Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Waiting Room
George Tooker

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

2 Soggy Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 09:30 AM (mYCqF)

3 "The Shitters"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

4 What are they waiting for?

Posted by: huerfano at June 19, 2026 09:31 AM (VJX5o)

5 "Your arms are so bulgy!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

6 Kind of depressing.

Posted by: Tuna at June 19, 2026 09:31 AM (lJ0H4)

7 What are they waiting for?
Posted by: huerfano

Their bowels to move?

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 09:31 AM (mYCqF)

8 Waiting room for what?

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

9 Why on earth would there be stalls in the waiting room? There's no doors on them, so no privacy whatsoever.

Seems silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

10 Umm okay. Seems kinda like a open changing room. But

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (1x/7y)

11 "Now serving number 37... number 37"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (jehhT)

12 What are they waiting for?'

Me!

Posted by: Barack Obama at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (sKqQm)

13 Soggy Sponge!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 09:30 AM (mYCqF)

"Sluggish. Like a wet sponge."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

14 Chick on far right has a mask on.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

15 Huh? While it does remind me of a Greyhound terminal at 0300, I don't get it.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (ItpVy)

16 Oh, I see. Waiting for Death.

Posted by: huerfano at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (VJX5o)

17 Oooh, damn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

18 Well, he certainly captured the atmosphere of a BMV.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (CwhoI)

19 The Waiting Room

Yeah. Not understanding what's going on.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (mYCqF)

20 LOVE THIS!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 09:33 AM (zT39e)

Posted by: Tonypete at June 19, 2026 09:33 AM (ItpVy)

22 The guy on the left looks...suspicious.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 09:33 AM (sKqQm)

23 Glory holes.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 19, 2026 09:33 AM (Kt19C)

24 Waiting for death, it looks like.

Posted by: She Hobbit at June 19, 2026 09:33 AM (ftFVW)

25 F*ckin Owebama........

I'd ban you to the barrel, but we don't want you here.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

26 Waiting room to cross the River Styx.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 09:33 AM (zT39e)

27 Waiting for death, it looks like.
Posted by: She Hobbit

And, as fate would have it, Death took a holiday.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 19, 2026 09:34 AM (ItpVy)

28 The guy on the couch is not going to need his suitcase.

Posted by: huerfano at June 19, 2026 09:34 AM (VJX5o)

29 Methadone clinic waiting room?

Posted by: Otto Penn at June 19, 2026 09:34 AM (TWeMF)

30 Lady with the magazine with the face on the cover confused me for a minute. Kinda freaky.

Posted by: She Hobbit at June 19, 2026 09:34 AM (ftFVW)

31 The chick with the guy in stall 117, I mean.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

32 The man on the right is contemplating jihad.

The man on the left has x-ray glasses and is severely disappointed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:35 AM (2YhKe)

33 Umm okay. Seems kinda like a open changing room. But
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN

It would have to be a men's changing room. Because no way in hell would it be an "open changing room" for women with men inside.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 09:35 AM (mYCqF)

34 The guy on the couch is not going to need his suitcase.
Posted by: huerfano

He's done waiting.

Posted by: She Hobbit at June 19, 2026 09:35 AM (ftFVW)

35 The waiting is the hardest part.

Posted by: Tom Petty at June 19, 2026 09:35 AM (0nHVk)

36 Waiting room to cross the River Styx.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 09:33 AM (zT39e)

They'll be sailing away.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:36 AM (2YhKe)

37 Kind of strange to me, waiting for what?

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 09:36 AM (sgkY8)

38 I was at the eyeball doctor's office yesterday. Sometimes it looks like this in the afternoon.

Posted by: huerfano at June 19, 2026 09:36 AM (VJX5o)

39 The waiting is the hardest part.
Posted by: Tom Petty at June 19, 2026 09:35 AM (0nHVk)

FREEEEEEE BALLLINNNNNNN!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:36 AM (2YhKe)

40 It's cubicles with no doors

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 09:36 AM (sgkY8)

41 Waiting room to cross the River Styx.

My favorite river!

Posted by: Some Beaver at June 19, 2026 09:36 AM (sKqQm)

42 It would have to be a men's changing room. Because no way in hell would it be an "open changing room" for women with men inside.
Posted by: rickb223

So true, so true.

Posted by: It's Ma'am!!! at June 19, 2026 09:36 AM (ftFVW)

43
It would have to be a men's changing room. Because no way in hell would it be an "open changing room" for women with men inside.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 09:35 AM (mYCqF)

BIGOT!!!!!

Posted by: Your Local Tranny at June 19, 2026 09:37 AM (2YhKe)

44 And over 100 room numbers there are a lot of them

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 09:37 AM (sgkY8)

45 Had a CT scan the other day. In the waiting room, at about 45 minutes past the scheduled time of my appointment, the door opened and my name was called. Finally, I thought, only to be lead to the "sub waiting room" where i was told to have a seat and...wait some more.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 19, 2026 09:37 AM (J4Dwc)

46 Code Blue in 114

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 09:37 AM (6/7Fs)

47 The people all look diseased.
Don't think I'd hang this one
Thx CBD, have a great weekend

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 19, 2026 09:38 AM (L9YhZ)

48 Had a CT scan the other day. In the waiting room, at about 45 minutes past the scheduled time of my appointment, the door opened and my name was called. Finally, I thought, only to be lead to the "sub waiting room" where i was told to have a seat and...wait some more.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 19, 2026 09:37 AM (J4Dwc)

I've often wondered why you make an appointment to see a Dr.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:38 AM (2YhKe)

49 George tooker to the waiting room.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 09:38 AM (3uBP9)

50 Biden at the Obama Library opening.

https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/ae/90/000090ae.jpeg

Posted by: huerfano at June 19, 2026 09:39 AM (VJX5o)

51 The dude in 115 is either getting head or taking a leak.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:39 AM (2YhKe)

52 Waiting on a friend.

Posted by: The Rolling Stones at June 19, 2026 09:39 AM (0nHVk)

53 Alternate Title: CNN's Core Demographic

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 09:39 AM (6/7Fs)

54 Had a CT scan the other day. In the waiting room, at about 45 minutes past the scheduled time of my appointment, the door opened and my name was called. Finally, I thought, only to be lead to the "sub waiting room" where i was told to have a seat and...wait some more./i]

This is the "government-ization" of healthcare.

Curing people doesn't really matter. Its paperwork, billing codes, and schedules.

Posted by: Some Beaver at June 19, 2026 09:39 AM (sKqQm)

55 Next!

Posted by: Death Panelist at June 19, 2026 09:39 AM (Q+gd/)

56 FUN FACT: The chick in 116 just got roughly fondled by Donald Trump.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 09:40 AM (6/7Fs)

57 OK, this gives off definite Nineteen Eighty-Four vibes.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 19, 2026 09:40 AM (qRla/)

58 It’s not supposed to be an actual waiting room. It’s a pessimistic take on bureaucracy and how it dehumanizes people into numbers.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 19, 2026 09:41 AM (mZ2ys)

59
And Did He Ever Return? - a limerick

There was a DMV clerk named Eileen
With that certain look. You know the one I mean.
I pulled a ticket for my wait
It read "seven-fifty-eight"
And Eileen yells, "Now serving seventeen!"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 09:41 AM (qgHp7)

60 The guy in 115 looks like he is being ....um ... taken care of by someone.

Posted by: dantesed at June 19, 2026 09:41 AM (Oy/m2)

61 Hey, there goes Elvis! Yo, King!

Well, looks like I’m next. Good thing, too. I gotta do a photo shoot for GQ in about an hour and a half. Yeah, they’ve been after me for months. Doin’ some underwear deal.

Posted by: Beetlejuice at June 19, 2026 09:42 AM (ycI94)

62 Is there a reason there are no black people in your Juneteenth painting post CBD?

Racist?

How DARE you not celebrate the opening of the Owebama King Negro Library.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:42 AM (2YhKe)

63 58 It’s not supposed to be an actual waiting room. It’s a pessimistic take on bureaucracy and how it dehumanizes people into numbers.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 19, 2026 09:41 AM (mZ2ys)

----------

Would that be a metaphor or a simile?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 09:42 AM (6/7Fs)

64 If I was a dr. I would hang this in the waiting room.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 09:42 AM (3uBP9)

65 From AmericanArt.si.edu:

"George Tooker grew frustrated with the bureaucracy while trying to obtain building permits for a house he bought in New York. He painted several images that show “faceless” government workers and run-down people getting nowhere (Garver, George Tooker, 1985). The clinical interior of The Waiting Room evokes the conformity of the 1950s and emphasizes the pale, drawn expressions on the figures. The people stand in numbered boxes, evoking ideas of standardization that force people into predefined categories. The man on the left appears to be in charge of the “sorting,” creating a sinister view of government scrutiny."

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at June 19, 2026 09:42 AM (3ImbR)

66 Looking for a wide stance in one of these stalls.

Posted by: Larry Craig at June 19, 2026 09:43 AM (0nHVk)

67 I never did figure out why the 50's were demonized as the time of conformity, worse than the 40's or the early 60's. There was conformity imposed by large corporations that needed a simplified workforce, and there was the conformity of everyone buying from the same Sears, Brooks Brothers, and Montgomery Wards array of clothing and housewares, but that was more a function of the war production moving to consumer goods in the only way it could: massive production of standard goods since that was what war production was all about.

Socially and politically, of course, there was also the issue of moving out of the wartime economy and regimentation, and of course the ever lasting confusion of "freedom of choice" being conflated with "freedom of choosing to be free of consequences" which is always with us.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 09:44 AM (rbvCR)

68 Alternate title:

"The Room With Three-Quarters Privacy"

Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 09:44 AM (iJfKG)

69 That poor guy sitting down on the right still had hair when he first got in line.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 09:44 AM (3uBP9)

70 I have a Montgomery Wards stick welder.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

71 urinals?

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 09:45 AM (R11M+)

72 The clinical interior of The Waiting Room evokes the conformity of the 1950s

Apparently the writer here hasn't experienced modern government bureaucracy which hasn't changed since the 50s and is now in way more parts of our lives

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 09:45 AM (sKqQm)

73 Apparently the writer here hasn't experienced modern government bureaucracy which hasn't changed since the 50s and is now in way more parts of our lives
Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 09:45 AM (sKqQm)

Welcome to Owebamacare!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:46 AM (2YhKe)

74 67 I never did figure out why the 50's were demonized as the time of conformity, worse than the 40's or the early 60's. There was conformity imposed by large corporations that needed a simplified workforce, and there was the conformity of everyone buying from the same Sears, Brooks Brothers, and Montgomery Wards array of clothing and housewares, but that was more a function of the war production moving to consumer goods in the only way it could: massive production of standard goods since that was what war production was all about.

Socially and politically, of course, there was also the issue of moving out of the wartime economy and regimentation, and of course the ever lasting confusion of "freedom of choice" being conflated with "freedom of choosing to be free of consequences" which is always with us.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 09:44 AM (rbvCR)
——-

It’s mostly leftist bullshit because we didn’t tolerate commies and didn’t celebrate vile sexual perversion.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 19, 2026 09:47 AM (mZ2ys)

75
It’s mostly leftist bullshit because we didn’t tolerate commies and didn’t celebrate vile sexual perversion.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 19, 2026 09:47 AM (mZ2ys)

But it's PRIDE month!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:47 AM (2YhKe)

76 And one from the archives:

Cloven Hooves and Bureaucrats - a limerick

There once was a girl named McBee
Who died in two-thousand-and-three
Smell of sulfur, devilish ladies
She said, "Crap, I've gone to Hades!"
They said, "No ma'am, you're at the DMV!"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 09:48 AM (qgHp7)

77 Alternate title:

"Wilbur Thought There'd Be a Better Selection of Rescue Families At The Human Pound

Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 09:49 AM (iJfKG)

78 The guy in 115 appears to be getting some "service."

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 19, 2026 09:49 AM (QaH55)

79 Eh, a little weird?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 19, 2026 09:49 AM (X8xt3)

80 This is one of those midish 20th century paintings that leave me saying "So what". The style and colors are deliberately unattractive: dull and flat. He may be making a statement about crowded urban life but, again, so what.

Where the hell would you hang this thing? Unless it's a story illustration about the futility of existence, what was the point of creating it.

The final nail in its coffin was on his Wiki page. He's getting the National Medal of Art from George W. Bush which confirms my opinions about some arts councils and Bush. Those opinions are not complimentary.

Posted by: JTB at June 19, 2026 09:49 AM (yTvNw)

81 Cloven Hooves and Bureaucrats - a limerick

There once was a girl named McBee
Who died in two-thousand-and-three
Smell of sulfur, devilish ladies
She said, "Crap, I've gone to Hades!"
They said, "No ma'am, you're at the DMV!"
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 09:48 AM (qgHp7)

True story!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:50 AM (2YhKe)

82 Don't like. It's too strange.

Posted by: Case at June 19, 2026 09:50 AM (IY9No)

83 Then again, I worked for years in a Herman Miller cubical. At one point they "densified" the floor, everyone had their cube reduced in size. Then they decided to not to hire new workers. After six months management decided they didn't like the empty desks, so they moved another unit that was slightly too large to those desks, leaving most of another floor empty.
Which they then moved people around to clear a whole floor out and rented it out to another agency until the other agency decided they hated our building as much as we did and relocated.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 09:50 AM (rbvCR)

84 It’s mostly leftist bullshit because we didn’t tolerate commies and didn’t celebrate vile sexual perversion.

There is sort of a funny tension here.

Go listen to left of center reels/ticktoks/etc and it is full of complaints that housing, healthcare, etc are no longer affordable like they were in the past.

If you push them on what they mean by the past it is...the 1950s.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 09:50 AM (sKqQm)

85 55 Next!

Posted by: Death Panelist

Is next...Death Vare!

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 09:50 AM (Riz8t)

86 When they call NEXT, does everyone move up one stall?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 09:50 AM (6/7Fs)

87 >79 Eh, a little weird?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 19, 2026 09:49 AM (X8xt3)

A little fugazi if you ask me.
https://youtu.be/SGJFWirQ3ks?si=fHQXfse3mcp3z63a

Posted by: Heavy Meta at June 19, 2026 09:51 AM (GTqXr)

88 Guy on the left is going to sell you a ferret from under his coat.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 09:51 AM (AqmFA)

89 Don't like. It's too strange.
Posted by: Case at June 19, 2026 09:50 AM (IY9No)

You asked for it..........

https://youtu.be/nottxrPEW-o

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:51 AM (2YhKe)

90 Alternate Title:

Free Colonoscopy Day at the Community Health Fair.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 09:51 AM (qgHp7)

91 What's the point of Gay Surrealism if the pictures don't even have nekkid dudes?

Uh, which would appeal to, uh, some people.

Clears throat.
Slithers away.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at June 19, 2026 09:51 AM (p9rFX)

92 There is a repetition of colors, brown pink orange tan blue through out. The same shade. I wonder if that was another element of the message. I actually love orange and I think it needs to come back appliance and race car wise.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 09:52 AM (3uBP9)

93 'The Waiting Room' … ? Looks like the 'Stop 'n Frisk Room' …

Posted by: Dr_No at June 19, 2026 09:52 AM (ayRl+)

94 Looks like the peeps in Stall 118 gave up and went home.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 09:52 AM (6/7Fs)

95 Those look like bathroom stalls. Yikes.

Posted by: GWB at June 19, 2026 09:54 AM (kU0PQ)

96 Happy JuneKwanzaaa!

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at June 19, 2026 09:55 AM (YM9Kp)

97 This is where y' go if you can't pass the "Papieren, bitte!" test …

Posted by: Dr_No at June 19, 2026 09:56 AM (ayRl+)

98 Apparently the writer here hasn't experienced modern government bureaucracy which hasn't changed since the 50s and is now in way more parts of our lives
Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 09:45 AM (sKqQm)

The standard government waiting room is one step below Walmart because at least Walmart has the clientele winnowing elements that clientele must have access to funds and at least have made their own choice to be there.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 09:56 AM (rbvCR)

99 Also orange rooms and furniture are great. All these people would be happier if they were in an orange waiting room.

Posted by: banana Dream - basically a wes anderson palette at June 19, 2026 09:56 AM (3uBP9)

100 Free Colonoscopy Day

********

Drat! I missed a golden opportunity for a Ben Dover sock.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 09:56 AM (qgHp7)

101 I never did figure out why the 50's were demonized as the time of conformity, worse than the 40's or the early 60's. ...

It was really about social standing, as it always is. It was the wealthier / creative types saying "I'm too refined and discerning for this junky mass culture. That's for the plebs, those unthinking monkeys."

It's a strange position for the people who claim to be against kings.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 09:56 AM (Riz8t)

102 >>This is the "government-ization" of healthcare.

It got worse. It turned out that the sub-waiting room was a wait to have the IV needle inserted into my arm. After that, I was taken back to "sub wait" to wait even more before actually, finally, being escorted to the CT room.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 19, 2026 09:57 AM (J4Dwc)

103 During pride month and on Juneteenf this is the painting we get? I see no pride and no diversity. For shame, sir. For shame.

Good day to you!!

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 09:57 AM (VGFZk)

104 @ 51 The dude in 115 is either getting head or taking a leak.
__________________________

Or, both … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at June 19, 2026 09:58 AM (ayRl+)

105 The standard government waiting room is one step below Walmart because at least Walmart has the clientele winnowing elements that clientele must have access to funds

You might think so, but no.

Posted by: "Teens" going on a shopping spree at June 19, 2026 09:58 AM (Riz8t)

106 The Guardian: Nearly 160 sick with flu at US air force base after Hegseth ends mandatory vaccines
Reports say Texas recruits ill from outbreak, which comes weeks after defense secretary made flu vaccine optional...only about 40% of recruits opted to get vaccinated...About 46% of adults were vaccinated against influenza in the 2025-26 cold season, according to the CDC...

What part of military readiness would even begin to question mandatory vaccination? Even if you only wanted them to focus on being “lethal” like Hogshead you got to think a flu going around would harm performance.

I would bet money he got the vaccine himself. It’s just about fucking over everyone below him—as is the MAGA way.

all the twatwaffles who rallied against the COVID vaccinations still go it. Marjorie Trailer Queen basically admitted as much when seh claimed "hippo" regulations meant reports couldn't ask her her vaccination status.

Getting a yearly vaccine with virtually no side effects for most people is an absurd overreaching mandate? F outta here with that nonsense.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 19, 2026 09:58 AM (ycI94)

107 same orange in three stalls. same pink in three stalls. seems like same fabric too.
who designed the numbering system? 87 to 118? dumb.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 09:58 AM (R11M+)

108 >>> I never did figure out why the 50's were demonized as the time of conformity, worse than the 40's or the early 60's. There was conformity imposed by large corporations that needed a simplified workforce, and there was the conformity of everyone buying from the same Sears, Brooks Brothers, and Montgomery Wards array of clothing and housewares, but that was more a function of the war production moving to consumer goods in the only way it could: massive production of standard goods since that was what war production was all about.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 09:44 AM (rbvCR)

I am always told about office parties before my time and how they were at every company, regardless of big or small, basically bacchanalian orgies before modern hr. I was told this all stopped around the 80s. I didn't start working corporate until the 90s and it was all 100% buttoned down by then. So I can't even imagine what they were expecting for less conformity.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 09:59 AM (3uBP9)

109 I had to go to Walmart to return something recently. They have the same line for returns and money orders/transfers

As I was waiting in line I noticed most of the people in front of me were hispanic looking and not carrying return items.

Each person was transferring money to Latin America. And it was comical because the tiny Muslim woman working the register could barely speak English and the hispanic customers could also barely speak English so there was a lot of handwaving and trying to show her a code on their phones.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 09:59 AM (sKqQm)

110 92 mcclaren.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:00 AM (R11M+)

111 Pro Tip:

That's not a ferret!

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 10:00 AM (qgHp7)

112 I never did figure out why the 50's were demonized as the time of conformity, worse than the 40's or the early 60's. ...

—

The funny thing is conformity never went away.

The “liberated 60s” had just as much conformity. Everyone looked the same just a different look than the 50s.

Watch a group of teenagers today. They all have the same clothes, same haircut.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:00 AM (VGFZk)

113 all the twatwaffles who rallied against the COVID vaccinations still go it.

I'm a pure blood as our all of my immediate family members.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:00 AM (sKqQm)

114 Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 09:57 AM (VGFZk

Well, if it's any help for Pride month, Tooker was a gay man

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 10:01 AM (OYsYV)

115 Gad Saad is thinking of leaving the Canuck Reich because it is getting less and less safe to live there if you are Jewish.

The Reich has an exit tax and he has commented it would take him 10 years to re-earn the money taken from him. How much is the Reich's exit tax?

Also one of the most notable differences between free and non-free societies is how easy it is to leave. This isn't the Berlin Wall certainly but...give them time.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:01 AM (sKqQm)

116 I’ve never had a flu shot and oddly never had the flu.

Odd how that works.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:01 AM (VGFZk)

117 Marjorie Trailer Queen basically admitted as much

The left's brief love affair with her ended when they found out she wouldn't be useful I suppose.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:02 AM (sKqQm)

118 Gad Saad is thinking of leaving the Canuck Reich because it is getting less and less safe to live there if you are Jewish.

The Reich has an exit tax and he has commented it would take him 10 years to re-earn the money taken from him. How much is the Reich's exit tax?

He should buy diamonds and carry them...internally as he crosses the border. That's how it's done.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 10:02 AM (Riz8t)

119 "Seinfield! Party of four!"

/Chinese maitre d'

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 10:02 AM (qgHp7)

120 Stall numbers not in correct numerical sequence. Would not hang.

Posted by: Halfhand at June 19, 2026 10:03 AM (QzF8x)

121 During pride month and on Juneteenf this is the painting we get? I see no pride and no diversity. For shame, sir. For shame.

Good day to you!!
Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 09:57 AM (VGFZk)

I can look for pictures of happy negros celebrating that someone else has struck away their chains if you like.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 10:03 AM (rbvCR)

122 The flu shot's actual effectiveness is something like 7% in a good year.

If we really wanted to do something about the flu you could just ban travel from China since it is the world's flu reservoir.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:03 AM (sKqQm)

123 The flu shot's actual effectiveness is something like 7% in a good year.

Source?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 10:03 AM (Riz8t)

124 What happens if you don’t pay the exit tax? Unless you ever go back Canada can’t do shit to you.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:04 AM (VGFZk)

125 I'm a pure blood as our all of my immediate family members.
>>>>>Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:00 AM (sKqQm)

Yeah, you and the other Hitler Youth.

Posted by: Same Old at June 19, 2026 10:04 AM (RKiXg)

126 I’ve never had a flu shot and oddly never had the flu.

Odd how that works.
Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:01 AM (VGFZk)

Never gotten the flu shot. Had the flu once, about ten years ago, and it was not fun, but I kicked it a few days. I have a pretty robust immune system.

Never had the clot shot either. Got the' rona, but, aside from some fatigue, it was not as bad as when I had the flu.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 19, 2026 10:04 AM (PSEDc)

127 About them 'vaxxinations' … I've already notified my docs that I no longer accept 'vaxxination' injections but a blood draw is perfectly okay - as is injection of a needed non-mRNA med. Never got 'the shot' - never will. BTW: "PureBloods" are valued quite highly at blood donation centers these days. Wonder why? Pay me. No, pay me more.

Posted by: Dr_No at June 19, 2026 10:05 AM (ayRl+)

128 >>> Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 19, 2026 09:58 AM (ycI94)

It would seem there is this strange, absolutely mysterious, covariance between that time of the year when flu vaccines are offered and when cases of the flu increase. Throughout all history and in all places on earth.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 10:05 AM (3uBP9)

129 "All cubicles on each side need to contain the same color."

/Rubik's cubicle

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 10:05 AM (qgHp7)

130 Never gotten a flu shot.

Never will.

Now they want to make it an mRNA shot.

F*ck off.

They will get their population control whether you want it or not.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 10:05 AM (2YhKe)

131 What happens if you don’t pay the exit tax? Unless you ever go back Canada can’t do shit to you.
Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:04 AM (VGFZk)

Better change banks before you leave.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 10:05 AM (2YhKe)

132 The 50's and 80's are easily the two best decades of the last 100 years.

It was a time of great prosperity, hopefulness and relative internal tranquility.

The the 30's and 90's weren't bad either.

The last 25 years though, fongool.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 19, 2026 10:06 AM (XV/Pl)

133 A tombstone for Obamaism.

What it resembles most, I’d argue, is a mausoleum, the Obamausoleum, if you will. The tower is clad in New Hampshire granite, rises in a faceted, asymmetrical mass with almost no windows, and looms over a grassy public park. It even has words carved near the top, giving the whole thing the unmistakable air of the world’s largest headstone. But what it marks — unintentionally — is the final resting place of Obamaism: a politics after politics, a monument to the fantasy that if enough institutions speak pleasant bromides in a reassuring voice, if politicians act like noble characters from The West Wing, some ineffable thing called “the arc of the moral universe” will bend and everyone wins. Who needs culture war when you can have culture peace?...

What he offered instead was the thin gruel of himself: Obama as symbol, Obama as cultural ascendance, Obama as proof that America had already become better simply by recognizing him.

https://tinyurl.com/39jrjfsk

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 10:06 AM (Riz8t)

134 108 late '90s machine building in elk grove. the friday requirement was to have a beer or drink in your hand while working or go home. interesting commutes home.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:06 AM (R11M+)

135 The flu shot's actual effectiveness is something like 7% in a good year.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:03 AM (sKqQm)

Absolutely incorrect. It's not a great vaccine because flu shifts its antigens every year, but a good year is better than 50% effectiveness. This year it's about 33%.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 19, 2026 10:07 AM (PLxDd)

136 I didn’t get the clot shot either. Got the Chyna virus twice. First time was a couple of days of a beaches and bad couch. Second time was the same time frame just not as severe. I’ve probably had it several more time but never got diagnosed.

They shut down the world for years over essentially a bad cold.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:07 AM (VGFZk)

137 Alternate title:

"George Hesitated Before Entering The Pre-Surgical Admissions Stall For Transexual Phenotype #115 Surgery. Did He Really Want a Set Of Cow's Teats Instead Of A Penis?"

Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 10:07 AM (iJfKG)

138 Owebama is a Marxist piece of shit and one of the worst things to ever happen to this country.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 10:08 AM (2YhKe)

139 125 I'm a pure blood as our all of my immediate family members.
>>>>>Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:00 AM (sKqQm)

You're Lucius Malfoy??? Squeeeee!

Posted by: Harry Potter superfan at June 19, 2026 10:08 AM (PiwSw)

140 The patients were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at June 19, 2026 10:08 AM (hgXkL)

141 A creepy sort of painting -- Hopper-like, but not. The silvery glasses of the man at far left suggest he has something to hide. Demon eyes, perhaps.

Not to mention the place is not that clean. See the discarded paper on the floor.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 10:08 AM (wzUl9)

142 116 i don't have a parachute and have never stepped off of an airplane.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:09 AM (R11M+)

143 1 "Now serving number 37... number 37"
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 19, 2026

***
And your number is 232.

And it's 4:45 pm on a Friday before a long weekend.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 10:09 AM (wzUl9)

144 They will get their population control whether you want it or not.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 10:05 AM (2YhKe)

Stick around for my Sunday piece.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 19, 2026 10:09 AM (PLxDd)

145 Stick around for my Sunday piece.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 19, 2026 10:09 AM (PLxDd)

WOOT!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 10:10 AM (2YhKe)

146 None of the vaxxes are about safety or health. It’s about money for Pfizer, Merck and the rest of them.

It’s hilarious how the “we hate billionaires and corporations” people are all in on forcing people to give billions of dollars to those very same entities.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:10 AM (VGFZk)

147 Looks AI to me.

Posted by: sTevo at June 19, 2026 10:11 AM (/Sq4/)

148 The 50's and 80's are easily the two best decades of the last 100 years.

It was a time of great prosperity, hopefulness and relative internal tranquility. . . .

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 19, 2026

***
I loved much about the '80s. The early '60s up to about 1967 were great too . . . and you could argue that the first three years of the decade were really just the '50s extended a bit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 10:12 AM (wzUl9)

149 Looks AI to me.
Posted by: sTevo at June 19, 2026 10:11 AM (/Sq4/)

Don't activate Skynet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

150 But it's PRIDE month!
Posted by: Sponge
----

And, June 19 is Juneteenth National Independence Day, a federal holiday in the United States.

No mail today.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 10:13 AM (XeU6L)

151 80s through mid 00s was generally a really good period of time.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:13 AM (VGFZk)

152 Had a CT scan the other day. In the waiting room, at about 45 minutes past the scheduled time of my appointment, the door opened and my name was called. Finally, I thought, only to be lead to the "sub waiting room" where i was told to have a seat and...wait some more.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 19, 2026 09:37 AM (J4Dwc)

I've often wondered why you make an appointment to see a Dr.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:38 AM (2YhKe)

When I had my appointment to get my biopsy results the doctor was very late but we expected that as the nurse who took my wife and me to the exam room informed us that they were having issues getting pathology results for some patients. They had ours but they'd been on the phone for 45 minutes trying to get them for the patient before us.

I wasn't sure why they didn't see us and then go back to that poor bastard but I cut them some slack.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 10:14 AM (ExV1e)

153 Absolutely incorrect. It's not a great vaccine because flu shifts its antigens every year, but a good year is better than 50% effectiveness. This year it's about 33%

The CDC keeps publishing those numbers and yet the number of per capita flu deaths hasn't significantly declined after the mass introduction of the vaccine.

So the best and most objective metric we have shows minimal improvement

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:15 AM (sKqQm)

154 Unless you ever go back Canada can’t do shit to you.
Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:04 AM (VGFZk)

They have tax treaties with a lot of countries including us.

If you don't pay it,the IRS will not only assist the CRA in collecting their debt, but it will also obviate the double taxation protections, and you will be *double-taxed.*

Given that Canada's exit tax is on unrealized gains at 50%, you'd effectively be forfeiting your entire net worth.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 19, 2026 10:15 AM (BI5O2)

155 It’s bad enough Biden made up a bullshit holiday. But calling it Independence Day was just sticking our noses in it.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:15 AM (VGFZk)

156 Transexual Phenotype #115 Surgery. Did He Really Want a Set Of Cow's Teats Instead Of A Penis?"

Posted by: naturalfake

*************

Heh! You misspelled 'peenotype'

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 10:16 AM (qgHp7)

157 Waiting room for what?

It’s awfully hot and smoky…

Posted by: Joe the Georgian at June 19, 2026 10:16 AM (kYmoU)

158 I’ve never had a flu shot and oddly never had the flu.

Odd how that works.
Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:01 AM (VGFZk)

I got the flu shot every year in the Navy (required) and got sick every year. Got out and didn't get the shot. Then I got the actual flu. Started getting the shot again every year. Then covid happened and I didn't trust the medicos to not try and give me a two-fer so I stopped again.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 10:16 AM (ExV1e)

159 So the best and most objective metric we have shows minimal improvement
Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:15 AM (sKqQm)

Shut up science denier!!!
- Pfizer

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:17 AM (VGFZk)

160 And the fundamental problem with the flu vaccine is clear.

They try to identify the variant that will be common in the US, but the virus mutates from then until you encounter it - flu like illnesses mutate quickly which is why they are so hard to vaccinate against

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:17 AM (sKqQm)

161 Absolutely incorrect. It's not a great vaccine because flu shifts its antigens every year, but a good year is better than 50% effectiveness. This year it's about 33%.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 19, 2026 10:07 AM (PLxDd)

The CDC says last year was 36%. 2024 was 56%.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 10:17 AM (rbvCR)

162 Does anyone truly believe a word coming out of the CDC? Really?

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:18 AM (VGFZk)

163 I got one of this automated speeding tickets. It's civil, so doesn't count to my driving record. If I don't pay they threaten they can hit my credit rating. I don't know what else they can do though.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 10:19 AM (gKWVE)

164 The founders fell terribly short of the Declaration’s promise.” - Obama
---
You nasty, racist pile of soggy donkey shit:
You haven't--and can't--read a single book Thomas Jefferson read.

You are a foreign-born, anti-American faggot and have--and never will--earn the right to criticize any of the Founders.

You are an embarrassing stain upon the history of America.
Even Benedict Arnold once fought for this county--you never have.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 19, 2026 10:20 AM (73/SM)

165 I had 'The Holy COHHHH-vid!' twice: First for a week when it arrived on our shores, and next year for 2 or 3 days. After that, nichts. Don't need no steenking 'vaxxinAYshuh' … my body does for me what it was designed to do in the Self-Defence department.

Posted by: Dr_No at June 19, 2026 10:21 AM (ayRl+)

166 The CDC says last year was 36%. 2024 was 56%.

I get the flu shot most years and agonize over it each time, for reasons similar to Different Nic’s. Numbers like these are part of the reason: the last time it topped 50% was also the last year they would have more easily pumped the numbers.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 19, 2026 10:21 AM (kYmoU)

167 Juneteenth was declared a National Holiday in 2021.

Local Headline today:

"Juneteenth Eats: The history behind traditional foods eaten on the holiday"

Yeah, right. Five whole years of history and tradition.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 10:22 AM (qgHp7)

168 83 Then again, I worked for years in a Herman Miller cubical. At one point they "densified" the floor, everyone had their cube reduced in size. Then they decided to not to hire new workers. After six months management decided they didn't like the empty desks, so they moved another unit that was slightly too large to those desks, leaving most of another floor empty.
Which they then moved people around to clear a whole floor out and rented it out to another agency until the other agency decided they hated our building as much as we did and relocated.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 09:50 AM (rbvCR)

And the boys go into business
And marry and raise a family
And they all get put in boxes
Little boxes all the same

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:22 AM (6wpGE)

169 weather.gov lists today not as 6/19 but as juneteenth.
thanks to the horde for king negro and many other borrowings.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:22 AM (R11M+)

170 I will point out that the CDC website says that the the Flu Vaccination has exceeded 50% effectiveness only four years in the last sixteen. No stats listed for 2020

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 10:23 AM (rbvCR)

171 Is that what Gaylord's library looks like on the inside?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 10:23 AM (OoF9t)

172 A note on the flu vaccine - as long as you get the real vaccine and not some mRNA it is fairly safe. It is just unlikely to help you much either.

Honestly the best thing you can do is spend as little time locked indoors with sick people as possible though if you have kids in a public school you are out of luck

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:23 AM (sKqQm)

173 I got a red light ticket. Same thing it’s civil not criminal because it can’t determine who was driving. But the letter I got claimed non payment would lead to a credit hit, collection agencies, etc.

Fine was $125, I wasn’t going to gamble on my credit getting destroyed over it and paid the stupid thing. Also didn’t affect insurance rates, so there’s no incentive to fight it in court. $125 isn’t worth wasting 1/2 a day dealing with a court appearance.

Like everything else it’s just a money grab by the govt.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:24 AM (VGFZk)

174 106

Marjorie Trailer Queen

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 19, 2026 09:58 AM (ycI94)

LOL

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:25 AM (6wpGE)

175 "The founders fell terribly short of the Declaration’s promise.” - Obama

The Declaration was about Anti-Tyranny. Then Obama was elected.

Posted by: davidt at June 19, 2026 10:25 AM (Q+gd/)

176 155 It’s bad enough Biden made up a bullshit holiday. But calling it Independence Day was just sticking our noses in it.
Posted by: Heroq

Look on the bright side...in a few years, there's a good chance Dems win the culture war, and Juneteenth gets replaced by whatever "Queer Liberation" day REALLY brings equality and liberty to the US, or something...

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at June 19, 2026 10:25 AM (ycI94)

177 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Strange art. Don't like it.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 10:25 AM (2WIwB)

178 Marjorie Trailer Queen

Stealing that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 19, 2026 10:26 AM (NGvkg)

179 JOOOOONTEENPH!!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 19, 2026 10:27 AM (Kt19C)

180 Juneteenth is a Marxist holiday and isn't going away

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 10:28 AM (sgkY8)

181 106

Marjorie Trailer Queen

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 19, 2026 09:58 AM (ycI94)

LOL
Posted by: m

Normally, I edit Reddit posts a bit to fit as share as possible, but I'd never seen that name for her before and thought it was amusing enough to share.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 19, 2026 10:28 AM (ycI94)

182 163 i saw the blinky flash and knew i'd been had; more than 6mph over the posted by a "park." so i goosed the beast out of frustration and netted a second one after crossing the canal bridge. two in under a minute. stay off irving park.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:28 AM (R11M+)

183 Psst: remember all the talk about how y' needed an 'N-95' mask like the docs wear when they do surgery? Hidden Secret: The PORE SIZE of the N-95 is THREE Orders of Magnitude LARGER than the Covid virion. That's 1,000 TIMES larger. But yeah, go get an N-95. BTW: Docs wear 'em so their saliva, etc don't go into the patient who's having the operation - not the other way around.

AND: If The Holy COHHHHvid was so effing dangerous, how come we had masks all over shopping center parking lots? Shoulda be red-bag hazardous med-waste, yes? But nooo …

Posted by: Dr_No at June 19, 2026 10:28 AM (ayRl+)

184 Trailer Queen is now pushing for govt run health care. Because she’s oh so conservative guys. Lol

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:29 AM (VGFZk)

185 A note on the flu vaccine - as long as you get the real vaccine and not some mRNA it is fairly safe. It is just unlikely to help you much either.

Honestly the best thing you can do is spend as little time locked indoors with sick people as possible though if you have kids in a public school you are out of luck
Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:23 AM (sKqQm)

you can wash out your sinuses regularly, which helps prevent. There is a UV lamp at 222 nm that will kill airborne and surface viruses and won't give you skin cancer and cataracts like the old Mercury lamps would, and that seems promising.
Vitamin D seems to help as well.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 10:29 AM (rbvCR)

186 This young French woman is about to go to prison for describing an actual rape committed by a migrant, on television news.

Her crime? "Hate speech."

https://tinyurl.com/mvr9xvv6

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2026 10:30 AM (+p5yX)

187 Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes

**********

Try cubicle 115.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 10:30 AM (qgHp7)

188 Odd looking painting today. I wonder what prompted the artist to spend money on supplies and invest his time in such a piece.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2026 10:31 AM (+p5yX)

189 Is t it odd how the answer to everything is more drugs more vaccines more money spent on “health care”

The answer is never eat better and take a walk every day. Why? Because eating better and walking everyday will make you healthy but nobody in the health care industrial complex gets paid.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:32 AM (VGFZk)

190 Vitamin D seems to help as well.

Daiquiri? Daydream? Dry Martini?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 19, 2026 10:32 AM (kYmoU)

191 "This ain't no party / This ain't no disco / This ain't no fooling around … " — quick: Where's that lyric from and who did it?

Posted by: Dr_No at June 19, 2026 10:32 AM (ayRl+)

192 168 ticky tacky

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:32 AM (R11M+)

193 171 you think they're waiting to get in?

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:33 AM (R11M+)

194 There was no flu in 2020, remember?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 19, 2026 10:34 AM (bkuEU)

195 171 Is that what Gaylord's library looks like on the inside?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 10:23 AM (OoF9t)

heh

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:35 AM (6wpGE)

196 Vit D deficiency is common in the US especially in the northern parts and especially for people with darker skin.

It will weaken your immune system overall.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:35 AM (sKqQm)

197 talking heads

Posted by: doug at June 19, 2026 10:36 AM (Hy+R4)

198 Men were better men when they wore hats.

Posted by: Eromero at June 19, 2026 10:37 AM (LHPAg)

199 >>> Vitamin D seems to help as well.

Daiquiri? Daydream? Dry Martini?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 19, 2026 10:32 AM (kYmoU)

I get plenty of D!

Posted by: Kamala at June 19, 2026 10:37 AM (3uBP9)

200 The Waiting Room, 1959
George Tooker
Smithsonian American Art Museum

Could have been an inspiration for E. Jean Carroll.

I'm neither denouncing myself nor would I hang today's art selection though I like the painter's chutzpah.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 10:37 AM (NFX2v)

201 191 "This ain't no party / This ain't no disco / This ain't no fooling around … " — quick: Where's that lyric from and who did it?
Posted by: Dr_No

Sheryl Crow All I wanna do?

This ain't no disco. It ain't no country club either. This is L.A.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at June 19, 2026 10:37 AM (ycI94)

202 Waiting to be born again
Wanting, the saddest kind of pain
Waiting for the day when I will crawl away
Nothing is what I feel
Waiting for the drugs to make it real
Waiting for the day when I will crawl away
Waiting to be disciplined
Aching for your nails across my skin
Waiting for the day when I will crawl
Waiting for the day when I will crawl away

Posted by: Porcupine Tree at June 19, 2026 10:38 AM (T6aVk)

203 Luigi Mangione Defense Abandons Controversial Courtroom Tactic

-
I guess he's going with the but-he's-dreamy defense.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 10:38 AM (ndZc7)

204

This ain't no disco. It ain't no country club either. This is L.A.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at June 19, 2026 10:37 AM (ycI94)

Nobody walks in L.A.

Posted by: Missing Persons at June 19, 2026 10:39 AM (T6aVk)

205 190 vitamin a helps too.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:39 AM (R11M+)

206 191 it's from a song i hope to never hear again.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:40 AM (R11M+)

207 Life During Wartime

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at June 19, 2026 10:40 AM (JH34D)

208 What an odd painting

Posted by: 496 at June 19, 2026 10:41 AM (sOtuf)

209 Gal in 114 looks like she is having, what my ex-wife used to call, "The Ultimate".

Posted by: javems at June 19, 2026 10:41 AM (zFsEm)

210 Do blacks no longer celebrate July 4 now that they have their own “Independence Day”? Did any celebrate in the first place?

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:41 AM (VGFZk)

211 198: especially when bald.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 19, 2026 10:41 AM (T6aVk)

212 Perv in 119! Perv in 119!

Posted by: Weasel at June 19, 2026 10:41 AM (GNqmQ)

213 120 Stall numbers not in correct numerical sequence. Would not hang.
Posted by: Halfhand at June 19, 2026 10:03 AM (QzF8x)

Yes, they are!

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:42 AM (6wpGE)

214 Weasel, all ready for the MoMe?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 10:42 AM (afJtY)

215 Obama has no clue importation of slaves was banned in 1808 , less than 20 years after the Constitution was ratified.

Also that white people weren't the only ones to own slaves or that the 3/5 compromise was about a census count.

Or that the US imported 10x less slaves than South America and just Brazil alone.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:43 AM (GseMx)

216 107
who designed the numbering system? 87 to 118?
Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 09:58 AM (R11M+)

nuh-uh!

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:43 AM (6wpGE)

217 "This ain't no party / This ain't no disco / This ain't no fooling around … " — quick: Where's that lyric from and who did it?
Posted by: Dr_No

Too easy, but it serves to shove the ugly picture above from my brain.

Posted by: t-bird at June 19, 2026 10:43 AM (xkNPX)

218 Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 10:42 AM (afJtY)
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100%!

Posted by: Weasel at June 19, 2026 10:43 AM (GNqmQ)

219 From Obama:
"It [the Constitution] didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution, at least as it's been interpreted, and the Warren court interpreted it in the same way that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties."

"... it doesn't say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf. And that hasn't shifted."

It's that last bit that he finds unacceptable.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 10:44 AM (XeU6L)

220 Only in America can a black man be elected President twice and still have him and his wife continue to whine they are oppressed and the country is racist.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:45 AM (GseMx)

221 talking heads at the park west in '79. had balcony tix, but ten bucks to usher put us front row.
they only had the "'77" album at that point.
entire record is awesome. went downhill from there.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:45 AM (R11M+)

222 Those folks are waiting in line for an ATM because unbelievably my bank isn't open today.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 10:45 AM (9SpJJ)

223 or that the 3/5 compromise was about a census count.

It was, specifically, an anti-slavery measure. Long ago I thought politicians were ignorant about this fact. I am coming more and more to the conclusion that they’re just pro-slavery—for all of us.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 19, 2026 10:45 AM (kYmoU)

224 191 "This ain't no party / This ain't no disco / This ain't no fooling around … " — quick: Where's that lyric from and who did it?
Posted by: Dr_No

Talking Heads

Wikipedia, In David Bowman's book This Must Be the Place: The Adventures of Talking Heads in the Twentieth Century (2001), Byrne is quoted as describing the genesis of the song:

David wrote nine of the album's eleven tracks. Two numbers came out of jamming. The first would be called "Life During Wartime." David's lyrics describe a Walker Percy-ish post-apocalyptic landscape where a revolutionary hides out in a deserted cemetery, surviving on peanut butter. "I wrote this in my loft on Seventh and Avenue A," David later said, "I was thinking about Baader-Meinhof. Patty Hearst. Tompkins Square. This is a song about living in Alphabet City."[8]

Record World called it "a brilliant futuristic treatise on urban guerilla warfare."[9]

yada yada

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 10:45 AM (NFX2v)

225 189 Is t it odd how the answer to everything is more drugs more vaccines more money spent on “health care”

The answer is never eat better and take a walk every day. Why? Because eating better and walking everyday will make you healthy but nobody in the health care industrial complex gets paid.
Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:32 AM (VGFZk)

A “health care industrial complex” consists of: gyms, produce markets, etc. Because to engage in health care, you first must have health for which to care.

I have never gone to a hospital, seen a doc, and told him “I’M HEALTHY!!!”

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 19, 2026 10:45 AM (T6aVk)

226 188 Odd looking painting today. I wonder what prompted the artist to spend money on supplies and invest his time in such a piece.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2026 10:31 AM (+p5yX)

To make people ask, "Waiting for what?"

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:46 AM (6wpGE)

227 Those folks are waiting in line for an ATM because unbelievably my bank isn't open today.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 10:45 AM (9SpJJ)

Reminded me of the comedian doing a bit on ATMs and being frustrated with the person ahead of him.

' what are you doing? Getting a car loan ? '

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:46 AM (GseMx)

228 Or that the US imported 10x less slaves than South America and just Brazil alone.
Posted by: polynikes
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Remarkably, slavery elsewhere was brought to an end without a needless war that resulted in 600,000 lives, and consequences that exist to this day.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 10:47 AM (XeU6L)

229 >>> "This ain't no party / This ain't no disco / This ain't no fooling around … " — quick: Where's that lyric from and who did it?
Posted by: Dr_No

Sheryl Crow All I wanna do?

This ain't no disco. It ain't no country club either. This is L.A.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at June 19, 2026 10:37 AM (ycI94)

Talking Crow greatest hits:

Every Day Is a Once In a Lifetime
My Favorite Mistake is Burning Down the House
Girlfriend is Better If It Makes You Happy
Life During Wartime Is All I Wanna Do
Home, This Must Be the Place

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 10:47 AM (3uBP9)

230 Remarkably, slavery elsewhere was brought to an end without a needless war that resulted in 600,000 lives lost[\i], and consequences that exist to this day.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 10:48 AM (XeU6L)

231

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 10:48 AM (XeU6L)

232 It's MoMe Eve.

Posted by: Celebrate responsibly at June 19, 2026 10:48 AM (hgXkL)

233 crap.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 10:48 AM (XeU6L)

234 216 107
who designed the numbering system? 87 to 118?
Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 09:58 AM (R11M+)

nuh-uh!
Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:43 AM (6wpGE)
They’re jersey numbers for some kind of ghey yurpean kickball team.

Posted by: Eromero at June 19, 2026 10:48 AM (LHPAg)

235 Have a wonder time at NoVaMoMe 2026! Great weather, good company, safe travels.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 10:50 AM (NFX2v)

236 The Waiting Room
George Tooker

So that's where George Took her...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 10:50 AM (l3cgK)

237 George Tooker

Tooker? I didn't even know 'er.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:50 AM (6wpGE)

238 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 10:48 AM (XeU6L)

Well Brazil didn't end it until 1888.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:50 AM (GseMx)

239 236 The Waiting Room
George Tooker

So that's where George Took her...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 10:50 AM (l3cgK)

237 George Tooker

Tooker? I didn't even know 'er.
Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:50 AM (6wpGE)

Great minds, same track, all that.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:51 AM (6wpGE)

240 To make people ask, "Waiting for what?"

Get in line if you want a chance at being admitted to the next available line. If you're lucky, it'll be the line for a cabbage.

Posted by: t-bird at June 19, 2026 10:51 AM (xkNPX)

241 88 thru 117 are in the backrooms.
boy says good monster.
obsession was ok, but send help was way better.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:51 AM (R11M+)

242 Got my morning coffee, best thing I can say.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:52 AM (pMmVV)

243 I like the color palette in the painting.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:52 AM (GseMx)

244 Today's art made me flash back to the Portland Military Induction Center, 1970 where about 250 dudes of all stripes were lined up in a line around the room, wearing nothing but shorts. All for the physical. Most were draftees. A few volunteers. And me. A high school kid getting a physical for a ROTC scholarship.
It was...illuminating.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 10:53 AM (2WIwB)

245 Do blacks no longer celebrate July 4 now that they have their own “Independence Day”? Did any celebrate in the first place?
Posted by: Heroq

I see that Anderson Cooper is hosting a pre 4th of July bash on CNN on July 3. I'm sure it'll be must see TV.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)

246 Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 10:53 AM (2WIwB)

Short arm inspection

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:54 AM (GseMx)

247 purple cabbage looks cool.
being "cabbaged" is when someone is talking too much at you.
mom's basic simple slaw is amazing.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:54 AM (R11M+)

248 Person in 114 might be hanging from a coat hook.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:54 AM (6wpGE)

249 The Waiting Room

Would hang in Obama's concrete mausoleum.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:54 AM (pMmVV)

250 > Do blacks no longer celebrate July 4 now that they have their own “Independence Day”? Did any celebrate in the first place?
Posted by: Heroq
+++

Isn't there a Black National Anthem?

Posted by: I gotta ask at June 19, 2026 10:55 AM (hgXkL)

251 Short arm inspection
Posted by: polynikes
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'Lean over and spread your cheeks'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 10:55 AM (XeU6L)

252 The Left don't want blacks to celebrate any holidays they consider white Christian based.

Too bad for them there are more blacks leaving the Democrat plantation everyday.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:56 AM (GseMx)

253 196 Vit D deficiency is common in the US especially in the northern parts and especially for people with darker skin.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:35 AM (sKqQm)

I would think that darker skin would absorb more rays from the sun.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:56 AM (6wpGE)

254 ... like, not reflect them.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:57 AM (6wpGE)

255 But they don't go outside for very much time in the Winter.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 10:57 AM (qFwJc)

256 #"it's not the weather"

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:58 AM (R11M+)

257 Just did my first video tour of the two houses today. First one looks darn good! The rear sliding doors onto the deck, which I hated, are not only double-paned vinyl windows, but they also have blinds *between* the panes, controlled by switches on the inside. Good-looking property.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 10:58 AM (wzUl9)

258 Late to the morning threads, but wanted to say that I agree with this take on Fauci and COVID:

115 My take on Fauci/COVID:

Fauci had for a while wanted to make a general coronavirus vaccine as he saw this as a major success for his career. Because GoF research had been banned in the US he sent money through his flunkie Daszak to do the research in China.

China then did its normal low level of quality control and had the frankenvirus they made escape. They intentionally spread it to Europe and the US, used it to clamp down on Hong Kong protests, and worked with the Dems here to amplify fear as a weapon against Trump but this was opportunistic not an intentional release.

When Fauci found out about COVID he knew immediately it was his virus, which is why he went right away into cover your ass mode. Now remember his goal in all this was a COVID vaccine - so he went to his partners who told him their vaccine was just about ready to go anyway but they lied - faking both the effectiveness and safety tests.

Which led to the Biden junta which in turn worked with Fauci to cover up the origins of the virus and the ineffectiveness and danger of the clot shot.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 19, 2026 10:58 AM (yWXyf)

259 >>> 115 Gad Saad is thinking of leaving the Canuck Reich because it is getting less and less safe to live there if you are Jewish.

The Reich has an exit tax and he has commented it would take him 10 years to re-earn the money taken from him. How much is the Reich's exit tax?

Also one of the most notable differences between free and non-free societies is how easy it is to leave. This isn't the Berlin Wall certainly but...give them time.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:01 AM (sKqQm)

FYI the *US* also has an exit tax. iirc not as harsh as the People's Democratic Republic of Canadia version but still pretty severe, and it may have been put in place during the Bush Jr admin.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 10:59 AM (R+iUD)

260 Obama: When American foreign policy lives up to our highest ideals, when we champion human rights and democracy and the sound stewardship of our planet, when we take the lead in eradicating disease and feeding the hungry and educating children, when we encourage cooperation between nations, instead of trying to dominate and bully and squeeze every advantage just because we can, and most of all, when we show through our example here at home that even a country as big and diverse as ours can make democracy work, it turns out all nations, including ours, become more prosperous and secure, and the world gets a little bit brighter

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Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 10:59 AM (ndZc7)

261 Time to come up with a new term for "black body radiation."

Posted by: Your Physics textbook at June 19, 2026 10:59 AM (hgXkL)

262 Vit D deficiency is common in the US especially in the northern parts and especially for people with darker skin.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:35 AM (sKqQm)

Speaking of gaslighting, I laugh at the Coopertone commercial where the main actor is a young black girl. ( yes I know black people can get effects from the sun too but YKWIM)

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:59 AM (GseMx)

263 Rant up

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 11:00 AM (mYCqF)

264 Posted by: Your Physics textbook

Um, math?

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 11:01 AM (6wpGE)

265 261 Time to come up with a new term for "black body radiation."

Posted by: Your Physics textbook at June 19, 2026 10:59 AM (hgXkL)

Full Melanin Radiation?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 11:04 AM (l3cgK)

266 250 > Do blacks no longer celebrate July 4 now that they have their own “Independence Day”? Did any celebrate in the first place?
Posted by: Heroq
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I wonder if black folk, who have worked and studied and are part of the American way, find it annoying to be lumped in with that deviant sub culture created by LBJ.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:04 AM (pMmVV)

267 I'm confused. So is today a celebratory day or a day of mourning?

I don't see any advertising for tickets to any major rap or hip-hop venues or festivals.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 11:07 AM (9SpJJ)

268 267 I'm confused. So is today a celebratory day or a day of mourning?

I don't see any advertising for tickets to any major rap or hip-hop venues or festivals.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 11:07 AM (9SpJJ)

We're in Gay Pride Month, so I guess Black Homo Freedom?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 11:08 AM (l3cgK)

269 210 Do blacks no longer celebrate July 4 now that they have their own “Independence Day”? Did any celebrate in the first place?
Posted by: Heroq

Maybe like Philly with its unusual celebrations catering to youth and visitors, but definitely celebrations of Independence Day with lots of music & fireworks nevertheless.

One large difference over the last several years is the resurgence of the Black National Anthem. (Time, 2026, A History of the Newly Resurgent 'Black National Anthem')

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 11:09 AM (NFX2v)

270 I'm a pollyannaist!

Posted by: banana Dream - super optimistic at June 19, 2026 11:11 AM (3uBP9)

271 270 I'm a pollyannaist!

Posted by: banana Dream - super optimistic at June 19, 2026 11:11 AM (3uBP9)

anyone a polyestherist?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 11:21 AM (l3cgK)

272
One large difference over the last several years is the resurgence of the Black National Anthem. (Time, 2026, A History of the Newly Resurgent 'Black National Anthem')

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 11:09 AM (NFX2v)

is that the one the South African President sang, whose lyrics translate to Kill Whitey?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 11:21 AM (l3cgK)

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