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Post by Prole Hole on Mar 9, 2022 9:49:42 GMT -5
That's a perfectly crumulent question. This isn't the crumby joke thread. It could be but the resistance crumbled.
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Post by Rainbow Rosa on Mar 10, 2022 19:23:02 GMT -5
Not a huge sports fan, so... what is (was?) the deal with this MLB lockout?
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Post by Ben Grimm on Mar 10, 2022 20:46:02 GMT -5
Not a huge sports fan, so... what is (was?) the deal with this MLB lockout? Owners were greedy and eventually decided that their greed was better served by ending it, eventually. Same as the deal with every lockout.
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Post by Rainbow Rosa on Mar 10, 2022 20:49:26 GMT -5
Not a huge sports fan, so... what is (was?) the deal with this MLB lockout? Owners were greedy and eventually decided that their greed was better served by ending it, eventually. Same as the deal with every lockout. What does owner-side greed look like in the context of a job where the average employee makes more in a year than I will in my entire life to hit a ball with a stick?
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Post by Ben Grimm on Mar 10, 2022 20:57:06 GMT -5
Owners were greedy and eventually decided that their greed was better served by ending it, eventually. Same as the deal with every lockout. What does owner-side greed look like in the context of a job where the average employee makes more in a year than I will in my entire life to hit a ball with a stick? Similarly to how small-business owner greed looks to people making minimum wage, it's just scaled up a lot. The owners shouldn't get a pass just because the people they're taking advantage of are paid more than the rest of us. They're still the bad guys.
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Post by Desert Dweller on Mar 13, 2022 0:24:46 GMT -5
Owners were greedy and eventually decided that their greed was better served by ending it, eventually. Same as the deal with every lockout. What does owner-side greed look like in the context of a job where the average employee makes more in a year than I will in my entire life to hit a ball with a stick? The details are complex, but essentially the owners are refusing to share any of the greatly expanded revenue in MLB with the players. The MLB commissioner and owners have been trying a lot of shenanigans over the past few decades, enacting more and more rules to prevent players from using their athletic skills to earn more of the pot. Players finally got fed up.
The core issues here didn't really get addressed in any meaningful way. The owners walked back several of their more greedy demands, gave small improvements in a few areas. But I expect it to be just as contentious in 5 years when this contract is up.
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Mar 24, 2022 9:11:50 GMT -5
Tankies.
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Mar 24, 2022 9:33:09 GMT -5
They're like Twinkies, only bigger.
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Post by Ben Grimm on Mar 24, 2022 9:41:14 GMT -5
They're just bog-standard authoritarians who tend to pick the Soviets over the Fascists, but will still side with Fascists over anyone with a more (small-L) libertarian mindset.
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Post by Nudeviking on May 11, 2022 0:04:51 GMT -5
Some guy named Jack Harlow? I have no idea who or what he is but over the past two or three days I keep seeing news stories about him or see twits about him on the twittler.
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Post by LazBro on May 11, 2022 7:53:45 GMT -5
Some guy named Jack Harlow? I have no idea who or what he is but over the past two or three days I keep seeing news stories about him or see twits about him on the twittler. I think his verse on that one Lil Nas X song legitimately slaps, but yeah that's all I know about him.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on May 11, 2022 18:55:40 GMT -5
The term originated as a pejorative to describe members of the Communist Party of Great Britain who defended Khrushchev's decision to send in the tanks to crush the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Obviously its use has been more broadly applied since. Wikipedia suggests that it was mainly used for a time by Marxist-Leninists who were opposed to those Marxist-Leninists who were Stalinists or followed the Soviet party line. I'm not super knowledgeable about British communists in the 1950s beyond what I know of Eric Hobsbawm's history with the party and Doris Lessing's dramatization of weird CPGB party-line adherence cloaked behind an infuriating number of layers of ironic distance or perceived ironic distance in The Golden Notebook. In terms of its modern day usage, I'm not an expert by any means, because I don't really want to spend a lot of time engaging with people I consider to be tankies, but as a terminally online 2020s non-tankie Marxist, here's my two cents. I would say that the term "tankie" in the present day is generally used against a couple of pretty marginal groups of leftists or perceived leftists (obviously, as "tankie" isn't a term with sharply defined boundaries, so there's going to be disagreement as to who's a tankie and who's not, and sure the term can be misused, but I'm not particularly interested in that). One group is actual Stalinists, and look, I have no goddamn clue how many real life Stalinists there are in 2022, and cannot imagine they are particularly relevant outside of some dumb corners of left Twitter. I sure don't know any irl. Another group would be leftists who subscribe to a particularly asinine form of opposition to US imperialism, wherein they assume that various authoritarian rulers who are opposed to the US must be good, actually (obviously, US imperialism is bad, but also, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" turns out to be a really dumb idea to uncritically base your beliefs wrt foreign policy on). So like, people who think Assad or Putin or Xi are good, actually, and that claims that Assad used chemical weapons against his fellow Syrians are a false flag, that the pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong are imperialists, etc. I don't know how relevant these people are beyond online bullshit either. I went to school with a guy who, last I knew, was a pro-Assad leftist, so I at least knew one of these tankies irl. So yeah, hopefully that helps?
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Post by Desert Dweller on May 11, 2022 23:07:46 GMT -5
Some guy named Jack Harlow? I have no idea who or what he is but over the past two or three days I keep seeing news stories about him or see twits about him on the twittler.
Same! I saw this name everywhere, in contexts that made it sound like I should know him. Of the "he's back!" variety.
Me: Who?
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Post by Nudeviking on May 11, 2022 23:23:30 GMT -5
Some guy named Jack Harlow? I have no idea who or what he is but over the past two or three days I keep seeing news stories about him or see twits about him on the twittler.
Same! I saw this name everywhere, in contexts that made it sound like I should know him. Of the "he's back!" variety.
Me: Who?
Exactly! It wasn't just "Oh some newish celebrity I am not privy to has appeared," it was "This guy you should have already been well acquainted with is back again!"
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Post by Celebith on May 12, 2022 11:18:46 GMT -5
They're like Twinkies, only bigger. The only place I've heard 'Tankies' is on the NUMTOT FB group, which slowly morphed from funny things about bikes, trains and public transportation, to hating everyone who drives a car (tankies, because they're driving around in their armored vehicles or something, I guess). I had to quit that group, because I love public transportation, but dude, everyone doesn't live where that's practical. Or even available.
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Post by Ben Grimm on May 19, 2022 15:30:16 GMT -5
Arthur (the children's show, not the famous king, or the Dudley Moore movie, or the remake of the Dudley Moore movie, though I haven't seen it, either).
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Post by Ben Grimm on Sept 28, 2022 15:15:39 GMT -5
The Try Guys
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Post by Scruff on Sept 30, 2022 12:42:40 GMT -5
What I learned is that the guy whose schtick was being the good married man was *shockingly* a cheating cheater who cheated all the time.
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Post by liebkartoffel on Oct 2, 2022 18:32:42 GMT -5
What I learned is that the guy whose schtick was being the good married man was *shockingly* a cheating cheater who cheated all the time. I don't know very much either, but I did enjoy adulterous Try Guy's apology statement: As we all know, maintaining a monogamous relationship with one's spouse requires immense amounts of concentration. Get distracted for even a second and op, whoops, your dick is consensually inside your coworker yet again.
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Post by Scruff on Oct 3, 2022 7:43:04 GMT -5
What I learned is that the guy whose schtick was being the good married man was *shockingly* a cheating cheater who cheated all the time. I don't know very much either, but I did enjoy adulterous Try Guy's apology statement: As we all know, maintaining a monogamous relationship with one's spouse requires immense amounts of concentration. Get distracted for even a second and op, whoops, your dick is consensually inside your coworker yet again. I guess that wasn't his only affair. And let's not forget the power imbalance of the affair with a subordinate, thus his inclusion of 'consensual.' I don't listen to their show obviously, but from the sounds of it, he also worked with his wife and a lot of his content was about his family. His apology is even funnier in that light. Just admit you want to sleep around with other people at that point and go be single.
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Post by Nudeviking on Oct 3, 2022 19:58:18 GMT -5
Try Guys and Wife Guys which may or may not be the same thing.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Oct 3, 2022 20:19:52 GMT -5
Try Guys and Wife Guys which may or may not be the same thing. One of the Try Guys was known for being a wife guy.
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Post by Nudeviking on Oct 3, 2022 20:28:15 GMT -5
Try Guys and Wife Guys which may or may not be the same thing. One of the Try Guys was known for being a wife guy. Try Guys I now vaguely understand due to what's been posted here explaining them to others. I still don't know what a Wife Guy is.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Oct 3, 2022 20:38:02 GMT -5
One of the Try Guys was known for being a wife guy. Try Guys I now vaguely understand due to what's been posted here explaining them to others. I still don't know what a Wife Guy is. A guy who really loves his wife to the point of making it his entire online personality
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Post by liebkartoffel on Oct 3, 2022 21:18:17 GMT -5
Try Guys I now vaguely understand due to what's been posted here explaining them to others. I still don't know what a Wife Guy is. A guy who really loves his wife to the point of making it his entire online personality Eh, I think the "love" has to be obnoxious and performative to truly reach "Wife Guy" level--as if said guy thinks he's earning feminist brownie points by constantly talking about his wife. See: I Love This Woman and Her Curvy Body for the ur-trope.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Oct 4, 2022 13:54:10 GMT -5
Butter boards. I kind of understand it, but I don't. Like, why? And like, don't.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Oct 4, 2022 14:27:29 GMT -5
Arthur (the children's show, not the famous king, or the Dudley Moore movie, or the remake of the Dudley Moore movie, though I haven't seen it, either). What if there was an anthropomorphic aardvark who could talk? What if he lived in a version of the real world populated by other talking anthropomorphic non-human animals? What if they never explained how the animals can talk and you were just supposed to accept this state of affairs without questioning this basic premise too deeply? What if all the various talking animals had lifespans that were presumably comparable to those of humans in the real world? What if the talking aardvark wore glasses, a yellow shirt, and blue jeans, liked to read books, and was in the third grade? What if he had a pet dog who wasn’t anthropomorphic but was just a regular non-talking dog? What if the talking aardvark had a younger sister in preschool whose gimmick was “what if Calvin were four and also his precocious outbursts were appropriate for a TV show for small children”? What if the talking aardvark had friends? What if one of the friends was a talking rabbit who’s gimmick was being the talking aardvark’s best friend and also comic relief I guess? What if one of the other friends were a monkey whose gimmick was that she’s good at sports? What if one of the friends were a talking bear whose gimmick is that he’s incredibly smart? What if a Young Steven Crowder voiced the talking bear for a little while in the early aughts? What if one of the friends were a…I actually don’t know what kind of animal she is but her gimmick is that her parents are rich? What if there were dozens of other minor characters with well-defined personalities and gimmicks of their own? What if the show was intended to teach children various moral lessons, a lot of which have a sort of “very special episode” quality to them but they usually manage to pull it off? What if there were clever analogs to real-world pop cultural phenomena in this fictional universe? What if real-world celebrities such as Yo Yo Ma or Neil Gaiman occasionally made guest appearances playing talking anthropomorphic non-human animal versions of themselves? What if the show was generally well-made, occasionally experimented with its art style, and garnered a reputation for being a children’s show that parents not only tend to not consider to be incredibly annoying, but often find charming, smart, and enjoyable, without becoming ostensible-kids’-entertainment-that’s-actually-for-adults? What if one of Bob Marley’s kids sang the theme song? What if the show had been running for a little over a quarter of a century? What if the aardvark’s third grade teacher were a talking rat? What if the talking rat was either gay or bisexual and he married another man in one episode? What if Sebastian Gorka reacted to the gay marriage episode by declaring it an example of the Trotskyist principle of “permanent revolution” in action, but, being a reactionary and not a Marxist, he didn’t mean this as a complement, but rather as a homophobic attack on the show? That, in a nutshell, is the premise of Arthur the children’s show.
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Post by Superb Owl 🦉 on Oct 4, 2022 15:17:26 GMT -5
Arthur (the children's show, not the famous king, or the Dudley Moore movie, or the remake of the Dudley Moore movie, though I haven't seen it, either). What if there was an anthropomorphic aardvark who could talk? What if he lived in a version of the real world populated by other talking anthropomorphic non-human animals? What if they never explained how the animals can talk and you were just supposed to accept this state of affairs without questioning this basic premise too deeply? What if all the various talking animals had lifespans that were presumably comparable to those of humans in the real world? What if the talking aardvark wore glasses, a yellow shirt, and blue jeans, liked to read books, and was in the third grade? What if he had a pet dog who wasn’t anthropomorphic but was just a regular non-talking dog? What if the talking aardvark had a younger sister in preschool whose gimmick was “what if Calvin were four and also his precocious outbursts were appropriate for a TV show for small children”? What if the talking aardvark had friends? What if one of the friends was a talking rabbit who’s gimmick was being the talking aardvark’s best friend and also comic relief I guess? What if one of the other friends were a monkey whose gimmick was that she’s good at sports? What if one of the friends were a talking bear whose gimmick is that he’s incredibly smart? What if a Young Steven Crowder voiced the talking bear for a little while in the early aughts? What if one of the friends were a…I actually don’t know what kind of animal she is but her gimmick is that her parents are rich? What if there were dozens of other minor characters with well-defined personalities and gimmicks of their own? What if the show was intended to teach children various moral lessons, a lot of which have a sort of “very special episode” quality to them but they usually manage to pull it off? What if there were clever analogs to real-world pop cultural phenomena in this fictional universe? What if real-world celebrities such as Yo Yo Ma or Neil Gaiman occasionally made guest appearances playing talking anthropomorphic non-human animal versions of themselves? What if the show was generally well-made, occasionally experimented with its art style, and garnered a reputation for being a children’s show that parents not only tend to not consider to be incredibly annoying, but often find charming, smart, and enjoyable, without becoming ostensible-kids’-entertainment-that’s-actually-for-adults? What if one of Bob Marley’s kids sang the theme song? What if the show had been running for a little over a quarter of a century? What if the aardvark’s third grade teacher were a talking rat? What if the talking rat was either gay or bisexual and he married another man in one episode? What if Sebastian Gorka reacted to the gay marriage episode by declaring it an example of the Trotskyist principle of “permanent revolution” in action, but, being a reactionary and not a Marxist, he didn’t mean this as a complement, but rather as a homophobic attack on the show? That, in a nutshell, is the premise of Arthur the children’s show. um, excuse me, Buster's gimmick is liking to eat.
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Post by MyNameIsNoneOfYourGoddamnBusin on May 22, 2023 5:55:56 GMT -5
Still refusing to learn what pickleball is.
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Post by Ben Grimm on Jul 6, 2023 12:08:30 GMT -5
Colleen Ballinger
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