Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Blind Man
Gustav Klimt

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Well done

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2024 09:30 AM (O88ey)

2
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:30 AM (BkEzK)

3 Who's the kid in the painting?

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at October 04, 2024 09:31 AM (QrkKu)

4 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 09:31 AM (J2vNu)

5
Second is the new First.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:31 AM (BkEzK)

6 Spooky. A good fit for halloween. Still, would not hang.

Posted by: I'll choose a new nick later-Certified Dangerous Radical at October 04, 2024 09:31 AM (89Sog)

7 Looks a bit like Art Garfunkel.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 04, 2024 09:31 AM (SfhV1)

8 The sitter wants to know how he looks.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at October 04, 2024 09:32 AM (p9rFX)

9 Nope
nope

catch y'all later

Posted by: Don Black at October 04, 2024 09:32 AM (/7KEl)

10 Babs! Babs!! His hair is eggy, but that is NOT the Egg Man!

Posted by: Edith Massey at October 04, 2024 09:32 AM (Rr0MJ)

11 Well, close!

i wasn't sure at first if this was a man or a woman. At that advanced age, sometimes it's hard to tell.

The hair reminds me of Sam Jaffe, "Dr. Zorba" on Ben Casey decades ago.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 09:32 AM (J2vNu)

12 The Miracle - 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: muldoon at October 04, 2024 09:32 AM (uCfKO)

13 He want to tell you of the tragedy of Darth Plagueis.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at October 04, 2024 09:32 AM (Nv+9A)

14
LOOKS LIKE ED WYNN ON A CRACK BENDER.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 09:33 AM (x0n13)

15 Who's blind, the artist or the subject?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 09:33 AM (Q4IgG)

16
Doesn't look like Gene Hackman.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:33 AM (BkEzK)

17 No dog. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:30 AM (BkEzK)
******
A seeing eye dog would have been a nice touch.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 04, 2024 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

18 Really good.

Posted by: t-bird at October 04, 2024 09:33 AM (tvIQJ)

19 He can't find anything to comb his hair.

Posted by: dantesed at October 04, 2024 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

20 LOOKS LIKE ED WYNN ON A CRACK BENDER.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024

***
Was Ed Wynn ever that skinny?

I guess *Keenan* Wynn might have looked like that as an old man . . . except he was going bald even in his thirties.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 09:34 AM (J2vNu)

21 Of all our senses, sight would be the hardest to lose.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 04, 2024 09:34 AM (nqEzG)

22 CBD0 so you got my e-mail

🙄

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 09:34 AM (uCfKO)

23 Klimt? Shouldn't this have gold sparkly bits all over it?

Posted by: red speck at October 04, 2024 09:35 AM (0Id0S)

24 I've read he felt the painting was an accurate depiction.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2024 09:35 AM (scDBq)

25 Much to admire about this portrait. So different from the Klimt we're used to seeing.

Posted by: Tuna at October 04, 2024 09:35 AM (oaGWv)

26 You rather expect him to be smoking a pipe, and to pause between puffs to tell you some of the secrets of life. ("Make sure your wife has her own desk . . . then keep your hands off of it!")

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 09:35 AM (J2vNu)

27 Alternate title:

"In Which the Mushroom Cloud of the First Atomic Bomb Is Portrayed as an Old, Withered Version of the Quaker Oats Man"

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2024 09:35 AM (eDfFs)

28 What do you suppose his eyeballs tasted like?

Posted by: XTC at October 04, 2024 09:36 AM (UnA8+)

29 Well, at least the subject wouldn't complain that the finished product didn't resemble him. Well played, Gustav.

Posted by: red speck at October 04, 2024 09:36 AM (0Id0S)

30 What do you suppose his eyeballs tasted like?
Posted by: XTC

Chicken.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 09:36 AM (IB6XK)

31 The photo on the Wiki bio of Klimt looks like . . . dare I say it? . . . Rob Reiner.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 09:37 AM (J2vNu)

32 The blind man's painting of Gustav looked... let's just say, not as good.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 09:38 AM (DDGz9)

33 "Mr. Melon, your wife was just showing us her Klimt."

"You too, huh? She's shown it to everybody."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 09:38 AM (kgE5c)

34 Judge Merchan

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at October 04, 2024 09:38 AM (t+RiP)

35 He can’t see boobs, but he can still feel ‘em!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 09:38 AM (v6JzV)

36 The old man has a lot of living to do. He still cares about how the world sees him, even though he can't see them. Or gauge their approval or disdain. He's a brave character.

I hope the mean, bratty children don't poke him too often.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 04, 2024 09:38 AM (nqEzG)

37 What do you suppose his eyeballs tasted like?
Posted by: XTC

Chicken.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

I can see that.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 09:38 AM (WXNFJ)

38 Funny story, the man didn't know he was sitting for the painting. Klimpt was just a really quiet dude. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2024 09:39 AM (scDBq)

39 He can't find anything to comb his hair.
Posted by: dantesed at October 04, 2024 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

He combed his hair with a balloon.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 09:39 AM (4XwPj)

40 "GREAT SCOT!!"

(All fooling aside, I would not have guessed this was Klimt.)

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 04, 2024 09:39 AM (LxER7)

41 37 What do you suppose his eyeballs tasted like?
Posted by: XTC

Chicken.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

I can see that.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 09:38 AM (WXNFJ)

It is far too early in the day for vitreous humor.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 09:39 AM (DDGz9)

42 You rather expect him to be smoking a pipe, and to pause between puffs to tell you some of the secrets of life.

"Don't smoke a pipe or you'll get horrible throat, tongue, and lip cancer like I did.......Gaarrrrgh"

Posted by: Old Man telling you the Secret of Life Five seconds Before He Expires at October 04, 2024 09:39 AM (eDfFs)

43 This painting is from 1896, when Klimt was only 34.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 09:40 AM (J2vNu)

44 What do you suppose his eyeballs tasted like?
Posted by: XTC

Chicken.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

I can see that.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 09:38 AM (WXNFJ)

It is far too early in the day for vitreous humor.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

*(Rolls eyes so hard sees inside of skull)

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 09:40 AM (IB6XK)

45 It is far too early in the day for vitreous humor.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Oh my - this made me guffaw, it did!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 09:40 AM (WXNFJ)

46 Can a blind man even find a Klimt?

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 09:41 AM (uCfKO)

47 HEY ARNOLD!

Posted by: Helga Pataki at October 04, 2024 09:41 AM (Rr0MJ)

48
You rather expect him to be smoking a pipe, and to pause between puffs to tell you some of the secrets of life.

________

"Take it from me, don't do it or you'll go blind."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:41 AM (BkEzK)

49 It is far too early in the day for vitreous humor.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Oh my - this made me guffaw, it did!
Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 09:40 AM

Really? I thought it was kind of cornea.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 09:41 AM (kgE5c)

50 The highlights on the hair would suggest a fairly bright light source from above. And the subject's seemingly blasé unawareness of it makes the piece a bit sad.

Posted by: red speck at October 04, 2024 09:42 AM (0Id0S)

51 What do you suppose his eyeballs tasted like?
Posted by: XTC

Chicken.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

I can see that.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 09:38 AM (WXNFJ)

It is far too early in the day for vitreous humor.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

*(Rolls eyes so hard sees inside of skull)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

It's never too early for a visionary such as Tonypete.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 04, 2024 09:42 AM (SmIq7)

52 >>Well, at least the subject wouldn't complain that the finished product didn't resemble him.

That's a relief!
He must've felt seen, though?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2024 09:42 AM (scDBq)

53 Can a blind man even find a Klimt?
Posted by: muldoon

As long as it smells like the shitter on a tuna boat, yes.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 09:42 AM (IB6XK)

54
It was also painted in Braille.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:42 AM (BkEzK)

55 My late brother was born blind; he had to have 7 crude 1950 - 51 surgeries to be able to see at all. He wound up writing the very first software to analyze electrocardiograms sixteen years later when he was still in high school.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 09:43 AM (Da7Vv)

56 Iris that we didn’t have to put up with these eye puns.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 09:43 AM (v6JzV)

57 It's never too early for a visionary such as Tonypete.
Posted by: She Hobbit

Golf clap

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 09:43 AM (IB6XK)

58 Doesn't look blind. Could be joshing us.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 04, 2024 09:43 AM (4780s)

59 Needs some gold sparkle.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 04, 2024 09:43 AM (2VehT)

60 I thought that guy was great as Dr. Emmett Brown in Back to the Future.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 04, 2024 09:44 AM (Y1sOo)

61 Iris that we didn’t have to put up with these eye puns.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 09:43 AM (v6JzV)

But, they're all pupils of ocular comedy!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2024 09:44 AM (eDfFs)

62 My late brother was born blind; he had to have 7 crude 1950 - 51 surgeries to be able to see at all. He wound up writing the very first software to analyze electrocardiograms sixteen years later when he was still in high school.
Posted by: An Observation

Impressive. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Seriously.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 09:44 AM (IB6XK)

63 I find it interesting that the blind man's gaze, as captured inn this painting is straight on, penetrating and firm. I wonder what he sees in his mind's eye...

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 09:44 AM (uCfKO)

64 Iris that we didn’t have to put up with these eye puns.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024

***
Before making such a pun, you should consider the optics of it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 09:45 AM (J2vNu)

65 Doesn't look blind. Could be joshing us.
Posted by: From about That Time

He does seem to be giving someone the side eye. Hmmmmm...

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 04, 2024 09:45 AM (SmIq7)

66 I find it interesting that the blind man's gaze, as captured inn this painting is straight on, penetrating and firm. I wonder what he sees in his mind's eye...
Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 09:44 AM (uCfKO)

Tits.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2024 09:45 AM (eDfFs)

67 Fire is our friend.

Suck on the end until it glows red.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 09:45 AM (CEzQx)

68 It's Jimmah Carter with a fro.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 04, 2024 09:45 AM (g8Ew8)

69 Wait. Where are you going? I was going to make Espresso.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 09:45 AM (CEzQx)

70 63 I find it interesting that the blind man's gaze, as captured inn this painting is straight on, penetrating and firm. I wonder what he sees in his mind's eye...
Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 09:44 AM (uCfKO)

"I'm blind, Gus, not hard of smelling. Come on, man."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 09:45 AM (DDGz9)

71 gorgeous.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 04, 2024 09:46 AM (Rbu5d)

72 Poor blind man.

But, terrifying if you ask me.

It's Reverend Caine: "You're all gonna DIE!!!!"

...Wish it was still just a movie.

Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at October 04, 2024 09:46 AM (JCLJi)

73 Then: She blinded me with Industry

Later: She blinded me with Science

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 09:46 AM (oZhjI)

74 Suck on the end until it glows red.
Posted by: andycanuck

That's what Diddy said!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 09:46 AM (IB6XK)

75 Muldoon.... To me it looks like his left eye is gazing just off center. Sort of lazy eye situation.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 09:47 AM (4XwPj)

76 >>Wait. Where are you going? I was going to make Espresso.

Classic!

I miss Gene Hackman.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2024 09:47 AM (scDBq)

77 It's easy to forget that artists associated with a particular style -- Klimt certainly has an off-kilter, gorgeous style -- were classically trained and can do classical no problem. But they found purpose and meaning in showing a different way to perceive the world.

I love how expressive the man's face is. You feel his vulnerability, and yet also his dignity and humanity. Klimt was always amazing at faces.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 09:47 AM (uB7hK)

78 Should've painted it on velvet so the blind dude could enjoy it.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2024 09:48 AM (scDBq)

79 I threw a beer bottle at the old geezer and he ducked. So, I'm on the fence about all this disability nonsense.

Posted by: Helen Keller Skeptic at October 04, 2024 09:49 AM (CV8a5)

80 I love how expressive the man's face is. You feel his vulnerability, and yet also his dignity and humanity. Klimt was always amazing at faces.
Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 09:47 AM (uB7hK)

I do really like seeing works by well known artists that are "out of style". Like a non-cubist Picasso. Or a non-swirly-crazy-mess Van Gogh.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 09:49 AM (DDGz9)

81 Excellent portrait, amazing talent and technique!
Klimt is famous for his later, more stylized work. This painting shows the foundation of talent and skill that exists beneath a good artist’s exploration of other styles.

Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2024 09:49 AM (Bne82)

82 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: redridinghood at October 04, 2024 09:50 AM (NpAcC)

83 Morning.

Are we sure that's a blind man and not a blind woman?

Yeesh!

Don't know whether to stick him in front of an orchestra or in Congress.

Think the boys in Deep Purple know this piece?

Deep Purple - When A Blind Man Cries

https://youtu.be/u8-CkooNKmc

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 09:50 AM (tvMSj)

84 Looks like William Kunstler after an all-day bender.

Posted by: PabloD at October 04, 2024 09:50 AM (1yZeG)

85 "In a few years, there will be this thing called 'Baseball'. We will need officials to enforce the rules of this thing. We will call them 'Umpires'...."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 09:51 AM (DDGz9)

86 Klimt is famous for his later, more stylized work. This painting shows the foundation of talent and skill that exists beneath a good artist’s exploration of other styles.
Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2024

***
John d. MacDonald had Travis McGee observe that the really good abstract artists like Picasso could sure enough draw a realistic cow if they wanted to.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 09:51 AM (J2vNu)

87 Pretty good portrait. For a blind man, he shaves pretty well.

I wouldn't want this on the wall, honestly.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2024 09:51 AM (WPL6O)

88 Oddly disturbing. Would not hang because I think he would be watching me all the time

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 04, 2024 09:51 AM (F+WBi)

89 Klimt: (answers phone) Hello?
Doc: Hi, it's the eye doctor. I want to discuss your recent exam.
Klimt: Okay, can I see the results?
Doc: Um...I don't think so.

Posted by: Tom Perry at October 04, 2024 09:52 AM (MX0bI)

90 Oddly disturbing. Would not hang because I think he would be watching me all the time
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 04, 2024

***
Listening to you, and smelling you, for sure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 09:52 AM (J2vNu)

91 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

92 Painted just before he said "I see......"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

93 100

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 09:53 AM (v6JzV)

94 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 09:53 AM (kgE5c)

95 He looks to be the kind of man who did not suffer fools gladly. He was polite and courteous but not a man to be trifled with. He was formal and courtly. He could cut an uppity nuisance down to size with only a few sharp words. He was loved and respected by many but feared by more than a few.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 09:54 AM (4XwPj)

96 "In a few years, there will be this thing called 'Baseball'. We will need officials to enforce the rules of this thing. We will call them 'Umpires'...."
Posted by: Warai-otoko

So THAT'S what Angel Martinez's great grandfather looked like!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 09:54 AM (IB6XK)

97 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 09:53 AM (kgE5c)

Woot!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 09:54 AM (Zz0t1)

98 88 Oddly disturbing. Would not hang because I think he would be watching me all the time
Posted by: Smell the Glove

This was on the wall in a Three Stooges short from 1948. Eyes followed Shemp all around the room. Freaked him out.

Posted by: They Stooge To Conga at October 04, 2024 09:55 AM (CV8a5)

99 A blind classmate in college was a wiz at fixing all sorts of things. Him saying "Let me look at it. . " was always good for a laugh.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 09:55 AM (WXNFJ)

100 There are bad hair days and then are "bad hair days."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 09:55 AM (Q4IgG)

101 100!

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 09:55 AM (tvMSj)

102 More like Trump hater, Judge Arthur Engoron.
Posted by: redridinghood

You are right. I find it hard to keep up with all the bit players in this Shakespearian comedy we are watching .

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at October 04, 2024 09:55 AM (t+RiP)

103 Miss it by *this* much.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 09:55 AM (tvMSj)

104
101 100!
Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 09:55 AM (tvMSj)

m hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 09:55 AM (Zz0t1)

105 So is Megalopolis one of those "we can have our perfect leftwing society if these stick in the mud conservatives just get out of the way" movies?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 09:56 AM (oZhjI)

106 Oddly disturbing. Would not hang because I think he would be watching me all the time
Posted by: Smell the Glove

This was on the wall in a Three Stooges short from 1948. Eyes followed Shemp all around the room. Freaked him out.
Posted by: They Stooge To Conga

Classic Comedy-Horror movie trope.
Abbott & Costello also.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 09:56 AM (IB6XK)

107 I'll have you know there's NOTHING strange about me and I need no special new pronouns.

And, no. They do not glow in the dark.

Posted by: Proud Hertochromian! at October 04, 2024 09:56 AM (JCLJi)

108 105 So is Megalopolis one of those "we can have our perfect leftwing society if these stick in the mud conservatives just get out of the way" movies?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 09:56 AM (oZhjI)

"Look, everyone is miserable! It's great!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 09:57 AM (DDGz9)

109 John d. MacDonald had Travis McGee observe that the really good abstract artists like Picasso could sure enough draw a realistic cow if they wanted to.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Ha! Udder Nonsense!

Posted by: Won't Steer You Wrong at October 04, 2024 09:57 AM (CV8a5)

110 Gee, Kenneth Mars, the Police Inspector, also played Springtime for Hitler author, Franz Leibkind. I never recognized him with the makeup and costuming before.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 09:57 AM (CEzQx)

111 Picasso could sure enough draw a realistic cow if they wanted to.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Bullshit.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 09:58 AM (4XwPj)

112 John d. MacDonald had Travis McGee observe that the really good abstract artists like Picasso could sure enough draw a realistic cow if they wanted to.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Bunch of bull!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 09:58 AM (WXNFJ)

113 Ok.

Off to work.

Be excellent to each other.

The left is evil. They should be shunned at every opportunity. Point and laugh at their idiocy. Pray for mercy on their souls, despite they're denial of it's existence.

F*ck cancer.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

114 Muldoon.... To me it looks like his left eye is gazing just off center. Sort of lazy eye situation.
Posted by: Madamemayhem

**********

You could be right. It's hard to tell. Best way to quickly assess "lazy eye" is to note the location of the corneal light reflex (the pinpoint of light on the surface of the eye). If the eyes are properly aligned, the spot of light will appear in the same position on both eyes.

His left eye, the corneal reflex appears to be toward the left outer edge of his cornea, but I can't quite make it out on his right eye on my monitor.

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 09:58 AM (uCfKO)

115 Gee, Kenneth Mars, the Police Inspector

He got promoted and didn't tell me?!?

Posted by: Veronica Mars at October 04, 2024 09:59 AM (oZhjI)

116 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. That is a fine painting. I would not hang though.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 09:59 AM (W/lyH)

117 Oops.

Fail. Again.

Posted by: Proud Heterochromian! at October 04, 2024 09:59 AM (JCLJi)

118 THAT'S a Klimt? I think I prefer The Kiss: https://tinyurl.com/4zuhtxsn

I guess I just assumed all his stuff was the sensual, gold leaf and rich color stuff. This must have been his "Gray Phase". It almost reminds me of that painting of naked Bea Arthur lol.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 04, 2024 10:00 AM (JCZqz)

119 So is Megalopolis one of those "we can have our perfect leftwing society if these stick in the mud conservatives just get out of the way" movies?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 09:56 AM (oZhjI)

It doesn't sound that way. I know there is social commentary and all that but whatever its themes it sounds, what's the word...intelligent.

Also it looks like a cross between Fritz Lang's Metropolis and Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 10:00 AM (yCVk+)

120 To me it looks like his left eye is gazing just off center. Sort of lazy eye situation.

*******

It may look that way if his gaze is straight at the artist but the light source is over the artist's right shoulder.

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 10:00 AM (uCfKO)

121 No, no, noooo. It's Jill Biden after sitting for her doctoral thesis defense.

It's like I don't know you people anymore.

Posted by: goatexchange at October 04, 2024 10:00 AM (hyS0X)

122 He painted with gray abandon!

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 10:01 AM (CEzQx)

123 Is that Dorian Gray?

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 10:01 AM (993Hm)

124 His left eye, the corneal reflex appears to be toward the left outer edge of his cornea, but I can't quite make it out on his right eye on my monitor.

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 09:58 AM (uCfKO)

I think Klimt put his right eye in shadow so that we can't easily discern where his gaze is focused.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2024 10:02 AM (d9fT1)

125 I can't think of a better metaphor for futility than thoughtful conjecture about where a blind guy is looking.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:02 AM (DDGz9)

126 Picasso could sure enough draw a realistic cow if they wanted to.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

********

Assuming of course a spherical cow at standard temperature and pressure with diameter one meter.

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 10:02 AM (uCfKO)

127 It’s art. It evokes feelings. You can see the issues with being blind both in the eyes and the complete disregard for tamed hair.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 10:03 AM (p4NUW)

128 Assuming of course a spherical cow at standard temperature and pressure with diameter one meter.
Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 10:02 AM (uCfKO)

and dielectric coefficient Mu.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:03 AM (DDGz9)

129 One of the best art experiences I've had in NYC (and I've had many) was watching the Woman in Gold movie, and then going to the Neue Galerie the next day and seeing the Woman in Gold painting in person.

It was positioned above a fireplace when I went, with a little bench in front. I stared at it so long the guard asked if I was ok, hah. Absolutely jaw droppingly stunning in person. Knowing its history added another deep layer of meaning. I was overwhelmed.

The movie is about the fight that a Viennese Jewish woman undertook to reclaim her possessions stolen by the Nazis when she fled Austria. One was the portrait of her aunt Adele, which became the famous "Woman in Gold," or the Mona Lisa of Austria. I love she won the right to have it back, then it went to an American museum instead of the Austrian museum that refused to give it back.

Neue Galerie is a tiny museum, easy to get through unlike the Met, and has so many treasures. Highly recommend!

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 10:03 AM (5810s)

130 The guy is blind, he ain't focusing on anything.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 10:04 AM (I1GXe)

131 And now a word from Saint Kathie.

Kathie Lee Gifford Confesses: She’d Be “In An Insane Asylum Without Jesus”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at October 04, 2024 10:04 AM (nI9kz)

132 Forgotten mystery lyrics, ShriekBack. Heard them at a traveling disco call ClubFoot.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 04, 2024 10:04 AM (J8LnB)

133 Klimt Eastwood

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2024 10:05 AM (63Dwl)

134 Kiddo woke up with a painful throat and swollen tonsils. Off to get her swabbed for step.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 10:05 AM (p4NUW)

135 Picasso could draw very realistic work. His problem was that once you get famous, you are rarely challenged. He could sell his doodles for huge amounts of money, so why bother working harder?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2024 10:06 AM (WPL6O)

136 135 Picasso could draw very realistic work. His problem was that once you get famous, you are rarely challenged. He could sell his doodles for huge amounts of money, so why bother working harder?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2024 10:06 AM (WPL6O)

Pablo R. R. Picasso

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:06 AM (DDGz9)

137 I can't think of a better metaphor for futility than thoughtful conjecture about where a blind guy is looking.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

*********

Futile for you perhaps, but maybe not for the blind man or his acquaintances. Some people who are blind lose central visual acuity but maintain peripheral vision. So, his gaze might be off to the side as he attempts to make out what he sees in the periphery.

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 10:07 AM (uCfKO)

138 I like some of his work but he is kind of a one trick pony and this ain't it.

Posted by: javems at October 04, 2024 10:07 AM (8I4hW)

139 "Gun Owners for Harris" Group Has Just 8 Members Per State

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Slightly fewer than Chickens For Colonel Sanders.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at October 04, 2024 10:07 AM (nI9kz)

140 133 Klimt Eastwood
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2024 10:05 AM (63Dwl)

Rembrandt Van Cleef

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 10:08 AM (x0n13)

141 Friend of the family was blind. Helluva guitar player. I didn't see him very often maybe once a year at a little hometown festival. When I saw him I would just say Hey G! How ya doing? He would turn toward me and say Hey Mayhem! Damn! Your looking good today. Always cracked me up. I, being mayhem, would smart ass about it being a new shirt. G: "I can't decide if that shirt is more blue or purple". Me: Holy shit G! It's green. Dude, you're colorblind!"
He always called me by name and never forgot my voice. Always knew who it was speaking to him before that person announced their name. One of the coolest people I've known. I
was the only person who would "pitch" to him so he could play softball with us.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:09 AM (4XwPj)

142 139 "Gun Owners for Harris" Group Has Just 8 Members Per State

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Slightly fewer than Chickens For Colonel Sanders.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at October 04, 2024 10:07 AM (nI9kz)

"What kind of gun do you have?"

"Caulk. You?"

"Hot glue."

"Nice."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:09 AM (DDGz9)

143
Meh,

Posted by: Zombie Bob Ross at October 04, 2024 10:09 AM (5hfjS)

144 >Bullshit.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 09:58 AM (4XwPj)

Picasso had OK chops. Some of his early rose period paintings are emblematic of his skill of a draftsman.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at October 04, 2024 10:09 AM (Ys9p5)

145 Klimt Eastwood
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2024 10:05 AM (63Dwl)
*
Rembrandt Van Cleef
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024

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As somebody suggested this week, Winslow Homer Simpson

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:10 AM (J2vNu)

146 Or Jumpin' Jack Vettriano

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:11 AM (J2vNu)

147 >135 Picasso could draw very realistic work. His problem was that once you get famous, you are rarely challenged. He could sell his doodles for huge amounts of money, so why bother working harder?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2024 10:06 AM (WPL6O)

Pablo was in it for money and chicks, but mostly money.

See also Dali, Salvador

Posted by: Heavy Meta at October 04, 2024 10:11 AM (Ys9p5)

148 "Did somebody call for an undertaker?"

"No, we said we wanted more Titian!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:11 AM (DDGz9)

149 Pablo Cruise Picasso

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:12 AM (J2vNu)

150 "What kind of gun do you have?"

"Caulk. You?"

"Hot glue."

"Nice."
Posted by: Warai-otoko

"I have this Bug-A-Salt one. Shoots salt to kill..."

"Kill!?!? Triggering! Get this monster out!"

Posted by: Deranged Lefties Conversing at October 04, 2024 10:12 AM (JCZqz)

151

Dennis Edward Hopper

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 10:13 AM (x0n13)

152 Andrew Jackson Pollock

Posted by: Heavy Meta at October 04, 2024 10:14 AM (Ys9p5)

153 Looks like an updated "Kramer" portrait.

Posted by: Taggart at October 04, 2024 10:15 AM (HcoTw)

154 One of the coolest people I've known. I was the only person who would "pitch" to him so he could play softball with us.
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Shouldn't he have been umpiring??

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 10:15 AM (CEzQx)

155 I'd be interesting to see collected works by various artists that they painted because they were inspired by something vs. painting done by commission.

Bet there's a huge difference in both subject matter and quality.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 10:15 AM (Q4IgG)

156 Ulysses Grant Wood

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 10:15 AM (v6JzV)

157 "What kind of gun do you have?"

"Caulk. You?"

"Hot glue."

"Nice."
Posted by: Warai-otoko

"I have this Bug-A-Salt one. Shoots salt to kill..."

"Kill!?!? Triggering! Get this monster out!"
Posted by: Deranged Lefties Conversing

Come look at my Love Gun.

Posted by: Kiss at October 04, 2024 10:16 AM (SmIq7)

158 *thinks about complaining about the rain this morning *

*says prayer for Mike Hammer instead*

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 04, 2024 10:16 AM (Z2nSo)

159 Morning.

Which one of you smart morons remember the timeframe we essentially halted immigration in the States?

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 04, 2024 10:17 AM (eZwyX)

160 The guy is blind, he ain't focusing on anything.
Posted by: Ben Had

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See @137

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 10:17 AM (uCfKO)

161 Stop Van Gogh

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 04, 2024 10:18 AM (ufFY8)

162 Massachusetts Governor Uses Emergency Powers to Fast-Track Sweeping Gun Control Law

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And this time they'll do it right!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at October 04, 2024 10:18 AM (nI9kz)

163 We're allowed glue-guns here but they're limited to the 1/4" sticks and not the half-inch.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 10:18 AM (CEzQx)

164 Morning.

Which one of you smart morons remember the timeframe we essentially halted immigration in the States?
Posted by: thathalfrican

1954?

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 10:18 AM (IB6XK)

165 Well, I just got my dose of sad for today.

Looked up Christina's world by Wyeth and read the backstory.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 04, 2024 10:20 AM (y31cs)

166 Unfortunately I have some bad news. According to the MSM the walls are once again closing in on Trump.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 10:20 AM (pFg/0)

167 This guy is probably just faking being blind.

Disability fraud. Many such cases.

Posted by: I Disbelieve This Painting at October 04, 2024 10:20 AM (WxgaY)

168 Speaker Johnson says hurricane supplemental can wait until after election. POTUS: "Can't wait - people need help now."

What a non-Christian, hateful thing to do. Every challenger to these gop cowards needs to highlight this.

Biden needs to address the nation tomorrow on this matter. Do not let The CONvicted felon and Johnson deny hurricane victims immediate help. This is fucking sabotage.

Joe needs to speak and recall Congress. The moment yesterday with his confusion when asked about the storm zone is making rounds. Since he said they'd gotten everything they need and are very happy, he had to have been thinking of a different situation - which happens. But it wasn't a good scene, and he needs to take the drivers seat on this to offset.

(Intrepid- I was unaware of this gaffe? They even linked RCP with a video! https://tinyurl.com/45fvjp8j Yeah...he looks old and clueless)

Holy shit, worst House in US history is at it again! Fuck you Fox News, for foisting this nightmare on us. May you all rot in the hottest, fieriest circle of hell.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 04, 2024 10:21 AM (JCZqz)

169 1924 is when immigration was put on hold. There was a bill passed to severely restrict immigration.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 10:21 AM (pFg/0)

170 >>> Which one of you smart morons remember the timeframe we essentially halted immigration in the States?

Immigration act of 1924?
Calvin Coolidge, put together!

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 10:21 AM (CQe9v)

171 Pretty easy to paint a portrait of a blind man.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 04, 2024 10:21 AM (95AS5)

172 Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 10:18 AM (IB6XK)

That was operation wetback

I could have swore after we allowed a ton of immigration to go we essentially just shut it down so those here could assimilate.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 04, 2024 10:21 AM (eZwyX)

173 Turns out Jim Harbaugh's claim that he offered Colin Kaepernick a gig on the coaching staff of the LA Chargers is not true.

And who refuted Harbaugh's claim?

Colin Kaepernick.

Jim Harbaugh lied. Now, there's a shocker. /s

Posted by: one hour sober at October 04, 2024 10:22 AM (Y1sOo)

174 Please, no more DU idiocy.

Posted by: XTC at October 04, 2024 10:22 AM (UnA8+)

175 167 This guy is probably just faking being blind.

Disability fraud. Many such cases.
Posted by: I Disbelieve This Painting

Fuck that...you know how many young girls I get to "accidentally" grope?

Posted by: Old "blind" guy at October 04, 2024 10:22 AM (JCZqz)

176 I think Klimt put his right eye in shadow so that we can't easily discern where his gaze is focused.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

*********

That's a definite possibility.

My gut feeling or impression is that his eyes are aligned, and his gaze is directed right at the viewer, based on 30 years of observing eye alignment in children. I could be wrong.

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 10:22 AM (uCfKO)

177 The world’s longest-running treasure hunt has been solved 31 years after a “Golden Owl” was buried somewhere in France.

The hunt for the Chouette d’Or – an owl statuette made from gold, silver and precious stones – has prompted such passion, even obsession, over the years that it is said to have led to financial ruin, divorce and even madness.

The hunt for the Chouette d’Or was launched in April 1993 when a French businessman who had adopted the alias Max Valentin said he had buried a bronze statue of an owl somewhere in France, and published a book of 11 enigmas as clues to its location.

The finder would be able to exchange the bronze bird for a statuette made from three kilos of gold, seven kilos of silver and diamonds on its head estimated at the time to be worth one million francs, the equivalent of €150,000 today, Valentin said.

Régis Hauser, the real name of the hunt creator, died in April 2009, sixteen years to the day after the countermark was buried.
https://tinyurl.com/5msnz2th

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 10:23 AM (CEzQx)

178 Yeah, Settled Science is on it!

I know that Teddy Kennedy legislation helped screw us into the position we are in today.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 10:23 AM (CQe9v)

179 Holy shit, worst House in US history is at it again! Fuck you Fox News, for foisting this nightmare on us. May you all rot in the hottest, fieriest circle of hell.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 04, 2024 10:21 AM (JCZqz)

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The idea that people will get rescued now because Congress passes an appropriations bill for FEMA early next week is curious.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 10:25 AM (GBKbO)

180 I know that Teddy Kennedy legislation helped screw us into the position we are in today.
Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 10:23 AM (CQe9v)

Yep.
It’s crazy that it passed. Kennedy? Sure he’s a piece of shit. But it got 60 votes in the senate and passed the house. Did they just not understand what they were doing? I hate to believe 60% of the senate voted in good faith to destroy the country.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 10:25 AM (pFg/0)

181 The idea that people will get rescued now because Congress passes an appropriations bill for FEMA early next week is curious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 10:25 AM (GBKbO)

The bill contains building a Time Machine. So they can go back 2 weeks and prepare FEMA for actually helping.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 10:26 AM (pFg/0)

182 40 "GREAT SCOT!!"

(All fooling aside, I would not have guessed this was Klimt.)

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 04, 2024 09:39 AM (LxER7)

Saw the picture, searched the thread for Back to the Future references, hit on this comment.

Left satisfied. Thank you Zombie Robbo.

(Back to work)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 04, 2024 10:27 AM (O7YUW)

183 I wonder what DU would say to Roy Cooper denying the use of 1000 national guardsmen to help rescue operations.

Probably some rationalization that he's actually the good guy because it's in their TOS that they have to be partisan hacks who only say good things about elected Democrats.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 10:27 AM (GBKbO)

184 Biden needs to address the nation tomorrow on this matter. Do not let The CONvicted felon and Johnson deny hurricane victims immediate help. This is fucking sabotage.
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Jason Miller @JasonMillerinDC 23h
WOW!👇
$4,424,562 raised for Hurricane Helene victims from 29,700 Patriots!

Thank you #MAGA!

“Support Hurricane Helene Victims” - Trump Authorized gofundme.com/f/support-hurri…

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 10:27 AM (CEzQx)

185 Colin Kaepernick.

Jim Harbaugh lied. Now, there's a shocker. /s
Posted by: one hour sober at October 04, 2024 10:22 AM (Y1sOo)

That or Kaepernick is lying.

Or they could somehow both be lying. Somehow.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:27 AM (DDGz9)

186 Shouldn't he have been umpiring??
Posted by: andycanuck

He tried it once. Just called everything a strike until no one could play because they were laughing so much. There was no pitch G! I don't care it's still a strike!
He decided to bat instead. Just said where is everyone? We all sounded off he pointed at the guy that was a quick runner and said you! You can help me find first base. Then you can run the rest of the bases for me since I can't run for shit.".
Then he explained how someone would have to pitch. A fairly brave person would put the softball on the palm of their hand. He would hold the bat and the "pitcher" would grab the end of the bat and put it against the ball. He would say if any adjustments were needed. Then when he was ready, he would say here's the pitch! And swing at the ball that, of course was still on the pitchers hand. I pitched to him a few times and he never hit my hand. Always hit the ball. Never made it to first base. He really couldn't run for shit.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:27 AM (4XwPj)

187 Turns out Jim Harbaugh's claim that he offered Colin Kaepernick a gig on the coaching staff of the LA Chargers is not true.

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Colin Kaepernick Suggests He Isn’t Playing Football Because He’s Being "Held Out" Of NFL

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Me too, Colin. Me too.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at October 04, 2024 10:28 AM (nI9kz)

188 184 Jason Miller @JasonMillerinDC 23h
WOW!👇
$4,424,562 raised for Hurricane Helene victims from 29,700 Patriots!

Thank you #MAGA!

“Support Hurricane Helene Victims” - Trump Authorized gofundme.com/f/support-hurri…
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 10:27 AM (CEzQx)

========

The only way to save people from disaster is through centralized governmental spending.

Anything else is a danger to democracy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 10:28 AM (GBKbO)

189
The world’s longest-running treasure hunt has been solved 31 years after a “Golden Owl” was buried somewhere in France.

The stuff that dreams are made of.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2024 10:28 AM (63Dwl)

190 185 That or Kaepernick is lying.

Or they could somehow both be lying. Somehow.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:27 AM (DDGz9)

Krapperdick hasn't told the truth in at least 10 years, why would he start now?

Posted by: XTC at October 04, 2024 10:30 AM (UnA8+)

191 Watch: Hero NASCAR Driver Greg Biffle Rescuing Family Stranded In Mountains With His Personal Helicopter After Hurricane Helene

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Yeah, well, my personal helicopter is in the shop.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at October 04, 2024 10:30 AM (nI9kz)

192 I'm considering donating to Samaritan's Purse for their work in NC and elsewhere. Hannity has a link to them on his site.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:32 AM (J2vNu)

193 Does one have to be clinically insane to be a DUer?

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 10:32 AM (FfSAJ)

194 I wonder what DU would say to Roy Cooper denying the use of 1000 national guardsmen to help rescue operations.

Sorry. Any elected official that denies help in a natural disaster should be summarily executed by sunset.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 10:32 AM (IB6XK)

195 Claiming that the NFL or any of their franchises won't hire you because you're black is the height of preposterousness.

It's like saying you can't get voted into the Senate because you're too stupid, or you can't get a job with Disney because you're lame and gay.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:33 AM (DDGz9)

196 Watch: Hero NASCAR Driver Greg Biffle Rescuing Family Stranded In Mountains With His Personal Helicopter After Hurricane Helene

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Pretty sure that’s a sight of white supremacy.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 10:33 AM (pFg/0)

197 Nice boobs. Would hang.

Posted by: A Blind Man at October 04, 2024 10:33 AM (vFG9F)

198 >>> Colin Kaepernick Suggests He Isn’t Playing Football Because He’s Being "Held Out" Of NFL

They failed to position him for success. Kammie feels your pain Colin!

I'm sure Nike wishes it could end his contract and be unburdened by what has been.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 10:34 AM (VZIbF)

199 Please, no more DU idiocy.

***********

This!

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 10:34 AM (uCfKO)

200 I didn't know Leonard Bernstein was blind.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 10:35 AM (lTGtQ)

201 Does one have to be clinically insane to be a DUer?
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024

***
No, you can identify as a hebephrenic.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:35 AM (J2vNu)

202 It's like saying you can't get voted into the Senate because you're too stupid, or you can't get a job with Disney because you're lame and gay.

Or that you're not allowed in the WNBA because you're a lesbian.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2024 10:35 AM (2ocoG)

203 DU trying to cope with Biden going full dementia on camera is pretty funny.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2024 10:35 AM (2ocoG)

204 If you squint, he looks like an atom bomb detonation.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 10:36 AM (2u02e)

205 Morn' all.. So the jobs report came in 100 thousand over expected ? This is my shocked face.. Of course next month it will be revised down but too late for the election

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 10:36 AM (IyPmt)

206 200 I didn't know Leonard Bernstein was blind.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 10:35 AM (lTGtQ)

'who let all these schvaaartzes into my townhouse!"

Ovrheard at his house

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 10:37 AM (x0n13)

207 It's me donna, seasonal hires.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 10:37 AM (I1GXe)

208 Won't matter Donna. No one believes their shit anymore.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:38 AM (4XwPj)

209 Heh. Army establishes Virtue Signal Corps.

https://tinyurl.com/4m9n9t7u

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 10:38 AM (Wnv9h)

210 At my first blurry vision glance I thought it was the head of an ostrich.

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 10:38 AM (FfSAJ)

211 Sorry. Any elected official that denies help in a natural disaster should be summarily executed by sunset.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 10:32 AM (IB6XK)

It's literally their only legitimate job.

Refusing to do it lets you know the whole thing, this so-called democratic republic, is a sham.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 10:39 AM (2u02e)

212 > Hero NASCAR Driver Greg Biffle Rescuing Family Stranded In Mountains With His Personal Helicopter After Hurricane Helene
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There's a guy named Cleetus McFarland (really) who has some videos on YouTube of his exploits.

TL;DR he had just completed the purchase and restoration of a helicopter and put it into action in NC.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 10:39 AM (Q4IgG)

213 Mein Gott, how did Gustav get Betty White to pose for him? In her prime, she was almost as dangerous as Ayn Rand. Almost, ja, but that is still extremely perilous. I once watched her nearly beat a waiter nearly to death with the crowbar she always kept on her because he did not kneel before her and beg that his unworthy self be granted the grace of addressing her before asking what her order would be. Betty, I pleaded, he is but a child. Her icy glance reminded me to kowtow and plead, oh, celestial radiance, may this most underserving one be permitted to beg for that foolish one's continued existence? She mused between blows, and granted my request. C'mere, Vern (ja, it is omnipresent) and let me tell you about Saint Olaf. That child grew up to become Chuck Lorre, so Werner may have erred in saving him. Ach.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at October 04, 2024 10:39 AM (tmPIh)

214 208 Won't matter Donna. No one believes their shit anymore.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:38 AM (4XwPj)

Don't expect me to say hooray over some meaninglessly large number you made up when me, my family, and my friends have all been job hunting for two years or more.

(not *me* me, just, you know, making a point)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:39 AM (DDGz9)

215 Yahoo “news” is pumping the jobs report. Everything is awesome and wonderful!!!

Spit.

Meanwhile most of those jobs pay $12 an hour and/or are part time.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 10:39 AM (pFg/0)

216 I can't think of a better metaphor for futility than thoughtful conjecture about where a blind guy is looking.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

What 'colors' do blind folks imagine in their mind's eye?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 10:40 AM (WXNFJ)

217 Yeah, well, my personal helicopter is in the shop.
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Walz has been too busy to change the air filter on mine.

Maybe in late November/December?

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 10:41 AM (CEzQx)

218 215 Yahoo “news” is pumping the jobs report. Everything is awesome and wonderful!!!

Spit.

Meanwhile most of those jobs pay $12 an hour and/or are part time.
Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 10:39 AM (pFg/0)

======

ADP was saying there was going to be a contraction.

Who do you believe?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 10:41 AM (GBKbO)

219 What 'colors' do blind folks imagine in their mind's eye?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 10:40 AM (WXNFJ)

That's like asking my dad who his favorite Spice Girl is.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:42 AM (DDGz9)

220 Thirty-two days until the election.

Early voting here begins on 10/18, two weeks from today. I can stop at my early voting location on the way home from work that day, or any day the next week. They're open until 6 pm.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:42 AM (J2vNu)

221 My gut feeling or impression is that his eyes are aligned...

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 10:22 AM (uCfKO)

It suggests an interesting question...where does a blind man's gaze go? If blind from birth, I imagine that it is different than in one who went blind later in life. The gaze is part of human interaction, and probably doesn't change even if visual perception is gone.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2024 10:42 AM (d9fT1)

222 Yahoo “news” is pumping the jobs report. Everything is awesome and wonderful!!!

Spit.

Meanwhile most of those jobs pay $12 an hour and/or are part time.

Posted by: Settled Science

Wonderful jobs report - oh, you are asking how many of those jobs went to Americans versus illegals? Let's change the subject.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 10:42 AM (lTGtQ)

223 May you all rot in the hottest, fieriest circle of hell.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 04, 2024 10:21 AM

You just stay as sweet as you are, DU posters.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 10:43 AM (kgE5c)

224 Wall St doesn’t believe the numbers either DJIA is flat. Usually these blowout job reports correlate with a big market rally.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 10:43 AM (pFg/0)

225 Kamala Harris
@KamalaHarris
On January 6, Donald Trump incited an attack on our nation’s democracy because he didn’t like the outcome of the election. Armed with weapons and animated by Trump’s lies, insurrectionists invaded the United States Capitol in an attempt to overturn a lawful election.
The January 6 Committee exemplified a bipartisan effort to safeguard our democracy and preserve our most sacred freedoms for generations to come—led by Republicans like @Liz_Cheney and @AdamKinzinger, who chose to put country over party—alongside Democrats.

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God bless Lizzie and Adam.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at October 04, 2024 10:43 AM (nI9kz)

226 That's like asking my dad who his favorite Spice Girl is.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Or asking my cat why she is glaring at me again.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:43 AM (4XwPj)

227 You just stay as sweet as you are, DU posters.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 10:43 AM (kgE5c)

We know they can't meme... but they kind of suck at invective, too.

Low energy. No effort. Sad.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:44 AM (DDGz9)

228 At my first blurry vision glance I thought it was the head of an ostrich.
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024

***
Grandma? Is that you?

Posted by: Limu the Emu at October 04, 2024 10:44 AM (J2vNu)

229 228 At my first blurry vision glance I thought it was the head of an ostrich.
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024

***
Grandma? Is that you?
Posted by: Limu the Emu at October 04, 2024 10:44 AM (J2vNu)

=======

The better to see you with, my dear.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 10:44 AM (GBKbO)

230 I'm having fun watching people try to brag about the jobs report. Is it wonderful that so many people got jobs, regardless of citizenship status, or more wonderful that the fed abandoned inflation control to save jobs that didn't need saving?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 10:45 AM (lTGtQ)

231 My state has already sent out absentee ballots. Several states have early voting open. The election is happening now, in real time in most of the country.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 10:45 AM (pFg/0)

232 What 'colors' do blind folks imagine in their mind's eye?
Posted by: Tonypete

Explaining color to a blind man is like explaining economics to a lib.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at October 04, 2024 10:46 AM (nI9kz)

233 No, you can identify as a hebephrenic.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:35 AM (J2vNu)

Hebephrenic is not used as a diagnosis anymore, but it always makes me think of the PK Dick novel, The Clans of the Alphane Moon. One of the odder books I read in high school.

It could have used the motto: Neurodiversity is our strength

Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 10:47 AM (D7oie)

234 Hebephrenic?

One of your split personalities is a Joo?

That sounds like fun, actually.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:48 AM (DDGz9)

235 Aww, I like the DU transmissions. I laugh at the delusions of grandeur and being on the right side of history about all this that they have. And then I don't have to go hunt it out!

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 10:49 AM (uB7hK)

236 Meanwhile most of those jobs pay $12 an hour and/or are part time.
Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 10:39 AM (pFg/0)

and are filled by illegal aliens

Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 10:49 AM (D7oie)

237 Oy vey!

Posted by: Sybil at October 04, 2024 10:51 AM (CEzQx)

238 Hey Mayhem, what flavor is that stuff you're drinking?
I don't know. It tastes red.
Laughter
What the hell does red taste like?
Some red fruit that isn't an apple. Like raspberry or red currant. Definitely not cherry. It just tastes red. Shut the fuck up.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:51 AM (4XwPj)

239 This seems like a good place to post Randy Newman's "Old Man":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVpUr5luo6k

Posted by: Beverly at October 04, 2024 10:51 AM (Epeb0)

240 Klimt painting reminds me of a symphony conductor.

"LEOPOLD!"

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at October 04, 2024 10:51 AM (vCRHt)

241 Hebephrenic is not used as a diagnosis anymore, but it always makes me think of the PK Dick novel, The Clans of the Alphane Moon. One of the odder books I read in high school.

It could have used the motto: Neurodiversity is our strength
Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024

***
"Hebephrenic" ("young mind" or "childish mind") was one of the subdivisions under schizophrenia. What do they call it now?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:51 AM (J2vNu)

242 235 Aww, I like the DU transmissions. I laugh at the delusions of grandeur and being on the right side of history about all this that they have. And then I don't have to go hunt it out!
Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 10:49 AM (uB7hK)

Me too

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 10:52 AM (IyPmt)

243 I'm kind of astounded by the ignorance or malice that makes one shout out jobs numbers, and never correlates it to the statistic that the number of people with two or more jobs is the highest in recorded history.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 10:52 AM (lTGtQ)

244 What the hell does red taste like?
Some red fruit that isn't an apple. Like raspberry or red currant. Definitely not cherry. It just tastes red. Shut the fuck up.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:51 AM (4XwPj)

does it taste like cochineal? Mmmmm, love the taste of bugs.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 10:52 AM (D7oie)

245 243 I'm kind of astounded by the ignorance or malice that makes one shout out jobs numbers, and never correlates it to the statistic that the number of people with two or more jobs is the highest in recorded history.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 10:52 AM (lTGtQ)

======

If we had a Republican president, they'd be McJobs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 10:52 AM (GBKbO)

246 "Hebephrenic" ("young mind" or "childish mind") was one of the subdivisions under schizophrenia. What do they call it now?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Our democracy.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 10:53 AM (lTGtQ)

247 Hebephrenic" ("young mind" or "childish mind") was one of the subdivisions under schizophrenia. What do they call it now?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Progressives

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:54 AM (4XwPj)

248 What the hell does red taste like?
Some red fruit that isn't an apple. Like raspberry or red currant. Definitely not cherry. It just tastes red. Shut the fuck up.
Posted by: Madamemayhem

They say you can't taste a picture.

*shows picture of ice cream cup and flat wooden spoon from grade school.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 10:54 AM (IB6XK)

249 "Hebephrenic" ("young mind" or "childish mind") was one of the subdivisions under schizophrenia. What do they call it now?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Our democracy.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024

***
Kamala's in appropriate cackling and giggling suggests such a diagnosis, but in her case it's probably booze or drugs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:54 AM (J2vNu)

250 I imagine that it is different than in one who went blind later in life. The gaze is part of human interaction, and probably doesn't change even if visual perception is gone.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

*********

I suspect it is different for different people, influenced by multiple factors including age at blindness, residual light perception, degree of blindness and non visual things like personality, sociial setting.

For me, interacting with a person inn the 4-5 ft distance range (e.g. checkout clerk ) I have to look in the vicinity of their left shoulder for my best shot at seeing and reading facial expression. It is nearly impossible to make eye contact, and I suspect I come across as aloof or unfriendly.

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 10:55 AM (uCfKO)

251 Thought it was a woman at first. Age.
Painting is nice but would not hang.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at October 04, 2024 10:55 AM (OIn/d)

252 MSNBC producer says the network is "doing all they can" to help the Harris campliberal.

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Lie, cheat, steal, attempted murder . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at October 04, 2024 10:55 AM (nI9kz)

253 So, regarding the current state of elections, I saw an interesting statistic regarding early voting (including Vote by Mail) in VA.

So far in 2024, VA Democrats are down 5.5% in turnout relative to 2020. Makes sense. Early voting, including by mail, was huge in 2020.

VA Republicans, though, are down only 2.7%. Half as much.

It really, really feels like Republicans are actually more motivated to vote after their president was removed from power through cheating, hounded with lawfare, and literally shot than Democrats who saw their primary votes cast aside in favor of a brown woman who had been the least popular VP ever and couldn't even make it to Iowa in the 2020 primary.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 10:55 AM (GBKbO)

254 shows picture of ice cream cup and flat wooden spoon from grade school.
Posted by: rickb223

I can still taste that fucking spoon.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:56 AM (4XwPj)

255 I'm kind of astounded by the ignorance or malice that makes one shout out jobs numbers, and never correlates it to the statistic that the number of people with two or more jobs is the highest in recorded history.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 10:52 AM (lTGtQ)

In Oregon lots of people working low pay jobs have to get multiple jobs, because ObamaCare and the state requires employers to cover insurance for employees with more than 35 hours a week. So they work them 30 hours a week, and the workers have to find another job to fill the gap that often gives them 30 hours a week also and they wind up working 60 hour work weeks WITHOUT OVERTIME OR INSURANCE

This is what compassion looks like, apparently.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 10:56 AM (D7oie)

256 Meanwhile most of those jobs pay $12 an hour and/or are part time.

And it's tax-free and they give you a hotel to live in!

Posted by: Heard on the Central American Grapevine at October 04, 2024 10:57 AM (xRgqO)

257 254 shows picture of ice cream cup and flat wooden spoon from grade school.
Posted by: rickb223

I can still taste that fucking spoon.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:56 AM (4XwPj)

yes.. first thing I thought of...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 10:57 AM (IyPmt)

258 Should've read

MSNBC producer says the network is "doing all they can" to help the Harris campaign

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at October 04, 2024 10:57 AM (nI9kz)

259 245 243 I'm kind of astounded by the ignorance or malice that makes one shout out jobs numbers, and never correlates it to the statistic that the number of people with two or more jobs is the highest in recorded history.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 10:52 AM (lTGtQ)

--

Unexpected massive downward adjustment expected. You'll note that the markets today don't reflect credulity.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at October 04, 2024 10:58 AM (vCRHt)

260 shows picture of ice cream cup and flat wooden spoon from grade school.
Posted by: rickb223
*
I can still taste that fucking spoon.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:56 AM (4XwPj)
*
yes.. first thing I thought of...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024

***
And the faint aroma of the waxed (?) plastic cup. Still, it was *ice cream*. When you're nine, there's not much that can top that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:58 AM (J2vNu)

261 The painting is very well done.. Not sure I want to hang it though

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 10:58 AM (IyPmt)

262 shows picture of ice cream cup and flat wooden spoon from grade school.
Posted by: rickb223

I can still taste that fucking spoon.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:56 AM (4XwPj)

Same here. And that #2 Ticonderoga pencil.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 10:59 AM (Aqu9a)

263 "Hebephrenic" ("young mind" or "childish mind") was one of the subdivisions under schizophrenia. What do they call it now?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:51 AM (J2vNu)

I dunno, I think they just stopped splitting it up that way for diagnosis. I wasn't interested enough to follow up, and who knows if it changed back.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 10:59 AM (D7oie)

264 Armed with weapons

Gonna need a cite on that.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2024 10:59 AM (2ocoG)

265
Unexpected massive downward adjustment expected. You'll note that the markets today don't reflect credulity.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at October 04, 2024 10:58 AM (vCRHt)

I'm surprised what with the strike "settled." magically.

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 10:59 AM (IyPmt)

266 suspect I come across as aloof or unfriendly.

*********

Of course I was that way before my vision deteriorated, so...

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 11:00 AM (uCfKO)

267 262 shows picture of ice cream cup and flat wooden spoon from grade school.
Posted by: rickb223

I can still taste that fucking spoon.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:56 AM (4XwPj)

Same here. And that #2 Ticonderoga pencil.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 10:59 AM (Aqu9a)

I can still smell rexograph fluid from the mimeograph tests!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 11:00 AM (x0n13)

268 I'm considering donating to Samaritan's Purse for their work in NC and elsewhere. Hannity has a link to them on his site.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:32 AM (J2vNu)

Wolfus, I hit them up this morning. My NC sister says they are doing good work.

Posted by: RI Red at October 04, 2024 11:00 AM (OKniM)

269 Rant up!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 11:01 AM (IB6XK)

270 Noodus throckmortonii

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 11:01 AM (J2vNu)

271 It doesn't take Nostradamus to figure out that a whole lot of government statistics, and the market as a whole, are about to see a major downward trend shortly after the election. Between fake numbers and vastly overvalued tech stocks, a whole lot of reality is going to bite, and soon.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 11:02 AM (lTGtQ)

272 That's like asking my dad who his favorite Spice Girl is.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Tell him that it's Posh Spice, and that he can thank you later. Also inform him that Ginger Spice and Scary Spice have their merits as well. Baby Spice and Sporty Spice were the Yokos of the group. What? You know this is true. Werner is on the record for not frontin', and he both hangs in a Buffalo stance and does the dive upon every time he might dance. Werner be all about keepin' it real.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at October 04, 2024 11:06 AM (tmPIh)

273 off, phoney split personality sock!

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 11:10 AM (CEzQx)

274 It's a self-portrait.

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