View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
Cutheon Franchise Player
Joined: 10 Jul 2009 Posts: 12111 Location: Bay Area
|
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:13 am Post subject: |
|
|
kikanga wrote: | Cutheon wrote: | Leftists should whine less and instead move to purple/red states or join conservative organizations and subvert them from the inside. |
Not just leftists. All Democrats should move to purple/red states.
But I get why people don't (myself included). Quality of life matters. And if you have a family or are planning to have one. Sacrificing their quality of life, for political beliefs, is a tough decision. |
Yeah I definitely posted like mostly serious but a touch in jest just because I personally wouldn’t/cannot make that move. At least not today.
But I have given serious thought to joining the Federalist Society. Conservatives are easy to dupe and as someone who spent too much time in law school arguing with those idiots, I’m pretty well-versed in their lingo.
Being appointed by republicans as a lifetime judge and then stabbing them in the back ala Souter and revealing myself as a dyed in the blue Dem would be a dream |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Cutheon Franchise Player
Joined: 10 Jul 2009 Posts: 12111 Location: Bay Area
|
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:16 am Post subject: |
|
|
DaMuleRules wrote: | Cutheon wrote: | Leftists should whine less and instead move to purple/red states or join conservative organizations and subvert them from the inside. |
Yep, the problem is that the modern leftist is really just spoiled and entitled and screams that they want what they want and they want it now (while ignorantly and ironically claiming they are "progressive") without actually putting in the work to get it done. They just demand that everyone show up to vote the way they want them to, and if people don't follow along, they will withhold their vote, or "protest" vote, as a counterproductive punishment for not being acquiesced. |
It’s a bit scary out there on the internet. You see a lot of “leftists” once again directing their ire at the party nearest them, instead of galvanizing themselves to combat Republicans at every level.
I’m not sure if what I’m seeing is real or just clever subterfuge by Russian bots - or even just garden variety trolling by our terminally online brethren. I like to think they are more practical on an organizational level, but the Bernie Bro to Alt-Right pipeline is still flowing so color me skeptical |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Cutheon Franchise Player
Joined: 10 Jul 2009 Posts: 12111 Location: Bay Area
|
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 9:27 am Post subject: |
|
|
Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Cutheon wrote: | Leftists should whine less and instead move to purple/red states or join conservative organizations and subvert them from the inside. |
Seriously. There are consequential elections all over the country where abortion is on the ballot right now. If you live in Wisconsin, the only reason you still have access to abortion is because the state elected Democratic Governor Tony Evers in 2018 who is running for reelection now. If you don't vote him back into office, you will not only lose access to abortion for years or decades, but you may have Republicans in your state follow the path of Texas, Missouri, and other states that have made abortion illegal punishable up to life in prison or death for the woman receiving the abortion and any person who performs that abortion. Every miscarriage will be investigated as a murder case; insurers will not provide coverage for most or all of prenatal care; OBGYNs and obstetricians may flee your state. This is on top of the baseline horrors of forcing women to die in pregnancy/labor and forcing them to give birth to unwanted and/or nonviable foetuses.
That is on the ballot in states all over the country - WI, MI, PA, AZ, GA, etc
- and broadly for every American at the federal level. So why are you, leftist crank, b!tching incessantly about Biden not being a dictator instead of trying to help win local and state races where you have power to save girls', women's, and trans men's lives?
Cut, sorry for the delayed movie responses - they're comin'. Busy at work combined with Westbrook bs and the hell of recent politics have taken me out of the movie mindset at the moment. |
Most of them just don't understand our government. "Why didn't we codify it . . . why didn't ruth retire . . . why didn't Biden block this . . . etc etc." Because we don't live in a dictatorship. Because we can't jam laws down an unwilling legislature. because even if Ruth retired, we've seen Mitchy baby block a nomination, and so on and so forth.
it's hard and takes time - good governance is not sexy, it's just hard.
And no worries bb - take your time. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Halflife Franchise Player
Joined: 15 Aug 2015 Posts: 16656
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Baron Von Humongous Retired Number
Joined: 02 Jul 2015 Posts: 32979
|
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:10 am Post subject: |
|
|
Halflife wrote: | usc and Ucla moving to the big10 is a mistake. |
I f'n hate CFB. _________________ Under New Management |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Cutheon Franchise Player
Joined: 10 Jul 2009 Posts: 12111 Location: Bay Area
|
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:12 am Post subject: |
|
|
Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Halflife wrote: | usc and Ucla moving to the big10 is a mistake. |
I f'n hate CFB. |
Same. I've been done with it since mid-2000s. I'm just about done with the NFL as well -- just waiting for my boy Tom to retire. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Baron Von Humongous Retired Number
Joined: 02 Jul 2015 Posts: 32979
|
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:15 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Cutheon wrote: | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Halflife wrote: | usc and Ucla moving to the big10 is a mistake. |
I f'n hate CFB. |
Same. I've been done with it since mid-2000s. I'm just about done with the NFL as well -- just waiting for my boy Tom to retire. |
Respect. I remember a reitired Junior Seau shooting a shotgun into his chest in order to preserve his brain for CTE analysis as the beginning of the end for me. _________________ Under New Management |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Baron Von Humongous Retired Number
Joined: 02 Jul 2015 Posts: 32979
|
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:21 pm Post subject: |
|
|
*too much even for me* _________________ Under New Management
Last edited by Baron Von Humongous on Tue Jul 05, 2022 11:25 am; edited 1 time in total |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Baron Von Humongous Retired Number
Joined: 02 Jul 2015 Posts: 32979
|
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 12:49 am Post subject: |
|
|
The last post was a bit much, so to take the temperature down:
Dongles suck, right?
I go to listen to a song on my phone, I grab my headphones, and then.... where's the dongle?!??
Dongle?!??! Where?!!?! _________________ Under New Management |
|
Back to top |
|
|
slavavov Star Player
Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 8288 Location: Santa Monica
|
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 2:54 am Post subject: |
|
|
Cutheon wrote: | Leftists should whine less and instead move to purple/red states or join conservative organizations and subvert them from the inside. |
I wish we on the left had some kind of insidious longterm movement to make America into a fully functioning social democracy, just like how conservatives have had an insidious longterm movement to turn America into a Christian autocratic theocracy.
At this point, short of violence and other immoral things, I don't give a F how it looks. We just need to get it done, and if we get it done, our nation and everyone in it will be so much better off.
I wish the left had an evil genius like Karl Rove or Steve Bannon to help us out with this. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
DaMuleRules Retired Number
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 52624 Location: Making a safety stop at 15 feet.
|
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 9:32 am Post subject: |
|
|
Baron Von Humongous wrote: | The last post was a bit much, so to take the temperature down:
Dongles suck, right?
I go to listen to a song on my phone, I grab my headphones, and then.... where's the dongle?!??
Dongle?!??! Where?!!?! |
Uhhhhhh . . . Bluetooth anybody? _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that’s all for show
goes up in flames
In 24 frames
Jason Isbell
Man, do those lyrics resonate right now |
|
Back to top |
|
|
FernieBee Star Player
Joined: 17 Nov 2003 Posts: 8033 Location: 921SD
|
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 9:39 am Post subject: |
|
|
I want wires where my audio listening is concerned.
Headphones
Record Player
Receiver
Speakers
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
FernieBee Star Player
Joined: 17 Nov 2003 Posts: 8033 Location: 921SD
|
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 9:44 am Post subject: |
|
|
FB Audio Set-up
Last edited by FernieBee on Fri Jul 01, 2022 8:46 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Omar Little Moderator
Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 90299 Location: Formerly Known As 24
|
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 11:06 am Post subject: |
|
|
FernieBee wrote: | I want wires where my audio listening is concerned.
Headphones
Record Player
Receiver
Speakers
|
I was there until recently. Still keep the wired earbuds for backup and still use a wired mouse, but went to EarPods and Bluetooth speakers. _________________ “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel |
|
Back to top |
|
|
kikanga Retired Number
Joined: 15 Sep 2012 Posts: 29150 Location: La La Land
|
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:10 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Brittney Griner should've known better. I'd never travel with THC of any kind... in the states. Let alone a foreign country.
I know some people travel with edibles. I won't even do that. _________________ "Every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better” |
|
Back to top |
|
|
FernieBee Star Player
Joined: 17 Nov 2003 Posts: 8033 Location: 921SD
|
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:42 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Were those really hers, or were they planted there by Putin's lackeys? |
|
Back to top |
|
|
DaMuleRules Retired Number
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 52624 Location: Making a safety stop at 15 feet.
|
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 8:16 am Post subject: |
|
|
FernieBee wrote: | I want wires where my audio listening is concerned.
Headphones
Record Player
Receiver
Speakers
|
Totally get it for serious listening, but when just playing music on your phone, being encumbered by a chord is just a hassle. _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that’s all for show
goes up in flames
In 24 frames
Jason Isbell
Man, do those lyrics resonate right now |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Omar Little Moderator
Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 90299 Location: Formerly Known As 24
|
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 10:23 am Post subject: |
|
|
DaMuleRules wrote: | FernieBee wrote: | I want wires where my audio listening is concerned.
Headphones
Record Player
Receiver
Speakers
|
Totally get it for serious listening, but when just playing music on your phone, being encumbered by a chord is just a hassle. |
Hard to find music with no chords _________________ “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel |
|
Back to top |
|
|
FernieBee Star Player
Joined: 17 Nov 2003 Posts: 8033 Location: 921SD
|
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 11:26 am Post subject: |
|
|
Omar Little wrote: | DaMuleRules wrote: | FernieBee wrote: | I want wires where my audio listening is concerned.
Headphones
Record Player
Receiver
Speakers
|
Totally get it for serious listening, but when just playing music on your phone, being encumbered by a chord is just a hassle. |
Hard to find music with no chords |
An a cappella might do.
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Baron Von Humongous Retired Number
Joined: 02 Jul 2015 Posts: 32979
|
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2022 12:28 pm Post subject: |
|
|
DaMuleRules wrote: | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | The last post was a bit much, so to take the temperature down:
Dongles suck, right?
I go to listen to a song on my phone, I grab my headphones, and then.... where's the dongle?!??
Dongle?!??! Where?!!?! |
Uhhhhhh . . . Bluetooth anybody? |
Yeah, when I'm working out. Otherwise gimme that cord - preferably without the need for a damn dongle. _________________ Under New Management |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Baron Von Humongous Retired Number
Joined: 02 Jul 2015 Posts: 32979
|
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2022 1:00 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Since Clerks III is coming out soon, I had a Chasing Amy take that might be a little too spicy for the regular film thread - it's actually aged well. It's very much a snapshot of the late '90s cultural environment in which sexuality was viewed as a strict binary rather than fluid. Bisexuality was "just a phase" on the path towards homosexuality for men; women were "just experimenting" by sleeping with another woman; the straights and gays were on "different teams" - a recurring pop cultural joke from the era - and "switching teams" was viewed with derision, suspicion, or even outright hostility.
Chasing Amy is about 2 (possibly 3) bisexuals trying to navigate the polarized social and sexual norms of the 1990s. Did Kevin Smith intend to do that in 1997? Hell no! But as steeped as he was in the era he stumbled into creating a time capsule of the sexual prejudices of his day in his effort to work through his personal experience on screen. _________________ Under New Management |
|
Back to top |
|
|
governator Franchise Player
Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 24996
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
non-player zealot Franchise Player
Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Posts: 21365
|
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 5:51 am Post subject: |
|
|
Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Since Clerks III is coming out soon, I had a Chasing Amy take that might be a little too spicy for the regular film thread - it's actually aged well. It's very much a snapshot of the late '90s cultural environment in which sexuality was viewed as a strict binary rather than fluid. Bisexuality was "just a phase" on the path towards homosexuality for men; women were "just experimenting" by sleeping with another woman; the straights and gays were on "different teams" - a recurring pop cultural joke from the era - and "switching teams" was viewed with derision, suspicion, or even outright hostility.
Chasing Amy is about 2 (possibly 3) bisexuals trying to navigate the polarized social and sexual norms of the 1990s. Did Kevin Smith intend to do that in 1997? Hell no! But as steeped as he was in the era he stumbled into creating a time capsule of the sexual prejudices of his day in his effort to work through his personal experience on screen. |
There was that flick "Threesome" (early 90s) with Lara Flynn Boyle and one of the lesser Baldwins. That one kinda jibes w/ your phase point.
Sidebar: No matter what they say now, Lara was hot at her peak, pre-Jack Nicholson, let's call it. _________________ GOAT MAGIC REEL
SEDALE TRIBUTE
EDDIE DONX! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
JUST-MING Retired Number
Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 43951
|
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:12 am Post subject: |
|
|
Because of the playoff system in college football, the Big 10 and the SEC will become like the AFC and the NFC.
It is already affecting college basketball.
The playoff system in college football is ruining college sports. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
jodeke Retired Number
Joined: 17 Nov 2007 Posts: 67316 Location: In a world where admitting to not knowing something is considered a great way to learn.
|
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 10:34 am Post subject: |
|
|
DaMuleRules wrote: | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | The last post was a bit much, so to take the temperature down:
Dongles suck, right?
I go to listen to a song on my phone, I grab my headphones, and then.... where's the dongle?!??
Dongle?!??! Where?!!?! |
Uhhhhhh . . . Bluetooth anybody? |
I have Acoustic Audio AAT5005 Bluetooth Tower 5.1 Home Theater Speaker System with 8" Powered Subwoofer. Connected using Bluetooth + internal speakers.
It's an inexpensive system, $228.88. I use Bluetooth only when watching movies. I watched Top Gun: Maverick on my big screen with it. Great sound.
I plug into Pandora music o listen to my favorite artists. Luther Vandross blows me away. Pandora allows all genres. I have a lot of jazz, Dizzy Gillespie Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, Sahib Shihab, and like. Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, and Billie Holiday are a few female artists I listen to. The sound quality is good. _________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|