The guy who founded IKEA loved Swedish taxes so much, he renounced his citizenship and moved to Switzerland.
Abba loved them so much they wore crazy clothes so they could be write-offs.
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- 14 Jan 2021, 21:31
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: Worthwhile intertubez finds
- Replies: 12499
- Views: 1020390
- 14 Jan 2021, 10:10
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: The capitol insurrection and its aftermath
- Replies: 90
- Views: 1408
Re: The capitol insurrection and its aftermath
Do we even have any real evidence that there was a specific "plot" in the sense of "we are planning to invade Congress and kill/take hostages/whatever", as opposed to a bunch of red state yahoos whipping each other up? It's a fine line between the two, but I'd say there's more than enough evidence ...
- 14 Jan 2021, 10:04
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: What are you reading?
- Replies: 3210
- Views: 263071
Re: What are you reading?
Trying my best to not give anything away, but it’s not gimmicky. (But you do have to get thru the entire series to see why)
- 09 Jan 2021, 16:26
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: The capitol insurrection and its aftermath
- Replies: 90
- Views: 1408
Re: The capitol insurrection and its aftermath
One thing I am noticing is how several of the rioters have been tracked through their phones and social media. I wonder how many of those buy into the 'Corona vaccine is a ploy to implant rfid devices' conspiracy. I read somewhere that since the Capitol is an ancient stone building and thus essenti...
- 09 Jan 2021, 08:34
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: The capitol insurrection and its aftermath
- Replies: 90
- Views: 1408
- 07 Jan 2021, 23:43
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: Light laffs
- Replies: 6144
- Views: 452901
Re: Light laffs
Fight for fifteen, but suck for twenty.
- 07 Jan 2021, 15:14
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: For the record
- Replies: 16
- Views: 240
Re: For the record
For well over thirty years, I’ve thought the Bolsheviks morally wrong for what they did to the Romanov family in the end.
I no longer think that.
I no longer think that.
- 07 Jan 2021, 12:02
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: For the record
- Replies: 16
- Views: 240
For the record
Edward Snowden is a treasonous bastard and an enemy of the United States of America. https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1347224002671108098?s=19 Facebook officially silences the President of the United States. For better or worse, this will be remembered as a turning point in the battle for control ...
- 06 Jan 2021, 18:23
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: Speaking in tongues (the "learning languages" thread)
- Replies: 331
- Views: 60194
Re: Speaking in tongues (the "learning languages" thread)
the -ito thing is common enough in Spanish grammar, but making it an appellation (i.e nickname or term of address), instead of just a adjective, is a bit slangy & casual.
- 06 Jan 2021, 16:45
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: Star Trek Wankery
- Replies: 1387
- Views: 154328
Re: Star Trek Wankery
So I say to myself, I got to unplug from the news & Twitter this afternoon. I know, Let me just watch an old Star Trek episode on Netflix.
Ok, where did Ieave off? Ah - DS9, Season 2, episode 2.
“The Circle”
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/Circle/ ... _(episode)
Well, shit.
Ok, where did Ieave off? Ah - DS9, Season 2, episode 2.
“The Circle”
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/Circle/ ... _(episode)
Well, shit.
- 06 Jan 2021, 00:27
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: This is the thread for people who died, died.
- Replies: 2810
- Views: 265104
Re: This is the thread for people who died, died.
Somewhere in either that Twitter thread or a blogpost talking about that Twitter thread said the last person getting survivor benefits (who was a kid of vet(?)*) did pass away a couple of years ago. *or maybe a just a kid of a widow. Not sure how the qualification worked back then. Though some of th...
- 05 Jan 2021, 14:28
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: 2020 Status Check
- Replies: 145
- Views: 2294
Re: 2020 Status Check
“Cantonic System, more like Catatonic System amirite?”
- 04 Jan 2021, 12:09
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: 2020 Status Check
- Replies: 145
- Views: 2294
Re: 2020 Status Check
Addendum by Jacob Siegel, one of my favorite people writing about 2020. I was going to quote but just wanted to quote it all: https://unherd.com/2020/12/why-americas-elites-keep-on-winning/ In Jacob Siegel’s telling, Trump gets absolutely no blame. So Jacob Siegel can absolutely go fuck himself. I ...
- 03 Jan 2021, 23:40
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: Antonio Brown's Used Helmet Emporium -- NFL 2019
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5011
Re: Antonio Brown's Used Helmet Emporium -- NFL 2019
Lol Washington is in the playoffs.
- 03 Jan 2021, 21:23
- Forum: Hit & Run Over
- Topic: Trump Blames Everyone but Himself for His Defeat
- Replies: 11
- Views: 406
Re: Trump Blames Everyone but Himself for His Defeat
I mean, sometimes you drunk dial your ex, but at least this time the regret is instant.
- 01 Jan 2021, 14:50
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: What's New at the Bijou?
- Replies: 1188
- Views: 119762
- 01 Jan 2021, 13:46
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: What's New at the Bijou?
- Replies: 1188
- Views: 119762
Re: What's New at the Bijou?
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. I never saw Fences, the other movie production(so far) based on this series of plays (called ‘the century cycle’), so I can’t compare, but, while very good, you can see the ‘adaptation from a play’ bones on this very clearly, to the point it became a bit distracting for me....
- 31 Dec 2020, 18:13
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: 2020 Status Check
- Replies: 145
- Views: 2294
Re: 2020 Status Check
In Jacob Siegel’s telling, Trump gets absolutely no blame.nicole wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 07:57 Addendum by Jacob Siegel, one of my favorite people writing about 2020. I was going to quote but just wanted to quote it all: https://unherd.com/2020/12/why-americas ... n-winning/
So Jacob Siegel can absolutely go fuck himself.
- 30 Dec 2020, 22:51
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: The son of "What the hell are YOU staring at?"
- Replies: 8215
- Views: 463846
Re: The son of "What the hell are YOU staring at?"
I say with complete seriousness that this is in the Mt Rushmore of war movie scenes.
- 30 Dec 2020, 13:04
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: Random covid-19 observations
- Replies: 1018
- Views: 109090
Re: Random covid-19 observations
Louisiana congressman-elect dies of Covid Rep.-elect Luke Letlow (R-La.) has died from the coronavirus, multiple sources confirmed Tuesday evening. He was 41. I am curious what position he took on facemasks and what rallies he attended. EDIT: Color me not surprised: Luke Letlow’s maskless campaign ...
- 29 Dec 2020, 23:34
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: Random covid-19 observations
- Replies: 1018
- Views: 109090
Re: Random covid-19 observations
That’s a good point. It’s like “taxes? Bah, this piece of property is worth nothing, nada, zilch.”
but “a loan? this piece of property is super duper valuable”
but “a loan? this piece of property is super duper valuable”
- 28 Dec 2020, 22:29
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: Twitter!
- Replies: 3740
- Views: 363129
Re: Twitter!
Subtitles are also getting better at not giving away spoilers through identification of the speaker of the dialog.
- 28 Dec 2020, 22:28
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: Twitter!
- Replies: 3740
- Views: 363129
Re: Twitter!
Fair enough, but I’d say most modern subtitles are a bit better than that (higher screen resolutions and sparser dialog help) But that’s also why I’m a ‘subtitle is better than dub’ person for foreign language stuff, so I can can hear the rhythm and emotion in the original actor’s voices, even if I ...
- 28 Dec 2020, 21:33
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: What's New at the Bijou?
- Replies: 1188
- Views: 119762
Re: What's New at the Bijou?
Soul, the new Pixar flick is another solid outing from them. I do agree with one reviewer in that I think it stops a little bit short of fulling fleshing out its own premises and underlying tension so the resolution, while satisfying and earned, is a bit pat.
- 28 Dec 2020, 21:28
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: Twitter!
- Replies: 3740
- Views: 363129
Re: Twitter!
There are definitely moves among some sectors of society that subtitles should be on everything everywhere because accessibility. "It helps people with hearing issues! And there's no downside!" And this bugs me because I fucking hate subtitles and they tend to really damage the experience of watchi...