[Non-political] News that makes you Laugh/Cry/Both...

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:27 pm

tzor wrote:
Koumei wrote:There are people who still use IE?
Sure, morons, idiots, tea party wackos ...

(WAIT A SECOND ... I USE IE)

I think I just proved my point (at least in the eyes of the Denners).

I dare you to argue otherwise.

If nothing else, you prove it's possible to be a conservative and have a sense of humour.

Kaelik · Post by **Kaelik** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:10 pm

Wouldn't one of his jokes have to be funny before we could say that?

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 2:00 am

Amish splinter group suspecting of invading the homes of other Amish and cutting off their beards.

Just when you think the world is boring...

tzor · Post by **tzor** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:20 pm

BC Celebrates 'End of Traditional Marriage,' Perpetual Female Singlehood | NewsBusters.org

The mainstream media's campaign against traditional marriage sunk to new depths on NBC's October 11 "Today." Anchor Ann Curry teased a nearly seven-minute piece on the rapid increase of single women in society by touting "a new spin on romance, dating, and what some are calling the end of traditional marriage."

And that was just the opening.

NBC Correspondent Jenna Wolfe gushed: "A new report says more women are choosing to be single and loving every minute of it."

Translation: Men are not needed for a modern, educated woman to be happy and fulfilled. Get rid of the useless deadbeats.

Denigration of men was sprinkled throughout the segment. Wolfe quoted "author and single woman" Kate Bolick: "A major factor [in the rise of single women] is the rise of women in the workplace. As women have climbed ever higher, men have been falling behind. So instead of marrying down, women choose to be single and successful."

Translation: Chances are any guy you meet isn't as professionally successful as you. Why bother with the loser long-term?

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:34 pm

You know: choice isn't a bad thing. I don't see the big deal about this.

It's not like this is some attack on "traditional" marriage in the sense that it's being destroyed. It's just people are being more open to alternatives. People aren't breaking into people's houses and pulling wives and husbands apart by force. It's still a valid choice; just one of several.

tzor · Post by **tzor** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:48 pm

You know, there are some guys here who are single but looking (Count) and some guys here who are single but reserve the right to look one of these days (me). So, it's kind of depressing from our perspective.

I lived in Key West for eight years. I know the feeling first hand of "Water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink."

Orion · Post by **Orion** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 3:14 pm

Tzor, I may be ignorant about this but, if you're Catholic, aren't you kind of expected to be looking?

tzor · Post by **tzor** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 4:33 pm

Orion wrote:Tzor, I may be ignorant about this but, if you're Catholic, aren't you kind of expected to be looking?

Nope. In general, I suspect most people just assume that people get married, unless you do something extreeme like enter a convent/monistary/priesthood. But it's not per se expected.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 5:38 pm

Maxus wrote:Amish splinter group suspecting of invading the homes of other Amish and cutting off their beards.

Just when you think the world is boring...

Apparently the splinter group's bishop is "Sam Mullet."

PoliteNewb · Post by **PoliteNewb** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 5:45 pm

tzor wrote:You know, there are some guys here who are single but looking (Count) and some guys here who are single but reserve the right to look one of these days (me). So, it's kind of depressing from our perspective.

I lived in Key West for eight years. I know the feeling first hand of "Water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink."

So...it's depressing to you that people making choices for themselves interferes with your ability to get tail? Wow, I feel so bad for you.

Nobody owes you a piece. Get over yourself.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 6:04 pm

Maxus wrote:Amish splinter group suspecting of invading the homes of other Amish and cutting off their beards.

Just when you think the world is boring...

And I thought they were pacifists. In fact, I thought that's why they didn't ever grow mustaches.

ishy · Post by **ishy** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:43 pm

And according to this article,
http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/210627 ... sh-attacks
they used battery powered clippers as well. Now I don't know anything actually about the Amish, but isn't that against pretty much all they stand for?

MfA · Post by **MfA** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:25 pm

The splinter group isn't really Amish, it's pretty clear the old fart leading it is just a good old "I want to to fuck my little nieces" type of cult leader.

Surgo · Post by **Surgo** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:47 am

PoliteNewb wrote:
tzor wrote:You know, there are some guys here who are single but looking (Count) and some guys here who are single but reserve the right to look one of these days (me). So, it's kind of depressing from our perspective.

I lived in Key West for eight years. I know the feeling first hand of "Water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink."
So...it's depressing to you that people making choices for themselves interferes with your ability to get tail? Wow, I feel so bad for you.

Nobody owes you a piece. Get over yourself.

Dude, come on. He wasn't claiming that women owed him anything, he was just commenting on how he felt in the area. Maybe he does feel the way you seem to have taken it, or maybe he doesn't, but he didn't say anything about it either way.

I know everyone loves to jump on the "bash on tzor" bandwagon but at least do it when it makes a little sense.

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:03 am

ishy wrote:And according to this article,
http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/210627 ... sh-attacks
they used battery powered clippers as well. Now I don't know anything actually about the Amish, but isn't that against pretty much all they stand for?

Not at all.

The Amish aren't against technology. They are against being part of society. That's a huge difference. They don't want to be hooked up to power grids, they don't want phone lines, they don't want anything to do with the rest of us.

Electricity generated on the property is just fine. And the Amish probably have the most advanced pneumatic technology on the planet. I'm not making that up.

shadzar · Post by **shadzar** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:24 am

lopping off the hair and whiskers of everyone inside, including a 13-year-old-girl

whiskers on a 13 year old girl.. see what all that inbreeding does?

Neeeek · Post by **Neeeek** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:44 am

Count Arioch the 28th wrote:
ishy wrote:And according to this article,
http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/210627 ... sh-attacks
they used battery powered clippers as well. Now I don't know anything actually about the Amish, but isn't that against pretty much all they stand for?
Not at all.

The Amish aren't against technology. They are against being part of society. That's a huge difference. They don't want to be hooked up to power grids, they don't want phone lines, they don't want anything to do with the rest of us.

Electricity generated on the property is just fine. And the Amish probably have the most advanced pneumatic technology on the planet. I'm not making that up.

Are you familiar with Hellbrun?

tzor · Post by **tzor** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:55 pm

PoliteNewb wrote:
tzor wrote:I lived in Key West for eight years. I know the feeling first hand of "Water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink."
So...it's depressing to you that people making choices for themselves interferes with your ability to get tail? Wow, I feel so bad for you.

No, people always make choices; even in a sea of hetrosexuals there is no guarentee that I would get any tail. But contraty to the popular sterotype, some of these girls were HOT. And when you had events like Fantasy Fest where they would go about in body paint ...

Too bad for me? Best years of my life.

violence in the media · Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:43 pm

tzor wrote:You know, there are some guys here who are single but looking (Count) and some guys here who are single but reserve the right to look one of these days (me). So, it's kind of depressing from our perspective.

Depressing how?

tzor · Post by **tzor** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:14 pm

violence in the media wrote:
tzor wrote:You know, there are some guys here who are single but looking (Count) and some guys here who are single but reserve the right to look one of these days (me). So, it's kind of depressing from our perspective.
Depressing how?

Like a diabetic in a candy store, or a recovered alcocholic in a vineyard.

And I'm not talking about the whole sex thing; dating isn't just about the sex you know.

Fortunately, as far as I was concerned, sexual orientation goes out the window when SINGING is involved; gay and straight men and women all got together in my Gilbert and Sullivan group. Shame though that the only straight girl in that group was already married. But, hey, what a looker. Ironically, (as in the case with all G&S operettas the high soprano always falls in love with the tenor) the tenor was gay, but it's acting ... right?

Double Irony: She left Key West about six months before I did; her husband got a better job.

sabs · Post by **sabs** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:32 pm

Tzor, you seem to have the same keen grasp of Irony that Alanis Morissette does.

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:59 pm

It's not really depressing from my perspective, despite Tzor trying to lump me in with him. I might be incorrect in my assumption, but I'm pretty sure the type of woman that would marry another woman if given the legal right to do so more than likely isn't going to find me attractive.

CatharzGodfoot · Post by **CatharzGodfoot** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:50 pm

Thailand is apparently the third stage in Diablo 2.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:08 pm

I feel badly for Thailand because of the flooding... That pic looks kinda cool, though.

Post by **fbmf** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:23 am

Teen girl forced to wear armor, fight stepfather with wooden sword

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44943326/ ... eattle_wa/

Game On,
fbmf