Shades of Deivi Cruz

This week's Succession was great. Shiv is just the absolute worst, and that's an incredibly high bar. Her conversation with Tom was chilling enough, but then added to it at the end with Gerri. So manipulative, but with a twinkle in her eye. UGH!

2 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

it is sadly not all that unusual for people do kill themselves by accident with their own guns.

Tragically this is what happened with my childhood friend's brother. He was "showing off" with it and shot himself. 

It's too bad though that I don't really care about gun safety, and just use it to earn liberal points.

19 minutes ago, Archie said:

I read back through this topic and realized this is your political soapbox to yammer on about guns.  A couple weeks ago a guy drove through a Christmas parade severly injuring dozens and killing six people. There's not a peep from you about this guy, the tool he used for killing, or the fact he was out on rediculously low bail from a liberal prosecutor.  Based on how a you blame a gun I assume you blame the SUV for this heinous crime and killing. Do you people own killing machines called automobiles or do you ride bicycles?

Maybe there’s no mention of the parade incident here because it’s not actually pertinent to the topic of the thread?

also it’s been clearly stated by many in this thread that only guns are specifically designed to kill people. Not cars, not knives, not airplanes, etc. Also, since you don’t seem to be aware, car ownership is actually very highly regulated.

3 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Not deflecting, republicans will die on the gunz for all hill just as democrats will for abortions. There seems to be no give on either side. 

Oh, I didn't know we were horse trading. So when abortions are banned, then we get gun control? 

It's EXACTLY a deflection. You don't want to argue gun control, so you inject something else into it.

2 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

This too.

Don't "fix" my post with that BS. Talk about a deflection...

1 minute ago, Motown Bombers said:

Four middle class white kids were just killed in Oxford and it isn't going to change anything, just like a dozen or so middle class white kids in Colorado and Connecticut. 

Massacred children are an appropriate price for unfettered access to firearms, apparently.

Reading this thread annoys me. SOOO much deflection. Other countries have problems with racism. Other countries have drug problems. Other countries have access to the internet. Other countries have kids spending a lot of time on their phones. No other country has the gun violence and the crazy easy access to guns that the US does. But how do those two things go together... No one could ever know...

Pre-COVID (remember that?), I would play basketball on Sunday nights at my kids' school/parish gym. It was finally scheduled to start back up, I thought starting yesterday. Since I hadn't heard anything definitive, I reached out to the organizer of it. He got right back to me to say that it was supposed to start, but unfortunately he's in the hospital with COVID. 🙄

Of course I replied to wish him a speedy recovery, but what I wanted to say is that apparently there's no vaccine mandate for Sunday night basketball... Now I'm not sure I want to play. Both my parents are coming off health issues (cancer and heart problems), and the thought of having potentially other unvaccinated guys breathing right in my face playing basketball and then carrying that to my parents, is not all that appealing. If it were just friends that I knew were vaccinated, I'd have no problem playing, however I know a number of the other parishioners are anti-mask/anti-vaccine. 

21 hours ago, Archie said:

Their child will likely spend decades in prison being Bubba's girlfriend and he will never live a normal life.  They will go broke paying for attorneys and if they have any money left there will be civil suits from the victims.  Now they face years of jail time for themselves.  Even if they don't it will be hard for them to get jobs or be out in public.  They will have to relocate and the stigma will follow them where ever they go.  Their life is crap and their future isn't any better.

Good.

On 11/28/2021 at 8:26 PM, Edman85 said:

Do people not know to not use their bright lights when there is oncoming traffic nor when tailgating?

My wife's Pilot has lights that are quite bright at the "regular" level. We regularly get "flashed" by other vehicles when just the regular lights are on. I then flash them back with the brights to say "Oh you think that's bad? Try this!".

Found out today that my (unvaccinated) uncle (in his 70s) will be spending Thanksgiving in the hospital with COVID. The only surprising part to me is that it took this long to happen. I certainly don't wish COVID on anyone, and I hope he fully recovers, but I also don't feel bad for him. Maybe this will get his family to reconsider vaccinations for themselves, but I doubt it. They are Springfield Missouri bible-thumpers, so they'd probably get excommunicated or something if they got the shots...

2 hours ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

Getting your medical advice from Joe Rogan is going well I see. 

Actually he says he broke his toe during home workouts and it's not COVID Toe. He even showed his feet on camera to show no lessions.

2 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Come on man look at his name and Avatar....................

The whole "Let's Go Brandon" thing is hilarious to me. They really think it's clever for some reason. You want to say "Fuck Biden", then go ahead and say it. Who cares? 

"We hate the USA!!" "Here's some roads and bridges."

I'd be happy if he had stayed the fuck home and let the police handle any disturbances.

19 hours ago, casimir said:

The NFL has to suspend Rodgers for openly flouting the rules, right?  

Well the NFL is in a bit of a tricky spot, because Rodgers didn't actually hide anything from the team or the NFL. Both the team and the NFL in general simply turned a blind eye to Rodgers flouting the rules. If they try to hold Rodgers and/or Packers accountable, what is the NFL's punishment for ignoring the violations all this time?

To me, it almost has to be a "now-now, don't do that again or you will get in trouble" situation, otherwise they have to try to spin their own involvement in ignoring the behavior.

12 hours ago, Biff Mayhem said:

AirPods: like the Bluetooth earpiece that preceded it, are the douchebag merit badge  

I use AirPods all the time, though just for music not for conversations. I don't have conversations on my phone. I'm not a caveman.

2 hours ago, casimir said:

still have my senses

According to who?

1 hour ago, Motor City Sonics said:

So if Rodgers did indeed lie about his vaccination status, should he be suspended for at least a few games?  Does the NFL have the guts?   What's the policy?       I guess it depends on if he lied to just the press or if he lied to the team/league.  

I'm a Packers fan and I say Yes, if he lied to the team or league, he should be suspended. Seems like though he "just" lied to the press. I'm sure there will be more to come though too. For example, why was he never masked while doing indoor press conferences, if the team and league knew he was unvaccinated?

Now I want to watch The Village again... LOL! It's available on Hulu, for anyone else that is interested.

I keep getting burned by comedy sequels. I know they are almost always terrible, and yet I convince myself to watch them. Fortunately most of them were streaming or rentals, and not paid for at a theater. These include:
 

Anchorman 2

Coming To America 2

Bill & Ted Face The Music

I have somewhat learned my lesson though, because I have avoided Dumb & Dumber To, Horrible Bosses 2, Clerks 2, and Zoolander 2 (among others).

I was with my parents and some aunts/uncles over the weekend. They got to talking about the shows they watch (Grey's, Million Little Things, Young Sheldon), and bemoaning that "nothing was on last night". This conversation really threw me, because I realized how little (none, actually) "network" TV I watch. (I mostly watch HBO and AMC shows, besides things on Netflix/Hulu.) And it boggled my mind that anyone would be watching shows as they aired, instead of things they had recorded (or on-demand/streaming). I honestly think the last network show I watched live on a regular basis was Lost, and even then we would start it 20 minutes late so we could fast-forward through the commercials.

All of these cast lists are missing the "washed up" actor/actress that QT decides to spotlight (except the person that said Kirstie Alley...LOL). I'll go with John Cusack as Tin Man.

18 hours ago, oblong said:

I only hardwire it for work purposes because I often run DB queries and it seems stronger.  Also almost every day around 10 am I lose the connection briefly and have to reconnect.  That's not good when I am on calls and then I have to reconnect to some of my systems once the connection is lost.  I don't know if a stronger WiFi will fix that.  It could be something with my corporate laptop..

I was having similar problems (dropouts and video call issues), and my problem was two-fold. My wifi router was in the basement, and where I was working was on the second floor of the house, so my wifi connection wasn't great. Switching to the Google Nest mesh system fixed that. Now I have a great signal throughout the house. The second problem was my internet connection from my provider (Buckeye) was inadequate.  I think I was still on 25 mbps. Bumped up to the 100 mbps plan, and all is well even with both the wife and I working from home most days.

5 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

I haz a sad for you

I should clarify. I'm not a fixer. Of anything. Not appliances. Not electronics. Not plumbing. Not drywall. Nothing. I've tried to become one, many times, with many failures and curse words in my wake. I am now at the point in my life where I have accepted and embraced this about myself, which is for the betterment of myself and (especially) those around me.

(NOTE: I did successfully replace a light fixture in our closet with an LED version, with only one F-bomb in the process. Although, I do believe the Mrs is still concerned about it potentially falling on her some morning when she's trying to get ready.)