Which one of you cowards is Ferd Sheed? - Page 6

Undertoad · 04-19-2016, 03:16 PM

You may know the semantic difference between BBQ and grilling

But now, to fully comprehend my post, and understand its mild humor, you will need to have BBQ.

shitty tough meat BBQd > gourmet food grilled

lumberjim · 04-19-2016, 04:17 PM

Growing up is hard to do

Flint · 04-19-2016, 04:20 PM

But being awesome never gets old. Bring it on, low-key haters.

lumberjim · 04-19-2016, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

But being awesome never gets old. Bring it on, low-key haters.

Is this you being awesome then? Cuz it doesn't seem very awesome.

I don't like politics for just this reason. It turns people I like into cocksuckers. don't turn into a cocksucker, Flint. I want to still like you.

Undertoad · 04-19-2016, 04:26 PM

BBQ vs grilling

Here is the Judge John Hodgman podcast on the topic. Enjoy and laugh while learning.

Flint · 04-19-2016, 05:08 PM

I don't like learning new things. My father and my father's father had a meaning for barbecue which is eternally going to be the correct one, regardless of any new experiences or information that tries to burrow its way into my thick, impenetrable skull. I will put my fingers in my ears and go, "La La La" if necessary.

Flint · 04-19-2016, 05:33 PM

Oh, it's nothing to do with politics. I don't like bigots.

Bigots who hide behind politics or religion deserve to be publicly shamed. It's the right thing to do. We, as a people, need to call that behavior out and say, "Not OK." I think that's very awesome. Being on the right side of history is probably the most awesome thing we can do in our short lifetime.

lumberjim · 04-19-2016, 05:39 PM

Oh, it seemed like your angst was derived from what you thought he did with respect to blocking posts or something

Flint · 04-19-2016, 05:43 PM

That too. Don't like chickenshits either.

Why are you acting like you don't remember that I was always like this?

lumberjim · 04-19-2016, 06:02 PM

I guess I it's been too long. Why don't you stick around more. This kind of shit generates more involvement from the lookie lous too

Undertoad · 04-20-2016, 08:57 AM

Fred messaged me he isn't going to even lurk anymore so thanks for that, flint. But it's kind of unfair because he was already pretty inactive for some time.

And, this is how it works now.

You did a greeeeat job of bursting the bubble and figuring out how to have a productive political dialogue

Produce more converts by insulting the fuck out of them, nice movement you got going

BigV · 04-20-2016, 10:33 AM

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just because someone doesn't agree with your opinion and are not "tolerant" of it does NOT make it ok for you to do the exact same thing to them. ie, not being respectful or tolerant of their beliefs. anyway, gotta go, there are Trump meme's to attend to!!

Too bad he's not around anymore to explain this.

I get the two wrongs don't make a right, but this sounds really close to the selective support for rules that I've been hearing from Drumph.

Not OK for you to do the EXACT SAME thing as I did to you...

Not really the same impact as "I was wrong to do that, I'm sorry."

Flint · 04-20-2016, 02:37 PM

When someone has a position they want to broadcast through meme after meme, day after day, they damn well better be able to defend that position in their own words. Meme propaganda invites an equally snarky response. That’s not how you start a discussion. If, the first time they encounter pushback, their response is to block people from engaging with them, then they clearly don’t want a discussion.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-20-2016, 06:10 PM

I don't know, but I'm suspicious that most of the people passing along memes do it because they find them more funny or clever than they could dream up. It may not be pushing their personal agenda. Granted repeated memes on the same topic looks suspiciously personal, the problem is you never get the reasoning behind that position.

On the bathroom thing I'm undecided. The trans population is awfully small from what I've seen/heard. Is making public restrooms more comfortable for them, worth giving carte blanche to a much larger population of perverts? Those unintended consequences are murder.

Flint · 04-20-2016, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

On the bathroom thing I'm undecided. The trans population is awfully small from what I've seen/heard. Is making public restrooms more comfortable for them, worth giving carte blanche to a much larger population of perverts? Those unintended consequences are murder.

Bruce, if I were The Onion, the headline would be "straight, white male perverts used as excuse by straight, white male bigots to discriminate against trans people"

*If the problem were gay male rapists, they could have already done that in the men's room, like discrimination against gay people using straight people's bathrooms claimed they would, but never did.

*If the problem were black male rapists they could have already done that in the men's room, like discrimination against black people using white people's bathrooms claimed they would, but never did.

Using bathroom laws, and rape-scare tactics, to discriminate against minority groups, is not a new thing.

04-19-2016, 04:17 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Growing up is hard to do __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-19-2016, 04:20 PM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	But being awesome never gets old. Bring it on, low-key haters. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-19-2016, 05:08 PM	#6
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I don't like learning new things. My father and my father's father had a meaning for barbecue which is eternally going to be the correct one, regardless of any new experiences or information that tries to burrow its way into my thick, impenetrable skull. I will put my fingers in my ears and go, "La La La" if necessary. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-19-2016, 05:33 PM	#7
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Oh, it's nothing to do with politics. I don't like bigots. Bigots who hide behind politics or religion deserve to be publicly shamed. It's the right thing to do. We, as a people, need to call that behavior out and say, "Not OK." I think that's very awesome. Being on the right side of history is probably the most awesome thing we can do in our short lifetime. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio** Last edited by Flint; 04-19-2016 at 05:48 PM.

04-19-2016, 05:39 PM	#8
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Oh, it seemed like your angst was derived from what you thought he did with respect to blocking posts or something __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-19-2016, 03:16 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	You may know the semantic difference between BBQ and grilling But now, to fully comprehend my post, and understand its mild humor, you will need to have BBQ. shitty tough meat BBQd > gourmet food grilled

04-19-2016, 04:26 PM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	BBQ vs grilling Here is the Judge John Hodgman podcast on the topic. Enjoy and laugh while learning.

04-19-2016, 05:43 PM	#9
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	That too. Don't like chickenshits either. Why are you acting like you don't remember that I was always like this? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-19-2016, 06:02 PM	#10
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I guess I it's been too long. Why don't you stick around more. This kind of shit generates more involvement from the lookie lous too __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-20-2016, 08:57 AM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Fred messaged me he isn't going to even lurk anymore so thanks for that, flint. But it's kind of unfair because he was already pretty inactive for some time. And, this is how it works now. You did a greeeeat job of bursting the bubble and figuring out how to have a productive political dialogue Produce more converts by insulting the fuck out of them, nice movement you got going

04-20-2016, 02:37 PM	#13
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	When someone has a position they want to broadcast through meme after meme, day after day, they damn well better be able to defend that position in their own words. Meme propaganda invites an equally snarky response. That’s not how you start a discussion. If, the first time they encounter pushback, their response is to block people from engaging with them, then they clearly don’t want a discussion. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-20-2016, 06:10 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I don't know, but I'm suspicious that most of the people passing along memes do it because they find them more funny or clever than they could dream up. It may not be pushing their personal agenda. Granted repeated memes on the same topic looks suspiciously personal, the problem is you never get the reasoning behind that position. On the bathroom thing I'm undecided. The trans population is awfully small from what I've seen/heard. Is making public restrooms more comfortable for them, worth giving carte blanche to a much larger population of perverts? Those unintended consequences are murder. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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