Mid-Morning Art Thread

Robert Hooper
John Singleton Copley

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 st

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

2 1st?

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 09:30 AM (77rzZ)

3 Invented basketball.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 14, 2025 09:30 AM (DT0BZ)

4 Dammit, not first.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 09:30 AM (77rzZ)

5 Porky

Posted by: It's me donna at April 14, 2025 09:31 AM (VE6XX)

6 Nicely done, don't know who he is yet

Posted by: Skip at April 14, 2025 09:31 AM (aHfB6)

7 Doughy.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

8 Tweddle Dee or Dum

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

9 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

10 Dude got fat when food was scarce.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:32 AM (bss/y)

11 Oh, ran track for the University of Tennessee 2023-24

Posted by: Skip at April 14, 2025 09:32 AM (aHfB6)

12 Must be an American because fat.

No one else on earth is fat, I'm told.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

13 Hooper hasn't missed too many meals.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 14, 2025 09:32 AM (0nHVk)

14 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Title
Robert Hooper
Artist
John Singleton Copley
Date
ca. 1770-1772
Location
Smithsonian American Art Museum
/
2nd Floor
/
South Wing
Dimensions
50 x 40 in. (127.0 x 101.6 cm)

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:32 AM (gbOdA)

15 Live goes on, Corky.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

16 Fat boy. Looks prosperous.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 14, 2025 09:32 AM (n4GiU)

17 A man with vast tracts of land. I'm guessing.

[Actually, probably "in trade" but I wanted to make the M. Python reference.]

Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at April 14, 2025 09:32 AM (mZtdJ)

18 Why, yes, I'm single. Would you like to see my Warhammer figurines?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 14, 2025 09:32 AM (ExV1e)

19 Dude got fat when food was scarce.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Check his crawl space for bodies.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2025 09:33 AM (8JE3Q)

20 I was afraid he was so fat, he blew out a button in the middle of his vest. Thankfully, the button is there, so he's just slovenly.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 14, 2025 09:33 AM (JCZqz)

21 He's not fat, he's portly

Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 09:33 AM (AOsQT)

22 Oh, ran track for the University of Tennessee 2023-24
Posted by: Skip at April 14, 2025 09:32 AM (aHfB6)

Heh. Funny the Tennessee QB got greedy and now is looking for a home.

Good for the coach.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

23 Mr. Hooper was the son of Robert King Hooper, who owned a fishing fleet that worked out of Marblehead, Massachusetts. The younger man already sports the rotund physique that Copley had captured in a portrait of Hooper's father years earlier. Behind him, the sea, visible through an open window, recalls the source of his family’s riches. Robert had graduated from Harvard in 1763, and Copley's painting shows him settling into the comfortable life of a merchant prince.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

24 Hooper?! I didn't even KNOW her.

Posted by: m at April 14, 2025 09:33 AM (CQE5S)

25 Or son of a fishing fleet out of Massachusetts

Posted by: Skip at April 14, 2025 09:33 AM (aHfB6)

26 "I'M NOT FAT I'M BIG BONED!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

27 Husky

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

28 There's something that always bothered me about Copley. His work always seems "off".

Posted by: Kris at April 14, 2025 09:34 AM (EwaUh)

29 18 Why, yes, I'm single. Would you like to see my Warhammer figurines?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 14, 2025 09:32 AM (ExV1e)

LOL.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:34 AM (bss/y)

30 and, he's got dead eyes, black eyes

Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 09:34 AM (AOsQT)

31 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Title
Robert Hooper
Artist
John Singleton Copley
Date
ca. 1770-1772
Location
Smithsonian American Art Museum

Copely was damned accomplished for only living to two.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2025 09:34 AM (8JE3Q)

32 I was afraid he was so fat, he blew out a button in the middle of his vest. Thankfully, the button is there, so he's just slovenly.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 14, 2025 09:33 AM (JCZqz)

As my dad used to say, he's got his buttons on stun.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

33 [ ] tree
[ ] dog
[ ] boobs

No, moobs don't count.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 14, 2025 09:34 AM (Vqx30)

34 Colonial.

Reminds me of a comment in The Age of Innocence about a house which would be described as "colonial" in the 20th century, but in the 1870s was just old.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at April 14, 2025 09:34 AM (BHrzb)

35 Glad he had the good sense to keep his clothes on.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 14, 2025 09:34 AM (pohLc)

36 28 There's something that always bothered me about Copley. His work always seems "off".
Posted by: Kris at April 14, 2025 09:34 AM (EwaUh)

It feels... sheeny.

It is like AI before AI. Shades of uncanny valley.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:34 AM (bss/y)

37 He was a merchant...and a loyalist.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 14, 2025 09:34 AM (L5An7)

38 I wonder if he’s jolly.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 14, 2025 09:34 AM (mT+6a)

39 35 Glad he had the good sense to keep his clothes on.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 14, 2025 09:34 AM (pohLc)

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:35 AM (bss/y)

40 A fine portrait, but Mr. Hooper needs to look into GoLo, Ozempic, or Wegovy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 14, 2025 09:35 AM (omVj0)

41 Obese

Posted by: redridinghood at April 14, 2025 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

42 Copley shows up as a character in Kenneth Roberts' Northwest Passage.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

43 Rotund, portly , tubby , flabby , fat.
Thx CBD, probably would hang just to remind me to stay in shape ( I know, round is a shape)

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 14, 2025 09:36 AM (6TePA)

44 He shops at the Thornton Melon Stores.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:36 AM (gbOdA)

45 Thx CBD, probably would hang just to remind me to stay in shape ( I know, round is a shape)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 14, 2025 09:36 AM (6TePA)

I'm a shape, not really in shape.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

46 " HoopAH!"

-Quint

Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 09:36 AM (AOsQT)

47 His skin is so smooth. He doesn't work outdoors it seems.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 14, 2025 09:36 AM (8CiiM)

48 It feels... sheeny.

It is like AI before AI. Shades of uncanny valley.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:34 AM (bss/y)

Maybe. The proportions look wrong too.

Posted by: Kris at April 14, 2025 09:37 AM (EwaUh)

49 His fingers are too thin for the rest of him. A guy that size would have sausage fingers. Also, that's an early example of a comb over.

Posted by: huerfano at April 14, 2025 09:37 AM (n2swS)

50

No, moobs don't count.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 14, 2025 09:34 AM (Vqx30)

Well, shucks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

51 ...who owned a fishing fleet that worked out of Marblehead, Massachusetts.
-------
Trade.

I knew it. [sniffs contemptuously]

Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at April 14, 2025 09:37 AM (mZtdJ)

52

Peasant children are delicious!

Posted by: R. Hooper, esq. at April 14, 2025 09:37 AM (/lh99)

53 It certainly looks to be the same time frame as Benjamin Franklin, and the dates check out. And they're both Massachusettseans.

Posted by: m at April 14, 2025 09:37 AM (CQE5S)

54 >>Mr. Hooper was the son of Robert King Hooper, who owned a fishing fleet that worked out of Marblehead, Massachusetts. . . .

Pronounced Marble-HEAD

Gorgeous town. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at April 14, 2025 09:37 AM (Cki93)

55 He shops at the Thornton Melon Stores.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:36 AM (gbOdA)

The Triple Lindy FTW.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

56 "Yeah, That's the Ticket: The Life and Times of Robert Hooper", starring Jon Lovett and his wife, Morgan Fairchild.

Posted by: muldoon at April 14, 2025 09:38 AM (/iMjX)

57 Maybe. The proportions look wrong too.
Posted by: Kris at April 14, 2025 09:37 AM (EwaUh)

I dunno, I have seen people shaped like that.

Tiny heads.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:38 AM (bss/y)

58 My mistake: Franklin was Bostonian.

Posted by: m at April 14, 2025 09:39 AM (CQE5S)

59 Arrogant Bastard

*also the name of an ale*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 14, 2025 09:39 AM (Q4IgG)

60 My mistake: Franklin was Bostonian.
Posted by: m at April 14, 2025 09:39 AM (CQE5S)

The token in the Peanuts cartoon?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

61 58 My mistake: Franklin was Bostonian.
Posted by: m at April 14, 2025 09:39 AM (CQE5S)

'Not everyone's from Boston, John!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:39 AM (bss/y)

62 58 My mistake: Franklin was Bostonian.
Posted by: m at April 14, 2025 09:39 AM (CQE5S)

Why is he buried in Philly?

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:40 AM (gbOdA)

63 My mistake: Franklin was Bostonian.
Posted by: m

He was born there. Later moved on to Philly.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

64 There's something that always bothered me about Copley. His work always seems "off".
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I don't know. Very good for an American work.

Much better than the Federalist, travelling artists' naïve portraits IMHO even though they're worth big money nowadays.

Prefer Benjamin West alot more though.

Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at April 14, 2025 09:40 AM (mZtdJ)

65 He shops at the Thornton Melon Stores.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:36 AM

We have miles and miles of fabric!

Posted by: Thornton Melon at April 14, 2025 09:40 AM (bFu5X)

66 46 " HoopAH!"

-Quint
Posted by:

I don't need this working-class-hero crap!

Posted by: Robert Hooper at April 14, 2025 09:40 AM (JCZqz)

67 Why is he buried in Philly?
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:40 AM (gbOdA)

He didn't want to chance the NYC subway.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:40 AM (bss/y)

68 Wassup, fat??

Posted by: tubal at April 14, 2025 09:40 AM (PCK5/)

69
I dunno, I have seen people shaped like that.

Tiny heads.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:38 AM (bss/y)

And most of them in congress.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 14, 2025 09:41 AM (VwHCD)

70 Ask your doctor about ozempic today

Posted by: brak at April 14, 2025 09:41 AM (jGJov)

71
He didn't want to chance the NYC subway.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:40 AM (bss/y)

No one really wants to get f*cked after they're dead.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

72 Someone's been enjoying the groceries. On a See-Food diet, I assume.

Posted by: With Hush Puppies And Fries at April 14, 2025 09:41 AM (G5+As)

73
Painting Subject's Rap:

Allow me to introduce myself...

*beat*

My name's Robert Hooper
The Dinner Scooper
The Super Pooper
With my roll of paper
I'm a Toilet Raper
A Bathroom Flooder
A Spreading Mudder
Before I even see ya'
I shoot diarrhea
All over your walls
But I won't take the fall
Cuz I'm American as Apple Pie
With my Irish Goodbye
And you'll never see me again,
Sucka!!!

*microphone drop*

Posted by: naturalfake at April 14, 2025 09:41 AM (iJfKG)

74 66 46 " HoopAH!"

-Quint
Posted by:

I don't need this working-class-hero crap!
Posted by: Robert Hooper at April 14, 2025 09:40 AM (JCZqz)

'Hoppah didn't disappear- he was skinned ALIVE!'

Damn, that was a good movie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:41 AM (bss/y)

75 61 58 My mistake: Franklin was Bostonian.
Posted by: m at April 14, 2025 09:39 AM (CQE5S)

'Not everyone's from Boston, John!'
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Whenever I'm visiting Boston, I make sure to hop on Tinder and get a few cream pies.

Posted by: Lena Dunham at April 14, 2025 09:41 AM (JCZqz)

76 Inventor of the hula hoop?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman at April 14, 2025 09:42 AM (GBKbO)

77 My mistake: Franklin was Bostonian.
Posted by: m at April 14, 2025 09:39 AM (CQE5S)

'Not everyone's from Boston, John!'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:39 AM

"And this is good old Boston,
The home of the bean and the cod,
Where the Lowells talk to the Cabots,
And the Cabots talk only to God."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 14, 2025 09:42 AM (bFu5X)

78 He put the hoop in hoop stress.

Funny how things don't change. 250 years ago deadbeats were graduating from Harvard and living off of daddy's money. Surprised he's not wearing a tablecloth around his neck.

Posted by: haffhowershower at April 14, 2025 09:42 AM (NMT5x)

79 If John Candy were one of the Founding Fathers

Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 09:42 AM (AOsQT)

80 Prefer Benjamin West alot more though.
Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at April 14, 2025 09:40 AM (mZtdJ)

Yes. Me too.

Posted by: Kris at April 14, 2025 09:42 AM (EwaUh)

81 71
He didn't want to chance the NYC subway.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:40 AM (bss/y)

No one really wants to get f*cked after they're dead.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

Kennison has a great joke about that!

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:43 AM (gbOdA)

82
Whenever I'm visiting Boston, I make sure to hop on Tinder and get a few cream pies.
Posted by: Lena Dunham at April 14, 2025 09:41 AM (JCZqz)

This is vile AND disgusting.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:43 AM (Zz0t1)

83 Remember, this was done in the 'Pre-Polaroid' days ... ol' dude must have needed at least one bathroom break.

Posted by: Dr_No at April 14, 2025 09:43 AM (ayRl+)

84 I see a big guy sitting with some reading material. If he had the Idiocracy toilet chair, he'd be set.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 14, 2025 09:43 AM (JCZqz)

85 79 If John Candy were one of the Founding Fathers
Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 09:42 AM (AOsQT)

Heh. He DOES look like Candy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:44 AM (bss/y)

86 Interesting portrait. I know a family sporting the same surname and there's a very striking resemblance in the facial features. The family with which I am acquainted are not, however, corpulent.

Posted by: Bert G at April 14, 2025 09:44 AM (VARTN)

87 Copley owed his living to this new class, whose wealth supported the artists, writers, and educators of the colonies. He had joined the elite not long before, through his marriage to Susanna Clarke, daughter of a prominent Boston merchant. The union literally moved Copley up in the world, where he and "Sukey" bought property on Beacon Hill, above downtown Boston.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:44 AM (gbOdA)

88 I like the details and colors in Copley's paintings. Even the poses, while formal, are natural enough. The view of the outdoors seen through the window make me think of the Mona Lisa and others of that period. But the face seems off. It's like it was added after the rest was done or painted by another artist. It's a bit wooden and not quite connected to the rest of the portrait. The portrait isn't bad, mind you, just not quite right.

Posted by: JTB at April 14, 2025 09:44 AM (yTvNw)

89
Heh. He DOES look like Candy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:44 AM (bss/y)

"Here's a quarter. Why don't you go downtown an pay a rat to gnaw that thing off your face."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)

90 Robert Hooper aka The Ur-Stelter

Posted by: muldoon at April 14, 2025 09:44 AM (/iMjX)

91 Posted by: Lena Dunham at April 14, 2025 09:41 AM (JCZqz)

This is vile AND disgusting.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:43 AM (Zz0t1)

Well...

Instead of the Lena Dunham pic I was about to link, here's something else:

https://tinyurl.com/4286ymt2

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:45 AM (bss/y)

92 I think he decided that thirds on pie was an acceptable limit for him.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 14, 2025 09:45 AM (WPL6O)

93 67 Why is he buried in Philly?
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:40 AM (gbOdA)

He didn't want to chance the NYC subway.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:40 AM (bss/y)

"Don't Sleep in the Subway, Darlin'"!

Posted by: m at April 14, 2025 09:45 AM (CQE5S)

94 Dude's so fat he barely fits in his own portrait.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 14, 2025 09:45 AM (V9cMX)

95 An 18th-century version of Newman!

All seriousness aside, it's a solid portrait of the man, and I expect he and his family would be proud to display it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 14, 2025 09:46 AM (omVj0)

96 Hes reading Reader Digest Sept 1771

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:46 AM (gbOdA)

97 Working on his first screenplay, "One Shade of Grey".

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 14, 2025 09:46 AM (MDua2)

98
Instead of the Lena Dunham pic I was about to link, here's something else:

https://tinyurl.com/4286ymt2
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:45 AM (bss/y)

You are a good man.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:46 AM (Zz0t1)

99 >>>He DOES look like Candy.

He's about to order 3 orange whips

Posted by: brak at April 14, 2025 09:46 AM (jGJov)

100 100

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:46 AM (gbOdA)

101 That sheaf of papers is his favorite restaurant menus.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 14, 2025 09:46 AM (V9cMX)

102 https://tinyurl.com/4286ymt2
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Yowza! Thanks!

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

103 Yes. Me too.
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And I'd use my time machine to go back and pay him to include me in a major painting like the "Death of General Wolfe"!

Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at April 14, 2025 09:47 AM (mZtdJ)

104 portrait art doesn't interest me though I respect the skill required and think all artists should learn the techniques if only to do at least their own self portrait.

Posted by: lobbyists for hobbyists at April 14, 2025 09:47 AM (VofaG)

105 At this point, I think Reef is putting his toys under the couch just so I will get them back out for him.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:47 AM (bss/y)

106 101 That sheaf of papers is his favorite restaurant menus.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 14, 2025 09:46 AM (V9cMX)

With a Chinese Menu in his hand
And his hair was perfect

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:47 AM (gbOdA)

107 Dude's so fat he barely fits in his own portrait.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 14, 2025 09:45 AM (V9cMX)

Can't fit in your eyes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:47 AM (Zz0t1)

108 Stop playing with yourself, Hooper. Slow ahead, if you please

Posted by: Quint at April 14, 2025 09:47 AM (EAaCQ)

109 https://tinyurl.com/4286ymt2
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:45 AM

You, sir, are a great American. I don't care what CBD says.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 14, 2025 09:48 AM (bFu5X)

110 Hello all

Wanted to check in. I took a few days for full time treatment.

I know the topic of suicide is uncomfortable for many people. I beg your indulgence. The Psych encourages me to talk this out and I trust you as friends.

Last Thursday after reading a few things, something snapped in me. I immediately went to the safe and took out my H&K. It is the first handgun I ever owned and thought it appropriate that I come full circle. This was NOT an impulse. It required walking to the basement, entering the combination, and so on. Had it loaded and ready when my daughter got home early for spring break.

That was a serious shock. A clear voice hit me saying "who will take care of her?" It's a voice that has spoken to me before, especially when my father disappeared and left me and my kid sister without a dad. I took up the mantle for her then and I can't abandon it for my kids now.

1/2

Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 14, 2025 09:49 AM (ky8PV)

111 Cont.

Guns are now inaccessible. I'm fortunate that short term disability is in play now and I can get back to work with flexible arrangements when ready. No one is letting me be alone.

My Psych asked me if this was a cry for attention. No it wasn’t. If I wanted attention I'd tell TJM that Prometheus is Quentin Tarantino's fault.

Thanks for listening. This is a good place and I count you as friends.

J

Addendum.

I'm also advised to speak about specifics. So in last week's thread there was this (Comment 365):

https://tinyurl.com/5fnaw8yv

For someone who "panics at everything" this person doesn't seem all that panicky.

It's worth considering that there are real people involved here, and perhaps a default modicum of grace and respect is not inappropriate. That goes beyond this example too (right, Pope Alexander VI?).

This invective is something that doesn't belong in society at all, let alone this website. Being an asshole just to be one is not a virtue.

Fin

Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 14, 2025 09:49 AM (ky8PV)

112 Would not hang.

Probably needs drywall anchors, anyways.

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at April 14, 2025 09:49 AM (EAaCQ)

113 105 At this point, I think Reef is putting his toys under the couch just so I will get them back out for him.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:47 AM (bss/y)

Good boy.

Posted by: m at April 14, 2025 09:49 AM (CQE5S)

114 Stop playing with yourself, Hooper. Slow ahead, if you please
Posted by: Quint at April 14, 2025

***
This Hooper would swamp the boat

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 14, 2025 09:49 AM (omVj0)

115 Can't fit in your eyes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:47 AM (Zz0t1)

LOL. I just squicked myself again.

Stacey Abrams and this guy on a date.

She was born too late.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:49 AM (bss/y)

116
Weirdly, put him in modern clothes, make him bald and he looks exactly like my oldest friend before he went on his rigorous weight-training and exercise program.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 14, 2025 09:49 AM (iJfKG)

117 Franklin apprenticed as a candle maker but loved the printing press.
Rather than subject himself to another 7 years of slavery he moved to America.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:49 AM (gbOdA)

118 Copious amounts of Mr. Copley. Was he the designer of the Poppin' Fresh doughboy?

Posted by: red speck at April 14, 2025 09:50 AM (0Id0S)

119 I tried to do a search on Robert Hooper and found out he's an NHL player agent.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at April 14, 2025 09:50 AM (kTd/k)

120 You, sir, are a great American. I don't care what CBD says.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 14, 2025 09:48 AM (bFu5X)

Most recently, that I'm a bot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:50 AM (bss/y)

121 Despite all our fat jokes, this shows him to be a fine example of a prosperous merchant. A well-fed look meant you were well off.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 14, 2025 09:50 AM (omVj0)

122 160 years ago today:

THE SURRENDER: The Great Event Between Grant and Lee (4/14/1865)

Posted by: SMOD at April 14, 2025 09:51 AM (RHGPo)

123 Another skinny white man enforcing unrealistic, Eurocentric beauty standards!

Posted by: Stacey Abrams at April 14, 2025 09:51 AM (l3YAf)

124 I am intrigued by the dietary habits of Mr. Tolkien's race of "hobbits", and endeavor to put them into practice over the course of the next fortnight to determine their effects upon my constitution.

Posted by: Robert Hooper at April 14, 2025 09:51 AM (JCZqz)

125 The curtains are weird. Often, artists will go nuts on rendering all the little textures surrounding their subject. But the "detail" on that red silk is like a quick squiggle of the brush, as if to say, "TBD." Odd.

Posted by: red speck at April 14, 2025 09:52 AM (0Id0S)

126 Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 14, 2025 09:49 AM (ky8PV)

'... and ready when my daughter got home early for spring break.'

Someone is trying to tell you something, man.

Listen.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:52 AM (bss/y)

127 I am intrigued by the dietary habits of Mr. Tolkien's race of "hobbits", and endeavor to put them into practice over the course of the next fortnight to determine their effects upon my constitution.
Posted by: Robert Hooper at April 14, 2025

***
Elevenses is one good meal.

Posted by: Merry and Pippin at April 14, 2025 09:52 AM (omVj0)

128 And I'd use my time machine to go back and pay him to include me in a major painting like the "Death of General Wolfe"!
Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at April 14, 2025 09:47 AM (mZtdJ)

I saw it once in person in Toronto. It's a beautiful painting with stunning detail.

Posted by: Kris at April 14, 2025 09:53 AM (EwaUh)

129 I think Liawatha has Parkinson's.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:53 AM (gbOdA)

130
This invective is something that doesn't belong in society at all, let alone this website. Being an asshole just to be one is not a virtue.

Fin
Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 14, 2025 09:49 AM (ky8PV)

How can I help you? In all sincerity.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

131 This Hooper would swamp the boat
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

The Hooper IS the bigger boat.

Posted by: Chief Brody at April 14, 2025 09:53 AM (JCZqz)

132 Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 14, 2025 09:49 AM (ky8PV)

Good for you for coming to that realization. Hang in there.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

133 Take care, WitchDoktor.

Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at April 14, 2025 09:54 AM (mZtdJ)

134 Elevenses is one good meal.
Posted by: Merry and Pippin at April 14, 2025 09:52 AM (omVj0)

Wait come back
I was gonna make second breakfast

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:54 AM (gbOdA)

135 This was NOT an impulse. It required walking to the basement, entering the combination, and so on. Had it loaded and ready when my daughter got home early for spring break.

there is always a reason to live, and that's a really big one. hope the dark clouds pass over soon for you

Posted by: brak at April 14, 2025 09:54 AM (jGJov)

136 124 I am intrigued by the dietary habits of Mr. Tolkien's race of "hobbits", and endeavor to put them into practice over the course of the next fortnight to determine their effects upon my constitution.
Posted by: Robert Hooper at April 14, 2025 09:51 AM (JCZqz)

That's not a two week body- that's a lifetime of work.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:54 AM (bss/y)

137 That sheaf of papers is his favorite restaurant menus.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 14, 2025 09:46 AM (V9cMX)

It's a comprehensive list of all things that can be deep fried and then dipped in mayonnaise or McDonald's Mulan Sauce-

and eaten.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 14, 2025 09:54 AM (iJfKG)

138 I am so far behind.

"Guys today is the all female crew launch on a Bezos penis rocket. Katy Perry among them."

I heard Mars needs women. Maybe they can just keep on going.

Posted by: fd at April 14, 2025 09:54 AM (vFG9F)

139 Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 14, 2025 09:49 AM

Prayers continuing.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 14, 2025 09:54 AM (bFu5X)

140 I saw it once in person in Toronto. It's a beautiful painting with stunning detail.
--------
Very good.

Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at April 14, 2025 09:55 AM (mZtdJ)

141 Tomorrow is income tax day, and I haven't seen my refund yet. It's small, but I mailed my return in early March. Let's get going, people!

Yeah, I know, job cuts and layoffs at the IRS . . . but we were assured that those involved in processing the 2024 returns would be safe from those until later this year.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 14, 2025 09:55 AM (omVj0)

142 All seriousness aside, it's a solid portrait of the man
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

It's more lipid than solid.

Posted by: SFGoth at April 14, 2025 09:55 AM (KAi1n)

143
I heard Mars needs women. Maybe they can just keep on going.
Posted by: fd at April 14, 2025 09:54 AM (vFG9F)

https://youtu.be/TPr1rwQkzWY

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:56 AM (Zz0t1)

144 Instead of the Lena Dunham pic I was about to link, here's something else:

https://tinyurl.com/4286ymt2
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 09:45 AM (bss/y)

You are a good man.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 09:46 AM (Zz0t1)

I'm just going to point out that the bottom of that bathing suit seems to be lower than expected. Now, this could be AI or they could be hiding something.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 14, 2025 09:56 AM (ExV1e)

145 It looks like he ate the Hobbits.

Posted by: fd at April 14, 2025 09:56 AM (vFG9F)

146 You wouldn't know it from looking at this guy, but Marblehead shipmen just a few years later would play a critical role in the Revolutionary war - the first naval ship commissioned by Washington, the schooner Hannah, come from there, and the 14th Marblehead regiment were legendary (inspiring another well-known painting of Washinton crossing the Delaware):
https://tinyurl.com/27j3psb6

The Marblehead Militia, composed as it was of sailors and fishermen, were hardened by the severe winters of New England’s notoriously dangerous waters and used to the rigors and discipline necessary to navigate these coastal waters. . . . .

Posted by: Lizzy at April 14, 2025 09:57 AM (Cki93)

147 Keep the faith, WitchDoktor, I will pray for you.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 14, 2025 09:57 AM (0nHVk)

148 So essentially no lore tariffs. So much for the great reset.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 14, 2025 09:57 AM (DKKgv)

149 WitchDoktor - please take care and be cautious. Thank you for sharing. Stick around, please.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 14, 2025 09:57 AM (WPL6O)

150 Witchdoktor, good luck.
It's a tough thing to live with, and you'll live with it forever.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 14, 2025 09:57 AM (n4GiU)

151 129 I think Liawatha has Parkinson's.
Posted by: rhennigantx

It's not so bad, I've had it for years. You can hardly tell.

Posted by: Susan Collins at April 14, 2025 09:58 AM (/U5Yz)

152 I'm just going to point out that the bottom of that bathing suit seems to be lower than expected. Now, this could be AI or they could be hiding something.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Lol. Stealth Ackbarred.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 14, 2025 09:58 AM (JCZqz)

153 Wasn't R.K. Hooper the guy who jumped out of a Montgolfier balloon with a huge ransom and was never seen again??

Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at April 14, 2025 09:58 AM (mZtdJ)

154 WitchDoktor - I can't imagine your pain but please, tough it out. Seek all types of help until you find the one that works for you.

I'd miss you. Even though late wife chose this end, I don't have a good understanding of it all and certainly don't have the proper words to help you. But I do know that should you leave in this manner many others lives would be much less than they would have been if you were still with us.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 14, 2025 09:58 AM (cYBz/)

155 When I was going through my worst bout of depression in 2003, spending time with my toddler son always made me feel better. Sometimes at night, when my anxiety would start to spin up, I would go into his bedroom and lie on the floor next to his crib. That always brought me a certain amount of peace, listening to his quiet breathing as he slept.

Kids are the best antidepressant in the world.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

156 117 Franklin apprenticed as a candle maker but loved the printing press.
Rather than subject himself to another 7 years of slavery he moved to America.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:49 AM (gbOdA)

if Franklin = Josiah Franklin, father of Ben

Posted by: m at April 14, 2025 09:59 AM (CQE5S)

157 'm just going to point out that the bottom of that bathing suit seems to be lower than expected. Now, this could be AI or they could be hiding something.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 14, 2025 09:56 AM (ExV1e)

That's her right foot in shadow. unfortunate though

Posted by: lobbyists for hobbyists at April 14, 2025 09:59 AM (VofaG)

158 Apparently, Hooper was a bit of a Loyalist and his family was heavily involved in the import-export business. I wonder what he would think of Trump's tariffs? Opposed, I would imagine.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 14, 2025 09:59 AM (bNf8H)

159 Three out of four scions of wealthy fishing fleet owners do not know where their next meal is coming from. Of those four, Bob Hooper is the other one.

Posted by: muldoon at April 14, 2025 10:00 AM (/iMjX)

160 It looks like he ate the Hobbits.
Posted by: fd

What a monster!

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 14, 2025 10:00 AM (8CiiM)

161 Wasn't R.K. Hooper the guy who jumped out of a Montgolfier balloon with a huge ransom and was never seen again??
Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at April 14, 2025 09:58 AM (mZtdJ)

No I think that was Burt Reynolds playing a stunt man.

Posted by: lobbyists for hobbyists at April 14, 2025 10:00 AM (VofaG)

162 152 I'm just going to point out that the bottom of that bathing suit seems to be lower than expected. Now, this could be AI or they could be hiding something.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Lol. Stealth Ackbarred.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 14, 2025 09:58 AM (JCZqz)

Another pic of the same gal.

https://tinyurl.com/yc8eyr3f

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:01 AM (bss/y)

163 The all-seeing eye on his finger is a nice touch.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 14, 2025 10:01 AM (9INg6)

164 This guy is serious about four or five square meals a day.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 14, 2025 10:01 AM (O7YUW)

165 >Apparently, Hooper was a bit of a Loyalist
----

no no

Hooper was an oceanographer from the Woods Hole institute

Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 10:01 AM (AOsQT)

166
Guys today is the all female crew launch on a Bezos penis rocket. Katy Perry among them.
Posted by: steevy

She certainly was a "dark horse" as an astronaut on this flight.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 14, 2025 10:02 AM (iJfKG)

167 Don’t do that to your daughter.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 14, 2025 10:02 AM (mT+6a)

168 That's her right foot in shadow. unfortunate though
Posted by: lobbyists for hobbyists at April 14, 2025 09:59 AM (VofaG)

I'm referring to the actual fabric of the suit. That ain't no shadow.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 14, 2025 10:02 AM (ExV1e)

169 Another pic of the same gal.

https://tinyurl.com/yc8eyr3f
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Her name?

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

170 166
Guys today is the all female crew launch on a Bezos penis rocket. Katy Perry among them.
Posted by: steevy

Despite that fact, I'm not going to wish ill will on the flight.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)

171 Those are some big un's. I assume back issues.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 14, 2025 10:03 AM (VofaG)

172 Thanks Horde. Tonypete, I'm very sorry to hear about your wife. I can't imagine what that did to you.

I have to leave for PHP now. I'll check back in.

You all are great.

J

Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 14, 2025 10:03 AM (ky8PV)

173 Malwarebytes didn't like that last link, Aetius.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 14, 2025 10:03 AM (ViCCR)

174 155 When I was going through my worst bout of depression in 2003, spending time with my toddler son always made me feel better. Sometimes at night, when my anxiety would start to spin up, I would go into his bedroom and lie on the floor next to his crib. That always brought me a certain amount of peace, listening to his quiet breathing as he slept.

Kids are the best antidepressant in the world.
Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

Blessings on you, Bulg.

Posted by: m at April 14, 2025 10:03 AM (CQE5S)

175 Another pic of the same gal.

https://tinyurl.com/yc8eyr3f
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:01 AM

Real. Spectacular.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 14, 2025 10:03 AM (bFu5X)

176 Probably somebody already posted this analysis of the painting , but I found it interesting:

https://tinyurl.com/bdf7wnpe

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 14, 2025 10:03 AM (oJrfS)

177 Sorry,

Bulg, you're a good person.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 14, 2025 10:04 AM (ky8PV)

178 Her name?
Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

Tara Yazdi. No nudes that I can find... not that I looked...

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:04 AM (bss/y)

179 >>Guys today is the all female crew launch on a Bezos penis rocket. Katy Perry among them.
Posted by: steevy

Lesbo's In Space.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 14, 2025 10:05 AM (/U5Yz)

180 Maxi Cooper?

Posted by: ShainS -- On Democracies and Death Cults at April 14, 2025 10:05 AM (su5NV)

181 173 Malwarebytes didn't like that last link, Aetius.
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 14, 2025 10:03 AM (ViCCR)

Well, it goes to a site called 'fapdungeon' so I'm not surprised.

These are all sourced through bing, btw.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:05 AM (bss/y)

182 We were in Charleston for the anniversary of the firing on Ft Sumter a few days ago. That town is Definitely worth a visit - full of art and history and good food. In contrast, Augusta is a poophole of a town (although i did try my first waffle house meal) , but the Masters was amazing. Highly recommend to all, golfers and non- golfers alike.

Posted by: LASue at April 14, 2025 10:05 AM (lCppi)

183 This all-female astronaut crew looks well-qualified.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 14, 2025 10:05 AM (l3YAf)

184 Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 14, 2025 10:04 AM (ky8PV)

There's a host of us that will help in any way we can.

Don't forget that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:06 AM (Zz0t1)

185 Ironic that their spaceship rocket looks like a dildo ?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 14, 2025 10:06 AM (VofaG)

186 Posted by: Tonypete at April 14, 2025 09:58 AM (cYBz/)

Amen, TP. Please find some help, Witch Docktor. Your loss would be immeasurable to people who love you,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 14, 2025 10:06 AM (oJrfS)

187 155 When I was going through my worst bout of depression in 2003, spending time with my toddler son always made me feel better. Sometimes at night, when my anxiety would start to spin up, I would go into his bedroom and lie on the floor next to his crib. That always brought me a certain amount of peace, listening to his quiet breathing as he slept.

Kids are the best antidepressant in the world.
Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

Smelling their heads is better medicine than any Xanax. ( Just dont tell sleepy joe)

Posted by: LASue at April 14, 2025 10:06 AM (lCppi)

188 Like this one, a bit more natural (for degrees of 'natural'.)

YMMV

https://tinyurl.com/5chz5zx7

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:07 AM (bss/y)

189 This all-female astronaut crew looks well-qualified.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 14, 2025 10:05 AM (l3YAf)

Just keep them out of final approach for other aircraft.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:07 AM (Zz0t1)

190 >>Guys today is the all female crew launch on a Bezos penis rocket. Katy Perry among them.

Posted by: steevy

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

Synchronized Menstrual Cycles?

/Would be a good name for a female rock band ...

Posted by: ShainS -- On Democracies and Death Cults at April 14, 2025 10:07 AM (su5NV)

191 We were in Charleston for the anniversary of the firing on Ft Sumter a few days ago. That town is Definitely worth a visit - full of art and history and good food.
Posted by: LASue

Yeah, Charleston is great. And the thing that struck me most about it was how friendly everybody there was. White, black, didn't matter. They were the nicest people.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:07 AM (77rzZ)

192 "Guys today is the all female crew launch on a Bezos penis rocket. Katy Perry among them."

I heard Mars needs women. Maybe they can just keep on going.
Posted by: fd at April 14, 2025 09:54 AM (vFG9F)

I'm reminded of this stat that was posted on Insty over the weekend: A white US Naval Academy applicant with a 5% chance of admission would have a 50% chance if evaluated as black, and more than 70% of black admits would not have been admitted under a race-neutral system.

Forget "them", we're not sending our best and brightest.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 14, 2025 10:07 AM (2ocoG)

193 WitchDoktor - so glad to see you here and very much appreciate your openness with your struggles. Things can definitely get testy and feisty around here. Despite that - you are surrounded by people here who genuinely care.

Posted by: Doof at April 14, 2025 10:07 AM (vf0Y9)

194 Guys today is the all female crew launch on a Bezos penis rocket. Katy Perry among them.
Posted by: steevy

I believe Bezos' wife (girlfriend?) is among the launchees. Not that I attribute ill will to the bald shopkeeper but a mishap would be an excellent way to clear the field for a new player.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 14, 2025 10:08 AM (ExV1e)

195 170 166
Guys today is the all female crew launch on a Bezos penis rocket. Katy Perry among them.
Posted by: steevy

Despite that fact, I'm not going to wish ill will on the flight.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)

Isn't this bezos gambit basically stapping you to a ballistic missile and then lobbing you in an arc up into space for 5 minutes. It's not like you get to circle the earth while getting served a nice meal or anything while you enjoy the view. Maybe a squeeze bag of champaign or something.

Maybe he could have a capsule all decked out like moonraker where people could cosplay 007 and Dr goodhead.

Do better bezos.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 14, 2025 10:08 AM (OA79/)

196 Military fires commander who dared to criticize Vance's Greenland stunt. Col. Susannah Meyers had written an email to service members at the base after Vance's failed PR visit to the island, saying, “I do not presume to understand current politics, but what I do know is the concerns of the U.S. administration discussed by Vice President Vance on Friday are not reflective of Pituffik Space Base.”

It was that email that got her canned.

She was fired for being a woman in a command position. Trump and his fratboy Defense Secretary have made it clear that the only role women should have in the military (and life in general) is in the kitchen.

the Trump Regime is trying to incite panic with their statements and she was trying to set the record straight. If dispelling obvious lies are now illegal then we are truly fucked.

Aw, did President Musk Lite have his delicate feewings hurt? Did the Dear Leader Jr. have to grab his pearls and head to the fainting couch with his smelling salts. What a bunch of thin skinned wimps. Big tough guys with the emotional maturity of a 4 year old who wanted pancakes instead of cereal for breakfast.

Posted by: Intercepted Daily Kos Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 14, 2025 10:08 AM (JCZqz)

197 Yeah, Charleston is great. And the thing that struck me most about it was how friendly everybody there was. White, black, didn't matter. They were the nicest people.
Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:07 AM (77rzZ)

That's why TJM had to leave. He can't do nice.

Posted by: Doof at April 14, 2025 10:08 AM (vf0Y9)

198 Dogs are also good.

Get a puppy that spends all his time either chewing on random things (NEVER MIND THAT HE HAS 5 TOYS STREWN ACROSS THE APARTMENT!) or hiding his toys and you'll have less time to think.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:09 AM (bss/y)

199 I'm reminded of this stat that was posted on Insty over the weekend: A white US Naval Academy applicant with a 5% chance of admission would have a 50% chance if evaluated as black, and more than 70% of black admits would not have been admitted under a race-neutral system.

anyone who has applied to college or grad school in the last 25 years is like "yeah, this is news??"

Posted by: brak at April 14, 2025 10:09 AM (jGJov)

200 >> Tara Yazdi

Iranian. I knew that by looking at her.

I’d let her take me hostage.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 14, 2025 10:09 AM (l3YAf)

201 183 This all-female astronaut crew looks well-qualified.

No qualifications necessary to be a passenger.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 14, 2025 10:09 AM (Y1sOo)

202 200

Posted by: m at April 14, 2025 10:09 AM (CQE5S)

203
We're Going to Need A Bigger Boot - a limerick

The corpulent loyalist Bob Hooper
Has emerged from a 30-day stupor
In a stoke of bad luck
The poor guy got stuck
In the trunk of his wife's Mini Cooper

Posted by: muldoon at April 14, 2025 10:09 AM (/iMjX)

204 I believe Bezos' wife (girlfriend?) is among the launchees. Not that I attribute ill will to the bald shopkeeper but a mishap would be an excellent way to clear the field for a new player.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 14, 2025 10:08 AM (ExV1e)

That's horrible. Also a really expensive way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:09 AM (bss/y)

205 I believe Bezos' wife (girlfriend?) is among the launchees. Not that I attribute ill will to the bald shopkeeper but a mishap would be an excellent way to clear the field for a new player.

how could he ever replace an instagram thot?

Posted by: brak at April 14, 2025 10:10 AM (jGJov)

206 From Fenelon's direct link... the naïve Federalist stuff I don't like:

http://tiny.cc/usig001

Contrast with another Copley portrait, Mrs George Watson:
http://tiny.cc/0tig001

Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at April 14, 2025 10:10 AM (mZtdJ)

207
Do better bezos.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 14, 2025 10:08 AM (OA79/)

He launched a cock into the outer atmosphere with William Shatner on board.

You've GOT to give him credit for that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:10 AM (Zz0t1)

208 Another pic of the same gal.

https://tinyurl.com/yc8eyr3f
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Weird. My work wifi didn't like the link to "fapdungeon.com" lol

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 14, 2025 10:11 AM (JCZqz)

209 "Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez and Gayle King SCREAM as they're blasted into space on Blue Origin rocket... as Jeff Bezos watches on nervously"

DailyMail.com

Posted by: m at April 14, 2025 10:11 AM (CQE5S)

210 She was fired for being a woman in a command position.

She was fired for...

1. Committing a fucking offense against the UCMJ.
2. Being stupid enough to commit a fucking offense against the UCMJ AND produce evidence of said offense.

If she weren't an officer there'd be a chance of jail time.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 14, 2025 10:11 AM (ExV1e)

211 From Fenelon's direct link... the naïve Federalist stuff I don't like:

http://tiny.cc/usig001

Contrast with another Copley portrait, Mrs George Watson:
http://tiny.cc/0tig001
Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at April 14, 2025 10:10 AM (mZtdJ)

Those seem to be from the really bad family portrait collection.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:11 AM (Zz0t1)

212 how could he ever replace an instagram thot?

OnlyFans?

Posted by: Ian S. at April 14, 2025 10:11 AM (2ocoG)

213 That's horrible. Also a really expensive way.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Not nearly as expensive as a divorce.

Posted by: Jeff Bezos at April 14, 2025 10:11 AM (JCZqz)

214 Sweet, we are past 100.

I'm having the 3rd worst week of my life.

But my friend's brother is having surgery in Romania in literwlly a few minutes. You would love them. During Covid, with a newborn baby in tow, they were fighting back against stores, calling out store managers and fighting about facemasks.

They homeschool. Their children are the best.

And I cleaned myself up enough yesterday to be with my friend, The surgery for his brother is in a few minutes. A few good thoughts would be amazing,

I actually have 6 more beers. I'm going to finish them and watch stupid crap. But their cats come in at 11am. Damn it, I have to get pics to the Pet thread.

But if you can send some prayers or good thoughts to my friend's brother, that would be cool.

I'm going to rest now...

Posted by: Stateless.. 10% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 14, 2025 10:12 AM (jvJvP)

215 He launched a cock into the outer atmosphere with William Shatner on board.
Posted by: Sponge

Oh my!
-- George Takei

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

216 "The commercial spacecraft built by Bezos's Blue Origin company is carrying Sánchez, 55, Perry, 40, CBS co-host Gayle King, 70, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyne, 33, filmmaker Kieranne Flynn, 57, and NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, 38, on the brief zero gravity joyride."

DailyMail.com

Posted by: m at April 14, 2025 10:13 AM (CQE5S)

217 China thought the tariffs were hitting them hard, then this:

https://youtu.be/GsbKiq1-jao
(China Observer)

Sandstorms, thunderstorms, windstorms, hail and massive flooding.

Wind is blowing so hard it's knocking people down sliding them down the street, and warnings from government for anybody under 135 lbs. to stay inside or they might get blown away.

I thought hurricanes were bad, but geesh, it's like a nation-wide tornado over there.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 14, 2025 10:13 AM (6ydKt)

218 "Historic Blue Origin All Female Space Flight" has returned to Earth successfully.

Fortunately (I suppose), the women were just passengers, not in charge of any of the flight, so they landed right side up, after a few minutes in space.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 14, 2025 10:13 AM (Cus5s)

219 207
Do better bezos.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 14, 2025 10:08 AM (OA79/)

He launched a cock into the outer atmosphere with William Shatner on board.

You've GOT to give him credit for that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:10 AM (Zz0t1)

Ok that's 1 in his favor.

Be a great premise for a TV show if he had done the slingshot effect and gone back tin time as Shat, and had to stop some world apocalypse. Then get caught in a loop and do it all over again.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 14, 2025 10:13 AM (OA79/)

220 That's horrible. Also a really expensive way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD

Yes, but it would be absolutely undeniable that he had an alibi.

"Your honor, I couldn't have killed her. I was here on earth and she was in orbit."

Posted by: Archimedes at April 14, 2025 10:14 AM (xCA6C)

221 >> warnings from government for anybody under 135 lbs. to stay inside or they might get blown away.

That’s not something Americans would have to worry about.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 14, 2025 10:14 AM (l3YAf)

222 216 "The commercial spacecraft built by Bezos's Blue Origin company is carrying Sánchez, 55, Perry, 40, CBS co-host Gayle King, 70, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyne, 33, filmmaker Kieranne Flynn, 57, and NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, 38, on the brief zero gravity joyride."

DailyMail.com
Posted by: m at April 14, 2025 10:13 AM (CQE5S)

Gayle king is the luckiest woman on the planet.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 14, 2025 10:14 AM (OA79/)

223 Yeah, you can keep 'em.

Posted by: Mars at April 14, 2025 10:15 AM (vFG9F)

224 I think I'm the only one that like Bezo's lady. Not only does she have that MILF thing going on she's no dumb bimbo. I think it's also cool that she's a helicopter pilot.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 14, 2025 10:15 AM (VofaG)

225 Call me weird, but I have absolutely no desire to go into space.

At least not until you can get up and walk around normally like on the Enterprise.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

226 She was fired for being a woman in a command position.

Well, no, but so far all of the commanders fingered for this have been women which is kinda interesting. I was assured that if women ran everything there would be no conflict.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 14, 2025 10:16 AM (2ocoG)

227 By the way.... anyone who goes up on a space tourist flight is banned from mentioning anything about anthropomorphic global warm for the rest of their lives.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 14, 2025 10:16 AM (OA79/)

228 More for China (from Insty):

https://tinyurl.com/3h9cx54j

So, what else is having domestic production for vital goods for? Avoiding Nacy Pants Euros from taxing shipping?

How in the hell does the UN plan on collecting these? Enfocrement?

What is the UN FOR?

Burn the damn place to the ground.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:16 AM (bss/y)

229 Yeah, Charleston is great. And the thing that struck me most about it was how friendly everybody there was. White, black, didn't matter. They were the nicest people.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:07 AM (77rzZ)

-- --

It's called Southern Hospitality and politeness and manners.

It's so ingrained in me, I still call girls at the convenience store "ma'am" when they're more than half my age.

We have our impolite moments, though, especially on the interstate at rush hour.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 14, 2025 10:17 AM (6ydKt)

230 Franklin apprenticed as a candle maker but loved the printing press.
Rather than subject himself to another 7 years of slavery he moved to America.
Posted by: rhennigantx

Dip. Let cool. Re-dip. Let cool. Repeat process x times.

7 more years of that shit would drive anyone insane.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2025 10:17 AM (8JE3Q)

231 Katy Perry has a lot of experience riding penis rockets.

Posted by: steevy at April 14, 2025 10:17 AM (KQk9m)

232 They are launching Katy Perry into space

Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 10:18 AM (AOsQT)

233
Guys today is the all female crew launch on a Bezos penis rocket.

********

The rocket has passed its inspections
With a couple of small course corrections
Mars is sublime
And they'll get there on time
If they don't stop to ask for directions

Posted by: every husband ever at April 14, 2025 10:18 AM (/iMjX)

234 Sandstorms, thunderstorms, windstorms, hail and massive flooding.

Wind is blowing so hard it's knocking people down sliding them down the street, and warnings from government for anybody under 135 lbs. to stay inside or they might get blown away.

I thought hurricanes were bad, but geesh, it's like a nation-wide tornado over there.

Climate change. That's actually not completely tongue in cheek. The Chinese have utterly destroyed large swathes of their territory. It kind of reminds one of the dust bowl.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 14, 2025 10:18 AM (xCA6C)

235 Well, no, but so far all of the commanders fingered for this have been women which is kinda interesting. I was assured that if women ran everything there would be no conflict.
Posted by: Ian S.

That's outrageous, sexist, and homophonic! I LOVE getting fingered, and to deny fingerings to male commanders shows the Trump administration is stuck in the Dark Ages!

Posted by: Sam Brinton at April 14, 2025 10:18 AM (JCZqz)

236 Yeah, Charleston is great. And the thing that struck me most about it was how friendly everybody there was. White, black, didn't matter. They were the nicest people.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:07 AM

I liked Charleston. Haven't been there in almost 30 years, though.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 14, 2025 10:18 AM (bFu5X)

237 It's so ingrained in me, I still call girls at the convenience store "ma'am" when they're more than half my age.

We have our impolite moments, though, especially on the interstate at rush hour.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 14, 2025 10:17 AM (6ydKt)

I actually hesitate between going for Ma'am or Miss.

Miss is always a good call, because even if she is obviously not, it's flattering.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:18 AM (bss/y)

238 Bezos rocket full of lefty billionaires having some fun burning more trees than everyone else on the planet for the next 50 years.

Don't talk to me about privilege.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 14, 2025 10:19 AM (OA79/)

239 Yaysus, WitchDoktor.

Wise to not be alone. Alone in your own head is the most dangerous place to be right now. Speaking as someone who doesn't own a firearm for this very reason and has looked for trucks to step in front of in the past.

Praying, praying, praying.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 14, 2025 10:19 AM (OUMaO)

240 And I do from being suicidal and from having treatment that this sort of thing would come into my mind, "You're ( meaning me) are such a mess that they would be better off without you." It's a lie my depressed mind told me, and had I taken my life my husband would have been devastated and I never would have had the opportunity to have my son. You are needed by more people than you may realize, WD.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 14, 2025 10:19 AM (oJrfS)

241 I do like that bit they do in Austin Powers when they see Dr Evil's rocket ship.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 14, 2025 10:19 AM (VofaG)

242 Less than, More than, whatever works..

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 14, 2025 10:20 AM (6ydKt)

243 In an attempt to reach Gen Z voters, Bernie Sanders held a Los Angeles rally, his performative “Down With the Oligarchy” act. Joining octogenarian Bernie was his new Tonta, New York Dem Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Also on stage were octogenarian Joan Baez and 79-year-old Neil Young.

I suspect this rally was more effective than anyone outside of Bernie's close political circle expected.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 14, 2025 10:20 AM (D7oie)

244 She was fired for being a woman in a command position.

She was fired for...

1. Committing a fucking offense against the UCMJ.
2. Being stupid enough to commit a fucking offense against the UCMJ AND produce evidence of said offense.

If she weren't an officer there'd be a chance of jail time.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 14, 2025 10:11 AM (ExV1e)

Seriously...do any progtards or Democrats ever go into the military?

These days? I seriously doubt it.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 14, 2025 10:20 AM (iJfKG)

245 Climate change. That's actually not completely tongue in cheek. The Chinese have utterly destroyed large swathes of their territory. It kind of reminds one of the dust bowl.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 14, 2025 10:18 AM (xCA6C)

Overfarming. Using that Soviet chemical that increases yield but horrifically depletes soil- and China's soil is not that great anyway.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:20 AM (bss/y)

246 Miss is always a good call, because even if she is obviously not, it's flattering.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

See!?!? Being a good ally isn't so hard.

Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney at April 14, 2025 10:20 AM (JCZqz)

247 233 They are launching Katy Perry into space
Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 10:18 AM (AOsQT)

Still thinking about that scene in Airplane.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 14, 2025 10:21 AM (OA79/)

248 See!?!? Being a good ally isn't so hard.
Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney at April 14, 2025 10:20 AM (JCZqz)

You're not even worth a 'Sir', dude.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:21 AM (bss/y)

249 They are launching Katy Perry into space
Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 10:18 AM

Could be worse...

Posted by: Joel at April 14, 2025 10:21 AM (bFu5X)

250 Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 14, 2025 09:49 AM (ky8PV)
-

Your future great grandchildren will appreciate your love in person.

Dunno if you saw that I posted this link last week:

https://tinyurl.com/3uj6yfsh

I have no idea whether it's applicable to you or not. Just passing on something potentially beneficial.

Get well. Get happy.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 14, 2025 10:21 AM (7xyr6)

251 anthropomorphic global warm

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 14, 2025 10:16 AM (OA79/)

"anthropogenic" maybe?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at April 14, 2025 10:22 AM (L5An7)

252 >>> 184 Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 14, 2025 10:04 AM (ky8PV)

There's a host of us that will help in any way we can.

Don't forget that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:06 AM (Zz0t1)

Sponge Johnson is right!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 14, 2025 10:22 AM (Vqx30)

253 Important reminder.

https://shorturl.at/J4Y2e

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 14, 2025 10:22 AM (L/fGl)

254 Speaking as someone who doesn't own a firearm for this very reason
Posted by: Brother Tim

Yes, that is also one of the reasons why I don't own a firearm.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

255 "anthropogenic" maybe?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at April 14, 2025 10:22 AM (L5An7)

No, he had it right. They personify the earth as a goddess who will let them strike down the heathens with impunity and allow them to tell everyone how they can live.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:23 AM (bss/y)

256
Still thinking about that scene in Airplane.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 14, 2025 10:21 AM (OA79/)

https://youtu.be/1UybDydQpNY

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

257 apparently the 6 girl astronauts returned safely

Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 10:23 AM (AOsQT)

258 anthropomorphic global warm

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 14, 2025 10:16 AM (OA79/)

"anthropogenic" maybe?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises)

Anthropomadeup.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 14, 2025 10:24 AM (L/fGl)

259 231 Katy Perry has a lot of experience riding penis rockets.
Posted by: steevy

Don't forget about me!!!
https://tinyurl.com/4xpkrt4z

Posted by: Cher, straddling the USS Missouri's cannon at April 14, 2025 10:24 AM (JCZqz)

260 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 14, 2025 10:19 AM (oJrfS)

Glad you triumphed over that, Fen.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

261 I'd love to take that E-ticket ride.

Just don't call me an "astronaut" when I get back or I'll punch you in the throat.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 14, 2025 10:24 AM (Y1sOo)

262 She was fired for being a woman in a command position.

She was fired for...

Using piss poor judgement.

Criticizing the CEO on company time using company resources? You want to criticize the CINC?

Do it on your time, in your personally owned clothes, off base in a privately owned bar.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2025 10:24 AM (8JE3Q)

263 https://youtu.be/1UybDydQpNY
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:24 AM (bss/y)

264 Good thing there was no need to parallel park the capsule.

Posted by: steevy at April 14, 2025 10:24 AM (KQk9m)

265 "The commercial spacecraft built by Bezos's Blue Origin company is carrying Sánchez, 55, Perry, 40, CBS co-host Gayle King, 70, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyne, 33, filmmaker Kieranne Flynn, 57, and NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, 38, on the brief zero gravity joyride."

Gary 7 has turned them all into cats.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 14, 2025 10:24 AM (MDua2)

266
Sponge Johnson is right!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 14, 2025 10:22 AM (Vqx30)

Hear here!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:25 AM (Zz0t1)

267 They personify the earth as a goddess who will let them strike down the heathens with impunity and allow them to tell everyone how they can live.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:23 AM (bss/y)

That's pretty good!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at April 14, 2025 10:25 AM (L5An7)

268 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THE TRUNK OF A BRITISH-MANUFACTURED BMW-OWWNED MINI COOPER IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE BOOT AND IT BARELY HAS ROOM FOR A SPARE TIRE MUCH LESS A BRIT-LOVING LOYALIST FROM BOSTON WITH A SPARE TIRE OF HIS OWN.

Posted by: BEN ROTHELSBURGER at April 14, 2025 10:25 AM (/iMjX)

269 apparently the 6 girl astronauts returned safely
Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 10:23 AM (AOsQT)

They were simply along for the ride.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)

270 Criticizing the CEO on company time using company resources? You want to criticize the CINC?

Do it on your time, in your personally owned clothes, off base in a privately owned bar.
Posted by: rickb223

Yep. You are supposed to ALWAYS support the President while in uniform.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

271 They are launching Katy Perry into space
Posted by: Don Black

It's a start.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2025 10:26 AM (8JE3Q)

272 Good thing there was no need to parallel park the capsule.
Posted by: steevy at April 14, 2025 10:24 AM (KQk9m)

Parking brake was still on for the first 30 seconds of the flight..

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 14, 2025 10:26 AM (l3YAf)

273 251 anthropomorphic global warm

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 14, 2025 10:16 AM (OA79/)

"anthropogenic" maybe?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at April 14, 2025 10:22 AM (L5An7)

Well I'm not a climate """scientist"""" so forgive me.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 14, 2025 10:26 AM (OA79/)

274 They were simply along for the ride.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)

Yeah, that to me takes a lot of it out of it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:26 AM (bss/y)

275 I like it when people at the convenience call me "ma'am" and I always say "Thank you, sir" when men hold the door for me. Last week I thanked some tall, big guy young enough to be son and his response was, "You're gorgeous. Are you single?" I laughed and said , "No; I'm not gorgeous and I'm not single." After I walked to my car I continued to laugh. Poor guy must have needed a place to flop for the night or was VERY lonely.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 14, 2025 10:26 AM (oJrfS)

276 apparently the 6 girl astronauts returned safely
Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 10:23 AM (AOsQT)

They were simply along for the ride.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)
---
Did they have to stop and ask for directions?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 14, 2025 10:27 AM (7fElN)

277 Back in the old days ace would have done a " Top 10 Women You Would Like to See Launched Into Space"

Posted by: steevy at April 14, 2025 10:27 AM (KQk9m)

278 ---
Did they have to stop and ask for directions?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 14, 2025 10:27 AM (7fElN)

The men actually in control wouldn't allow it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:27 AM (Zz0t1)

279 Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

Thanks. Clinical depression runs in my family but I haven't had that bad an episode for years.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 14, 2025 10:28 AM (oJrfS)

280 So basically a preposterously expensive and exclusive vomit comet ride?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 14, 2025 10:28 AM (VoAdT)

281 China thought the tariffs were hitting them hard, then this:

https://youtu.be/GsbKiq1-jao
(China Observer)

Sandstorms, thunderstorms, windstorms, hail and massive flooding.

Wind is blowing so hard it's knocking people down sliding them down the street, and warnings from government for anybody under 135 lbs. to stay inside or they might get blown away.

I thought hurricanes were bad, but geesh, it's like a nation-wide tornado over there.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 14, 2025 10:13 AM (6ydKt)

Sand storms are common in China in the spring. Every spring.

Japan often gets the remains of these storms dumped on them in spring. A problem because the Chinese dust is loaded with pollutants and industrial waste.

CHINA

Everything we export is pure crap and/or loaded with poison!

Posted by: naturalfake at April 14, 2025 10:29 AM (iJfKG)

282 Did they have to stop and ask for directions?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

The men actually in control wouldn't allow it.
Posted by: Sponge

It's up! Straight up! If you can't hit straight up, you have no business breathing. Ahhhhh, ahhhhh, AHHHHHHH!!!!
Posted by: Sam Kinison

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2025 10:29 AM (8JE3Q)

283 yeah Blue Origin is sub-orbital

like the first couple Mercury missions

Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 10:29 AM (AOsQT)

284 Not pictured: the ottoman

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 10:29 AM (Bvf7c)

285 280 So basically a preposterously expensive and exclusive vomit comet ride?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 14, 2025 10:28 AM (VoAdT)

This.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 14, 2025 10:30 AM (OA79/)

286 Why not give Elton John a free ride? Gay rocket man in a penis rocket ship.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 14, 2025 10:30 AM (VofaG)

287 Otto Pilot > Ottoman

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)

288 And there is really some gorgeous Republican woman in my area who looks at least 15 years younger than she is. Some weird guy had tried to
Hit on her twice ( she's married with a kid) at the market and once he tried to follow her and she drove to the police station. Her friends told her to get one of those cameras you put on cars

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 14, 2025 10:31 AM (oJrfS)

289 yeah Blue Origin is sub-orbital

like the first couple Mercury missions
Posted by: Don Black

That was a thing in '63.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2025 10:31 AM (8JE3Q)

290 apparently the 6 girl astronauts returned safely
Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 10:23 AM (AOsQT)

They were simply along for the ride.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)
---
Did they have to stop and ask for directions?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 14, 2025 10:27 AM

You just know one of them had to stop to pee.

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2025 10:31 AM (4p0Xq)

291 277 Back in the old days ace would have done a " Top 10 Women You Would Like to See Launched Into Space"
Posted by: steevy at April 14, 2025 10:27 AM (KQk9m)

Kate Upton in the vomit comet was pretty cool.

https://tinyurl.com/4m3thdhs

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:31 AM (bss/y)

292 Blue Origin company is carrying Sánchez, 55, Perry, 40, CBS co-host Gayle King, 70, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyne, 33, filmmaker Kieranne Flynn, 57, and NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe,
---------

All the stars are there!!

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 10:31 AM (Bvf7c)

293 Looks like my work for the day is finished.

Hasta lumbago, y'all

Posted by: muldoon at April 14, 2025 10:32 AM (/iMjX)

294 Funbags in micro gravity!

Posted by: steevy at April 14, 2025 10:32 AM (KQk9m)

295 They couldn't do a gravity turn because that's fat shaming.

Blew the dV budget but hey, happy bitch happy sitch.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 14, 2025 10:32 AM (VoAdT)

296 Everyone is all like this is fun until...

Posted by: Guys what singed off on the ocean gate sub... at April 14, 2025 10:32 AM (OA79/)

297 Fen, I have no doubt that you are absolutely gorgeous on the inside.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:33 AM (77rzZ)

298 Too bad they weren't stranded like the other two astronauts. And Musk was asked to rescue them too and he said, nah bro,

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2025 10:33 AM (4p0Xq)

299 Blue Origin company is carrying Sánchez, 55, Perry, 40, CBS co-host Gayle King, 70, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyne, 33, filmmaker Kieranne Flynn, 57, and NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe,
---------

Ask them to change a tire upon return.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)

300
anthropomorphic global warm

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 14, 2025 10:16 AM (OA79/)

Large Warm Mass of Lena Dunham's Ass settled over Beijing today-

suffocating tens of thousands.

Scientists worldwide are calling for Emergency Lena Dunham Control!

Posted by: naturalfake at April 14, 2025 10:34 AM (iJfKG)

301 Kate Upton in the vomit comet was pretty cool.

https://tinyurl.com/4m3thdhs
Posted by: Aetius451AD

That's exactly what I was looking for, although I don't know why you'd pick the photo you did over, for example this one:
https://tinyurl.com/58cv8w3b

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 14, 2025 10:34 AM (JCZqz)

302 How does the Blue Origin capsule return?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 14, 2025 10:34 AM (VofaG)

303 2025 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)
---
Did they have to stop and ask for directions?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 14, 2025 10:27 AM

You just know one of them had to stop to pee.
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2025 10:31 AM (4p0Xq)

T minus 10 9 8 .

Wait a second Gayle needs to go get her pocket book.

Posted by: Guys what singed off on the ocean gate sub... at April 14, 2025 10:34 AM (OA79/)

304 And Musk was asked to rescue them too and he said, nah bro,
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2025 10:33 AM (4p0Xq)

Musk rescues them, then impregnates three of them.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 14, 2025 10:34 AM (l3YAf)

305 They were simply along for the ride.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)

Correct.

Just as strapping into a coach seat from LAX to DFW doesn't make you an airline pilot, they are not astronauts.

Passengers.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 14, 2025 10:35 AM (Y1sOo)

306 304 And Musk was asked to rescue them too and he said, nah bro,
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2025 10:33 AM (4p0Xq)

Musk rescues them, then impregnates three of them.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 14, 2025 10:34 AM (l3YAf)

In space.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 14, 2025 10:35 AM (OA79/)

307 Musk rescues them, then impregnates three of them.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 14, 2025 10:34 AM (l3YAf)

Not many fertile in that group.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:35 AM (bss/y)

308
I went to Aisha Bowe's web page yesterday.

She calls herself a "Global Thought Leader"!!

My Lord, give your head a wobble mate.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 10:35 AM (Bvf7c)

309 Musk rescues them, then impregnates three of them.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 14, 2025 10:34 AM (l3YAf)

In space.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless

"I think he's attempting re-entry, Sir."

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:36 AM (77rzZ)

310 The yakking on that ship must be insufferable.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 10:36 AM (Bvf7c)

311 I'm all for competition and all that, but with SpaceX being successful on a massive scale, what's Bezo's goal here?

I mean, he hasn't even been to space, really, and has only launched things successfully a couple of times.

SpaceX is rescuing people in space......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:37 AM (Zz0t1)

312 Musk rescues them, then impregnates three of them.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 14, 2025 10:34 AM (l3YAf)

Not many fertile in that group.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:35 AM (bss/y)

Apparently Musk has super sperm so...

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 14, 2025 10:37 AM (VofaG)

313 Fen, I have no doubt that you are absolutely gorgeous on the inside.
Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:33 AM (77rzZ)

NGL, that sounds like the sort of pick-up line a serial killer would use.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 14, 2025 10:37 AM (ExV1e)

314 Did they have to stop and ask for directions?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

*********

see at comment 233

Posted by: muldoon at April 14, 2025 10:37 AM (/iMjX)

315
My Lord, give your head a wobble mate.
Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 10:35 AM (Bvf7c)

Is this Aussie for 'give yer balls a tug?'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:37 AM (Zz0t1)

316 The Blue Origin main rocket landed upright and safely, but the capsule separates and lands with parachutes (and a blast of air just as it is about to hit the ground, to make for a pillow soft landing I guess).

They apparently don't Trust the Science enough yet to put the humans at risk.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 14, 2025 10:37 AM (Cus5s)

317 The yakking on that ship must be insufferable.
Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 10:36 AM (Bvf7c)

The pilot hit the self-destruct button 3 minutes into the flight.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 14, 2025 10:37 AM (iJfKG)

318 I bet it's all on video. Be funny if half of them passed out from g force and we're caught on tape doing the chicken dance.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 14, 2025 10:38 AM (OA79/)

319 Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:33 AM (77rzZ)

Sounds like a backhanded compliment and I laughed so hard and loud my husband gave me the "Vance side eye." 😉. Thanks, though.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 14, 2025 10:38 AM (oJrfS)

320 Musk rescues them, then impregnates three of them.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 14, 2025 10:34 AM (l3YAf)

Not many fertile in that group.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:35 AM (bss/y)

I’m sure he has a stealth startup for extending the fertility of women.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 14, 2025 10:38 AM (l3YAf)

321 Stock market's up big this morning.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 14, 2025 09:30 AM (paSBy)

======

Still fake and gay driven by algorithms designed by degenerate gamblers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman at April 14, 2025 09:30 AM (GBKbO)
=====

Standing right here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 14, 2025 10:38 AM (RIvkX)

322 "I think he's attempting re-entry, Sir."
Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:36 AM (77rzZ)

Dr Goodhead was an underappreciated Bond gal:

https://tinyurl.com/yc2vjbff

Beautiful, sexy eyes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:38 AM (bss/y)

323 I'm all for competition and all that, but with SpaceX being successful on a massive scale, what's Bezo's goal here?

I mean, he hasn't even been to space, really, and has only launched things successfully a couple of times.

SpaceX is rescuing people in space......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:37 AM (Zz0t1)

I think there are something like 20 different private space companies.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 14, 2025 10:38 AM (VofaG)

324 {{{Fen}}} I am glad that the dark forces did not prevail.

The sun is shining here for the first time in what seems like a very long time. I am off to get stuff done. Carpe Diem, Horde.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 14, 2025 10:38 AM (0nHVk)

325
I think there are something like 20 different private space companies.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 14, 2025 10:38 AM (VofaG)

And I bet they're all accomplishing more than Bezos.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:39 AM (Zz0t1)

326 >How does the Blue Origin capsule return?
---

Is being like Soyuz
parachute onto ground

Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 10:39 AM (AOsQT)

327 The Blue Origin main rocket landed upright and safely, but the capsule separates and lands with parachutes (and a blast of air just as it is about to hit the ground, to make for a pillow soft landing I guess).

They apparently don't Trust the Science enough yet to put the humans at risk.
Posted by: illiniwek at April 14, 2025 10:37 AM (Cus5s)

Don’t all of the SpaceX manned flights do the same?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 14, 2025 10:39 AM (l3YAf)

328 After I walked to my car I continued to laugh. Poor guy must have needed a place to flop for the night or was VERY lonely.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 14, 2025 10:26 AM (oJrfS)

Did he have a German Shepherd?

I'm just kidding I'm sure he really thought you were beautiful.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 10:40 AM (Bvf7c)

329 117 Franklin apprenticed as a candle maker but loved the printing press. Rather than subject himself to another 7 years of slavery he moved to America.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 14, 2025 09:49 AM

I just finished reading Franklin's autobiography. He was born in Boston, baptised in the Old South Church and worked as a candle-maker with his father when he was just 10 years old. At 12, he became indentured to his brother James, who was a printer in Boston. He broke the indenture five years later and went to Philadelphia to work for a printer there. Ever after, Philly served more or less as his home town. It's amazing how much he accomplished by the age of 20. His dream as a boy was to live life on the seas.

Posted by: Moonbeam at April 14, 2025 10:40 AM (rbKZ6)

330 Dr Goodhead was an underappreciated Bond gal:

https://tinyurl.com/yc2vjbff

Beautiful, sexy eyes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:38 AM (bss/y)

Dr. Goodhead and Pussy Galore walk into a bar.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:40 AM (Zz0t1)

331 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 14, 2025 10:38 AM (oJrfS)

You're welcome, Fen. I meant it as a straight-up compliment, nothing backhanded.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

332 Apparently Musk has super sperm so...
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

Does he have super sperm, or are the women he's with motivated to baby trap him, so they just have a LOT of sex with him to make sure it works.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 14, 2025 10:40 AM (JCZqz)

333 Axiom Space is Space X's Spaceliner Company.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 14, 2025 10:41 AM (VofaG)

334 Is this Aussie for 'give yer balls a tug?'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:37 AM (Zz0t1)

It's English!!

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 10:41 AM (Bvf7c)

335 332 Apparently Musk has super sperm so...
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

Does he have super sperm, or are the women he's with motivated to baby trap him, so they just have a LOT of sex with him to make sure it works.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 14, 2025 10:40 AM (JCZqz)

Hah. You make his life sound like pure hell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:41 AM (bss/y)

336 Ben Franklin's illegitimate son was the Royalist Governor of New Jersey during the Revolution.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

337 332 Apparently Musk has super sperm so...
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

Does he have super sperm, or are the women he's with motivated to baby trap him, so they just have a LOT of sex with him to make sure it works.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 14, 2025 10:40 AM (JCZqz)

Musk is a little aspergery, so maybe. I think Sean Penn made a movie about it.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 14, 2025 10:42 AM (OA79/)

338 I couldn't even ironically call myself a "Global Thought Leader". I'm not even the "thought leader" of my own house.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 10:43 AM (Bvf7c)

339 214- Posted by: Stateless.. 10% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 14, 2025 10:12 AM

Stateless, I had been watching with great admiration as your mental state had risen as high as 83%. I hope you are getting back on course soon!

Posted by: Moonbeam at April 14, 2025 10:43 AM (rbKZ6)

340 Doesn't Brannon of Virgin Airline also have a tourist sopaceliner company?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 14, 2025 10:43 AM (VofaG)

341
Musk is a little aspergery, so maybe. I think Sean Penn made a movie about it.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 14, 2025 10:42 AM (OA79/)

The best way to win an Oscar is by playing a retard.

Posted by: Sean Penn at April 14, 2025 10:43 AM (Zz0t1)

342 340 Doesn't Brannon of Virgin Airline also have a tourist sopaceliner company?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 14, 2025 10:43 AM (VofaG)

Didn't Branson shut down Virgin Galactic?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:44 AM (bss/y)

343 I regret to inform you that Tara Yazdi had breast reduction surgery.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 14, 2025 10:44 AM (l3YAf)

344 The best way to win an Oscar is by playing a retard.
Posted by: Sean Penn at April 14, 2025 10:43 AM (Zz0t1)

Right!
-Nell

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:44 AM (bss/y)

345 Didn't Branson shut down Virgin Galactic?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:44 AM (bss/y)

He should shut down his existence.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:44 AM (Zz0t1)

346 Mother in law would say "she needs putting in a bag and shaking up" but I guess that's threatening now.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 10:44 AM (Bvf7c)

347 That was a serious shock. A clear voice hit me saying "who will take care of her?" It's a voice that has spoken to me before, especially when my father disappeared and left me and my kid sister without a dad. I took up the mantle for her then and I can't abandon it for my kids now.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 14, 2025 09:49 AM (ky8PV)

I'm going to leave you with a little story. A few years ago I built a harley motor for a guy. The dude was fully engaged in the project of rebuilding his bike. He seemed thrilled, happy, he was back on the road. He even brought his young daughter to the shop to show her what he was doing. About a year or so later he decides to go into that young daughter's room, sat on her bed, and blew his frigging brains out. Because they were local I managed to see her and her mom in a local convenience store a little while later. I can't get the image of her face out of my mind sometimes. Its not the same girl I first saw. The scars he left on her....yeah. The voice you heard? Listen, and never stop listening.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 14, 2025 10:44 AM (VwHCD)

348 The best way to win an Oscar is by playing a retard.
Posted by: Sean Penn at April 14, 2025 10:43 AM (Zz0t1)

Not fair. He wasn't playing.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 10:45 AM (Bvf7c)

349 Didn't Branson shut down Virgin Galactic?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:44 AM (bss/y)

just looked it up. Wiki says its active. Interesting g that Russia has their own called Space Adventures.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 14, 2025 10:45 AM (VofaG)

350 "Don’t all of the SpaceX manned flights do the same?"

afaik, yes, but they are practicing for a vertical landing, on the moon, or Mars. I suppose at some point they will test it with humans on Earth, but more difficult with 6x the gravity (or maybe not, idk).

Posted by: illiniwek at April 14, 2025 10:45 AM (Cus5s)

351 I couldn't even ironically call myself a "Global Thought Leader". I'm not even the "thought leader" of my own house.
Posted by: ..

Doesn't one need followers to be a leader? Because I have thoughts. Not too many have ever followed them.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2025 10:46 AM (8JE3Q)

352 349 Didn't Branson shut down Virgin Galactic?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:44 AM (bss/y)

just looked it up. Wiki says its active. Interesting g that Russia has their own called Space Adventures.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 14, 2025 10:45 AM (VofaG)

Ummm yeah . No.

Posted by: Guys what singed off on the ocean gate sub... at April 14, 2025 10:46 AM (OA79/)

353 Ben Franklin's illegitimate son was the Royalist Governor of New Jersey during the Revolution.
Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

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

William, who spent the Revolutionary War in a Connecticut jail.

Posted by: ShainS -- On Democracies and Death Cults at April 14, 2025 10:46 AM (prOO6)

354 Doesn't one need followers to be a leader? Because I have thoughts. Not too many have ever followed them.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2025 10:46 AM (8JE3Q)

I'm a Thought Shitposter.

Enough for me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 10:47 AM (bss/y)

355 WitchDoktor, we joke about HordeSource (tm) here semi-regularly, but The Horde is a wellspring of love, prayer, and concern for all of us. Please come and drink whenever you feel the need, need an uplift, or even a bad pun.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 14, 2025 10:47 AM (0sNs1)

356 >>> The yakking on that ship must be insufferable.
Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 10:36 AM (Bvf7c)

====

Judging from the audio from the capsule, the screaming would have destroyed a normal male's eardrums.. maybe why it was just all women.

Posted by: Turn 2 at April 14, 2025 10:48 AM (6TlG5)

357 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 14, 2025 10:44 AM (VwHCD)

Good Lord. Was the girl there when he blew his brains out?

Even if not, how could that little girl ever sleep in that bed again knowing that it was where her father offed himself.

How sick do you have to be to do that to your child?

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

358 That was a serious shock. A clear voice hit me saying "who will take care of her?" It's a voice that has spoken to me before, especially when my father disappeared and left me and my kid sister without a dad. I took up the mantle for her then and I can't abandon it for my kids now.

Posted by: WitchDoktor

I am a firm believer that that voice was God.
I have heard it too.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2025 10:48 AM (8JE3Q)

359 Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 14, 2025 09:49 AM (ky8PV)

===

A prayer for peace in your house.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 14, 2025 10:49 AM (RIvkX)

360 @PopCrave
Gayle King confirms Katy Perry sang in space.

Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 10:50 AM (AOsQT)

361 @PopCrave
Gayle King confirms Katy Perry sang in space.
Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 10:50 AM (AOsQT)

Did they actually leave the atmosphere? I don't think they were in 'space.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:51 AM (Zz0t1)

362 just looked it up. Wiki says its active. Interesting g that Russia has their own called Space Adventures.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 14, 2025 10:45 AM (VofaG)

Ummm yeah . No.
Posted by: Guys what singed off on the ocean gate sub... at April 14, 2025 10:46 AM (OA79/)

They stopped commercial flights in 2024 with their VSS Unity spaceplane but are currently working on another class of space vehicles and plan on resuming flights in 2026.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 14, 2025 10:51 AM (VofaG)

363 Good Lord. Was the girl there when he blew his brains out?

Even if not, how could that little girl ever sleep in that bed again knowing that it was where her father offed himself.

How sick do you have to be to do that to your child?

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

No she wasn't, but thats where they found him. My thoughts exactly, in her room of all places.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 14, 2025 10:52 AM (VwHCD)

364 Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 14, 2025 09:49 AM (ky8PV)

It's good to see you around. I'm sorry for what you are going through.

I did write this to you last week - wife's son took his own life and I have watched her become a shell - a zombie of a woman - that's pretty much it for her on some scores. Part of her life is over. I understand his reasons and I understand his pain and his father is a piece of shit (he did it on Father's Day). All she wants to know is if he changed his mind but too late. She imagines her baby boy suffering in his last moments and there is no solace in it for her. No resolution.

Point being all it does is wreck the people who care for you. And ONLY them. He believed he was "doing the world a favor". But he wasn't. He's likely shortened his own mom's life. There is no "for now". There are people who care, probably more than you know, and that is a brutal thing to choose to put them through. I don't mean to weight that on you. But that's not my weight, I'm just pointing it out. And in a way I'm sorry to do it because I feel like it minimizes your own pain.

Not that my words will likely cut anything but I have to try. Also I like you a great deal.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 10:52 AM (Bvf7c)

365 She was fired for being a woman in a command position.

-
How about this poor guy, fired for just doing his job.

https://shorturl.at/9tQxH

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 14, 2025 10:53 AM (L/fGl)

366 osted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

I'm sure you did, dear. Thanks . I was just pulling your leg.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 14, 2025 10:54 AM (42Vb+)

367 That was a serious shock. A clear voice hit me saying "who will take care of her?" It's a voice that has spoken to me before, especially when my father disappeared and left me and my kid sister without a dad. I took up the mantle for her then and I can't abandon it for my kids now.

Posted by: WitchDoktor

I am a firm believer that that voice was God.
I have heard it too.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2025 10:48 AM (8JE3Q)

That voice that seems to cross time and space. Last I heard it was when I was probably only a few weeks from a massive heart attack. I got the message, and it saved my ass.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 14, 2025 10:55 AM (VwHCD)

368 Chicago and Philadelphia Cancel Cinco de Mayo Parade to Shield Criminal Illegal Aliens from ICE Raids in Sanctuary City Crackdown

LOL Mariachi's forced into the shadows.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 14, 2025 10:55 AM (/U5Yz)

369 Gayle King confirms Katy Perry sang in space.
Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 10:50 AM (AOsQT)

OMG the self-importance of these people is off the charts.

In another time, a more enlightened time, we would hear about how they witnessed the majesty of Creation from there.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 10:55 AM (Bvf7c)

370 AI says Blue Origin flies 62 miles high, which is technically the 'edge of space'

Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 10:55 AM (AOsQT)

371 A better looking Alex Vindman?

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 14, 2025 10:56 AM (iFTx/)

372 Din't he used to work as a greeter at Bob's Big Boy Burgers?

Posted by: Dr_No at April 14, 2025 10:57 AM (ayRl+)

373 In space no one can hear you scream. Well, that was bullshit.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 10:57 AM (Bvf7c)

374 Gayle King confirms Katy Perry sang in space.
Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 10:50 AM (AOsQT)

OMG the self-importance of these people is off the charts.

In another time, a more enlightened time, we would hear about how they witnessed the majesty of Creation from there.
Posted by: ...

What's wrong with singing in space? I'd probably sing a hymn or something. Do we know what Katy sang?

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:57 AM (77rzZ)

375 369 Gayle King confirms Katy Perry sang in space.
Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 10:50 AM (AOsQT)

OMG the self-importance of these people is off the charts.

In another time, a more enlightened time, we would hear about how they witnessed the majesty of Creation from there.
Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 10:55 AM (Bvf7c)

You are killing me!

Posted by: Gaia at April 14, 2025 10:58 AM (OA79/)

376 Astronauts always shriek like banshees when being launched into space. It's just part of being a professional space crew.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 14, 2025 10:58 AM (Y1sOo)

377 What's wrong with singing in space? I'd probably sing a hymn or something. Do we know what Katy sang?

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:57 AM (77rzZ)

Ground control to major Tom?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 14, 2025 10:58 AM (VwHCD)

378 AI says Blue Origin flies 62 miles high, which is technically the 'edge of space'
Posted by: Don Black

How wide is that "edge"? Is it feet? Is it miles? Is it, "shit. We went to far"?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2025 10:58 AM (8JE3Q)

379 Do we know what Katy sang?

I'm guessing 'Hot & Cold'

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at April 14, 2025 10:59 AM (EAaCQ)

380 Chicago and Philadelphia Cancel Cinco de Mayo Parade to Shield Criminal Illegal Aliens from ICE Raids in Sanctuary City Crackdown

LOL Mariachi's forced into the shadows.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 14, 2025 10:55 AM (/U5Yz)
__

Good. Fuck CdM. Wtf do I care about some Mexican victory over the French a million years ago?

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 14, 2025 10:59 AM (iFTx/)

381 That voice that seems to cross time and space. Last I heard it was when I was probably only a few weeks from a massive heart attack. I got the message, and it saved my ass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Fist bump.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2025 10:59 AM (8JE3Q)

382 Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 10:52 AM (Bvf7c)

All very well said.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 14, 2025 11:00 AM (BpAln)

383 the only Katy Perry song I've even heard of is "I Kissed A Girl"

Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 11:00 AM (AOsQT)

384 What's wrong with singing in space? I'd probably sing a hymn or something. Do we know what Katy sang?
Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 10:57 AM (77rzZ)

There is a petty smallness to it all. Just a feeling I get. These people all fancy themselves, there is an unreachability, a meaningless to it that I can feel but can't explain.

Like one of those things where 9/11 happens and everyone says we were all talking about Katy Perry singing in space, what were we thinking.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 11:00 AM (Bvf7c)

385 Ground control to major Tom?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 14, 2025 10:58 AM (VwHCD)

https://tinyurl.com/52pmxpyc

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 11:01 AM (bss/y)

386 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at April 14, 2025 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

387 Perry sang the Louis Armatrong song "What A wonderful World."

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 14, 2025 11:02 AM (ViCCR)

388 Chicago and Philadelphia Cancel Cinco de Mayo Parade to Shield Criminal Illegal Aliens from ICE Raids in Sanctuary City Crackdown

LOL Mariachi's forced into the shadows.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 14, 2025 10:55 AM (/U5Yz)
__

Good. Fuck CdM. Wtf do I care about some Mexican victory over the French a million years ago?
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 14, 2025 10:59 AM (iFTx/)
____

This just goes to show how many scumbag illegals there are lurking around us. Apparently, so many Mexicans are illegal they can't have a parade without running the risk of major deportations.

I wonder if they announced prior to a gay pride parade that they'd be arresting all pedos whether they'd have to cancel that parade too. My guess is yes.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 14, 2025 11:02 AM (iFTx/)

389 Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2025 10:46 AM (8JE3Q)

I think sometimes when somebody asks you what you do, you should look very serious and reply "I'm a global thought leader" just to see their reaction.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 14, 2025 11:02 AM (BpAln)

390 I am a firm believer that that voice was God.
I have heard it too.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 14

I have heard that voice, too and know it to be God. I bled out after my appendectomy and was flat lining. It was warm, and safe, and I really wanted to let go because it was the most peaceful feeling I had ever felt. But I heard a voice telling me no, you have 2 (at the time) girls who need you. You must hang on. So I did. I am grateful for this experience every day because I know there is a God, and I know there is a place after this earth.

Posted by: Piper at April 14, 2025 11:02 AM (p4NUW)

391 Sub-orbital flight is over 60 years old. I don't know what Bezos is trying to accomplish with this, unless it's just a vanity project for a billionaire.

Posted by: Don Black at April 14, 2025 11:02 AM (AOsQT)

392 Perry sang the Louis Armatrong song "What A wonderful World."
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 14, 2025 11:02 AM (ViCCR

That's at least a nice choice.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 11:02 AM (Bvf7c)

393 I do not like the remasters of a lot of these songs. It strips the time and place of the song.

A song is of an era, it should be experienced that way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 14, 2025 11:02 AM (bss/y)

394 WitchDoktr -
I thank God that you are still with us. I'm glad you are getting help. Please know that you will be in my prayers. Please stay strong. You are needed. You are wanted. And most of all, you are loved.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 14, 2025 11:03 AM (2AW7/)

395 Did they actually leave the atmosphere? I don't think they were in 'space.'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 14, 2025 10:51 AM

The boundary they crossed is the Karman line, and is defined as where there is no longer enough atmosphere to provide any lift, and therefore any lift must be provided by the (presumably rocket) engines.

There is debate as to whether that is the 'boundary' of space. The U.S. uses 50 mi. of altitude, not the 62 mi of the Karman line. Others say it should be higher.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 14, 2025 11:03 AM (0sNs1)

396 Wow Piper.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 11:04 AM (Bvf7c)

397 Piper, you know that theologians debate whether there is kale in Heaven, right? ;-)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 14, 2025 11:05 AM (0sNs1)

398 I'm not even the "thought leader" of my own house.
Posted by: ... at April 14, 2025 10:43 AM

No married man is.

Posted by: Al Bundy at April 14, 2025 11:06 AM (0sNs1)

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Posted by: m at April 14, 2025 12:08 PM (CQE5S)

400 400

Posted by: m at April 14, 2025 12:08 PM (CQE5S)

401 A man of girth and substance.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 14, 2025 01:40 PM (jc0TO)

402 He never missed a meal.

Posted by: Stephie at April 14, 2025 07:24 PM (y8OGo)

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