The Swamp

Johnnie wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 9:14 pm Dave, people are just fucking stupid.

Ain't that the truth...totally my fault for not listening to myself. I'm the one who always says 'Don't read the comments'.

I do find it interesting though that the SI articles on Facebook gets all kinds of MAGA types responding to them. There was a story a couple of weeks ago about Ron DeSantis signing the anti-trans law, and all kinds of comments about how awesome it was that he did that.

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 12:07 am

Johnnie wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 9:14 pm Dave, people are just fucking stupid.

Ain't that the truth...totally my fault for not listening to myself. I'm the one who always says 'Don't read the comments'.

I do find it interesting though that the SI articles on Facebook gets all kinds of MAGA types responding to them. There was a story a couple of weeks ago about Ron DeSantis signing the anti-trans law, and all kinds of comments about how awesome it was that he did that.

Dude, the Official Air Force Facebook page just posted a link to a podcast that featured Anthony Mackie and Air Force Chief of Staff CQ Brown on the topic of the importance of black heroes.

There were a bunch of white people in the comments saying "Oh, have any prior Chiefs of Staff of the Air Force put race so far forward like this?"

The literal first-ever African-American Chief of Staff OF ANY FUCKING MILITARY BRANCH is getting social media comment hate. I really fucking hate people.

"I don't care if you're white, yellow, green, blue ..."

"Black, brown?"

"No, those I care about very much."

You wouldn’t know it to read it from the post which makes it sound like a break-in but this was a cop killed with his son’s service revolver.

Well-armed militia, indeed

Some of the people in my hometown are embarrassingly stupid. (They helped elect Lauren Boebert, for one thing.) I subscribe to a FB group devoted to the goings-on in that town, and somebody posted that the gas stations at a prominent grocery store chain had run out of fuel. So, of course the comments featured idiots blaming Biden for it, in colorful misspelled language.

Shared by an old friend of mine (who lives in Alabama):
Move over random capitalization, the new conservative! Hotness is random exclamation points!

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 9:08 am Shared by an old friend of mine (who lives in Alabama):

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Move over random capitalization, the new conservative! Hotness is random exclamation points!

Sounds about right. The bothsidesing tack.

fuck everything about this photo

Dude, what's your problem with throw pillows?

the little ones should be grouped with larger ones and not alone at some random point close to the corner of a sectional ffs

I see Mark Davis asked for a little more off the top that usual on his most recent cut.

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:10 pm I see Mark Davis asked for a little more off the top that usual on his most recent cut.

Good for him for dropping a few lbs

I often wonder if Mark Davis moved the Raiders to Las Vegas only because you can get a better escorts there.

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Thu Oct 28, 2021 5:01 pm Dude, what's your problem with throw pillows?

God damn!

Just another example of a glitch in his acting like a human software. I could see the AI thinking BBQ sauce goes on the mantle.

Wasn't sure where to put this. A woman I used to work with posted a pic of her with her high school senior daughter, and well...
Gotta be tough for that girl when her mom's way hotter than she is.

I see that she’s your FB “friend” and I mean no disrespect , but I’m getting a faint ping on my Crazy Radar for the mom.

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 11:31 am I see that she’s your FB “friend” and I mean no disrespect , but I’m getting a faint ping on my Crazy Radar for the mom.

I don't really know her well. Used to work with her. She was attractive then too, but has since gotten divorced and seems to do herself up more. I remember that she was actually very nice. Didn't get crazy vibes back then, but I can definitely see the hints now.

I also suspect that if the mom invested the same amount of money in aftermarket products for her daughter's face, we'd have a different discussion.

This is a cousin of mine. (The woman, not the dog)

I wonder how they decide that those are her attributes? (I suppose it’s because that’s how she describes herself.)

Probably just another data-mining 'quiz'

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Mon Dec 05, 2022 6:53 pm This is a cousin of mine. (The woman, not the dog)

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I fucking loathe her. I know...but I do.

Jerloma wrote: ↑Mon Dec 05, 2022 10:08 pm

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Mon Dec 05, 2022 6:53 pm This is a cousin of mine. (The woman, not the dog)

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I fucking loathe her. I know...but I do.

Wow!

How can you hate German Shepherds?

I was nearly in a physical fight with a golden retriever over the weekend so I'm receptive to any response here.

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Dec 07, 2022 11:06 am I was nearly in a physical fight with a golden retriever over the weekend so I'm receptive to any response here.

Fight a golden retriever? That’s like fighting Reese Witherspoon!

Right? I'm a magnet for dogs that have escaped their houses/yards and this was the latest. We were walking down a street we walk on all the time and saw a golden going yard to yard so we called to get her attention. She ran over, seemingly happy at first, but it in actuality she had murder in her eyes. Immediately went for our dog's face/neck and not in a fun way so I was trying to hold the leash out in one direction and grab at her collar with the other. My wife was able to take the leash out of my hands and get Spencer back a little and then I got control of the other dog's collar and mouth. As soon as I let up on her a little, her tail was wagging and she was back to the same dumb dog that was wandering the neighborhood. Called the number on the collar and the lady was like "I don't think you really have my dog" but seemed to quickly realize my annoyance and out-of-breath-ness wasn't some dog perv con and I really did have her dog. Her husband was more apologetic and blamed an unknown "someone" for leaving their door open.

What's "funny" is how much breed matters psychologically. We know a lot of local pitbulls that are all cool, but if one on them were half this aggressive I'm probably in panic/survival mode rather than almost annoyance thinking I was going to be getting stitches or shots in an hour.

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Dec 07, 2022 12:20 pm What's "funny" is how much breed matters psychologically. We know a lot of local pitbulls that are all cool, but if one on them were half this aggressive I'm probably in panic/survival mode rather than almost annoyance thinking I was going to be getting stitches or shots in an hour.

What was the damage?

Nothing. My quickness / hand-eye coordination ensured I was able to get the collar then close her mouth until everything could calm down. Probably helps that my asshole dog spent the first year+ of his life actively trying to bite family so I'm pretty experienced in shutting that down.

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Dec 07, 2022 12:17 pm Right? I'm a magnet for dogs that have escaped their houses/yards and this was the latest.

You should see if you can fall down and break your wrist and arm all to hell when the dog charges you. We just got a client over $200K when that happened to her.

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Dec 07, 2022 12:20 pm What's "funny" is how much breed matters psychologically. We know a lot of local pitbulls that are all cool, but if one on them were half this aggressive I'm probably in panic/survival mode rather than almost annoyance thinking I was going to be getting stitches or shots in an hour.

IMO the lesson you wanna learn is to take your dog inside before attempting to rescue another dog.

It was a fucking golden retriever! Living sunshine!

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Dec 07, 2022 4:07 pm It was a fucking golden retriever! Living sunshine!

I’m with you, I’d never expect a golden to attack. I once got my arm ripped up wrestling a golden, but it was my fault. He softly grabbed my arm as I was pulling back and scraped my arm against his teeth. He was ferocious in his play, but super gentle mouthing my arm. I had blood streaming down my arm and the owner didn’t see what happened but said it had to be my fault. First time I’ve ever heard of a golden attacking. I’ve seen a golden get attacked and bitten, and it was too stupid to fight back. Couldn’t comprehend hostility.

My cat beat up a golden retriever last year.

Jerloma wrote: ↑Wed Dec 07, 2022 8:28 pm My cat beat up a golden retriever last year.

And then a German shepherd ate your cat. That’s what happened?

Jerloma wrote: ↑Wed Dec 07, 2022 8:28 pm My cat beat up a golden retriever last year.

That checks out.

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Dec 08, 2022 12:29 am

Jerloma wrote: ↑Wed Dec 07, 2022 8:28 pm My cat beat up a golden retriever last year.

That checks out.

In his fighting days, my cat was the baddest dude on the block. Cats, dogs, possums, snakes, didn't matter. He was fully in the "act afool and gain understanding" mindset at all times. Not so much anymore. He's had a couple of scraps lately and I don't know what the other guy looked like but our cat was ginger (in addition to being ginger) a couple of times.


But he'd still wreck a golden retriever. Moral of the story, Mister D is clearly not a pussy? So he has that going for him!

Our cat, Kasey, was a fucking Bad Ass. I have no idea if he was out there fighting, but he was a predator. We would routinely find birds, chipmunks, squirrels(!!!) and even baby bunnies in our yard.

It's weird seeing chipmunks in our yard these days, because for about a decade, our cat wasn't having any of that.

If you've never seen a cat attack in person... It's really fucking crazy. One of my mom's cats got spooked by a dog and for some reason reacted by attacking her. I don't even know how to describe it... It was lightning quick and there was no way she could effectively ward the cat off. Luckily it went after my mom's arm. Lots of stitches, but if she'd gone after her face it would've been scarring for sure.