Mid-Morning Art Thread

Why Not Use the "L"?
Reginald Marsh

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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Posted by: rhennigantx at April 04, 2024 09:30 AM (ENQN6)

2 Looks more like the C line out here

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 04, 2024 09:31 AM (LzLXY)

3 What' an "L?"

Posted by: Elmer Fudd at April 04, 2024 09:31 AM (9yWhg)

4 The sign says so.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 04, 2024 09:32 AM (R4t5M)

5 I like this. No clue where I'd hang it.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 04, 2024 09:32 AM (SfhV1)

6 Whitney Museum of American Art

Date
1930

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil and tempera on canvas mounted on composition board

Dimensions
Overall: 36 1/8 × 48 1/8in.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 04, 2024 09:32 AM (ENQN6)

7 Gritty urban art depicting life in a blue shithole. Would NOT hang.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 09:32 AM (9yWhg)

8 Uma Thurman, Flip Wilson and Ella Emmoff walk into a train...

Posted by: ... at April 04, 2024 09:33 AM (6sME/)

9 Huh.
A real slice of life, not sure I'd want a scene from public transportation on my wall. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at April 04, 2024 09:33 AM (6IDWi)

10 The woman has no fashion sense.
Maybe she's colorblind.

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

11 Seems a bit racist to suggest that the reason to not use the L is the presence of a sleeping black man.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 04, 2024 09:33 AM (IUd0M)

12 Newspaper says something about sex urges and a judge.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 04, 2024 09:33 AM (R4t5M)

13 All this painting needs is a Valu-Rite ad above his head.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at April 04, 2024 09:33 AM (3e3hy)

14 Safest the subway's ever been, right?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 04, 2024 09:34 AM (Q4IgG)

15 Ah, things have not changed much in all these years.

How soon before he is awoken by folks going to work and he begins to shout and fling poo everywhere before exposing hisself?

Would Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 04, 2024 09:35 AM (TR/6g)

16 "Don't stand near the edge of the platform"

Posted by: ... at April 04, 2024 09:35 AM (6sME/)

17 >>Uma Thurman, Flip Wilson and Ella Emmoff walk into a train...

Not Ella - no visible whiskers over her top lip.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 04, 2024 09:35 AM (6IDWi)

18 No "new arrivals"
No "justice"-inclined yutes
No havering lunatics whacked out on drugs
Nobody being beaten up
Nobody being sexually assaulted
Just a dude - maybe a bum - napping and not bothering anyone, and a lady sitting down for an uneventful ride.

Where the hell is this? This looks like heaven - and like nothing I've ever seen!

Posted by: Shell-shocked denizen of the contemporary urban utopia at April 04, 2024 09:35 AM (HnUIn)

19 Dude's missing a golden opportunity.

Posted by: Arte Johnson at April 04, 2024 09:35 AM (SYTee)

20 That's a man in the green coat.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 04, 2024 09:36 AM (R4t5M)

21 Live dangerously and take the subway.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 04, 2024 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

22
Yeah,, not going on the L

Posted by: Daniel Penny at April 04, 2024 09:36 AM (X4yCj)

23 Looks more like the C line out here
Posted by: nurse ratched

Or the 'T' Red Line south.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2024 09:36 AM (WXNFJ)

24 Mind the Gap

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 04, 2024 09:36 AM (ENQN6)

25 Our future as envisioned for us by the Elites. Interesting painting but wouldn’t hang. That woman on the bench is very disturbing.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 04, 2024 09:36 AM (o5xMZ)

26 LOL Lizzy

Posted by: ... at April 04, 2024 09:36 AM (6sME/)

27 Haven't been in Capital City for a few years, but the DC Metro was pretty clean and safe.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at April 04, 2024 09:37 AM (3e3hy)

28 Flip Wilson

"no land of the free, no home of the brave, and no Ray Charles"

Posted by: BignJames at April 04, 2024 09:37 AM (AwYPR)

29 Remember the good ol' days, when the worst thing you'd encounter on the subway was a passed-out drunk?

Ahh.... good times.

Posted by: red speck at April 04, 2024 09:37 AM (0Id0S)

30 Our future as envisioned for us by the Elites. Interesting painting but wouldn’t hang. That woman on the bench is very disturbing.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly

See #20.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 04, 2024 09:37 AM (R4t5M)

31 23 Looks more like the C line out here
Posted by: nurse ratched

Or the 'T' Red Line south.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2024 09:36 AM (WXNFJ)

Or the Red Line in Dee Cee. Except the fellah's better dressed.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 04, 2024 09:37 AM (T+Iwg)

32 What' an "L?"

Posted by: Elmer Fudd at April 04, 2024 09:31 AM (9yWhg)

It's a subway line in NYC that goes from 14th St. to somewhere in Brooklyn.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 04, 2024 09:37 AM (gSZYf)

33 "Well, I'll be! Taking up two space, forcing a lady to stand! What's this world coming to?"

Posted by: red speck at April 04, 2024 09:38 AM (0Id0S)

34 The mention of the "El" means this goes back a ways. Rhennigantx posted it: 1930. They tore down the Third Avenue El, and any others in NYC, in the '70s, didn't they? It's on display in the movie The French Connection, I think.

Anyway, this is very much a "slice of life" painting -- much like a New Yorker short story as done by Dorothy Parker or Shirley Jackson. The Southern equivalent would be Flannery O'Connor.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2024 09:38 AM (J2vNu)

35 Wouldn't hang. Can see it any day on any mass transit anywhere in the US

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 04, 2024 09:39 AM (ixVYR)

36 Since they're calling it the "L," does this mean it's set in Chicago? Or did other cities have "L's," too?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 09:39 AM (9yWhg)

37 "What' an "L?""

$20. Same as in town.

Posted by: Laverne DeFazio at April 04, 2024 09:39 AM (vFG9F)

38 27 Haven't been in Capital City for a few years, but the DC Metro was pretty clean and safe.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at April 04, 2024 09:37 AM (3e3hy)

It's fallen way off, even at the suburban stops. Filthy and more homeless. There was a mugging on the platform of my work station the other day in the middle of the morning rush.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 04, 2024 09:39 AM (T+Iwg)

39 He's manspreading!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 04, 2024 09:39 AM (gSZYf)

40 328 It's a subway line in NYC that goes from 14th St. to somewhere in Brooklyn.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 04, 2024 09:37 AM (gSZYf)
++++
But it's above the ground. I shall call it a "superway."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 04, 2024 09:39 AM (HnUIn)

41
Would.

Not.

Hang.

Posted by: John Rocker at April 04, 2024 09:39 AM (0FoWg)

42 that's like SEPTA... that is if the trains are even running

Posted by: BlackOrchid at April 04, 2024 09:39 AM (AcWfM)

43 36 Oh, wait a minute. I see the comments above. Never mind.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 09:40 AM (9yWhg)

44 Since they're calling it the "L," does this mean it's set in Chicago? Or did other cities have "L's," too?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 09:39 AM (9yWhg)

"L" is often shorthand for "elevated," but in this case I think the artist is referring to a specific train line in NYC.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 04, 2024 09:40 AM (gSZYf)

45 Whitney.org:

"In Why Not Use the “L”? the individual expressions of the three Depression-era passengers on the “L”—or “el”, an elevated train that rose above the city streets—range from distraction and exhaustion to apprehension. The walls of the car are papered with advertisements, which Reginald Marsh had meticulously copied into his sketchbooks, including one for buckwheat pancakes and the one used for the painting’s title: “The subway is fast—certainly! But the open Air Elevated gets you there quickly, too—and with more comfort. Why not use the “L”?” This particular train might have been one of the two lines that ran to Coney Island, since Marsh frequently travelled there in search of subjects to paint. One of the stops on these lines was at Eighteenth Avenue, which may account for the sign reading “East 18” in the painting’s upper right corner."

Posted by: redridinghood at April 04, 2024 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

46 Why Not Use the "L"?
Reginald Marsh

***********

Holiday Schedule - a limerick

Commuters as they face their daily hell
Have many thrilling anecdotes to tell
Our maintenance man Steve
Had to work Christmas Eve
Now he's stranded at the station. Noel!

Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024 09:40 AM (991eG)

47 Just read the unwelcome news about J.J. Sefton. Please let him know that I wish him a speedy and complete recovery from his malady.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2024 09:40 AM (tkR6S)

48 What' an "L?"

Posted by: Elmer Fudd at April 04, 2024 09:31 AM (9yWhg)

It's a subway line in NYC that goes from 14th St. to somewhere in Brooklyn.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Dude, you totally missed the joke. Look at the sock.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 09:40 AM (9yWhg)

49 I thought the L was in Chicago.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 04, 2024 09:41 AM (SfhV1)

50 Ah, things have not changed much in all these years.

How soon before he is awoken by folks going to work and he begins to shout and fling poo everywhere before exposing hisself?

Would Hang.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 04, 2024

***
In 1930, the transit cops would haul him off to the drunk tank, or to the black ward at Bellevue Hospital. Now they wouldn't dare touch him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2024 09:41 AM (J2vNu)

51 I have a picture floating around somewhere of one of my sons sleeping it off while riding the subway in Hong Kong. Someone had placed one of those cheap felt fezes on him.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2024 09:41 AM (WXNFJ)

52 39 >>He's manspreading!

How dare you presume their/xir gender!

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

53 In Mexico City do they call their elevated rail "El El"?

Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024 09:42 AM (991eG)

54 Risking your life these days

Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2024 09:42 AM (2s5ig)

55 The “L”.

Not the El?

( for elevated)

Posted by: kallisto at April 04, 2024 09:43 AM (72UeA)

56 I consider elevated rail to be an intermediate stage between subways and flying cars.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024 09:44 AM (991eG)

57 Fake. There is no unmedicated schizophrenic shitting in the corner.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 04, 2024 09:44 AM (VsuUI)

58 The buckwheat pancake sign is racist, ya know.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 04, 2024 09:44 AM (NpAcC)

59 In Mexico City do they call their elevated rail "El El"?
Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024

***
Maybe "El Linea del Trabajo," or "The Line to Work."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2024 09:44 AM (J2vNu)

60 Fake. There is no unmedicated schizophrenic shitting in the corner.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Hey! Marsh is not depicting the White House after all.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2024 09:45 AM (WXNFJ)

61 Seems a bit racist to suggest that the reason to not use the L is the presence of a sleeping black man.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 04, 2024 09:33 AM (IUd0M)

He looks like a solid citizen, who has a job. Actually kind of a charming painting. Has a bit of a Norman Rockwell feel to it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2024 09:45 AM (tkR6S)

62 Take the L before King Kong knocks it down.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 09:45 AM (9yWhg)

63 Kill the wabbit

Posted by: Jamaica at April 04, 2024 09:45 AM (IG7T0)

64 Posted by: redridinghood at April 04, 2024 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

Interesting! I read it completely differently. I saw it as an ad for the "L" train to get them off that nasty one they were riding.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 04, 2024 09:46 AM (gSZYf)

65 Like this one better than the artist's "10 Cents a Dance" that was posted on an earlier art thread. Feel sorry for the lady in green. She looks beaten down and resigned to it.

Posted by: Tuna at April 04, 2024 09:46 AM (oaGWv)

66 I thought the L was in Chicago.
Posted by: grammie winger

********

The L you say!!?

Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024 09:46 AM (991eG)

67 The buckwheat pancake sign is racist, ya know.
Posted by: redridinghood

"Wookin pa nub . . . "

Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2024 09:46 AM (WXNFJ)

68 He's manspreading!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Prolly farting too !

Posted by: JT at April 04, 2024 09:47 AM (T4tVD)

69 Dude, you totally missed the joke. Look at the sock.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 09:40 AM (9yWhg)

Oh...was that supposed to be funny? Sorry, I must have missed it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 04, 2024 09:48 AM (gSZYf)

70 It's so much easier now that you can post your Ls online.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 09:48 AM (9yWhg)

71 The woman passenger to the left is reading a newspaper -- the 1930 equivalent of checking AoS on your tablet or phone. The sleeping guy has given up on the news of what Pres. Hoover is doing about the economy, since it doesn't affect him at all, and has let his paper slip to the floor of the subway car. The woman in the green coat is simply staring into space, contemplating either the day's work to come or the yawning hellpit that awaits her at home.

(Cynical? Pessimistic? Who, me?)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2024 09:48 AM (J2vNu)

72 Preferable to riding the Red Line in Chicago.

Posted by: mr tmz at April 04, 2024 09:48 AM (rJ48h)

73 On the sign above the man, 'Why not use the L'.

That was around The Great Depression. Bet the artist would be shocked by the sights & sounds in these burning times.

Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at April 04, 2024 09:49 AM (GshMh)

74 Dave Van Ronk, "George And The IRT":
https://tinyurl.com/3mefccr5

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 04, 2024 09:49 AM (zdLoL)

75 Judging from expositions at this site one would presume most artists to be either psychotic or manic depressives.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 04, 2024 09:49 AM (TvHck)

76 Oh...was that supposed to be funny? Sorry, I must have missed it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Just for that, Imma gonna make a run to CostCo for the industrial-sized jug of maple syrup.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 09:49 AM (9yWhg)

77 It's a subway line in NYC that goes from 14th St. to somewhere in Brooklyn.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 04, 2024 09:37 AM

Interesting the precision of the 14th St. endpoint versus the "somewhere in Brooklyn endpoint.

Tell us you're not a Dodgers fan without telling us you're not a Dodgers fan. ;-)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 04, 2024 09:50 AM (a3Q+t)

78 Subway: The only place where you can sandwich yourself between two strangers during rush hour.

Posted by: Too soon for punz? at April 04, 2024 09:50 AM (dg+HA)

79 The lady on the left is petrified and wants off the freakshow train.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 04, 2024 09:50 AM (R4t5M)

80 Are we sure the sleeping guy is drunk? Maybe he's got gotten off work and is exhausted.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 09:51 AM (9yWhg)

81 Interesting! I read it completely differently. I saw it as an ad for the "L" train to get them off that nasty one they were riding.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 04, 2024 09:46 AM (gSZYf)

Were the elevated rail lines and the subways in NYC run by competing companies?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2024 09:51 AM (tkR6S)

82 Prolly farting too !
Posted by: JT at April 04, 2024 09:47 AM

Why do you say that like it's a Bad Thing?

Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA) at April 04, 2024 09:52 AM (a3Q+t)

83 At least when this was painted you didn't have to worry about OD'ing on fentanyl because some idiot started smoking it next to you.

Posted by: PabloD at April 04, 2024 09:52 AM (4z2nH)

84 I dunno. Y'all are insisting on being negative. Cities still have some charm about them. You just have to know where to go and where NOT to go.

Public transport is super helpful around here. I take it every day.

Calm down.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 04, 2024 09:52 AM (z94BK)

85 Way Then: You might have to sleep near a smelly bum

Then: You might be accosted by a smelly bum

Now: If you fight back against the smelly bum YOU go to jail

Posted by: 18-1 at April 04, 2024 09:52 AM (ibTVg)

86 Prolly farting too !
Posted by: JT at April 04, 2024 09:47 AM

Why do you say that like it's a Bad Thing?
Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA)

Pfft. Amateur.

Posted by: Gerry Nadler at April 04, 2024 09:53 AM (9yWhg)

87 They get up every morning
From the alarm clock's warning
Take the eight-fifteen into the city
There's a whistle up above
And people pushing, people shoving
And the girls who try to look pretty

Posted by: Randy Bachman at April 04, 2024 09:53 AM (dg+HA)

88 In the immortal words of my grandmother, "there's nothing more *public* than public transportation."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 04, 2024 09:53 AM (HnUIn)

89 Calm down.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 04, 2024 09:52 AM

Doesn't the Style Guide recommend a specific set of anatomical structures be directed to calm down?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 04, 2024 09:54 AM (a3Q+t)

90 Lady in the green coat looks like she's seen...things. Unspeakable things.

Posted by: Emmie at April 04, 2024 09:55 AM (Sf2cq)

91 All three are wearing headgear. The man's appears to be a "newsboy" cap; you'd see actual kids as well as ones in the movies wearing those in the street. Green Coat Woman's "hat" is blue, and so is that of the Newspaper Reading Woman. The last one, however, is more like one of those soft felt things women wore in the Twenties -- a "cloche" hat? Is that the right term?

The label for the stop: When I visited NYC in 1998, they simply labeled the stops on the subway wall as "East 23 St," "West 34 St," or the like; no "-rd" or "-th." I guess that simplifies things. Did the city do that in earlier decades?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2024 09:55 AM (J2vNu)

92 I sure wouldn't want to ride the 'L in a handbasket...

Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024 09:55 AM (991eG)

93 JJ, I am so sorry that you are going through this. My heart and prayers go out to you and I wish you the best. I'm sorry I wasn't able to post in your thread this morning. I hope you see this. Hugs

Posted by: Jaimo at April 04, 2024 09:55 AM (g7ZYn)

94 >>>Reginald Marsh

I wonder if the artist is a misanthrope or the opposite.

Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 09:55 AM (o3SCB)

95 Interesting painting.Got here a bit late this AM and just read about J.J... Prayers going out...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 04, 2024 09:56 AM (Akjoo)

96 I'm totally bummed about JJ. Sorry. I know it's the art thread.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 04, 2024 09:56 AM (RUMEY)

97 >>>Why Not Use the "L"?

What the "L" would I know?

Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 09:56 AM (o3SCB)

98 In the immortal words of my grandmother, "there's nothing more *public* than public transportation."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

I remember Archie Bunker describing his daily subway ride to Edith -- a pimple-faced kid eating a pizza, a couple making out, etc. He concludes by saying "And the faces that ain't doing nothing disgusting look like they're planning to murder ya."

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 09:56 AM (9yWhg)

99 Were the elevated rail lines and the subways in NYC run by competing companies?

Well beyond that! They were run by competing political machines, who went around outlawing, bankrupting and dispossessing each other's public-funded monopolies like so many Trump valuation judges. There's a pocket history of NYC mass transit on line, offered as an object lesson in why big cities cannot have nice things.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 04, 2024 09:56 AM (zdLoL)

100 84 I dunno. Y'all are insisting on being negative. Cities still have some charm about them. You just have to know where to go and where NOT to go.

oh Philly USED to be like this.

the "where TO go" just got a lot smaller, if it exists at all. Chestnut Hill maybe?

I love my city you know this. But it needs some serious fixing. Hoping the new mayor does some stuff

Posted by: BlackOrchid at April 04, 2024 09:57 AM (AcWfM)

101 Waiting for John Rocker to comment.

Posted by: mr tmz at April 04, 2024 09:57 AM (rJ48h)

102 Heh. Is this supposed to be a car or the platform waiting for the car.

Interesting composition. White woman separated from the two black people by a wall with her hood pulled up. Nicely dressed and composed black woman. Black dude with the open mouth. The painting is meant to evoke a certain wariness. The black lady, while presenting herself nicely looks... resigned.

This was painted in 1930. I dislike most art from the 20s and 30s because I always feel like the painter is trying to say something social (because they usually are.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 04, 2024 09:57 AM (di6C2)

103 Back when public transportation in New York City was almost kind of safe?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at April 04, 2024 09:57 AM (BHrzb)

104 The lady in the green coat has a 5 o'clock shadow.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 04, 2024 09:58 AM (NpAcC)

105 They get up every morning
From the alarm clock's warning
Take the eight-fifteen into the city
There's a whistle up above
And people pushing, people shoving
And the girls who try to look pretty
Posted by: Randy Bachman at April 04, 2024

***
"My baby takes the morning train;
He works from nine to five, and then
He takes another home again
To find me waiting for him --"

Posted by: Sheena Easton, Long Ago at April 04, 2024 09:58 AM (J2vNu)

106 Elaine Benes was her absolute funniest when she was miserable.
This has to be her BEST monologue and she's talking to herself.

https://youtu.be/VM_vLbQ3_aw

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at April 04, 2024 09:58 AM (dg+HA)

107 Doesn't the Style Guide recommend a specific set of anatomical structures be directed to calm down?
Posted by Duncanthrax

Well, the 'ettes are mostly calm, except for the harpy ones and I didn't want to think about the 'rons having tits, so.......

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 04, 2024 09:58 AM (z94BK)

108 Waiting for John Rocker to comment.
Posted by: mr tmz at April 04, 2024 09:57 AM (rJ48h)

Way ahead of you @ 41.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2024 09:58 AM (0FoWg)

109
This artist could use a little Octopus Theory:

https://twitter.com/AMAZlNGNATURE/status/17755579

22186985597?

Via Insty

Posted by: naturalfake at April 04, 2024 09:59 AM (nFnyb)

110 >>>>Way Then: You might have to sleep near a smelly bum
Then: You might be accosted by a smelly bum
Now: If you fight back against the smelly bum YOU go to jail
Posted by: 18-1 at April 04, 2024 09:52 AM (ibTVg)
————
I think In England, that would have a completely different meaning , IYKWIM.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 04, 2024 09:59 AM (o5xMZ)

111 Interesting composition. White woman separated from the two black people by a wall with her hood pulled up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I didn't think the woman in green was black, but when I embiggen it, I can kinda see it. I think it's ambiguous, though.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 09:59 AM (9yWhg)

112 Subway: The only place where you can sandwich yourself between two strangers during rush hour.
Posted by: Too soon for punz

********

But by the time you get home your buns are smashed!

Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024 10:00 AM (991eG)

113 Well, wiki supplies the interpretation of Marsh's work. Feels... forced.

Wiki:
Marsh was obsessed with the American woman as a sexual and powerful figure. In the 1930s during the Great Depression, more than 2 million women lost their jobs, and women were said to be exploited sexually.[18] Marsh's work shows this exploitation by portraying men and women in the same paintings. The women may be half clothed or fully naked, and are purposeful and strong; the men are voyeurs, often less imposing than the women. According to art historian Marilyn Cohen, "[Marsh's] world is filled with display: movies, burlesque, the beach, and all forms of public exhibition. Men and women are both spectators and performers within a heavily sexualized world. And Marsh was clearly fascinated by both aspects of that world—almost always presenting its two sides in the same image."[19]

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 04, 2024 10:01 AM (di6C2)

114 Wiki:
Marsh was obsessed with the American woman as a sexual and powerful figure. In the 1930s during the Great Depression, more than 2 million women lost their jobs, and women were said to be exploited sexually.[18] Marsh's work shows this exploitation by portraying men and women in the same paintings. The women may be half clothed or fully naked, and are purposeful and strong; the men are voyeurs, often less imposing than the women. According to art historian Marilyn Cohen, "[Marsh's] world is filled with display: movies, burlesque, the beach, and all forms of public exhibition. Men and women are both spectators and performers within a heavily sexualized world. And Marsh was clearly fascinated by both aspects of that world—almost always presenting its two sides in the same image."[19]
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 04, 2024 10:01 AM (di6C2)
++++
Academics, man.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 04, 2024 10:01 AM (HnUIn)

115 I've always disliked big cities intensely. Since I was small. Then I had to live in one for about six years.

Never. Again. It worse than I thought, and I had no positive expectations to begin with.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2024 10:02 AM (0FoWg)

116 I like this painting, as it brings back memories. I was born in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn in 1955. Bay Ridge is served by the N train. Since we were the hinterlands, the N train always had some of the oldest equipment. In the mid 60s, they were still running cars built in 1917. Wicker seat covers, enamel straphangers, open fans, of course no air conditioning. Can still remember sights and sounds of it, this painting brings it back to me. Thanks. Now, let's all go to Coney Island!

Posted by: Fort Hamilton Parkway Station at April 04, 2024 10:02 AM (V5BDR)

117 Elaine Benes was her absolute funniest when she was miserable.
This has to be her BEST monologue and she's talking to herself.

https://youtu.be/VM_vLbQ3_aw
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at April 04, 2024

***
JLD: an actress who remained pretty even when she was making faces like that. Great stuff.

Posted by: Sheena Easton, Long Ago at April 04, 2024 10:02 AM (J2vNu)

118 Tell us you're not a Dodgers fan without telling us you're not a Dodgers fan. ;-)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 04, 2024 09:50 AM (a3Q+t)

This is true!

Brooklyn is a vast wasteland. No reason to go there except for Sahadi's on Atlantic Ave. and a couple of pizza joints.

Ever read the short story by Thomas Wolfe..."Only The Dead Know Brooklyn?"

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 04, 2024 10:02 AM (gSZYf)

119 Twitter reporting that Ukraine will join Nato and that Johnson took the knee to Blackrock investments.
Nuland wins afterall

Posted by: GOP sux at April 04, 2024 10:03 AM (Zzbjj)

120 88 In the immortal words of my grandmother, "there's nothing more *public* than public transportation."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 04, 2024 09:53 AM (HnUIn)

Yeah, planes are like that. Except you are locked in with them for 2-16 hours. Can be good. Can be bad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 04, 2024 10:03 AM (di6C2)

121 Men and women are both spectators and performers within a heavily sexualized world. And Marsh was clearly fascinated by both aspects of that world—almost always presenting its two sides in the same image."[19]
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 04, 2024 10:01 AM (di6C2)

And this painting literally shows none of that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2024 10:04 AM (tkR6S)

122 11 Seems a bit racist to suggest that the reason to not use the L is the presence of a sleeping black man.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 04, 2024 09:33 AM (IUd0M)

Genderist! Racistist! State-of-awakednessist!

Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 10:04 AM (o3SCB)

123 For some reason, the only part of NYC that I currently have any desire to visit is Staten Island. Don't know why.

I've already been to Manhattan a few times, so I've seen all of that I need to.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:04 AM (9yWhg)

124 18 No "new arrivals"
No "justice"-inclined yutes
No havering lunatics whacked out on drugs
Nobody being beaten up
Nobody being sexually assaulted
Just a dude - maybe a bum - napping and not bothering anyone, and a lady sitting down for an uneventful ride.

Where the hell is this? This looks like heaven - and like nothing I've ever seen!
Posted by: Shell-shocked denizen of the contemporary urban utopia at April 04, 2024 09:35 AM (HnUIn)

hahahahaha
*inhale*
hahahahaha

Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 10:05 AM (o3SCB)

125 I see this much differently than most, almost seems peaceful.
End of day, heading home, thoughts drifting or quick nap.The woman reading the paper is relaxed, casually has her back to the black folks, not watching them at all.
Of course, I've only lived in cities, and I like that. The country is a place to visit.

Posted by: From about that Time at April 04, 2024 10:05 AM (4780s)

126 What' an "L?"
Posted by: Elmer Fudd at April 04, 2024 09:31 AM

I always thought it refered to an E[L]evated rail line.

Could be wrong.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 04, 2024 10:06 AM (Wnv9h)

127 Oh, sure. Make fun of the Person of Slumber.

Posted by: The First United Church of the Perpetually Offended at April 04, 2024 10:06 AM (dg+HA)

128
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 04, 2024 10:06 AM (IPxYP)

129 And, I know a lot of people love cities. More power to 'em, I guess.

But, the distaste is one-directional, for the most part. I don't think many city people drive through the countryside and feel a surge of anxiety and revulsion. But for many rural and small town people like me, cities are very... not cool.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2024 10:06 AM (0FoWg)

130 The 'L' is a shortened version of elevated train as opposed to the subway which is underground.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn it! at April 04, 2024 10:07 AM (pAxoq)

131 What' an "L?"
Posted by: Elmer Fudd at April 04, 2024 09:31 AM

I always thought it refered to an E[L]evated rail line.

Could be wrong.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

And another one doesn't get the joke. I guess my humor is too subtle for you people.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:07 AM (9yWhg)

132 Oh, sure. Make fun of the Person of Slumber.
Posted by: The First United Church of the Perpetually Offended at April 04, 2024 10:06 AM (dg+HA)
++++
LOL!

I'm not a narcoleptic, I'm a person of slumber! I have that restful leg syndrome!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 04, 2024 10:07 AM (HnUIn)

133 And this painting literally shows none of that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2024 10:04 AM (tkR6S)

No, as I said this is wiki supplying context. If the list of works is correct, this is his first paining (or one of, as I do not see anything earlier than 1930.)

Which is odd. Glancing at his other stuff (which is presumably newer) this looks to be better figure work.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 04, 2024 10:07 AM (di6C2)

134 127 "Person experiencing slumber," H8r.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:07 AM (9yWhg)

135 But, the distaste is one-directional, for the most part. I don't think many city people drive through the countryside and feel a surge of anxiety and revulsion. But for many rural and small town people like me, cities are very... not cool.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2024 10:06 AM (0FoWg)
++++
You think it's unidirectional, do you? You've never felt the revulsion I feel when I have to visit the interior.

Posted by: Kevin D. Williamson at April 04, 2024 10:08 AM (HnUIn)

136 Subway: The only place where you can sandwich yourself between two strangers during rush hour.
Posted by: Too soon for punz

And with the advent of the 6 dollar 6 inch, they're well on their way to 20 bucks, same as in town.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 04, 2024 10:08 AM (MKWE4)

137 I lived in the ATL for 5 years and rode MARTA every day for 3 of those. It was... mostly not terrible. I only witnessed one incident that I truly thought would escalate to violence, and it didn't. And I remember many occasions when young black men wearing hoodies and baggy pants offered to give up their seats for me on a crowded train. Of course, I was generally on the train for morning & afternoon commute and rarely on late in the evening.

I used to enjoy visiting cities, but I'm less inclined to do so now, and will never live in a city again. Too happy with my quiet little half acre just outside a small town.

Posted by: screaming in digital at April 04, 2024 10:08 AM (wQXfi)

138 But by the time you get home your buns are smashed!
Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024 10:00 AM

I don't have to leave home for that to happen!

Posted by: Pete Bootyjudge at April 04, 2024 10:08 AM (Wnv9h)

139 Just saw J. J.'s news at the top of the morning report. Our prayers are starting right now. We will miss his contributions until he is back. God Bless.

Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2024 10:09 AM (zudum)

140 I'm not a narcoleptic, I'm a person of slumber!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 04, 2024 10:07 AM (HnUIn)

hypersomniac

Posted by: BignJames at April 04, 2024 10:09 AM (AwYPR)

141 "Slumber curious."

Posted by: Stay with the tour please at April 04, 2024 10:09 AM (dg+HA)

142 I used to enjoy visiting cities, but I'm less inclined to do so now, and will never live in a city again. Too happy with my quiet little half acre just outside a small town.
Posted by: screaming in digital at April 04, 2024 10:08 AM

Same. I hate cities now. I'll go in occasionally (like for work), but I prefer to just stay out as much as possible.

*looks in the direction of NH*

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

143 57 Fake. There is no unmedicated schizophrenic shitting in the corner.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 04, 2024 09:44 AM (VsuUI)

I think the woman in the colorful garb has missed a couple of doses of Thorazine.

Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 10:10 AM (o3SCB)

144 Oh, sure. Make fun of the Person of Slumber.
Posted by: The First United Church of the Perpetually Offended at April 04, 2024 10:06 AM (dg+HA)
*****
He's rude for taking up too much room on the seat.
He should be moving over so the lady standing can sit down.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 04, 2024 10:10 AM (NpAcC)

145 For some reason, the only part of NYC that I currently have any desire to visit is Staten Island. Don't know why.

I've already been to Manhattan a few times, so I've seen all of that I need to.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024

***
When I visited NYC in '98, I'd been fascinated with the city and its bustling activity, at least in fiction, since I was a young teen: the Nero Wolfe and Ellery Queen stories, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (their HQ was set there and they occasionally had adventures set in the city), and lots more. New York always seemed more accessible and glamorous to me than the London of even Peter Wimsey's time (which was only a little older than the earliest NW and EQ tales). And then there had been Ghostbusters and other movies.

So I was happy to see most of the landmarks and areas I'd read about: Fifth Avenue and the Empire State Building, the Algonquin Hotel, Central Park, etc.

I'm glad I experienced it. But even if I could afford it, I have no desire to live there.

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

146 But, the distaste is one-directional, for the most part. I don't think many city people drive through the countryside and feel a surge of anxiety and revulsion. But for many rural and small town people like me, cities are very... not cool.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2024 10:06 AM (0FoWg)

Cities are...useful. But not very friendly places to live. Suburbs exist for a reason. Problem is, suburbs eventually get eaten up by the urbs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2024 10:11 AM (tkR6S)

147 I guess my humor is too subtle for you people.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:07 AM

Join the crowd.

Posted by: Amy Schumer at April 04, 2024 10:11 AM (a3Q+t)

148 Also remember this in the context of the time. This would be in the middle of 'Aught' culture. What a person 'aught' to do. Completely flipped from today. Social standards for how one should present themselves and carry ad present themselves. Self respect, composure and dignity valued.

THAT is why the representation of the black guy is negative. Not that he is tired, but that he is carelessly showing that to everyone else. The two women are conforming to the culture, dude is not.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 04, 2024 10:12 AM (di6C2)

149 The pressure campaign on Justice Sotomayor needs to stop! The notion everything can be gamed out is fiction, based on the mistaken notion it would have made a difference if Ruth Bader Ginsburg had only retired while Obama was president. It would not have.

...what with Manchin and Sinema still in the Senate, it is unclear whether Democrats could even seat a justice at the present moment! Sotomayor is just 69 years old. Yes, she is a type 1 diabetic, but she has managed that condition since she was 7 years old!

She's highly intelligent and well-informed. She cares about the nation, and about justice. She's bright enough to calculate whether she can best serve the nation and serve justice by resigning or by staying on.

Since Covid people boldly tell seniors when it is time to dry up and blow away. Across the board in our society.😥

Disagree on RBG. The Republicans would have allowed Obama to replace her. They weren't going to allow Obama to replace Scalia with a liberal.

Instead of hand wringing, people should get out and work at making sure the republicans do not regain power and push the dems to expand the court.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 04, 2024 10:12 AM (JCZqz)

150 77 It's a subway line in NYC that goes from 14th St. to somewhere in Brooklyn.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 04, 2024 09:37 AM

Interesting the precision of the 14th St. endpoint versus the "somewhere in Brooklyn" endpoint.

Tell us you're not a Dodgers fan without telling us you're not a Dodgers fan. ;-)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 04, 2024 09:50 AM (a3Q+t)

Ha!

Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 10:12 AM (o3SCB)

151 Oh crap JJ. Prayers are up!

AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Posted by: blaster at April 04, 2024 10:13 AM (ASVTS)

152 83 At least when this was painted you didn't have to worry about OD'ing on fentanyl because some idiot started smoking it next to you.
Posted by: PabloD at April 04, 2024 09:52 AM (4z2nH)

Serious question: Can that happen? I did not know this.

Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 10:14 AM (o3SCB)

153 *THAT is why the representation of the black guy is negative. Not that he is tired, but that he is carelessly showing that to everyone else. The two women are conforming to the culture, dude is not.*

I always wear by clean pajamas and best bunny slippers to Walmart.

Posted by: Teenagers today at April 04, 2024 10:14 AM (dg+HA)

154 So I was happy to see most of the landmarks and areas I'd read about: Fifth Avenue and the Empire State Building, the Algonquin Hotel, Central Park, etc.

I went to the top of the World Trade Center almost exactly ten years before it was levelled. At least I've got that story to tell my descendants.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:14 AM (9yWhg)

155 *my

Posted by: Teenagers today at April 04, 2024 10:14 AM (dg+HA)

156 DOJ demands prison time for Ashley Biden diary thief

https://tinyurl.com/5547psms

Posted by: redridinghood at April 04, 2024 10:14 AM (NpAcC)

157 I'm not a narcoleptic, I'm a person of slumber!
Posted by: Joe Mannix

********

He's a slumberjack
And that's okay!

Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024 10:14 AM (991eG)

158 I used to enjoy visiting cities, but I'm less inclined to do so now, and will never live in a city again. Too happy with my quiet little half acre just outside a small town.
Posted by: screaming in digital

I've gotten so I don't even like medium sized cities anymore - like Knoxville for instance. Too much traffic and hubbub. The Costco there has folks waiting for a parking spot to open up all day long now.

The closest Dollar Tree is 5 miles away - that's how far out we are.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2024 10:15 AM (WXNFJ)

159 Good morning again dear horde

Shocked, rocked by JJ's news

A prayer for complete and immediate healing, chaver.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2024 10:15 AM (RIvkX)

160 Used to ride BART from Walnut Creek to Oakland (and back) for travel to work back in the 90s. Usually too crowded to get a seat on the trip home.

When my boss was pregnant, she'd get on the train with me in downtown Oakland -- and I'd very publicly shame the male riders who refused to get up and give her their seat (as I always did for females when I had a seat and the car was full).

Only had a couple of instances -- usually when the Oakland A's were playing -- with young POCs playing loud music and harassing riders, but it never escalated to violence (and I had a pistol in my briefcase ... just in case).

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 04, 2024 10:15 AM (KtoBc)

161 Cities are the septic tank of a civilization.

Gross, but imagine how gross life would be without them there, and all that filth and shit were just distributed all over your house.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 04, 2024 10:15 AM (VoAdT)

162 87 They get up every morning
From the alarm clock's warning
Take the eight-fifteen into the city
There's a whistle up above
And people pushing, people shoving
And the girls who try to look pretty
Posted by: Randy Bachman at April 04, 2024 09:53 AM (dg+HA)

nice

Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 10:16 AM (o3SCB)

163 The L goes to Canarsie

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2024 10:16 AM (RIvkX)

164 I'm by birth a bumpkin, now living in the 'burbs, but I still enjoy safaris into the big scary city now and then. It's like being drop-shipped onto LV-426 for a little culture and the ol' ultraviolence -- exciting and educational!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at April 04, 2024 10:17 AM (3e3hy)

165 Fairfax Co. is a liberal PITA, and a traffic hellhole, but it's still waaaaaaay better than DC.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:17 AM (9yWhg)

166 I guess my humor is too subtle for you people.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

********

Sure. Let's go with 'subtle'.

*sidles away*

Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024 10:18 AM (991eG)

167 "Fairfax County: more dollars than sense."

Posted by: I need to copyright that at April 04, 2024 10:19 AM (dg+HA)

168 From back when the skels left you alone.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) muses at April 04, 2024 10:19 AM (aD39U)

169 A real slice of life, not sure I'd want a scene from public transportation on my wall.

'Public' is always anything but. Nothing better than government transportation. Well, maybe government schools or government radio.

Posted by: t-bird at April 04, 2024 10:19 AM (64XQA)

170 The Thomas Wolfe "Brooklyn" story is kind of entertaining. The dialect makes it a little hard to read, at least at first, until you get the hang of it ("duh" = "the," for instance), and then you hardly see it at all.

I'd like to take that title and use it less metaphorically and more literally!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2024 10:19 AM (J2vNu)

171 Twitter reporting that Ukraine will join Nato...
Posted by: GOP sux at April 04, 2024 10:03 AM (Zzbjj)

So, WW3 it is.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 04, 2024 10:19 AM (IUd0M)

172 "Why Not Use the 'L'?"

---

Well, the bum sitting on the bench next to a woman who is deliberately NOT looking his way is a pretty good indicator that I would not want to ride this particular train...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 04, 2024 10:20 AM (7fElN)

173 DOJ demands prison time for Ashley Biden diary thief

https://tinyurl.com/5547psms
Posted by: redridinghood

Ashley Biden diary FINDER

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 04, 2024 10:20 AM (CIS44)

174 ... Disagree on RBG. The Republicans would have allowed Obama to replace her. They weren't going to allow Obama to replace Scalia with a liberal. ...
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 04, 2024 10:12 AM (JCZqz)
++++
Huh. A level-headed, rational and almost certainly accurate statement from a DU poster. How odd.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 04, 2024 10:20 AM (HnUIn)

175 The Thomas Wolfe "Brooklyn" story is kind of entertaining. The dialect makes it a little hard to read, at least at first, until you get the hang of it ("duh" = "the," for instance), and then you hardly see it at all.

The Damon Runyon thing of never using contractions is extremely irritating.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:21 AM (9yWhg)

176 Staff meeting this week is all about water conservation. Also a slide on how to properly dispose of coffee grounds.

Posted by: pawn at April 04, 2024 10:21 AM (QB+5g)

177 I guess my humor is too subtle for you people.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:07 AM

Join the crowd.
Posted by: Amy Schumer at April 04, 2024 10:11 AM (a3Q+t)

join the crown

Posted by: carlos mencia at April 04, 2024 10:21 AM (nXhwP)

178 "This is it boys. This is war.
As 99 red balloons go by."

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 04, 2024 10:21 AM (wDA3Q)

179 Twitter reporting that Ukraine will join Nato...
Posted by: GOP sux at April 04, 2024 10:03 AM (Zzbjj)

So, WW3 it is.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 04, 2024 10:19 AM (IUd0M)

---------------

Biden, like the Z-Man, will have to cancel the upcoming election.

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 04, 2024 10:22 AM (KtoBc)

180 She's highly intelligent and well-informed. She cares about the nation, and about justice. She's bright enough to calculate whether she can best serve the nation and serve justice by resigning or by staying on.

====

Cite.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 04, 2024 10:22 AM (CIS44)

181 The only reason I would take public transportation is if I felt like I wasn't making frequent enough to visits to the DMV.

Posted by: But that's just me at April 04, 2024 10:22 AM (dg+HA)

182 Gross, but imagine how gross life would be without them there, and all that filth and shit were just distributed all over your house.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 04, 2024 10:15 AM (VoAdT)

Go on...

Posted by: Dung Beetles at April 04, 2024 10:22 AM (nFnyb)

183 If you grow up in a large urban setting you're going to be predisposed to that. An urban dweller's first visit to a rural area is going to generate some internal conflict, but I doubt the urbanite would fear much.

I dislike the urban setting. It's noisy and visually disturbing. There's too much going on (at first blush) to feel safe. You need time to assimilate and figure out what's a threat and what's not.

FWIW I've lived in both settings... not the level of NYC but busy enough for me to know it's not my thing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 04, 2024 10:23 AM (Q4IgG)

184 Send Airman Hunger Strike to the Ukraine.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 04, 2024 10:23 AM (wDA3Q)

185 Disagree on RBG. The Republicans would have allowed Obama to replace her. They weren't going to allow Obama to replace Scalia with a liberal. ...
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 04, 2024 10:12 AM (JCZqz)
++++
Huh. A level-headed, rational and almost certainly accurate statement from a DU poster. How odd.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 04, 2024 10:20 AM (HnUIn)

could be our intrepid liaison out to stir up a bit of an argument over there....

Posted by: SturmToddler at April 04, 2024 10:23 AM (nXhwP)

186 176 Staff meeting this week is all about water conservation. Also a slide on how to properly dispose of coffee grounds.

There's a new cover sheet for the TPS reports.

Posted by: Office Space reference at April 04, 2024 10:24 AM (dg+HA)

187 Staff meeting this week is all about water conservation. Also a slide on how to properly dispose of coffee grounds.
Posted by: pawn at April 04, 2024 10:21 AM (QB+5g)
---
It's all Zoidberg's fault.

Posted by: Hermes Conrad at April 04, 2024 10:24 AM (7fElN)

188 But the open Air Elevated gets you there quickly, too

How many hours per year are there where taking open-air L in Chicago or New York is "more comfortable"? We just got done with days of cold rain and wind, which is why I wonder.

Posted by: t-bird at April 04, 2024 10:24 AM (64XQA)

189 I hate anything that presupposes that the idiot functionaries installed into federal positions are anything more than idiot functionaries, entirely fungible, interchangeable parts... Oh no, we're going to lose this dipshit rubber stamp in a doily and get some other dipshit rubber stamp instead.

Piss off with that bullshit fanboi dreck.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 04, 2024 10:24 AM (VoAdT)

190 Ashley Biden diary FINDER
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 04, 2024 10:20 AM (CIS44)
*****
DOJ just admitted the diary was real after WH said it wasn't.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 04, 2024 10:24 AM (NpAcC)

191 So I was happy to see most of the landmarks and areas I'd read about: Fifth Avenue and the Empire State Building, the Algonquin Hotel, Central Park, etc.
*
I went to the top of the World Trade Center almost exactly ten years before it was levelled. At least I've got that story to tell my descendants.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024

***
As a kid and young adult, I used what I had around me, e.g., downtown Nawlins, as backdrop for Wolfe's & Archie's adventures. Now, when I read a story set in Manhattan, I imagine many of the actual cityscapes and neighborhoods.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2024 10:24 AM (J2vNu)

192 I guess my humor is too subtle for you people.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

What do you mean 'you people'?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 04, 2024 10:24 AM (di6C2)

193 126 What' an "L?"
Posted by: Elmer Fudd at April 04, 2024 09:31 AM

I always thought it refered to an E[L]evated rail line.

Could be wrong.
Posted by:

In Chicago, that's what the city's rapid transit trains (light rail) are called. Not to be confused with the railroad commuter lines out to the suburbs; more expensive and a nicer ride.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at April 04, 2024 10:25 AM (2XbET)

194 Twitter reporting that Ukraine will join Nato...

-------

I hope that's not true.

But I figured that, with all the other questionable reports of Ukrainian collapse, if that were true, then in we go.

Crap.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2024 10:25 AM (0FoWg)

195 Brrrrr. 44 and windy out here on the water. Overcast. Might get some showers.

The sea is churning and spray is blowing off the whitecaps.

The city is all lit up across the bay and looks braced for a windstorm.

Looking forward to another cuppa when I get in to the office.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 04, 2024 10:25 AM (Iw5Ml)

196 Ashley Biden diary FINDER
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 04, 2024 10:20 AM (CIS44)

You cannot "steal" abandoned property.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2024 10:25 AM (tkR6S)

197 What's this 'you people' human?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 04, 2024 10:26 AM (wDA3Q)

198 I guess my humor is too subtle for you people.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

What do you mean 'you people'?
Posted by: Aetius451AD a

What do YOU mean 'you people'?
-Alpa Cino

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 04, 2024 10:26 AM (CIS44)

199 If you grow up in a large urban setting you're going to be predisposed to that. An urban dweller's first visit to a rural area is going to generate some internal conflict, but I doubt the urbanite would fear much.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 04, 2024 10:23 AM (Q4IgG)
---
They just need to be reminded to stay away from the wildlife...Those bears ain't for petting...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 04, 2024 10:26 AM (7fElN)

200
She's highly intelligent and well-informed. She cares about the nation, and about justice....

Welp, those are two words I'm sick to death of hearing.

"cares" = fascism with a smile and baby talk

"justice" = fascism at the point of a gun or applied by fist

Two more words stripped of original meaning by leftards.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 04, 2024 10:26 AM (nFnyb)

201 Staff meeting this week is all about water conservation. Also a slide on how to properly dispose of coffee grounds.
Posted by: pawn at April 04, 2024 10:21 AM (QB+5g)

Mine go in the flower beds.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 04, 2024 10:26 AM (R4t5M)

202 177 I guess my humor is too subtle for you people.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:07 AM

Join the crowd.
Posted by: Amy Schumer at April 04, 2024 10:11 AM (a3Q+t)

join the crown
Posted by: carlos mencia at April 04, 2024 10:21 AM (nXhwP)

ITS FUNNY BECAUSE AMY SCHUMER AND CARLOS MENCIA ARE UNFUNNY COMICS WHO STEAL JOKES

Posted by: BEN ROETHLESBURGER at April 04, 2024 10:26 AM (fKIdX)

203 What's this 'you people' human?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 04, 2024 10:26 AM (wDA3Q)
---
*shakes head*

Speciesism as its worst...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 04, 2024 10:26 AM (7fElN)

204 What do you mean 'you people'?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Sorry. People experiencing youness.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:26 AM (9yWhg)

205 Used to ride BART from Walnut Creek to Oakland (and back) for travel to work back in the 90s. Usually too crowded to get a seat on the trip home.

Posted by: ShainS -

********

I occasionally rode a bus route from uptown New Orleans into downtown for classes. I was usually the only white person on the bus and got on far enough out that there were seats available. Riders were mostly folks going downtown to their jobs. As the bus began to fill, the empty seat next to me would remain empty until all the other seats were filled and some chose to stand. Eventually someone would sit next to me, but I always wondered what the dynamic was. Perhaps I gave off a misanthropic vibe, or was physically big enough to deter some. I wan't manspreading. It never felt hostile, per se. I never figured it out.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024 10:27 AM (991eG)

206 Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 04, 2024 10:15 AM (KtoBc)

I stayed off BART for the most part, except to go to the occasional Athletics game or to visit friends over the hills. Mostly because it didn't run frequently enough, and shut down far too early!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 04, 2024 10:27 AM (gSZYf)

207 Sorry. People experiencing youness.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:26 AM (9yWhg)

it's the "2" in "LBGTQBIATRZ&J2+-"

2nd Person.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 04, 2024 10:28 AM (VoAdT)

208 I had to ride MARTA a few times.

Can get a bit scary.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 04, 2024 10:29 AM (R4t5M)

209 But, the distaste is one-directional, for the most part. I don't think many city people drive through the countryside and feel a surge of anxiety and revulsion.

As evidenced on many social media posts, some of them absolutely fear and despise Flyover Jesusland and those of us who live in it.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 04, 2024 10:29 AM (sNc8Y)

210 Mine go in the flower beds.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 04, 2024 10:26 AM (R4t5M)

Trash can for me. I'm paying for the service. If it fits in the wheelie bin, it goes in the wheelie bin.

Sometimes, I have to make it fit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2024 10:29 AM (tkR6S)

211 But I figured that, with all the other questionable reports of Ukrainian collapse, if that were true, then in we go.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2024 10:25 AM (0FoWg)

Pretty much every channel I watch to get a picture of the state of the war indicates that the Russians are moving west at a pretty substantial clip. That would suggest a Ukrainian collapse.

Given that we were the ones who engineered the conflict, I see no reason to expect that the imbeciles in power in DC would permit anything short of our involvement in a war with Russia. This certainly explains why all the establishment mouthpieces have been speaking so lovingly about "limited nuclear exchanges".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 04, 2024 10:30 AM (IUd0M)

212 I had to ride MARTA a few times.

Can get a bit scary.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner

Why, did she bite hard?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:30 AM (9yWhg)

213 I occasionally rode a bus route from uptown New Orleans into downtown for classes. I was usually the only white person on the bus and got on far enough out that there were seats available. Riders were mostly folks going downtown to their jobs. As the bus began to fill, the empty seat next to me would remain empty until all the other seats were filled and some chose to stand. Eventually someone would sit next to me, but I always wondered what the dynamic was. Perhaps I gave off a misanthropic vibe, or was physically big enough to deter some. I wan't manspreading. It never felt hostile, per se. I never figured it out.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024

***
Since you don't mention "streetcar," Muldoon, I presume this was one of the uptown bus lines, like Magazine St. or Freret St.?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2024 10:30 AM (J2vNu)

214 204 What do you mean 'you people'?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Sorry. People experiencing youness.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:26 AM (9yWhg)

Eunice?

Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 10:30 AM (o3SCB)

215 Sometimes, I have to make it fit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2024 10:29 AM (tkR6S)

(in which AOP accidentally discovers cold fusion)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 04, 2024 10:30 AM (VoAdT)

216 Eventually someone would sit next to me, but I always wondered what the dynamic was. Perhaps I gave off a misanthropic vibe, or was physically big enough to deter some. I wan't manspreading. It never felt hostile, per se. I never figured it out.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024 10:27 AM (991eG)

Wet dog smell.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 04, 2024 10:30 AM (yOwFQ)

217 So what's the greenies' issue with coffee grounds?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:31 AM (9yWhg)

218 * I don't think many city people drive through the countryside and feel a surge of anxiety and revulsion.*

Until they see Farmers For Trump painted on the big round bales of hay.

Posted by: It's scary at April 04, 2024 10:31 AM (dg+HA)

219 I guess my humor is too subtle for you people.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

*********

Worse than "those people" not getting your joke is when someone feels they have to "improve" it by adding an anal sex reference

Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024 10:31 AM (991eG)

220 Well, wiki supplies the interpretation of Marsh's work. Feels... forced
---------

What in the everloving name of Retard Karl Marx is this shit?

Posted by: ... at April 04, 2024 10:31 AM (6sME/)

221 Given that we were the ones who engineered the conflict, I see no reason to expect that the imbeciles in power in DC would permit anything short of our involvement in a war with Russia. This certainly explains why all the establishment mouthpieces have been speaking so lovingly about "limited nuclear exchanges".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 04, 2024 10:30 AM (IUd0M)

And the draft.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 04, 2024 10:31 AM (yOwFQ)

222 Staff meeting this week is all about water conservation. Also a slide on how to properly dispose of coffee grounds.
Posted by: pawn at April 04, 2024 10:21 AM (QB+5g)

Mine go in the flower beds.

You.....you.....you can sssssssstop at any time!!!!!!
*shudders*

Posted by: The Flowers at April 04, 2024 10:31 AM (CsUN+)

223 217 So what's the greenies' issue with coffee grounds?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:31 AM (9yWhg)

Nitrogen lockout?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 04, 2024 10:31 AM (VoAdT)

224 >>Twitter reporting that Ukraine will join Nato...

This is pretty much what caused the war in the first place. It's always been the globalist goal.

Guess who the bad guys are?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 04, 2024 10:31 AM (LkLld)

225 216 Eventually someone would sit next to me, but I always wondered what the dynamic was. Perhaps I gave off a misanthropic vibe, or was physically big enough to deter some. I wan't manspreading. It never felt hostile, per se. I never figured it out.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024 10:27 AM (991eG)

Wet dog smell.
Posted by: BurtTC

Formaldehyde? Was it while you were in med school?

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 04, 2024 10:32 AM (TPLET)

226 171 Twitter reporting that Ukraine will join Nato...
Posted by: GOP sux at April 04, 2024 10:03 AM (Zzbjj)

So, WW3 it is.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 04, 2024 10:19 AM (IUd0M)

hmm

Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 10:32 AM (o3SCB)

227 If I want an anal sex reference I'll put it in myself.

(Heh!)

Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024 10:32 AM (991eG)

228 Wet dog smell.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 04, 2024 10:30 AM (yOwFQ)

This is why I love this place.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2024 10:32 AM (tkR6S)

229 No Petula Clark reference?

https://youtu.be/0ISX9mW78Dw?si=twqb4E-RKt_Sl0ST

I must be 29er than the rest of you

Posted by: Don Black at April 04, 2024 10:33 AM (oCjPU)

230 As evidenced on many social media posts, some of them absolutely fear and despise Flyover Jesusland and those of us who live in it.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 04, 2024 10:29 AM (sNc8Y)

Oh, sure, the Leftist ones definitely hate the interior of the country. And they feel they're above it. But I highly doubt that they go through a farming community and feel that gut-level, instinctual urge to get out as fast as possible. Just "get task X done and get out," like you're clearing a nest of spiders out of a moldy shed.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2024 10:33 AM (0FoWg)

231 Typical remark from Urbanite out West upon arriving here "It's so green!"

Typical remark from Urbanite up North upon arriving here "It's so quiet!"

Posted by: fd at April 04, 2024 10:33 AM (cuqfS)

232 As evidenced on many social media posts, some of them absolutely fear and despise Flyover Jesusland and those of us who live in it.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 04, 2024 10:29 AM (sNc8Y)

In fairness, if the sticks weren't filled with inbred, sister-humping imbeciles who neither appreciate the same things I do nor fulfill their desire for 3am Thai food, it would still be gross because there's no mass transit.

-- a small sample of the love many big city folk have for the rural expanse

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 04, 2024 10:33 AM (IUd0M)

233 Until they see Farmers For Trump painted on the big round bales of hay.
Posted by: It's scary

We actually saw a statue of Trump made out of those hay bales on I-81 in Virginia around the time of the 2020 election. Big MAGA country downstate.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:33 AM (9yWhg)

234 Plants seem to like water with a little coffee juice infused into it. My successor at my old job confirms this, that her plants love it if she gives them water from the coffee carafe before rinsing it out. And the big plant in our lobby, which I've been watering once a week for several years, is holding its own, even blooming.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2024 10:34 AM (J2vNu)

235 Twitter reporting that Ukraine will join Nato...

Trying desperately to trigger WWIII to usher in a Golden Age of military contracts and refugee trafficking.

Won't it be strange when Putin refuses to play ball.

Posted by: t-bird at April 04, 2024 10:34 AM (bY0qD)

236 I occasionally rode a bus route from uptown New Orleans into downtown for classes. I was usually the only white person on the bus and got on far enough out that there were seats available. Riders were mostly folks going downtown to their jobs. As the bus began to fill, the empty seat next to me would remain empty until all the other seats were filled and some chose to stand. Eventually someone would sit next to me, but I always wondered what the dynamic was. Perhaps I gave off a misanthropic vibe, or was physically big enough to deter some. I wan't manspreading. It never felt hostile, per se. I never figured it out.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024 10:27 AM (991eG)

Mystery solved!

the bus riders left a message for you.

https://archive.org/details/dial1955-ad4

Posted by: naturalfake at April 04, 2024 10:34 AM (nFnyb)

237 Staff meeting this week is all about water conservation. Also a slide on how to properly dispose of coffee grounds.
Posted by: pawn
====
Raining now, and off and on for the next three days. By that time, should be just about double the norm for the period. Last year ended near 50% above the norm.
Nature varies.

Posted by: From about that Time at April 04, 2024 10:34 AM (4780s)

238 Mine go in the flower beds.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 04, 2024 10:26 AM

I put mine around the azaleas. They like acidic soil.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 04, 2024 10:34 AM (Wnv9h)

239 205 I occasionally rode a bus route from uptown New Orleans into downtown for classes. I was usually the only white person on the bus and got on far enough out that there were seats available. Riders were mostly folks going downtown to their jobs. As the bus began to fill, the empty seat next to me would remain empty until all the other seats were filled and some chose to stand. Eventually someone would sit next to me, but I always wondered what the dynamic was. Perhaps I gave off a misanthropic vibe, or was physically big enough to deter some. I wan't manspreading. It never felt hostile, per se. I never figured it out.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024 10:27 AM (991eG)

Any ... guesses?

Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 10:34 AM (o3SCB)

240 *Everyone* "cares" about "justice", it's just some people define justice very differently. Some people think their own greed is justice. "Caring" about that is no virtue.

Posted by: ... at April 04, 2024 10:35 AM (6sME/)

241 *when someone feels they have to "improve" it by adding an anal sex reference*

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Pete Bootyboot at April 04, 2024 10:35 AM (dg+HA)

242 We can all breathe easier now.

Biden White House Set to Finalize Major Ban on Menthol Cigarettes Despite Broad Opposition

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 04, 2024 10:35 AM (FVME7)

243 The woman(?) in the center looks dead. Would not hang.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 04, 2024 10:35 AM (mupln)

244 Biden White House Set to Finalize Major Ban on Menthol Cigarettes Despite Broad Opposition
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 04, 2024 10:35 AM (FVME7)

So i guess they really *don't* care about the black vote anymore...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 04, 2024 10:36 AM (VoAdT)

245 Eventually someone would sit next to me, but I always wondered what the dynamic was. Perhaps I gave off a misanthropic vibe, or was physically big enough to deter some. I wan't manspreading. It never felt hostile, per se. I never figured it out.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024
*
Formaldehyde? Was it while you were in med school?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 04, 2024

***
Or wearing a white lab/doctor's coat?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2024 10:36 AM (J2vNu)

246 Biden White House Set to Finalize Major Ban on Menthol Cigarettes Despite Broad Opposition

--

Whew! At least he's not banning his son's blow.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 04, 2024 10:36 AM (mupln)

247 Trying desperately to trigger WWIII to usher in a Golden Age of military contracts and refugee trafficking.

Won't it be strange when Putin refuses to play ball.
Posted by: t-bird at April 04, 2024 10:34 AM (bY0qD)

Yeah, unless the existing NATO countries suddenly say, "Okay, THE Ukraine is in, we're attacking Russia" then this means nothing.

Now, ask yourself if there's any reason to think they're stupid enough to do just that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 04, 2024 10:36 AM (IUd0M)

248 Just don't take the Greyhound Scenicruiser to Baton Rouge.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:36 AM (9yWhg)

249 But did he ever return
No he never returned
But his fate we have learned

Posted by: fd at April 04, 2024 10:37 AM (cuqfS)

250 "...that her plants love it if she gives them water from the coffee carafe before rinsing it out. And the big plant in our lobby, which I've been watering once a week for several years, is holding its own, even blooming."

It's got electrolytes. Plants love it.

Posted by: Brawndo at April 04, 2024 10:37 AM (dg+HA)

251 What do YOU mean 'you people'?
-Alpa Cino
Posted by: BruceWayne

I know who I am. I'm the dude playin' the dude, disguised as another dude!

Posted by: Kirk Lazarus at April 04, 2024 10:37 AM (MKWE4)

252 I'm old enough to remember when the L was the BMT LL.

And prayers for JJ.

Posted by: FlatvilleBill at April 04, 2024 10:37 AM (uMGpS)

253 Republicans See a Big Spike in Fundraising Without Ronna McDaniel – That Should Worry Democrats

-
So I guess she was useful after all.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 04, 2024 10:38 AM (FVME7)

254 236
Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024 10:27 AM (991eG)

Mystery solved!

the bus riders left a message for you.

https://archive.org/details/dial1955-ad4
Posted by: naturalfake at April 04, 2024 10:34 AM (nFnyb)

WOW!

Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 10:38 AM (o3SCB)

255 >Biden White House Set to Finalize Major Ban on Menthol Cigarettes Despite Broad Opposition
---

I must have missed this part of the Constitution, where the Executive shall have power to ban Kools and Newports- 🚬
I'm not missing any pages...

Posted by: Don Black at April 04, 2024 10:38 AM (oCjPU)

256 Great picture. Reminds me of the days when I rode the Red Line in Chicago. The only thing missing is the stench of stale urine. Ah, memories! Golden memories!

Posted by: Nemo at April 04, 2024 10:38 AM (S6ArX)

257 And another one doesn't get the joke. I guess my humor is too subtle for you people.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:07 AM (9yWhg)

I totally got it, and L'dOL

Then I thought, is it really the Rs?

"Wascawwy Wabbit."

Nope, Ls too. WascaWWey.

Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at April 04, 2024 10:38 AM (JCLJi)

258 Just don't take the Greyhound Scenicruiser to Baton Rouge.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024

***
In seventh grade, my social studies teacher did just that, took us to BTR on a visit to the LSU campus. I don't recall if it was a Greyhound or Continental Snailways bus, or something else. But it was comfortable. Of course, only my classmates were aboard, not the grownup dregs of society.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2024 10:39 AM (J2vNu)

259 The horror! The horror!

Maryland Dems Express Concern Their Tax Plan Will Ensure a GOP Victory in U.S. Senate

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 04, 2024 10:39 AM (FVME7)

260 >Biden White House Set to Finalize Major Ban on Menthol Cigarettes Despite Broad Opposition
---

I must have missed this part of the Constitution, where the Executive shall have power to ban Kools and Newports- 🚬
I'm not missing any pages...
Posted by: Don Black at April 04, 2024 10:38 AM (oCjPU)

Who's puttin' their Kools out on my floor?

Posted by: Joey Billy Ray Valentine at April 04, 2024 10:40 AM (4I/2K)

261 i was wondering why all the amish dudes around here have been putting in mint next to their tobacco fields....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 04, 2024 10:40 AM (VoAdT)

262 Now, ask yourself if there's any reason to think they're stupid enough to do just that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 04, 2024 10:36 AM (IUd0M)

It's the salient question.

They were all stupid enough to walk right up to this stupid line. Now... are they stupid enough to walk over it and go full retard?

I have no idea. The barking mad power demons in the Western capitals only tell us their plans months after they've decided on them.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2024 10:40 AM (0FoWg)

263 Watch all the stores getting jacked for their menthol smokes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 04, 2024 10:40 AM (R4t5M)

264 >> >Biden White House Set to Finalize Major Ban on Menthol Cigarettes Despite Broad Opposition

Not. Kool.

Posted by: garrett at April 04, 2024 10:41 AM (6LNZw)

265 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Cool painting. I like it. But what's wrong with A thru K?
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 04, 2024 10:41 AM (W/lyH)

266 Watch all the stores getting jacked for their menthol smokes.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 04, 2024 10:40 AM (R4t5M)

surely they make menthol/tobacco vapes already?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2024 10:42 AM (tkR6S)

267 And the big plant in our lobby, which I've been watering once a week for several years, is holding its own, even blooming.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2024 10:34 AM

Hermano!

Posted by: Harvey W. at April 04, 2024 10:42 AM (a3Q+t)

268 Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes

Have you looked around the azalea?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:42 AM (9yWhg)

269 266 Watch all the stores getting jacked for their menthol smokes.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 04, 2024 10:40 AM (R4t5M)

surely they make menthol/tobacco vapes already?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2024 10:42 AM (tkR6S)

Is that you making the government's argument for them?

Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 10:42 AM (o3SCB)

270 Streaming Jeopardy: Paramount Global’s Credit Rating Downgraded to “Junk”

-
Please. Junque.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 04, 2024 10:42 AM (FVME7)

271 >>Plants seem to like water with a little coffee juice infused into it. My successor at my old job confirms this, that her plants love it if she gives them water from the coffee carafe before rinsing it out. And the big plant in our lobby, which I've been watering once a week for several years, is holding its own, even blooming.

Aquarium water does the trick, too.

Posted by: garrett at April 04, 2024 10:43 AM (6LNZw)

272 Aquarium water does the trick, too.
Posted by: garrett at April 04, 2024 10:43 AM (6LNZw)

Fish crap fertilizer

Posted by: polynikes at April 04, 2024 10:43 AM (MNhXM)

273 Fred and Barney preferred Winstons.

https://youtu.be/NAExoSozc2c

Posted by: Flintstones at April 04, 2024 10:44 AM (dg+HA)

274 Aquarium water does the trick, too.
Posted by: garrett

I hear it's effective against COVID, as well.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:44 AM (9yWhg)

275 267 And the big plant in our lobby, which I've been watering once a week for several years, is holding its own, even blooming.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2024 10:34 AM

Hermano!
Posted by: Harvey W. at April 04, 2024 10:42 AM (a3Q+t)

Hermano? That bastard!

Posted by: G.O.B. Bluth at April 04, 2024 10:44 AM (T+Iwg)

276 El. El Cid.

Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 10:45 AM (o3SCB)

277 ‘Hey! You! Zip that thing up, you animal!’

Posted by: Eromero at April 04, 2024 10:45 AM (o2ZRX)

278 Just a little bit of Spanish lingo on the blog today.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:45 AM (9yWhg)

279 "Watering the plants." Is that what you kids are calling it nowadays?

Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at April 04, 2024 10:46 AM (dg+HA)

280 The capitalists will just make menthol joints.

Posted by: polynikes at April 04, 2024 10:46 AM (MNhXM)

281 Is that you making the government's argument for them?
Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 10:42 AM (o3SCB)

Not really. What I mean is that resourceful nic addicts will find workarounds, and this ban merely amounts to harassment. Actually, it gives DJT a plank to sell himself to black Americans. "That old fool Joe Biden took away your favorite menthol cigarettes. Vote for me, and you can have them back."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2024 10:46 AM (tkR6S)

282 >>Now, ask yourself if there's any reason to think they're stupid enough to do just that.

They are exactly that stupid and have been pressing for this idiotic goal since 2008.

It's also a huge reason they have been trying to take down Trump.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 04, 2024 10:46 AM (LkLld)

283 The Left let fentanyl pour in by the metric ton but demand you to be extra "caring" with your dangerous coffee grounds. Miserable bastard skunks.

Posted by: ... at April 04, 2024 10:46 AM (6sME/)

284 I took the Mugger Mover in the Greektown area at night. No incidents, but I was flanked by a 'Ron and an 'Ette and the vibe in the area was "boisterous fun" as opposed to "Wa-a-a-rriors...".

Posted by: All Hail Eris at April 04, 2024 10:47 AM (3e3hy)

285
Prayers up for JJ -- may the best of all possible outcomes be his.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 04, 2024 10:47 AM (xG4kz)

286 I'm sad about the J.J. news.
I know probably 5 people that pulled a C card the past couple years. It's terrible.

Posted by: Inogame at April 04, 2024 10:47 AM (53oGX)

287 Trump will get us into a war with his crazy mouth!

Posted by: ... at April 04, 2024 10:47 AM (6sME/)

288 I took the Mugger Mover in the Greektown

Getting around in Greektown is a real PITA, I've heard.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:48 AM (9yWhg)

289 Biden White House Set to Finalize Major Ban on Menthol Cigarettes Despite Broad Opposition
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 04, 2024 10:35 AM

Was someone putting out their Kools on the Oval Office flo'?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 04, 2024 10:48 AM (Wnv9h)

290 Just more of the Left trying to save Democracy !

Posted by: polynikes at April 04, 2024 10:48 AM (MNhXM)

291 How Students Turned $10K Into Western Shoot-Em Up

https://tinyurl.com/3fk7jn2s

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 04, 2024 10:48 AM (FVME7)

292 The draft is a non-starter, right?

Posted by: mr tmz at April 04, 2024 10:49 AM (rJ48h)

293 Perhaps I gave off a misanthropic vibe, or was physically big enough to deter some. I wan't manspreading. It never felt hostile, per se. I never figured it out.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024

Being scary isn't something that you can observe yourself in the mirror. Powers Boothe probably saw a ray of sunshine in the mirror every day.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 04, 2024 10:49 AM (cf/0E)

294 The front fell off

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM

Posted by: Braenyard at April 04, 2024 10:49 AM (TvHck)

295 >https://archive.org/details/dial1955-ad4
Posted by: naturalfake at April 04, 2024 10:34 AM (nFnyb)

WOW!

Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 10:38 AM (o3SCB)

Better living through chemistry!
~Sponsored by Dow Chemical

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 04, 2024 10:50 AM (NgqoH)

296 By 2-To-1, Americans Say Movies Are Worse Today

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Well, that's good news. Only 1/3 of Americans are complete f*cking idiots.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 04, 2024 10:50 AM (FVME7)

297 247 Trying desperately to trigger WWIII to usher in a Golden Age of military contracts and refugee trafficking.

Won't it be strange when Putin refuses to play ball.
Posted by: t-bird at April 04, 2024 10:34 AM (bY0qD)

Yeah, unless the existing NATO countries suddenly say, "Okay, THE Ukraine is in, we're attacking Russia" then this means nothing.

Now, ask yourself if there's any reason to think they're stupid enough to do just that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 04, 2024 10:36 AM (IUd0M)

282 They are exactly that stupid and have been pressing for this idiotic goal since 2008.

It's also a huge reason they have been trying to take down Trump.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 04, 2024 10:46 AM (LkLld)

Some NATO countries don't have mandatory military service anymore. Where are all the NATO troops gonna come from?

Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 10:50 AM (o3SCB)

298 Sometimes, I have to make it fit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2024 10:29 AM (tkR6S)

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID

Posted by: That guy at April 04, 2024 10:50 AM (53oGX)

299 Perhaps I gave off a misanthropic vibe, or was physically big enough to deter some. I wan't manspreading. It never felt hostile, per se. I never figured it out.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024 10:27 AM (991eG)

limerick cooties

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:51 AM (9yWhg)

300 By 2-To-1, Americans Say Movies Are Worse Today

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Well, that's good news. Only 1/3 of Americans are complete f*cking idiots.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 04, 2024 10:50 AM (FVME7)

The math checks out. 👍

Posted by: Joey Billy Ray Valentine at April 04, 2024 10:51 AM (4I/2K)

301 The front fell off

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM
Posted by: Braenyard

I didn't even know Boeing built ships.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 04, 2024 10:51 AM (FVME7)

302 I'm not sure this is what the Motels meant when they sang "Take the L".

Posted by: Darth Randall at April 04, 2024 10:51 AM (xT7BI)

303 Being scary isn't something that you can observe yourself in the mirror. Powers Boothe probably saw a ray of sunshine in the mirror every day.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 04, 2024 10:49 AM (cf/0E)

'You look like a pussy. Man up, cupcake.'

Posted by: Powers Booth, looking in the mirror in the morning at April 04, 2024 10:51 AM (di6C2)

304 Well, that's good news. Only 1/3 of Americans are complete f*cking idiots.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 04, 2024 10:50 AM (FVME7)

In defense of the 1/3, they probably contain a good deal of young people who just haven't watched a bunch of movies from before 2010 or so.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at April 04, 2024 10:51 AM (fKIdX)

305 The draft is a non-starter, right?
Posted by: mr tmz at April 04, 2024 10:49 AM (

It's the key problem with analyzing our ruling class's intentions... they've shown that nothing is off the table. They just do what they want, without a single thought about what people want, or what the consequences might be.

It's YOLO governance from people who don't give a single fuck about anything.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2024 10:52 AM (0FoWg)

306 Feel good story of the day. The Biden administration couldn't have it's big end of Ramadan dinner because Muslim groups were boycotting it. Had to have a small one with captive diners from the administration. Cue Nelson Muntz

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 04, 2024 10:52 AM (ixVYR)

307 Finally we'll be eligible for the draft! Thanks, mom!

Posted by: Teenage girls everywhere at April 04, 2024 10:53 AM (dg+HA)

308 Cue Nelson Muntz
Posted by: Smell the Glove

He's still PO'ed that he lost to Iger.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:53 AM (9yWhg)

309 The draft is a non-starter, right?
Posted by: mr tmz at April 04, 2024 10:49 AM

I, for one, look forward to the BLM/Antifa/Code Pink draft riots.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 04, 2024 10:53 AM (Wnv9h)

310 Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024 10:27 AM (991eG)

Mystery solved!

the bus riders left a message for you.

https://archive.org/details/dial1955-ad4
Posted by: naturalfake at April 04, 2024 10:34 AM (nFnyb)

WOW!
Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 10:38 AM (o3SCB)

Yep.

You gotta love old commercials.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 04, 2024 10:53 AM (nFnyb)

311 Fred and Barney preferred Winstons.

https://youtu.be/NAExoSozc2c
Posted by: Flintstones

So easy even a caveman can do it!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 04, 2024 10:54 AM (FVME7)

312 With the menthol cigarette ban, I think Biden is trying to get black voters to stay home, so they won't notice that Joe already cast their votes for them.

Posted by: Wally at April 04, 2024 10:55 AM (99VRV)

313 It's a good one, CBD.

Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 10:56 AM (o3SCB)

314 As Serious Crimes in NYC Hit Highest Levels in 20 Years, Mayor Adams Claims Its a “Perception Problem”

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You got to check behind corners and in shadows real carefu!.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 04, 2024 10:57 AM (FVME7)

315 If a subway car is empty, don't get in.
You'll find out why....

Posted by: Aunt Ralph at April 04, 2024 10:57 AM (qMeWG)

316 Posted by: Muldoon at April 04, 2024 10:27 AM (991eG)

Mystery solved!

the bus riders left a message for you.

https://archive.org/details/dial1955-ad4
Posted by: naturalfake at April 04, 2024 10:34 AM

4 out of 5 dermatologists recommend Dial. The 5th one hates you and wants you to die.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 04, 2024 10:57 AM (Wnv9h)

317 Just don't take the Greyhound Scenicruiser to Baton Rouge.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024

***
In seventh grade, my social studies teacher did just that, took us to BTR on a visit to the LSU campus. I don't recall if it was a Greyhound or Continental Snailways bus, or something else. But it was comfortable. Of course, only my classmates were aboard, not the grownup dregs of society.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

How did it affect your pyloric valve?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 10:57 AM (9yWhg)

318 The draft is a non-starter, right?
Posted by: mr tmz at April 04, 2024 10:49 AM (

It's the key problem with analyzing our ruling class's intentions... they've shown that nothing is off the table. They just do what they want, without a single thought about what people want, or what the consequences might be.

It's YOLO governance from people who don't give a single fuck about anything.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2024 10:52 AM (0FoWg)

Democrats have been talking about bringing back the Draft since the 90's. It's one of their big wants like socialized medicine.

The reason? "Justice"!!!

All those white boys and girls(???) going to college are in for a big surprise, since they'll be the main target of the Draft for Racial "Justice".

Who did y'all vote for again?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 04, 2024 10:57 AM (nFnyb)

319 An old Pilot sat down at the Starbucks and ordered a cup of coffee. As he sat sipping his coffee, a young woman sat down next to him.
She turned to the pilot and asked, 'Are you a real pilot?'

He replied, 'Well, I've spent my whole life flying biplanes, Cubs, Aeronca's, Nieuports, flew in WWII in a B-29, and later in the Korean conflict, taught 50 people to fly and gave rides to hundreds, so I guess I am a pilot, and you, what are you?

She said, 'I'm a lesbian. I spend my whole day thinking about naked women. As soon as I get up in the morning, I think about naked women. When I shower, I think about naked women. When I watch TV, I think about naked women. It seems everything makes me think of naked women.'

The two sat sipping in silence.

A little while later, a young man sat down on the other side of the old pilot and asked: "are you a real pilot?"

He replied, 'I always thought I was, but I just found out I'm a lesbian.'

Posted by: Braenyard at April 04, 2024 10:58 AM (TvHck)

320
https://archive.org/details/dial1955-ad4
Posted by: naturalfake at April 04, 2024
*
WOW!
Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 10:38 AM (o3SCB)
*
Yep.

You gotta love old commercials.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 04, 2024 10:53

***
That tag line, "Don't you use Dial? Don't you wish everybody did?" is familiar. Dial was still using that decades later.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2024 10:59 AM (J2vNu)

321 >>Some NATO countries don't have mandatory military service anymore. Where are all the NATO troops gonna come from?

That's a part of where the "idiotic" thing comes in.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 04, 2024 10:59 AM (LkLld)

322 In seventh grade, my social studies teacher did just that, took us to BTR on a visit to the LSU campus. I don't recall if it was a Greyhound or Continental Snailways bus, or something else. But it was comfortable. Of course, only my classmates were aboard, not the grownup dregs of society.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
How did it affect your pyloric valve?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024

***
I stay away from Lucky Dogs and Dr. Nut, thank you!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2024 11:00 AM (J2vNu)

323 Noodus simianus

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 04, 2024 11:01 AM (9yWhg)

324 Biden level dishonesty. Maybe he could borrow old Toilet Brush Head to sell it.

Russia Blames Moscow Massacre on Ukraine, Not ISIS

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 04, 2024 11:01 AM (FVME7)

325 >>All those white boys and girls(???) going to college are in for a big surprise, since they'll be the main target of the Draft for Racial "Justice".

Millions of military age single men have been flooding into this country for the last few years. Wouldn't surprise me at all to see the idiots in DC propose citizenship for military service.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 04, 2024 11:01 AM (LkLld)

326 I rode the subway in Boston in the early 80s and the car was self-segregated. My friend told me, "We can't sit there, we have to sit here." I never saw that in NY or Phila.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2024 11:03 AM (RIvkX)

327 Coffee grounds.

It sucks that some wacko in HR can push their personal, over the top, anal-retentive refuse disposal fetish onto literally hundreds of bored engineers and technicians.

Posted by: pawn at April 04, 2024 11:07 AM (QB+5g)

328 327 Coffee grounds.

It sucks that some wacko in HR can push their personal, over the top, anal-retentive refuse disposal fetish onto literally hundreds of bored engineers and technicians.
Posted by: pawn at April 04, 2024 11:07 AM (QB+5g)

And take up substantial increments of man-hours doing it.

Posted by: m at April 04, 2024 11:10 AM (o3SCB)

329 262 Now, ask yourself if there's any reason to think they're stupid enough to do just that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 04, 2024 10:36 AM (IUd0M)

It's the salient question.

They were all stupid enough to walk right up to this stupid line. Now... are they stupid enough to walk over it and go full retard?

I have no idea. The barking mad power demons in the Western capitals only tell us their plans months after they've decided on them.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2024 10:40 AM (0FoWg)

These are fair questions, some other ones would be Russia who is having difficulty suppling a somewhat focused war likely will not be able to spread out lines if Ukraine gains allies that join not just supply.
Now, form the Russian standpoint this will force some reaction.. will they sit down to discuss Eastern Ukraine or will they start shooting into NATO?
I mean sure they have nukes.. bunch of people do.
I threading the needle with nukes is dangerous but honestly, it was going to happen eventually.
I don't know what the right answer is for sure, I do have n issue with Russia just taking land. Don't care what their position on it is, undisputed it was Ukraine

Posted by: Inogame at April 04, 2024 11:16 AM (53oGX)

330 @326 Countee Cullen "Incident," in old Baltimore:

https://tinyurl.com/yyfdk2dw
It has That Word in it.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 04, 2024 11:40 AM (zdLoL)

331 These two subdivisions have their own rules, stereotypes, and in-jokes,
and can sometimes seem as if they’re at war with each other,
rather than both working together for mutual sexual pleasure.
But often, penetrative sex can feel divided into rigid binaries that make being a top or
a bottom seem like a cult you’ve signed up to for life,
and one that you have to declare as soon as two (or more) consenting men decide to take their clothes off
and rub up against each other. Legend would have you believe that once
you’ve earned your gay card, a Harry Potter-like ceremony occurs where, instead of the Sorting Hat, a giant
magical butt plug divides all gay men into two houses: tops or bottoms.
What reforms to solitary have taken place in U.S.
Local villagers, anti-Japanese guerillas and missionaries did their best to help the U.S.

In 1890, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Miller condemned the practice:
"A considerable number of the prisoners fell, after even a short confinement, into a semi-fatuous condition, from which it was next to impossible to arouse them, and others became violently insane

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