March 10, 2014
— Ace The scolds and There Are Other Things To Discuss Brigades are out,* so here's their thread.
Question:
Why do you think it is that seeing someone take an interest in something you're not personally interested in causes you so much discomfort? Why is someone else's interest taken as a hostile attack on the self?
Aren't you defining the borders of your selfness a bit over-large, such that no one can take step you don't take without in some way giving offense to you, kicking at your worldview and ego?
Is anyone allowed to take any interest apart from the three or four you share?
Is mere difference a signal of hostility that must be challenged and confronted?
These are important questions.
My problem here is the hostility, as if I've given personal offense by acknowledging cultural phenomena not appreciated by some. True Detective was a big thread on Hot Air; the Dunham thing I got from the top center of Drudge.
These things are going on. This hostility over mere discussion of interests some don't share is a drag, and I'm tired of it.
Both posts qualify as political -- the True Detective one especially. Both are certainly cultural-political.
Some of you are turning cultural rejectivism into a type of cult and it's annoying. You can belong to any cult you like, but those of us not in the cult don't want to hear about it every day.
* Burn the Witch says "Brigades? You're talking about four people."
True.
But hostility is, by definition, hostile. One notices it.
On Rejectivism:
>>> ace, I really don't know what to make of much of the America I find myself in. Much is alien, nowadays. Pop "culture" is mostly irrelevant to me, and junk. Vulgar, and shallow. This, from a guy who rode choppers on the street as a young man. I just sort of stand back in awe about how bad much of America has become. -- backhoe
I get that, and I share, to a fair extent, the cultural rejectivism embraced by many.
But it's annoying to have people constantly harp that you must join them at their exact level of cultural rejectivism. If they've completely tuned out, everyone else must completely tune out.
It's not even expressed as an argument, which would be less annoying, because an argument is always interesting.
It's just expressed as a hostile resentment. And then what do I say in return?
There is an interesting argument as to whether someone should (or even could) completely unplug from the current american culture.
I'd be interested in having it.
But this drive by resentment/hostility shit -- that's not an argument, that's just negative emotionalism.
I think 90% of the right tends to reject most of our current culture. Obviously, we will each make exceptions here and there for things we find meritorious.
Can we please stop treating such minor, trivial cultural preferences as important and status-conferring and Tribal Loyalty Signaling?
I liked True Detective because I like smart detective shows. Period. That's not an attack on someone who has tuned out of current culture. I just happened to turn on the TV, and it was on.
And that's it.
If you're reading more into than that, I would suggest you should probably think about not reading so much political/tribal/cultural import into everything.
I knocked some of the left for being determined to read a narrative of Tribal Flattery into True Detective.
The reactionary version of this -- the simple act of discussing True Detective is an act of betrayal against the right-leaning tribe -- is no less ridiculous.
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Posted by: joncelli at March 10, 2014 10:11 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 10, 2014 10:11 AM (8ZskC)
neurosis
cognitive dissonance
magical thinking
I'm sure there are many more answers, those just came to me first.
Posted by: shibumi at March 10, 2014 10:11 AM (25HWz)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at March 10, 2014 10:11 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Y-not on the phone at March 10, 2014 10:12 AM (K5Csv)
May I talk about how hot Lena Dunham is in here? Brrr! Chilly...
Posted by: fluffy at March 10, 2014 10:12 AM (Ua6T/)
Posted by: drill_thrawl at March 10, 2014 10:12 AM (Z7toi)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at March 10, 2014 10:12 AM (gBnkX)
Posted by: L, elle at March 10, 2014 10:13 AM (0xqKe)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 10, 2014 10:13 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: spd rdr at March 10, 2014 10:14 AM (+fXXA)
Posted by: Y-not on the phone at March 10, 2014 02:12 PM (K5Csv)
RINO bitch.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 10, 2014 02:13 PM (8ZskC)
None of you are True Cons like me. Infidels.
Posted by: joncelli at March 10, 2014 10:14 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2014 10:14 AM (GjYxB)
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2014 10:14 AM (/FnUH)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2014 10:15 AM (aTXUx)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at March 10, 2014 10:15 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: John McCain at March 10, 2014 10:15 AM (Q6pxP)
Should I give $5 to the NRSC or have a colonoscopy without anesthesia?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2014 10:15 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 10, 2014 10:15 AM (XvHmy)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 10, 2014 10:15 AM (7ObY1)
1. Porn
2. Bacon
3. Porn
4. Midgets in porn
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 10, 2014 10:15 AM (8ZskC)
Seriously, this stuff is interesting. I get that there's other "important" stuff going on in the world, but there's only so many times you can say, "Obammy's a pussy who's being repeatedly kicked in the bitch wrinkle by Putin" before you sound redundant. It's nice to take a break for a while.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 10, 2014 10:15 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 10, 2014 10:15 AM (At8tV)
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at March 10, 2014 10:16 AM (kxSZr)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2014 10:16 AM (m1gXb)
Should I give $5 to the NRSC or have a colonoscopy without anesthesia?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2014 02:15 PM (QFxY5)
Get the colonoscopy and pretend you're a commando being interrogated by the Nazis. Hell, some guys will pay top dollar for that experience.
Posted by: joncelli at March 10, 2014 10:16 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2014 10:17 AM (m1gXb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 10, 2014 10:17 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone But Likes Non-Political Posts at March 10, 2014 10:17 AM (9ysE1)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at March 10, 2014 10:17 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: tasker at March 10, 2014 10:17 AM (RJMhd)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 10, 2014 10:17 AM (At8tV)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2014 02:15 PM (QFxY5)
Ooh, tough one. I'm leaning towards the colonoscopy with no anesthesia, but only if you can hire a Thai ladyboi to walk on your back in sandals with nails jutting out of the soles. then it'd be a real contest.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 10, 2014 10:18 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2014 10:18 AM (GjYxB)
Why do you think it is that seeing someone take an interest in something you're not personally interested in causes you so much discomfort? Why is someone else's interest taken as a hostile attack on the self?
Some people just gotta pee in other people's Wheaties.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2014 10:18 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: kartoffel at March 10, 2014 10:18 AM (sWwJZ)
*punches nearest commenter*
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2014 02:15 PM (GQ8sn)
OW! HEY! Damn Canucky hoser! *tackles*
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 10, 2014 10:18 AM (4df7R)
When they say "not Asian looking", do they mean oriental asian or middle eastern asian?
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2014 10:18 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2014 10:19 AM (IXrOn)
Call them out for being narrow-minded twats, because they are and they deserve it. But don't forget that the majority of us enjoy these digressions, and a sizable portion of us actually wish there were many, many more of them on this blog.
Posted by: Jeff B., RINO emeritus at March 10, 2014 10:19 AM (ewYO6)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 10, 2014 10:19 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone But Likes Non-Political Posts at March 10, 2014 10:19 AM (9ysE1)
Posted by: joncelli at March 10, 2014 02:16 PM (RD7QR)
That was probably an exhibit at the Folsom Street Fair.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2014 10:19 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Arnold from Green Acres at March 10, 2014 10:19 AM (XvHmy)
Posted by: Jean at March 10, 2014 10:19 AM (uLWyW)
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2014 02:18 PM (GQ8sn)
Yeah, it's ambiguous because the Brits call Pakistanis and the like Asian.
Posted by: joncelli at March 10, 2014 10:19 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 10, 2014 10:19 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2014 10:19 AM (GjYxB)
I totally agree. For instance, Game of Thrones is only a month away. I can't wait to see Tyrion's storyline this season, but I'm afraid the show is really going to suffer from lack of quality in the last two books. I've been trying to get through the 5th book for over a year, but it's a bit of a snoozer. This time I'm trying the audio book.
Posted by: not the mama at March 10, 2014 10:20 AM (5dxeo)
Posted by: backhoe at March 10, 2014 10:20 AM (ULH4o)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2014 10:20 AM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2014 10:20 AM (m1gXb)
Posted by: The Non-bitchy Hat at March 10, 2014 10:21 AM (XvHmy)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 10, 2014 10:21 AM (At8tV)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at March 10, 2014 02:11 PM (VtjlW)
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Well....well....you're mean and have raptors.
Posted by: Soona at March 10, 2014 10:21 AM (y92mV)
Posted by: Does This Leg Smell Gammy? at March 10, 2014 10:21 AM (csm2J)
http://tinyurl.com/lbrz98u
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2014 02:20 PM (aTXUx)
She looks constipated.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2014 10:21 AM (DrWcr)
Yes, in fact it does make your ass look fat.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2014 10:21 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 10:21 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: sven10077 at March 10, 2014 10:22 AM (TE35l)
I really don't think there's any THERE there. Let's face it -- the plane was coming from Kuala Lumpur. I'm pretty sure there were more than two fake passports on that flight. Had they been terrorists SOMEONE would have laid claim to this "attack" by now, even if it wasn't an actual attack.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 10, 2014 10:22 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 10, 2014 10:22 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at March 10, 2014 10:22 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: irright at March 10, 2014 10:22 AM (pMGkg)
Fuck them
Posted by: Zakn at March 10, 2014 10:22 AM (zyaZ1)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at March 10, 2014 02:18 PM (4df7R)
http://youtu.be/HQTW5fgZD6g?t=12s
I know you can't see it, but it's the scene from Avengers where Hulk beats the piss out of Loki and he's lying there gasping for breath.
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2014 10:22 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2014 10:22 AM (/FnUH)
No one likes a brown noser.
Posted by: Babbu at March 10, 2014 10:22 AM (Cs2tJ)
Posted by: tasker at March 10, 2014 10:22 AM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 10, 2014 10:23 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 10, 2014 10:23 AM (HVff2)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 10, 2014 10:23 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Bigby's Hangnail at March 10, 2014 10:23 AM (KgN8K)
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 10, 2014 10:23 AM (A0sHn)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at March 10, 2014 10:24 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: NBC at March 10, 2014 10:24 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 10, 2014 10:24 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 10, 2014 10:24 AM (At8tV)
Posted by: Jeff B., RINO emeritus at March 10, 2014 10:24 AM (ewYO6)
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2014 02:18 PM (GQ8sn)
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And therein lies one of the biggest problems of what information they already know and what information they'll give us.
Posted by: Soona at March 10, 2014 10:24 AM (y92mV)
(1. Scandis: Dirty or not?
(2. Redheads: Do they have souls?
(3. Mexican or Italian for dinner?
(4. Did Han shoot first?
(5. How much wood would a woodchuck, if he could chuck, chuck?
In other words, a waste of Internet Space™, and so, subversive against the cause of the advancement of conservative ideals.
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 10, 2014 10:24 AM (9LuAk)
Posted by: JEM at March 10, 2014 10:25 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Chaos the other dark meat at March 10, 2014 10:25 AM (oDCMR)
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2014 10:25 AM (4+AaH)
Posted by: NotCoach at March 10, 2014 10:25 AM (rsudF)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 10, 2014 10:25 AM (7ObY1)
And of course pointing out that AtC may be the most height-challenged commenter on the internet is always good for a laugh (and a call to the bomb squad two days later).
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2014 10:25 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: sven10077 at March 10, 2014 10:25 AM (TE35l)
What do I get if I drop a Shawn Michaels' style top turnbuckle elbow on you?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 10, 2014 02:19 PM (da5Wo)
... Probably 10-20 in the pen, because I think that'd snap my neck. lol!
BTW, I didn't get to hang around and find out, but did you manage to get your daughter's lamb back for her?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 10, 2014 10:25 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: steve walsh at March 10, 2014 10:25 AM (xDQNc)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 10, 2014 10:25 AM (TM1p8)
If I can belong to a cult Ace, does that mean I can then dress in some Mardi Gras shit I have laying around and ritualistically rape and murder virgins? Is that cool? Just getting the ground rules here.
Posted by: Jollyroger at March 10, 2014 10:26 AM (t06LC)
Posted by: Waterhouse at March 10, 2014 10:26 AM (Nksua)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 10, 2014 02:25 PM (7ObY1)
War of Southern Rebellion.
And...we won.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2014 10:26 AM (QFxY5)
Agreed. Crimea is depressing, Malaysia airline disappearance is intriguing but there is no real news on it, the Global Warming filibuster is ridic and not worth the attention. Why not kick back and discuss pop culture?
I am enjoying Mark Steyn, though, subbing for Rush today. If only he could be the host all week!
Posted by: Never Nudes at March 10, 2014 10:26 AM (BF+2f)
Posted by: tangonine at March 10, 2014 10:26 AM (x3YFz)
Attack ships on fire off the Shoulder of Orion? Dark matter to blame.
Little old lady got mutilated late last night? Dark matter again.
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2014 10:26 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 10, 2014 10:26 AM (HVff2)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 10, 2014 10:26 AM (DmNpO)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 10, 2014 10:26 AM (At8tV)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2014 02:18 PM (DrWcr)
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Yup.... word of advice if I may Ace.
You gotta learn.... "fuckit", "ducks back", "shrug the shoulders". Ive been managing people my entire adult life. While it good to consider others points of view, build consensus, yadayadayada..... it's also helpful to remember that at the end of the day, YOU set the agenda here. Constructive criticism is a good thing..... incessant whining from the chattering masses is not. What you cannot do is let it bother you. Ignore it. DONT PUNCH DOWN. Dont respond and do your thing.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 10, 2014 10:26 AM (nELVU)
These are important questions
the only important question is how bad you all will cry when Da Bears sign Michael Bennett and TJ Ward tomorrow thus cinching the superbowl
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 10, 2014 02:17 PM (At8tV)
Oh God, I might have to cheer for those guys from West Detroit on Lake Michigan.
The word up here is that The Viqueens are trying to sign up Michael Vick. If they do, I will never support them. Hell, I even cheer for Dallas first.
Posted by: rd at March 10, 2014 10:26 AM (D+lxs)
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2014 02:22 PM (GQ8sn)
lol!
See, my thing with that scene is I really, REALLY wanted Loki to win. Mark Ruffalo was a great Bruce Banner, but in real life he's a first class dickweed and so I hate his Hulk with a vicious passion. I'd have loved to see Loki put a fist through his chest and rip out the big mofo's beating heart. *sigh*
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 10, 2014 10:27 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 10, 2014 10:27 AM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: sven10077 at March 10, 2014 10:27 AM (TE35l)
Every blog post, everywhere, is part of the effort to ignore my pet issue: The needless mixing of fruit and meats in meals. By all means, go back to talking about your TV shows and Russian invasions.
Posted by: CJ at March 10, 2014 10:27 AM (9KqcB)
Posted by: NotCoach at March 10, 2014 10:27 AM (rsudF)
Rhode Island: Where Freedom of Expression Meets Attractive Women Without Panties.
Posted by: The Rhode Island Tourism Board at March 10, 2014 10:27 AM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 10, 2014 10:27 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 10, 2014 10:28 AM (da5Wo)
I agree with you. Every time there's a news story on something TV/Hollywood/Music related the comments from conservatives are the same...either Who is this? or "nobody watches this person".
Which is total bullshit because obviously people watch/care about the person, since it wouldn't be news otherwise. And I don't care how much you try to avoid pop culture, everyone knows who Lena Dunham is just like everyone knows who the Kardashians are or Bieber or any of the others.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 10, 2014 10:28 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: irright at March 10, 2014 02:22 PM (pMGkg)
Right? I do it all the time.
"Oh, look. Another circular firing squad 2014/2016 post. Pass!"
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 10, 2014 10:28 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2014 10:28 AM (IXrOn)
They just outlawed up skirting in Massachusetts.
What a bunch of bluenoses.
What about down-blousing? I'm asking for, uh, a friend.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 10, 2014 10:28 AM (BAS5M)
Posted by: jakeman at March 10, 2014 10:28 AM (vH4YP)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 10, 2014 10:28 AM (DmNpO)
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2014 10:29 AM (4+AaH)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 10, 2014 10:29 AM (659DL)
hahahahaha. Very true. Denham is so nasty.
Here's an interesting fact re world history. I'm reading a tome, several, on the stuff. In ancient Greece the city state of Locri had a rule that if one was to introduce a new law one had to do so standing on a removable platform with a noose around their neck.
If the law passed, the noose was removed. If the law was rejected, the platform was removed.
I thought this was very interesting, but couldn't find the name of the place in my book to reread it. So I googled it and lo and behold who cited this very practice. Ronald Reagan joking about how new laws should be treated.
Holy Sweet Moses was Reagan fantastic!!! How in the world would he specifically refer to this is beyond me. Kindred spirits I suppose. Back to the hate on Ace's ridiculously long obsession with Girls and True Detective. haha.
Posted by: prescient11 at March 10, 2014 10:29 AM (tVTLU)
The oil slick is not from the plane. The yellow object was a cable reel floating in the water, flotsam.
Malaysia says there have been previous attempts to board planes with stolen passports and explosives. That those attempts had been stopped.
http://tinyurl.com/kc4hzmv
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2014 10:29 AM (m1gXb)
Posted by: Jim in Virginia at March 10, 2014 10:29 AM (2mJbG)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 10:29 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 10, 2014 10:29 AM (HVff2)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 10, 2014 10:29 AM (dfYL9)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 10, 2014 10:29 AM (At8tV)
SHERMAN WAS RIGHT TO BURN THE SOUTH
act up again hillbillies, we got more where that came from
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 10, 2014 02:24 PM (At8tV)
KILL THE PIGS! KILL THE PIGS!
Posted by: joncelli, closet hippie at March 10, 2014 10:29 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 10, 2014 10:29 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at March 10, 2014 02:22 PM (4df7R)
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Didn't AQ only take claim to the 9/11 WTC attack only after the US pointed a finger at them. I might be wrong, but that's how I remember it.
Posted by: Soona at March 10, 2014 10:29 AM (y92mV)
Sum Ting Wong?
Posted by: MSM Talking Person Extraordiaire at March 10, 2014 10:30 AM (BF+2f)
Posted by: sven10077 at March 10, 2014 10:30 AM (TE35l)
By Jove, it's BRILLIANT
Now to find an Italian chick who wants some margaritas and a five-course Mexican feast in the next couple of hours...
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 10, 2014 10:30 AM (9LuAk)
Tween comedies are the target.
There happened to be an episode of "Sam & Cat" on the other day. Cat, the stupid one, manages to find an exact combination of buttons that spits out $400 from a gas station ATM. Which she uses. Then Sam finds out. She is supposedly the intelligent one. So they keep taking the cash and spending it. No conscience whatsoever.
When the gas station owner finds out, he gets the cops involved. The girls actually look surprised. Scott Baio is the cop, portrayed like a complete dork. The stupid girl gets arrested, but not the smart one, even though she was in on it. To get arrested to "be with her friend", she pours a slushy down Scott Baio's pants.
In the cop car, another call comes in for a stolen car. The cop starts to pursue, with the girls in the car. The girls had previously gone to the vet to pick up pet tranquilizers for a flight, but he thought they were candy. So he started to pass out. The smart girl *climbs in his lap* to drive in pursuit.
The car thief ditched, and the girl jumps out and kicks the crap out of the thief off camera (as if).
In conclusion, gas station owner did not press charges, and the money had to be paid back. Since there was a reward for catching the car thief, the girls paid it all back with a cool grand to spare.
When they had stolen $5000.
And that is what passes for good entertainment for youth.
Posted by: grognard at March 10, 2014 10:31 AM (/29Nl)
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2014 02:22 PM (/FnUH)
Do what you do best; mockery, satire, wicked humor.
It will embarrass them and make the rest of us amused and happy!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2014 10:31 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2014 10:31 AM (IXrOn)
Well guess what, when you were 20, there was probably a 50 year old somewhere watching you and thinking HOLY SHIT THE COUNTRY IS FINISHED.
And in 20 years, today's 20 year old will see something on MTV and think HOLY SHIT THE COUNTRY IS FINISHED.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 10, 2014 10:31 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: RWC at March 10, 2014 10:31 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Jean at March 10, 2014 10:31 AM (uLWyW)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 10, 2014 02:28 PM (da5Wo)
Awww. I'm glad she (and you all!) were able to get some sleep!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 10, 2014 10:31 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at March 10, 2014 10:31 AM (VtjlW)
ace?
I hear you. I am actually a very easy-going person in real life. As I mentioned on the last thread neither of my lost wives suffered fools gladly. But I just look at the cultural millue and don't know what to make of it.
I hate to be this way but all I can figure out is "look after me and mine own, and Devil take the hindmost...."
Posted by: backhoe at March 10, 2014 10:32 AM (ULH4o)
Posted by: tangonine at March 10, 2014 10:32 AM (x3YFz)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 10, 2014 10:32 AM (At8tV)
Ace, that's what you get for not knowing that the Official Conservative Position is that SNL hasn't been funny since 1978 and nobody watches it anymore. I don't even bother opening any SNL thread here or at HotAir because of the immediate deluge of "SNL Is Teh Suxxxor!!!1!1!1!!" posts.
I never watched True Detective but there were a lot of libs in my Twitter feed hyperventilating about the fnale, so I ejoyed your post on it.
Posted by: rockmom at March 10, 2014 10:32 AM (NYnoe)
LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBRKjc36eoI
Posted by: mrp at March 10, 2014 10:32 AM (JBggj)
Posted by: UWP at March 10, 2014 10:32 AM (KAmBO)
Posted by: jakeman at March 10, 2014 02:28 PM (vH4YP)
Karl.
Urban.
Shirtless.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 10, 2014 10:32 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2014 10:32 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Dancing Queen at March 10, 2014 10:32 AM (8KGvR)
ace, I didn't read that post, or the one after it, but from past experience I think I know what you're talking about
Look, you provide an excellent forum that on the whole produces great threads and lots of laughs (however dark, given our situation).
I myself am as cut off from pop culture as one could probably be, if you aren't living on a remote island. Not because of rejectivism, mostly personal tastes and other interests. So I mostly skip those sorts of posts - but as I'm in furious agreement with your perspectives and conclusions, look at it as sort of a stipulation from counsel to a case .... agreeing, but not taking the time to say any more than that.
I was considering trying to craft witty triple-entendre logic-looping funny comments, but the very able others have long beaten me to it above. Gotta love the wit of many of the regulars here.
Posted by: non-purist at March 10, 2014 10:33 AM (afQnV)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 10:33 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 10, 2014 02:32 PM (At8tV)
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 10, 2014 10:33 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2014 10:33 AM (/FnUH)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 10, 2014 10:33 AM (659DL)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2014 10:33 AM (IXrOn)
** whines They started it **
Posted by: Lame Reply #234[/i][/b][/s] at March 10, 2014 10:33 AM (DL2i+)
Posted by: eleven at March 10, 2014 10:33 AM (VhqUZ)
And they were pretty much right, actually.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 10, 2014 10:33 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 10, 2014 10:34 AM (da5Wo)
weak ass conference full of losers
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 10, 2014 02:26 PM (At8tV)
The Bears are all ass-poofters as seen on the field.
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2014 10:34 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Lauren at March 10, 2014 10:34 AM (hFL/3)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 10, 2014 10:34 AM (oMKp3)
Posted by: Jean at March 10, 2014 10:34 AM (uLWyW)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 10, 2014 10:34 AM (0Jb7F)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 10, 2014 10:35 AM (At8tV)
Urban.
Shirtless.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at March 10, 2014 02:32 PM (4df7R)
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You wound me.
Deeply.
Posted by: Darryl Dixon at March 10, 2014 10:35 AM (nELVU)
Posted by: RWC at March 10, 2014 10:35 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: tasker at March 10, 2014 10:35 AM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2014 10:35 AM (gOoFi)
Fresh-baked snickerdoodle, or some frozen Thin Mints?
Posted by: jakeman at March 10, 2014 10:35 AM (vH4YP)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at March 10, 2014 02:27 PM (4df7R)
Heh. In the fight between who is awesomer, Tom Hiddleston or Mark Ruffalo, there is no contest, really.
Posted by: LizLem at March 10, 2014 10:35 AM (BF+2f)
And...we won.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2014 02:26 PM (QFxY5)
Won? Fuck we just called timeout for awhile. We'll be back.
Posted by: Jollyroger at March 10, 2014 10:35 AM (t06LC)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 10, 2014 10:36 AM (hq5sb)
Posted by: HR at March 10, 2014 10:36 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2014 10:36 AM (GjYxB)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 10, 2014 10:36 AM (DmNpO)
This is the best mashup i've seen on this topic so far.
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 02:33 PM (bb5+k)
That. Is. AWESOME.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 10, 2014 10:37 AM (4df7R)
===
That requires polling. So, on a scale from one to eight meters, who wants a Godzilla thread?
Posted by: mrp at March 10, 2014 10:37 AM (JBggj)
No, that's not what I mean at all, perhaps I wasn't clear. I don't care about a 'pat on the head' (that's the last thing I'm gonna get around here anyway). What irks me, just a little bit, is the feeling that all it takes is one guy to come into any given 'pop culture' thread and crap in the punchbowl and then suddenly it feels like it's Ace Versus All The Stupid People Who Read This Blog...furthermore, I believe he's mentioned in the past that it makes him feel pressured to not post more 'non-political' stuff because he doesn't like the backlash.
But the thing is, he is always going to get it. A blog like this simply inevitably profiles as the sort of place that will attract a disproportionate number (although still nothing like a majority or even plurality) of "I hate everything about modern culture" Internet Complaineyfaces simply because it offers a venue to vent. I think it was Jesus who said "the poor and the Culture Rejectivists will be you always." (Right? Am I getting that quote right?)
Point is, getting so bent out of shape over them is pointless: their numbers are small but they are ineradicable until and unless this places eliminates comments altogether or goes to a registration format. It's all in the game, y'know?
Posted by: Jeff B., RINO emeritus at March 10, 2014 10:37 AM (ewYO6)
Posted by: ExSnipe at March 10, 2014 10:37 AM (LKJt3)
Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at March 10, 2014 10:37 AM (DL2i+)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 10, 2014 10:37 AM (At8tV)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2014 10:37 AM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 10, 2014 02:31 PM (0LHZx)
You just concisely illustrated the slippery slope. Thanks for that.
Each subsequent generation moves the bar in a more negative direction.
Posted by: grognard at March 10, 2014 10:37 AM (/29Nl)
Posted by: RWC at March 10, 2014 02:35 PM (fWAjv)
________
I didn't mean that. I meant older people always think the yunguuns are fucked up and will cause society to deteriorate.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 10, 2014 10:37 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Darryl Dixon at March 10, 2014 02:35 PM (nELVU)
Awww, sweetie, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings! Come on over here and I'll make it up to you.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 10, 2014 10:37 AM (4df7R)
Where else do we get hard-hitting investigative blog posts about Tri-Corner Hat girl, Blurred Lines girl, and True Detective girl?
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2014 10:37 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: sven10077 at March 10, 2014 10:37 AM (TE35l)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2014 10:38 AM (GjYxB)
Posted by: NotCoach at March 10, 2014 10:38 AM (rsudF)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 10, 2014 10:38 AM (DmNpO)
Posted by: L, elle at March 10, 2014 10:38 AM (0xqKe)
Posted by: DangerGirl at March 10, 2014 10:38 AM (GrtrJ)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 10:38 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: tasker at March 10, 2014 10:38 AM (RJMhd)
No one of those things is necessarily awful in themselves but the reason behind why they are being stated is troubling. Its exactly what they pretend to reject: style over substance, a position held not for its ethical and rational merits but its cachet, its feeling and the crowd it puts you in. It makes you feel superior toward others, it makes you feel like you're a better person for what you hold to.
Because of original sin, I suspect that we're all that way to some extent - even bashing hipsters is a sort of elitist hipster posing. But really how honest is it all?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 10, 2014 10:38 AM (zfY+H)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 10, 2014 10:39 AM (HVff2)
Posted by: steevy at March 10, 2014 10:39 AM (zqvg6)
Don't forget the Asian Boobs Through The Door Girl.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 10, 2014 10:39 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 10, 2014 10:39 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 10, 2014 10:40 AM (0LHZx)
Tri-Corner Hat girl, Blurred Lines girl, and True Detective girl?
Don't forget the Asian Boobs Through The Door Girl.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 10, 2014 02:39 PM (B/VB5)
And Cake Girl! How could I forget about her baked goods?
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2014 10:40 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 10, 2014 10:40 AM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2014 10:40 AM (IXrOn)
You'll settle for a cracker
You get a circular firing squad thread... wait what?
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 10, 2014 10:40 AM (9LuAk)
Posted by: RWC at March 10, 2014 10:40 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 10, 2014 10:40 AM (r7mtu)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at March 10, 2014 10:40 AM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 10, 2014 10:40 AM (zfY+H)
Posted by: Gay Hipster Slapfight Guys at March 10, 2014 10:40 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: tasker at March 10, 2014 10:40 AM (RJMhd)
Last time we saw her here, ace remarked "she gives my heart an erection".
HAHAHAHA!!!!
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2014 10:40 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2014 10:40 AM (GjYxB)
This is the best mashup i've seen on this topic so far.
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 02:33 PM (bb5+k)
That is freakin' brilliant.
Posted by: jakeman at March 10, 2014 10:40 AM (vH4YP)
I was at a wedding reception this weekend. The music played was, to me, an odd mix of urban (read: black) and country (white) music. And while I severely despise both, I just assumed it would cause a bit of discomfort for one group or another.
Oddly, what I observed was a bunch of people out on the dance floor hopping up and down, making fools of themselves to BOTH types of music.
I realized then, the problem was me... as in, I was the one whose ears were being assaulted, and the other people were just up there doing what they do.
I can still make fun of them for hopping around like fools to that horrible music, but they seemed to be enjoying themselves, so I can't imagine they cared at all what I thought.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 10, 2014 10:41 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: LizLem at March 10, 2014 02:35 PM (BF+2f)
It's not even a fight, really. Mark Ruffalo gets his ass handed to him before he even comes out of the locker room.
http://bit.ly/1h7wY8m
No contest.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 10, 2014 10:41 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Bigby's Hangnail at March 10, 2014 10:41 AM (KgN8K)
Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at March 10, 2014 10:41 AM (hslAc)
Cultural Rejectivism - sounds like a good name for a band, but probably just an impressive way to say that whoever is suffering from it is getting old. Not that I am not suffering a bit 'o that myself, just that I try to stay aware of the context.
Posted by: Prsident of all 57 states at March 10, 2014 10:41 AM (1Rgee)
"China Martyr's Brigade" now taking "responsibility" but this group has not been previously identified.
Posted by: tasker at March 10, 2014 02:38 PM (RJMhd)
Uighurs again? They were behind the knife attack too.
Posted by: joncelli, closet hippie at March 10, 2014 10:41 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Kickpuncher at March 10, 2014 10:41 AM (tv7DV)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at March 10, 2014 02:37 PM (4df7R)
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GAWDDAMMIT!!!
**puts shirt back on
Posted by: Karl Urban at March 10, 2014 10:41 AM (nELVU)
Posted by: tasker at March 10, 2014 10:41 AM (RJMhd)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 10:42 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 10, 2014 10:42 AM (At8tV)
for what i dunno. But not a fight between ourselves, to be sure.
so guess i will go paint my toenails .
Posted by: willow at March 10, 2014 10:42 AM (nqBYe)
You are so right, they really need to do something about margin trading.
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at March 10, 2014 10:42 AM (kxSZr)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2014 10:42 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone But Likes Non-Political Posts at March 10, 2014 10:42 AM (9ysE1)
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2014 10:42 AM (/FnUH)
Heck, the suspicious part is a fucking plane completely falling out of the fucking sky while cruising. Airplane disasters usually happen either on take-off or landing, if at all. A 777 completely collapsing whilst cruising? That's your big red flag right there.
Posted by: Jeff B., RINO emeritus at March 10, 2014 10:42 AM (ewYO6)
Posted by: Jean at March 10, 2014 10:43 AM (uLWyW)
This is the best mashup i've seen on this topic so far.
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 02:33 PM (bb5+k)
LOL!
I thought Putin would say in the last frame, "I must break you!"
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2014 10:43 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 10, 2014 10:43 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2014 10:43 AM (/FnUH)
Is Community really worth watching again? I really thought it had disappeared up its own rear aperture somewhere around the second season. Did Dan Harmon's return really bring the show back?
Posted by: Jeff B., RINO emeritus at March 10, 2014 10:43 AM (ewYO6)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2014 10:44 AM (IXrOn)
You are so right, they really need to do something about margin trading.
And don't forget about HFT.
Posted by: jakeman at March 10, 2014 10:44 AM (vH4YP)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2014 10:44 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: eleven at March 10, 2014 02:42 PM (VhqUZ)
When you stop and think about it, isn't that really just another instance of racial appropriation?
New rule for Lefties: you can eat no food except that which your lineage officially came up with, as accepted by an authoritative source... so, Wikipedia.
This includes imports. New Zealand is no longer allowed kiwi/chinese gooseberries.
Get crackin' on the research, folks, it's a whole new ball game.
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 10, 2014 10:44 AM (9LuAk)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 10, 2014 10:44 AM (zfY+H)
Posted by: Stuff Gandalf didn't say ... at March 10, 2014 10:44 AM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Bigby's Hangnail at March 10, 2014 10:44 AM (KgN8K)
There's so little on TV worth watching, and these are not one of them.
Posted by: Eric at March 10, 2014 10:44 AM (ClJ2V)
Simple solution: illegally download the show from PirateBay! NBC gets no perceptible benefit, not even like they would if you watched on Hulu or Netflix!
Posted by: Jeff B., RINO emeritus at March 10, 2014 10:44 AM (ewYO6)
234 -
I appreciate the fact that HBO is following the books very closely, but I gotta say, some people on that show are just not dying fast enough.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 10, 2014 10:44 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2014 02:22 PM (/FnUH)
The other group I'm annoyed by are the people who sift through every book/tv show/movie/song/painting/game/etc/ to determine whether it's Conservative or Not Conservative (and to be shunned).
Look I enjoy the things I enjoy and avoid the things I don't enjoy. I'm quite capable of deciding what's appeals to me or not and whether I wish to partake in more of it. Not everything in life must be political.
And something being funny or entertaining to me outweighs whether it's officially Conservative or not. And being lectured on whether I should enjoy something or not is a Not Enjoyable category for me. I am a full person with conservative political views - not a Conservative with a set of politically prescribed cultural interests.
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 10, 2014 10:45 AM (XkotV)
Posted by: chiefjaybob at March 10, 2014 10:45 AM (zdXlu)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 10:45 AM (bb5+k)
But if that's the case it'd help if they made it clear that it was, in fact, an act, and not an accident. Right now everyone in the world is scratching their heads and saying, "We don't know WTF happened." If you want your terrorism to have an impact, it helps if people KNOW it was terrorism.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 10, 2014 10:46 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: steevy at March 10, 2014 10:46 AM (zqvg6)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 10, 2014 10:46 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 10, 2014 10:46 AM (At8tV)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2014 10:46 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Harry Reid is a pederast at March 10, 2014 10:46 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 10, 2014 10:47 AM (oMKp3)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2014 10:47 AM (aTXUx)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 10, 2014 02:46 PM (Y/M/K)
O.o Hmmmmm. I wonder if another shoe is about to drop...
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 10, 2014 10:47 AM (9LuAk)
Posted by: sven10077 at March 10, 2014 10:47 AM (TE35l)
YOU ARE DOING FINE.
In other words: no need to change your content.
I am a cultural rejectionist (great word). My kids have no idea what decade they come from and if you asked them their favorite tv show they could easily say Laverne and Shirley, Fantasy Island or The Pee Wee Herman show as that is the kind of shows that they watch. Can't tell you the last time I had one of the big three networks tuned in my house.
However, I am hardly going to poop all over someone else because he talks about pop culture items that I have no interest in, ESPECIALLY when they do it in interesting ways as you do. I actually read the True Detective post because while i had no investment in the show, the post was still interesting.
So please, carry on.
Posted by: Mordineus at March 10, 2014 10:47 AM (DOz2Z)
Posted by: Jean at March 10, 2014 10:47 AM (uLWyW)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 02:29 PM (bb5+k)
Thanks for sharing. Sounds like the place deserved to go out of business, though, if he couldn't figure out his clientele and cater to their wants, versus the talent.
Posted by: LizLem at March 10, 2014 10:47 AM (BF+2f)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 10, 2014 10:48 AM (bitz6)
Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 10, 2014 10:48 AM (r7mtu)
Posted by: Lauren at March 10, 2014 10:48 AM (hFL/3)
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2014 10:48 AM (/FnUH)
Posted by: steevy at March 10, 2014 10:48 AM (zqvg6)
Posted by: tasker at March 10, 2014 10:48 AM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2014 10:48 AM (0FSuD)
Near high-end car dealerships?
Receptionist.
My wife and I were eating at some new Italian place that opened up. Turned out the owner was a former Maserati dealership partner and it was Maserati day in the parking lot outside. Every model you can think of was parked outside. Inside, there was an obsidian elbowed girl in a short skirt and a tight jacket with 38DDD's stuffed inside them. She was the receptionist at the dealership.
*thinks about the payments on a Quattroporte*
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2014 10:48 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Babu Bhatt at March 10, 2014 10:48 AM (aTXUx)
Yeah, this.
Posted by: HR at March 10, 2014 10:48 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at March 10, 2014 10:48 AM (kAvHW)
There's been a fair amount of recognition lately from both sides that country and rap are both ultimately both rooted in poor people talking about their circumstances, and the supposedly-obvious differences are really just stylistic. Hence Nelly guesting on that Florida-Georgia Line song.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 10, 2014 10:48 AM (B/VB5)
! RT @SharylAttkisson: I have resigned from CBS.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 10, 2014 02:46 PM (Y/M/K)
HOLY SHIT!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 10, 2014 10:48 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 10, 2014 02:40 PM (0LHZx)
Beatles, yes. Yoko Ono, just barely.
Posted by: LizLem at March 10, 2014 10:48 AM (BF+2f)
Posted by: ace at March 10, 2014 02:42 PM (/FnUH)
I have no idea what you are talking about. I have never heard of "Community," and the odds are great that I never will.
But for some strange reason that doesn't irritate me.
Chacun à son goût.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2014 10:49 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: DangerGirl at March 10, 2014 10:49 AM (GrtrJ)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 10, 2014 10:49 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 10, 2014 02:46 PM (Y/M/K)
damn, i do hope she lands somewhere where her actual journalism can be free to exist.
oh and i hate everything , except wild berry fingernail color.
Posted by: willow at March 10, 2014 10:49 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Jean at March 10, 2014 10:49 AM (uLWyW)
Eh, there's probably something a bit more nuanced to it than that. But there's a story for sure.
Posted by: Jeff B., RINO emeritus at March 10, 2014 10:49 AM (ewYO6)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2014 10:49 AM (gOoFi)
my sis in rhode island needs a letter of recommendation for her c/c permit
is it just the standard put up her quals, my quals, she's not nuts or dangerous (although she actually is) letter?
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 10, 2014 02:46 PM (At8tV)
We will need pics first.
Posted by: Rhode Island Sheriff's Dept at March 10, 2014 10:50 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2014 02:48 PM (GjYxB)
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Any day.... hell I'd take channel cat over Northerns. Y bones suck.....
Northerns are fun to catch.... taste like shit.
Posted by: Karl Urban at March 10, 2014 10:50 AM (nELVU)
Posted by: Lauren at March 10, 2014 10:50 AM (hFL/3)
Posted by: tangonine at March 10, 2014 10:50 AM (x3YFz)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 10, 2014 10:51 AM (At8tV)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at March 10, 2014 10:51 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 10, 2014 10:51 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 10:51 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: RWC at March 10, 2014 10:51 AM (fWAjv)
There's been a fair amount of recognition lately from both sides that country and rap are both ultimately both rooted in poor people talking about their circumstances, and the supposedly-obvious differences are really just stylistic. Hence Nelly guesting on that Florida-Georgia Line song.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 10, 2014 02:48 PM (B/VB5)
I have to admit to an incurable fondness for Pitbull's "Timber," featuring Kesha.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 10, 2014 10:51 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2014 10:51 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at March 10, 2014 10:52 AM (ntmEy)
Posted by: Marco at March 10, 2014 10:52 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 10, 2014 10:52 AM (ojnk6)
Posted by: JEM at March 10, 2014 10:52 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 10, 2014 10:52 AM (wC6OR)
Posted by: Harry Reid, Pedarist at March 10, 2014 10:53 AM (0FSuD)
I do understand, and to a certain extent share the frustration, because for the most part Ace of Spaces HQ is my main news source these days.
However, I have always said, and will continue to say, that the site is yours and the cob-loggers to do with as you please. If you want to devote an entire week to posts about dot-matrix printers and nothing else, that's your right and I fully support that.
Posted by: Null at March 10, 2014 10:53 AM (P7hip)
Posted by: shredded chi at March 10, 2014 10:53 AM (k9San)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2014 10:53 AM (GjYxB)
It kind of builds on its self too. What started out just "Eh, I don't really like Game of Thrones" turns into "you're a worthless thronefag if you even watched one episode and I hate you!" like a junior high girl fight. And it gets that way by everyone being so absolute and so angry when they post. Snark has replaced wit, so throwing a few "you suxx0r" lines in is considered funny and thus acceptable.
Its too easy on the internet to argue people into a corner where out of defensiveness, they start contending for, and perhaps even embracing, a position they didn't start out with.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 10, 2014 10:53 AM (zfY+H)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2014 10:53 AM (aTXUx)
Posted by: steevy at March 10, 2014 10:53 AM (zqvg6)
sorry dude, we took married all your hot chicks and took them away from the gene pool
all you have left is honey booboo's
Now you've done it, suh! You have insulted the honor of the fair and comely ladies of The South!
I mean Lena Dunham (born NYC) is no Farrah Fawcett (Corpus Christi, TX) or Jacqueline Smith (Houston, TX), or Shannon Elizabeth (Houston, TX), or Gina Carano (Dallas, TX), or Sandra Bullock (Austin, TX), or . . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 10, 2014 10:53 AM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 10, 2014 02:40 PM (0LHZx)
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Au contraire.....
The squares said that if we embraced Beaniks, drugs and Elvis it would lead to the destruction of the family, unwed teen mothers would be rampant, and morality would become an old quaint concept, and Commies would freely roam our our country and would one day rule it.
Look around.
Gotta admit.... the squares were right.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 10, 2014 10:54 AM (nELVU)
I find that to define one's self in terms of what others find interesting (or worth engaging) or not is to be giving too much power over one's self to others. Perhaps, realizing this, they are just bitter/hostile that they must rely on others to define them.
So they can go fuck themselves. Give them their money back and the boot.
Posted by: flounder at March 10, 2014 10:54 AM (Kkt/i)
Posted by: Phillip Seymour Hoffman at March 10, 2014 10:54 AM (Q6pxP)
I'm not missing Grimm just because it's on NBC (which, admittedly, is pretty much Satan's Own Corporation when you also consider Comcast).
At some point it becomes imperative to engage a dangerous public meme. It can have dire consequences if ignored.
Engaging is great, as Breitbart demonstrated. Plugging your ears and singing the Smurfs la-la-lala-la-la song isn't.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 10, 2014 10:54 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 10, 2014 10:54 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 10, 2014 10:55 AM (ZPrif)
Attkisson, who has been with CBS News for two decades, had grown frustrated with what she saw as the network's liberal bias, an outsized influence by the network's corporate partners and a lack of dedication to investigative reporting, several sources said. She increasingly felt like her work was no longer supported and that it was a struggle to get her reporting on air.
Posted by: willow at March 10, 2014 10:55 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: RWC at March 10, 2014 10:55 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit who is now Chelsea at March 10, 2014 10:55 AM (vVMIQ)
Posted by: steevy at March 10, 2014 10:55 AM (zqvg6)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 10, 2014 10:55 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 10, 2014 10:55 AM (32Ze2)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 10, 2014 02:52 PM (ojnk6)
And that other non-story that wasn't a story that didn't involve guns going to Mexico.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 10, 2014 10:55 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: andrew at March 10, 2014 10:55 AM (CEQxf)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 10:55 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 10, 2014 10:55 AM (aq/zi)
frustrated with what she saw as the network's liberal bias, an outsized
influence by the network's corporate partners and a lack of dedication
to investigative reporting, several sources said. She increasingly felt
like her work was no longer supported and that it was a struggle to get
her reporting on air.
Posted by: willow at March 10, 2014 02:55 PM (nqBYe)
Yeah, that and getting her work computer hacked by unknown parties.
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2014 10:56 AM (GQ8sn)
Ace, I get what you're saying. But you're being WAAAY too sensitive, dude. Just ignore the yapping. It'll go on and on, regardless.
Sometimes we minor commenters can offer an opinion and we get snapped at by a few of the people who are here ALL THE TIME (which I don't understand, frankly, being here all the time, that is). And we're advised not to be butt hurt. I get that and I kind of agree with it.
Ignoring the hostility is probably the best option. Or banning. But we need the ass holes too.
Posted by: Sphynx at March 10, 2014 10:56 AM (OZmbA)
Posted by: JEM at March 10, 2014 10:56 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: sven10077 at March 10, 2014 10:56 AM (TE35l)
weft cut-loop at March 10, 2014 02:51 PM (Y/M/K)
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Doesn't Fox News have a 1pm slot opening up?
Posted by: 29Victor at March 10, 2014 10:56 AM (ES9R7)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 10, 2014 10:56 AM (At8tV)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 10:56 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 10, 2014 10:57 AM (aq/zi)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 10, 2014 10:57 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: janetoo at March 10, 2014 10:57 AM (IgUON)
Posted by: Bigby's Hangnail at March 10, 2014 10:57 AM (KgN8K)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 10, 2014 10:57 AM (ZPrif)
For instance, the theory wasn't new to me (I recall reading it somewhere before now), but I still find it interesting. It's practically ancient cosmology by now to postulate that gravitational perturbances can upset the Oort cloud causing it to chuck comets and the like inward. Previous theories have alleged that a "Planet X" or Nemesis may be at fault; likewise, stars that come close enough to our system could nudge comets and debris inward (and outward too, of course). These periods of "peak comet activity" may-- may-- correspond with past Earth extinctions that could potentially be ascribed to comet impacts.
Well, since dark matter has similar gravitational effects, it makes perfect sense to theorize that dark matter could be our guilty culprit, supplanting the old theories of Planet X (which after decades of looking does not appear to exist). If there is measurable periodicity in the extinctions that correlate with potential impacts from dark matter, then that could be evidence of correlation, if not necessarily causation.
Well, guess what? Every time there's science story reported online, I guarantee that the comment crowds in certain places (*cough* Hot Air *cough*) will pile out of the woodwork to say the same things:
"Your theories donÂ’t work so you come up with this magical dark matter to allow them to be feasible."
"WasnÂ’t there a time when scientists observed how stuff works instead of theorizing how it may have worked?"
etc., etc.
News flash: not all science is political, at least not to the degree that climate science is political (or, more accurately, politicized). It's the worst of sins to have politicized climate science because apparently that's turned everyone around into irrational skeptics of other realms of science.
Pssst, dark matter isn't "magic." It's a theoretical construct to explain the behavior of gravity in a universe where not enough observable matter exists to explain it. No, you can't see dark matter at this time, you can only measure its effects. But guess what? You *can't see gravity, either*, yet we all know it exists.
I get the urge to joke about these things; I do it, too. (Science is settled! ;-).
But this reflexive hostility to things that we don't understand is depressing.
BTW, I mean that literally-- there are things that *you* and *I* don't understand. I don't understand how computers work. Oh sure, I know the basics of information theory, microprocessors, programming language, etc. But beyond that, I might as well be using a magic box on my desk. Judging computer science by the same standard as above, I should be reflexively dismissive of anyone talking about computer "science" because, what do they know? IT'S JUST A MAGIC BOX THAT BRINGS ME PORN.
Sigh.
Posted by: Dave at Garfield Ridge at March 10, 2014 10:57 AM (MPIX5)
It was one of those things you had to experience or have a special level of wisdom to understand, and now its too late to go back.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 10, 2014 10:57 AM (zfY+H)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 10, 2014 10:58 AM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 10:58 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: HR at March 10, 2014 10:59 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Buzzion at March 10, 2014 10:59 AM (G/NaJ)
I like Pitbull a lot. His songs are super-catchy, and the scold brigade will like that he's a vocal anti-Communist Cuban who bitched out Jay-Z for vacationing there.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 10, 2014 10:59 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Bigby's Hangnail at March 10, 2014 10:59 AM (KgN8K)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2014 10:59 AM (aTXUx)
307 -
Absolutely. I sometimes think it's weird that I get to say whatever I want here anonymously, but it is freeing. What comes with that though, is some amount of responsibility to not abuse the privilege.
A lesson I don't always follow.
Back to the wedding though, the father of the bride was doing his speech, and said something about his beautiful daughter. Wow, the bride... beautiful is NOT a word I would use, and yet, this too was another thing I managed to keep silent about.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 10, 2014 10:59 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at March 10, 2014 10:59 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: AmishDude at March 10, 2014 10:59 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit who is now Chelsea at March 10, 2014 11:00 AM (vVMIQ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2014 11:00 AM (gOoFi)
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 10, 2014 11:00 AM (wC6OR)
Posted by: Miss Best Of List Threads at March 10, 2014 11:00 AM (jl269)
Ace,
For what little it is worth, I like your diversions into the entertainment industry and popular culture. Quite frankly, not much good is going on in politics and it isn't healthy to focus on all the suckage, all the time.
Cheers,
Darth Randall
Posted by: Darth Randall at March 10, 2014 11:00 AM (xWgW3)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 11:00 AM (bb5+k)
100% agree. I'm hearing radio commercials for the Noah film, at the end they have a disclaimer, says "Though artistic license has been taken, we believe it to be true to the values of the original story."
Would they have bothered doing this a year ago, had not The Bible and its movie sequel done well? They know they might have crapped on their best potential audience for the film, are doing their best to court them back. Would Hollywood have bothered to do that 5 years ago? Things are changing, but you have to pay attention to it or you miss it, and the chance to nudge the future a little.
Posted by: LizLem at March 10, 2014 11:00 AM (BF+2f)
Posted by: tasker at March 10, 2014 11:01 AM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 10, 2014 11:01 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: tasker at March 10, 2014 02:38 PM (RJMhd)
Uighurs again? They were behind the knife attack too.
Posted by: joncelli, closet hippie at March 10, 2014 02:41 PM (RD7QR)
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If another jihadi group suddenly takes credit, this could get interesting. Who to believe. Could leave authorities confused on who to immediately go after.
What is making me believe that we're being bullshitted about this whole event is that an airliner disintigrating over anyplace is going to leave a lot of debris, either over land or on the water surface. A lot of shit on an airliner does not sink. I think third-world pride is going to squelch much of this investigation.
IMHO, I think they've already found the debris.
Posted by: Soona at March 10, 2014 11:01 AM (y92mV)
Posted by: tubal at March 10, 2014 11:01 AM (YEQ2h)
The problem comes when people claim its absolutely real and certain, that it is there and proven, and that anyone who questions it is a creation scientist loser.
Its a theory that helps certain cyclical universe theories become plausible, but is by definition unmeasurable and indetectable. The best anyone can do is note that it appears, from our limited ability to measure at this distance and over this much time, that something is having an effect on measurable phenomena. And that is taken as being evidence of "Dark Matter."
My take on this is that we're about as accurate on all this as philosophers looking at ants come out of a hole in the ground and concluding that ants come from dirt.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 10, 2014 11:01 AM (zfY+H)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 10, 2014 02:51 PM (At8tV)
Mr. Scary FTW
Posted by: grognard at March 10, 2014 11:01 AM (/29Nl)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 11:01 AM (bb5+k)
So we've established that Ace js a chick then?
kidding.
Seriously, I'm not "engaged in the culture" very much past what I need to be to communicate with my kids, so I appreciate it when Ace clues me in on cultural topics. I see it like that guy who ran olbermanwatch -- he watched the crap so I didn't have to. But, even more I like the analysis that Ace brings along with it. Much appreciated. And this site is still free, isn't it? What's the point of bitching about something you didn't pay for?
Posted by: 29Victor at March 10, 2014 11:01 AM (ES9R7)
I think 90% of the right tends to reject most of our current culture. Obviously, we will each make exceptions here and there for things we find meritorious.
Can we please stop treating such minor, trivial cultural preferences as important and status-conferring and Tribal Loyalty Signaling?
I liked True Detective because I like smart detective shows. Period. That's not an attack on someone who has tuned out of current culture. I just happened to turn on the TV, and it was on.
And that's it.
If you're reading more into than that, I would suggest you should probably think about not reading so much political/tribal/cultural import into everything.
I knocked some of the left for being determined to read a narrative of Tribal Flattery into True Detective.
The reactionary version of this -- the simple act of discussing True Detective is an act of betrayal against the right-leaning tribe -- is no less ridiculous.
Posted by: Ace at 02:08 PM
I don't think that is true. 90% is way to high a number. I'd say 25% of the right may have checked out.
The thing with blog comments and people stating they don't want to talk about anything else and claiming "I don't watch any tv" or "I don't watch any movies" or "I don't listen to any music" is nonsense and posturing. It's simply a shortcut to prove their conservative bona-fides.
I'm as conservative as they come - I am a big fan of "let it all burn" - in fact I argue for conservatives to sit out an election or two to try and force the GOP to move right. But, I have not checked out on the culture. I watch tons of TV (I have True Detective in my Neftlix cue), I loved The Wire, love Game of Thrones, loved 30 Rock despite Alex Baldwin being an assclown. I watch tons of movies - even movies by far right lefties. I wont' watch a movie if I know it is nothing but preaching because I know I won't like it, but if it is simply made by leftists, or has some subtle leftist message, but is still a good movie - I'll watch. And, despite my hatred of most of it, I watch some of the reality TV because my wife does - the Bachelor, Real Housewives, etc.
I'll admit to being out of it on music, but I was always out of it on music, and most people can't keep up with new music once they reach about 25.
I'll put my conservative bona fides against anyone else's, the idea that you can't enjoy movies or television because you are conservative is inane.
Posted by: Monkeytoe at March 10, 2014 11:02 AM (sOx93)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2014 11:02 AM (aTXUx)
ace @ 307, again there are people who fall outside your generalization. I for one. As I have said before in response to posts where you say that we all want politics to affirm our culture (something to that effect), not so. My "culture", whatever that is, has essentially nothing to do with my "politics" (a word I generally use for those - most - with no seriousness about the subject and very primitive understanding of the issues - even when it affects them directly and materially).
It is socially unrewarding to be analytical about things that merit such an approach - another way of saying my "culture" plays no role - but what can you do? Culture ain't upstream of my "politics". It isn't even on the same planet.
Posted by: non-purist at March 10, 2014 11:03 AM (afQnV)
Posted by: tasker at March 10, 2014 11:03 AM (RJMhd)
This is a human thing, but most humans restrain this in real life, so it's an internet thing. The internet frees everyone to constantly post their What's Hot/What's Not list and give free reign to their inner thirteen year old.
I'm sure this is not particularly insightful, but I would assume there's some evolutionary action going on there. For it's entire history, we've largely had to communicate face to face or maybe through letters, if you could read and write.
Do it wrong and for most of history you'd get a shot to the face, if lucky, or a sword to the gut if not.
But we've gone from the telegraph to telephone to email to texting to internet so fast that it allows the inner fucktard to come out in more people.
That's why I love celebrities and media folk on Twitter. They can't contain it.
Posted by: Lurking Canuck at March 10, 2014 11:03 AM (87y4e)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 11:03 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Carol at March 10, 2014 11:03 AM (z4WKX)
Personally I think he's at his best these days when he talks about football. I can get all the news he talks about and 500 interpretations on it almost a day before he's even on the air. And he's not nearly as funny or entertaining as he was in the early 90s. But he's really insightful and dead on with his football stuff, as far as I can tell. He'd probably be good on baseball too if he had any taste when it came to sports.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 10, 2014 11:04 AM (zfY+H)
"It's just expressed as a hostile resentment. And then what do I say in return?"
FYNQ never goes out of style.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Sick of the Snowplow Bills for the Outrage Outlet - Bring Me The Head Of Al Gore! at March 10, 2014 11:04 AM (hLRSq)
And for my Two Cents, I'm starting to see Idiocracy" wherever I go in life, that's why I tune out of most "culture" and "media". It's dumb-ed down and partisan to the point of absurdity. That and most of it is just vulgar trash with no redeeming quality at all. See Stan on South Park seeing everything as shit. Sure, Lena Duram might be popular to some, but I've gone 36 years on Planet Green without knowing who the f*ck she this one hit wonder bread is, thank you very little, and I think I can slug through my remaining years without that knowledge. If she cures cancer, get back to me.
Posted by: Saltydonnie at March 10, 2014 11:04 AM (i6shs)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 10, 2014 11:04 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Matt at March 10, 2014 11:04 AM (90w0O)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2014 11:05 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at March 10, 2014 11:05 AM (kAvHW)
Posted by: tasker at March 10, 2014 11:06 AM (RJMhd)
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at March 10, 2014 11:07 AM (1hM1d)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 11:07 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 10, 2014 11:07 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Monat at March 10, 2014 11:07 AM (8bU/P)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2014 11:08 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at March 10, 2014 11:08 AM (JQuNB)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at March 10, 2014 11:09 AM (kAvHW)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 10, 2014 11:10 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 11:10 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Lauren at March 10, 2014 11:11 AM (hFL/3)
Posted by: tubal at March 10, 2014 11:11 AM (YEQ2h)
I don't have enough time to read the comment trail so if I'm repeating what others said I apologize.
Pop culture requires lots of time and effort to stay current, and since I can't devote the required time to it I depend on bloggers to alert me to shows, books, recipes, movies or whatever. Since that popular culture is so important in shaping politics so dramatically (that's not a controversial statement, right?), I'd like to encourage those self-same bloggers to enter the public fray and debate cultural issues on my behalf.
So, thanks to Ace and his cobloggers for keeping me current on the culture of the day and for arguing with the shitheads who I don't like promoting vapid and nihilistic bullshit from the left. I don't have to like the show of the day, or whatever "it" is , but I do want to know what it is that everyone is talking about.
Onwards!
Posted by: MTF at March 10, 2014 11:11 AM (LISuA)
Posted by: Carol at March 10, 2014 11:12 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2014 11:12 AM (gOoFi)
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit who is now Chelsea at March 10, 2014 11:12 AM (vVMIQ)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 11:13 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Monat at March 10, 2014 03:07 PM (8bU/P)
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Seems so, huh? This is the story, of all the stories out there, that has my attention. Planes just don't disappear, especially in high-population/high-trafficed areas without someone seeing something, whether the event itself or debris of the aftermath. The reports so far aren't moving the truth-O-meter.
Posted by: Soona at March 10, 2014 11:15 AM (y92mV)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, back in the sock drawer at March 10, 2014 11:15 AM (naUcP)
Posted by: Office Space Judge at March 10, 2014 11:16 AM (C0PvV)
Other than the political commentary, one of the things I like most about this blog is that there is tare many posts that have little, if anything, to do with politics.
I see nothing with, and actually like bloggers, who find other things to do than write about politics all the time.
I agree that there is a great deal wrong with the culture we live in but for people (conservatives) to believe that we are somehow above it all, or that itÂ’s even possible to reject what we are naturally a part of, is absurd.
There is nothing wrong with trivial pursuits that have nothing to do with politics and not reading politics into everything we see. If nothing else, these things make people more interesting and well-rounded rather than dopey by-products of a morally bankrupt culture, or whatever.
Posted by: Jamea at March 10, 2014 11:16 AM (v6cwT)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 10, 2014 11:16 AM (BDU/a)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 11:18 AM (bb5+k)
There are people here who read the posts? I thought we're just supposed to comment...
Posted by: Stewed Hamm at March 10, 2014 11:20 AM (3lMGK)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2014 11:21 AM (aTXUx)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 11:22 AM (bb5+k)
Nobody responds to my comments anyway. It's me, not you.
See? Very easy.
Posted by: Biff Boffo at March 10, 2014 11:23 AM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: Marybeth at March 10, 2014 11:23 AM (Ks0w4)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at March 10, 2014 11:24 AM (JQuNB)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 10, 2014 11:25 AM (bb5+k)
Occasionally you get the chance to borrow one at a press conference.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 10, 2014 11:27 AM (B/VB5)
"If the topic of the thread doesn't interest me, I don't read or comment on it."
It almost sounds like you do not need the agreement of other people to validate your existence.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Sick of the Snowplow Bills for the Outrage Outlet - Bring Me The Head Of Al Gore! at March 10, 2014 11:28 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2014 11:29 AM (aTXUx)
Quickly, Robin! To the fainting couch!
Posted by: Batsman at March 10, 2014 11:31 AM (FvyJS)
Posted by: Bermuda Triangle at March 10, 2014 11:31 AM (ZKzrr)
1. Itride-Lyinabowtit (I3LiBTT)
2. Silicon-thataint-gonawerk (SiO2TGWK)
3. Iso-noimrite (C5H8NIMRT)
4. Arsinetworeminegan (AsH3WA)
Posted by: unambiguiously Semi-anonymous at March 10, 2014 11:32 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2014 11:34 AM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Epobirs at March 10, 2014 11:35 AM (bPxS6)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 10, 2014 11:35 AM (9gFMq)
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 10, 2014 11:37 AM (ZhQBr)
Posted by: Miss Best Of List Threads at March 10, 2014 11:39 AM (jl269)
It almost sounds like you do not need the agreement of other people to validate your existence.
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Nope. And long, drawn out arguments and flame wars over subjective things like taste in music or movies don't interest me either. I like what I like, you like what you like.
Sports, on the other hand, as a Philly fan in good (bad?) standing, bring it on!
Posted by: Biff Boffo at March 10, 2014 11:41 AM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: Y-not at March 10, 2014 11:42 AM (zDsvJ)
a bunch of whiners who spend all that time on a site that is exclusively about TV and Movies who claim to never watch TV or go to the movies, its funny to me
that place has sucked since Breitbart died
Posted by: chelsea danger at March 10, 2014 11:43 AM (KfDDN)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2014 11:44 AM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Huggy at March 10, 2014 11:49 AM (wf3Kt)
Posted by: grandmalcaesar at March 10, 2014 11:50 AM (yrohn)
I bet you'd see a reduction in those comments pretty quickly.
I'll also bet about 1/2 of those comments are by people just trying to get your goat. You have posted enough about how this irritates you that I can see a certain profile enjoying tweaking you every time you go "off message".
Bring out the ban hammer.
Posted by: Monkeytoe at March 10, 2014 11:52 AM (sOx93)
Posted by: Y-not at March 10, 2014 11:53 AM (zDsvJ)
Point out to people that newspapers have arts, sports, business, and other sections, so why shouldn't blogs?
Television news has stories on sports, arts, business, and human interest as well.
I don't think a single one of these commenters honestly believe you shouldn't post "off message" posts. They are a) tweaking you and b) throwing down their bona-fides by saying "I'm so conservative I don't have time for television!!"**
** a take on Jesse Ventura's line from Commando - "I ain't got time to bleed".
Posted by: Monkeytoe at March 10, 2014 11:55 AM (sOx93)
And when you're right, you're right. Ruin Tamorrow Jr. screwed up when he traded away every prospect the Phils had to try to win in 2010 & '11. We are going to be pretty bad this year, and Astos/Marlins-level bad after that. But what hell, they milked the one championship for 28 years, we can win another one in 2036.
Posted by: Biff Boffo at March 10, 2014 11:59 AM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: Erowmero at March 10, 2014 11:59 AM (1gcFZ)
40 I don't think he's a bad man at all
I do. He's not good at being a man at all, more of a girly-man. He should have his man card revoked.
Posted by: Vlad's suddenly naked chest at March 10, 2014 12:02 PM (J74Py)
You know I used to say this kind of thing too until I came to a realization: they were right, too. Things have been getting incrementally worse over time. We've been getting softer and weaker and more childish. We've been getting technically more educated, but dumber every generation.
Every generation is usually right in their complaints about the new ones. What they note as a problem almost always really IS a problem. That doesn't mean 100% total disaster is on the horizon, but it does mean a problem. And each problem builds on the last.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 10, 2014 12:03 PM (zfY+H)
Posted by: Y-not at March 10, 2014 12:06 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: bleck at March 10, 2014 12:09 PM (b6Qog)
So, some people on the right don't watch Game of Thrones because some other people on the left claim it is feminist? And, some people on the right don't watch True Detective because some people on the left bitched and moaned about Duck Dynasty?
But, here is where your thesis breaks down. Duck Dynasty is a huge part of the American Culture, as is Game of Thrones. And, I watch a lot of tv and read a lot of blogs, but haven't seen a lot of arguments for Game of Thrones being feminist.
To some extent I agree with what you are saying - the left does try to make everything political. But, just because pundits and activists on the left try to make every television show or movie political, doesn't mean it is.
but, fine, some people on the right have no interest in popular culture because they believe it is leftist and trash. that's fine. Why do they feel the need to post comments to Ace's blog in discussions of common culture stating "I don't watch X" or complaining that we are even discussing "x" because it is "off message"?
that is the real issue. Why the need to proclaim oneself "above popular culture"?
To the extent it is an attempt to persuade the remainder of us to stop watching television or movies - good luck with that. And, even more importantly, merely telling me that "you" are too good and upright and conservative to watch show "x" or "y" does nothing to persuade me not to watch it. It isn't really even an attempt to persuade, it is simply an assertion of moral righteousness. "I am too good to watch True Detective". "I don't watch True Detective and you do and therefore you aren't as good as me"
Posted by: Monkeytoe at March 10, 2014 12:26 PM (sOx93)
Posted by: bleck at March 10, 2014 12:41 PM (b6Qog)
Posted by: bleck at March 10, 2014 12:47 PM (b6Qog)
There's no way I'm subscribing to HBO, but it's still interesting to read about. If for no other reason than you find it interesting, and this comes through in the writing about the subject.
On the other flipper...
I never want to hear about Lena Dunham again. She isn't interesting. And you clearly don't find her interesting. You're just writing about her because other people are writing about her (for some incomprehensible reason).
She's a troll. She's trying to be "controversial" and "start a discussion" in the same vein Miley Cyrus uses.
Don't feed the damned trolls.
Posted by: Luke at March 10, 2014 01:05 PM (32FX2)
Posted by: backhoe at March 10, 2014 02:32 PM (ULH4o)
Good to know, since last time I remarked you must be great at parties after you shit all over another pop culture thread you said you wished you could wipe my bios.
It'd be real hard for you to get through the day.
Posted by: Heralder at March 10, 2014 01:09 PM (/Mxso)
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Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 10, 2014 02:05 PM (xq1UY)
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Posted by: bleck at March 11, 2014 04:08 AM (b6Qog)
There is nothing new under the sun.
But, scolds are scolds. Anyone who claims that the grammies are satanic or that pop culture is going to turn kids into devil worshipers are just scolds, who almost nobody but other scolds take seriously.
It's fine if you don't like modern television, or modern movies, or modern music, but don't dress your tastes up in righteousness.
To me, people who believe they are righteous because they refuse to watch television or movies are just weak minded. Shakespeare is filled with lust and violence, it just happens to be in olde English so it doesn't sound as profane to your ears, but that is mere ignorance, not enlightenment. The bible too is filled with violence and sex. Elvis's swaying of hips was once thought to be too prurient for good people to watch. Jazz was once the devil's music.
It's all silliness and weak mindedness. If your immortal soul is truly going to be damned for eternity because you watched an episode of True Detective, than you really didn't have much of a chance anyway.
As far as this idea of "the left controls culture, so it is understandable to turn away from it" is again weak. Yeah, the smart thing to do to combat the left's control of culture is to ignore it. That'll solve the problem. Much like the Amish have conquered modern America by not partaking in the culture.
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