Hall of Fame

lookout123 wrote:

My wife just became an urban legend

Mrs Lookout just called me to tell me what our lovely son just did. She stopped at the bank on her way to his babysitter's house. They go to this same bank nearly everyday to drop off my wife's business deposits. Everybody there knows her and my son, in fact, most of them are her clients.

While she was at the counter for her transaction my son, who is 4 was doing what all bored 4 years will do - being antsy, sitting down, crawling on the floor. He was being relatively harmless and my wife was preoccupied so she didn't notice him lift up the edge of her skirt and look underneath. here would be a good time to point out that my wife generally goes commando - a fact that apparently didn't escape Little Lookout's notice today.

LL: (loudly) are you wearing undies?

Mrs: *swatting him away* Yes, stop it!

LL: (louder) Mom you aren't wearing UNDIES!

Mrs: *swatting him again* OK, be quiet.

LL: (Very loudly) Mom, why aren't you wearing any undies? I can see where you pee!!! does dad know you aren't wearing undies?

The Clerk: did you forget something today Mrs Lookout?

The rest of the Tellers and Clients in Bank:

Mrs: Let's go Little Lookout.
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Random Cellarite Fact: TW once challenged a dead woman to a staring contest. The corpse nearly won, until TW's famous humor made her laugh.

Now with 95% less cellar access, thanks NetNanny - you bitch.

Undertoad wrote:

Yeah, this is why I don't work for other people. I wouldn't put up with this bullshit under any circumstances.

i am really tempted, but the reality is that IN THEORY due to the regulatory environment i am banned from participating in BBS's/forums at all.

Similarly, you should be banned from using the telephone, or other means of communication.

This is a serious misunderstanding of how society operates in 2005. I would encourage you to leave your current employer, as they are not cluetrained, and will inevitably fail. But this will take long enough that you can still manage to get money out of them. I give them 10 years.

Markets are conversations.

The Internet treats censorship as a network failure, and routes around it.

mrnoodle wrote:

It's no fair. You guys on the left get movie stars on your side, we get forum posters WITH ALL CAPS NAMES who quote Hitler in their sig file and claim descendancy from Caligula.
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"Your 'reality,' sir, is lies and balderdash, and I am happy to say I have no grasp of it whatsoever." -- Baron Munchausen

Undertoad wrote:

"I don't know that I can support immediate withdrawl, but we need some leadership and clear ideas." The problem with that catchphrase is that it doesn't fit on a sign.

I have seen pictures of anti-protestors. I think it would be funny, some day, to go to a protest and be the one demanding the middle position.

"Staggered withdrawl from Iraq on the basis of Iraqi troop promotion NOW!"

"Careful public review of all no-bid contracts NOW!"

What do we want? An emphasis on reasonable metrics to govern spending on future programs!
When do we want it? After a careful study of how to practically apply such a thing!

"I don't know that I can support immediate withdrawl, but we need some leadership and clear ideas." The problem with that catchphrase is that it doesn't fit on a sign.

limey wrote:

[QUOTE=mrnoodle]
... or want to kill something ...

Hobbs wrote:

[Quote=Beestie]
*coughproxify.comcough*

dar512 wrote:

[Quote=lumberjim]
now i KNOW it wasn't funny. thanks dave.

slang wrote:

Ahhhh, yes....that's much better. Read quite enough of that assbag.

BigV wrote:

What are the minimum ingredients to make something funny? dar512 identifies an important one. :lol:
Ziiing!
From here.

dar512 wrote:

It wasn't intended to hurt, LJ. I'm not that kind of guy. Plus I think you're alright and I wouldn't want to hurt your feelings.

Besides, I think the HOF is for funny or memorable posts. Not necessarily the ones that draw the most blood.

bigw00dy wrote:

Failure

go to google
type in failure
hit "im feeling lucky"
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I bring nothing to the table

Happy Monkey wrote:

[Quote=Amnesiac42]
but, evolution is still a little shakey. it's still only a theory, there is little to no evidence.

Amnesiac42 wrote:

you know, this whole thing boils down to two perspectives trying to explain reality. or rather the origin of reality. we have a theological one and a scientific one

Kitsune wrote:

Music Industry - Everyone is a potential Criminal
To all of you that agued that DMCA wouldn't result in anything harmful coming out of the entertainment industry, well, it is now well known that newer Sony BMG audio CDs drop a little present on your Windows box. The importance of this? It is already being exploited, is being used by other spyware to further compromise your system, and is even disrupting World of Warcraft.

Besides, the moment you drop the money down on the counter for the CD, you're agreeing to some really bizarre legal agreement.

Shit, Sony, why you gotta be so nasty?

Beestie wrote:

Note to Wolf: secure the laptop before going on smoke break.

Elsopde wrote:

Of course, I *am* kidding. My point is that, if we're going to start suing each other, let's make sure everyone gets to play.

Fair is fair. If we're going to have government santioned Christianity, then we're gonna need to have some Evolution taught in churches. Otherwise, let's keep them separate. I'm not going to pretend that it isn't going to be painful from time to time to do so, but if we include one religion (yes, I know, Christianity is the only *right* one, but humor me) in our governmental processes, we're going to disenfranchise *all* the others, or at the very least, make them into second class religions in the eyes of the State.

Either all religions are equal and we are a Republic, or one religion is officially better, and we are a Theocracy.

I know which one I want to live in.

wolf wrote:

These are real. I have one in my safe right now.

busterb wrote:

[QUOTE=cjjulie]
Exactly how does one prepare such a delicacy??? :yum: :vomit:

glatt wrote:

I like UT's. It's cool.

Doesn't remind me of goatse at all. I don't know why the rest of you keep mentioning it.

wolf wrote:

Today, I signed a commitment warrant for a woman who wrote that her son had "tryed to cute my throuathe."

I finally figured it out, and her son really was crazy, but the whole idea of her being barely able to express herself in written English was more frightening than her son's behavior.

richlevy wrote:

Well, another explanation would be that the woman was 300 years old. In the 1700's there were almost no dictionaries and words legitimately had different spellings.

wolf wrote:

I honestly don't think this lady was having a purfuit of happineff moment.

xoxoxoBruce wrote:

I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!

But…….

Now that I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia! And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how good you've got it!

I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!!

There was no email! We had to actually write somebody a letter ….with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there!

There were no MP3's or Napsters! You wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself! Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd would usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up!

And talk of about hardship? You couldn't just download porn! You had to steal it from your brother or bribe some homeless dude to buy you a copy of "Hustler" at the 7-11! Those were your options!

We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it! And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!

We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like "Space Invaders" and "Asteroids" and the graphics sucked!
Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination!
And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! ... Just like LIFE!

When you went to the movie theater there no such thing as stadium seating! All the seats were the same height! If a tall guy or some old broad with a hat sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you were just screwed!

Sure, we had cable television, but back then that was only like 15 channels and there was no onscreen menu and no remote control! You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your ass and walk over to the TV to change the channel and there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little bastards!

And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up .. we had to use the stove or go build a frigging fire. imagine that! If we wanted popcorn, we had to use that stupid JiffyPop thing and shake it over the stove forever like an idiot. That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled.
You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980.
:lol:

barefoot serpent wrote:

... or she'll just have her foot put down...


oops, I mean put her foot down.

Happy Monkey wrote:

Don, Darren, and Dennis... Dead. Damn.

Elspode wrote:

This is a Monday IOTD - and grainy days and Mondays always get me down.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower wrote:

II

We now stand ten years past the midpoint of a century that has witnessed four major wars among great nations. Three of these involved our own country. Despite these holocausts America is today the strongest, the most influential and most productive nation in the world. Understandably proud of this pre-eminence, we yet realize that America's leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our power in the interests of world peace and human betterment.

...

V

Another factor in maintaining balance involves the element of time. As we peer into society's future, we-you and I, and our government-must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.

...

VI

Down the long lane of the history yet to be written America knows that this world of ours, ever growing smaller, must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.

Such a confederation must be one of equals. The weakest must come to the conference table with the same confidence as do we, protected as we are by our moral, economic, and military strength. That table, though scarred by many past frustrations, cannot be abandoned for the certain agony of the battlefield.

BigV wrote:

Griff brought to my attention this speech made by Dwight D Eisenhower, his Farewell Speech. I can only give credit to Griff, since I can't find Ike's member profile. But Ike's wise words deserve preservation. No, memorization. Read the thread for yourself. You'll agree.

Cherry picking follows...

Griff wrote:

"TW is not a Marxist. You are not a Libertarian. Elvis is still dead. Life goes on."

Richlevy makes my eyes water.

Beestie wrote:

I put myself on ignore once. Then the phone rang. It was Steven Wright. He told me to knock it off.

Griff wrote:

Since government is really just an artifact of tribal society, promoting fear of the other is governments most important job.

Carouselle wrote:

I see, thanks. I thought it was probably a very dumb question, but figured staying ignorant was even dumber.

BigV wrote:

The real war is here at home. Where our Constitution is attacked and our civil liberties are the casualties. Where the co-equal branches of government are besieged and the citizens are prisoners, suspects, subjects of investigation. All under the color of authority. "Dissent is unpatriotic" you scream. Come a little closer, ok? FUCK YOU.

Hey, really, I'm not talking to you to persuade you. I have long since concluded that your mind, which may or may not be open, is so firmly sealed up your butt that nothing can get in. Fine. You're more useful as a negative example anyway.

lumberjim wrote:

...
this quietude comes from within as much as without. as sight is half the seer and half the seen, so is contentment half the environment, and half the perceiver of the environ. wallow in joy as we've seen you wallow in misery, take this good, taste it, smell it, feel it. remember to remember it when it is needful.
...

Jacquelita wrote:

Without my kids, I would never know what it means to completely put someone else's well being before mine - without reservation. My children have given me an amazing amount of joy just watching them grow into sentient beings who actually have their own voice, their own ideas and opinions.

Its inexplicable to those who don't have kids. This is why I become annoyed at childless people who think their pets are their children. For the most part, animals will love whoever is feeding them. Pets are great - and wonderful companions - but children are work. You put your entire self into them, and many times on a daily basis get headaches and heartaches in return. The truth is however, that the headaches and heartaches pale in comparison to the fulfillment - the shear joy that comes to you through your children.

Despite the day to day turmoil we face as parents, having children enables us to know something greater than ourselves, and as a result our lives are expanded in ways we cannot even begin to fathom. And it never stops. Give up my life? No way - I have a much richer and more fulfilled life because of my children.

We don't talk about how much we make, but we judge people by what they own and are able to buy.

We concern ourselves with the materials, not what people do with them. It is not where the person goes, but the car, not the music, but the pricey instrument, not the writing/images/code, but the computer hardware and how fast it is.

We strive to isolate people behind bars, both criminals (in jail) and ourselves (in gated, secure communities).

We set aside one day a year to remember those that fought for our freedoms. The rest of the year, we fight to give up those freedoms because we feel threatened.

rkzenrage wrote:

It is more important to be polite to those closest to you, those easiest to take for granted, than anyone else.

Urbane Guerrilla wrote:

If your thinking's actually good enough, you need not bolster it with abusive language. Nor need you indulge in hysterics.

Beestie wrote:

[QUOTE=Profane Gorilla]
No ignorance at all. There is nothing imbecilic to the idea that solecisms are still bad. They were bad when the Greeks picked on the mushmouthed and ungrammatical speech of the inhabitants of Soloi, and they aren't improving with age.

Just for fun, do you know how to spell "blissful?"

Happy Monkey wrote:

Gah! I just accidentally discovered "CTRL-ALT-ARROW KEY" on Windows XP Professional!

Elspode wrote:

What are you guys, a bunch of sadists? *What* happens when you press Ctrl Alt UpArrow?

Kitsune wrote:

It removes entire directory trees, instantly! Isn't that useful?

Kitsune wrote:

It removes entire directory trees, instantly! Isn't that useful?

BigV wrote:

So I was at Best Buy yesterday, and as I walked through the laptop showroom, I tried the ctrl-alt-down combo. Nuttin. Checked the properties of "My Computer", sure enough, XP Home. Tried again on the next one over. Voila! And the next one and the next one and the next one.... It was worth the karma cost! :lol:

Kitsune wrote:

You guys are either full of shit or every copy of XP Pro that I run is broken. ("fixed"?) It doesn't do jack.

Solve the problem. With the computer comes the Intel Graphics Driver and it loads a program called hkcmd.exe. I disabled this through the program's hotkey tab and suddenly my Ctrl-Alt-Arrow started working again.

(This is c:\windows\system32\hkcmd.exe, labeled as HotKeysCmds in the HKLM>Software>Microsoft>windows>currentversion>run)

dar512 wrote:

It's not all organized religion, Els. I'm Catholic. My kids went/are going to Catholic grade school - where they teach evolution.

Not all those who believe in God and Jesus are brain-dead.

Spexxvet wrote:

[QUOTE=tw]
Look .... up in the sky ... it's a bird .... no, it's a plane ....

Elspode wrote:

BTW, not all women are externally beautiful. Neither are all men. However, beauty is a sum, not a fraction. If you take up with a person based solely on their external appearances, you're asking for major life trouble.

Beestie wrote:

[Quote=Spexxvet]
Chuck Norris can get in the last word in an argument with MaggieL

headsplice wrote:

Why are people afraid of terrorists? Yeah, they've done some nasty shit. But relatively speaking, they just aren't that effective unless the people that they're striking allow their fear to control them. Unfortunately, we (the US) are doing exactly that (what with the PATRIOT Act, domestic spying, rendition, and general pissing on the Constitution without public furor).

BigV wrote:

So, Ibram's not old enough to think you're an asshole?
I'm an adult--I'll co-sign for him: You're an asshole.

Flint wrote:

[QUOTE=MaggieL]...poor marksmanship makes any firearm less effective.

lumberjim wrote:

one cellar. one cock.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

From observation;

I understand where you're coming from but don't agree (with or without reasons).....will fly.

You don't agree with me so you're an asshole and your mother wears combat boots.....will not fly

Lucy wrote:

And please, do not smoke the Anthurium Mold. Trust me on this one.

Spexxvet wrote:

Reference thread?

monster wrote:

"six, six, six... all you ever think about it six..."

Mrs Beast has the number of the Beast

Originally posted by Brianna
Those are some pretty big cups to fill.

Originally Posted by case
That's what I was thinking. I am sure there is some porn star out there that would make use of them.

Shawnee123 wrote:

Like who? Jenna Green Giant? :D

footfootfoot wrote:

So why exactly did the asshole get out of his seat and start the whole ball rolling? That kind of childish lack of self control about a fucking kids game is a perfect example of "who shouldn't be allowed to own a gun"

His point was how liberals trot out sick people to parrot their talking points

Jebediah wrote:

ROFL! That wasn't nice, you made milk shoot out of my nose.
Of course we all vividly remember how the TERRIBLE LIBERALS used Terry Shciavo trotted out Terry Schiavo for their own twisted purposes.

Griff wrote:

[SIZE="1"]This has been Deep Thoughts with Jack Hand[/SIZE]y

mrnoodle wrote:

it's not in email yet. damn phones

ugh tired of waiting. tweren't that funny nohow.
oh here it is


giving myself sugar goodnight. And with that.................

wanger114: trust me, i'm just like you - i am hand and foot for every girl i like
wanger114: it feels great, and it is great
wanger114: but then along comes one ragged bitch who kicks you in the teeth and spits on you
wanger114: haha
wanger114: wow, i'm not bitter, i swear

lumberjim wrote:

... really. but the attitude of superiority that so often goes hand in hand with it is insufferable to me. I have my own values that are probably different from yours. the difference is that because they are personally mine, i have no expectation that you should adhere to them.

religions require that you fall in line with predetermined sets of morals and cause you to feel like you;ve failed if you do it wrong. I have said before that i'm a pickandchoosist. this is why. It's not that i'm an immoral person, and think that religions are wrong. I just think that organized religion is mainly about exerting power over it's followers. And the followers sanction the influence by feeling guilt at their failure to conform to the mold of the perfect follower. i just think your religious philosophy should be a personal and private matter.

Griff wrote:

(S)He was awesome! I can't wait for the next permutation. It is a wide world of fruitcake out there and the holidays are coming.

Flint wrote:

[SIZE="4"][COLOR="White"]>>>[/COLOR][/SIZE] LabRat's ass.

LabRat wrote:

This has been fun, but I didn't get a damn thing done this afternoon. We need to add a NSFP* warning on these.
[SIZE="1"]
*Not Safe For Productivity.[/SIZE]

SteveDallas wrote:

I nominate for the hall of fame all registered Dwellars who did NOT post to the plane/treadmill thread.

Aliantha wrote:

If you could use this logic to launch a plane, then tell me why the navy hasn't exploited it yet?

Ibram wrote:

RE: LJ, You are now the Ultimate Dick. You are the asshole that minor jerks aspire to be. You are the Holy Grail of jackassery.

Shawnee123 wrote:

I think posting here that you didn't post to the treadmill posts negates your uninvolvement with said post. Form a straight and orderly line and head for the nearest exit. Please turn in all nominations on your way out; there will be a box of shame for your convenience.

lumberjim wrote:

i've already done that. in my mind.

out of decency, i've omitted what i did with it after i rolled it up into a tight, rough edged tube.

lumberjim wrote:

i've already done that. in my mind.

NoBoxes wrote:

lumberchiko? --- No, that's not it. :unsure:
marijim? --- Uh uh, that's not it either.
SOMETHING has done gone and obfuscated the line between them here! :worried:
Everything's getting fuzzy, holy shades of gray.
The world will never be the same. :eek2:

NoBoxes wrote:

lumberchiko? --- No, that's not it. :unsure:
marijim? --- Uh uh, that's not it either.
SOMETHING has done gone and obfuscated the line between them here! :worried:
Everything's getting fuzzy, holy shades of gray.
The world will never be the same. :eek2:

lumberjim wrote:

who said anything about jacking off? you dirty old woman. I don't know why you're so preoccupied with sex. Is it because everyone is thinking that you should go fuck yourself, and you kind of pick up on that vibe?

marichiko wrote:

Maybe because its that a number of people think YOU should go fuck yourself, and I'm picking up on THAT vibe.

Stormieweather wrote:

"the hall of flame"

marichiko wrote:

Posting that I didn't post to the thread makes me involved with it? That's like saying that you have never spoken to a Zulu means you are fluent in the Zulu language. I still haven't even read the OP in the thread or any of the replies.

You can tear my nomination out of my bleeding, dead cyber fingers!

Aliantha wrote:

I feel that if every thread is going to turn into a slanging match this place will die very quickly.

Marichiko happens to be the only one i'm aware of that has done it for more than two years straight, was banned, came back and is still a magnet for hostility.

marichiko wrote:

Maybe because its that a number of people think YOU should go fuck yourself, and I'm picking up on THAT vibe.

Shawnee123 wrote:

Or, another way to look at it is: I didn't participate in the bash Mari threads because I felt uninvolved, but now I feel involved for wishing I had posted in those threads...almost in a whimsical sort of way. ;)

Stormieweather wrote:

Hey! I thought this was the hall of fame, not the hall of flame. :rolleyes:

BigV wrote:

This thread is intended to preserve those posts in one place, a Hall of Fame for posts so funny, insightful, or incendiary that they deserve to be remembered. Posts so passionate, so right, or so, so wrong that you want to hang it on the wall like a trophy. Post the remarks and include a link to the post for a frame of reference in case the context matters. This is the place, our own Hall of Fame.

BigV wrote:

But as a wiser poster than me once said, "You can't steer at thread, you can only launch it and watch it drift." I accept that. *sigh*

BigV wrote:

On a personal note, I do find the actual nattering back and forth in this thread distracting. But as a wiser poster than me once said, "You can't steer at thread, you can only launch it and watch it drift." I accept that. *sigh*

xoxoxoBruce wrote:

Haven't you learned buy now, you can't sail a thread, only launch it and watch it drift.

Originally Posted by Beestie
I used to have this dog...... http://cellar.org/showpost.php?p=298597&postcount=170

Ibram wrote:

What Jesus was saving us from was his fucking father. What kind of god creates Adam in his image and then pulls Eve out of him to keep him company? And then tells them not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge? He was so micromanaging. So was Adam. But Eve... Eve just wanted to know shit. She took a bite of the apple, and she found out what was good and what was evil. Then she gave it to Adam, so he would know, because they were in love. And that was good, they now knew. Will you give me the apple?

SteveDallas wrote:

I'm either a master of the clueless straight line, or the biggest idiot on the planet. I'm afraid you have to decide which.

Griff wrote:

It is a wide world of fruitcake out there and the holiday's are coming.

Brianna wrote:

Cellar girls are easy.

Flint;306063 wrote:

I will buttfuck you in the mouth.

Happy Monkey wrote:

Just as libel and slander aren't mentioned in the First, nukes and weaponized biological agents aren't mentioned in the Second. Arguing the dividing line for both amendments is and should be an ongoing process.

xoxoxoBruce;306615 wrote:

That's not true. I drag out the constitution when I get tired of hearing the same shit, over and over and over and over and over again. Dragging it out says no, I don't care how many times you say it, the constitution says I don't have to do what you want. End of story. :cool:

Urbane Guerrilla wrote:

I'm always gung-ho, Jay. If war comes, I shoot. Simple as that.

Urbane Guerrilla wrote:

Lot of losers. Hell with 'em. I'd've behaved better.

And the war-losing faction in this Cellar may keep its ill-founded comments to itself.

I, of course, have neither of these maladaptive views.

Just goes to show that fundamentalists of all stripe are playing the power game. Maybe the Christian and Jewish fundies are jealous of the Muslim fundies being more successful at it.

Undertoad;321712 wrote:

There's a cloyingly sweet little tale that's almost universal... in response to a child asking, if there's Mother's Day and Father's Day, why isn't there a Children's Day? And the parent replies, Every day is Children's Day.

Well I'm here to tell you: Every Day is Christian's Day.

You may not have been aware of this.

Y'see, when Linus goes into the speech about the Real Meaning of Christmas, non-Christians don't say anything.

When someone at a dinner says first let us bow our heads and say grace, almost all of us politely bow our heads and pretend to pray. We may even say Amen.

For two years, I worked for an employer that put "Reverence for God and all His Works" into their Official Company List of Values. I just shut up, did a good job and collected my paycheck.

So now you find the name of this thing to be a little in-your-face? How DARE people actively proclaim that they don't agree with you!

Well you poor thing! How hard it must be for you! Let me call you the WAAAAAHBULANCE!!!

Flint wrote:

There is a logical explanation for everything; some are known, others are yet to be known, most will never be known. Everything we have accomplished, the sum of our collective knowledge, occupies an imperceptibly thin slice of data on the surface of an unimaginably vast mystery.

Nonetheless, this is the best data we have, and we should cherish it, and use it to our advantage in every situation. Also, we should be ready to cast it aside, without reservation, when it does us a disservice. A small bit of the great mystery may be revealed to us, at any moment, in a way we never imagined. However, we aren't really designed to make the distinction between good and bad data, we must make an extreme effort.

Finally, we should always fight, tooth and nail, against those who wish us to surrender to ignorance. As ignorant and insignificant as we are (and we most certainly are, to a degree our minds are incapable of comprehending) we have carved out a small niche of organized data, the qualities of which need constant protection from deliberate obfuscation. Knowledge is our most valuable resource, and attacks upon it are the most heinous crime.

LabRat;324781 wrote:

I don't know where that was originally posted, but I am hanging it up on my lab bench.

Perfectly said IMHO. Bravo.

[I]Im not worthy... I'm not worthy[/wayne-n-garth]

BigV;324722 wrote:

Flint has a...quirky sense of humor, and most of his posts demonstrate this. They often draw attention away from his more intelligent and articulate remarks, like this one. I'm happy the clown mask slipped down, and I look forward to more wardrobe malfunctions such as this.

LabRat;324781 wrote:

I don't know where that was originally posted, but I am hanging it up on my lab bench.

Perfectly said IMHO. Bravo.

...

BigV;324787 wrote:

I agree. ... And well done Flint.

Flint wrote:

[quote=BigV]
I agree. ... And well done Flint.

Flint;326970 wrote:

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jinx wrote:

I wonder if it has a pi=3 exhibit?

Flint;326936 wrote:

... I'm delighted to have made such an impression on Hotty McHot-Ass.
...

lumberjim;326961 wrote:

sometimes you have to rely on your readers to interpret.

lumberjim;327002 wrote:

ow. my feelings.

TheMercenary;327287 wrote:

Sorry, I'm the one that owns the pitch fork. So that will never happen.:blush:

Happy Monkey;327332 wrote:

Not after it's removed from your premises without a warrant, and then introduced to your gluteus without a trial.

If the terrorists have you in such dire fear for your safety that they are changing your actions, making you give up rights, making you do things that you shouldn't, making you terrified...

They've won.

TheMercenary;327346 wrote:

I knew those liberals were going to pass pitch fork registration and seziure sooner or later. They did pass anti-pitch fork attachment legislation for my rifle once already, so I am really not surprised they would try to take them away eventually. Thank God I have more than one.

TheMercenary;327582 wrote:

What part of 9/11 do you not understand? What part of terrorism do you not understand? Exactly how often have you traveled to parts of the world where your life is in danger because you are an American before 9/11? What do you do for a living that you feel soooo protected by the ills of people who really do want to kill you and your family and everything about you? It is people that think like you that got us into this mess in the first place and now that concrete steps are taken to change that and prevent future loss you want to dial back the clock. I got news for ya, it ain't happening. Well unless of course Hitlery Clit on is elected and then the Dems will certainly have all the control they desired, and all of the responsibility to keep you safe. Good luck on that last one. :rolleyes:

DanaC;327670 wrote:

Umm.....I may be wrong, but I think you just missed the point of the Hall of Fame.

DanaC;327670 wrote:

Umm.....I may be wrong, but I think you just missed the point of the Hall of Fame.

DanaC;327936 wrote:

Yeah.....kinda....

Merc, I think you took a wrong turn, I assume you were looking for the Hall of Flame?

This thread is intended to preserve those posts in one place, a Hall of Fame for posts so funny, insightful, or incendiary that they deserve to be remembered. Posts so passionate, so right, or so, so wrong that you want to hang it on the wall like a trophy. Post the remarks and include a link to the post for a frame of reference in case the context matters. This is the place, our own Hall of Fame.

BigV;327942 wrote:

"The point" of the Hall of Fame:
Regardless whether you're "missing" the point or "ignoring" it, you still aren't "getting it."

Beestie wrote:

Don't make an emotional commitment to someone who won't make one back. Its just not a good idea. Its like riding in the trunk.

Sheldonrs wrote:

This is actually caused by a fairly common condition that forces the the Swan to regurgitate it's food into the fishes' mouths.

It's called Carp Pool Funnel Syndrome.

Clodfobble wrote:

Oh for heaven's sake... Sundae Girl was asking if you (simian) get subtle jokes, not if you actually have wallets. Here, let's replay with commentary.

[QUOTE=simian]This is all very interesting and somewhat entertaining, but what am I to do with this box of wallets I have?

Brianna wrote:

Are the wallets trophies of your victims?

simian wrote:

Um, it says there that you get subtle jokes.......

Sundae Girl wrote:

The question is, do you?

monster;346587 wrote:

Yeah, but how many threads here really have a point?

At least this one gives people with itchy fingers and energy-saving brains somewhere to type while their bulb is warming up..... ;)

monster;346618 wrote:

But I'm really like that! (thanks :o )

richlevy wrote:

The point is that UG, I, and this asshat on Fox, can coexist in our society. We can even give these guys guns and trust them, even when they hate the President (Clinton), and even when they think they love the President (GWB as a sort of Ike Turner). Because all of us have our eyes, not on the President and not on the Bible, but on the Constitution.

...

Every single fucking nation on this planet has a flag, some of which are so blood soaked that their mere presence is a cause for emotional pain. Flags can represent honor and glory, or they can be the shit rags of history. Just like everyone has a mother, including serial killers and the dregs of humanity, so every country has a flag.

The flag is the wrapper, the Constitution is the gift. It was written by a bunch of rich, educated, dare I say liberal, elite who seized a colony from one of the most powerful countries in the world. They could have kept it for themselves, but they very carefully and painstakingly put together a document that not only gave power back to the people who actually sacrificed to win it, but set up a balance of power designed to keep that government in check and working towards the general welfare.

HLJ;349112 wrote:

After a lot of thought I've come to the conclusion that:

TheMercenary is not an asshole;
lumberjim is not an asshole;
rkzenrage is not an asshole;
neither is xoxoxoBruce;
neither is Spexxvet;
neither is....

TheMercenary just wants to be happy and free from pain, just like I do.
rkzenrage just wants to be happy and free from pain, just like you do.
lumberjim ...

... and so on.

They are all good people, but it's not easy to see that through the unisensual medium of forum posts.

HLJ;351983 wrote:

At least tell me that I'm the first person to use Cellion in this context (Cellion: a mischievous person posting in the Cellar).

Brianna;352161 wrote:

I JUST NOW figured it out! On May 14 i was put on a Drug Vacation by my doc! For five years I was on: Wellbutrin XL 450mg/day, prozac 4o mg/day, risperdal .5mg am and 1 mg pm, trazodone 50-200 mg at night prn. HA! I've been off all those fucking drugs for long enough for them to EFF ME UP NOW! Ha!

THAT is what is wrong!!@!@!!!!!!
...

oh, and btw, tw's posts are totally making sense now!

so. there's that.

piercehawkeye45 wrote:

What sums my argument up is, the good of putting guns on campuses will not outweigh the bad. The chances of a shooting on campus occurring is one in a million and then the chances of actually being able to stop it is another one in a million. The chances of some fucking prick getting a gun, getting drunk, and using it to show off or intimidate others is much higher. I'm not saying that will happen a lot but the chances are much greater than actually stopping a school shooting for various reasons. And, as I've said many times, campuses do a lot for protection so you do not need one if you use the resources they provide you.

jinx;356285 wrote:

... The idiots in the story were so offended by seeing this pole they had to sit down and take a family portrait? ...

No, Shawnee, the Jews (Larry David) killed God, it's the Catholics that eat him.

tw;357594 wrote:

Welcome to the new Cellar where personal attacks are now acceptable and encouraged. As a result, many have left - some posting why they leave. Even tw has decided to be honest about the integrity of some posters only because personal attacks are now acceptable - actually encouraged - in the Cellar. Notice Aliantha new attitude. No reasons. Just a post based in hate. So much hate as to even agree with Bruce - just to promote animosity.

Nobody of merit. xoxoxoBruce had no reason to asssume that phrase was about him. It was even posted with no one in mind - just fishing to see who wants to fight over nothing. Bruce's guilt got the best of him. This is the new Cellar starting about when TheMercenary started posting.

Undertoad;119632 wrote:

Katkeeper didn't maintain any such lies as far back as I can remember, and at one point said that she regretted it as it left me with no imagination. I disregarded her comment as blankly irrelevant and went about my automatonic day.

Happy Monkey wrote:

How you can exercise your rights always depends on who's calling the shots. But what you consider to be a right depends on you, and is largely based on culture. Your definition is nice, but ultimately useless. If both "stop at the red light" and "don't murder" are infringements of your rights, then "rights" are too abstract to be meaningful. You can't make a case against a law as infringing, because that's a given.

On the other hand, if you view a right as "something that no law ought to prevent me from doing", you can actually use the word in a useful way, as in "You should not ban handguns because of the right to keep and bear arms."

xoxoxoBruce;360163 wrote:

Except it's bullshit.
We hold these truths to be self evident, doesn't create anything, it recognizes them to always exist... for everyone.

lumberjim;360183 wrote:

moderate yourselves. restrict the argument to the thread it is contained in.

lumberjim;360183 wrote:

moderate yourselves. restrict the argument to the thread it is contained in.

BigV;367022 wrote:

This is an attack on the very foundation of knowledge. they would rather be able to define any conclusion they present as truth. A Wolf in Science's clothing if you will. After Science has been eviscerated. They'll trade on the memory of science's reputation for articulating objective truth. But it will be all hollow inside, filled only with lies.

Flint;367060 wrote:

Right on. I love the Hall of Fame thread. We should publish a "coffee table" book of quotations.

BigV;367554 wrote:

Frankly, I see this as doing the bad guy's work for them.

What are we at war *for* anyway? I know we're *against* terrorism (don't get me started on the semantic stupidity of being at war with tactic). But, I guess, we're at war *for* the United States of America, wouldn't you agree?

For me, the USA is not merely territory; indeed, we're in no danger of losing any territory in this war. It is not just people, because the USA was here before me and all of you were around, and will be here after we're all gone, so it be can't just people. As well as I can articulate it, the USA is territory, and people and a million other things, held together by our system of government. Literally, without our government, there would be no USA. And our government, that government of the people, by the people and for the people, hangs together because of our mutual respect for our laws.

Without our laws, there would be no government, there would be no USA.

And *THAT* is why I'm incandescent with anger at the actions of the Bush administration. This particular action is a poster child for what's wrong. It tears down the very stones that make the foundation of our country. If you love the USA, you must hate actions like this. This *is* the destruction of our country.

It is far less dramatic than a plane flying into a building, but it is far more insidious. We lost lives and property on September 11, 2001. That was certainly sad and tragic; it was shocking to see foreign invaders attack us. On July 17, 2007 we lost a part of the Constitution, the definition of our country. This was a hundred times more sad and tragic, shocking and disgraceful because it was done by the very person in charge of upholding the Constitution, **SWORN** to defend it from all enemies, foreign and domestic.

I won't pretend to know what's inside Bush's head. I'll grant myself the small comfort of faith in human nature, and forgo the question of his motives. I'll believe that he believes his motivations are good. But I am dead set against his methods. I've remarked elsewhere on the Bush Administration's famous effectiveness, but preventing the bad guys from destroying America by destroying it himself is the wrong thing to do, even if he's doing it brilliantly.

Cicero;368342 wrote:

Don't try to Alpha cellarite my a**.

tw;361015 wrote:

Well then UT, that is a complete piece of shit your have just splayed all over the Cellar. Fuck the facts as posted. I colorfully and vehemently disagree with that crap posted with the rancid integrity of a twat. Mortifying is posting such material; for reaching into a cesspool of wanker logic with pissant credibility. The post is clearly based in scum rationalization that can only be achieved using fuck faced inchoherence. Reasoning so putrid as to question why anyone would want to post that masterbation. Conclusions so groudless as to drive even drive off the homeless.

Damnation to any post that would pontificate excrement only found in swine pens. A decent person could never accept such reasoning even if using a asshole for sexual gratification.

Of course none of this reflects in any way on the character of UT - obviously. It simply addresses the merits of his post.

Originally a link to Image of the day and then started reading the witty comments....Read around and found mostly civil commentary, interesting reading, on a large range of subjects.....Then found Quality images and was really impressed...Lurked a bit....Then found something that needed commentary......Joined....Then found out not all is civil.....
There are nice people, funny people, educated people, bullies and braggarts, smart and dumb, some without a clue, some just like the old dog that gets yelled at (Any attention is better than none at all) a real carnival with carnies and deep fried everything.....Just like any other community.

DanaC;371806 wrote:

In answer to the question Why did you come to the Cellar? This fabulous description, from JuancoRocks, which I think sums up the Cellar better than anything else I've read in a long time.

There are nice people, funny people, educated people, bullies and braggarts, smart and dumb, some without a clue, some just like the old dog that gets yelled at (Any attention is better than none at all) a real carnival with carnies and deep fried everything.....Just like any other community.


(Emphasis mine)

http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=14880&page=5

I've been waiting here for you.


to call you a cock.


Cock!

Elspode;374840 wrote:

The pushpins would have to be able to change color as a person's post count increased, so the thing would have to be wired to the 'Net and updated real time.

wolf;374890 wrote:

I think it would get a lot more action if the color of the pushpins related to the Dwellars blood alcohol level.

xoxoxoBruce;379231 wrote:

It's as if the federal Government has taken on a life of it's own. It's that 20-something living in the basement, you support financially and emotionally, but won't listen to reason. That makes you nuts, watching him making mistakes you could have warned him about, if he would only listen.

ThreadHijackMan;374571 wrote:

On the wall there could be a big map of the world with all the locations of each of the members. A tiny pushpin could represent a member's location and the pushpin's color could represent the number of posts on the Cellar.

lumberjim;382703 wrote:

Has Flint taught us nothing!?

Elspode;380555 wrote:

RK, may I humbly suggest that you (with appropriate family and friend support, and video cameras running), throw yourself out of your chair and onto the space in front of the door, and attempt to crawl inside and order a hotdog?

TheMercenary;381386 wrote:

Google groups can do that.

monster wrote:

'tain't no hijack
'tain't your thread
internet ownership
is in your head


Don't you think it's hypocrisy
to criticise other's poetry?
It may look like squabbling, taking the piss
But I'm gonna ask y'all to consider this:
sky and lj are painting pictures
with their real-time intenet bitches
Who are we to judge that stuff
They joined in, ain't that enough?
Not all poetry scans and rhymes
Not all words relate pretty times
this is the poetry of the cellar
No fucking wonder we're all going to hell here

Deuce;386028 wrote:

everything has been ground away. ever see a machine seize up? the parts that rub against one another, for lack of lubrication, or cooling, or clearance, or bearings, or some such.... those surfaces in the absence of any help, heat up. they deform, they change so that the normal function is gone.

all the places where we touch are seized up. the normal flow of lubrication has been stopped; there is no compassion, no benefit of the doubt, no love. the normal methods of cooling are gone; there is no space, no relief. the normal things that act as bearings are missing; there is no human touch, no intimacy, no sharing.

it is all shrieking screeching sparking mess, dangerously incandescent. an expensive non functional wreck.

sad because the redline was cruelly and deliberately ignored. all the warning signs disregarded. purposefully broken.

goddammit.

no. look at it another way. You've crossed the line into "voluntary land". everything you do beyond this point is something you want to do, or you won't do it. You have entered the realm of "eff you" money. Boss tells you to work late and do more with less and you don't want to? "eff you, i'm going home." here's the great part, very little will push you to that point of frustration now because you are doing things you want to do, not things you have to do just to buy groceries.
that discovery is why so many financially secure baby boomers are continuing to work rather than spend the rest of their lives on the golf course.

forget the finish line, you just crossed the beautiful starting line.

rkzenrage;389422 wrote:

I am not an asshole, so your question is irrelevant.

xoxoxoBruce wrote:

NO, I want Iraq to win.

Sundae Girl;389683 wrote:

It's sad to see today's culture of victim-hood extends even here, with people constantly believing there is a huge conspiracy out to get them, rather than accepting that it might just be what they posted that prompted the response.

DanaC;398073 wrote:

The mormons took over the scouts?

ZenGum;398555 wrote:

Maybe they ran out of choirboys?

Spexxvet;398920 wrote:

Ok, I'll be the bigger man...... again.

Urbane Guerrilla;399326 wrote:

... and unlike some, I'm not the sort to put my fingers in my ears. .

HungLikeJesus;399378 wrote:

Try to look at the bright side. You can't eat before the colonoscopy and you won't want to eat for a few days after the dental procedures, so this is a great opportunity to drop a few pounds.

LabRat;399379 wrote:

NO!! :eek: If that happened all that would be left behind is a far-sighted pocket protector...

Happy Monkey, Happy Monkey!

er...Happy Happy, Birthday Monkey!

and Happy Ducks, Birthday Nuts!

Clodfobble wrote:

Ooh! A game of Find the Logical Flaw. I'm great at those!
[Quote=Epicurus]
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.

lookout123;404559 wrote:

...that's the beauty of the cellar, we are all free to be dumbasses...

Rockstarmoniker wrote:

Remember when I used to be a rockstar, instead of a professor? That was awesome. I wanna go do that again. This whole settling down, having a family, being home to put the kids to bed, making a decent living is great, but some days I wish I were back snorting lines of coke off the naked thighs of the headliner's lesbian girl-toy, while David Foster tries to explain to the hotel security why it's nobody's f'ing business if he wants to park his Mercedes in the lobby with a dead hobo in the trunk.

DanaC wrote:

The primary goal of any health insurance company is to make profit. To take as much money in and pay as little money out as they possibly can. How, please tell me, how can that lead to good healthcare?

Undertoad;223793 wrote:

It's all about the Flinter! I want to party with you man!

Undertoad;424853 wrote:

All I want is to be your friend.

Clodfobble wrote:

Foot!! Good to see you, man!

monster;432386 wrote:

It was all him, I just did the camera thang. Who knew I was married to such an exhibitionist? He's got more guts than me, that's for sure :lol:

Cicero;433875 wrote:

The good ol' cock sauce.

When apples are popular, sell apples; when pessimism is popular, sell doom.

monster;434570 wrote:

Your current position in this debate is a dinosaur in the mud. In the future, little (transgender) boys will be using your bones to scare the girls (or strengthen their corsets).

xoxoxoBruce;434607 wrote:

In third grade, when this kid decides he wants to be a Koala Bear, will they add Eucalyptus leaves to the school lunch menu?

glatt;435680 wrote:

A Cellar cookie I just read:

"Call my dad. My mom's too busy."
--Chelsea Clinton to her school nurse, when asked for parental approval for medication.

smoothmoniker;438103 wrote:

I was just spouting off poorly-formed opinions based on partial information and wild conjecture.

xoxoxoBruce;442497 wrote:

I've seen members contribute brilliance in their first post and others just shit out hundreds, before ringing the bell.

SteveDallas;443411 wrote:

I don't have to be in a different room to be on a different planet.

tw wrote:

[Quote=xiphos]
Everybody thinks that the war is GWB's fault. Yeah, we invaded Iraq under his control, but you would probably do the same thing if one of the most symbolic buildings in america was attacked by terrorists. Besides, I support the war because we need to look further into the future. The middle-east is a HUGE mess, and we are establishing the 1st democracy there.

http://cellar.org/showpost.php?p=443818&postcount=28
tw: Total number of people provoked? Zero. Total number of people who provoked themselves - apparently greater than zero. For example, classicman cannot accept that he does not comprehend the science. He confused air flow with temperature. With high school physics, he would understand his mistake. Identifying simple technical science mistakes is provoking? He cannot even requote accurately? Be entertained. With age, one gets better. An adult responds logically as Clodfobble has done. He should eventually grow so as to not provoke himself. But correcting his mistakes provokes no one.

Facts. Number from Clodfobble provided reality. Hairdryer at 150 degrees does not burn hair. 150 degrees F causes no electronics damage. To harm electronics, temperatures would burn hair. Clodfobble has responded logically – with numbers -which demonstrate why a hairdryer does not harm cellphones.

--snip--

Hairdryer does not harm a cell phone. But neither a hairdryer nor vacuum can effectively pull water out of those membrane chambers. Problem in drying a cell phone is to get water out of membrane chambers. Those facts don't provoke adults.

BigV wrote:

You're wrong. You *do* provoke people. You're also wrong about your statement that people provoke themselves. That's ridiculous. If you can't see that, you're ignorant. If you can see that, you're a hypocrite. You talk about perverted reasoning, using it as a club to beat others with. By trying to evade the charge of provocateur you are doing exactly the same thing.

If you don't think there's a reasonable chance that someone with a wet cellphone could further damage the cellphone with a hairdryer, in addition to my previous statements, I say you suffer from a lack of imagination.

BigV wrote:

If you don't think there's a reasonable chance that someone with a wet cellphone could further damage the cellphone with a hairdryer, in addition to my previous statements, I say you suffer from a lack of imagination.

Spectacle;445076 wrote:

What's with the deletions, not worthy?

Undertoad;445667 wrote:

...
One of my own recent themes in life has been strenuously avoiding characterizing those who have different points of view as "stupid", or "broken", or "bitter", or even "wrong", because our harsh divides are too harsh now and somehow we must resolve our differences and stop being assholes.
...

smoothmoniker;445790 wrote:

My 2 1/2 year old is really into singing classic hits at full voice. Today's selection?

"I can see clearly now, the rain is gone ... I can see all popsicles in my way."

UG is just as impervious to counter-wisdom as you are, t.

Radar;446926 wrote:

I might have to send her somewhere else to learn tact. I've been told I don't know much about it.

xoxoxoBruce wrote:

Horseshit, I've seen it too many times. I've even been on the receiving end myself. Businesses treat their employees no better than the current prevailing working conditions in the area, as determined by middle management. The welfare of the peons is a low priority on the spreadsheets.

Cloud;450118 wrote:

...
[COLOR="DarkOrchid"]First of May, First of May, outdoor fucking starts today![/COLOR]

If harpo is the god of silence, then it would stand to resaon that the opposite of harpo and silence would be oprah...

tw wrote:

None of that is obvious to me.

thing

lumberjim;453398 wrote:

the closed mouth gathers no cock

It's the little things, where you've turned your brain off after years and years of doing something the same way...

At age 40, I realized that my method of drying off after a shower was wrong. I had been drying myself bottom-up and wondering why I was still wet. It turns out, if you dry your hair before the rest of your body, it will not continue to drip water onto the rest of your body.

xoxoxoBruce;457744 wrote:

Scott McClellan = Chemical Ali.

Go suck on your opinions.

lumberjim;458402 wrote:

GIMME TEN

xoxoxoBruce;458688 wrote:

OK, but I'll have to reload after six.

Sigh, I wish my secret talent was something other than "able to eat an entire bag of cheezy poofs in one sitting."

smoothmoniker;459672 wrote:

This seems like a modest proposal. And, by the way, swift work on starting your first thread!

DanaC;461256 wrote:

This is a message board UG. You are not a cold war spy.

tw;461923 wrote:

...
This is the new Cellar where the topic is perverted to attack another poster.
...
Attacking others is the best way to win an argument that defends wacko extremist rhetoric.
...

[QUOTE]Quote:
Originally Posted by DanaC
No. She changes her physical state, but that doesn't mean she relinquishes control over her body. If a woman is giving birth, she gets to choose how and she gets to choose what medical assistance she will or will not have. All these things are the woman's decision. They weren't always, of course.

DanaC;463785 wrote:

This is an interesting take on the whole abortion debate and the point at which a woman loses control over her body. From Flaja:

DanaC;463785 wrote:

This is an interesting take on the whole abortion debate and the point at which a woman loses control over her body. From Flaja:

Cicero;463906 wrote:

If I stick my fingers in a man's whatever, do I have possession of the man?

smouch me, baby

Sundae Girl;464813 wrote:

The only thing that comes close is getting a bogey that's attached all the way to your throat, and that's just chance after all.

Urbane Guerrilla, discussing a recent troll wrote:

So should mass bloviation be grounds for banning? Well, UT is nothing if not tolerant.

Never be irreplacable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.

ZenGum;470932 wrote:

Oh the shame of it all. Hall-of-famed ... as a plagiarist ... while working as an academic ... :thepain:

xoxoxoBruce;470961 wrote:

They are the same thing.;)

Sheldonrs;472364 wrote:

"Patient seems to be suffering from a dislocated neck"

Radar wrote:

I find the best way to answer a question is to ask someone who knows the answer rather than trying to guess or to be a detective. Without asking, I could only speculate as to motives, desires, or goals of others, but asking the them gives me a concrete answer that isn't merely a speculation.

SteveBsjb wrote:

Despicable is: spitting on someone.

Despicable is not: posting "I spit on you!"

lumberjim;220861 wrote:

flint's M.O.:

You're walking along the side walk. Flint waves to you as you walk by. As you pass him, he takes out a short 2X4 and swats you on the back of the head. You turn to confront him, and he hides it behind his back. You say, "Whay did you do that? Why would you hit me with a 2X4?"

then he says, "I didn't. I was just reminding you what it feels like to be hit with a 2X4"

lumberjim wrote:

...and I pull up the cellar to make sure i still get it, the boss looks over my shoulder and reads the following aloud:

'The Cellar: Gay for you without exchanging fluids'

yeah. that's the tag line today. so, which one of you homos wrote that one, huh?

mbpark wrote:

I believe that Diebold didn't approach this project with the same discipline that they would an ATM machine, nor did they care to. They made something which was clearly not designed for the task work as a voting machine. .They made it appear to get past the government contracting officers by citing regulations which have nothing to do with the accuracy of the voting mechanism itself, and they built it on a horribly complex framework that has a ton of security holes, and is not designed for security.

Sundae Girl;478534 wrote:

Don't keep them there! They'll go for your nuts :headshake

TheMercenary;479213 wrote:

Flint : prose

http://cellar.org/showpost.php?p=479129&postcount=91

Urbane Guerrilla wrote:

<silence>

SteveDallas;481596 wrote:

Bwahahahahaha.

Griff wrote:

Lil' Griff just went out on the porch and called the dog... in pirate.

Clodfobble wrote:

Major banks are a scam, all of them. (But especially Bank of America, in my experience...) Credit Unions and very small banks are the only way to go.

footfootfoot;487104 wrote:

RABBIT SEASON!

LabRat;487120 wrote:

eh hem, i think you meant:

WABBIT SEASON

footfootfoot;487253 wrote:

LabRat wrote:

eh hem, i think you meant:

WABBIT SEASON

DUCK SEASON, FIRE!

dar512;488622 wrote:

This one by Zengum made me laugh.

BTW, is there a way to quote a message and keep the quote within it?
[QUOTE=BigV]Yes.

classicman;488638 wrote:

:headspinning:

morethanpretty;501286 wrote:

Whatever psychos! You're both defeated by the awesome rainbow shit of Obama. So shut up and hug because we're succeeding in putting the racist history we have behind us.

PillowLover;508528 wrote:

Here is another pillow that I am destroying in my imagination by fire. It apperars to be a body pillow that was discarded in a parking lot. Rather than just toss this pillow into a dumpster, I imagine the pillow would look like this if someone set the pillow on fire.

Originally Posted by Ruminator:

A man will die for his woman if she will live for him.

classicman;511986 wrote:

How do you feel about the car czar position?
I hear they are looking for someone.

HungLikeJesus;511989 wrote:

I'll second tw for car czar.

xoxoxoBruce;511990 wrote:

I vote for Jay Leno.

TheMercenary;512933 wrote:

[SIZE="2"]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]I vote for Click and Clack, The Tappet Brothers.[/COLOR]

[/SIZE]

Flint;513025 wrote:

I actively reject the idea that we should tiptoe around people's stupid superstitious hogwashery. It only encourages them.

lumberjim;523809 wrote:

cheddar spam bacon spam and cum
spam cum cum spam cheddar and bacon
cum cheddar bacon spam cum and spam

monster;524592 wrote:

hmmm.... sorta:

"labrat and HLJ will both get an early hattrick in the 2009 Hall of Fame, but both Shawnees and another, male, poster will dominate that thread"

Shawnee123;525298 wrote:

In Bri's defense, since as far as I've been able to see we can and should defend those who deserve defending as a courtesy extended beyond those who might not need or deserve defending, her buttons were pushed and pushed and pushed. It is nice for those who take these situations with a grain of salt, and that is a trait I myself envy. Create havoc and whistle on down the road, feeling good, is a trait I think the devil himself invented.

We all know she has had some hard times. There is a level of coldness shown to those who dare suffer here; compassion is only the name of the game if the behavior still fits the category of not being hard to watch.

Though many behaviors are much, much, much more disturbing (such as enjoying hurting and watching people writhe) our society is still fundamentally unable to comprehend human conditions beyond that which does not make us fear for our own minds.

We can all commisserate, and we care, about a lost job, or a passing illness, or such things. This understanding is our "good."

When it's deeper than those sorts of things it's easier and more acceptable to hope it goes away. This lack of understanding is our "bad."

I'm not talking about the Cellar except as it pertains to being a microcosm of the world.

We love you Bri. If you read this, know that.

Undertoad;523087 wrote:

YOU BOUGHT ME A CAR!!!

Here's to a single VD! :beer:

Gloria Gaynor - I WILL SURVIVE!

First I was afraid
I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
without you by my side
...

DanaC;548109 wrote:

Sorry I prefer pussy.

Sheldonrs;548795 wrote:

How about a nice pork wine? It's the other white wine. :cool:

Shawnee123;548801 wrote:

Hey, you changed it on the original. I'm leaving this one the way it is. :p

Beestie;525485 wrote:

Just when you thought the Cellar community couldn't get any better, Jim steps up and blows everybody.
Some folks criticise while others advise - either way, talk is cheap. But only the rarest of the rare lead by example.

Well done, Sir Lumberjim. Well done, indeed.

shawnee wrote:

[QUOTE=tiki]I don't give a rat's ass if you're "impressed", Shawnee. If someone's being a dick and shitting all over me, I'll call them a dick.

Clodfobble;122425 wrote:

As an afterthought, garnet, I have a question: Why is it that a modern manager of a Jack-in-the-Box must drink himself into a stupor over the suckiness of his job, but a factory worker 50 years ago must have been doing a jig over the opportunity to grind steel all day?

I approve of multiple warheads on missiles. It is like carpooling, and so reduces the greenhouse gas emissions associated with nuclear anihilation.

Jill wrote:

We just passed the 8 year mark for being "together" and are fast approaching (next month) our 7 year wedding anniversary, and I, too, still feel pure bliss in our happiness together.

True story. . . Way back in the 1930s, my grandmother was a divorced woman (from a physically abusive husband - Go Baba for having brass balls back when women didn't leave their husbands!), caring for her diabetic mother and a 5 year old daughter. Her brother had recently passed away and a friend wanted to fix her up on a blind date with a man whose mother had also recently died, thinking that at least they'd have something in common. My Baba refused. Not interested. Death's not a thing to have in common that would forge a strong bond. Too many responsibilities to go about dating.

The friend decided to ignore my Baba's concerns and gave the man her number anyway. He phoned and invited her to dinner. She refused. He pleaded that she had to eat anyway, why not get a free meal. She relented.

On that first date he was so smitten that he offered to "put her up in an apartment" and keep a key for himself. She told him he'd have to buy the cow if he wanted the free milk, but she was not interested in being married, so go away and leave her alone.

He did leave, as he was a "ladies ready-to-wear" traveling salesman. On his first day away he sent chocolates. On the second day, flowers. On the third, stockings (difficult to get during the war). He cut his trip short to come home to convince her to marry him. He said he'd take care of her mother and adopt her daughter as his own. Her mother said she'd be a fool to refuse.

He made her a deal; marry him on a 30-day trial basis, and if he hadn't made her happy in 30 days, she could have an annulment and he would leave her alone forever. She accepted. On the eve of their first day of marriage, he pulled out a homemade calendar with 30 days on it, and asked, "Did I make you happy today, dear?" She said that yes, he had. So he put a big X on the first day. Every night for the next 29 days he would ask if he'd made her happy that day. He always had. At the end of 30 days she was completely in love with him, and he spent the next 25 years making sure she was happy every, single day until the day he died.

On the eve of my wedding day, May 26th, 2002, as we were climbing in to bed for the night, my new husband turned to me and said, "Did I make you happy today, dear?"

No, he did not know that story at the time.

For seven years now, hardly a day goes by that he doesn't reaffirm that he still makes me happy, which of course he does. I feel very blessed indeed.

Rest in peace, Baba and Poppy. You set a fine example.

Kitsune;217436 wrote:

The original UG post that brought about Richlevy's reply made my eyes water.

I try to stay out of the big long serious discussions ...partly because I really don't have the time to do the necessary research that would be required in order to not say anything really stupid, and partly because they fucking bore me. You, however, have repeatedly demonstrated that you are free from any such compunctions. huzzah!

Griff;566610 wrote:

It is fun to tweak each other with magical thinking comments

But the duty of the parents is to make sure the kids survive, and are taught how to survive on their own when they grow up.

...I could hardly believe my eyes.There was a cavalry charge of parents carrying children up the slope towards the bear.It was like watching some sort of twisted,macabre game-show,the parents charged forth it seemed in an attempt to get their kids eaten by a bear first,with a vigour that suggested a large cash prize was at stake.Or at least an appearance on 'Americas funniest videos'.

I was particularly impressed by a plaid-shirted and baseball capped gentleman who burst through the front of the field,with a toddler stuffed under each arm.

Not to the

Clodfobble;582317 wrote:

... Medical knowledge is a constantly evolving thing: we laugh at what we thought was true thirty years ago, and it is utterly foolish to think we won&#8217;t still be laughing at many of today&#8217;s assumptions in another thirty years. ...

Clodfobble;601162 wrote:

Vaginas only have power when they all unionize. Individual vaginas have no power, because there's all these other vaginas out there that are just as good as far as you guys are concerned.

Griff;601736 wrote:

"So what are your missionary dollars doing to improve the third world?"

"Nigeria will be witch free soon."

"That is a relief. Bad witch problem there. When are we going to start on our witches here?"

"Soon."

Clodfobble;608778 wrote:

If everyone swept their own front porch, the world will be clean. The cessation of humanity starts at home.

More like a brutalization of two different quotes. The first is roughly "if everyone would sweep in front of his own doorstep, the whole world would be clean" and is attributed to a couple different people depending on where you look.

I don't remember what the original version of the second sentence was, but I remember "_______ starts at home" was a typical pithy Public Service Announcement type thing when I was a kid.

Sundae Girl wrote:

I thought of this while writing a post where I admitted I have different opinions about the importance of freedom of speech since I started to post here.

Despite being to the left of what Americans would call liberal, I have certainly gained a better understanding of what we would call the far right. Here. Where I encounter real people.

I've realised decent people, who I like, can have beliefs I would previously have found extreme.

I've begun to understand the culture of a country that is so very different to mine. That the words "American" and "culture" can exist in harmony for example, and that some Europeans can be snobbish. Same with the realisation that Americans really cook. And even have more interest in good food than I do. McDonalds and Domino's are not necessarily every American's sole food provider.

On a more personal level, I learned that people struggle with all sorts of issues, and what I perceived as a world where everyone was okay except for me was a self-pitying fabrication. Everyday people have huge issues underneath the surface. Children, self-esteem, depression, work, family trouble. Success is how you handle it, not where you appear to be. And sometimes you just don't handle it and that is okay too.

And that there is a world where you can use three and four syllable words and not get blank looks. Well - it's the internet, you can't see them anyway. But there is a place where you can write a paeon to a dead politician in one thread, then talk about having sparkle dust on your boobs in the next. Those were my first posts as I remember. I knew I was home.

BTW - I wasn't anti-American before I came here. I was just lacking in information.

Hope this isn't too Hallmark.
I just wanted to get it off my sparkle-dusted chest

Elspode;614338 wrote:

It doesn't matter where the war is, what the war is about, or who is in power when it happens. The other side will do nothing but stand there and throw stones. American politics knows no other way to function. It is simply not possible for us to function any other way. Shit, at this point, if the Democrats stood up and said "You know, maybe universal health care isn't such a good idea after all", the Republicans would immediately stand up and shout how the Dems didn't care about people.

One side takes a position, the other side shoots it down. The topic is irrelevant.

TV tabloidism and their goal is to quickly and cheaply develop exciting and controversial stories, not to dig for the truth. Did they make a follow-up call to Johns Hopkins? &#402;uck no, that's the boring part! We don't need to understand the story, just to be alarmed by pretty girl who can only walk backwards. That's how you score ratings amongst the people who watch syndicated tabloid TV in early nighttime. A self-selecting audience of the gullible.

Elspode;623752 wrote:

Okay, I've had a moment to think about this, and now I'm going to try to respond intelligently.

I...*we*...all live in a society where the norm has become accusation, finger pointing and character assassination. We live in a society where *one side* claims to own the keys to all things Right, Good and True. This One Right Side, while doing everything humanly (and often, religiously) possible to besmirch anyone who doesn't fall into lockstep with them, also makes claims that their *spirituality* is being suppressed - that their *religious freedom* is being subdued...by "evil forces". Yes, *evil*. Not misguided. Not disagreeable. *Evil*. As in, "In league with Satan". As in, "you disagree with us and our motives, therefore you are minions of Darkness." Egad.

Meanwhile, the "other side", being equally inept and misguided, spends all it's time trying to tear down other perfectly functional standards of public legality because it might be abused or inflated by the "other side" to further restrict processes that the "other side" doesn't yet want put down.

What I, as a thinking, ostensibly free, American, don't like is this whole notion of "all or nothing". I especially dislike politics being furthered through the addition of Damnation and Hellfire as a lever. Yes, we have moral issues that need to be sorted out in this country. Yes, there are things that were better in the God-fearing 50's than they are now. There are also things that are much better now (anyone remember when it was okay to hate black people because God didn't like 'em either?).

In summary, I'd like to say that injecting (insert your religious path here) and holding it up as the be-all, end-all of Life on Earth is *never* the right answer, and as long as anyone tries to shove it down my throat and call me a moron for not swallowing it, I'm going to complain.

Griff;625822 wrote:

If you want to know where the exact point is where you become an asshole in your post it is marked above.

#s given in a government training here.

DanaC;646271 wrote:

[SIZE="1"]Police have arrested two women after they tried to take the body of a dead relative onto a plane at Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

Staff became suspicious when the women tried to check in the man, who was wearing sunglasses, for a flight to Berlin on Saturday. [/SIZE]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8604663.stm

Carruthers;646648 wrote:

It's obvious, surely? They were trying to get him on board as carrion baggage.

classicman;652336 wrote:

...
You have a perspective that is very different than mine. Thats one of the things I love about interacting here. The diversity.
...

Cloud;652340 wrote:

(happy)

glatt;654108 wrote:

I think there should be some sort of system where people like this are charged with the crime, and the police get to show the evidence they have that these guys did it, and these guys get a chance to show it wasn't actually them, and then someone, or a group of people act as a sort of referee where they decide if they are pretty sure that the guy did it or not. And then they look at how bad the thing was that the guy did, and then they look at what the rules are for the punishments you give for the kind of bad thing these guys did, and then the referee(s) decide on the punishment, working within those rules. And I think it should be a calm and thoughtful process where these referee(s) use their minds. Oh, and these referees, they shouldn't be a bunch of snooty rich people. They should be regular people.

Griff wrote:

Revenge

At times ... I wish
I could meet in a duel
the man who killed my father
and razed our home,
expelling me
into
a narrow country.

And if he killed me,
I’d rest at last,
and if I were ready—
I would take my revenge!

*

But if it came to light,
when my rival appeared,
that he had a mother
waiting for him,
or a father who’d put
his right hand over
the heart’s place in his chest
whenever his son was late
even by just a quarter-hour
for a meeting they’d set—
then I would not kill him,
even if I could.

*

Likewise ... I
would not murder him
if it were soon made clear
that he had a brother or sisters
who loved him and constantly longed to see him.
Or if he had a wife to greet him
and children who
couldn’t bear his absence
and whom his gifts would thrill.
Or if he had
friends or companions,
neighbors he knew
or allies from prison
or a hospital room,
or classmates from his school...
asking about him
and sending him regards.

*

But if he turned
out to be on his own—
cut off like a branch from a tree—
without a mother or father,
with neither a brother nor sister,
wifeless, without a child,
and without kin or neighbors or friends,
colleagues or companions,
then I’d add not a thing to his pain
within that aloneness—
not the torment of death,
and not the sorrow of passing away.
Instead I’d be content
to ignore him when I passed him by
on the street—as I
convinced myself
that paying him no attention
in itself was a kind of revenge.

Nazareth
April 15, 2006

Taha Muhammad Ali

Undertoad;664806 wrote:

Well a-one day Zip was a-shootin at some food
And up from the ground come a bubblin' poo

shit that is
blackwater
texas dookie

Shawnee123;664808 wrote:

Well the next thing you know ol' zip's a millionaire
The Cellar folk said "ZIP, move away from there."
They said Pennsylvania is the place you oughta be
So he loaded up his pool and he moved right to Philly.

Undertoad;664811 wrote:

Burbs, that is
Dumb neighbors... bad traffic...

Son of Clodfobble wrote:

Out of nowhere this evening, my son gave me a hug and said, "I love you" for the first time ever.

Urbane Guerrilla;667585 wrote:

Smartass Custard

Interviewing the Smartass Manager

Kopps Frozen Custard

I think if I were Joe B, I'd be working this for the funny, say, doing an FDR impression. "The Only Thing we have to Custard is Custard Itself!!" or "In God We Custard!" or "If We* don't give Tax Relief, it's Custard's Last Stand!" Ba-Dump-Kssshh! I'm here every week; try the veal.

*Royal or imperial "we."

Undertoad;667588 wrote:

[SIZE="6"][FONT="Trebuchet MS"]Bill Clinton won the Bosnian War[/FONT][/SIZE]

xoxoxoBruce;682252 wrote:

Right, because the Republicans did so well by us the previous 8 years. :rolleyes:
Oh that's right, they took good care of you wealthy people. Well until the end there, with that little global meltdown and all. But really, the wealthy are bouncing back nicely, even with the hand wringing, they aren't worried about trivial shit like Doctor bills, car payments or food, just about the pudginess of their portfolios.

And who cares about the middle class, they were just a relic from the days when the wealthy needed managers for their mills and factories. But since the wealthy found out they could outsource stuff to countries that make cheap shit, that can't be repaired and must be replaced, they're in clover.

Since the middle class is expendable, we can hardly worry about the rest of the country who are well and truly fucked for many years to come... if not for good.
Yes sir, bring back the rich man's friend, that way the rich man won't have to spend so much on lobbyists, and live happily ever after.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf wrote:

Ninety-nine-plus percent of Muslims all over the world, I assure you, absolutely, totally find extremism abhorrent. Let there be no mistake, Islam categorically rejects the killing of innocent people. Terrorists violate the sanctity of human life and corrupt the meaning of our faith. In no way do they represent our religion. And we must not let them define us. [SIZE="4"]Radical extremists would have us believe in a worldwide battle between Muslims and nonMuslims. That idea is false. The real battlefront today is not between Muslims and nonMuslims, but moderates of all faith traditions against the extremists of all faith traditions.[/SIZE]

Clodfobble wrote:

My Kid is a Damn Nutter

The older one, I mean. The next time I'm at the pediatrician's office (that would be in January for his little sister's 9-month checkup,) I'm going to ask her at what age it becomes reasonable to examine for hyperactivity and obsessive-compulsive behavior. I mean believe me, I understand that two-year-olds are typically a pain in the ass, and I honestly feel that I am above-average when it comes to being patient with him. But let's consider a few examples:

TheMercenary;684017 wrote:

I completely respect your divergence of my views and will strive to be a better poster to you personally. I publicly apologize if have said anything offensive to you personally, not about our differing views, but about you. Please accept my apology and let's move forward from this point. I can't go back and change some of the things I have said to you, but I acknowledge them and will try to make amends. That is the best I can do.

Griff;684060 wrote:

Peace.

footfootfoot wrote:

Our infrastructure is not falling apart because kids make macaroni collages in grade school. Our infrastructure is falling apart because of MBAs.

jimhelm;685696 wrote:

240.0 today. 4 days early... goal set.... goal achieved. think I'll have a beer.

also... I bounced on the trampoline today for my daughter. It has a 250 lb weight limit, and I told her that one day I would be light enough to use it.... and today... i did a flip on it. I landed on my ass, but i flipped. She was proud of me. We had a good day. mini golf, dinner with my mom, cheerleading practice, and the boy taught me how to ripstick. kids are cool.

xoxoxoBruce;685933 wrote:

C'mon, we both know the federal government spends a ton on stupid shit, and wastes more than we can count, but your solution is a ridiculous over reaction, borne of frustration. It's not Obama's fault, nor was it Bush's. It's the dirty motherfuckers that we allow to run the government, the congress critters and the lobbyists/corporations. But replacing them with fools like Christine O'Donnell and Rand Paul, who have both sold out to Karl Rove, is stupid beyond belief.

The Republicans have promised small government and lower taxes, forever. But when they were in power, they did exactly the opposite... they lied.
The Democrats lied too, they're all liars. They promised more federal help to the states/people, and while they did give us a federal surplus, they immediately started bickering how they were going to spend it, instead of paying down debt and saving us interest.
They both give us more government, but the Republicans take care of the wealthy, and the Democrats do better by the rest of us. Either way smaller government is a pipe dream, we're not getting rid of them, so the best we can do is hold their feet to the fire, pressure them to do more good.

There was a poster recently, only made one post. He was collecting a huge government pension, I don't remember exactly how much. Well I checked him out on the net, as I do for all the new members I can. He was in two other forums trying to find out how he could screw his credit card company out of thirty odd thousand dollars, and get away with it.
The world is fucked up I tell ya, but don't throw out the baby with the bath water.

Flint;690918 wrote:

This thread was doomed when you started it with no input and expected it to magically develop some kind of content.

xoxoxoBruce;691508 wrote:

They are. If the corner butcher poisons you, you can put him out of business, maybe put him in jail, certaunly kick his ass. If a Corporation poisons you, forget it. To walmart or Monsanto you're a pest to be squashed. The only way we can protect ourselves from these giants, is to band together. That's called government, law, and enforcement, and it costs money.

Mr Macho Headstomper thinks he can take care of himself, but he's a fool. When walmart kills or cripples his children, what's he going to do about it, sue them, burn down the store, bitch on the internet? That's not going to help the kid, and he'll be squashed like a grape.

Originally posted by footfootfoot's signature

jimhelm;721111 wrote:

Just talking in chat is quite different from announcing it on the board. there are a few other people that know, but they've kept it under their hats as well.

if you want to let it out, you'll have to do it yourself. I'm sorry... i just don't care to get involved in any drama over it. I hold no grudges, or ill will (not that I ever had any reason to), and I wish you well. I'll go as far as saying that I wish I had not been so hard on you before, and that I had been more respectful of your feelings.

I was careless with the effect that the things I say have on the people I say them to, and on the way other people that read them treat that person.

CHEERS

jimhelm;721144 wrote:

pah. hardly HoF worthy.

Sheldonrs;721157 wrote:

I agree. The pic of my finger in some guys ass...now THAT'S HOF worthy!

lol!!

footfootfoot;732623 wrote:

DanaC: I'm writing to Flint, see what you think, OK? "Dear Flint..."
Monster: Yeah?
DanaC: Well, that's it. I'm quite pleased with it so far.
Monster: Oh, well, it's a strong opening, certainly.
Infinite Monkey: I don't like the "dear". Sounds a bit too much like "will you go to bed with me?"
DanaC: Nicely spotted, Infinite Monkey. What do you think instead?
Infinite Monkey: What about "darling"?
DanaC: "Darling Flint..."
Lookout123: Oh, no, no, no, no! Not "Flint". It's far too crawly bum-lick. Tell it like it is, put "fascist bully boy".
DanaC: "Darling fascist bully boy..."
Monster: That's nice, yeah, so far so good, so what do you want to say?
DanaC: Well, basically I want to ask him if I can have, like, an extension on my overdraft, but I know there must be a better way of putting it than that.
Monster: Well, what about, "give me some more money"?
Infinite Monkey: "You bastard"
DanaC: Don't you think that's a bit strong?
Monster: No, DanaC, people like that respect strength.
DanaC: Yeah, you're right. "Darling fascist bully boy, give me some more money, you bastard..." Uh... "Love, DanaC."
Infinite Monkey: Not "love, DanaC"! That sounds far too much like "come and get it like a bitch-funky sex machine".
DanaC: Yeah, you're right. Uh... What about "yours sincerely"?
Lookout123: Oh, come off it, DanaC! If you're going to be that sycophantic, why don't you go there now and stick your tongue straight down the back of his trousers?
DanaC: Oh, look, I know, I know, why not put "boomshanka"?
Monster: Ahh... that's hard to tell, DanaC. What does it mean?
DanaC: It means "may the seed of your loin be fruitful in the belly of your woman".
Lookout123: Ah-ha! And WHAT makes you think your Flint's a man?
DanaC: His beard.
Monster: He'll never understand "boomshanka". You'll have to write the whole thing out.
DanaC: Right, okay, here we go. "Darling fascist bully boy, give me some more money, you bastard. May the seed of your loin be fruitful in the belly of your woman, DanaC."
Lookout123: Well, if that doesn't work, I don't know what will.
Monster: The only problem is we're running out of fuel. [scrunches the letter up and hands it to Infinite Monkey] IM, chuck it on the fire. [Infinite Monkey does so and all four scramble toward the fire, trying to get warm]

I give this as much weight as Arnold cheating on his wife.

Who gives a shit?

If I was the wife, I'd be pissed. If he was running for reelection, and I could vote in that election, I'd consider it along with everything else, and it would count against him. But I really don't care. If I were a woman who received one of these pictures, and I didn't want to receive it, then I'd also be pissed.

But I'm not any of those things, so I don't care.

I don't care if a politician lies to me about their personal life. It's none of my damn business. John Edwards had a love child? I don't care. He illegally used campaign contributions to pay the woman off, or something like that? Then I care.

If they lie about something related to their job, then it matters.

endorphins

sexobon;739206 wrote:

"Flash Mob" mentality takes root in The Cellar as a "This Mob" begins to assemble here.

mob (mb)
n.
1. A large disorderly crowd or throng. 2. The mass of common people; the populace.

infinite monkey;739222 wrote:

Sorry, two does not a mob make. ...

sexobon;739206 wrote:

... a "This Mob" begins to assemble ...

classicman;739268 wrote:

Thanks sexobon

jimhelm wrote:

when you consider suicide, you should always remember to consider killing what's causing you to feel that way. it aint you. take action against the smallest of your obstacles first. then the smallest one that's left after it's dead.

you are not the problem. you are just you. and i love you. and so do we all.

srsly.

TheMercenary wrote:

Many agree, but we have to let the system work. Some guilty go free, hopefully we can minimize those innocent that serve time unjustly. Far from perfect, but I wouldn't change it for any other place at the moment.

infinite monkey;744353 wrote:

and quit stalking me, classho.

classhole wrote:

hahahaNO.

It's kinda hard when you have something to say in every thread every day. Your like a yappy dogs under one's feet that gets pissy when stepped on.

infinite monkey;744369 wrote:

I am shallow
Yet I am deep

I am not the putz
You seek

Alas! Alack!
I've run aground

I'm so sorry
I've let you down

Now I'm just upon the ground
Not shallow nor deep nor kind nor sound.

infinite monkey;744353 wrote:

snip--
BigV, please be more judicial in your handing out of Hall of Fame plaques, it's really getting to be quite burdensome to have to make these every time something tickles your fancy.

:lol:
--snip

DanaC;744403 wrote:

Stop scrapping in the Hall of Fame.


Where the fuck are the hall monitors got to?

BigV;744406 wrote:

?

I fully support the idea presented by TheMercenary in his post which I credited here. This is a classic example of my "judiciousness". He said something important, and I am acknowledging it. Your burden of having to comment when I do so is completely self imposed. If it is too heavy for you, please set it down. I would welcome your silence in this context.

BigV;744406 wrote:

?

infinite monkey;744466 wrote:

tsdr

DanaC;744522 wrote:

tsdr?

DanaC;744522 wrote:

tsdr?

DanaC;744522 wrote:

tsdr?

Pete Zicato;744538 wrote:

... tsdr = too short didn't read ...

Aliantha;744539 wrote:

I'm not sure why it's a problem to anyone if BigV posts HOF items here. It doesn't seem that too many people bother doing it anyway.

It's the same old story. If you don't like it, don't read it, or add your own content in order to water down that which you don't like.

Aliantha;744539 wrote:

I'm not sure why it's a problem to anyone if BigV posts HOF items here. It doesn't seem that too many people bother doing it anyway.

It's the same old story. If you don't like it, don't read it, or add your own content in order to water down that which you don't like.

jimhelm;744543 wrote:

I'd like to put this post into the hall of fame, but I'm afraid I'll create a dangerous wormhole if I do.

sexobon;744542 wrote:

or tsdr = Too Stupid; Didn't Read

Griff;744548 wrote:

Right on Ali. This is meant to be a truly positive thread.

classicman;744589 wrote:

:thumb:

I don't know much about this, but I feel strongly that there is a definitely probable possibility that she might not be not guilty, or guilty for that matter, although we can't exclude the possibility of the former superceding the latter--or vice versa!

infinite monkey;744606 wrote:

May I hire someone to suck your dick, Flint?

BigV;747291 wrote:

Fuck cancer.

this is glatt's post. Look, I know he's not the first, he's not the only, he might not be the most passionate or the most grieved. He's just our guy, please don't hate him, don't hate me either please.

Fucking fuck cancer.

Sundae;748208 wrote:

No hating here, but I was interested in the origin on the Cellar.
Ducks had FUCK OFF CANCER, but Monnie was the first FUCK CANCER-er.
I had a sneaking suspicion I was the first, but I think it's just that I introduced the term to my family circle.

I still keep Mum's FC day. I have to call it that because she is still shocked by the eff-word. I've yet to check whether moonpig (personalised greeting cards website I am in credit on) will accept profanities on their cards. I suspect not.

richlevy;751561 wrote:

I agree the fact that there is such a large percentage of people who do not pay taxes is disturbing, but for a different reason. This is a symptom of the larger problem which is a wealth distribution system that has become more and more dysfunctional in the past few decades. With unrealistic tax cuts, we have stolen from the public treasury to enrich a small segment of our population at the expense of everyone else. This should not be possible in a democracy unless you are able to find a large enough number of people who are willing to vote against their collective self-interest in a fiscally sound government. The Republicans have found a way to do so.

zippyt;755516 wrote:

I dont know if these have been posted befor ,
But DAMMMMN they are funny !!!!!
Turn up the SOUND !!!
[YOUTUBEWIDE]l3w2MTXBebg&feature=colike[/YOUTUBEWIDE]

BigV;756340 wrote:

HoF's first video entry.

Take a f*cking bow, zippyt! I thought I was gonna pop a vessel, we watched this one and all the others (you need to watch all of them too) for over an hour! Good God, I was *exhausted* from laughing so much!!! YOU, sir, RAWK! For the record, SonofV says Dr Seuss wins by a mile. I agree, but, dayum, it WAS EPIC!

monster wrote:

If they don't catch them it doesn't count. This is not a socialist set-up. if I catch them, I get the credit. I just want someone else to do it. I think I'm going to implement a Flies for Food policy. Wings for Whiskas. And you know it was the black cat out there catching the birds yesterday.

Clodfobble wrote:

Who the fuck still banks with Bank of America anymore anyway? Dump their asses for a proper credit union.

jimhelm;765236 wrote:

It's a lot easier being a hammer, btw.

pensive pam;767757 wrote:

I am not sure what to make of this. Personally, I only clicked on it because I thought it said 'Glatt', not 'Griff.' I like Glatt as he is an all around nice guy... but I am here now, so I will comment...

I think you may benefit from some type of therapy. I know all about these things. It you approach it with an open mind, you will be fine with time and some medications. Since Clint Eastwood is almost dead; I think this dream symbolizes you realizing your own fate...of dieing someday. I hope this is not a joke...Pam.

Griff;768079 wrote:

:sniff: feelings whoa whoa whoa

footfootfoot;768089 wrote:

Yep, if he had any they'd be hurt.

California Mama wrote:

Wow, people gave you a hard time? I guess I missed all that.

I lurked for a long time. Joined. Really enjoyed the rest of the site, but got too sucked in, or life got too demanding, and I had to pull out. Still wore my Cellar t-shirt, though, which got lots of attention!

When I poked my head back in there were just a few random posted pics. I didn't know what happened, but stuck my toe in the water. Then my foot . . .

I love doing the images! Sometimes, I feel guilty for posting something that I don't think is up to the Cellar standard . . . (not looking for reassurance - I'm just one step below a perfectionist).

I have so many files and links and saved images that I could never post them all. I love the creativity and the challenge of what I think the day calls for.

The only crap I got was for the sexist library dude. I'm such an innocent. I was like "that was wrong? It seemed so right." I treasure the guidance of the Dwellars, though! I'm still running on my learner's permit.

Doing the IoTD really starts my day off on the right foot. Thanks for letting me play in your sand box!!!!!!!

[QUOTE]Dear Dr (Zengum),

You have successfully completed your probation period and are now confirmed in position of (General Smartass) in (Miscellaneous Academics Division) until 31-DEC-2049.

BigV;774638 wrote:

jimhelm wrote:

I don't get the whole thread.

what the hell is going on here? someone post a link to a relevant thread?

Clodfobble! do your job!
[QUOTE=BigV;774638]Just "be".

Flint;774705 wrote:

Yo dawg I heard u like meta-jokes in your meta-thread so I posted a meta-joke you posted in my meta-thread in your meta-thread. Oops...wardrobe malfunction.

Sundae;775609 wrote:

Hmmmmm.
I am speaking English. I just know more of it than you do.

Glatt, I am reminded of this story. I feel I may have posted it already. In truth, I'll answer all your very good questions later today.


Short version of the story:
In a small village there is a hideous stone statue in the middle of the village square. No one can remember who put it there or when, and no one can even begin to imagine who would have sculpted such a thing, but there it sits. This is how it came to be there.

A long time ago, a rabbi found a golem in a trunk in his basement and decided to re-animate it by placing a sacred scroll with the name of god written upon it into the golem's ear. The Golem came to life, immediately demanding to be given something to do. The rabbi tells the golem the lawn needs mowing and all the hedges need trimming. The golem goes off to do the yard work. The rabbi is no sooner at the top of the cellar steps when the golem comes back to him saying, "I've done as you asked. Give me something else to do!" The incredulous rabbi looks and sees the yard is perfect. He then tells the golem to re-wallpaper the upstairs of the house. The rabbi sits down to read his paper and no sooner is in his chair when the golem reappears demanding to be given another task.

The rabbi tells the golem to paint the house. Before the rabbi has a chance to pick up his paper the golem is back, angrily demanding something more to do. The rabbi has had enough of this by now and reaches up to the golem's ear to remove the scroll. The golem smacks the rabbi's hand away, roaring, “I WANT TO LIVE.” The rabbi, terrified tells the golem to go cut seven cords of wood, split it and stack it behind the house. As the golem heads off to cut the wood, the rabbi runs down to road to the home of an older rabbi. He hurriedly blurts out everything to the older rabbi who slowly shakes his head and says “You’ve done a foolish thing…” They are interrupted by the golem smashing down the rabbi’s door demanding to be given something to do.

The older rabbi tells the golem, “After you repair my front door, I want you to go down to the village square where the children are playing and answer all of their questions.”

The Golem repairs the door and goes to the village square where he sits down and begins fielding questions from the children, “How high is the sky? Why does it rain? When is tomorrow? Why is it dark at night? Do dogs go to heaven?”
After about an hour of answering the children’s questions the golem slowly reaches up to his ear and pulls the scroll out.

glatt;794023 wrote:

Absolutely. It's also easy at times. And sometimes it's fun. And sometimes it sucks. It's a mixed bag.

monster;784401 wrote:

Sundae

SamIam;795310 wrote:

I am fed up with a Christian fundamentalist god always messing with our State and Federal Government. The fact that the concept of separation of Church and State exists proves that god doesn't want the Republicans sneaking in rules about birth control or homosexuality and turning them into laws. This is such major hypocrisy for the "party of less government" that I am astonished. Maintaining the nation's infra-structure and ensuring food and health care for our children is too grievous an oppression by the government, but government mandates on private sexual choices, birth control, abortion, women's rights etc. are perfectly acceptable because that's what god wants. God is horrified by two happily paired off lesbians but indifferent to the suffering of a child. Go figure.

sexobon wrote:

Addicted To Us

Your PC's on, but you're not home
Your mind is not your own
Your keyboard rattles, your mouse shakes
Another post is what it takes

You can't read, can only write
There's no doubt, you're uptight
Your body's fixed, you can't leave
Another post is all you need

Whoa, you like to think that you're immune to the stuff, oh yeah
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough
You know you're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to us

You see the signs, but you don't heed
You're postin' at, a different speed
Your heart beats, in double time
Another post, and you'll be fine a one track mind
You can't be saved
The Cellar is all you crave
If there's a clone left for you
You don't mind if you do

Whoa, you like to think that you're immune to the stuff, oh yeah
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough
You know you're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to us

Might as well face it, you're addicted to us
......Might as well face it, you're addicted to us
............Might as well face it, you're addicted to us ...

BigV;808073 wrote:

Good question, here's why.

When you say stupid shit, you attract attention to yourself. When you say really stupid shit, repeatedly and loudly, you attract LOTS of attention to your stupid comments. When you drape yourself in stupidity, people can't see anything else, even if there is a reasonable person underneath.

And when I say "you", I mean anybody. But in this case, I mean you. That you say you're would "off all the people at a gay pride parade", that qualifies as really stupid shit, and you repeated it, you've draped yourself in stupid shit. What else is there for us to see? What *should* we be reacting to?

BigV wrote:

I just want to ask... how do you know?

Here we go again.

I teach students, but do they call me Zengum the Teacher? Nooooo.
I do first aid, but do they call me Zengum the first-aider? Nooooooo.
I read lots of books, but do they call me Zengum the reader? Nooo-ooo-ooo.

But you sniff one butt, just one little butt, just once, just to see what it's like, and from then on ...

infinite monkey;809665 wrote:

Right, and we weren't talking about the Joe Bob with a Job family down the street who have an inground pool.

At least I wasn't: I mean the "have to get more more more more more and don't care about your less less less less less." It's a sickness, and it's detrimental to more than just the sickie.

But those who consider themselves 1% (though really only the 40 or 50%, which is pretty funny) love to twist it around that we're all envious of Joe Bob with a Job for having that pool.

tw;810863 wrote:

It frames the tea party, Fox News, and Limbaugh disciples as advocates of hate, useless confrontation, and wacko extremism. And creates a problem for a moderate like Romney. He must now side with extremists or demonstrate the moderate he really wants to be.

Hateful extremists always need a bogeyman. bin Laden is gone. So gays make an easy target. Hate is necessary to recruit and rally extremists. And to even attack moderate Republicans who are openly condemning the hate and confrontation advocated by wacko extremists.

regular.joe accurately exposed the contradiction. The most hateful do not think for themselves. Are told that conservatives use government to impose religion and their morals on all others. The most naive are told how a conservative must think. Then parrot the propaganda. Do not even understand an obvious contradiction.

What minority will become the next extremist's target? We know extremist gain power by promoting hate. No decent, educated, or informed person has a problem with gay marriage. Those who promote hate need that bogeyman.

Happy Monkey;833200 wrote:

The mantra against affirmative action is "equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome".

But if you don't get equality in outcome, then there are two choices:
1) There was not equality in opportunity
2) One group is inherently inferior

I don't believe 2), so I'll support affirmative action until we've had a few generations of equality in outcome.

Stormieweather;834905 wrote:

I don't. But anywho...


Our country is not a business. That's the problem with promoting a businessman to run it. Running our country isn't about making money for the stockholders/elite and squeezing the most out of the employees/working folk in order to do it. Unless you are an elite, then maybe that IS what it's all about?

Our country is supposed to be about ensuring the future of our children and their children. Are we educating our children? Are we creating an economic model that will keep the working people happy and working for generations to come? Because when they become disillusioned, you will have revolt against the powers-that-be. Are we treating 50.8% of our population like second-class citizens or recognizing their right to be in charge of their own bodies/destiny? Are we teaching future generations to be tolerant of cultural/religious differences or are we teaching them hate and bigotry and intolerance? Because that won't end well.... Are we cultivating positive relationships with other countries or are we playing my military/penis is bigger than yours with everyone? Because our children have to deal with the consequences of this. We will be dead and gone while they send THEIR children off to die. Are we raping the limited natural resources of the only planet we have to live on? Or are we protecting them so future generations will have clean air and water and a healthy ecological cycle? It's not just about spending, although that matters too. History has shown that the economy is healthiest when taxes on the top earners is highest. Why is that such a sticking point? Taxing the Rich Clearly, because the richest and most powerful don't care about the economy/the rest of us in the long run, they care about their dollars, right now.
It isn't just about profits and sadly, that's what too many "businessmen" type politicians are focused on. How can I maximize the profit for me and my buddies? Use natural resources? Increase military spending? Remove financial regulations? Force working class to do more for less so my net income goes up? (ie: no minimum wage, no safety regulations, no unions, no benefits).

What I look for in a politician/leader is a vision for the future. How are their decisions going to impact future generations? What sort of world will my grandchildren be forced to live in?

If Mitt Romney and the religious right have their way, the future I foresee is incredibly grim.

sexobon;837354 wrote:

In countries with dictatorships, the general population may not have that influence on their leaders; so, we've decided that other governments can be segregated from their general populations and targeted separately. We didn't win a war with Iraq, just with its government.

BigV wrote:

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Should someone mention to our hero that maybe he should pay the same amount of taxes that he paid back in 1999 and the mouth of hell opens up and a million tea party members boil out to take a stand on his behalf.

infinite monkey;842431 wrote:

Knock knock
Who's there?
Toad
Toad who?
Toad you I'd start a bulletin board that would last forever!

infinite monkey;842478 wrote:

:blush:

Thanks. I've never made the Hall O' Fame before. :)

DanaC;842480 wrote:

yes you have!

I have definitely put stuff of yours in here before now. And I am pretty sure I've seen other people post your stuff in here too.

Griff;847498 wrote:

Despite my love of Westerns, I think Django Unchained will go unwatched. We are programming ourselves to accept violence. I think we are a pretty sick country. Our constant war-making, our exposure of young (often previously damaged) kids to violent media, our founding mythology, our crazy religious, our intolerance for each other, our sick school culture, our economic stress, our embarrassing political culture, its all in there how much each thing weighs in cracking some loon is not knowable. What I know is I spend every working day teaching children peaceful conflict resolution and everything I teach can be wiped away by shitty culture.

Clodfobble;849067 wrote:

This too shall pass, maybe like a giant fucking kidney stone, but it shall pass.

Jaydaan;852916 wrote:

Our little rescue, Aesa is still a challenge some days ...

--snip--

There is a poem out there, that makes me cry every time... because its true. While I don't know where you got your new baby Scout from, I do know I got Aesa from a home 2 hours before she was taken to the SPCA. This poem hits home, and maybe when you have your " wow, do you ever rest?" times with Scout you can think back to it. Its helped me with my "rescue".


I Rescued A Human Today
Author: Janine Allen

Her eyes met mine as she walked down the corridor
peering apprehensively into the kennels.
I felt her need instantly and knew I had to help her.
I wagged my tail, not too exuberantly, so she wouldn't be afraid.

As she stopped at my kennel I blocked her view from a little accident
I had in the back of my cage.
I didn't want her to know that I hadn't been walked today.
Sometimes the shelter keepers get too busy
and I didn't want her to think poorly of them.

As she read my kennel card,
I hoped that she wouldn't feel sad about my past.
I only have the future to look forward to
and want to make a difference in someone's life.

She got down on her knees and made little kissy sounds at me.
I shoved my shoulder and side of my head
up against the bars to comfort her.
Gentle fingertips caressed my neck;
she was desperate for companionship.

A tear fell down her cheek and I raised my paw
to assure her that all would be well.
Soon my kennel door opened and her smile was so bright
that I instantly jumped into her arms.

I would promise to keep her safe.
I would promise to always be by her side.
I would promise to do everything I could
to see that radiant smile and sparkle in her eyes.

I was so fortunate that she came down my corridor.
So many more are out there who haven't walked the corridors.
So many more to be saved.
At least I could save one.

I rescued a human today.

orthodoc;878739 wrote:

@sexobon ... yes, I misattributed your reference, thinking you actually had personal experience. As for 'doubling down' or having an 'I'm so offended' routine - there is no routine. I grew up with a mother who was mentally ill. Two of my children were psychotic at different times; one was admitted to inpatient multiple times.

While in medical school and residency I did extra work in psychiatry, always on the inpatient wards with the most severely ill patients. I saw successes and failures of treatment. I saw that these diseases were and are heartbreaking. I worked with a man who had the delusion that he needed to stare at the sun so that an alien race would perceive him and land in Canada to rescue him. He had stared at the sun long enough that he had gone blind.

But, never mind. Why should I share the experiences of people in pain and fear with you, when your only concern is for a puerile one-upmanship?

I'd hoped to have an actual conversation, but you're always and only about the put-downs and one-ups. At your age, that's sad.

lumberjim;879844 wrote:

Well, it's a shame that not every one lives up to your high hopes for them, Judge V.

lumberjim;879844 wrote:

Well, it's a shame that not every one lives up to your high hopes for them, Judge V.

Putting someone in the hall of fame because they agree with your judgements is a bit self serving by the way. Also... it illuminates what a crock this thread is. Could we please put 'Big V's ' on the front of this thread title?

lumberjim;879866 wrote:

Dana started it

lumberjim;879376 wrote:

I could start acting up, if you like.
You know, pick a few fights, call people names, shit like that.

No?

DanaC;879382 wrote:

As long as you do so verbally or with static images, that'd be peachy.

DanaC;879863 wrote:

Oh for fuck's sake, will you all just give it a fucking rest.

sexobon;879854 wrote:

Meh, consider the source LJ. BigV is a been nowhere, done nothing, little girlie man who can hold neither job nor woman. He projects his shortcomings on others because the closest he'll ever get to living up to his self expectations is being an internet hero defending damsels in distress on a website board. Pathetic is as pathetic does.

sexobon;872552 wrote:

[Quote=BigV]...--fine--his choice. but I'm not gonna get down in the shit pit with him. that takes two, and I decline. ...

lumberjim;879855 wrote:

snip--

Her post was articulate and friendly on rye bread with some mayonnaise. I don't care if it was Hall of Fame worthy. It was unworthy of you to gang up on sexo and try to disguise it. You wanna pick a fight with someone, toe the line and tell him about himself in the thread where you see him asking for it.

sexobon;879907 wrote:

Party's over, you missed it, that's OK, you weren't invited, we just wanted to use your thread.

sexobon;879907 wrote:

KTHXBYE.

sexobon;879912 wrote:

When I'm ready. That's also when I'll have serious conversation, when I'll jest, when I'll lend a helping hand and when I'll close and destroy. It won't be when others demand it. Learn to live with it boy.

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Big Sarge;882209 wrote:

Muslim, Jew, or Christian - we are all children of Abraham and worship the same God

BigV;887133 wrote:

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JBKlyde;887182 wrote:

you have nothing to say do you?? I just presented you with the basis of a righteous resistance against all the American New World Order is trying to remove from your life and all you can say is nothing?? Pathetic... If you do not stand up for your rights you deserve to have your rights taken away and as far as I am concerned you deserve to go to hell as well...

We all bring our own world view to the table, when faced with the big news of the day, don't we? "This is how this relates to what *I* believe!"

lumberjim;911392 wrote:

he's a man of few words

Dear glatt,

As others have said, this comes from a place of love, from inside my heart. You are a wonderful person and moderator. We wouldn't be where we are today if it weren't for you.

But your cauliflower addiction is running your life. You can't have a meal, not even a snack, without the crutch you call "my sweet cauly" or "daddy's little meal helper." It was funny at first, but you don't realize how much you are hurting yourself and others with your constant focus on cauliflower.

We will support you if you choose to get help. However, if you choose to keep going down this road, we can no longer, I can no longer, be there when it all falls apart.

Yes, it was amusing at first. A little cauliflower, a little giggle. But then you started steaming it. Then you started roasting it. You know the only way this can end, if you do not get the help you need right now. Soon, you will be consuming cauliflower pies and cauliflower cookies. You have already started trying to conceal cauliflower by stiffing it into quesadillas. If it's so harmless, as you say, why do you feel the need to hide it?

Freedom of speech is about having the right to express your opinion without fear of state reprisal or judicial response. It is not the right to express yourself without any social consequence.

Pico and ME;975643 wrote:

I believe that Hillary would have been as productive as Obama was allowed to be. Trump is going to go for it all...pro-money makers at the expense of all classes except the money makers. We will have to see if its a harm or benefit to you and me. Did Reagans trickle down do much for you?

Griff;1027994 wrote:

Time to wake this thread.

Your fellow Americans fall into probably dozens or more slots, and likely none you don't have something in common with. I'm not suggesting you go to Idaho and make friends with the survivalists, or Frisco and hang with the hippies/hipsters, or whatever is cool now. But for christs sake people you were friends with before this shit started shouldn't be written off as the enemy over one or two issues. -Bruce

fargon;1028052 wrote:

Amen

Flint wrote:

People say Bernie "isn't as Progressive" as he used to be-- well DUH, it's "not Progressive" anymore because EVERYBODY'S DOING IT now.

He's transformed politics. When he lost the Primary in 2016 it was like killing Obi-Wan Kenobi.

monster;1047947 wrote:

I would love America to be great. I just think maybe I have a different definition of my great. In my great, America would be a country where you didn't need to be rich to get good healthcare and good education or afford healthy food, a country where those who are "differently talented" can still work an honest 40 hours in one job and make enough to live on. I'm fine with people being rich. I'm fine with wealth buying fancy houses, vacations, fast cars, meals in restaurants, luxury private rooms in hospitals, golden unicorns to piss on you to realign your chakras..... These are not life necessities, I'm ok with poorer people going without them. But when those who need help with their mental health are homeless and hungry and families have two parents working 2 or 3 part time jobs each to try and keep their family afloat but end up with no time to cook healthy meals even if they could afford the ingredients or eat together as a family ...the country they are in is not great. I'm not ok with that.

I know this is kind of political, but I'm not meaning/wanting to start a debate about it. I know it's naively stated and idealistic. I just wanted to say it because it's bugging the fuck out of me.

Luce;1049838 wrote:

Don't care, still voting against Trump.