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Ryan wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 10:52 am I think you need to recognize the difference between someone telling you the word should be eliminated and someone telling you to eliminate the word

Oh no, you're totally right. The former I am fine with, it's an opinion like anything else.

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brian wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 10:47 am So I suppose you’d be OK with someone calling you a pretentious fuckmuppet because otherwise the book burners win, huh?

Not only that, I encourage it. ;-)

I don't support being a dick, but I will defend to the death the *right* to be a dick.

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To be clear, I'm not accusing anyone of anything. I'm just saying I think that trimming any vocabulary that could ever be offensive is bad precedent. From a practical perspective, I admit there are probably better choices of wording.

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Yeah that strategy of being nice to the GOP fringe has worked out swimmingly thusfar. These people have no interest whatsoever in civility. Maybe that's something I just don't get about American politics, then. To me, civility is not a burden; I would not consider voting for anyone who did not disp...

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Yeah that strategy of being nice to the GOP fringe has worked out swimmingly thusfar. These people have no interest whatsoever in civility. Maybe that's something I just don't get about American politics, then. To me, civility is not a burden; I would not consider voting for anyone who did not disp...

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I also think there’s a big difference in the societal value of what Cohen does based on whether he’s “punching up” or “punching down.”* These people have a lot of political power and influence: the views they hold, but might not say publicly, are a lot more consequential than yours or mine. *He can...

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The Beach Boys get a lifetime pass for Pet Sounds, one of the best albums in the history of music. (Even if it was all Brian Wilson.). This isn’t a diss of The Who but at most three or four bands in history of music have put out an album as good as Pet Sounds. I don't see it, but that's fine. I als...

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Gunpowder wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 10:09 am You'd think so but if the last decade has shown that it just isn't gonna work right now, at least in the US. I tried it for a bit after Trump was elected and it was clearly not a good option.

I do not envy you folks down there at this time.

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Yeah that strategy of being nice to the GOP fringe has worked out swimmingly thusfar. These people have no interest whatsoever in civility. Maybe that's something I just don't get about American politics, then. To me, civility is not a burden; I would not consider voting for anyone who did not disp...

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So yes, this is how these people think. And if Joe Walsh wants to cop out to being duped, he still fucking said what he said and at no point did he or any of the other interviewees pause look quizzically at the character and go 'is this a joke?' If your point is that people need to pay closer atten...

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I think that was the point. Just find one gun nutter/lobbyist whose perspective is warped enough to bite and then you’ll have some vapid, empty suit politicians fall in line. The script they had them read from towards the end basically begged to be revealed as a joke, too. Bush propagandist turned ...

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Holy crap, watch the video at this link: https://www.tvguide.com/news/sacha-baron-cohen-watch-who-is-america/?ftag=TVG_Twitter Cohen pretended to be an Israeli special forces vet and got multiple prominent gun lobbyists and Congressmen to support a program called “Kinderguardians” to arm preschoole...

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Johnnie wrote: ↑Sun Jul 15, 2018 7:06 pm Whisky is great. But I'm definitely a rum guy.

I prefer whiskey, but I certainly have nothing against rum. I'm just not a fan of mixed drinks.

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Johnnie wrote: ↑Sun Jul 15, 2018 12:56 pm I like how Bloody Mary's are a Sunday brunch drink.

Because it refers to Jesus's mom.

Hmm, I thought Sundays were reserved for whiskey, neat. Much like Monday through Saturday... :)

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Towards shitty people Some times, yes. For instance, you'll not hear me object to anyone being "too rough" on Trump, who is a blithering incompetent bonehead of absolutely historic proportion. But Bee, in particular, is also unnecessarily mean-spirited, to my mind, towards *some* people w...

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Towards shitty people Definitely, but I just don;t find her all that funny. She's expressing the opinions that many of us have, but it's missing the spark of wit. Exactly! I don't even disagree with her all that much, and she sometimes makes good points that others miss; for instance, she was the o...

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The way to look at satire like this, or the Daily Show, Sam Bee, john oliver etc., etc., is that it is entertainment for a specific audience. Preaching to the choir. Unlike the others, Sam Bee strikes me as something beyond what can justifiably be called satire. She ventures into the genuinely mean...

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A_B wrote: ↑Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:26 pm You have no idea. But I’m super cheap. And kids suck these days. My almost 13 nephew still doesn’t cut his own yard. Appalling.

I think kids doing chores is thing of the past mate. Way of the world and all that. :)

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I was about to be very confused, but that's clever. ;-)

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HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Fri Jul 13, 2018 9:42 am Salt with pretty much anything works. Watermelon. Cantaloupe. Coke.

I absolutely love salt, but the thought of putting it on sweets never occurred to me...

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L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 13, 2018 9:20 am I'm assuming everyone knows and does the hack of sprinkling a little kosher salt on anything chocolate like cupcakes, ice cream, milkshakes, and the like, right?

Never in all my years have I heard of that. Is it good?

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Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Jul 12, 2018 4:09 pm Listen to the podcast. The term "manufacturing" makes sense in that context.

Yes, in context, you're right.

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Better than a memory of her sucking a bone clean while winking at your grandpa. I'm not sure of this. I find the use of knife and fork for non-knife-and-fork foods to be incredibly disturbing behavior. Were it my loved one, I would be deeply concerned for their mental state. :) That said, I'm fairl...

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sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Jul 12, 2018 4:52 pm
A_B wrote: ↑Thu Jul 12, 2018 1:03 pm Thanks, I'll let Rsmith know.

(My daughter is not taking a car to Boston.)
Ha. I don't know how I misread RSmith's name as yours!

Well, they do have zero of the same letters, after all. ;-)

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I mean I strongly recommend trying to learn either in the middle of nowhere or downtown where you can never go faster than 30, but other than that...lots of really stupid inattentive people drive every single day. I have faith. Oh, I've already taught her to drive, and she's quite good (strictly sp...

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...I will say that while current pop music isn't particularly good... Talk about understatements. Kid gloves, mate? ;-) I didn't want to launch a separate discussion about pop music. Historically, most pop music isn't particularly good, but a large amount of today's material is more scientifically ...

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Oh. How about changing "the Eagles" to "the Beach Boys?" YES! I'm not a particular fan of the Eagles, but damn if I wasn't singing along when I saw them at ACL a few years ago. I'd rather sit in the port-o-john on Sunday night for 2.5 hours rather than listen to The Who or The B...

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Toronto police out in force near CN Tower over ‘unconfirmed, uncorroborated piece of information’ There was an intercepted threat regarding a vehicle driving into a crowd today or in the next few days. Foo Fighters show down there tonight - 30,000 or so in addition to the thousands of tourists in t...

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...I will say that while current pop music isn't particularly good... Talk about understatements. Kid gloves, mate? ;-) I didn't want to launch a separate discussion about pop music. Historically, most pop music isn't particularly good, but a large amount of today's material is more scientifically ...

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But a lot of people think the Eagles suck. Oh. How about changing "the Eagles" to "the Beach Boys?" YES! I'm not a particular fan of the Eagles, but damn if I wasn't singing along when I saw them at ACL a few years ago. I'd rather sit in the port-o-john on Sunday night for 2.5 h...

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I think it depends on where you are going to school. For Washington/Seattle area going to UW or SPU or Seattle U, no you don't NEED a car. For any place even a little more out of the way, yeah, it's really handy. I had one going to school at Western Washington University up in Bellingham. It was su...

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But a lot of people think the Eagles suck. Oh. How about changing "the Eagles" to "the Beach Boys?" YES! I'm not a particular fan of the Eagles, but damn if I wasn't singing along when I saw them at ACL a few years ago. I'd rather sit in the port-o-john on Sunday night for 2.5 h...

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Is this give AB random advice day? I didn't get the memo. LOL. Montreal, as far as I recall (I lived there for a few months, many years ago), has a very well developed transit system, and terrible traffic/roads, so objectively, it would probably make more sense not to have a car. However, she has h...

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My daughter just scheduled her G2 road test, so that she can have a car whilst away at school. For those unfamiliar, this is not a full license, but an intermediate stage that allows one to drive relatively free of restriction, and to be registered as the primary driver of a vehicle. I suppose I'm a...

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I have a neighbor with a lawn tractor, who mows my lawn for me. I highly recommend it. ;-)

We have a bit of a barter system; in warm months, he mows my lawn. In winter, I hire a plow to do his drive as well as mine.

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DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 11, 2018 3:37 pm ...I will say that while current pop music isn't particularly good...

Talk about understatements. Kid gloves, mate? ;-)

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I'm almost alwasy in the eat pizza with your hands camp...but sometimes a pie that is just absolutely loaded with toppings and you can't hold is divine. I've yet to run into the pizza I couldn't neatly eat with my hands, by folding it a little if nothing else. Then again, I am absolutely opposed to...

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Me opening a can of Pringles: God these are so good, why don't I eat them more often. Me about 10 minutes later: Fucking shit, how do you get these Pringles out of the goddamn can without making a mess this is why I never eat this shit. Do you try to eat them directly from the can? I always just du...

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Probably my favorite metal song of all time:

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I'm listening to the Rolling Stone Top 500 albums circa 2012 and will probably share my thoughts as a whole once I'm done (I'm currently on 110 counting down from 500 and it's been 18 months), but one thing is clear - The Who are trash and the most overrated band of all-time. Just awful. I’d slot L...

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