what cute thing your cat did. It's a fucking cat. Does it catch mice in the basement? Good. Big day for you.
-rant off-
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 26, 2013 02:24 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 26, 2013 02:24 PM (g1DWB)
What do you mean villians? Everyone is employed. No one suffers from poverty or want. They welcome immigrants with open arms. They have very little (Unimatrix 0) civil strife. No one is unhappy. Everyone has state of the art medical care. There is no discrimination. There is no disparity of wealth.
How can you possibly call them villians?
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Laughing Maniacally While Throwing Matches. at September 26, 2013 02:24 PM (0q2P7)
My comment was directed at political commentators on the Right who have to be "above it all."
That's just great! Criticize your side too! Fucking brilliant!
The Left demonized us by doing just the opposite.
And gee! it worked! They won.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 26, 2013 02:25 PM (gqgiP)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 26, 2013 02:25 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: occam's brassiere at September 26, 2013 06:17 PM (QZkRD)
FIFY
Not sure that means what you think it does
Posted by: The Jackhole at September 26, 2013 02:25 PM (nTgAI)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 26, 2013 06:13 PM (DmNpO)
A couple of months ago I went to a Star Trek double feature, special on a Thursday night where I learned about the Borg. Basically it's marxism, socialism, the collective, where everyone is attached and affected by everyone else and all are the same.
Posted by: knowledge is power at September 26, 2013 02:25 PM (Nx76m)
Borg is one of those guys who chain smokes three Lucky Strikes with his mug of bourbon before a breakfast of nails and gravel.
Posted by: Fritz at September 26, 2013 02:25 PM (UzPAd)
Posted by: EC at September 26, 2013 02:25 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at September 26, 2013 02:25 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 26, 2013 02:26 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 26, 2013 02:26 PM (a4Omg)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at September 26, 2013 02:26 PM (U2UQk)
Posted by: steevy at September 26, 2013 02:26 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: imp at September 26, 2013 02:26 PM (L9AnB)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 26, 2013 02:26 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 26, 2013 02:27 PM (DmNpO)
World War II.
Everyone went off to war or into the factories, and the only ones left buying the popular culture were those too young to fight or work.
Everyone began marketing to the young, and they discovered that the younger they catch you, the longer they have you as a customer. Then they discovered that they could catch older customers too by telling them that unless they acted (bought) like kids, they were already one foot in the grave. Who want to be an old, half-dead loser?! Not me!!
Marketers keep trying to hook everyone younger and younger. What you're seeing was seventy years in the making.
Posted by: Tacky Adhesive at September 26, 2013 02:27 PM (TJw7K)
Rules for morons 3c, if you're pretty sure it's sci-fi go ahead and bing it.
Note: Use Safe Search to avoid Rule 34 shock.
Also what nitwit decided they needed a queen and can he be stopped from frakking up some other meme.
Posted by: DaveA at September 26, 2013 02:27 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 26, 2013 02:27 PM (a4Omg)
Posted by: toby928© at September 26, 2013 02:28 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: mindful webworker - stuck in 1994 at September 26, 2013 02:28 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 26, 2013 02:29 PM (Cadn7)
Posted by: Lincolntf at September 26, 2013 02:29 PM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at September 26, 2013 02:29 PM (6J+oK)
Posted by: Moccachino Babe at September 26, 2013 02:30 PM (r2PLg)
==========
Because the Baby Boomers got old.
And that shit sucks.
'Cause, for their whole lives, the world revolved around them.
And it shifted. To the young.
And that "will not do." So, they act like spoiled little girls.
"Obama, dreamy. Republicans, mean."
First, they were fucking hippies and ruined a whole bunch of shit that we're still feeling the effects from.
But now they are old and their shit stinks.
And they're doing the only thing they're good at: Making the world revolve around them and ruining everything.
Sorry if you are in the Boomer Generation--but as a group, they suck.
Posted by: RoyalOil at September 26, 2013 02:30 PM (VjL9S)
Hugh.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 26, 2013 06:26 PM (0HooB)
Hugh Betcha
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 26, 2013 02:30 PM (FaZT2)
Posted by: NCKate at September 26, 2013 02:30 PM (WtZbx)
Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at September 26, 2013 02:30 PM (6J+oK)
Daleks were Xenophobic and sought to destroy. The closer parallel was the Cybermen.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Laughing Maniacally While Throwing Matches. at September 26, 2013 02:30 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Moccachino Babe at September 26, 2013 02:31 PM (r2PLg)
Are they green? ;^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 26, 2013 06:27 PM (a4Omg)
Make a fritata, add some veggies and viola, some crisp fresh Italian Bread, definitely peppers if you have them. Delish!
Honestly, when I was a kid my dad, when he was responsible for dinner would often make "breakfast for dinner", eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, waffles, a veritable feast. We loved it, it's one of my best memories. It was only recently that I learned we weren't the only ones who had breakfast for dinner. Oh and sometimes he even made french toast too. It was spectacular.
Posted by: knowledge is power at September 26, 2013 02:31 PM (Nx76m)
Posted by: EC at September 26, 2013 02:31 PM (doBIb)
I know a woman who used to basically prepare 3 different dinners every night. One for her and her husband and two others for her darling kiddies, because Brandon didn't like chicken or beets or scalloped potatoes and Brittany didn't like raisins or fish or broccoli or carrots - really, their list of food dislikes was a very long one and every one was catered to. Whereas I remember my mom saying "Don't like liver? Fine, but in that case, you'll go hungry tonight because it's what's for dinner and I don't run a restaurant here."
This same woman used to say, "I don't know how anybody can have more than 2 kids! It's so tiring having 2!" Well, maybe it would be less so if they didn't get their very own cooked-to-order meal every night.
Posted by: Donna V. at September 26, 2013 02:31 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at September 26, 2013 02:31 PM (bb5+k)
so who exactly would be laboring under this rule of relentlessly-propagating group-approved messaging for political purposes?
Obviously everyone at the RNC.
What about at conservative-leaning think tanks? Are they covered under the Borg rule, too?
What about writers who don't work for the RNC? Also required to offer nothing but cant?
What about average citizens? Can they comment in a blog's comment areas in such a fashion that they might occasionally allow the possibility of "moral equivalency"?
You said this wasn't "that inhuman."
Have you ever tried it?
Posted by: ace at September 26, 2013 02:31 PM (/IWYB)
How is that statement inconsistent or false?
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 26, 2013 02:31 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 26, 2013 02:32 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 26, 2013 02:32 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: LauraC at September 26, 2013 02:32 PM (fXZDm)
Re: Burr, when you must obfuscate, its because you are lying or misleading
Posted by: thunderb at September 26, 2013 02:32 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at September 26, 2013 02:33 PM (6J+oK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 26, 2013 02:33 PM (a4Omg)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at September 26, 2013 02:33 PM (hO8IJ)
"My owners lost their health insurance and Obama's policies are so expensive, they don't have much money left for food. Now their only alternative is to fatten me up for the freezer. Please stop Obamacare!"
Posted by: dusty at September 26, 2013 02:34 PM (KR2Ca)
Posted by: Moccachino Babe at September 26, 2013 02:34 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at September 26, 2013 06:32 PM (OWjjx)
Sunday's farewell ceremony was awesome.
Posted by: garrett at September 26, 2013 02:34 PM (QIZQt)
Posted by: mindful webworker - cookie! nom! nom! nom! at September 26, 2013 02:34 PM (U13jb)
No, he was fully Borg.
I can't recall a male half-assimilated Borg from the show.
IIRC, they cut off Hugh's connection to the Collective and started to talk to his human side. He was in some kind of wreck, lone survivor on another planet.
And I didn't count Picard's abduction.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 26, 2013 02:34 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at September 26, 2013 02:35 PM (6J+oK)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at September 26, 2013 02:35 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 26, 2013 02:36 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: thunderb at September 26, 2013 02:36 PM (zOTsN)
In worn out shoes
With silver hair, a ragged shirt, and baggy pants
The old soft shoe
He jumped so high, jumped so high
Then he lightly touched down
I met him in a cell in Washington DC I was
down and out
He looked to me to be the eyes of age
as he spoke right out
He talked of life, talked of life, he laughed
clicked his heels and stepped
He said his name "Brad Woodhouse" and he danced a lick
across the cell
He grabbed his pants and spread his stance,
Oh he jumped so high and then he clicked his heels
He let go a laugh, let go a laugh
and shook back his clothes all around
Mr. Brad Woodhouse, Mr. Brad Woodhouse
Mr. Brad Woodhouse, dance
He danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs
throughout the DNC
He spoke through tears of 15 years how his bff and him
traveled about
The bff up and died, he up and died
And after 20 years he still grieves
He said I dance now at every chance in Committees
for drinks and tips
But most the time I spend behind these county bars
'cause I drinks a bit
He shook his head, and as he shook his head
I heard someone ask him please
Mr. Brad Woodhouse, Mr. Brad Woodhouse
Mr. Brad Woodhouse, dance..
Posted by: Generation Y at September 26, 2013 02:37 PM (rCS6C)
Every time.
You know why I don't have a sweet tooth?
'Cause I grew up in a household of scarcity. We didn't have sweets 'cause we couldn't afford them.
Heard from a guy who went to the foodbank. Guess what foods are always gone while the potatoes, breads and vegetables rot and have to be thrown?
The cakes and pastries.
That's the underclass today---fat and on an endless sugar high.
I gave to the foodbank once but now? Fuck 'em. Let 'em learn what real hunger is for all I care.
Posted by: RoyalOil at September 26, 2013 02:37 PM (VjL9S)
Posted by: thunderb at September 26, 2013 02:38 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 26, 2013 06:34 PM (0HooB)
And then there was 38-24-36 of nine.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 26, 2013 02:38 PM (FaZT2)
Posted by: naturalfake at September 26, 2013 02:38 PM (8nunQ)
Posted by: occam's brassiere at September 26, 2013 02:39 PM (QZkRD)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at September 26, 2013 02:39 PM (U2UQk)
Posted by: steevy at September 26, 2013 02:39 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 26, 2013 02:39 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Y-not at September 26, 2013 02:39 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at September 26, 2013 02:39 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: thunderb
It certainly sounds like he was recently. He's been rallying FOR Cruz.
Someone musta' slipped something in his oil change.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 26, 2013 02:39 PM (ligos)
And then there was 38-24-36 of nine.
She could assimilate me any time she wanted to.
I would not have resisted.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 26, 2013 02:39 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Marmo from Iowa, the only state that elects our presidents at September 26, 2013 02:40 PM (pcgW1)
Posted by: EC at September 26, 2013 02:40 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 26, 2013 02:40 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at September 26, 2013 02:41 PM (U2UQk)
Every human behavior has potential unseen calumnious consequences, but you are trying to offer prior restraint as an operating doctrine.
No thanks.
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at September 26, 2013 06:31 PM (bb5+k)
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Amen! Just leave me the fuck alone. As long as I take full responsibility for my actions, I should be free to make any decision I wish to make.
Posted by: Soona at September 26, 2013 02:41 PM (3sDOE)
Posted by: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus at September 26, 2013 02:41 PM (U+vgB)
Posted by: Hal at September 26, 2013 02:42 PM (2wZs/)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 26, 2013 02:42 PM (QF8uk)
Posted by: SFGoth at September 26, 2013 02:42 PM (Re3jd)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at September 26, 2013 06:39 PM (U2UQk)
So China won the battle of devolution?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 26, 2013 02:43 PM (FaZT2)
Posted by: thunderb at September 26, 2013 06:38 PM (zOTsN)
___________________________
^THIS^...... WTF is it?
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 26, 2013 02:43 PM (jucos)
What's Borg?
Posted by: CAC at September 26, 2013 06:19 PM (ZNmVa)
oh my
we have a lot of work to do, here
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 26, 2013 06:39 PM (IXrOn)
I don't get the Star Wars references sometimes.
Posted by: CAC at September 26, 2013 02:44 PM (ZNmVa)
He was full Borg but he was isolated from the collective.
I sit corrected and pantsless. He was the only one I could recall.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 26, 2013 02:44 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Severe Conservative riding Orca at September 26, 2013 02:44 PM (RFeQD)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 26, 2013 02:44 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: thunderb at September 26, 2013 02:45 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 26, 2013 06:14 PM (9R+2e)
Oh, but 7 of 9. Posted by: The Jackhole at September 26, 2013 06:19 PM
7 of 9 (Jeri Ryan) - We'd hit that so hard that she'd unseal our divorce records, college transcripts, and all her credit card numbers
Posted by: kbdabear at September 26, 2013 02:46 PM (/9IC1)
It's something I have been watching and thinking about myself.
I remember seeing the first tv commercials, tv shows and movies where the children had the upper hand over the parents. I'm sure they've been around for years, but, it hit me at a certain time in my life, and it felt quite odd.
=========
Holy shit.
Full House the other day.
Bob fell asleep and was supposed to go to one girl's science fair and the other's dance recital.
Missed them both.
And the girls, when they found out he slept through?
"We're sorry dad, we know you're tired and have been working a lot lately. We love you."
Today?
Endless "comedy" as dad tries to make both daughters happy as they whine and bitch about how awful he is.
Posted by: RoyalOil at September 26, 2013 02:46 PM (VjL9S)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 26, 2013 02:46 PM (IXrOn)
___________________________^THIS^...... WTF is it?
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 26, 2013 06:43 PM (jucos)
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I've been bugged with this fucking pop-up all afternoon too.
Posted by: Soona at September 26, 2013 02:47 PM (3sDOE)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at September 26, 2013 02:47 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 26, 2013 02:47 PM (jucos)
Oh well, here come the "I'm right because Goldberg, Poppin' Fresh, and now Krauthammer say so". Brooks and Noonan for teh win
Posted by: kbdabear at September 26, 2013 02:48 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: mindful webworker - cute as an attic full of baby spiders at September 26, 2013 02:48 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: EC at September 26, 2013 02:49 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at September 26, 2013 02:49 PM (hO8IJ)
he spoke to a community college (safe)
in a DC suburb (safe)
stuffed with persons of the same ethnic minority as the POTUS (safe)
not so doomed
Posted by: thunderb at September 26, 2013 02:49 PM (zOTsN)
The crazy latte thing brings up something I have encountered with teens; They are spoiled to the point of being jaded. Nothing impresses. I coached a team and had the good fortune to be invited to a college match and, pre-match they competed with another junior high team on the collegiate floor. We met the coach (an Olympian) and watched the warm-ups behind the scenes. The team parents and I were totally geeked out.
The kids, not so much. Half were almost bored.
Posted by: typo dynamofo at September 26, 2013 02:49 PM (URNUb)
Posted by: nip at September 26, 2013 06:41 PM (jI23+)
Yeah, pointing that out was just unfair of me.
Posted by: garrett at September 26, 2013 02:50 PM (QIZQt)
Was it any different from any other sniveling asshole speech he's made to twits with skulls full of mush?
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at September 26, 2013 02:50 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: AmishDude at September 26, 2013 02:50 PM (xSegX)
Posted by: Severe Conservative riding Orca at September 26, 2013 02:50 PM (RFeQD)
Posted by: Beagle at September 26, 2013 02:51 PM (sOtz/)
Posted by: Zen Master Picard at September 26, 2013 02:52 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 26, 2013 02:52 PM (Cadn7)
Posted by: Senator Blutarsky at September 26, 2013 02:52 PM (6J+oK)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at September 26, 2013 02:53 PM (U2UQk)
Posted by: Severe Conservative riding Orca at September 26, 2013 02:54 PM (RFeQD)
Posted by: steevy at September 26, 2013 02:54 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at September 26, 2013 02:55 PM (6J+oK)
Posted by: Madamex at September 26, 2013 02:55 PM (Ir8pn)
no
it was an Illinois court clerk, who was never prosecuted IIRC, that is responsible for burdening us with the JEF
Posted by: thunderb at September 26, 2013 02:55 PM (zOTsN)
>>> Don't forget your helmet for the range.. <<<
...or your eye and ear protection.
Or, to follow the posted rules which are put in place, not to limit your freedoms, but to guarantee the safety of ALL range users.
Posted by: garrett at September 26, 2013 02:55 PM (QIZQt)
Posted by: Smokey Behr at September 26, 2013 02:56 PM (QyeW7)
Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2013 05:49 PM
I'll bet he would be dynamite selling real estate too;
"The title history is sketchy, the property is on the hot list for eminent domain seizure, and we don't know if you can even get insurance for it"
Give that man a set of steak knives!
Posted by: kbdabear at September 26, 2013 02:58 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 26, 2013 02:58 PM (a4Omg)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 26, 2013 02:58 PM (jucos)
Gay people: 2.5-3%
Pandering leftists who will actually change their behavior: 0.5%
People who will buy our pasta just to say "cfuk conformity": 5.5%
We recommend that you stay the course.
Posted by: Barilla Marketing Department at September 26, 2013 02:59 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 26, 2013 03:00 PM (dfYL9)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at September 26, 2013 03:01 PM (U2UQk)
>>>When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."
I never read the full quote, just the "put away childish things" part.
Wow, in context, it's completely different!
Posted by: ace at September 26, 2013 03:03 PM (/IWYB)
Back when SNL was actually funny. For five minutes a week.
Sometimes more than that. I remember Mike Myers and Chris Farley doing a Japanese gameshow sketch that about killed me, it was so funny.
Posted by: Splunge at September 26, 2013 03:03 PM (bKA83)
As a Mets fan, we #BlameBeltran
Posted by: kbdabear at September 26, 2013 03:03 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: mindful webworker - cute as an attic full of baby spiders at September 26, 2013 03:04 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: kbdabear at September 26, 2013 07:03 PM (/9IC1)
___________________
HAHAHAHAHA.... No wait..... There are really Mets fans? I thought they were myths.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 26, 2013 03:09 PM (jucos)
Posted by: steevy at September 26, 2013 03:11 PM (9XBK2)
Here's what popped into my head: Seaman Jones from The Hunt for the Red October.
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Captain.
Sir, the moment that sub went silent and I thought I heard some singing, I heard something in the background real faint. After all those subs took off, I caught it again and got it on tape.
I washed it through the computer and was able to isolate this sound. When I asked the computer to identify it, what I got was magma displacement.
You see, sir, the SAPS software was originally written to look for seismic events. I think when it gets confused, it kind of runs home to Mama.
[...]
You may think I'm crazy, but I'll bet that magma displacement was actually some new Russian sub, and it's headed for the Iceland coast...
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So what we have in Krauthammer superficially is conservatism/Republicanism, but when push comes to shove (or "confusion" sets in), he runs home to Mama which is to say his Democrat (big Guv) roots.
It's just validation yet again that The Kraut isn't conservative. He's big government, too, but just not as outwardly so as he once was. But he still runs home to Mama.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at September 26, 2013 03:12 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Roman Polanski at September 26, 2013 03:12 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at September 26, 2013 03:13 PM (6J+oK)
#BlameBeltran is a running joke with Mets fans now, to rag on the irrational Mets fans who somehow think that Beltran taking that third strike in game 7 of the 2006 NLCS somehow changed the flow of history itself.
Personally, I blame Aaron Heilman for giving up that dinger to a .216 hitter earlier in the game.
Heilman would have given up home runs to Clay Aikman
Posted by: kbdabear at September 26, 2013 03:18 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: Severe Conservative riding Orca at September 26, 2013 06:01 PM (RFeQD)
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this
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 26, 2013 03:30 PM (IvgwH)
Posted by: mindful webworker - won't join the NYT at September 26, 2013 03:35 PM (U13jb)
Heh heh...I've certainly lost a lot more than seven year to ma..oh wait, nevermind, misread it, family blog, whatever.
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at September 26, 2013 03:37 PM (KMJ6X)
Posted by: Citation X driver at September 26, 2013 03:55 PM (RF6SD)
When conservatives stopped being involved in civics. I define civics as teaching, journalism, conservative business owners sponsoring little leagues and the like. Conservatives got greedy and apathetic, what happened next was predictable. The liberals are omnipresent in all parts of culture and society doing what they do, where are we? I told a friend at some point we are going to have to get off of the corporate ladder and get a teaching job...
Posted by: theworldisnotenough at September 26, 2013 03:56 PM (673ys)
Posted by: Titanium at September 26, 2013 04:26 PM (IgOQg)
Posted by: Dr Van Nostrand at September 27, 2013 07:05 AM (2rizr)
I'm the last of 5 classic Baby Boom kids. I've always been the weird one. All 4 of my older siblings absolutely drive me crazy and I am not close with them. All they ever want to talk about is how great life was when we were kids. None of them have made anything of themselves, despite us having a father who was a brilliant doctor with a strong work ethic and a good disciplinarian. At my Dad's funeral I thought two of my brothers were going to jump into the grave, they were beside themselves at the thought that no, we are not kids anymore and Daddy is gone. I cannot even talk to my sister on the phone because within 5 minutes she is on some nostalgic rant about Mommy and Daddy. All of them rag on me all the time because I live so far away from our mom and don't call her every other day like they do. WTF? I wanted to be an adult when I was 5 years old. My childhood as the last of 5 with an exhausted mother and a workaholic Dad was not very idyllic. I could not wait to get the hell out of that house and the town I grew up in.
I guess it is no surprise that two of my siblings have no children, one never married, and another has been married three times. The one I am closest to is the most adult one that has been married for 35 years and has 3 kids. But I remember him still living at home well into his late 20s. Now I am watching his kids refuse to grow up. His oldest daughter is 34, divorced with no kids, doing Roller Derby and not looking like she is ever going to grow up and have a family. The middle son is 30 and still does not have a fulltime year-round job, he is an itinerant laborer who travels around the country doing seasonal work (this, with an honors degree in biochemistry). The youngest is 27, nearly killed himself on drugs, cleaned up (at huge expense for the parents), moved to Denver and is working as a chef, no girlfriend and no plans for the future.
I just don't know what to make of people anymore. Who is going to run our companies in the future when nobody wants to be an adult?
Posted by: rockmom at September 27, 2013 07:35 AM (aBlZ1)
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