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Mid-Morning Art Thread
Henri Rousseau
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 08:31 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Doof at September 10, 2021 08:31 AM (mZUr4)
Posted by: redridinghood at September 10, 2021 08:32 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2021 08:32 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 10, 2021 08:33 AM (89OU7)
Posted by: MikeM at September 10, 2021 08:33 AM (6WyvU)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 10, 2021 08:33 AM (s2VJv)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 08:33 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: dantesed at September 10, 2021 08:33 AM (88xKn)
Posted by: redridinghood at September 10, 2021 08:34 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 10, 2021 08:34 AM (89OU7)
There is quite a good short documentary on restoring Rousseau's "Sleeping Gypsy."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sX1lnSy5Pc&t=87s
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 10, 2021 08:34 AM (s2VJv)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 08:34 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at September 10, 2021 08:34 AM (TDj17)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at September 10, 2021 08:34 AM (obcVG)
Posted by: JuJuBee at September 10, 2021 08:34 AM (S7E0s)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at September 10, 2021 08:34 AM (1XIkG)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 10, 2021 08:34 AM (/U27+)
Posted by: Rick in SK at September 10, 2021 08:35 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 10, 2021 08:35 AM (dfRN6)
"And it's Bungle, in the Jungle,
Well that's alright by me,
I'm a tiger, when I want love,
But I'm a snake, when we disagree..."
- - Jethro Tull, '71
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 10, 2021 08:35 AM (s2VJv)
Posted by: 496 at September 10, 2021 08:35 AM (VJsqe)
Posted by: redridinghood at September 10, 2021 08:35 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 08:36 AM (OCTRt)
piker
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 10, 2021 08:33 AM (89OU7)
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There is a 2nd woman.
Posted by: 496 at September 10, 2021 08:36 AM (VJsqe)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at September 10, 2021 08:36 AM (eJn7u)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at September 10, 2021 08:34 AM (obcVG)
And she's already in the bush.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 10, 2021 08:36 AM (s2VJv)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 10, 2021 08:36 AM (CjFDo)
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 10, 2021 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)
Honey trap. Don't fall for it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 10, 2021 08:34 AM (/U27+)
It's always a trap!
~ Admiral Ackbar
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at September 10, 2021 08:36 AM (TDj17)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at September 10, 2021 08:36 AM (3D/fK)
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 10, 2021 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: MikeM at September 10, 2021 08:37 AM (6WyvU)
well that's all right by me
I'm a tiger when I want love
But I'm a snake if we disagree
Posted by: banana Dream at September 10, 2021 08:37 AM (Yh0oe)
Posted by: 496 at September 10, 2021 08:37 AM (VJsqe)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 10, 2021 08:37 AM (/1l9x)
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 08:37 AM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Downcast at September 10, 2021 08:37 AM (JjMWb)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 10, 2021 08:37 AM (/U27+)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 10, 2021 08:38 AM (89OU7)
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 10, 2021 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: redridinghood at September 10, 2021 08:38 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: klaftern at September 10, 2021 08:38 AM (r4sI4)
Would Hang.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy
Don't end it that way. Not over a stupid painting.
Oh.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 08:38 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: banana Dream at September 10, 2021 08:38 AM (Yh0oe)
Posted by: t-bird at September 10, 2021 08:38 AM (9Fwwf)
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 10, 2021 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Ziba at September 10, 2021 08:38 AM (S1hrL)
Posted by: Sasquatch. The Original Trans-Wookie at September 10, 2021 08:39 AM (Uqk0T)
Posted by: JuJuBee at September 10, 2021 08:39 AM (S7E0s)
We mind-melded again somehow.
Posted by: banana Dream at September 10, 2021 08:38 AM (Yh0oe)
Crocodile nas-tees.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 10, 2021 08:39 AM (s2VJv)
Posted by: runner at September 10, 2021 08:39 AM (V13WU)
Posted by: Sponge
Olive Oyl didn't have them.
Didcha ever notice Swee'Pea looked an awful lot like Whimpy?
Just say'n.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 08:39 AM (mD/uy)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at September 10, 2021 08:39 AM (UHVv4)
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 08:37 AM (mD/uy)
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She's horny.
Posted by: 496 at September 10, 2021 08:39 AM (VJsqe)
Posted by: dantesed at September 10, 2021 08:40 AM (88xKn)
Posted by: Sponge
It's actually a spider bite.
F'n outdoors. Always trying to kill you.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 08:40 AM (OCTRt)
You saying cavemen a million years ago were humorists put here just to make yous shit and giggles?
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at September 10, 2021 08:40 AM (obcVG)
Posted by: runner at September 10, 2021 08:40 AM (V13WU)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 08:40 AM (3p5uk)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 10, 2021 08:40 AM (/U27+)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at September 10, 2021 08:40 AM (eJn7u)
Posted by: banana Dream at September 10, 2021 08:41 AM (Yh0oe)
Posted by: Jak Sucio at September 10, 2021 08:41 AM (jvt6t)
Why is there a German flag in the middle ?
Posted by: runner at September 10, 2021 08:41 AM (V13WU)
well that's all right by me
I'm a tiger when I want love
But I'm a snake if we disagree
Posted by: banana Dream
If you squeeze my lizard,
I'll put my snake on you
Posted by: Lemmy's ghost at September 10, 2021 08:41 AM (JjMWb)
Is it 'great art'? Not to me. Is it worth viewing? Yep!
Posted by: JTB at September 10, 2021 08:41 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: Jak Sucio at September 10, 2021 08:41 AM (jvt6t)
Posted by: Sponge
Art related question - do darker areolae help babies find them? Doesn't seem right - males have them. And babies can sniff out, literally, breasts through clothing.
This is the type of stuff that keeps me awake at night.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 08:41 AM (mD/uy)
Posted by: redridinghood at September 10, 2021 08:42 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at September 10, 2021 08:42 AM (eJn7u)
Posted by: Jimco Industries at September 10, 2021 08:42 AM (buTO7)
Posted by: dantesed
Yup. If you click on the image, you should get a slightly better resolution version. And there is more to see, the native guy is more visible etc. And the two lions, easier to see their interesting eyes. A lot of triangles in the image I feel.
Posted by: MikeM at September 10, 2021 08:42 AM (6WyvU)
This is the type of stuff that keeps me awake at night.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 08:41 AM (mD/uy)
Ask Bootygig's husband. He's a mother of twins!
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 10, 2021 08:43 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 08:41 AM (mD/uy)
You are not drinking enough.
Posted by: Wisconsin at September 10, 2021 08:43 AM (sjdRT)
Posted by: 496 at September 10, 2021 08:44 AM (VJsqe)
Posted by: banana Dream at September 10, 2021 08:44 AM (Yh0oe)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 10, 2021 08:40 AM (/U27+)
I've seen commercials recently with Doug Flutie flogging some sort of testosterone supplement. Dude hasn't aged all that well.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 10, 2021 08:45 AM (dfRN6)
Posted by: davidt at September 10, 2021 08:45 AM (N/iqz)
I'll offer this triple-shot:
GNR - Welcome to the Jungle: https://youtu.be/o1tj2zJ2Wvg
Morris Day and The Time - Jungle Love: https://youtu.be/N2FPQvwhSDY
Love and Rockets - Jungle Law: https://youtu.be/FhMntmhvFic
Posted by: Doof at September 10, 2021 08:45 AM (mZUr4)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 10, 2021 08:46 AM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 10, 2021 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: banana Dream
German flag.
Bayern or Munich metric futballer fan.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 08:46 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at September 10, 2021 08:46 AM (2XBPR)
Posted by: 496 at September 10, 2021 08:46 AM (VJsqe)
Experiment time. Get out the makeup and mamouflage one side.
Posted by: Downcast at September 10, 2021 08:46 AM (JjMWb)
Posted by: 24-7 SPYZ at September 10, 2021 08:46 AM (NFZ51)
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 10, 2021 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)
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Just 'cause you dislike fun and games doesn't mean the lady in the painting does...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 08:46 AM (3p5uk)
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 08:46 AM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at September 10, 2021 08:47 AM (eJn7u)
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 08:47 AM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 10, 2021 08:47 AM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: Sponge
Weeheeheehee dee heeheeheehee weeoh aweem away
Weeheeheehee dee heeheeheehee weeoh aweem away
(Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh)
(Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh)
(Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh)
(Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh)
In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle the quiet jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 08:47 AM (OCTRt)
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No Jungle Boogie?
Posted by: 496 at September 10, 2021 08:46 AM (VJsqe)
Gotta leave some stuff for others!
Posted by: Doof at September 10, 2021 08:48 AM (mZUr4)
Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at September 10, 2021 08:48 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: redridinghood at September 10, 2021 08:48 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Doof at September 10, 2021 08:48 AM (mZUr4)
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It's ok - it's a junk song anyway.
Posted by: 496 at September 10, 2021 08:48 AM (VJsqe)
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 08:48 AM (mD/uy)
Posted by: PSA at September 10, 2021 08:49 AM (N/iqz)
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 08:49 AM (mD/uy)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 10, 2021 08:49 AM (yQpMk)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5TC6vPO2P4
Posted by: 24-7 SPYZ at September 10, 2021 08:46 AM (NFZ51)
LOVE 24-7 SPYZ.
My brother has this as my ringtone.....
https://youtu.be/t8Wk9aa2aKI?t=31
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 10, 2021 08:49 AM (Zz0t1)
Patrick Henry
True today as it was then.
Never thought I see this in my lifetime.
Posted by: Archer at September 10, 2021 08:49 AM (gmo/4)
You best not be talking about the SPYZ.
Those guys fuckin rocked. Some of the best Pits ever.
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 08:49 AM (NFZ51)
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 10, 2021 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)
As my 17 year old son would say -- "Facts!"
Posted by: Doof at September 10, 2021 08:49 AM (mZUr4)
Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at September 10, 2021 08:48 AM (OUMaO)
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When you click for a larger picture they look kind of crosseyed...
Posted by: 496 at September 10, 2021 08:49 AM (VJsqe)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 08:49 AM (LvTSG)
woman is asking what does a gal need to do to get a drink in this place
Posted by: Corona-exile lost in spaces at September 10, 2021 08:49 AM (i30sR)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 08:50 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: redridinghood at September 10, 2021 08:50 AM (NpAcC)
Where CBD uses a Calvinball multiplier for the day's final cut-off.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at September 10, 2021 08:50 AM (3D/fK)
Posted by: Tonypete
Because it's not a jungle, but her backyard? Pablo, her gardener, got popped by ICE and won't be back for six weeks.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 08:50 AM (OCTRt)
Just 'cause you dislike fun and games doesn't mean the lady in the painting does...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 08:46 AM (3p5uk)
It always takes me back to that early scene in Dead Pool (Clint Eastwood, not the new crap) with Jim Carrey doing the music video to it......
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 10, 2021 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)
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Bwana Bob's -- he won't be undersold!
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at September 10, 2021 08:51 AM (UHVv4)
Posted by: banana Dream at September 10, 2021 08:51 AM (Yh0oe)
Sure I'm paying $4 for gas and everything at the grocery store is up 20%. But damn the lack of mean tweets more than makes up for it.
Thanks NeverTrump.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 10, 2021 08:51 AM (GQ5VU)
*sheds single tear*
*is as Indian as that one guy*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 08:49 AM (LvTSG)
LOL.
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 10, 2021 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Blutarski at September 10, 2021 08:51 AM (JbV5A)
Thanks, CBD. This is a fun way to end the week.
Posted by: JTB at September 10, 2021 08:51 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Put me down for two tickets for the feats of strength competition please.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 08:52 AM (mD/uy)
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Bwana Bob's -- he won't be undersold!
Posted by: andycanuck
I snorted out loud, I did. Scared the dog.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 08:52 AM (OCTRt)
Well, that's all right by me, yeah
Well, I'm a tiger when I want love
But I'm a snake if we disagree
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 10, 2021 08:52 AM (yrol0)
Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at September 10, 2021 08:53 AM (N8znD)
Posted by: redridinghood
I heard it as - 'there's a bathroom on the right'.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 08:53 AM (mD/uy)
It's about cartoon boobs, cartoon hardwood, and a flute-playing pervert.
On the upside, they've all got their vaccine and are allowed too work in this paint.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2021 08:53 AM (5NkmN)
Posted by: Top.Man. at September 10, 2021 08:53 AM (kFWgV)
Some absolutely awesome guitar work.
Saw them with Living Colour, The Ramones, Fishbone, Murphy's Law and a bunch of their Solo shows.
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 08:53 AM (NFZ51)
Posted by: Corona-exile lost in spaces at September 10, 2021 08:49 AM (i30sR)
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Although not pictured due to the angles involved, Rousseau confirmed during interviews at the time that the couch is actually a litter. There are attachments for poles that run through the base of the piece to allow it (and the woman recumbent upon it) to be carried by attendants. Such contrivances had become unusual by that time in Europe, but they were historically more common. Although not directly addressed by Rousseau, it can be assumed based on size and estimated weight that the vehicle was moved by eight litter-bearers, with two on each corner.
Posted by: Fake Art History, Second Edition at September 10, 2021 08:54 AM (3p5uk)
Posted by: Archer at September 10, 2021 08:54 AM (gmo/4)
*Am I doing this right?*
Posted by: 496 at September 10, 2021 08:54 AM (VJsqe)
Thanks, CBD. This is a fun way to end the week.
Posted by: JTB
Didja see the THREE snipers ?
Posted by: JT at September 10, 2021 08:54 AM (arJlL)
Some absolutely awesome guitar work.
Saw them with Living Colour, The Ramones, Fishbone, Murphy's Law and a bunch of their Solo shows.
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 08:53 AM (NFZ51)
Righteous.
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 10, 2021 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)
Neat picture with all the bright colors. Still, would not hang.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at September 10, 2021 08:54 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Zombie O'Keefe at September 10, 2021 08:56 AM (NFZ51)
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Bwana Bob's -- he won't be undersold!
Posted by: andycanuck
A fixture of early '60s television in Cleveland was 'Jungle Larry' - an icon of the Cleveland Zoo.
'All aboard for Pacyyderms
Armadillos, and
Hip Po Potamus sus susses!!'
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 08:56 AM (mD/uy)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
My plan is to continue doing my job, and if the company decides to obey the gangsters then they will have to fire me. Make them jump through all the hoops, and maybe there will be a wrongful termination angle.
Posted by: davidt at September 10, 2021 08:56 AM (N/iqz)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at September 10, 2021 08:56 AM (UHVv4)
Everything's better when wet
Jungle love, it's driving me mad
It's making me crazy
Jungle love, it's driving me mad
It's making me crazy
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 10, 2021 08:56 AM (yrol0)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 10, 2021 08:56 AM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at September 10, 2021 08:57 AM (obcVG)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine
So, its gettin' the chair ?
Posted by: JT at September 10, 2021 08:57 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: 496
Hurray for our side!!
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 08:57 AM (mD/uy)
And BTW, every Republican who voted to certify the stolen election has the same blood on their hands as the Drooler in Chief.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at September 10, 2021 08:57 AM (eJn7u)
Posted by: red speck at September 10, 2021 08:57 AM (gS3OW)
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 08:58 AM (NFZ51)
The bad news: it's Nancy Pelosi
Posted by: steevy at September 10, 2021 08:58 AM (uUDKV)
Posted by: 11B40 at September 10, 2021 08:58 AM (uuklp)
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 08:58 AM (NFZ51)
Free Ice Cream does better.
Posted by: uncle handsy Joe at September 10, 2021 08:58 AM (yrol0)
Fuck you. War.
Have a good weekend.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 10, 2021 08:59 AM (yQpMk)
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 10, 2021 09:00 AM (yrol0)
Posted by: runner at September 10, 2021 09:00 AM (V13WU)
Posted by: banana Dream at September 10, 2021 09:00 AM (Yh0oe)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at September 10, 2021 09:01 AM (2SdPm)
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Call the roller of big cigars,
The muscular one, and bid him whip
In kitchen cups concupiscent curds.
Let the wenches dawdle in such dress
As they are used to wear, and let the boys
Bring flowers in last month's newspapers.
Let be be finale of seem.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.
Posted by: 496 at September 10, 2021 09:01 AM (VJsqe)
==
But...they have more than 100 employees, and will be fined 15k per violation right ??
Posted by: runner at September 10, 2021 09:01 AM (V13WU)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at September 10, 2021 09:02 AM (obcVG)
https://tinyurl.com/ywk4af3h
China bans new video games indefinitely "for the children".
Posted by: Methos at September 10, 2021 09:02 AM (kOpft)
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at September 10, 2021 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2021 09:03 AM (nfrXX)
Posted by: SMOD at September 10, 2021 09:03 AM (RHGPo)
Well, there are a few mitigating factors that keep babies from nursing on men. One, babies are traditionally with their mothers a lot. Two, when babies cry, the mothers whip out their boobs quickly, because if they didn't, they'd explode. And Three, If a dude tries nursing a baby with his hairy-ass, milkless man-nipples -- in a sane society -- he should be beaten about the head and neck until unconscious.
Posted by: red speck at September 10, 2021 09:04 AM (gS3OW)
Posted by: SMOD at September 10, 2021 09:03 AM (RHGPo)
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"Come to college to not succeed or better yourself."
-Modern universities
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 09:04 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: runner at September 10, 2021 09:01 AM (V13WU)
They are in the test-weekly group.
Coincidently, first class postage to increase to 75 cents.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 10, 2021 09:04 AM (yQpMk)
Posted by: banana Dream at September 10, 2021 08:51 AM (Yh0oe)
so, it's Catherine the Great in action?
Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at September 10, 2021 09:04 AM (8D42x)
I'm currently working a contract job just to earn a few bucks. I'll gladly tell them, "LOL, get fcuked" and quit if the company I work for decides their contract workers need to get vaccinated.
Anyway, as stupid as things have been, I feel blessed, and looked out for! when I look back on when I retired.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at September 10, 2021 09:05 AM (2SdPm)
Posted by: steevy at September 10, 2021 09:06 AM (uUDKV)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at September 10, 2021 09:05 AM (2SdPm)
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Don't you yourself work for a company of one person?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 09:06 AM (3p5uk)
Posted by: SMOD
That there is some authentic bureaucratic gibberish.
Posted by: davidt at September 10, 2021 09:07 AM (N/iqz)
There will be repercussions from the left if we try to succeed just as there would have been repercussions against Trump if he would have tried to fire and clean house of the deep staters within the government and his own administration. You stupidly think and thought that the lawless elements within both parties were and are going to sit idly by and do nothing? The left has a plan and we don't. You guys are actually going to rely on republican politicians to succeed? We're on our own.
Posted by: JROD at September 10, 2021 09:07 AM (0jZnq)
Don't quit. Make them fire you.
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 09:08 AM (NFZ51)
Posted by: SMOD at September 10, 2021 09:03 AM (RHGPo)
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And y'all thought my "Your Kid's Professor" posts were satire...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 09:08 AM (3p5uk)
"Come to college to not succeed or better yourself."
-Modern universities
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
You better yourself by worsening yourself.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 10, 2021 09:08 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 09:06 AM (3p5uk)
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Nah, I'm pimped out by an employment agency. They handle payroll. I just go where they assign me.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at September 10, 2021 09:08 AM (2SdPm)
Drives me nuts...almost as bad as "you know".
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2021 09:09 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 09:08 AM (NFZ51)
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Now that is a better idea.
Should be fun.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at September 10, 2021 09:09 AM (2SdPm)
Stuck Mojo playing here, from WAYYYYY back.
Posted by: IP at September 10, 2021 09:09 AM (isHRY)
"They were doing things in that lab that could have led to circumstances where a virus that was purposefully evolved in ways that it could be more dangerous to humans could have escaped," Gottlieb further emphasised.
Posted by: SMOD at September 10, 2021 09:09 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at September 10, 2021 09:08 AM (2SdPm)
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Ah, I got ya. I interpreted your post to mean that you went back to do some work for your former employer, but as a contractor.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 09:09 AM (3p5uk)
https://frightenstein.com/
characters/bwana.html
Price was doing some acting in Toronto and the small-show producer asked him to do some pre-recorded cameo shots and Price did a ton of them [for 1/4 his usual fee] and went out and bought beer for the crew during the shooting and more. The story is related, wonderfully, by the late Kathy Shaidle through Mark Steyn's website and linked in my sock.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at September 10, 2021 09:09 AM (UHVv4)
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 09:10 AM (NFZ51)
But...they have more than 100 employees, and will be fined 15k per violation right ??
Posted by: runner at September 10, 2021 09:01 AM (V13WU)
OSHA won't look too closely at USPS.
They'll be too busy scrutinizing MyPillow, Hobby Lobby, and NewsMax.
Posted by: NJ Class Traitor at September 10, 2021 09:10 AM (beRpX)
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 09:10 AM (NFZ51)
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2021 09:09 AM (AwYPR)
Well, so you know, ...
Posted by: banana Dream at September 10, 2021 09:10 AM (Yh0oe)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at September 10, 2021 09:11 AM (2SdPm)
Posted by: JROD
He's right, you know. These are extraordinary times. Extraordinary measures are called for.
Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at September 10, 2021 09:11 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at September 10, 2021 09:11 AM (2XBPR)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 10, 2021 09:08 AM (63Dwl)
Ayn wrote about this. Employees gathering to say who had the toughest life. Much complaining, zero work.
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 10, 2021 09:11 AM (yrol0)
Posted by: IP at September 10, 2021 09:11 AM (isHRY)
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2021 09:09 AM (AwYPR)
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Howie Carr has observed that whenever Elizabeth Warren begins a sentence with "So" you know she's about to tell a big whopper of a lie.
Posted by: 496 at September 10, 2021 09:12 AM (VJsqe)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at September 10, 2021 09:11 AM (2XBPR)
SANCTUARY
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 10, 2021 09:12 AM (yrol0)
Republicans completely control Arizona, Georgia, Florida and at least a dozen and a half other states, right?
What if DeSantis suggests that the legislature in his state enacts Texas style abortion restrictions? Every single other Republican state can do the same thing. Make it loudly known that a) it's the right thing to do and b) this is DIRECTLY a result of Biden's attempt to force people essentially by gunpoint to get a vaccine they don't want.
When liberal women who are entirely Democrat voters hoot and holler, let the governors of these states say they'll drop the support of the abortion law if the Biden administration quits strong arming on the vaccine.
Let these disgusting Democrats defend that they are more concerned with killing the unborn than they are about their covid obsession.
Posted by: Ohio Guy at September 10, 2021 09:12 AM (dJoV4)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 10, 2021 09:12 AM (89OU7)
Posted by: davidt at September 10, 2021 09:12 AM (N/iqz)
Posted by: BluesFish at September 10, 2021 09:12 AM (kPJ/p)
Posted by: Chillin the most at September 10, 2021 09:12 AM (lonOK)
Posted by: 496 at September 10, 2021 09:12 AM (VJsqe)
Liawatha
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 10, 2021 09:13 AM (yrol0)
The muscular one, and bid him whip
In kitchen cups concupiscent curds.
Let the wenches dawdle in such dress
As they are used to wear, and let the boys
Bring flowers in last month's newspapers.
Let be be finale of seem.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.
Posted by: 496 at September 10, 2021
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Quoted as an epigraph in Stephen King's Salem's Lot, when the ink was still fresh on his English degree. (The lead character quotes the last 2 lines, and the local sheriff murmurs, "Sounds like the Good Humor Man to me.")
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 10, 2021 09:13 AM (quCFJ)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 10, 2021 09:13 AM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 10, 2021 09:12 AM (89OU7)
Best friend and I would go to church. If we did not like who was preaching we packed up over to Sambos.
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 10, 2021 09:14 AM (yrol0)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 10, 2021 09:14 AM (QU5/8)
Posted by: steevy at September 10, 2021 09:14 AM (uUDKV)
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2021 09:15 AM (nfrXX)
Illiterate, as there is enough information available to read that support an opposing view.
Innumerate, as again there is enough data available to see that we are being willfully mislead.
Ignorant, the road to totalitarianisms is well documented throughout history, and that useful fools will face the ditch and take a bullet in the back of the head, just like those they sent before them.
Where in God's name is the opposition party? Why is there no hew and cry from the Republican party on a national level?
I'm with Andrew: Fuck You...WAR!
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at September 10, 2021 09:15 AM (BgMrQ)
They are both trying to stick something in you that you don't want.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 09:15 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at September 10, 2021 09:15 AM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 10, 2021 09:17 AM (vuisn)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at September 10, 2021 09:15 AM (CAJOC)
a vagina in a vagina
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 10, 2021 09:17 AM (yrol0)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 09:17 AM (OCTRt)
(* raises hand *)
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2021 09:15 AM (nfrXX)
Sambo cakes and tiger butter
Posted by: It's me donna at September 10, 2021 09:17 AM (L91xj)
Where CBD uses a Calvinball multiplier for the day's final cut-off.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at September 10, 2021 08:50 AM (3D/fK)
Hey there, VIA!!
Your comment reminded me -- yesterday on the local TV news, they displayed something about Howard County, and I noticed that the County Executive is named Calvin Ball. How awesome is that name??!!??!!
Posted by: Doof at September 10, 2021 09:19 AM (mZUr4)
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 10, 2021 09:00 AM
Does anyone have any doubts as to why postal workers are being exempted?
Posted by: Moonbeam at September 10, 2021 09:19 AM (qe5CM)
Posted by: davidt at September 10, 2021 09:19 AM (N/iqz)
Posted by: JROD
Yup. After 4 years who could Trump really trust, who could help him? Flynn? Who got himself tied up with the FBI for the entire time? Ronny Jackson? The list is very small. Example if he tried to fire heads of various military, impeachment again for compromising our military etc.
Side topic, Sidney Powell, release the Kraken, oh FFS as Nurse would say, what a waste of time.
Posted by: MikeM at September 10, 2021 09:20 AM (6WyvU)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 09:17 AM (OCTRt)
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You mean Roberts Large Young Male Child... don't you
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at September 10, 2021 09:20 AM (flINI)
hopefully true, BUT they go through these useful devils like sand through an hourglass ... they perform their DeepState duty, then go off to their comfortable "retirement" as activists in other well paid positions.
Trump went through many of the "made men" who stabbed him in the back, but every new version promises "reform". (#SteinerWill Come, #DurhamWillCome, #2Weeks)
I just wonder if they don't also plan to retire Biden after he does a couple more Full Blown Totalitarian moves. But that only ushers in even more subservient (to DeepState) Kamala, and that great sucking sound you might hear is ? ...idk, something worse than jobs to Mexico.
Posted by: illiniwek at September 10, 2021 09:20 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby
Sambo's. Bob's Big Boy.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 09:17 AM
Yes, we had one of those in the town I lived in as a kid.
Posted by: Moonbeam at September 10, 2021 09:20 AM (qe5CM)
Posted by: Moonbeam
Because they'd strike otherwise.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 09:20 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: Moonbeam at September 10, 2021 09:19 AM (qe5CM)
Because they're Nucking Futs.
Posted by: Archer at September 10, 2021 09:21 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 10, 2021 09:21 AM (Xrfse)
that same society adds especially those to their pantheon, who bid defiance to these demands and would rather lose their lives than betray their willfulness.
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 10, 2021 09:21 AM (yrol0)
Posted by: Ian S. at September 10, 2021 09:21 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Archer at September 10, 2021 09:21 AM (gmo/4)
I'm not sure there's anything I buy that has only gone up 8.3%.
Posted by: t-bird at September 10, 2021 09:22 AM (vOGqy)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at September 10, 2021 09:22 AM (obcVG)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at September 10, 2021 09:22 AM (2XBPR)
Posted by: Moonbeam
They are NOT exempted under the OSHA rules.
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 10, 2021 09:23 AM (yrol0)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 10, 2021 09:12 AM (89OU7)
You asked for it (kinda)...
https://youtu.be/4H3ZgR0EESM
Posted by: Doof at September 10, 2021 09:23 AM (mZUr4)
So his position with the Lincoln Project is already lined up?
Posted by: Ian S. at September 10, 2021 09:23 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Moonbeam at September 10, 2021 09:19 AM (qe5CM)
Because they're Nucking Futs.
Posted by: Archer at September 10, 2021 09:21 AM (gmo/4)
Latest update is that the USPS is NOT exempt.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 10, 2021 09:23 AM (N39Ws)
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I think you essentially nailed the root cause. It is more general than that, I think, but this is basically it. It's distrust. We've gone from high-trust to general mistrust to active distrust with shocking rapidity. And without trust, everything fails. Our system more or less depends on a high-trust environment. It was born from a high-trust environment and assumes trust as a given in most cases (the systems to reconcile broken trust - like courts and contracts - are slow and have low throughput and can be effective only if most people don't need them).
Ending high-trust also means ending vicarious trust (I trust you because someone I trust trusts you), which blows our system to pieces. And we've ended high trust and are moving toward zero trust, and the system is blowing to pieces.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
Posted by: ShainS -- Unauthorized Freedom Exhibitionist at September 10, 2021 09:23 AM (/z9fK)
Posted by: Sasquatch. The Original Trans-Wookie at September 10, 2021 09:23 AM (Uqk0T)
Posted by: t-bird at September 10, 2021 09:22 AM (vOGqy)
80/20 ground round bought in June 2021 @ $3.99/lb. Last Saturday, 80/20 ground round was $5.49/lb.
Posted by: Archer at September 10, 2021 09:23 AM (gmo/4)
War you fuck.
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at September 10, 2021 09:22 AM (obcVG)
...heh!
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at September 10, 2021 09:24 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 10, 2021 09:00 AM
Does anyone have any doubts as to why postal workers are being exempted?
Posted by: Moonbeam at September 10, 2021 09:19 AM (qe5CM)
Science.
Posted by: BluesFish at September 10, 2021 09:25 AM (kPJ/p)
Posted by: t-bird at September 10, 2021 09:22 AM (vOGqy)
The consumer price index doesn't include food and fuel, the two things people see every week.
Posted by: Fox2 at September 10, 2021 09:25 AM (RqGHB)
I'd be shocked if this happened. It would be seen as admitting fault.
Posted by: Mainah at September 10, 2021 09:25 AM (Boy/L)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 09:15 AM (OCTRt)
I like this analogy.
Posted by: Jordan61, I am the 10% at September 10, 2021 09:26 AM (Ez6QX)
Not if he's the designated fall guy to protect Grandpa Diddlefingers.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 10, 2021 09:26 AM (ZGrMX)
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Wow. Someone needs a 2nd cup of coffee this morning. Or better yet make it a decaf.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 10, 2021 09:26 AM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: steevy at September 10, 2021 09:26 AM (uUDKV)
We should Nuke Foggy Bottom.
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 09:26 AM (NFZ51)
Posted by: Moonbeam at September 10, 2021 09:19 AM (qe5CM)
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It can's possibly be because they have a powerful union with huge political influence, nor can it have anything to do with the USPS' position at the center of a lot of commerce and, increasingly, with election.
Rest assured that those are *not* factors, and it is purely scientific.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 09:26 AM (3p5uk)
Posted by: Sandra Flook at September 10, 2021 09:27 AM (Xrfse)
https://tinyurl.com/586yfxw2
Twatter thread link 'unrolled' like an ordinary webpage.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at September 10, 2021 09:27 AM (UHVv4)
Rest assured that those are *not* factors, and it is purely scientific.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 09:26 AM (3p5uk)
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Simpler than that. 80% of USPS is black. Blacks don't want the vax. Biden is letting them not get it.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 10, 2021 09:28 AM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: Archer
90/10 $3.38/10 lb chub
80/20 $3.24/10 lb chub at Sam's.
Holding pretty steady. A other beef is higher than a cat's back.
Paid $8.58 lb whole tenderloin in October 2020.
$17.94 now. But no mean tweets.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 09:28 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 10, 2021 09:28 AM (F8Uj6)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 10, 2021 09:28 AM (GQ5VU)
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This tyranny sucks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 09:28 AM (LvTSG)
I forgot about that trick.
Posted by: t-bird at September 10, 2021 09:29 AM (l0Lgi)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at September 10, 2021 09:29 AM (2XBPR)
This comment sent me off looking for a vid of Rene Aberjonois doing a dramatic reading of E. A. Poe's "The Bells." Instead I found this version of it set to music by Phil Ochs. Not sure if I like it or not. In Aberjonois's reading, the narrator is clearly going mad which I think is probably Poe's intention.
https://youtu.be/p3FzveBu_34
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2021 09:29 AM (nfrXX)
No mean tweets though.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 10, 2021 09:29 AM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 09:29 AM (NFZ51)
I forgot about that trick.
Posted by: t-bird at September 10, 2021 09:29 AM (l0Lgi)
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"We have limited our inflationary equation to just the manufacture of battleships, the price of a good hairdresser in Beverly Hills, and how much I'm willing to pay my illegal immigrant nanny before I report her to ICE."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 09:30 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Mainah at September 10, 2021 09:31 AM (Boy/L)
No mean tweets though.
Posted by: Joe XiDen
Gotta cover that $14/hr burger flipper somehow.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 09:31 AM (OCTRt)
-Modern universities
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 09:04 AM (LvTSG)
And don't forget to take out huge loans for all the gobbledygook!
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at September 10, 2021 09:31 AM (Hnt5U)
Posted by: Robert - Iron Maiden, Senjutsu, OUT NOW!!! at September 10, 2021 09:32 AM (ykfA7)
No mean tweets though.
Posted by: Joe XiDen
Been that way for a while now.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at September 10, 2021 09:32 AM (Hnt5U)
Posted by: grammie winger at September 10, 2021 09:32 AM (45fpk)
Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at September 10, 2021 09:32 AM (MkuC5)
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 09:32 AM (NFZ51)
War you fuck.
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at September 10, 2021 09:22 AM (obcVG)
oh, you've met my ex?
Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at September 10, 2021 09:32 AM (8D42x)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 09:31 AM (OCTRt)
++++
That burger flipper won't need to be paid for. He'll be replaced with a machine. Those machines are expensive, but in a zero-interest environment and a blue chip credit rating, they make sense as compared $15/hour.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 09:33 AM (3p5uk)
This comment sent me off looking for a vid of Rene Aberjonois doing a dramatic reading of E. A. Poe's "The Bells."
That comment made me avoid the University of Texas at Austin.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 09:33 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: Buggs Bunny at September 10, 2021 09:33 AM (n/szn)
Looks around
Dang. That art doesn't have a sniper. It has the whole sniper school graduating class!
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 10, 2021 09:33 AM (axyOa)
And good old Calvin is a leftard idiot.
And speaking of idiots....
The shooting at Towson University reminded me that back in the day, when Melissa Hyatt was just a lowly assistant Chief of Police in Baltimore, she was referred to by the ruling federal judge by name. As insisting that the rioters in the Freddy Grey riot be allowed to do what they want, instead of being stopped.
And here she is folks..now the Chief of Police for Baltimore County!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at September 10, 2021 09:34 AM (3D/fK)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at September 10, 2021 09:11 AM (2XBPR)
Get your own thing, bruh.
Posted by: Charles Whitman at September 10, 2021 09:34 AM (FvCkv)
Lacking the three glass knobs, that sheet
Upon which she embroidered three fantails once
And spread it so as to cover her face...
Anyway. I agree about the lack of trust. I'm at the point where I'm careful about even talking when a computer or phone is nearby. I definitely don't trust any doctors. (I've never trusted the media, so that hasn't changed.) And now I've lost all trust in my employer and even in many of my coworkers.
I was thinking about this even in my sleep...in my dreams, my subconscious proposed a feasible solution to my possibly getting fired. Ugh.
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at September 10, 2021 09:34 AM (8548M)
Posted by: MikeM at September 10, 2021 08:42 AM (6WyvU)
Until I did that, I thought the flute player was just some weird-ass colorful bird.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 10, 2021 09:34 AM (F8Uj6)
So that's what happened to the tiger's milk that didn't get turned into protein bars.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at September 10, 2021 09:34 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 09:34 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Sandra Flook at September 10, 2021 09:35 AM (Xrfse)
Is it any good?
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 09:32 AM (NFZ51)
Razorfist certainly isn't a fan. Then again, he also believes that "The Game" is the worstest Queen album evar so he's not always on the ball.
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at September 10, 2021 09:35 AM (DTX3h)
Toucan Sam
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 09:36 AM (NFZ51)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 10, 2021 09:34 AM (F8Uj6)
One of those gay penguins.
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2021 09:36 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 09:32 AM (NFZ51)
Hell yes!
https://youtu.be/dt8uqyirQvM
Posted by: Robert - Iron Maiden, Senjutsu, OUT NOW!!! at September 10, 2021 09:37 AM (7gTKh)
Also, dimensions are 6'8" by 9'9". So you can really get up close and personal to examine for sniper nests.
Finally, was his last completed work, and 25th of his jungle-themed pieces (and yet not jungle-themed, if you catch my meaning).
Interesting.
Posted by: Sharkman at September 10, 2021 09:37 AM (UXEgP)
Queen is awful stuff.
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 09:37 AM (NFZ51)
And 3 of the 5 probably thought is was an auto mechanics class.
Posted by: SMOD at September 10, 2021 09:37 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 10, 2021 09:14 AM (QU5/
With the grain of wheat light bulbs
Posted by: Fox2 at September 10, 2021 09:38 AM (RqGHB)
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2021 09:36 AM (AwYPR)
Are there other kinds of penguins??
Posted by: Doof at September 10, 2021 09:38 AM (mZUr4)
Posted by: CN at September 10, 2021 09:38 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: 496 at September 10, 2021 08:46 AM (VJsqe)
That's the tune by Jelly Roll Morton. I heard a version once that I really liked; just two piano players hammering away. I think they were Japanese musicians. Heard it once on the radio, never able to find it since.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 10, 2021 09:38 AM (F8Uj6)
I just get tired of all the BS finger-pointing done here at AoS rather than accepting the glaring reality of the entire situation beginning in Nov 2016 to Nov 3, 2020. We were living through extraordinary times then as we are now. What has happened was going to happen regardless as I have said with a lawless element that exists in both political parties. Blaming Trump for not doing this or that is a f'ing waste of time just as waiting for a limp dick Republican Party to have some sort of miracle epiphany and suddenly do the right thing and then when they don't whining about it. Dumb.
Posted by: JROD at September 10, 2021 09:39 AM (0jZnq)
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2021 09:39 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at September 10, 2021 09:35 AM (DTX3h)
Razorfist, much as I like his videos, is just a schtick. He knows fuck all about Metal but he does gush over Michael Jackson.
Posted by: Robert - Iron Maiden, Senjutsu, OUT NOW!!! at September 10, 2021 09:39 AM (7gTKh)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 10, 2021 09:39 AM (AJzTi)
The consumer price index doesn't include food and fuel, the two things people see every week.
Posted by: Fox2 at September 10, 2021 09:25 AM
something else you don't see is the price of steel...in August 2020, hot rolled steel was selling for $457 / ton
this week, it's selling for $1,935 / ton
appliances (washer / dryers / ice boxes), lawn mowers, little red wagons, car fenders, etc. will all be approaching un-affordable
look around you: anything in your world made of "sheet metal" better last 'cause you'll not be able to afford to replace it
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 10, 2021 09:39 AM (DUIap)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 10, 2021 09:39 AM (/MaDp)
Posted by: Robert - Iron Maiden, Senjutsu, OUT NOW!!! at September 10, 2021 09:40 AM (7gTKh)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 10, 2021 09:40 AM (BFigT)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 09:31 AM (OCTRt)
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Starting is $16/hr in my burg for fast food.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 10, 2021 09:41 AM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 10, 2021 09:28 AM
Nailed it. And that will lead to a strike. I thought I read elsewhere this morning that they were being given an accommodation whereby they can comply with the mandate via weekly testing.
Posted by: Moonbeam at September 10, 2021 09:41 AM (qe5CM)
Posted by: Doof at September 10, 2021 09:38 AM
Doo be doo be doo...
Posted by: A Bud Ice Penguin at September 10, 2021 09:41 AM (m+jkK)
And 3 of the 5 probably thought is was an auto mechanics class.
Posted by: SMOD at September 10, 2021 09:37 AM (RHGPo)
Not at Bucknell.
All five have people to take care of that kinda work...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at September 10, 2021 09:41 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: fluffy at September 10, 2021 09:42 AM (HFsIG)
Posted by: JT at September 10, 2021 09:42 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: SMOD at September 10, 2021 09:37 AM (RHGPo)
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This would actually be a good course to take. Just agree with whatever bullshit the prof says and automatic A. A good GPA booster with very little effort.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 10, 2021 09:42 AM (GQ5VU)
Flipping the burgers that Americans refuse to flip.
Posted by: That guy who always says... at September 10, 2021 09:42 AM (Xrfse)
Posted by: SMOD at September 10, 2021 09:42 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 09:42 AM (NFZ51)
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 08:53 AM (NFZ51)
Hope Solo opened for them?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 10, 2021 09:43 AM (F8Uj6)
Friends and family have survived the jab with only one oopsy. 19 year old nephew that ended up in the hospital for 5 days, his heart stopped once. He appears to be okay several moths later. Hoping side effects don't show up the next time he gets a vaccine shot.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at September 10, 2021 09:43 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 09:37 AM (NFZ51)
Now do Kiss.
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2021 09:39 AM (AwYPR)
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neither band wore crocs. even high heeled crocs.
Posted by: BluesFish at September 10, 2021 09:44 AM (kPJ/p)
Posted by: 496 at September 10, 2021 08:46 AM (VJsqe)
That's the tune by Jelly Roll Morton. I heard a version once that I really liked; just two piano players hammering away. I think they were Japanese musicians. Heard it once on the radio, never able to find it since.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 10, 2021 09:38 AM
I love the Kool & the Gang version.
Posted by: Moonbeam at September 10, 2021 09:44 AM (qe5CM)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Suppress that urge but only until your last day. And then make such an ending as will be remembered in song and legend for hundreds of years.
Posted by: Sharkman at September 10, 2021 09:44 AM (UXEgP)
Posted by: JROD at September 10, 2021 09:39 AM (0jZnq)
This!
Posted by: LASue at September 10, 2021 09:44 AM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 09:45 AM (NFZ51)
Posted by: Sharkman at September 10, 2021 09:44 AM (UXEgP)
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I'll be forgotten by the weekend.
I'm okay with that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 09:45 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Moonbeam at September 10, 2021 09:45 AM (qe5CM)
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I used to have a double album with a lot of his stuff. There wasn't much on it that wasn't fun to listen to.
Posted by: 496 at September 10, 2021 09:46 AM (VJsqe)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Yes, during her younger groupie says.
And no, we are no longer doing "phrasing."
Posted by: Sharkman at September 10, 2021 09:46 AM (UXEgP)
Posted by: grammie winger at September 10, 2021 09:46 AM (45fpk)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at September 10, 2021 09:47 AM (xPJvm)
Posted by: Methos at September 10, 2021 09:02 AM (kOpft)
Chalk one up for China.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 10, 2021 09:47 AM (F8Uj6)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 10, 2021 09:41 AM (GQ5VU)
The crazy thing? I saw a local government job posting for an admin assistant. $14.18/hr.
Posted by: Jordan61, I am the 10% at September 10, 2021 09:47 AM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: grammie winger at September 10, 2021 09:46 AM (45fpk)
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Got a verbal offer at another company last night. Waiting for the written version before I tell my boss, hopefully this afternoon.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 09:47 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: SMOD at September 10, 2021 09:42 AM (RHGPo)
Because Biden executed his pullout as well as a horny teenaged boy with his prom date.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 10, 2021 09:47 AM (N39Ws)
Got a verbal offer at another company last night. Waiting for the written version before I tell my boss, hopefully this afternoon.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 09:47 AM (LvTSG)
Congrats TJM!
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 10, 2021 09:48 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 09:47 AM (LvTSG)
I hope things work out for you. Good luck!
Posted by: grammie winger at September 10, 2021 09:48 AM (45fpk)
I'm okay with that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 09:45 AM (LvTSG)
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I learned from a couple of former coworkers with whom I am friendly that large chunks of my prior organization - mostly in India, though also in Europe and less so in the US - flatly assert that they've never heard of me. It isn't true, of course, but it's the party line. It's odd, and I didn't expect it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 09:48 AM (3p5uk)
COVID Death Toll Among 9/11 First Responders and Survivors Nears Grim Milestone
Almost 100 people enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program have died from the virus, though advocates believe many others beyond the registry have succumbed. Meanwhile, thousands left vulnerable by 9/11 illnesses have contracted COVID.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 10, 2021 09:49 AM (y1UMU)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 10, 2021 09:43 AM (F8Uj6)
who DIDN'T she open for?
Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at September 10, 2021 09:49 AM (8D42x)
Lincoln, Blinken, and Nod?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 10, 2021 09:50 AM (BMmaB)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 09:47 AM (LvTSG)
Hey, that's great! Congrats.
Posted by: Jordan61, I am the 10% at September 10, 2021 09:50 AM (Ez6QX)
Sending positive vibes your way through the USB port.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 10, 2021 09:50 AM (Xrfse)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at September 10, 2021 09:50 AM (xopIz)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 10, 2021 09:50 AM (BMmaB)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 10, 2021 09:41 AM (GQ5VU)
The crazy thing? I saw a local government job posting for an admin assistant. $14.18/hr.
Posted by: Jordan61, I am the 10% at September 10, 2021 09:47 AM (Ez6QX)
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I know it is so fucked up. Burger flippers are making $35-40K a year and entry level office work is offering $25-30K.
The entire world has gone upside down.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 10, 2021 09:51 AM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
I think it may be more complex than that. Trust has become fragmented, tribalized--you trust those within "your tribe" and distrust those outside "your tribe", with a bit more for "allied tribes" and less for "enemy tribes".
I've said for years there are multiple cultures within the United States now, the two main ones grown roughly (but not EXACTLY) from the same root. This is rapidly moving to multiple NATIONS. That isn't a recipe for a stable state.
"E pluribus unum" -- "From many, one". It's gone the other way now.
Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at September 10, 2021 09:51 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Sandra Flook at September 10, 2021 09:51 AM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 10, 2021 09:51 AM (/MaDp)
Got a verbal offer at another company last night. Waiting for the written version before I tell my boss, hopefully this afternoon.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 09:47 AM (LvTSG)
Congrats TJM!
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 10, 2021 09:48 AM
Ditto!
Posted by: Moonbeam at September 10, 2021 09:51 AM (qe5CM)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 09:48 AM (3p5uk)
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"He left the sinking ship and didn't even take any women or children with him. Fuck him forever."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 09:52 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at September 10, 2021 09:50 AM (xopIz)
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Or not. I dunno what industry TJM is in or how tight-knit it is, but in my case I worked my ass off when I quit to make sure I had a bow on everything when I handed it off. I even helped hire my replacement. And they don't remember me (or so they claim) - so what difference would it have made to leave wreckage behind?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 09:52 AM (3p5uk)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict
Which are TJM's nicknames for his secretary's breasts.
Posted by: Sharkman at September 10, 2021 09:52 AM (UXEgP)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 10, 2021 09:53 AM (mdjgu)
I'm okay with that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
Saddest thing? If you died on the job, your job opening would be posted before your obituary.
That's tough to understand.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 09:53 AM (OCTRt)
Burger flippers make something useful for which there is a market. Employers pay for labor that is more valuable than its cost.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 10, 2021 09:53 AM (BMmaB)
I've said for years there are multiple cultures within the United States now, the two main ones grown roughly (but not EXACTLY) from the same root. This is rapidly moving to multiple NATIONS. That isn't a recipe for a stable state.
"E pluribus unum" -- "From many, one". It's gone the other way now.
Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at September 10, 2021 09:51 AM (OUMaO)
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Right. You can't survive without trust, not really. You can hack it as a lone wolf, but that's a hard, dangerous and poor way to live. So when you destroy trust in general, you rely on trust in the specific: people you directly know. It all shrinks. It becomes tribes.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 09:53 AM (3p5uk)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at September 10, 2021 09:54 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: The Burger King at September 10, 2021 09:55 AM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 09:52 AM (3p5uk)
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I'm actually leaving my industry. Insurance tracking in a Software as a Service environment is a pretty small environment with only a handful of major players, my company is kind of mid-sized. I'll be joining a company that does financial tracking as a Software as a Service for utility companies.
I don't have to worry about Open Enrollment season anymore. That means Thanksgiving and Christmas are mine again, for the first time in almost a decade.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 09:55 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at September 10, 2021 09:55 AM (xopIz)
TJM. Good luck!
Posted by: MikeM at September 10, 2021 09:55 AM (6WyvU)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 09:55 AM (LvTSG)
The entire world has gone upside down.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant
In another life I worked in a warehouse environment where the unskilled folks on the floor were making base 20-30% more than the skilled and educated office folks. That was the late 90s.
There was also a really stupid policy that someone switching to a position on a different job scale got put at the pay level closest to the old one. This once resulted in someone coming in day one making more than multi-year veterans. Nearly resulted in several key people walking out as a result.
Joint's gone now, parent company's been bought out several times. Bad management has consequences.
Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at September 10, 2021 09:55 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Moonbeam at September 10, 2021 09:19 AM (qe5CM)
Science.
Posted by: BluesFish at September 10, 2021 09:25 AM (kPJ/p)
It's not like they interact with the public.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 10, 2021 09:55 AM (F8Uj6)
Posted by: troyriser at September 10, 2021 09:56 AM (pYLCQ)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 09:56 AM (3p5uk)
The entire world has gone upside down.
Burger flippers are directly producing salable goods and services. Most office workers are overhead.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2021 09:56 AM (nfrXX)
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You think? Don't discount the grift factor in getting anything done as well. Teh Bidens need to fill up the truck before they return to White Trash Delaware.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 10, 2021 09:56 AM (/MaDp)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at September 10, 2021 09:57 AM (xopIz)
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Yes it is. A perfect day to fly fish for smallies.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 10, 2021 09:57 AM (/MaDp)
We've never heard of you either....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 10, 2021 09:57 AM (Q9lwr)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 10, 2021 09:57 AM (Q9lwr)
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Yup. I am merely a ghost in the machine.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 09:58 AM (3p5uk)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 09:47 AM (LvTSG)
I will say, one of my bigger regrets in life is that I didn't let my last two managers have it when I left.
You don't want to live with regret!
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 10, 2021 09:58 AM (KbCG3)
Burger flippers make something useful for which there is a market. Employers pay for labor that is more valuable than its cost.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 10, 2021 09:53 AM (BMmaB)
How much office work exists solely on account of the regulatory state?
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at September 10, 2021 09:59 AM (8C7+r)
The entire world has gone upside down.
Burger flippers are directly producing salable goods and services. Most office workers are overhead.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2021 09:56 AM (nfrXX)
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But a year ago this wasn't the case. The value of the burger flipper didn't double in a year, but their pay did. That's the fucked up part about it.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 10, 2021 09:59 AM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 10, 2021 09:57 AM (Q9lwr)
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Yup. I am merely a ghost in the machine.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 09:58 AM (3p5uk)
I'm just another brick in the wall.
Posted by: Archer at September 10, 2021 09:59 AM (gmo/4)
Don't forget that they're essential heroes, risking their lives for us on the front lines of covid Fully trained in all aspects of viral mitigation.
Posted by: t-bird at September 10, 2021 09:59 AM (ELgVT)
You don't want to live with regret!
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 10, 2021 09:58 AM (KbCG3)
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I'm largely okay with my current manager. However, she's still the main reason I'm leaving at the same time. She essentially pushed out a friend of mine for complete bullshit reasons a few months ago. It kick started my job search. But in terms of her treatment of me, I think she's been fine.
I will definitely tell her about the connection, though. Last day.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 10:00 AM (LvTSG)
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I read that story then clicked the one in the sidebar, about how Cornell U has achieved a 95% vaccination rate for staff and faculty -- but still has 5x more Covid cases this Sept. than it did last Sept. (and it's not because of more testing, they actually tested nearly 2,000 more people last Sept. than they did this Sept.).
This is consistent with what we've seen from Israel and other places, where a super-high vaccination rate in populations does absolutely nothing to stop Covid infections from rising sharply.
But that won't stop Slow Joe and his puppeteers from continuing to blame "the unvaccinated" for spreading Covid.
And it won't stop Slow Joe and his clown posse from continuing to demand that everybody must get vaccinated, even though the CDC has admitted that the vaccines don't stop transmission of the virus.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 10, 2021 10:00 AM (k4dH2)
Posted by: Oddbob
There is massive overgrowth in admin positions, that's beyond question. But there are some you need to keep things running smoothly, and good luck getting them done right by having burger flippers do them.
Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at September 10, 2021 10:00 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at September 10, 2021 09:55 AM (xopIz)
I got it.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 10, 2021 10:00 AM (Ez6QX)
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Makes you wonder what's in the burger, eh?
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 10, 2021 10:00 AM (/MaDp)
Now the Aussie government is cutting off their booze in addition to locking them up.
What's the over under that lonely lamp posts soon gain new friends?
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2021 10:00 AM (Xo5lP)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead at September 10, 2021 10:00 AM (z5Vrg)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 10:01 AM (V6f9+)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 10, 2021 09:58 AM (KbCG3)
A friend was laid off on December 31st. She was unfailingly professional even though they were incredible dicks.
Two weeks later they called in a panic, asking her to do a month of consulting. Then they screwed up the payments and paid her the gross they had offered and paid the tax on it.
Sometimes burning bridges is a bad idea!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 10, 2021 10:01 AM (Q9lwr)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 09:34 AM (LvTSG)
Nothing says "management material" like being confused by the calendar.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at September 10, 2021 10:02 AM (y7DUB)
The entire world has gone upside down.
Burger flippers are directly producing salable goods and services. Most office workers are overhead.
Posted by: Oddbob
Except 9 out of 10 times it's dealer's choice when you place your order. You want $15/hr?
GET THE FUCKING ORDER CORRECT.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 10:02 AM (OCTRt)
I've said for years there are multiple cultures within the United States now, the two main ones grown roughly (but not EXACTLY) from the same root. This is rapidly moving to multiple NATIONS. That isn't a recipe for a stable state.
After 20 years WE have become Afghanistan.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 10, 2021 10:02 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 10:00 AM (LvTSG)
They must know it is their fault.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 10, 2021 10:02 AM (KbCG3)
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The vaccine may be opening the door to the virus. Duh. Thank God my Pfizer vax has worn off about six months ago. Personally, I would like to get the virus and earn real immunity the old school way.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 10, 2021 10:03 AM (/MaDp)
Good point. I've worked on regulatory matters for some large banks post-Sarbanes Oxley, and I'm here to tell you that the large banks will never be in compliance. They will always be working toward it, because the cost of fully complying with government mandates would put them out of business. It is a matter of managing where they are going to be out of compliance and how big the risk is. The auditors know it and always have "concerns."
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 10, 2021 10:03 AM (BMmaB)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 09:58 AM (3p5uk)
Damn fine album! Not a bad song on it!!
Randomly chosen: https://youtu.be/vf7To6vdg7A
Posted by: Doof at September 10, 2021 10:03 AM (mZUr4)
That's why Our Betters are going full speed ahead on AI driven job eliminating robots.
Tell me again, why are we inviting in so much unskilled labor?
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2021 10:03 AM (Xo5lP)
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But a year ago this wasn't the case. The value of the burger flipper didn't double in a year, but their pay did.
Both are cases of the government skewing the market. Regulatory burden in one case and the covid unemployment bailout in the other.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2021 10:03 AM (nfrXX)
Posted by: Burger Flippers Local 39 at September 10, 2021 10:03 AM (Xrfse)
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Makes you wonder what's in the burger, eh?
Posted by: Puddin Head
Soylent Green is people!
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 10:03 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Ever gone over exactly how Afghanistan got from 1950 to 2021? Let's just say, you have no idea just how right you are...
Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at September 10, 2021 10:04 AM (OUMaO)
That is likely the way this ends. It may take years before we get there.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 10, 2021 10:04 AM (BMmaB)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 10, 2021 10:05 AM (/MaDp)
Remember I mentioned that guy at work who (as no one in management to this day has admitted) killed himself? Almost a whole whopping week went by before I got the call to take his job. (That's the promotion I'm up for that I mentioned a couple days ago. I should be hearing about an interview soon.)
More importantly, congrats, TJM! Exciting!
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at September 10, 2021 10:05 AM (8548M)
You don't want to live with regret!
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 10, 2021 09:58 AM (KbCG3)
When if retired from the Navy, I moved to Denver and took a job at a Tech Training Company doing network Engineering training... Manager was still 'friends' with the Woman who I had replaced, when she quit as an employee and started doing contract work. Well, after two weeks there, I was suddenly 'let go' after those two went to lunch one day.
Well... so now two young kids, just moved to Denver, and no job. Headhunter called wondering what happened.... and he had a possible position with a competing company. Well, long story short, 3 years later I'm in CHARGE of Tech training at the new company, and we had driven the other company out of business.... I was hiring, and guess whose resumes came across my desk? I did not gloat, but I will admit I was highly amused.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 10, 2021 10:06 AM (oHd/0)
not gonna check urban dictionary; wouldn't be prudent.
Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at September 10, 2021 10:06 AM (v3pYe)
That is likely the way this ends. It may take years before we get there.
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I never get the flu. I'm a smoker and pretty bullet proof from such things.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 10, 2021 10:06 AM (/MaDp)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 10:06 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at September 10, 2021 09:05 AM (2SdPm)
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Don't you yourself work for a company of one person?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 09:06 AM (3p5uk)
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This is my situation. I'm an independent contractor (1099 worker) for a federal (VA) contractor; they only have a handful of technical "employees" (W-2), but have hundreds of independent contractors like me -- so will be interesting to see if mandated vaxxes (which I will refuse).
My company was being investigated by the Department of Labor (and I was interviewed a couple of times by them) a few years ago, and their representative told me that we were supposed to be treated similar to technical employees (I suspect owing to the Service Contract Act of 1965) -- and this was owing to a complaint about minimum wage laws or something. Oh well, it's all academic now that we no longer live in a nation of laws ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Unauthorized Freedom Exhibitionist at September 10, 2021 10:06 AM (/z9fK)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 10, 2021 10:07 AM (BFigT)
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My dad had a version of this. He worked for a quasi-govt institution that needed to get rid of of some people. But they couldn't lay off anyone due to some reason, I think it was collective bargaining or something, I don't remember exactly.
So they offered a ridiculously generous package to leave and tons of people - including my dad - took it. Then 3-4 months later my dad went back there as a consultant for 2X his previous pay and stayed there for 18 months.
The severance included a lifetime pension, that he is still getting to this day, 25+ years later.
It's like the execs of the place woke up one day and asked themselves what is the absolute worst financial move we can make, and made it.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 10, 2021 10:07 AM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: Doof at September 10, 2021 10:07 AM (mZUr4)
Supply and demand. There is no shortage of people to do entry-level administrative stuff in an office. There is a shortage of people to flip burgers.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 10, 2021 10:07 AM (BMmaB)
I was never a big Queen fan, myself. But Freddie Mercury had a good voice.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 10, 2021 10:07 AM (FvCkv)
*realizes there has been a long period of detente*
Posted by: Doof at September 10, 2021 10:07 AM (mZUr4)
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I'm in a good mood and my legs are too sore from leg day to run.
Detente continues.
For now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 10:07 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Romeo13
I'm praying you round filed them.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 10:08 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: flounder at September 10, 2021 10:08 AM (KnJdm)
Posted by: flounder at September 10, 2021 10:08 AM (KnJdm)
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Every boob is sacred.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 10:08 AM (LvTSG)
**
You either
1) Have, because oh no it's super duper contagious!!!
2) Somehow haven't, because that's weird, it's not super contagious after all
or
3) are part of the 80% that is naturally immune
https://www.nature.com/articles/
s41590-020-00808-x.pdf
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at September 10, 2021 10:08 AM (9ULwW)
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Addendum:
Stop testing healthy people.
The end.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at September 10, 2021 10:09 AM (9ULwW)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 10:10 AM (OCTRt)
Stop testing healthy people.
The end.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at September 10, 2021 10:09 AM (9ULwW)
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"I sneezed last night. Test me!!!!"
-Karen
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 10:10 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at September 10, 2021 10:10 AM (ufFY8)
In fairness, if Jackson had not turned into a white woman and molested some kids, his catalogue would still be near the top of the heap in terms of pop. There aren't many pop albums in Thriller's league, and some of his later stuff was pretty good too.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 10, 2021 10:10 AM (QU5/8)
What's the over under that lonely lamp posts soon gain new friends?
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2021 10:00 AM (Xo5lP)
And how they are doing it is just stupid. They check your packages for more than 6 beers, or a bottle of wine. More, and they take it. Which means, you have to go to the Store EVERY DAY... you can't buy a case to last you a few days.
So MORE contact, and MORE possible infections, due to the policy that is supposed to limit contact.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 10, 2021 10:10 AM (oHd/0)
"Your phone can tell you if you may have been exposed to COVID-19 based on official guidelines from CA Dept of Technology."
CREEPY.AS.SHIT!
Posted by: ShainS -- Unauthorized Freedom Exhibitionist at September 10, 2021 10:10 AM (/z9fK)
Detente continues.
For now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 10:07 AM (LvTSG)
*shrugs shoulders and goes about business*
Posted by: Doof at September 10, 2021 10:11 AM (mZUr4)
-Karen
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
What is 432 times 879 divided by 51?
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 10:11 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 10:11 AM (LvTSG)
Yes. Management is instituting unobtainable flip-per-hour quotas.
Posted by: Burger Flippers Local 39 at September 10, 2021 10:11 AM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at September 10, 2021 10:11 AM (9ULwW)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 10, 2021 10:12 AM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at September 10, 2021 10:12 AM (9ULwW)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at September 10, 2021 10:13 AM (9ULwW)
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More (from Google Play Services): "How Exposure Notifications Work"
"Exposure notifications uses bluetooth to collect possible exposures while protecting your privacy. You location isn't shared."
No "NO, go f*ck yourself" option, only "Not Now" and "Continue."
Posted by: ShainS -- Unauthorized Freedom Exhibitionist at September 10, 2021 10:13 AM (/z9fK)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 10:11 AM (LvTSG)
Mmmm hmmm. A likely story.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 10, 2021 10:13 AM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 10, 2021 10:10 AM (oHd/0)
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This is like the hours restrictions and lockdowns - utterly counterproductive.
When everything but the supermarket is closed, people will go to the supermarket (if nothing else, to relieve stultifying boredom). More customers. When you restrict hours but increase customers, the throughput in terms of customers per hour will increase. The time spent in close quarters in public will increase, because both the shopping population has increased (or, at best, remained flat) and the time they have to move through the store has decreased.
Density *must* increase under such a scheme.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 10:14 AM (3p5uk)
Also internal combustion engines.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at September 10, 2021 10:13 AM (9ULwW)
Being hetero
Posted by: banana Dream at September 10, 2021 10:14 AM (Yh0oe)
The first side of Off The wall is immaculate.
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 10:14 AM (NFZ51)
Posted by: Romeo13
I'm praying you round filed them.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 10:08 AM (OCTRt)
The managers I round filed, because we were not hiring managers, just teachers... Other Lady? We were teaching Microsoft Cert classes, MS did an online survey of your teaching by every student of every class... I just forwarded her report back to her, with no comment (there was a reason they went out of business.... LOL).
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 10, 2021 10:14 AM (oHd/0)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at September 10, 2021 10:11 AM (LvTSG)
Someone doth protest too much. Suspicious.
Posted by: spindrift at September 10, 2021 10:14 AM (h5TKJ)
hardwoods in the jungle! did someone beat me to this ?
Posted by: will choose a nic later at September 10, 2021 10:15 AM (bTQ72)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 10, 2021 10:15 AM (LBiAf)
Because...just shut up and obey.
Posted by: Aussie Overlords at September 10, 2021 10:15 AM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 10, 2021 10:07 AM (BMmaB)
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True. But the cause of that shortage is extra UI benefits. Burger flipper got laid off because restaurants closed. They went on UI and stayed on UI even when restaurants opened back up. Entry level office workers didn't get laid off, they went remote. Hence the fucked-up-ness of the labor market.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at September 10, 2021 10:15 AM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 10, 2021 10:10 AM (oHd/0)
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Man, I'd be in wild violation. I buy alcohol about once per year. I lay in the booze I like, many cases of beer, etc. I am not a big drinker and I hate going to the big liquor stores that carry what I like, so I lay in stocks and deplete them over time.
I'd be a hardened criminal in Aussieland, I guess.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 10:15 AM (3p5uk)
There's probably some kind of "if...maybe...could...possibly..." BS rationale but really it's just more authoritarian cram-down for the sake of authoritarian cram-down.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2021 10:15 AM (nfrXX)
"You might have been exposed to Coof, but we can't tell you when or where"
Yeah. Right.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 10:16 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 10, 2021 10:16 AM (3p5uk)
Posted by: will choose a nic later at September 10, 2021 10:16 AM (bTQ72)
Posted by: banana Dream at September 10, 2021 10:17 AM (Yh0oe)
The first side of Off The wall is immaculate.
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 10:14 AM
I always thought Off the Wall was a much better album than Thriller.
Posted by: Moonbeam at September 10, 2021 10:19 AM (qe5CM)
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 10, 2021 10:06 AM (oHd/0)
Tremendous.
Sadly, I've waited for the day where I could return some sort of favor. Still waiting.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 10, 2021 10:19 AM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at September 10, 2021 10:20 AM (z3kfP)
You are completely correct.
Posted by: garrett at September 10, 2021 10:21 AM (NFZ51)
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2021 09:09 AM
The opening phrase I see and hate most in comments these days, usually from the twitterati and always-online is, "I mean,".
Even when it's their first comment on the thread. I swear every other comment at Polygon, a videogame site, starts with "I mean,". It's as bad as " That's what I'm talking about!", when they weren't talking about anything.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at September 10, 2021 10:23 AM (OssQ4)
Posted by: irright at September 10, 2021 10:23 AM (SchQD)
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Well, I have known some drunks that like to lick things.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 10, 2021 10:24 AM (/MaDp)
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Losing slaves is a win-win for teh Party. Decreases expenses but they're voter turn out is sky high.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 10, 2021 10:25 AM (/MaDp)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at September 10, 2021 10:25 AM (OssQ4)
That's tough to understand.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 10, 2021 09:53 AM (OCTRt)
I've been having a bitch of a time trying to explain this to people lately. They all think they are irreplaceable.
The cemeteries are full of irreplaceable men.
Posted by: Baron Munchausen at September 10, 2021 10:28 AM (3lDJh)
Posted by: Moonbeam
Because they'd strike otherwise.
Posted by: rickb223
Or worse, they have leverage, and could spill the beans about how they helped The Steal. That's Sundance's take.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at September 10, 2021 10:29 AM (OssQ4)
It seemed like a year ago that all the fast food joints were hyping their Dollar Menus, and now you can't go to any of them for less than $10 for a $4 meal.
Living wage for 0.5 GPA grads.
Posted by: red speck at September 10, 2021 10:38 AM (gS3OW)
Folle_y_ age Pigtail only covering one NIP,the only bush in the garden that is shaved is hers,took 3 gardeners a week,I tweeze you not.
Another Big Pussy is ravenging ravenous.
Manly face but bodaceous hips,well 1 out of two ain't that bad.
Posted by: Saf at September 10, 2021 01:17 PM (PgqFp)
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