HEED THE WORDS OF ZARDOZ
ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. ZARDOZ WAS PLEASED WHEN THE BRUTALS OF RUSSIA DECIDED TO MAKE WAR ON THE BRUTALS OF UNKRAINE. HOWEVER, DEPSITE SOME GOOD CLEANSING OF THE FILTH OF BRUTALS, THE SOCIETY DESTROYING SPREAD OF WAR HAS NOT COME ABOUT. ZARDOZ HAS DISAPPOINT.
HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT THE FAULT OF THE CHOSEN ONES. YOUR CONTINUED SNARKING AT THE BRUTALS WHO PLAGUE THE EARTH HAS PLEASED ZARDOZ. THEREFORE, RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE LINK!
- SHANGHAI GIVES ZARDOZ SOME HOPE. PERHAPS THE BRUTALS WILL END UP WITH A TRUE CLEANSING PLAGUE?
- AH, THE OLD FALL BACK FOR ZARDOZ…THE MIDDLE EAST! THE PLACE THAT NEVER DISAPPOINTS ZARDOZ.
- ALL THE PRESS SECRETARIES KEEP GETTING COVID, BUT NONE PERISH. BACK TO DISAPPOINT.
- THIS HAS POTENTIAL TO PLEASE ZARDOZ. A RETURN TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE VS TURKISH EMPIRE.
ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.
Karine is a cutie and I definitely would be interested if I was a lot younger and/or unattached. I like her smile and pleasant demeanor, unlike her meany boss Jen.
Is Mrs. Fourscore up for a threesome?
Too dangerous for me to chance. I’m only old, not stupid.
Correction – you didn’t live this long by being that stupid.
Nd – Number of potential days left
E = Entertainment value
PPI = Potential pain index
Risk = Nd / (E * PPI)
Oops…
Risk = (Nd * PPI) / E
That first version will get you in trouble.
I suspect she’s not having a good week since she was the one traveling with Biden on his European tour.
The Wince Factor listening to the unbuffered Biden and knowing she’s going to have to go there and start sweeping.
He’s a fucking trainwreck.
Behold! The statesman!
But no mean tweets…that’s the important thing.
Train wreck is a start. I was thinking more of the “fighter jet crashing onto the aircraft carrier” type of wreck.
“This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it.“
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YZuMe5RvxPQ
Senator Fred Thompson would know.
You wouldn’t know it from that pic from the link, but she’s definitely more pleasant in just about every way imaginable. Poor Strawberry looks like she desperately needs to get away for her own health and sanity.
THIS HAS POTENTIAL TO PLEASE ZARDOZ. A RETURN TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE VS TURKISH EMPIRE.
Turkey could always close the Bosporus to Russian shipping.
Yes, as far as Turkey in NATO, I smell Ararat.
She needs a few days off after spreading the deep fertilizer for Joe. I’m not sure how one can take on that job with a clear conscience but souls have been sold for less.
In any case, Karine get well quickly.
Because my interest in EM pulse equipment was piqued by the previous thread on Russian scientists, I went looking for a guy I used to work with but found this instead.
https://www.witpress.com/Secure/ejournals/papers/SSE080204f.pdf
A how-to for destroying pretty much anything with a wi-fi chip or a cellular receiver.
I actually used a version of that setup to test cell tower equipment for voltage breakdown thresholds years ago. Nice to see it adapted for a more practical use like frying your teenage daughter’s cellphone.
Me not has enough smarts to read science paper. If I decide I need one in a few years when my daughter becomes a teenager, I’ll be sure to hit you up.
Wonderful. I’m sure this won’t screw up already screwed up supply chains at all. Who could have predicted that relying on single sources for raw materials and components could pose a problem?
It’s not like it is a required SEC disclosure that all of these companies reply with boilerplate or anything.
It’d be worse if Shenzhen is locked down – isn’t that where most of the industry is? Who knows, maybe they already are.
Electronics and the like – yes.
They used to call Biden “plugs” but that would be a better nickname for his staff, based on all the damage control they have to do every time he opens his mouth.
Sleepy Joe and the Plugs. Band name.
“Low volume rock & roll.”
The Plugz
China’s financial capital and largest city with 26 million people, Shanghai had managed its smaller, past outbreaks with limited lockdowns of housing compounds and workplaces where the virus was spreading.
If they had all joined in the morning song, the rains would have come.
Zardoz!
You will get your cleansing, Stonehead. Although how babies starving makes you happy is a little beyond my understanding.
It’s not that hard to understand. You need to consume food to survive, Zardoz needs to witness the spilling of the blood of the innocent.
ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS FORGETFUL CHOSEN ONE…REMEMBER, THE PENIS IS EVIL. THE PENIS SHOOTS SEEDS, AND MAKES NEW LIFE, AND POISONS THE EARTH WITH A PLAGUE OF MEN, AS ONCE IT WAS.
IT IS LIKE YOU NEVER 1970’S-ED.
ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.
I saw a bumper sticker today, which read something like: “Humanity is a virus infecting Earth.”
Yet, there that person was, driving a Subaru Forester, shopping for groceries at a large suburban supermarket. No sense of hypocrisy.
Virtue signaling is the carbon credits of assholes.
I thought carbon credits were the carbon credits of assholes.
I was thinking about the fact that the most strident Climate Changeanistas were also the people least capable of surviving in the low carbon world they propose.
Shit, they’d be halfway starved before they realized they needed to go back to the “Eat anything you can get in your mouth” strategy and stopped worrying about gluten/lacto/whatever intolerance.
HOLD UP….Ima let you finish, but the penis shoots seed to reproduce. Grain is seed, but that seed is used to reproduce more grain.
So is seed good ?
Few people complain about the stamen and pistil shooting seeds and bringing forth a plague of wheat upon the Earth, as it once was.
Don’t go against the grain, Tres Cool….
Yeah, that really chaffs me
Hay fever sucks
Lord I’d give a million bucks…
Someone needs to scorch the earth before the puns really start sprouting.
You reap what you sow.
You’re forgetting that some seeds need fire to germinate.
The COVID totalitarians are not going away without a fight. Or rather, they intend to not be held accountable.
https://thenewsglory.com/virus-truth-leader-willem-engel-arrested-on-the-street-for-incitement-shortly-after-voting/
https://dailyexpose.uk/2022/03/24/fuelmich-lawyer-arrested-treason-for-exposing-covid-fraud/
Thank goodness the US doesn’t hold political prisoners.
IT IS LIKE YOU NEVER 1970’S-ED.
Since we’re revisiting the problems of the 70’s, and our president is just a less charismatic Jimmy Carter, maybe as a sign of protest we should adopt 70’s style. Grow a mustache, get a shag hair cut, wear bell bottoms, say “man” a lot.
That’s just like… your opinion, MAN!
Wide lapels!
…and listen to the music on the AM Radio.
It’s time for the comeback of That Fabulous New Superhero of the Current Economic Slump, Studebaker Hoch!
I’m not sure the Biden-Carter comparison is apt. As far as I know, Carter didn’t need the entire corporate media complex to conspire together to gloss over or out right run cover for his poorly hidden unapologetic corruption that got him to the presidency. As far as I know…..
That is a good point. Carter was misguided and bad at his job, but I get the impression he wasn’t a corrupt piece of crap like Biden. I can’t see Biden going on to actually help people after his term is over.
I can’t see Biden going anywhere but an Alzheimer’s care unit.
Damn, I was having a pretty good day until you brought that up.
I’m sure he’s rich enough that Dr. Jill can afford private, in-home care. Plus, they will probably find a way to make the taxpayers subsidize that on the grounds that he’d blab state secrets if he were in a facility.
Blab state secrets like…..oh say……the fact that he’s not actually the one calling any of the shots?
But then how would Biden meet Elvis and fight an ancient mummy?
Biden would be the Lone Ranger, he’s not nearly as cool as black JFK.
On second thought he would be the one who stole the glasses off the Iron Lung patient.
One of Carter’s big fault was being a micromanager and spending too much time on some issues. Reagan, one the other hand, hired competent people and set them in the direction he wanted.
Biden is incapable of any of these things.
Well…
https://youtu.be/R67CH-qhXJs
Key parties?
I grew a beard and am going on two months without a haircut. I think I’ll go cut off some jeans and dig out the appropriate t-shirt.
This guy gets it.
Don’t forget these.
Nanu nanu!
Nice!
My wife and I drove by the Mork & Mindy house in Boulder the other day. I had to come home and watch some clips!
I think I had those when I was about 6.
I’m wearing chartreuse right now, got some reds and dark ones, for dress up.
Quaaludes are back?
SNL will become funny?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-68iTvhWNB0
*looks at clump of skinny and knit ties in closet*
Only a few more years and I’m back in style!
Take your date out to see Debbie does Dallas at the local theater.
“Chris Rock ‘hasn’t spoken’ to Will Smith after THAT slap at the Oscars… as it’s claimed the comedian didn’t know Jada Pinkett Smith has alopecia”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10661391/Chris-Rock-spoken-Smith-slap-Oscars.html
“‘The Academy condemns the actions of Mr. Smith at last night’s show’: King Richard actor faces losing Oscar for slapping Chris Rock as Academy launches formal review and it’s revealed they ‘strongly considered’ kicking him out of live show”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10660087/Hypocritical-Hollywood-elite-party-Smith.html
The correct answer is “Who gives a shit?”
I will enjoy watching many in Hollywood twist themselves in knots trying to justify it.
But otherwise I could care less.
That’s where the entertainment value is. Can you imagine the coverage if Tom Hanks was the one who slapped Rock? On the bright side, just like Tiger Woods before him, we can all stop pretending like will Smith is some paragon. His whole persona was an act and apparently it always has been. One less false idol in Hollywood for people to worship can only be a good thing.
A lot more people than I would have thought, that’s for sure. Tough to find news that wasn’t droning on about that this morning — and at most I would have expected a quick article. Most folks seem to act like they never grew past the teen girl drama phase, apparently.
I thought the goal of Twitter was to have a safe space to regress back to pre-teen girl drama and lack of self-awareness.
Me. I gave a shit.
I absolutely could not believe those Hollywood nozzles just sat there as a 6’2, 230 pound dude walked onstage and hit a much smaller performer. Nobody even lifts a finger.
I would be outraged if someone at the PTA meeting hit one of the speakers and everyone just carried on and even applauded the assailant later when they spoke.
It is symptomatic of our current woke state.
They had a famous black man do something that 100% should have gotten him kicked out of the event…. And because they were afraid of what that would look like, they did nothing.
(Instead, they let a black performer get physically assaulted onstage and did nothing to protect him. Oops. )
One dude having a couple of cocktails and getting out of line after losing his temper is no big deal. An entire country dithering over what to say about it and walking on eggshells to avoid offending the wrong in-group *is* a big deal.
He even went on to claim that he was called by God to be a protector of his people, bawling and slobbering as he swung from fear of the potential consequences to ginned up indignation at the thought that his holy status as the river of love (his term) would be questioned.
It was bonkers.
And every US news outlet sought to diminish it and protect his image.
Which might be OK… If you thought they would do the same for Kid Rock in the same scenario.
I don’t care either and I assume it was staged. Or maybe Smith really is mad about being a cukold, whatever.
I think you may be on to something. Just as the most effective means to deal with centuries of racial oppression is to indiscriminately burn down various Wendy’s or mom & pop shops, the best way to deal with being turned into a cuck is to slap the taste out of the mouth of whoever points out that your a cuck. Then you can go right on back to being a cuck with dignity.
Heh – like “peace with dignity”
One of those praises that just means you lost.
There’s no shame in losing. Most of life is losing or breaking even. There should be shame in losing and taking it out on random people.
I bet the list of dudes who cucked him is long and distinguished.
Someone suggested earlier that the list might contain Chris Rock. That would make the whole situation make a lot more sense. I am also willing to consider that Will Smith is just a spoiled, emotionally unstable man-child.
I wouldn’t hit the guy (s) who fucked my wife, but I understand!
Wait, who fucked your wife?
https://youtu.be/L4LlJNGRIoc
OFFS, he won for that pile of shit? I guess it was inevitable but listening to him black it up in those commercials was painful.
I’ll state up front I don’t know much of any details because I really don’t give a shit, but am I alone in thinking that insulting a man’s wife is something worth going to blows over? Maybe not on stage, but if they’d met our back afterwards I wouldn’t shed a tear for poor little Chris.
Not necessarily, but going to war over a wife who’s sleeping with everybody in town isn’t a good look for anybody.
Oof, is that what’s happening?
Guess I’ll go back to not giving a shit since it sounds like everyone involved sucks.
Why are these awards still a thing?
That and I assume these kind of events are part roast, or at least attending implies acceptance that you may have some roast-like zingers thrown your way. Same with being in the audience at a comedy club. Very different than some drunk asshole mouthing off at the bar.
Yes. Last year, Randy Gervais was biting in his remarks. He dressed down everybody and they were not amused. I’m going to assume Chris Rock was toning it down.
Why would they give him an Oscar anyways at the time?
I think cyto answered that earlier.
Because he already won it fair and square.
If I see someone smack someone else on the street and it isn’t some sort of vicious assault or child beating or something, I just enjoy the spectacle.
“Roman Abramovich and two Ukraine peace negotiators ‘suffered a suspected POISONING that caused the skin to peel off their faces after attending talks this month’: Ex Chelsea boss also ‘lost his sight for hours and was hospitalised in Turkey'”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10660555/Roman-Abramovich-suffered-suspected-POISONING-Ukraine-peace-negotiators.html
“Agent Orange in the soup, polonium in the tea and a suspicious hotel bar: How Russia’s FSB poison squad target high-profile victims who have displeased Vladimir Putin”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10660919/How-Russias-FSB-poison-squad-target-high-profile-victims-displeased-Vladimir-Putin.html
I give it 50/50 that it was the FSB or the CIA
Don’t you have to be at least semi-appealing to be an effective negotiator?
BOO!!! BOO THIS MAN!!!
FYTW…
Moon Dust Collected By Neil Armstrong On Apollo 11 Heads To Auction – After NASA Lost Legal Battle To Keep It
Look, Nasa, your people probably binned it back before Disco. At that point, you gave up claim to it.
At least there are titties. There will always be titties.
http://web.archive.org/web/20220328203802/https://www.barnorama.com/30-hot-bikini-girls-4/
Mammary Monday.
Music for Mammary Monday
I was expecting this.
Or this.
From me?
New here? 😉
It’s a cult.
4th grade? Really?
Notice the woodchipper gif in the comments.
Yeowch… that really screams “programming” and pressure from the teacher to me. Part of me hopes the parents find out about the madness and get their kids out of that class asap — but then, depending on where they are, the parents are probably cheering the teacher along.
Should make Zardoz, happy though…. and actually, that raises a point — Zardoz, is the penis that isn’t interested in sowing seeds in fertile ground such that it will not be contributing to a plague of men, as it was on Earth of olden days still evil? Have to say that Sean Connery’s wardrobe implies it isn’t…
With most countries reproducing at less than replacement, the estrogenizing and de-teststerone-ing of boys and the overall drop in fertility, I’d say Stonehead will be thrilled.
This is the class that every single pundit on the left says does not exist.
And people who watch CNN and NBC believe them. And they are quite resistant to contrary language.
In explaining the origins of the Florida bill about preK through 3rd grade sex ed, I told a doubter about the kids book that includes depictions of oral sex and other sex acts. “That doesn’t exist”
No, it was in a school library and is clearly for young children. ….she has no interest in seeing it. So I pulled up the pictures and showed her the drawing of a young boy blowing a grown man. She actually tried not to look. Then she went with “well, there is obviously an agenda there. No principle would allow that in an elementary school”.
An agenda? Ya think?
Still not converted to DiSantos on this one… Because you can’t tell teachers they are not allowed to say gay.
Baby steps.
At least she understands that there really is something there and she really doesn’t think elementary school kids should be taught that gay pedophiles are OK.
Baby steps.
“Don’t say gay” is a gross mischaracterization of the law (deliberate, obviously). Most people would agree with what the law actually says.
Personally I think of it as the “Leave those kids alone” law. And we need more of those.
They should have made a marketing title, for sure.
The lie definitely is winning the public perception on this one. At the Oscars, the 3 hostesses said “,hey Florida, we are gonna be gay, gay gay!”. And then they all 3 said gay over and over. You know…because Florida says you can’t say gay!
Delicious. Keep burying yourself, Hollywood.
Yet again, the people who bemoan “democracy dies in darkness” are the ones that do everything in their power to make sure that people don’t have any firm understanding of what they’re voting for by intentionally misrepresenting information. If you let plebs be informed and decide for themselves, you might not get the right outcome.
You either believe that people are smart enough to think for themselves and they should be properly and honestly informed and have the power to vote on outcomes or you think they’re morons who need to be shepherded and kept away from important decisions at all cost. If you believe the latter, you don’t believe in democracy, so stop acting like you do. The truth is that we don’t have a democracy, arguably we never have and the idea of voting exists, not to empower citizens, but to trick plebs into believing that they consented to whatever the ruling class decides to do.
Speaking of rock hard naked men…..
Italians are attempting an art theft in Minneapolis.
20/32? Sure, Groomer.
It’s almost like kids are impressionable.
It’s almost like teachers want kids to lose faith in “role models” as young as possible. I remember realizing at a young age that adults were often every bit as confused, misguided and just plain wrong as children. Examples of people to look up to were few and far between 30 years ago, I can’t even imagine what it’s going to be like for my young children.
They have you.
That matters more, believe me.
Thanks man. If I have one goal in life, it’s to churn out some adults that aren’t insufferable douche bags. The more I talk to parents of older kids, the more I think I really have my work cut out for me.
The biggest surprise is to see teenagers emerge into respectability. Some may take longer than others but almost all will.
Had a insurance adjuster here the other day and he mentioned that his son had moved back home. I asked the kid’s age. 43. His dad said his son was trying to get his head on straight after too many years of the booze.
I didn’t pursue it, none of my business but good for the kid and I hope it works for him.
In 4th grade all I was worried about was long division and cursive. Miss Lowen was a skinny old (probably about 50) (and probably married) lady but she knew her numbers.
The lunatics are in charge in the West.
I was going to link the Cults She Sells Sanctuary, but that seems a little wrong in this context.
Fun read.
THE VACUUM TUBE’S FORGOTTEN RIVAL
Very cool bit of history. Thank you!
This video came up in my feed today
https://youtu.be/HUbKxVlA_0M
An excellent example of how not to police.
Motorcycle dude stops in Walmart to pick up a couple of things. Keeps helmet on, listening to music on Bluetooth.
Manager wants him to take helmet off.. but dude does not see him. He follows him for a bit, then gives up as dude does not respond.
Manager calls cops. Dude checks out. On the way out, hilarity ensues as cops demonstrate how to be bad at policing.
Video is a year old.
Cops were doing mediocre to poor until officer douchebag takes over. Then they jumped all the way to possibly criminal…
Watch how our protagonist handles the untenable situation. How would you handle it? How could you handle it?
Well, the video is definitely more than a year old. Ask me how I figured this out. Being completely unaware of his surroundings is not a very smart move by the motorcycle dude.
YouTube post is a year old. Event is a couple of years. Obviously pre-covid. But the totalitarians were already in warm-up mode!
My blood pressure is already high, cyto!
I dislike cops. I especially dislike arrogant cops.
Arrogant cops you say – that’s what qualified immunity is for!
Tried to watch, but got pissed when the cop started with the attitude, so I made it about 4 minutes.
If that was me, I probably would end up in jail.
Maybe I’m a bit of an asshole for saying this, but I wouldn’t enter a business wearing a helmet like that simply because it does draw attention and naturally create mistrust. Still doesn’t justify the cops being aholes about it.
It’s OK to hate everyone involved.
I couldn’t imagine being that oblivious in a public setting.
That would be NYC.
I’m walking here move over. I got the headphones on and looking at instagram.
Fuck you move.
I was buying a new car battery at Autozone a couple weeks ago. Some guy came in wearing a helmet and immediately walked to the back of the store. The two employees looked at one another, one nodded, and the other went over to “help” him. You could just tell it was a scenario they were familiar with and usually didn’t end well for the store.
I wear ear plugs and a full face helmet. I routinely walk into a convenient store and purchase a water or slim Jim with or removing them.
For a quick stop, taking them off, storing it on the bike, then putting them back on is a PITA when you just need to eat or drink.
Also helmets are expensive and stolen often. Carrying them takes away one hand if you are shopping.
Lots or reasons to do what he did. I’m never that unaware that I would not hear someone yelling at me.
Spotify is bringing the heat this afternoon. Last four:
Gang of Four
X
Mission of Burma
Clash
Tasty.
I say, who authorized KDW to speak on our behalf, and why does he defame us by comparing us to Democrats?
Now now… he didn’t say anything about orphans polishing said monocles… can’t be us…
Good screed
Every once in a while he churns one out without being an insufferable douche.
You want the homeless to be homeless? They need a 350K home, just like everyone else. They want to move up to the Eastside, ya know.
Needs moar orphans
Meanwhile, in PA:
https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-coal/3-dead-more-than-20-taken-to-hospitals-in-pileup-of-dozens-of-vehicles-on/article_79cee914-aeb3-11ec-8cc6-470dd722cc53.html
scary stuff, here a dude filming it on the scene
Crazy.
I like how all those people thought “I’m fifteen feet off the road, this should be safe I’ll just stand here”, and that the filming dude keeps moving closer and closer to the burning tanker truck.
All those stupid motherfuckers coming in hot.
Dummies.
SHANGHAI GIVES ZARDOZ SOME HOPE. PERHAPS THE BRUTALS WILL END UP WITH A TRUE CLEANSING PLAGUE?
Riots? Civil disobedience on a large scale? Truckers honking their horns?
The Chinese need to catch up. Even us rubes in the frozen tundra are over this Rona shit.
No way they would have ever treated this story as a page six article even a month ago. Reducing testing? Another variant on the way? Upticks?
The polls must be really bad for all this to be getting swept under the rug.
I’m not sure the Biden-Carter comparison is apt. As far as I know, Carter didn’t need the entire corporate media complex to conspire together to gloss over or out right run cover for his poorly hidden unapologetic corruption that got him to the presidency. As far as I know…..
Carter actually cut regulations. Biden would never do that in a million years.
The Jimmy Carter Happy Hour is celebrated regularly by many brew clubs.
Carter gets far too much credit for this.
Carter sucked bad, but the more I learn, the more I’m willing to concede that he did a few good things.
Carter’s own party hated him almost as much as Republicans hate Trump.
Microbrews nod in agreement.
The polls must be really bad for all this to be getting swept under the rug.
The Fear Industrial Complex has moved on to bigger and better things, like cheerleading for total thermonuclear war.
Western Civilization is gravely ill. Whether the illness is terminal is an open question.
https://www.city-journal.org/what-lia-thomas-means
Watch a college kid tie himself up inknots.
In this regard, Putin is correct. Liberalism lost the plot.
GAY
https://www.thesun.co.uk/dear-deidre/18071760/fear-girlfriend-leave-me-erection/
One dude having a couple of cocktails and getting out of line after losing his temper is no big deal. An entire country dithering over what to say about it and walking on eggshells to avoid offending the wrong in-group *is* a big deal.
I don’t agree. But, then, I support legalizing dueling.
Let me ask a question. Could you honestly imagine yourself saying to a woman that she looks like she’s trying out for the cast of “GI Jane II” in front of a room of people? My guess is, no, you probably couldn’t imagine doing so because you seem to have some sense of propriety. Well, what makes it okay for Chris Rock to do it in front of a room of five million people? The fact that he’s a comedian? We’ve become a more “civilized” society that rejects using violence to resolve disputes. And, for the most part, that’s a good thing. But, it’s not an unadulterated good. It’s created a world where people enhance their social status with snide comments and, yes, boorish behavior at others’ expense. Because the people they insult have no recourse. At this point, even objecting means you’re “too sensitive” or “can’t take a joke” because the insulting behavior has become normalized. So, maybe, at this point, a couple of punches in the mouth might actually be a useful thing. Not that I actually want to see it happen. But, perhaps keeping that implicit risk active might give people some grounds to be a little more reticent with their insults. At the very least, it beats resorting to Twitter mobs to destroy the career of anyone who offends you.
“Could you honestly imagine yourself saying to a woman that she looks like she’s trying out for the cast of “GI Jane II” in front of a room of people?”
If I was a comedian in a room full of Hollywood freaks being paid to be onstage, yes. Unless she was bald because she’s in chemo or something like that.
It’s said she has alopecia.
Also, Demi Moore was a bad-ass in that movie and personally, I might take that as a compliment.
If Rock knew that, then it’s kind of a dick thing to say, maybe. If he didn’t know, he might just think it was some weird fashion choice by a weird Hollywood celeb that is fair game for lampooning. And you’re right about Demi more. Furthermore, some black women look pretty good with short hair.
On the other hand, some people can make fun of themselves and/or crack jokes about a condition like this. Hell, if Richard Pryor could make jokes about his drug usage and nearly burning himself to death over it, it’s possible a celebrity could use humor to deal with alopecia-induced baldness.
The joke wasn’t that much worse than any Don Rickles zinger.
Hmm, I wonder what the media meme would be today if, say, Jared Kushner walked into the SNL show and took a swing at one of the cast members who was lampooning Ivanka?
Letting Will Smith skate for this is the same as agreeing “hate speech” really does require violence in return and that said violence is appropriate. Libertarians generally mock the concept of “hate speech” as anti-first amendment.
Letting Will Smith skate for this is the same as agreeing “hate speech” really does require violence in return and that said violence is appropriate.
Well, let me put it this way – Smith hit Rock and deserves to be punished for it for just this reason. But, honestly, it’s not something I think there’s a need to get worked up about. Yes, I don’t approve of the notion of hate speech generally, but I wouldn’t be all that eager to throw the book at, say, a black guy who socked David Duke in the mouth if he launched into a personally directed racist tirade against him. No, it’s not something the law should condone. But, not every offense is something that you can have the law address.
This, Some people ask for an ass kicking and get one. Not that this was the case here but the “It’s never okay to hit someone” mantra is bunk.
So it’s OK to hit people who we think deserve it? Interesting take from you, of all people.
You don’t think Hyperbole deserves to have the shit beaten out of him?
At the moment, no.
Generally, I’m okay with fisticuffs [insert long litany of exceptions], but honestly, it was not a classy thing to have done. Chris Rock isn’t expected to be classy.
I have no feelings about it one way or another as to whether it was okay or not, but what I see is a pissy little cuck trying to reclaim some sort of manhood—and failing. A real man would have punched him instead of bitch-slapping him.
All in all, cackle-worthy.
That was also my wife’s take. To quote Mrs.S:
Man up. It’s called a “bitch-slap” for a reason.
I also thought it was called that because it’s how a pimp would slap his bitch, not because it’s the way a bitch would throw a slap, thus it’s more demeaning for the catcher not the pitcher, so to speak.
I have always thought that as well, but I’m sure that’s just our toxic masculinity at work. I also thought it was a back-handed slap.
It is utterly shameful and unmanly for a man to open-hand slap another man. Throw a proper punch, dammit. Is that too much to ask?!
I’ve thought about it some more. Do I think a comedian should get assaulted for a lame joke? No.
The progjection was strong in Will.
You must have missed my award winning post on this topic as explained through
interpretive dancea Gunsmoke episode. In short – sometimes it’s OK sometimes it’s not.I once worked with a guy name James R. Ness. I was the only one who made the obvious connection. Made me sad.
Who?
OK. Now I want to beat the shit out of you.
Some people refuse to accept the existence of certain versions of Star Wars/Trek (or other nerd shit). I do not recognize the TV version of Gunsmoke, The Capital “A” Asshole Marshal Dillon will only ever be William Conrad.
Either you’re older than I think you are, or you’re even more of a contrarian than I think you are.
Also, William Conrad is awesome, but I can’t see him playing a convincing Matt Dillon. Radio =/= Film
Either you’re older than I think you are
Nah, but for a long time I didn’t even own a TV™ so SXM was my only entertainment and Old-Timey Radio was my go-to late night listening.
I believe Hyperbole is younger than we are.
I’ve never thought to look for Old-Timey Radio on the SXM. Might be fun to listen to while out in the shop.
This is all overblown, but probably representative of a society on edge. We’re ready for violence.
That’s what comedy is. Pushing far out to the edges of acceptable is funny. Not every joke lands, but I think humor is critical and making fun of the rich and famous is a time tested and important pressure relief valve.
Any king that had his jester put down wouldn’t be king for long.
That’s not entirely true, though. There are people who are able to get laughs without insulting other people.
And the jester comparison is only making excuse for the “clown nose” approach to public discourse. Somebody called your wife a whore, a skank and a useless bi**h (not that that happened in this case)? He was joking! What’s the matter, Tundra, can’t you take a joke? Well, no, sometimes people really do say things to be pricks.
There are people who are able to get laughs without insulting other people.
So? I still really enjoy the nasty stuff.
I’ve spent a good chunk of my life in hockey locker rooms. If I had to fight every time someone made a comment about my mom, wife, daughter, dog I’d never stop fighting.
I don’t get offended by people talking shit. Especially when there is a kernel of truth mixed with some decent humor. I don’t think Rock’s joke was that funny, but the fact that Smith reacted the way he did said a lot.
I wonder if the corporation that hosts the ceremony has some sort of “zero tolerance” policy, and if violence is part of it.
Deep (well, not that deep) thoughts, by MikeS:
This wasn’t the locker room, nor a Comedy Central Roast. Comedian; know your audience.
Chris Rock made a career out of being an outspoken asshole. Audience; know your comedian.
It seems like Jada may be playing the victim by showing up with the JI Jane haircut. You can afford very good wigs if you don’t want attention.
It seems like Jada may be making a statement by showing up with the JI Jane haircut. Any attention is good attention.
Will; grow the fuck up.
Chris; you’re an asshole.
And that is the last bit of shits I will give about three.
I’m interested only in the tally of Babylon Bee posts around this topic.
Do they have some kind of office pool going?!?
I love it when you do sexy talk!
OK. So, how many tomorrow? Or all week?
Imma say 1 and 3, respectively.
“Sexy talk” —> LOL
Is that the Russian vacuum tube talk, the natural selection talk, combat vehicles, or just the Babylon Bee?
The bee is the best thing to happen in mass media for a long, long time.
Babylon Bee talk. Meeow.
Agree 100%. The be is a godsend. ?
be = Bee
Home only 3 hours late.
Between being on a ship for 11 days and then various cars and airplanes, I can still feel the “motion of the ocean”, as it were.
Also, I have a runny nose & cough. Keeping an eye on my temp. I’ve noticed I get throat tickles & runny noses if I have to wear a mask for 30+ minutes. I had one on for about 10 hours today.
Welcome back!
Pound the zinc, vit D, vit C, use the nasal rinse, etc. I usually come back from trips with some kind of crud.
That zinc thing is wonderfully true.
At the earliest hint of a scratchy throat, it’s full on zinc mode for me. The vitamin D and C are newer things I’ve learned over the Covid plandemic.
Saline nasal rinse has been my friend for a decade. So simple, so effective.
I’m now down to only 2 prescription meds: Keppra every day, and nebulizer solution when the asthma raises its weary head.
That motion thing is interesting – esp since you were on such a large ship. Guess it’s about timing/acclimation.
One thing I learned over 20 years of testing prototype systems on combat vehicles and boats/ships of every size is that human beings’ ability to cope with balance, shock & vibe, altitude changes, and darkness is highly individual.
The General Dynamics Stryker for example (a wheeled, not tracked, vehicle) makes approximately 90% of its personnel carried in back vomit at least once. I myself had no problem with it, so I put the required 3000 miles on our “special” system on my own (well, the driver was there too!). The two male engineers who were supposed to help break up the 3000 miles couldn’t hack a quarter mile without puking. I guess I lack that particular gene for self preservation.
I think we humans have effectively eliminated natural selection within our own species, so there are going to be some awfully random quirks out there.
My dad told me about a combat mission he had in Vietnam where the soldiers (including him) were seated in a horribly shaky cargo plane of some kind, seated in two rows facing each other.
The guys started getting air sick, one by one. My dad looked at the soldier across from him and said “You do not have permission to puke, soldier.” They stared at each other for the entire flight and their mutual no-puke pledge seems to have worked.
UNCLEEEEEAN!!! Burn her!
Remind me again of anyone has heard from Pan in the last few months?
On his flute?
Pan Zagloba?
He’s on discord. Posts there often.
I hope this pleases Zardoz:
I recently re-connected with an old high school buddy, and learned he’s a pretty fucking cool gunsmith.
Browsing through my facebook feed today — it appears that many of the women think Chris Rock got what he deserved.
I’m guessing those are the same women who feel morally justified when wielding the power of the state to enact violence against people they find icky.
Unrelated (and re-posted from afternoon links): extraordinary game in the (English) National League on Saturday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1JwGQldSWk