Mid-Morning Art Thread

Anna and the Blind Tobit
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Yo!

Posted by: Doof at May 02, 2024 09:30 AM (3r1VB)

2 1

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2024 09:30 AM (ENQN6)

3 What this place needs is more light.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 02, 2024 09:31 AM (MaPMa)

4 *checks to see if sunglasses are still on*

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2024 09:32 AM (vFG9F)

5 Anna and the Blind Tobit, also titled Blind Tobit and his Wife, is a c. 1630 oil painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt, and perhaps his pupil, Gerrit Dou. The picture hangs in room 22 of the National Gallery in London.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2024 09:32 AM (ENQN6)

6 Which one is which?

Posted by: BignJames at May 02, 2024 09:32 AM (AwYPR)

7 Doof! Congrats on the first!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 09:32 AM (9yWhg)

8 If he'd turn the lights on he would be able to read his collection of Louis Lamour.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 02, 2024 09:32 AM (WXNFJ)

9 The story of Anna, her husband Tobit and their son Tobias is told in the apocryphal Book of Tobit.

So Job retold.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 02, 2024 09:32 AM (ENQN6)

10 Never seen this one of Rembrandt.

Posted by: runner at May 02, 2024 09:33 AM (V13WU)

11 What's a Tobit?.....waits...

Posted by: BignJames at May 02, 2024 09:33 AM (AwYPR)

12 The Book of Tobit tells a very weird story.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 09:33 AM (9yWhg)

13 Is that lava erupting from the floor at the lower right corner?

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 02, 2024 09:33 AM (MaPMa)

14 Quite dark. Fun thing to do on the last day on a job -- print a whole bunch of copies of this on every printer in the office. Every ink cartridge would be empty!

Posted by: Doof at May 02, 2024 09:33 AM (3r1VB)

15 This is dark.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 02, 2024 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

16 There must have been a sale on black paint.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 02, 2024 09:34 AM (TcVeV)

17 Wasn't the Ark 300 Tobits long?

Posted by: Tonypete at May 02, 2024 09:34 AM (WXNFJ)

18 Meh. It's no Vermeer.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 02, 2024 09:35 AM (TcVeV)

19 Quite dark. Fun thing to do on the last day on a job -- print a whole bunch of copies of this on every printer in the office. Every ink cartridge would be empty!
Posted by: Doof

So the idea of black is the absence of color is BS?

Damn! Lied to again.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 02, 2024 09:35 AM (WXNFJ)

20 Tobits are cousins of the Hobbits.

Posted by: steevy at May 02, 2024 09:35 AM (FQmDC)

21
Wasn't the Ark 300 Tobits long?

Posted by: Tonypete at May 02, 2024 09:34 AM

Right

Posted by: B.Cosby at May 02, 2024 09:35 AM (bEb2S)

22 Is that lava erupting from the floor at the lower right corner?
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth)

A fire, I think. A hearth.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 09:36 AM (9yWhg)

23 Tobits, four bits, six bits, a dollar...

Posted by: High school cheerleader at May 02, 2024 09:36 AM (dg+HA)

24 "They declined my social security disability application...guess I better call Alexander Shunnarah. He wants to get me money!"

Would Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 02, 2024 09:36 AM (4a+k3)

25 Was this before or after Rembrandt's Sad Clown period?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 02, 2024 09:37 AM (TcVeV)

26
"The Tobit" is JRR Tolkien worst book.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 02, 2024 09:37 AM (eDfFs)

27 Shave and a haircut, Tobits.

Posted by: Ever banjo player ever at May 02, 2024 09:37 AM (dg+HA)

28 Tobits are cousins of the Hobbits.

Posted by: steevy at May 02, 2024 09:35 AM (FQmDC)

So...not $20.

Posted by: BignJames at May 02, 2024 09:38 AM (AwYPR)

29 Isn't "Tobits" the price for a shave and a haircut?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2024 09:38 AM (7fElN)

30 Was this before or after Rembrandt's Sad Clown period?
Posted by: Cicero

Before. But after his Elvis on black velvet period.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 02, 2024 09:38 AM (WXNFJ)

31 Why do Rembrandt's paintings look like they need a good cleaning?

Posted by: Tuna at May 02, 2024 09:38 AM (oaGWv)

32 Caption:

"No...I didn't marry a rich girl.

And look what happened to me!

Think hard, fellas. Don't bash cash!"

Posted by: naturalfake at May 02, 2024 09:38 AM (eDfFs)

33 Tobits are cousins of the Hobbits.
Posted by: steevy at May 02, 2024 09:35 AM (FQmDC)

I thought Tobits is what happened to Alderaan?

Posted by: Doof at May 02, 2024 09:38 AM (3r1VB)

34 >>What's a Tobit?.....waits...

A teensy bit more than a 'skosh'.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2024 09:39 AM (cCVOS)

35 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

What was his name before he changed it ?

Posted by: JT at May 02, 2024 09:39 AM (T4tVD)

36
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 02, 2024 09:39 AM (MoZTd)

37 Shave and a haircut -- Tobits!

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at May 02, 2024 09:39 AM (vtyCZ)

38 Why do Rembrandt's paintings look like they need a good cleaning?
Posted by: Tuna

He misunderstood his patron's requests to paint dirty pictures.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 02, 2024 09:39 AM (WXNFJ)

39 The Blind Tobit

**********

The Visionary - a limerick

A carpenter named Liam MacGraw
Was blinder than old lady Shaw
But imagine his glee
When he crowed, "I can see!"
As he picked up his hammer and saw

Posted by: Hubert Harumphey at May 02, 2024 09:39 AM (l4B/J)

40 Isn't "Tobits" the price for a shave and a haircut?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2024 09:38 AM (7fElN)

Roger Rabbit loves this joke.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Live from Missoula at May 02, 2024 09:39 AM (gPzkP)

41 Tobit or not tobit. That is the question.

Posted by: William S. Spear at May 02, 2024 09:39 AM (dg+HA)

42 Guess it's no big deal for a blind guy to be in a dark room, but this is too dark even with the window. Wouldn't hang

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 02, 2024 09:39 AM (JfVRc)

43

That guy's awful big for a Hobbit...

Posted by: Ped Xing at May 02, 2024 09:39 AM (BVpJz)

44 We'd throw black paint on it, but what would be the point?

Posted by: Cheeky Climate Activists at May 02, 2024 09:39 AM (TcVeV)

45 >>What's a Tobit?.....waits...

A pair of hobbits?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2024 09:40 AM (cCVOS)

46 No dog. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

In the Book of Tobit, there is a dog.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 09:40 AM (9yWhg)

47 Wish I could see this in person. The absolute brilliance of the artist to produce the subtlety in this painting is amazing.
I just can't conceive of how a painter knows how to layer to produce such an incredible work of art. Or how a sculptor knows exactly where to chip the stone to produce an image. Or how a musician sees the notes of a piece of music in his head.
I just think it is like magic.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 02, 2024 09:40 AM (t/2Uw)

48 What's a Tobit?
$20 same as in town

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 02, 2024 09:41 AM (JfVRc)

49 As he picked up his hammer and saw
Posted by: Hubert Harumphey

******

Ha! That's better than I could have done!

Posted by: Muldoon at May 02, 2024 09:41 AM (l4B/J)

50 From the National Gallery site:

A cold, grey light creeps through an open window into a room that is itself very old – no glass in the window, a heavy wooden shutter, an open fire with an earthenware pot beside it. The light falls onto an old man. He sits facing into the room, his hands clasped, his head lowered, his face almost lost in shadow. This is Tobit; he sits near his wife Anna, who winds wool on a frame. An apocryphal story tells us that Tobit was a good and holy man but that God made him blind to test his faith.

The old couple await the return of their son Tobias, who has gone to collect money owed to Tobit in order to relieve their poverty. After many adventures Tobias returns, bringing a miraculous cure for Tobit’s blindness. Rather than the miracle, Rembrandt has chosen to celebrate the age, patience and faith of the old man and woman while they wait.

"Tobit" is an apocryphal book of the Bible.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2024 09:41 AM (XkYcA)

51 He misunderstood his patron's requests to paint dirty pictures.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 02, 2024 09:39 AM (WXNFJ)

I like your thinking.

Posted by: BignJames at May 02, 2024 09:41 AM (AwYPR)

52 Blind people don't have to spend money on light bulbs.

Posted by: Look on the bright side at May 02, 2024 09:42 AM (dg+HA)

53 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.

I've never known anyone to name their child Rembrandt. Wonder why?

Posted by: redridinghood at May 02, 2024 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

54 Tobit da morning to ya, Guvnor!

Posted by: Muldoon at May 02, 2024 09:43 AM (l4B/J)

55 Or how a sculptor knows exactly where to chip the stone to produce an image.

Michelangelo (I think) used to describe the sculpting process as "liberating" the figure from the marble. I guess that means he could envision the sculpture even when it was still just a hunk of stone.

It really is kind of like magic.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 09:44 AM (9yWhg)

56 I guess Tobias and Sarah hadn't gotten back yet.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 09:44 AM (HnUIn)

57 Masterpiece of course

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2024 09:44 AM (R00f2)

58 Michelangelo (I think) used to describe the sculpting process as "liberating" the figure from the marble. I guess that means he could envision the sculpture even when it was still just a hunk of stone.

It really is kind of like magic.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 09:44 AM (9yWhg)
++++
Yup. Artists get it. I do not.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 09:44 AM (HnUIn)

59 Was this before or after Rembrandt's Sad Clown period?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 02, 2024 09:37 AM (TcVeV)

No one had told him life was gonna be that way.
His job was a joke, he was broke, and his love life was DOA.
He then wrote the lyrics to a TV theme song.

Posted by: Doof at May 02, 2024 09:45 AM (3r1VB)

60 Thanks Fen.
The background adds to the appreciation of the art.
I can actually go see the painting when I am brave enough to go back to the Mall.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 02, 2024 09:45 AM (t/2Uw)

61 Cue the Helen Keller jokes...

Posted by: Blindingly obvious at May 02, 2024 09:45 AM (dg+HA)

62 No dog. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
******
I thought that might be a dog in the right corner.
Maybe I'm blind.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 02, 2024 09:45 AM (NpAcC)

63 Rather than the miracle, Rembrandt has chosen to celebrate the age, patience and faith of the old man and woman while they wait.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

"They also serve who only stand and wait." -- John Milton (who was also blind)

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 09:46 AM (9yWhg)

64 What a subtle and powerful painting. The single light source, which is of no use to the man, provides just enough illumination for the woman to function in his world. Even the fireplace only provides a little warmth but almost no light. The stoicism of the couple as God tests them is palpable. Neither is able to enjoy, on any level, the bright warmth of the outer world. Their missing son, the old man's blindness and the helplessness of the wife in their poverty have taken their toll even if they are not defeated.

I assume the audience would be familiar with the story behind the painting. The context turns the image from almost despair to one of fortitude.

Posted by: JTB at May 02, 2024 09:46 AM (zudum)

65 I guess Tobias and Sarah hadn't gotten back yet.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

He's still blind so no, not back yet or he'd have his sight.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 02, 2024 09:47 AM (JWiE+)

66 The description says it was painted with dark tones, if not restored it would darken even more. Won't knock it since I've not seen it in the real world, however as shown here it's a bit too dark for me.
Rembrandt as a first name is uncommon to this day per the internet.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 02, 2024 09:47 AM (2NHgQ)

67 STUPID FAT TOBITS!

Posted by: Smeagol at May 02, 2024 09:47 AM (p7pEm)

68 >

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
---

Ma'am, that is a well-thought out and soulful appraisal, and shows you are appreciative of fine art

But this is AoS, so...

Posted by: Don Black at May 02, 2024 09:48 AM (/7KEl)

69 STUPID FAT TOBITS!
Posted by: Smeagol at May 02, 2024 09:47 AM (p7pEm)
---
Shut up and eat yer taters!

Posted by: Samwise Gamgee at May 02, 2024 09:48 AM (7fElN)

70 Tobit, threebit, .... (zoom in) toobin .... wait, not that disgusting character.

Posted by: Ciampino - shave and a haircut, tobits at May 02, 2024 09:48 AM (qfLjt)

71 >>"Tobit" is an apocryphal book of the Bible.

Thanks, Fen!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2024 09:49 AM (cCVOS)

72 In a hole in the ground there lived a Tobit.

Posted by: Tolkien first draft at May 02, 2024 09:49 AM (OguvZ)

73 Aziz….LIGHT!!!!!!!

Posted by: tubal at May 02, 2024 09:49 AM (PCK5/)

74 I can actually go see the painting when I am brave enough to go back to the Mall.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)

I used to go to the various Smithsonian museums on a regular basis. But anymore, I will not venture into DC, not even for that.

Plus, the Smithsonian's probably been ruined by wokeness, like everything else.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 09:50 AM (9yWhg)

75 They are tricksy and false!

Posted by: Tollum at May 02, 2024 09:50 AM (ufFY8)

76 The lesson of Tobias seems to be: Don't sleep where a bird can dump in your eyes.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 02, 2024 09:50 AM (JWiE+)

77 Yeah you never meet anyone named "Phil Rembrandt' or something like that

though in grade school I did know a kid named Michael Colangelo

Posted by: Don Black at May 02, 2024 09:50 AM (/7KEl)

78 I like the texture of the fur jacket the old woman is wearing. You can almost feel the softness.

Posted by: Tuna at May 02, 2024 09:50 AM (oaGWv)

79 I have a photo of a Michelangelo sculpture that I took in Florence. It is shows a figure emerging from the stone, like it's coming out of a stone wall. Across from it is the completed sculpture. Blew my mind. It is in the same hall as David which of course garnered all the attention but this struck me as more significant somehow.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 02, 2024 09:50 AM (t/2Uw)

80 Buckwheat, please use "tobit" in a sentence.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Feminism lied, men don't care about your money or accomplishments at May 02, 2024 09:51 AM (YsjiM)

81 What a subtle and powerful painting. The single light source, which is of no use to the man, provides just enough illumination for the woman to function in his world. Even the fireplace only provides a little warmth but almost no light. The stoicism of the couple as God tests them is palpable. Neither is able to enjoy, on any level, the bright warmth of the outer world. Their missing son, the old man's blindness and the helplessness of the wife in their poverty have taken their toll even if they are not defeated.

Yeah, well, that's nothing. We've gone 6 hours, SIX HOURS, without pizza and coffee!l We're being murdered here!

Posted by: Columbia's nascent fascists, who will suffer in silence no longer at May 02, 2024 09:51 AM (CsUN+)

82 It needs a splash of color..

Posted by: tubal at May 02, 2024 09:51 AM (PCK5/)

83 Can someone adjust the brightness on this painting?

Posted by: Montec at May 02, 2024 09:51 AM (tpjlM)

84 #feelingtriggered

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 02, 2024 09:52 AM (MaPMa)

85 In a hole in the ground there lived a Tobbit.

A fairly nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, yet a dry, bare, sandy hole as well with old vegetable crates to sit down on and only Swanson's Chicken Pot pies to eat.

It was a Tobit-hole, and that meant mostly it smelled of mothballs and Ben-Gay and 5 year old peppermint candies all stuck together in a cute little bowl....

Posted by: "The Tobit" by JRR Tolkein at May 02, 2024 09:52 AM (eDfFs)

86 Would make lousy motel art…

Posted by: tubal at May 02, 2024 09:52 AM (PCK5/)

87 It really is kind of like magic.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 09:44 AM (9yWhg)

Or a concrete example of how God works through the hand of Man.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2024 09:52 AM (d9fT1)

88 Where are you going? I was going to make espresso!

Posted by: Blind Tobit at May 02, 2024 09:52 AM (cCVOS)

89 Can someone adjust the brightness on this painting?
Posted by: Montec

I'm gonna hafta to up on the roof and jigger the antenna again, right?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 09:53 AM (9yWhg)

90 Yeah you never meet anyone named "Phil Rembrandt' or something like that

though in grade school I did know a kid named Michael Colangelo

—-

Worked with a Ferrari once. And a Gilligan. Always thought that must have been a tough childhood for Gilligan.

Posted by: Montec at May 02, 2024 09:53 AM (tpjlM)

91 Can someone adjust the brightness on this painting?
Posted by: Montec

I hate paintings, movies and tv shows done in a "shadow" theme.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2024 09:53 AM (+98Vn)

92 "Tobit" is an apocryphal book of the Bible.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2024 09:41 AM (XkYcA)
++++
IIRC, it's apocryphal only in the Western churches and among the Jews. I think it is canonical in the Eastern churches.

It's been a *long* time since that class, though, so I might well be misremembering. I always found the apocrypha interesting, because there is so much disagreement over them and their uses. I had no idea there were so many gospels in the apocrypha.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 09:53 AM (HnUIn)

93 85 In a hole in the ground there lived a Tobbit.

A fairly nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, yet a dry, bare, sandy hole as well with old vegetable crates to sit down on and only Swanson's Chicken Pot pies to eat.

It was a Tobit-hole, and that meant mostly it smelled of mothballs and Ben-Gay and 5 year old peppermint candies all stuck together in a cute little bowl....
Posted by: "The Tobit" by JRR Tolkein at May 02, 2024 09:52 AM (eDfFs)

This is… very good, whoever you are…

Posted by: tubal at May 02, 2024 09:53 AM (PCK5/)

94 Would make lousy motel art…

You probably wouldn't want to hang it in a retirement home either.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 02, 2024 09:53 AM (CsUN+)

95 tough childhood for Gilligan.
Posted by: Montec at May 02, 2024 09:53 AM (tpjlM)

Gilligan's Island >> Epstein's Island

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 02, 2024 09:54 AM (ufFY8)

96 Anna and the Blind Tobit

***********

My Ophthalmologist tells me it is called Myopic Macular Degeneration and there IS a code for that:

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H44.23

Bilateral myopic macular degeneration

There is a code, but there is no treatment. And THAT will surely try your faith, as I have found.

Posted by: Muldoon at May 02, 2024 09:54 AM (l4B/J)

97 >>I can actually go see the painting when I am brave enough to go back to the Mall.

Oh man, is it not even safe on the National Mall?!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2024 09:55 AM (cCVOS)

98 This is… very good, whoever you are…

Agree. The horde has talent.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 02, 2024 09:55 AM (CsUN+)

99 It needs a splash of color..
Posted by: tubal at May 02, 2024 09:51 AM (PCK5/)
******
There's a climate change protest movement for that.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 02, 2024 09:55 AM (NpAcC)

100 88 Where are you going? I was going to make espresso!

Posted by: Blind Tobit at May 02, 2024 09:52 AM (cCVOS)
----
Which of Weasel's cigars were you two smoking?

Posted by: Ciampino - Shave and a haircut, tobits at May 02, 2024 09:55 AM (qfLjt)

101
Anna: Light a candle Tobit... it's too dark

Blind Tobit: WFT

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2024 09:56 AM (Q4IgG)

102 I would like to see what this painting looks like when hung on a dark-colored wall.

Posted by: Kris at May 02, 2024 09:56 AM (EwaUh)

103 IIRC, it's apocryphal only in the Western churches and among the Jews. I think it is canonical in the Eastern churches.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Canonical in both Eastern and RC.
"The Book of Tobit (or "Book of Tobias" in older Catholic Bibles) is a book of scripture that is part of the Catholic and Orthodox biblical canon, pronounced canonical by the Council of Carthage of 397 and confirmed for Roman Catholics by the Council of Trent (1546)."

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 02, 2024 09:56 AM (JWiE+)

104 Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 02, 2024 09:47 AM (2NHgQ)

I saw it in person a couple of weeks ago, which is why you are seeing it today. It isn't as dark as it seems, and there is a glow to the painting that makes it a wonder.

As an aside...Whenever I am in museums I photograph the blurb next to any piece I like. Then when I am home I check to see whether there are reasonable representations on the web.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2024 09:56 AM (d9fT1)

105 Looks like heaven, a still and quiet place to think.

Posted by: m at May 02, 2024 09:56 AM (o3SCB)

106 Canonical in both Eastern and RC.
"The Book of Tobit (or "Book of Tobias" in older Catholic Bibles) is a book of scripture that is part of the Catholic and Orthodox biblical canon, pronounced canonical by the Council of Carthage of 397 and confirmed for Roman Catholics by the Council of Trent (1546)."
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 02, 2024 09:56 AM (JWiE+)
++++
I misremembered. Thanks for the correction!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 09:56 AM (HnUIn)

107 Peloton is lying off 15% of its workforce and fired its CEO. Guess AWFLs who buy $3000 exercise bikes are out of money. Which is odd given we’re in the best economy ever (per MSNBC and CNN).

Posted by: Montec at May 02, 2024 09:57 AM (tpjlM)

108 20
‘ Tobits are cousins of the Hobbits.’

Hobbits themselves are the product of hobos and rabbits.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 02, 2024 09:57 AM (jbnUc)

109 92 "Tobit" is an apocryphal book of the Bible.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2024 09:41 AM (XkYcA)
++++
IIRC, it's apocryphal only in the Western churches and among the Jews. I think it is canonical in the Eastern churches.

It's been a *long* time since that class, though, so I might well be misremembering. I always found the apocrypha interesting, because there is so much disagreement over them and their uses. I had no idea there were so many gospels in the apocrypha.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 09:53 AM (HnUIn)

It's canonical in the Catholic church. Generally what Protestants use the term Apocrypha to refer to is the Deuterocanon, while Catholics will use the term apocrypha to refer to things like the Book of Origen or Gospel of James. The original Protestant reformers tended to regard the Deuterocanon more highly than the texts Catholics treated as apocryphal, but I don't think they have a word distinguishing this.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at May 02, 2024 09:57 AM (eYoxG)

110 My Ophthalmologist tells me it is called Myopic Macular Degeneration and there IS a code for that:

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H44.23

Bilateral myopic macular degeneration

There is a code, but there is no treatment. And THAT will surely try your faith, as I have found.

If this means what I think it means, you have my prayers and deepest sympathies, Muldoon.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 02, 2024 09:57 AM (sNc8Y)

111 Nice, that Rembrandt guy could really paint.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 02, 2024 09:57 AM (Z8Xq7)

112 Putting the commode next to the window is a good idea...

Posted by: Groom of the Stool at May 02, 2024 09:57 AM (BVpJz)

113 IIRC, it's apocryphal only in the Western churches and among the Jews. I think it is canonical in the Eastern churches.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

The apocrypha are canonical in Catholicism, and a slightly different set of apocrypha in Eastern Orthodoxy.

They were books that were included in the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible known as the Septuagint ("seventy") that was supposedly done by seventy Jewish translators in Alexandria, but that had never been a part of the Hebrew Masoretic Text.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 09:58 AM (9yWhg)

114 Alternate title:

Our Lady of the Macular Perception

Posted by: Muldoon at May 02, 2024 09:58 AM (l4B/J)

115 Hello Darkness my old friend......

Posted by: Helen Keller, Art Critic at May 02, 2024 09:58 AM (V5BDR)

116 Can the Current Universities Be Saved?

-
To save them first we must destroy them.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 02, 2024 09:58 AM (L/fGl)

117 It's canonical in the Catholic church. Generally what Protestants use the term Apocrypha to refer to is the Deuterocanon

Is this any relation to a t-shirt cannon?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 02, 2024 09:58 AM (CsUN+)

118 107 Peloton is lying off 15% of its workforce and fired its CEO. Guess AWFLs who buy $3000 exercise bikes are out of money. Which is odd given we’re in the best economy ever (per MSNBC and CNN).

Posted by: Montec at May 02, 2024 09:57 AM (tpjlM)

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It seems like the lockdowns created a bubble of demand for Peloton which Peloton, in an effort to scale up, thought it would last forever.

Seriously...a rower? I'm sure people have invested in it, but at levels to make it worthwhile?

They make more money from me just using my own weights.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 09:58 AM (GBKbO)

119 Hobbits themselves are the product of hobos and rabbits.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 02, 2024 09:57 AM (jbnUc)
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Confirmed.

Posted by: Titanius Anglesmith, Fancy Man of Cornwood at May 02, 2024 09:59 AM (7fElN)

120 Can the Current Universities Be Saved?

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To save them first we must destroy them.

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Like the free market!
- President Bush II

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Feminism lied, men don't care about your money or accomplishments at May 02, 2024 10:00 AM (YsjiM)

121 Peloton is lying off 15% of its workforce and fired its CEO. Guess AWFLs who buy $3000 exercise bikes are out of money. Which is odd given we’re in the best economy ever (per MSNBC and CNN).
Posted by: Montec at May 02, 2024 09:57 AM (tpjlM)
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Eh, it's a luxury good and something of a fad good. That is always a touchy market. The smart money cashes out quickly.

It's also probably a revenue problem. Peleton isn't an equipment company, it's a service company. They need their customers to keep up those subscriptions. During the COVID stupids, that was easy. Now, it's harder.

It's less of an exercise company than it is a tech company, and tech unicorns usually - eventually - find the limits of investor credulity.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 10:00 AM (HnUIn)

122 This is… very good, whoever you are…

Agree. The horde has talent.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 02, 2024 09:55 AM (CsUN+)

Thankee, kind sirs.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 02, 2024 10:01 AM (eDfFs)

123 >>I can actually go see the painting when I am brave enough to go back to the Mall.

Oh man, is it not even safe on the National Mall?!
Posted by: Lizzy

You don't have to go to D.C. mall to see it.
"The picture hangs in room 22 of the National Gallery in London."

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 02, 2024 10:01 AM (JWiE+)

124 79 I have a photo of a Michelangelo sculpture that I took in Florence. It is shows a figure emerging from the stone, like it's coming out of a stone wall. Across from it is the completed sculpture. Blew my mind. It is in the same hall as David which of course garnered all the attention but this struck me as more significant somehow.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 02, 2024 09:50 AM (t/2Uw)

Was it one of his unfinished dying slaves?

Seeing an unfinished sculpture, especially one by Michelangelo, has got to be an experience in itself. You are seeing the hand of the Master mid-carving, and watching his thought process reveal itself -- all frozen in time.

Posted by: Kris at May 02, 2024 10:01 AM (EwaUh)

125 But this is AoS, so...
Posted by: Don Black

I realize that I am on a slightly different wave length but usually immersed in the Morning Report right about now. But, it was a Rembrandt painting I saw iwhen a very young impressionable college student wandering around Amsterdam having stumbled into a museum by chance that started my search for more. This painting just brought back that same sense of awe.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 02, 2024 10:01 AM (t/2Uw)

126 This is… very good, whoever you are…

Agree. The horde has talent.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 02, 2024 09:55 AM (CsUN+)

Thankee, kind sirs.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 02, 2024 10:01 AM (eDfFs)

Hang on there, pal.

You suck!

Posted by: Zombie JRR Tolkein at May 02, 2024 10:02 AM (eDfFs)

127 >>You don't have to go to D.C. mall to see it.
"The picture hangs in room 22 of the National Gallery in London."

Never mind!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2024 10:03 AM (cCVOS)

128 I can actually go see the painting when I am brave enough to go back to the Mall.

Oh man, is it not even safe on the National Mall?!
Posted by: Lizzy

You don't have to go to D.C. mall to see it.
"The picture hangs in room 22 of the National Gallery in London."
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

I don't think I ever knew that London also has a Mall.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 10:03 AM (9yWhg)

129 It's canonical in the Catholic church. Generally what Protestants use the term Apocrypha to refer to is the Deuterocanon, while Catholics will use the term apocrypha to refer to things like the Book of Origen or Gospel of James. The original Protestant reformers tended to regard the Deuterocanon more highly than the texts Catholics treated as apocryphal, but I don't think they have a word distinguishing this.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at May 02, 2024 09:57 AM (eYoxG)
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Thank you. I know very little about protestant apocrypha or canon. Most of what I've learned has been about the Catholic/Orthodox distinctions, so that's my frame of reference and that isn't particularly sophisticated in its own right.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 10:03 AM (HnUIn)

130 It's also probably a revenue problem. Peleton isn't an equipment company, it's a service company. They need their customers to keep up those subscriptions. During the COVID stupids, that was easy. Now, it's harder.

I'm surprised that they didn't release a dongle you could attach to your EV and pretend you were charging it.

Or labelled their exercise bikes "gluten free".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2024 10:03 AM (IUd0M)

131 107 Peloton is lying off 15% of its workforce and fired its CEO. Guess AWFLs who buy $3000 exercise bikes are out of money. Which is odd given we’re in the best economy ever (per MSNBC and CNN).
Posted by: Montec at May 02, 2024 09:57 AM (tpjlM)

Good. All those Peloton assholes can stop ripping people off and come work for me at Arby's for minimum wage and a shift meal. Life is Great!

Hahahahaha!...

Posted by: Dick Cheney, Mastermind On Viagra at May 02, 2024 10:03 AM (4a+k3)

132 I am a pacifist and thoroughly non-violent, which is why I won't join any religion that employs canons.

Posted by: Pew-Pew-Pew Either at May 02, 2024 10:03 AM (V5BDR)

133 If this means what I think it means, you have my prayers and deepest sympathies, Muldoon.
Posted by: Oddbob

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It does, and thanks. It gives on a whole new outlook on life!

Posted by: Muldoon at May 02, 2024 10:04 AM (l4B/J)

134 But, it was a Rembrandt painting I saw iwhen a very young impressionable college student wandering around Amsterdam having stumbled into a museum by chance that started my search for more. This painting just brought back that same sense of awe.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 02, 2024 10:01 AM (t/2Uw)

Were you stoned at the time?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2024 10:04 AM (IUd0M)

135 I am a pacifist and thoroughly non-violent, which is why I won't join any religion that employs canons.

This is a damnable calumny. I chalice you to a duel.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 02, 2024 10:04 AM (CsUN+)

136 Prayers up, Muldoon.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 10:05 AM (9yWhg)

137 I am a pacifist and thoroughly non-violent, which is why I won't join any religion that employs canons.
Posted by: Pew-Pew-Pew Either at May 02, 2024 10:03 AM (V5BDR)
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I guess we're right out.

Posted by: Second Calvary Baptist Church of Humphreys County at May 02, 2024 10:05 AM (HnUIn)

138 Were you stoned at the time?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

No, she wasn't committing adultery.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 10:06 AM (9yWhg)

139 You say Tobit, I say Tobias. Let's call the whole thing off.

Posted by: Broadway musicals at May 02, 2024 10:07 AM (dg+HA)

140 Missed most of the MR comments, came in late. Since it's past 100 comments I'm going to cover one of the MR subjects here. Over generalizations helps no one. In my 29years I've seen a lot dating, marriage, divorce. It runs the spectrum of sane/crazy and not all of it is the fault of women. Yes, I know the original post was specific criteria which evolved into woman bashing. I was lower middle class to poor and hubby nec was raised upper middle class. He did well in the corporate world and he credits a fair bit if it to support from his spouses, I'm mrs. nec 2. We will celebrate 24 years of married bliss this year. Quit generalizing it helps no one.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 02, 2024 10:07 AM (2NHgQ)

141 Eh, it's a luxury good and something of a fad good. That is always a touchy market.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 10:00 AM (HnUIn)

They introduced a rowing machine that is pretty much double the cost of all of their competitors. I find that fascinating. They fancy themselves the Apple of exercise, but don't have the revenue stream to finance it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2024 10:07 AM (d9fT1)

142 Kris, I'll have to pull it up to check. I usually tried to take a picture of the explanation next to something I was taken with.
There was so much to see that I had to force myself to just stand and appreciate and no try to take pictures of everything.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 02, 2024 10:08 AM (t/2Uw)

143 You say Tobit, I say Tobias. Let's call the whole thing off.
Posted by: Broadway musicals at May 02, 2024 10:07 AM (dg+HA)
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When was the last Broadway musical that involved religion and *wasn't* overtly hostile regarding it?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 10:08 AM (HnUIn)

144
From previous thread:

2002–2004 outbreak of SARS, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-1), infected over 8,000 people from 30 countries and territories, and resulted in at least 774 deaths worldwide.

The outbreak was first identified in Foshan, Guangdong, China, in November 2002.

So Fauci spent 20 years and untold billions in trying to find a vaccine for a virus - that while having very high transmissability - had very low lethality.

He should swing.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 02, 2024 10:09 AM (RKVpM)

145 There has got to be a class at Harvard Business about how to react to bubbles that you get caught up in.

Part of it has to be: "Do not act like this is going to last forever."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:09 AM (GBKbO)

146 I don't think I ever knew that London also has a Mall.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 10:03 AM (9yWhg)

Buckingham Palace to Trafalgar Square.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2024 10:09 AM (d9fT1)

147 I never understood peloton at all!

go bike outside! we have one of those weird smaller stationary bikes with the big wind wheel this is sad I don't remember the name. anyway I never use it - it's too hard lol

but anyway even in the snow you can bike outside come on

and paying a monthly sub on top of the price of these things!? crazy

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 02, 2024 10:09 AM (s3qiR)

148 118 107 Peloton is lying off 15% of its workforce and fired its CEO. Guess AWFLs who buy $3000 exercise bikes are out of money. Which is odd given we’re in the best economy ever (per MSNBC and CNN).

Posted by: Montec at May 02, 2024 09:57 AM (tpjlM)

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It seems like the lockdowns created a bubble of demand for Peloton which Peloton, in an effort to scale up, thought it would last forever....

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 09:58 AM (GBKbO)

Gather round, children. And let Grandpa tell you a story of a magical time.

It was the Time of COVID. You see, COVID was this cold that gave everybody the sniffles!

So, we had to be locked up in our homes for two whole years, and wear masks. Not fun masks like Bugs Bunny but cloth masks.

And so, it came to pass that buying $4000 bicycles made total sense...

Posted by: naturalfake at May 02, 2024 10:09 AM (eDfFs)

149 143 You say Tobit, I say Tobias. Let's call the whole thing off.
Posted by: Broadway musicals at May 02, 2024 10:07 AM (dg+HA)
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When was the last Broadway musical that involved religion and *wasn't* overtly hostile regarding it?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 10:08 AM (HnUIn)

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The Book of Mormon.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:09 AM (GBKbO)

150 Quit generalizing it helps no one.

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The truth helps everyone.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Feminism lied, men don't care about your money or accomplishments at May 02, 2024 10:11 AM (YsjiM)

151 Okay, I naturally thought it was the National Gallery in DC.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 02, 2024 10:11 AM (t/2Uw)

152 I've had a strange sense of something missing from my life for like a week now. I finally figured out it was Sponge!!!. Need him to return, toot sweet!

Posted by: Soak It To Me!!! at May 02, 2024 10:11 AM (V5BDR)

153 Rembrandt is one of my favorites, especially his "Storm On The Sea Of Galilee" which I would most definitely hang if someone else hadn't already beaten me to it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2024 10:12 AM (U7ZsA)

154 152 I've had a strange sense of something missing from my life for like a week now. I finally figured out it was Sponge!!!. Need him to return, toot sweet!
Posted by: Soak It To Me!!! at May 02, 2024 10:11 AM (V5BDR)

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My Ben Roethlisberger calls have gone unanswered long enough.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:12 AM (GBKbO)

155
They just did a reset at my gym and the two rowing machines are now at the back corner. Just not that popular for some reason. They're kinda boring exercise but on guys a great way to have a developed looking chestisist.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 02, 2024 10:12 AM (RKVpM)

156 Besides, i thought it was The British Museum in London.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 02, 2024 10:12 AM (t/2Uw)

157 There was so much to see that I had to force myself to just stand and appreciate and no try to take pictures of everything.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 02, 2024 10:08 AM (t/2Uw)

I get it. I'd rather take it all in too. What am I going to do with a blurry picture?

Posted by: Kris at May 02, 2024 10:12 AM (EwaUh)

158 155
They just did a reset at my gym and the two rowing machines are now at the back corner. Just not that popular for some reason. They're kinda boring exercise but on guys a great way to have a developed looking chestisist.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 02, 2024 10:12 AM (RKVpM)

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Rowing is apparently fantastic exercise, but it's also fucking hard.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:13 AM (GBKbO)

159 They introduced a rowing machine that is pretty much double the cost of all of their competitors. I find that fascinating. They fancy themselves the Apple of exercise, but don't have the revenue stream to finance it.

I own the standard rowing machine, aka an erg, used by almost all rowing clubs. It's a Concept2, and costs about a $1k. There are people who make VR rowing programs you can download that show you scenery as you row.

For the life of me, I can't imagine paying Peleton $3k for the purchase plus $250/month.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 02, 2024 10:14 AM (CsUN+)

160 They introduced a rowing machine that is pretty much double the cost of all of their competitors. I find that fascinating. They fancy themselves the Apple of exercise, but don't have the revenue stream to finance it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2024 10:07 AM (d9fT1)

They need to make a slight tweak to one aspect of the product every year so their fans can justify purchasing new constantly.

Bonus points if whatever tweak gets made also makes any add-ons incompatible.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2024 10:14 AM (IUd0M)

161 Posted by: Muldoon at May 02, 2024 09:54 AM (l4B/J)

Oh Muldoon. You are in my prayers.

Posted by: ... at May 02, 2024 10:14 AM (ekpFK)

162 I've had a strange sense of something missing from my life for like a week now. I finally figured out it was Sponge!!!. Need him to return, toot sweet!
Posted by: Soak It To Me!!!

Where has Sponge been?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2024 10:14 AM (+98Vn)

163 140 Missed most of the MR comments, came in late. Since it's past 100 comments I'm going to cover one of the MR subjects here. Over generalizations helps no one. In my 29years I've seen a lot dating, marriage, divorce. It runs the spectrum of sane/crazy and not all of it is the fault of women.

I didn't weigh in either bc I have weird thoughts on this that are very un-PC. (not anti woman at all, for once)

I feel that many women want to bond when young and society isn't allowing that. men don't have the same impetus it's probably biological as they can procreate while older more easily. I remember my first serious boyfriend, we were at different colleges and while home on break he said something to me like "oh I don't want to be a Daddy, not yet" and it weirdly just put me off of him forever. I wasn't openly thinking of having a family but somewhere deep inside it was already there! it felt like this terrible slight. I didn't marry till pretty late and had fertility problems, he never married at all and has no children. and that's a pretty good scenario when I look at the rest of our peers from that time. it breaks women to have a bunch of partners; it just doesn't work.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 02, 2024 10:14 AM (s3qiR)

164 158 155
They just did a reset at my gym and the two rowing machines are now at the back corner. Just not that popular for some reason. They're kinda boring exercise but on guys a great way to have a developed looking chestisist.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 02, 2024 10:12 AM (RKVpM)

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Rowing is apparently fantastic exercise, but it's also fucking hard.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:13 AM (GBKbO)

Plus shouting stroke all the time makes people think you're weird.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at May 02, 2024 10:14 AM (eYoxG)

165 Seeing an unfinished sculpture, especially one by Michelangelo, has got to be an experience in itself. You are seeing the hand of the Master mid-carving, and watching his thought process reveal itself -- all frozen in time.

I have a little rant that I go on from time-to-time about how "art" is the act of creating (or to stretch the point, imitating The Creator) and the objects that we call art are really artifacts, i.e. evidence that the act of art happened. Something like that brings the point home strongly. Although to leave a piece unfinished intentionally would just be pretentious.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 02, 2024 10:14 AM (sNc8Y)

166 I've had a strange sense of something missing from my life for like a week now. I finally figured out it was Sponge!!!. Need him to return, toot sweet!
Posted by: Soak It To Me!!! at May 02, 2024 10:11 AM (V5BDR)
******
This^

Posted by: redridinghood at May 02, 2024 10:15 AM (NpAcC)

167 Rowing is apparently fantastic exercise, but it's also fucking hard.

You can adjust the machine to give you a workout at whatever level you need and want. However, young men have a habit of trying to outmuscle the machine with poor form, which often leads to back injuries.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 02, 2024 10:15 AM (CsUN+)

168 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Dark and gloomy. But I like Rembrandt. Oh well.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 02, 2024 10:16 AM (W/lyH)

169 Besides, i thought it was The British Museum in London.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 02, 2024 10:12 AM (t/2Uw)

It's at The National Gallery in London...Trafalgar Square. And the National Portrait Gallery is right around the corner.

Sadly, The Portrait Gallery was renovated, and now the first floor is a mess of post-modern, anti-Western bullshit. But wading through that cesspool is worth it to get to the rest of the collection.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2024 10:16 AM (d9fT1)

170 I have a little rant that I go on from time-to-time about how "art" is the act of creating (or to stretch the point, imitating The Creator) and the objects that we call art are really artifacts, i.e. evidence that the act of art happened. Something like that brings the point home strongly. Although to leave a piece unfinished intentionally would just be pretentious.

as an artist I really like this formation Oddbob

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 02, 2024 10:16 AM (s3qiR)

171 So, we had to be locked up in our homes for two whole years, and wear masks.

Not fun masks like Bugs Bunny but ~~cloth~~ crocheted masks.

Edited for accuracy.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2024 10:16 AM (+98Vn)

172 apparently we are no longer sponge-worthy!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 02, 2024 10:16 AM (s3qiR)

173 They introduced a rowing machine that is pretty much double the cost of all of their competitors. I find that fascinating. They fancy themselves the Apple of exercise, but don't have the revenue stream to finance it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2024 10:07 AM (d9fT1)
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"Pay a lot for the equipment" and "maintain a non-trivial monthly subscription to use the equipment" is a tough act in the consumer market. Usually, those schemes cross-subsidize ("we'll give you the equipment cheap, and you pay us a subscription forever") like we see with cell phones. Peleton looks to me from the outside (though I don't know what their BOM or assembly costs are) like it's trying to have it both ways at once.

Peloton has a ton of revenue ($2.8 billion last year), but the cost structure is clearly out of whack. Revenue per employee is $800k, which isn't bad - a bit more than Proctor and Gamble on that basis.

With those kinds of revenues per employee, it's amazing that they're losing money. They either *are* cross-subsidizing catastrophically expensive equipment, or their operations waste a staggering amount of money. If it's the latter, new management might be able to fix it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 10:16 AM (HnUIn)

174 160 They need to make a slight tweak to one aspect of the product every year so their fans can justify purchasing new constantly.

Bonus points if whatever tweak gets made also makes any add-ons incompatible.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2024 10:14 AM (IUd0M)

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This is honestly a problem with most online based consumer companies that aren't middlemen like Amazon.

They feel this need to create new, expensive products to keep customers, so they increase their expenses to create new stuff, but it's just out of line with how most customers will view the offering. Peloton, for most people, is a bike that becomes a clothes rack. You're not going to up the business by selling more $3K clothes racks. You're going to grow the business on the smaller end, by just keeping loyal customers.

That's less flashy. Instead of introducing new products and getting 25% stock jumps in a quarter, you're going for steady growth.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:16 AM (GBKbO)

175 Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 02, 2024

Good thing I don't go on the comments on the MR. I have had that discussion a number of times. There are some whose opinions will never change.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 02, 2024 10:17 AM (t/2Uw)

176 When was the last Broadway musical that involved religion and *wasn't* overtly hostile regarding it?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 10:08 AM (HnUIn)
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The Book of Mormon.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:09 AM (GBKbO)
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Not hostile to Mormonism? I'm not Mormon, so I don't know, but I bet the church didn't see it that way.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2024 10:17 AM (U7ZsA)

177 150
Quit generalizing it helps no one.
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The truth helps everyone.

Isn’t it true that these are generalizations?

Posted by: Mr. Pedant at May 02, 2024 10:17 AM (jbnUc)

178 "Where has Sponge been?"

Global warming impacting his population.

Posted by: Ribbed at May 02, 2024 10:18 AM (Ectld)

179 Cymraeg yw'r iaith orau, chi heathens!

Posted by: Cymru Moronau at May 02, 2024 10:18 AM (a3Q+t)

180 Who is MR?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 02, 2024 10:19 AM (CsUN+)

181 Generalizations are a good functional way for creatures to operate in large open systems. When did we come out against generalizations as conservatives? Used to be termed "common sense" or "conventional wisdom".

Posted by: Ribbed at May 02, 2024 10:20 AM (Ectld)

182 180 Who is MR?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 02, 2024 10:19 AM (CsUN+)

Moron Robbie

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at May 02, 2024 10:20 AM (eYoxG)

183 Also Mitt Romney

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at May 02, 2024 10:20 AM (eYoxG)

184 Who is MR?
Posted by: Archimedes

JJ's Morning Report

Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2024 10:20 AM (+98Vn)

185 176 Not hostile to Mormonism? I'm not Mormon, so I don't know, but I bet the church didn't see it that way.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2024 10:17 AM (U7ZsA)

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It's honestly not. The Mormon Church is also led by a cabal of its enemies, from what I understand.

At the end of the musical, everyone's converted and singing happily while trying to convert others.

Matt Parker and Trey Stone's attitudes towards Mormonism can be captured on a smaller scale by looking at their treatment of it in South Park. They have a whole episode where they call Joseph Smith dumb, but then they end with Mormonism being a positive effect on family and society and the Mormon kid telling Kyle off because he couldn't get past the belief system to see him as a nice person who just wanted to be his friend.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:20 AM (GBKbO)

186 130
Or labelled their exercise bikes "gluten free".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2024 10:03 AM (IUd0M)
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Did you know that car tires are gluten-free?

Posted by: Ciampino - Balls in a rat trap, squashed flat! at May 02, 2024 10:20 AM (qfLjt)

187 [o]Quit generalizing it helps no one.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 02, 2024 10:07 AM

To be fair, that's not true. It helps us.

Posted by: Colonels at May 02, 2024 10:20 AM (a3Q+t)

188 The National Gallery: Anna and the Blind Tobit
Rembrandt Overview (Description)

In-depth
A cold, grey light creeps through an open window into a room that is itself very old – no glass in the window, a heavy wooden shutter, an open fire with an earthenware pot beside it. The light falls onto an old man. He sits facing into the room, his hands clasped, his head lowered, his face almost lost in shadow. This is Tobit; he sits near his wife Anna, who winds wool on a frame. An apocryphal story tells us that Tobit was a good and holy man but that God made him blind to test his faith.

The old couple await the return of their son Tobias, who has gone to collect money owed to Tobit in order to relieve their poverty. After many adventures Tobias returns, bringing a miraculous cure for Tobit’s blindness. Rather than the miracle, Rembrandt has chosen to celebrate the age, patience and faith of the old man and woman while they wait.

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Would also consider hanging this painting. Thanks.

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at May 02, 2024 10:20 AM (NFX2v)

189 Elaine Benes hasn't needed to buy sponges for quite some time now.

Posted by: Time Marches On at May 02, 2024 10:20 AM (V5BDR)

190 Who is MR?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 02, 2024 10:19 AM (CsUN+)

Moron Robbie

--

(does that thumb thing)

THIS GUY

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Feminism lied, men don't care about your money or accomplishments at May 02, 2024 10:21 AM (YsjiM)

191 Not hostile to Mormonism? I'm not Mormon, so I don't know, but I bet the church didn't see it that way.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2024 10:17 AM (U7ZsA)
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It wasn't, actually. The play poked fun at Mormon theology and wasn't exactly faith-promoting as such, but the final point of the show is not that at at all. The final point is, "and it doesn't matter if we think the theology is absurd, it works for its practitioners and they seem to be better off for it."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 10:21 AM (HnUIn)

192 >>Rowing is apparently fantastic exercise, but it's also fucking hard.

There's also no substitute for being out on the water, on a chilly morning surrounded by beautiful scenery - feeling the catch of each stroke as the oar plunges into the water and the lift of the boat. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2024 10:21 AM (cCVOS)

193 192 >>Rowing is apparently fantastic exercise, but it's also fucking hard.

There's also no substitute for being out on the water, on a chilly morning surrounded by beautiful scenery - feeling the catch of each stroke as the oar plunges into the water and the lift of the boat. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2024 10:21 AM (cCVOS)

======

Now I need to watch The Social Network again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:21 AM (GBKbO)

194 Isn’t it true that these are generalizations?

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Generalizations are how we don't have to learn that a rattlesnake will kill us or a pet each time we encounter one.

Yes 1/2 of 1% of gay men might be monogamous. That doesn't mean that gay men are monogamous. It's absurd to NOT work off of generalizations considering that's the only way we know anything.

Say, is that a Rembrandt?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Feminism lied, men don't care about your money or accomplishments at May 02, 2024 10:21 AM (YsjiM)

195 There's also no substitute for being out on the water, on a chilly morning surrounded by beautiful scenery - feeling the catch of each stroke as the oar plunges into the water and the lift of the boat. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2024 10:21 AM (cCVOS)

Go on

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 02, 2024 10:22 AM (S+j2h)

196 Rowing is apparently fantastic exercise, but it's also fucking hard.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

My wife swears by it.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 10:23 AM (9yWhg)

197 Today- Prosecutors asked the judge to charge Trump for violating the gag order again.
They're insane.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 02, 2024 10:23 AM (NpAcC)

198 "My wife swears by it."

I make my wife do all the rowing and she swears at me, too.

Posted by: Ribbed at May 02, 2024 10:23 AM (Ectld)

199
Generalizations are how we don't have to learn that a rattlesnake will kill us or a pet each time we encounter one.

Yes 1/2 of 1% of gay men might be monogamous. That doesn't mean that gay men are monogamous. It's absurd to NOT work off of generalizations considering that's the only way we know anything.

Say, is that a Rembrandt?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Feminism lied, men don't care about your money or accomplishments at May 02, 2024 10:21 AM (YsjiM)

It's cost-benefit ultimately which is context based. Laws usually have to be built for the general-case or lowest common denominator, though sometimes they have to be for specific problem behaviors in small groups. Getting more information is costly and potentially risky in dealing with an individual situation or subject, but there can be upsides to it too.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at May 02, 2024 10:24 AM (eYoxG)

200 Today- Prosecutors asked the judge to charge Trump for violating the gag order again.
They're insane.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 02, 2024 10:23 AM (NpAcC)
===

See under, Process as Punishment.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2024 10:24 AM (RIvkX)

201 Roe, roe, roe the vote!

Posted by: One-note Samba at May 02, 2024 10:25 AM (V5BDR)

202 So old Joe called Japan Xenophobic because they don't want their culture destroyed by "Immigrants" or as Joe calls them newcomers . Well he didn't say the destroy their culture part.

Posted by: it's me donna at May 02, 2024 10:26 AM (Akjoo)

203 194
‘ Generalizations are how we don't have to learn that a rattlesnake will kill us or a pet each time we encounter one. ’

I’m actually pro-generalizing.
Rejecting them means to reject probability and experience in general.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 02, 2024 10:26 AM (jbnUc)

204
- feeling the catch of each stroke as the oar plunges into the water and the lift of the boat. . .

as a twenty five foot long Great White shark lifts the boat and the rower falls into the water, never to be seen again.

Posted by: The End at May 02, 2024 10:26 AM (RKVpM)

205 "My wife swears by it."

I make my wife do all the rowing and she swears at me, too.
Posted by: Ribbed

How else are you going to fish? You can't cast and row at the same time.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2024 10:26 AM (+98Vn)

206 Sadly, The Portrait Gallery was renovated, and now the first floor is a mess of post-modern, anti-Western bullshit. But wading through that cesspool is worth it to get to the rest of the collection.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2024 10:16 AM (d9fT1)

It was just weird how practically every room in almost every museum had to have some fourth-rate piece of crap sculpted or painted recently by some POC or teh ghey to have their voices heard amongst what was an almost exclusively a European phenom. (That's not to say other cultures at the time weren't doing their own thing, but can you imagine a Japanese temple sticking up some dayglo piece of crap just to show how leftist and "tolerant" they are.

My favorite was some museum employee in the Victoria and Albert museum "giving context" to a great battle scene painting warning his audience not to be fooled by this scrap because it was propaganda for Britain!!!!

Imagine that.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 02, 2024 10:27 AM (eDfFs)

207 She appreciates that we are so in tune I can just point and snap my fingers and she knows exactly where I want to go.

Posted by: Ribbed at May 02, 2024 10:27 AM (Ectld)

208 Peloton is lying off 15% of its workforce and fired its CEO. Guess AWFLs who buy $3000 exercise bikes are out of money. Which is odd given we’re in the best economy ever (per MSNBC and CNN).

Posted by: Montec

Not only is the economy generally poor but, what with the price of food, weight gain is not the threat it once was.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 02, 2024 10:27 AM (L/fGl)

209 There's also no substitute for being out on the water, on a chilly morning surrounded by beautiful scenery - feeling the catch of each stroke as the oar plunges into the water and the lift of the boat. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2024 10:21 AM (cCVOS)
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Each stroke brings greater distance from the shore. Each increasingly frenetic breath, each surging of blood through the veins, every push for distance as such becomes all-encompassing. "Why am I doing this?" "What is the purpose?" These questions all course through your mind when you can spare even a moment's energy for consideration of anything other than the dip of the oar.

Then you remember. You see the wrapped object below your feet. You are driven to row even faster, the manic energy of the pursued displacing the fatigue and exhaustion.

Finally, you have the required distance. You sit upon the water with aching muscles, gasping for breath and lamenting that your journey is not yet half completed. You force yourself to to haul the object up and over the gunwale. Water sprays your face as it falls below the murky surface. Once it disappears from view, you begin the long - yet lighter - row back to the shore.

Posted by: Serial killer who dumps bodies in the lake at May 02, 2024 10:28 AM (HnUIn)

210 208 Peloton is lying off 15% of its workforce and fired its CEO. Guess AWFLs who buy $3000 exercise bikes are out of money. Which is odd given we’re in the best economy ever (per MSNBC and CNN).

Posted by: Montec

Not only is the economy generally poor but, what with the price of food, weight gain is not the threat it once was.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 02, 2024 10:27 AM (L/fGl)

If you have money there's also Ozempic now.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at May 02, 2024 10:29 AM (eYoxG)

211 There's also no substitute for being out on the water, on a chilly morning surrounded by beautiful scenery - feeling the catch of each stroke as the oar plunges into the water and the lift of the boat. . .
Posted by: Lizzy

The Paolo, on a chilly morning, wants to be....how you say...surrounded by the beautiful women. There is, as you say, no substitute to the stroking, and plunging into watery hole, by the little man in the boat.

Posted by: The Paolo at May 02, 2024 10:29 AM (JCZqz)

212 When was the last Broadway musical that involved religion and *wasn't* overtly hostile regarding it?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

I was going to say Fiddler on the Roof.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 10:30 AM (9yWhg)

213 197 Today- Prosecutors asked the judge to charge Trump for violating the gag order again.
They're insane.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 02, 2024 10:23 AM (NpAcC)

Unexpectedly

Posted by: The Inquisition at May 02, 2024 10:30 AM (z+89e)

214 I didn't weigh in either bc I have weird thoughts on this that are very un-PC. (not anti woman at all, for once)

I feel that many women want to bond when young and society isn't allowing that. men don't have the same impetus it's probably biological as they can procreate while older more easily.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 02, 2024 10:14 AM (s3qiR)

I think that a lot of the anti-woman sentiment comes from either a bad personal experience or a failure to recognize the underlying causes of the current gender friction.

Feminists, either wittingly or not, took an aspect of standard female behavior - hypergamy - which is beneficial to the species and turned it into a negative. All young women seem to believe, and are constantly re-enforced, that they are a "10" and must never "settle" for less than they are due. Add to that the pressure, at least in colleges, to sleep around as much as possible and you get a LOT of toxic women. Now, promote those women, so that young men never see anything about the rest, and you get a LOT of toxic men.

Almost as if someone had a goal to prevent certain segments of the population from successfully bonding and reproducing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2024 10:31 AM (IUd0M)

215 If you have money there's also Ozempic now.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at May 02, 2024 10:29 AM (eYoxG)
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I wonder what the long-term fatal consequences of Ozempic will end up being. Every miracle weight-loss drug has ended up having them. Maybe Ozempic bucks the trend, but I'm not betting on it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 10:31 AM (HnUIn)

216 I have a little rant that I go on from time-to-time about how "art" is the act of creating (or to stretch the point, imitating The Creator) and the objects that we call art are really artifacts, i.e. evidence that the act of art happened. Something like that brings the point home strongly. Although to leave a piece unfinished intentionally would just be pretentious.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 02, 2024 10:14 AM (sNc8Y)

Imitating the original Creation was the foundation of the debate between Michelangelo and Leonardo about which was the higher medium, painting or sculpture. L. championed painting because it allowed for the imagination to be fully realized, truly imitating God. For M., it was sculpture. Just as God formed Man from the earth, so sculpting the human figure from stone truly recreated God's initial process.

Posted by: Kris at May 02, 2024 10:31 AM (EwaUh)

217 I wonder what the long-term fatal consequences of Ozempic will end up being. Every miracle weight-loss drug has ended up having them. Maybe Ozempic bucks the trend, but I'm not betting on it.

hoping not fast zombies

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 02, 2024 10:32 AM (s3qiR)

218 Imitating the original Creation was the foundation of the debate between Michelangelo and Leonardo about which was the higher medium, painting or sculpture. L. championed painting because it allowed for the imagination to be fully realized, truly imitating God. For M., it was sculpture. Just as God formed Man from the earth, so sculpting the human figure from stone truly recreated God's initial process.
Posted by: Kris at May 02, 2024 10:31 AM (EwaUh)
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Fascinating.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 10:32 AM (HnUIn)

219
Rejecting them means to reject probability and experience in general.
Posted by: Dr. Claw

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Turns out that after two generations of that "progressive" behavior 25% of the most important half of your population will be on anti-depressants and the birth rate will fall to its lowest point ever.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Feminism lied, men don't care about your money or accomplishments at May 02, 2024 10:32 AM (YsjiM)

220 When was the last Broadway musical that involved religion and *wasn't* overtly hostile regarding it?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 10:08 AM (HnUIn)

Les Mis A beautiful tribute to the Catholic faith

Posted by: LASue at May 02, 2024 10:33 AM (VPuca)

221 The bad news is she wants to go water skiing.

Posted by: Just the punchline at May 02, 2024 10:33 AM (dg+HA)

222 I get it. I'd rather take it all in too. What am I going to do with a blurry picture?
Posted by: Kris at May 02, 2024 10:12 AM (EwaUh)

Purchase a first rate Nikon?

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at May 02, 2024 10:33 AM (iODuv)

223 If Doof is still here, maybe he can reach out to Sponge and coax him back.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 10:33 AM (9yWhg)

224 133. It does, and thanks. It gives on a whole new outlook on life!
Posted by: Muldoon

🙏

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at May 02, 2024 10:33 AM (NFX2v)

225 215 If you have money there's also Ozempic now.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at May 02, 2024 10:29 AM (eYoxG)
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I wonder what the long-term fatal consequences of Ozempic will end up being. Every miracle weight-loss drug has ended up having them. Maybe Ozempic bucks the trend, but I'm not betting on it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 10:31 AM (HnUIn)

Since it seems to just be an appetite suppressant, my guess is that the body will overcome it after a while. Unlike the stuff that made people lose water, it doesn't really seem to attack weight directly.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at May 02, 2024 10:33 AM (eYoxG)

226 ulio Rosas
@Julio_Rosas11
Anti-Israel protesters inside the encampment at UCLA lined up with shields to face LAPD officers.

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Agincourt the assholes!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 02, 2024 10:33 AM (L/fGl)

227 If Doof is still here, maybe he can reach out to Sponge and coax him back.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 10:33 AM (9yWhg)

I'll hit him up

Posted by: Doof at May 02, 2024 10:34 AM (3r1VB)

228 Late to the thread, so I'm sure it's been asked:

What's a blind tobit?

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 02, 2024 10:34 AM (aFwXl)

229 She appreciates that we are so in tune I can just point and snap my fingers and she knows exactly where I want to go.
Posted by: Ribbed at May 02, 2024 10:27 AM (Ectld)
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This is remarkably brave.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2024 10:34 AM (RIvkX)

230 Turns out that after two generations of that "progressive" behavior 25% of the most important half of your population will be on anti-depressants and the birth rate will fall to its lowest point ever.

women so want to please others and fit in with society that they are doing this thing that is antithetical to what is in their nature and in their hearts and have done for generations now.

men basically go along, but without strictures on sexuality they are happy to just get the "free milk"

it's a whole mess. arranged marriages were better lol.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 02, 2024 10:35 AM (s3qiR)

231 I'll hit him up
Posted by: Doof

Thanks, Man.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 10:35 AM (9yWhg)

232 She is very brave and after all the rowing, has a strong back.

Posted by: Ribbed at May 02, 2024 10:36 AM (Ectld)

233 If Doof is still here, maybe he can reach out to Sponge and coax him back.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 10:33 AM

I've been in and out. What's up with Sponge?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 02, 2024 10:36 AM (Wnv9h)

234 I think that a lot of the anti-woman sentiment comes from either a bad personal experience

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?

Who has posted anything anti-woman? I will personally call that out as inappropriate if I see it.

I will go on record as saying I'm about as pro woman as I can get and post truthful male perspectives entirely for women's benefit.

Hint: Women getting advice from other women don't hear this information.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Feminism lied, men don't care about your money or accomplishments at May 02, 2024 10:36 AM (YsjiM)

235 Isn't "Tobits" the price for a shave and a haircut?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2024 09:38 AM (7fElN)

"Shave and a haircut" was the signal our POWs used in Vietnam when they wanted to communicate with someone in the next cell.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 02, 2024 10:36 AM (W/lyH)

236 it's a whole mess. arranged marriages were better lol.
Posted by: BlackOrchid

Teyve: "Do you love me?"
Golde: "Do I WHAT?"

Cracks me up.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 10:36 AM (9yWhg)

237 "Although to leave a piece unfinished intentionally would just be pretentious."

I've always wondered this about painters but it's not exclusive...

How do you know when it's done?

Posted by: pawn at May 02, 2024 10:37 AM (QB+5g)

238 I'm in favor of the women's movement. Especially from behind.

Posted by: I miss Rush at May 02, 2024 10:37 AM (dg+HA)

239 There was so much to see that I had to force myself to just stand and appreciate and no try to take pictures of everything.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 02, 2024 10:08 AM (t/2Uw)
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I don't take many pictures. I never have. I don't know if I remember things better (or more happily, at least) as a result. I do think, however, that taking pictures of everything takes me out of the experience as such. I become an observer, not an experiencer. I don't see the point.

At the Philadelphia Museum of Art - one of the world's great museums and often is not mentioned in discussions of the same for reasons I do not understand - they have an exquisite reproduction of "The Lost Pleiad" by Randolph Rogers. I probably just stared at it for half an hour. It left me breathless. I never thought to take a picture of it. The object itself distracted me too much, even if I had been inclined in that direction. Few pieces of art have ever had that effect on me. I sure do remember it, absence of pictures notwithstanding.

http://tiny.cc/bawwxz

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 10:38 AM (HnUIn)

240 men basically go along, but without strictures on sexuality they are happy to just get the "free milk"

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Yep. Abortion and rampant sex along with prostitution via onlyfans has benefitted men WAY more than women.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Feminism lied, men don't care about your money or accomplishments at May 02, 2024 10:38 AM (YsjiM)

241 Jeff Goldklang
@JeffGoldklang
Our son's fraternity is going viral for holding an American flag off of the ground, respecting all that it has stood for. 99.9% of the positive response has been GOP or right of center. Has it become bad politics for Democrats to respect our flag? I feel it has, which is brutal.

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Can I get a "Well, duhhhhh!"?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 02, 2024 10:38 AM (L/fGl)

242
Turns out that after two generations of that "progressive" behavior 25% of the most important half of your population will be on anti-depressants and the birth rate will fall to its lowest point ever.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Feminism lied, men don't care about your money or accomplishments

Turns out, that concerns over a falling birth rate is just a 'right wing' conspiracy. I did not know that. You guys are supposed to keep me up to speed on all of these conspiracies.

All bullshit aside, even Elon Musk is going 'Uh,oh' when he saw the data.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 02, 2024 10:38 AM (RKVpM)

243 241 Jeff Goldklang
@JeffGoldklang
Our son's fraternity is going viral for holding an American flag off of the ground, respecting all that it has stood for. 99.9% of the positive response has been GOP or right of center. Has it become bad politics for Democrats to respect our flag? I feel it has, which is brutal.

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Can I get a "Well, duhhhhh!"?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 02, 2024 10:38 AM (L/fGl)

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Wasn't there the booing of God at the 2012 DNC?

Weren't there no flags on stage at the 2016 DNC?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:39 AM (GBKbO)

244 All bullshit aside, even Elon Musk is going 'Uh,oh' when he saw the data.

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BuT THeY OWn THEiR oWN HoMEs!!!

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Feminism lied, men don't care about your money or accomplishments at May 02, 2024 10:40 AM (YsjiM)

245 our museum is fantastic Joe! and it has armor too which is fun

the barnes (new one) is also really great

that's a lovely sculpture

the only junk the PMA has is maybe the DuChamp area but I love that too. I even like the Twombly mini-room

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 02, 2024 10:40 AM (s3qiR)

246
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 10:38 AM (HnUIn)
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So the statue of Rocky Balboa didn't move you?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2024 10:40 AM (RIvkX)

247 243 241 Jeff Goldklang
@JeffGoldklang
Our son's fraternity is going viral for holding an American flag off of the ground, respecting all that it has stood for. 99.9% of the positive response has been GOP or right of center. Has it become bad politics for Democrats to respect our flag? I feel it has, which is brutal.

-
Can I get a "Well, duhhhhh!"?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 02, 2024 10:38 AM (L/fGl)

========

Wasn't there the booing of God at the 2012 DNC?

Weren't there no flags on stage at the 2016 DNC?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:39 AM (GBKbO)

I remember Hillary doing a speech with a bajillion American flags behind her to try and offset that.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at May 02, 2024 10:40 AM (eYoxG)

248 men basically go along, but without strictures on sexuality they are happy to just get the "free milk"

it's a whole mess. arranged marriages were better lol.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 02, 2024 10:35 AM (s3qiR)
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There is decreasing "free milk," too. Lots of men get more than they could ever want, but more get very little and more each year get none at all.

If our civilization is to survive the destruction of the dating/marriage market, I strongly suspect that arranged marriages are going to make a comeback. Time will tell. My money is still on conquest by Islam.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 10:40 AM (HnUIn)

249 So the statue of Rocky Balboa didn't move you?

it's not there anymore FYI

they moved it to the arena complex

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 02, 2024 10:41 AM (s3qiR)

250
226 Julio Rosas
@Julio_Rosas11
Anti-Israel protesters inside the encampment at UCLA lined up with shields to face LAPD officers.

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Agincourt the assholes!

That’s redundant.The ‘protesters’ actual shields are democrat mayors and prosecutors. May we Agincourt them instead?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 02, 2024 10:41 AM (jbnUc)

251 What's up with Sponge?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 02, 2024 10:36 AM (Wnv9h)

He had a pedicure that went badly. But he'll be back.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2024 10:42 AM (d9fT1)

252 it's not there anymore FYI

they moved it to the arena complex
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 02, 2024 10:41 AM (s3qiR)
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But, but...art!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2024 10:42 AM (RIvkX)

253 250
226 Julio Rosas
@Julio_Rosas11
Anti-Israel protesters inside the encampment at UCLA lined up with shields to face LAPD officers.

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Agincourt the assholes!

That’s redundant.The ‘protesters’ actual shields are democrat mayors and prosecutors. May we Agincourt them instead?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 02, 2024 10:41 AM (jbnUc)

They should be shot, tried, and sent to the Russian front.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at May 02, 2024 10:43 AM (eYoxG)

254 leekern
@leekern13
The list of UCLA student demands. You will note they insist on NO BAGELS…

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And Matzo balls? FORGETABOUTIT!!!!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 02, 2024 10:43 AM (L/fGl)

255 So the statue of Rocky Balboa didn't move you?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

No where near as much as lunch at Taco Bell.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2024 10:44 AM (+98Vn)

256 254 leekern
@leekern13
The list of UCLA student demands. You will note they insist on NO BAGELS…

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And Matzo balls? FORGETABOUTIT!!!!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 02, 2024 10:43 AM (L/fGl)

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What about some Jewish wedding soup?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:44 AM (GBKbO)

257 I'm really glad I'm not being judged now by the "politics" I had when I was 18-20 YO.

Posted by: pawn at May 02, 2024 10:44 AM (QB+5g)

258 Women, you should cherish your bodies and hold onto the most valuable part of yourselves until you choose the ideal mate and then make his access to that valuable jewel a component of a long term stable relationship in order to build a stable family and create generational wealth for both of your children.

You know. Anti-women stuff.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Feminism lied, men don't care about your money or accomplishments at May 02, 2024 10:45 AM (YsjiM)

259 leekern
@leekern13
The list of UCLA student demands. You will note they insist on NO BAGELS…

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And Matzo balls? FORGETABOUTIT!!!!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

No gefilte fish?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2024 10:45 AM (+98Vn)

260 ... the barnes (new one) is also really great ...
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 02, 2024 10:40 AM (s3qiR)
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It is, but it also exemplifies the evil of the elites and the government in such a way as to taint the glory within its walls. The City of Philadelphia looted the Barnes estate against his wishes in his will and the objections of the Barnes Foundation who tried to uphold them. The whole thing was so dirty and such an exercise of will to power that there's a pall over the Barnes that has nothing to do with its content.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 10:45 AM (HnUIn)

261
What "blind Hobbit"?

That's not canon!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 02, 2024 10:45 AM (xG4kz)

262 "I have a little rant that I go on from time-to-time about how "art" is the act of creating (or to stretch the point, imitating The Creator)"

No argument. Tolkien had a similar perspective, he called it subcreation. It is an aspect of our connection to The Creator. It also goes with the idea that imagination is the, or at least one, path to understanding creation. Shakespeare, the Romantic poets, Pre-Raphaelite artists, and, more recently, Malcolm Guite celebrate the concept.

Posted by: JTB at May 02, 2024 10:45 AM (zudum)

263 Before there were Goths, and their love of black, there was the Dutch.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 02, 2024 10:45 AM (cf/0E)

264
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 02, 2024 10:41 AM

IIRC, you're Chester County too. Guess what? They found the mail thief and he got arrested. That's the good news. Since some of my mail was stolen and recovered I had to fill out a USPS questionnaire for them to promptly round file.

The bad news is another thief has popped up in the Chester Springs area. BOLO is back in force.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 02, 2024 10:46 AM (RKVpM)

265 arranged marriages were better lol.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 02, 2024 10:35 AM (s3qiR)

They were. I briefly watched that show "Married At First Sight" when it first came out. They saw the data that arranged marriages had a much lower rate of divorce and never asked why. So they'd put two people together - they got interviewed by a bunch of "experts" to make matches - and then married them on day one.

But... they also told them that, if they decided to divorce after something like 30 days that the show would pay for it. Surprisingly, I believe one of the couples are still married and have had children. I would have guessed zero couples and I would have bet against this couple in particular since the bride broke out into tears at the wedding over his disappointment in the groom. Still, she went through with it and he had the patience of a saint.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2024 10:46 AM (IUd0M)

266 263 Before there were Goths, and their love of black, there was the Dutch.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 02, 2024 10:45 AM (cf/0E)

What do the Dutch love, orange?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at May 02, 2024 10:46 AM (eYoxG)

267 Y'all may have seen this...there is common ground.

https://tinyurl.com/y6njnxwr

Posted by: BignJames at May 02, 2024 10:46 AM (AwYPR)

268 These college presidents are old and rich for the most part. Money is not the motavation.

They really do approve of the BS. Or there are "photos".

Posted by: Disgusted at May 02, 2024 10:47 AM (Z8Yh2)

269 263 Before there were Goths, and their love of black, there was the Dutch.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 02, 2024 10:45 AM (cf/0E)

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"There's only two things I can't stand - people who are intolerant of other people's culture... and the Dutch"

-Nigel Powers

Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 02, 2024 10:47 AM (F4bAW)

270 265 They were. I briefly watched that show "Married At First Sight" when it first came out. They saw the data that arranged marriages had a much lower rate of divorce and never asked why. So they'd put two people together - they got interviewed by a bunch of "experts" to make matches - and then married them on day one.

But... they also told them that, if they decided to divorce after something like 30 days that the show would pay for it. Surprisingly, I believe one of the couples are still married and have had children. I would have guessed zero couples and I would have bet against this couple in particular since the bride broke out into tears at the wedding over his disappointment in the groom. Still, she went through with it and he had the patience of a saint.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2024 10:46 AM (IUd0M)

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Is it the arrangement or the culture in which the arrangement happens?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:47 AM (GBKbO)

271 Our son's fraternity is going viral for holding an American flag off of the ground, respecting all that it has stood for. 99.9% of the positive response has been GOP or right of center. Has it become bad politics for Democrats to respect our flag? I feel it has, which is brutal.

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Can I get a "Well, duhhhhh!"?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 02, 2024 10:38 AM (L/fGl)

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Wasn't there the booing of God at the 2012 DNC?

Weren't there no flags on stage at the 2016 DNC?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:39 AM (GBKbO)
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What were all those flags that the Dems in Congress were waving when they passed that Bill for aid?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 02, 2024 10:47 AM (W/lyH)

272 What's up with Sponge?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 02, 2024 10:36 AM (Wnv9h)

He had a pedicure that went badly. But he'll be back.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2024 10:42 AM (d9fT1)

I just heard from Sponge. Well, his lawyer. Signal was choppy, but I heard something about a Turkish prison and there being a huge misunderstanding over a bad translation of the word "FIRST". Sponge is insisting that he be returned to the US in exchange for an equally important international prisoner currently in US custody. His lawyer has to convince him to stop telling everyone "first, you will blow me". Stay tuned.

Posted by: Doof at May 02, 2024 10:47 AM (3r1VB)

273 262 "I have a little rant that I go on from time-to-time about how "art" is the act of creating (or to stretch the point, imitating The Creator)"

No argument. Tolkien had a similar perspective, he called it subcreation. It is an aspect of our connection to The Creator. It also goes with the idea that imagination is the, or at least one, path to understanding creation. Shakespeare, the Romantic poets, Pre-Raphaelite artists, and, more recently, Malcolm Guite celebrate the concept.
Posted by: JTB at May 02, 2024 10:45 AM (zudum)

Dante called art the grandchild of God. He created us and we create art.

Posted by: Kris at May 02, 2024 10:48 AM (EwaUh)

274
I remember Hillary doing a speech with a bajillion American flags behind her to try and offset that.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead!

And then she became a wide-eyed, slack-jawed and drooling fool during the drop of red, white and blue baloons.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 02, 2024 10:49 AM (xG4kz)

275 Is it the arrangement or the culture in which the arrangement happens?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:47 AM (GBKbO)

The culture which both does arrangements AND frowns very, very, very strongly on divorce.

They sort of skipped over that second part.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2024 10:49 AM (IUd0M)

276 it's a whole mess. arranged marriages were better lol.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 02, 2024 10:35 AM (s3qiR)

You still see a fair amount of arranged marriages in Japan.

For that to work though probably requires a more moral society than what we have currently.

And requires a society that values family and babies, which we don't have either. Check out all the rampant anti-babyism in the media these days.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 02, 2024 10:49 AM (eDfFs)

277 Doof, bail money has been sent.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2024 10:49 AM (nOwFe)

278 That's not canon!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

I hate how they say that about Fallout.

Why the hell do you want the movie following the game to the letter? You've played the game. You know what happens when he enters a room.

How is that interesting?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2024 10:49 AM (+98Vn)

279
balloons

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 02, 2024 10:49 AM (xG4kz)

280 I just heard from Sponge. Well, his lawyer. Signal was choppy, but I heard something about a Turkish prison and there being a huge misunderstanding over a bad translation of the word "FIRST". Sponge is insisting that he be returned to the US in exchange for an equally important international prisoner currently in US custody. His lawyer has to convince him to stop telling everyone "first, you will blow me". Stay tuned.
Posted by: Doof at May 02, 2024 10:47 AM (3r1VB)
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This is the plot of Midnight Express!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2024 10:49 AM (RIvkX)

281 Is it the arrangement or the culture in which the arrangement happens?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:47 AM (GBKbO)
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I strongly suspect that this is a "power of and" situation. Parents conspire on behalf of their children. Young people are inexperienced and often make bad choices. Arranged marriages by interested parties motivated by long-term success probably help steer the course. Culturally, the attitude and law regarding marriage is also going to have a huge influence. I doubt skillful (or even just competent or well-motivated) arranged marriage can overcome no-fault divorce and the glorification of divorce by the wider legal system and culture.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 10:49 AM (HnUIn)

282 278 I hate how they say that about Fallout.

Why the hell do you want the movie following the game to the letter? You've played the game. You know what happens when he enters a room.

How is that interesting?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2024 10:49 AM (+98Vn)

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I think the problems around Fallout's canon and the show is that it revolves around the lore of the destruction of a particular place at a particular time. The story itself, completely removed from any of the stories of the games, is something the fan community has no problem with.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:50 AM (GBKbO)

283 He had a pedicure that went badly. But he'll be back.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2024 10:42 AM

I told him not to use that stupid fish thing, but did he listen? No, he did not.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 02, 2024 10:50 AM (Wnv9h)

284 You still see a fair amount of arranged marriages in Japan.

For that to work though probably requires a more moral society than what we have currently.

*Used panty vending machines have entered the chat

Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2024 10:51 AM (+98Vn)

285 Sad to say my mother has almost zero respect for marriage. The things she used to say to the ex still blow my mind.

Posted by: Disgusted at May 02, 2024 10:51 AM (Z8Yh2)

286 284 You still see a fair amount of arranged marriages in Japan.

For that to work though probably requires a more moral society than what we have currently.

*Used panty vending machines have entered the chat
Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2024 10:51 AM (+98Vn)

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*Japan's birthrate was going to show up to chat, but it just kinda got bored and had sex with its waifu*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:51 AM (GBKbO)

287 "has benefitted men WAY more than women."

And apparently that's the only thing that motivates modern women, so look for those things to go away because we can't have men enjoying themselves.

Posted by: Ribbed at May 02, 2024 10:51 AM (Ectld)

288 Teyve: "Do you love me?"
Golde: "Do I WHAT?"

Cracks me up.

My favorite scene. And then she goes on to say something like "For twenty-five years, I've cooked your food, cleaned your house, raised your kids. If that's not love, what is?" And you know what? That's the right answer.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 02, 2024 10:51 AM (sNc8Y)

289 I hate how they say that about Fallout.

Why the hell do you want the movie following the game to the letter? You've played the game. You know what happens when he enters a room.

How is that interesting?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2024 10:49 AM (+98Vn)

I've never played the game so I wouldn't know. I have watched the first season and found aspects of the story fairly interesting.

Not much weird beyond the tranny who, apparently, can still get it's hormones in the wasteland.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2024 10:52 AM (IUd0M)

290 Doof, bail money has been sent.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2024 10:49 AM

The Horde has your back. This is known.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 02, 2024 10:52 AM (Wnv9h)

291 Richard Hanania
@RichardHanania
It’s like Where’s Waldo trying to find a male among the Columbia occupiers. Masked college girls are just really into Hamas.

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What's not to like?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 02, 2024 10:52 AM (L/fGl)

292 "You still see a fair amount of arranged marriages in Japan.

For that to work though probably requires a more moral society than what we have currently."

Or fatalistic.

Posted by: pawn at May 02, 2024 10:52 AM (QB+5g)

293 Peloton is one of those companies that benefited most from the lockdowns.

Posted by: steevy at May 02, 2024 10:52 AM (FQmDC)

294 I'm just glad my parents didn't arrange my marriage. They were great people, but had very little insight when it came to my psychology. It would've been a disaster. Plus, it would have prevented me from meeting and marrying the perfect woman for me, as I eventually did.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 10:52 AM (9yWhg)

295 *Japan's birthrate was going to show up to chat, but it just kinda got bored and had sex with its waifu*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:51 AM (GBKbO)

So the real problem is anime. That or all the radiation.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at May 02, 2024 10:52 AM (eYoxG)

296 My favorite scene. And then she goes on to say something like "For twenty-five years, I've cooked your food, cleaned your house, raised your kids. If that's not love, what is?" And you know what? That's the right answer.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 02, 2024 10:51 AM

Definitely one of the best scenes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 02, 2024 10:53 AM (Wnv9h)

297 Has Ace a presence on CB radio?

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at May 02, 2024 10:53 AM (J8LnB)

298 295 295 *Japan's birthrate was going to show up to chat, but it just kinda got bored and had sex with its waifu*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:51 AM (GBKbO)

So the real problem is anime. That or all the radiation.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at May 02, 2024 10:52 AM (eYoxG)

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This is all my neighbor Totoro's fault!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:53 AM (GBKbO)

299 Cause they can't stand to see a man enjoying himself

Posted by: Just the Punchline at May 02, 2024 10:53 AM (YsjiM)

300 What happened to Sponge? Are we getting his stuff?

Posted by: Weasel at May 02, 2024 10:54 AM (JwHpX)

301 I think the problems around Fallout's canon and the show is that it revolves around the lore of the destruction of a particular place at a particular time. The story itself, completely removed from any of the stories of the games, is something the fan community has no problem with.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I've never played the game, but I'm excited to see where the storyline goes.

Unlike Halo. I knew where MasterChief was going to end up. Already played the games. Hard to get excited.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2024 10:54 AM (+98Vn)

302 +1 Marriage is bliss

Posted by: Ribbed at May 02, 2024 10:54 AM (Ectld)

303 RMBD, that was Sponge's bail money has been sent.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2024 10:54 AM (nOwFe)

304 Speaking of marriage...
I just now walked into the kitchen where Mrs.D.was.letting fly with a few four letter words (and her such a Lady) and she demanded to know why everytime she drops something that has butter and or jam on it, it hits the floor face down.

A Universal Law, says I.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 02, 2024 10:54 AM (W/lyH)

305
Are all dark paintings truly that dark, or has whatever has been slathered over them to rote t them oxidized to darker tones over time?

I cannot get on board with the artist putting effort into getting the main subject(s) of a painting just right and then, contemplating the remaining unpainted area, before calling for an assistant to "get the spray can of Dark, Dark Umber" and finishing off those areas.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 02, 2024 10:54 AM (xG4kz)

306 You can have his sock (singular), Weasel.

Posted by: Ribbed at May 02, 2024 10:54 AM (Ectld)

307
Arranged marriages by interested parties motivated by long-term success probably help steer the course

My family had a family friend who loved to play the matchmaker role. So she arranged for a young woman to be at her home for a 'party' one night and I was invited. Yeah, it was something for a few months.

I do not to this day know if this family friend knew that the woman she wanted me to meet was married at the time. I only discovered this decades later.

Thanks 'friend'. Not.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 02, 2024 10:55 AM (RKVpM)

308 Has Ace a presence on CB radio?

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at May 02, 2024 10:53 AM (J8LnB)

Breaker, breaker, good buddy!

Posted by: BignJames at May 02, 2024 10:55 AM (AwYPR)

309
protect

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 02, 2024 10:55 AM (xG4kz)

310 What happened to Sponge? Are we getting his stuff?
Posted by: Weasel at May 02, 2024 10:54 AM (JwHpX)

Dibs on the Queensryche CDs.

Posted by: spindrift at May 02, 2024 10:55 AM (OguvZ)

311 The CEO of Hims coming out in full support of Hamas was NOT on my 2024 bingo card.

"Moral courage > College degree

If you're currently protesting against the genocide of the Palestinian people & for your university's divestment from Israel, keep going. It's working.

There are plenty of companies & CEOs eager to hire you, regardless of university discipline."

https://bit.ly/3Qs01wB

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 02, 2024 10:55 AM (P5BPp)

312 has butter and or jam on it, it hits the floor face down.

A Universal Law, says I.
Posted by: Diogenes

Grandma's immutable law!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 02, 2024 10:55 AM (JWiE+)

313 Harmen when?

Harmenszoon.

Posted by: XTC at May 02, 2024 10:56 AM (6Uni8)

314 311 "Moral courage > College degree

https://bit.ly/3Qs01wB
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 02, 2024 10:55 AM (P5BPp)

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Considering how little one seems to learn with a modern college degree in terms of skills, he honestly may be right.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 02, 2024 10:56 AM (GBKbO)

315 What happened to Sponge? Are we getting his stuff?
Posted by: Weasel at May 02, 2024 10:54 AM (JwHpX)

He's fine. He'll be back soon. HOWEVER -- I do have written communication that bequeaths rights to "FIRST!!!" to me should anything ever happen to him.

Posted by: Doof at May 02, 2024 10:57 AM (3r1VB)

316 This painting is Tobit forming.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at May 02, 2024 10:57 AM (vtyCZ)

317 RMBD, that was Sponge's bail money has been sent.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2024 10:54 AM

I got it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 02, 2024 10:57 AM (Wnv9h)

318 Hims thing makes total sense cause...Hims. Bet he likes rap.

Posted by: Disgusted at May 02, 2024 10:57 AM (Z8Yh2)

319 Moral courage > College degree

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Heck, NOT being at a school shooting will get you into Harvard.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Feminism lied, men don't care about your money or accomplishments at May 02, 2024 10:57 AM (YsjiM)

320 I've never played the game so I wouldn't know. I have watched the first season and found aspects of the story fairly interesting.

Not much weird beyond the tranny who, apparently, can still get it's hormones in the wasteland.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

The one thing that makes it semi believable? It takes place 200+ years after the bombs drop. At some point, some semblance of life has continued.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2024 10:57 AM (+98Vn)

321 I just now walked into the kitchen where Mrs.D.was.letting fly with a few four letter words (and her such a Lady) and she demanded to know why everytime she drops something that has butter and or jam on it, it hits the floor face down.

A Universal Law, says I.
Posted by: Diogenes

Is it because the side with the spread on it is heavier, thus causing the bread to flip when it falls?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 10:57 AM (9yWhg)

322 @RichardHanania
It’s like Where’s Waldo trying to find a male among the Columbia occupiers. Masked college girls are just really into Hamas. ...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 02, 2024 10:52 AM (L/fGl)
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This isn't uncommon, but it is something that historians and sociologists tend to gloss over.

When Mao died and the new leadership desired the Party's continued survival, it had to end the reign of terror that was the Cultural Revolution. There was a major Party purge and they stood down and dissolved the Red Guard.

Most of the Red Guard went home. Many were killed by their neighbors in retribution, but most weren't. Atrocity of that scale cannot be justly punished without even bigger rivers of blood. Of all the Red Guards, however, the "stickiest" were the thoroughly radicalized young women who were groomed from their teens. They wouldn't quit, not for any reason. The Party had to slaughter a lot of them to end the Cultural Revolution.

Skillfully-groomed women - if you get them early enough - will be more likely to have no limits in terms of what they will do for the cause, and the greatest commitment to it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 02, 2024 10:58 AM (HnUIn)

323 Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
"Any Catholic that votes for this numbskull is crazy" -- Trump on Joe Biden, a lifelong devout Catholic

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Prophet and psychiatrist.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 02, 2024 10:58 AM (L/fGl)

324 "has benefitted men WAY more than women."

And apparently that's the only thing that motivates modern women, so look for those things to go away because we can't have men enjoying themselves.
Posted by: Ribbed at May 02, 2024 10:51 AM (Ectld)

Mt feeling wouldn't be hurt a bit if rampant promiscuity, abortion, and widespread porn/prostitution went away.

If the ladies (in general, I'm sure the ones here would be in the vanguard) are prepared to lead that charge, I shall back them 100%.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2024 10:58 AM (IUd0M)

325 Has Ace a presence on CB radio?

Posted by: Humphreyrobot

His handle is "Shelfmaster."

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 10:59 AM (9yWhg)

326 and she demanded to know why everytime she drops something that has butter and or jam on it, it hits the floor face down.

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Tell her she should put a post-it on the fridge and keep track of it. I'm betting it's just that humans remember bad things more than good.

See also: Nightmares

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Feminism lied, men don't care about your money or accomplishments at May 02, 2024 10:59 AM (YsjiM)

327 has butter and or jam on it, it hits the floor face down.

A Universal Law, says I.
Posted by: Diogenes

Grandma's immutable law!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

In direct correlation to how much bread, butter & jam is left in the house.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2024 10:59 AM (+98Vn)

328 Doof, not so fast there buddy. Anything happens to Sponge, First!!! is permanently retired.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2024 10:59 AM (nOwFe)

329 Is it because the side with the spread on it is heavier, thus causing the bread to flip when it falls?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Totally opposite of cats.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2024 11:00 AM (+98Vn)

330 I just now walked into the kitchen where Mrs.D.was.letting fly with a few four letter words (and her such a Lady) and she demanded to know why everytime she drops something that has butter and or jam on it, it hits the floor face down.

Tell her to tape it to a cat's back.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 02, 2024 11:00 AM (IUd0M)

331 Doof, not so fast there buddy. Anything happens to Sponge, First!!! is permanently retired.
Posted by: Ben Had

1.5st!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2024 11:00 AM (+98Vn)

332 I once marked the calender for sex days...went about as well as you would expect. But I was RIGHT damn it.

Posted by: Disgusted at May 02, 2024 11:00 AM (Z8Yh2)

333 What happened to Sponge? Are we getting his stuff?
Posted by: Weasel at May 02, 2024 10:54 AM

I think the First! Lady might take ahead of us. Depends on the laws in Sponge's jurisdiction.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 02, 2024 11:00 AM (Wnv9h)

334 NOOD - Chimp

Posted by: Doof at May 02, 2024 11:01 AM (3r1VB)

335 Artwork is absolute genius. Could not be replicated in the modern academy.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 02, 2024 11:01 AM (YIxO9)

336 I just now walked into the kitchen where Mrs.D.was.letting fly with a few four letter words (and her such a Lady) and she demanded to know why everytime she drops something that has butter and or jam on it, it hits the floor face down.

Tell her to tape it to a cat's back.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Perpetual motion machine.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2024 11:01 AM (+98Vn)

337 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 02, 2024 11:01 AM (9yWhg)

338 Then drop the cat over a priceless Oriental rug.

Posted by: pawn at May 02, 2024 11:01 AM (QB+5g)

339 Is it because the side with the spread on it is heavier, thus causing the bread to flip when it falls?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Totally opposite of cats.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2024 11:00 AM

I think it was Terry Pratchett who proposed strapping buttered toast to the back of a cat, dropping it, and achieving perpetual motion.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 02, 2024 11:02 AM (Wnv9h)

340 Danny Lucas
@realDannyLucas_
Seems like the pendulum swings back! The U.S. Catholic Church is trading its liberal loafers for conservative combat boots.

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Onward Christian soldiers . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 02, 2024 11:06 AM (L/fGl)

341 Onward Christian soldiers . . .
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Maybe it was only the Canadian branch but the Anglican Church banned that hymn from their official hymnal quite awhile ago although I don't recall when at all.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at May 02, 2024 11:20 AM (vtyCZ)

342 Long after the new thread(s), I know.

I've been taking Ozempic as part of the treatment plan for diabetes. (No, I am not a sock for Wilfred Brimley, or zombie Wilfred Brimley.) I have lost a fair amount of weight as a benefit (which indirectly helps diabetes). Haven't seen any solid research, but I have heard several people speculate that stopping Ozempic frequently results in gaining the lost weight back.

Posted by: Introverted Elephocentric Hypochondriac at May 02, 2024 03:16 PM (yIK4f)

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