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Another Open Thread

by John Cole|  January 15, 201212:33 am| 93 Comments

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Because why not? Had tea at 9 and it looks like I am up for a while.

SNL was so bad I am watching Big Shrimpin’ On Demand.

*** Update ***

Sometimes, you just gotta troll:

GET SOME! GET SOME!

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  1. 1.

    General Stuck

    January 15, 2012 at 12:36 am

    I’ve run out of things to say

  2. 2.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 15, 2012 at 12:37 am

    Hey, Lana Del Rey is the musical guest. Her first song was mixed badly, but still.

    @General Stuck: Say it ain’t so….

  3. 3.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 15, 2012 at 12:39 am

    Big Shrimpin’.. you mean you can’t stay away from the Republican primary?

  4. 4.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 15, 2012 at 12:40 am

    @MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson: Shrimp are good things. GOP candidates are not good things.

    Edited to fix random capitalization.

  5. 5.

    General Stuck

    January 15, 2012 at 12:42 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Say it ain’t so….

  6. 6.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 15, 2012 at 12:42 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Gulf Shrimp, my friend. Toxic. The GOP is also toxic. You see the connection?

  7. 7.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 15, 2012 at 12:44 am

    @MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson: Aha. On clicks the light. Too subtle you were.

  8. 8.

    gaz

    January 15, 2012 at 12:45 am

    Cole’s drunk, or getting there. =)

    I figure after the Pats victory and the march of open threads…

    one wonders. or at least I do

  9. 9.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 15, 2012 at 12:45 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Apparently the Huckabee Leg-humping Debate tonight was so bad even Sully just up and quit before the final ragegasms were completed.

  10. 10.

    kdaug

    January 15, 2012 at 12:47 am

    What the hell is Big Shrimpin’ on Demand?

    I like shrimp (prefer to eat them over watching them, though), so I take it this is some stupid TV show?

    But seriously, where the hell does the “Demand” show up?

    “Get ye’ into me nets, ya shrimpies”??

    Startin’ to get worried about you, Cole.

    (All right, scratch the “startin'” part.)

  11. 11.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 15, 2012 at 12:53 am

    @MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson: The up-side is Lana’s second was mixed better.

  12. 12.

    FlipYrWhig

    January 15, 2012 at 12:55 am

    This isn’t a particularly bad SNL, actually. I guess my standards are low.

    And Lana Del Rey is so horrendous I want to punish my ears for funneling her songs into my brain.

  13. 13.

    gaz

    January 15, 2012 at 12:56 am

    @FlipYrWhig: I think you just explained why I don’t watch television more succinctly than I ever could.

  14. 14.

    FlipYrWhig

    January 15, 2012 at 12:57 am

    I’ve never heard her before. When I saw her, I said, is this going to be like that Florence and the Machine crap? Alas, the answer was, exactly, only worse.

  15. 15.

    gaz

    January 15, 2012 at 12:59 am

    @FlipYrWhig: Wow. Seems, I’ve missed out on a lot of pop culture. I won’t lose any sleep =)

  16. 16.

    kdaug

    January 15, 2012 at 12:59 am

    No, seriously, now this is starting to bug me.

    What the hell is it? “Big Shrimpin’ On Demand”?

    I mean, if a friend told me he was watching some “Tomato Plant Whisperer” shit, it’d be cause for concern.

    Turn the TV off, Cole. Stick to the computer.

    Normally wouldn’t say this, but in your case, it sounds safer.

  17. 17.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 15, 2012 at 12:59 am

    @FlipYrWhig: She is actually quite good. I’ve seen/heard other live recordings.

    Edited.

  18. 18.

    FlipYrWhig

    January 15, 2012 at 1:01 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: Does she always sound like narcoleptic Edith Piaf?

  19. 19.

    gaz

    January 15, 2012 at 1:01 am

    i would have called the show Shrimp My Ride, but whatever

  20. 20.

    robertdsc-PowerBook

    January 15, 2012 at 1:02 am

    From the last open thread:

    Nostradumbass:

    Next you’ll be telling us you’re a Yankees and Red Wings fan as well.

    I like the Yankees, yes. The Dodgers are my No. 1 baseball team, though. I’m a NY Rangers fan, not Red Wings.

    So it goes, LOL.

  21. 21.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 15, 2012 at 1:03 am

    @gaz:

    The Gingrich Cut = Ride My Shrimp!

  22. 22.

    gaz

    January 15, 2012 at 1:04 am

    Heh. mental imagery is unflattering.

  23. 23.

    JGabriel

    January 15, 2012 at 1:04 am

    John Cole @ Top:

    I am watching Big Shrimpin’ On Demand.

    Like the song says: Sunday Morning … I’ve got a feeling I don’t want to know.

    .

  24. 24.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 15, 2012 at 1:04 am

    @FlipYrWhig: I don’t think so.

  25. 25.

    Warren Terra

    January 15, 2012 at 1:04 am

    Just finished watching the last of series 6 of Doctor Who on Netflix. FSM, I love Stephen Moffat.

  26. 26.

    burnspbesq

    January 15, 2012 at 1:05 am

    Another innings win for Australia.

    In a series marked by shocking Indian collapses, this is the most shocking of all. They gave up their last four wickets in eight balls. Imagine a bullpen of four Mariano Riveras, and that’s a decent analogy to describe the Australian bowling in this series.

  27. 27.

    gaz

    January 15, 2012 at 1:05 am

    @robertdsc-PowerBook: I wish I understood why people enjoyed football so that it wouldn’t bore me.

    Does it involve drinking? I’m pretty sure fishing and minature golf are in that category. Maybe that’s why I don’t grok it.

  28. 28.

    paramedicx

    January 15, 2012 at 1:06 am

    Rangers, Red Wings & Dodgers WTF? U an army brat or just schitzophrenic?

  29. 29.

    Warren Terra

    January 15, 2012 at 1:07 am

    Oh, and my President came out against SOPA today, and Tebow has more free time to spend circumcising poor Filipino kids (and wondering why his god has forsaken him). All in all, a pretty good day.

  30. 30.

    Mark S.

    January 15, 2012 at 1:07 am

    @FlipYrWhig:

    I’d take that Dog Days song over that crap anytime.

  31. 31.

    gaz

    January 15, 2012 at 1:09 am

    @Warren Terra: As far as the SOPA thing. Honestly, I’m so jaded at this point about our general state of political affairs (SNAFU comes to mind), that I just kinda wanted to see congress make all DNS servers in the united states obsolete and worthless overnight. You know – for teh lulz.

  32. 32.

    robertdsc-PowerBook

    January 15, 2012 at 1:12 am

    @paramedicx:
    No. Patriots in football since Brady came to town, Lakers in basketball (lifelong), Dodgers (lifelong), Yankees since 2003, and NY Rangers since 1992 when Messier came to town.

  33. 33.

    andy

    January 15, 2012 at 1:13 am

    The day started bad. Woke up from a dream where I was being chased by angry dog in my own house.

    Later in the day when I was settled down I put together the cassoulet I had been planning for the weekend. We’re finally having some wintery weather up here in Brainerd (we even had a bit of snow) so I figured something heavy might be a good idea. Gotta say, greasy meats and beans were made for each other.

  34. 34.

    robertdsc-PowerBook

    January 15, 2012 at 1:17 am

    @gaz:
    I personally don’t drink, but there’s a lot of athleticism out on the football field. I like it for that. I also like the drama of late-game heroics. As for Brady and the Pats, I heard a lot of trash talk about Tebow, so smashing his face in is a good thing for me.

    Unfortunately, the Lakers lost, so my fucknut of a boss will be insufferable on Monday.

  35. 35.

    Anne Laurie

    January 15, 2012 at 1:27 am

    @gaz:

    Honestly, I’m so jaded at this point about our general state of political affairs (SNAFU comes to mind)

    As someone who’s been paying attention to politics since the late 1960s, I say it’s really gone beyond ‘Situation Normal’ and is completely FUBAR (Fvcked Up Beyond All Recognition).

    (Yes, I keep running into people who don’t know those are acronyms.)

  36. 36.

    gaz

    January 15, 2012 at 1:27 am

    @robertdsc-PowerBook: I rather enjoyed betting against the seahawks, and always winning – but that’s just because I am an asshole. I never watched the games.

    I’m about as athletic, as well – I run when chased.

    =)

    I like most international football, but basically because of awesome spectacle of it all, maybe more than the sport itself… – I’ve wanted to hit up a world cup – if I’m lucky maybe I’ll catch the next FIFA in Brazil – more of an experience, than anything.

    I’m not a sports nut – so I generally stay out of the football threads. When I don’t the results are remarkably – awkward. If you guys turn this into a football thread, I think I’ll sit it out, and spare myself some humiliation =P =) I know virtually nothing about the game. I’m lucky I can remember which team belongs to which sport.

  37. 37.

    gaz

    January 15, 2012 at 1:30 am

    @Anne Laurie: I meant snafu, and I meant it in this case as fucked up is the new normal. if that’s a bastardization of the military use, well, guilty as charged. Sometimes I forget how many active service veterans lurk here =)

    /stands at attention
    /sir yes sir!
    /I’m sorry about the jelly donut sir!

  38. 38.

    Nerull

    January 15, 2012 at 1:36 am

    None of the usual places have debate threads.

    If there is a debate, and no one watches it, does it still make noise?

  39. 39.

    gaz

    January 15, 2012 at 1:36 am

    @Anne Laurie: and as a programmer, I’m well aware of fubar, and it’s many variations (foobar, foobaz) =P =) heh.

  40. 40.

    gaz

    January 15, 2012 at 1:37 am

    @Nerull: Isn’t dancing with the stars, or toddlers in tiaras on?

    Maybe that’s why nobody tuned in.

  41. 41.

    gaz

    January 15, 2012 at 1:41 am

    @robertdsc-PowerBook: Tebow actually makes me kinda interested in football.

    Tebow smashed his face in? heh.

    I hope he doesn’t buy into the
    “Jesus is my primary care provider”
    nonsense.

    =)

  42. 42.

    suzanne

    January 15, 2012 at 1:41 am

    @FlipYrWhig:

    When I saw her, I said, is this going to be like that Florence and the Machine crap?

    Oh, hush now. Love Florence.

  43. 43.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 15, 2012 at 1:43 am

    @suzanne: I love Lana, but that doesn’t stop the haters.

  44. 44.

    Calouste

    January 15, 2012 at 1:46 am

    @burnspbesq:

    The Aussies aren’t that good. They lost at home to New Zealand last month for fuck’s sake. But in this series, only one team is playing cricket. The other one is playing ten-pin bowling.

  45. 45.

    suzanne

    January 15, 2012 at 1:46 am

    @gaz:

    I wish I understood why people enjoyed football so that it wouldn’t bore me.

    I concur. I find it boring, and knowing how dangerous it is, it seems like the socially acceptable variant of watching gladiators in the arena. If I wanted to watch dudes smack into each other, I’d… well, not sure where I’m going with this. I suppose I need more stimulation than watching dudes smack into each other. I think it has to do with anxious American masculinity.

  46. 46.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 15, 2012 at 1:50 am

    This should calm all the football fans and haters. Anyone who has a problem with Patti, well, fuck ’em.

  47. 47.

    FlipYrWhig

    January 15, 2012 at 1:59 am

    @suzanne: Sleepy low-voiced ladies… Not my thing I guess. I just kept thinking of The Crying Game.

  48. 48.

    Geoduck

    January 15, 2012 at 2:03 am

    @gaz:

    rather enjoyed betting against the seahawks, and always winning – but that’s just because I am an asshole. I never watched the games.

    Anyone stupid enough to bet the Seahawks are going to win a game deserves to have their money taken from them. The Seahawks always lose in the end. Always. They may have to go all the way to the Superbowl to do it, but they get there!

  49. 49.

    gaz

    January 15, 2012 at 2:06 am

    @Geoduck: LOL, my thoughts exactly. I got a bruised rib over that superbowl though – but I ended up with their money in the end. (Alcohol was a factor – the authorities were not involved, and no animals were harmed.).

    And @JCole, your update made me get ice cream cake lodged in my sinus cavities. I’m sending you the medical bill =)

  50. 50.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 15, 2012 at 2:07 am

    More healing….

  51. 51.

    Cassidy

    January 15, 2012 at 2:09 am

    @suzanne: Some people just like watching sports. Trying to offend the populous because you don’t understand it, doesn’t make it true.

  52. 52.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 15, 2012 at 2:10 am

    @Cassidy: Be nice. Damn it.

  53. 53.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 15, 2012 at 2:13 am

    Spanish Stroll, anyone?

  54. 54.

    Hill Dweller

    January 15, 2012 at 2:18 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: Love The Band, despise Robbie Robertson.

  55. 55.

    gaz

    January 15, 2012 at 2:20 am

    @suzanne: I don’t mind a little bloodsport. I liked the mosh pits I was practically raised in. Huge punk fan when I was young, and a big scene where I grew up. Far too old and creaky for that now, and I can’t listen to 3 chord progressions and screaming for as long a stretch as I used to able to.

    OTOH I wouldn’t be surprised if I end up joining a Mexican riot or two – school teachers are pretty umm, involved there when it comes to politics. Actually my wife was down there for that, – she had a fear of helicopters for awhile after that – but next time around she’ll probably be a school teacher – rather than a foreigner stuck in the midst of it. Ahh – heady times ahead.

  56. 56.

    John Cole

    January 15, 2012 at 2:20 am

    @Hill Dweller: How can you fucking hate Robbie Robertson? Jesus.

  57. 57.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    January 15, 2012 at 2:25 am

    @John Cole:

    How can you fucking hate Robbie Robertson?

    ask Levon Helm

  58. 58.

    West of the Cascades

    January 15, 2012 at 2:25 am

    Oregon wants to firebomb you right back, and would if it wouldn’t result in harm to innocent dogs and cat and if we could summon the energy to get away from our fourth microbrew of the night.

    Few people outside Portland realize Portlandia is a documentary, not a satire.

  59. 59.

    Hill Dweller

    January 15, 2012 at 2:25 am

    @John Cole: I despise him, not his music.

  60. 60.

    gaz

    January 15, 2012 at 2:25 am

    @gaz: She was there for the 2006 ones. It was school teachers that time too. Sorry, my bad above. I didn’t realize it had happened again last year. heh.

  61. 61.

    Hill Dweller

    January 15, 2012 at 2:26 am

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    ask Levon Helm

    This.

  62. 62.

    freelancer

    January 15, 2012 at 2:28 am

    JC@top:

    Someone here the other night mentioned the show and I finished the first season start to finish in 1 sitting after work. Now I know why I have to qualify my liberalism as “I’m a liberal from the Midwest, y’know, basically sane person, etc.” I don’t think I’ve laughed any harder in the last six months than when I watched the Japanese Coffee scene or the Artisan light bulb scene.

    http://youtu.be/jHKmcbPozQ0

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P85vZpYF3Yg

    also the bike hipster getting pissed because the square white dude shared the same taste was hilarious

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOXsmNhvPEU

  63. 63.

    Yutsano

    January 15, 2012 at 2:30 am

    Been out all day, up super early to make sure my friend gets to the airport. And I got insomnia. Woot.

  64. 64.

    gaz

    January 15, 2012 at 2:32 am

    @Yutsano: Yay! Insomnia!

    I think I actually get your meaning though. weird.

  65. 65.

    Joel

    January 15, 2012 at 2:34 am

    Portland is an awesome city. Since the Celtics suck so badly this season, I hope the Blazers win the NBA title this season, steamrolling Kobe, the Oklahoma City Sonics, and the Superfriends in the process.

  66. 66.

    gaz

    January 15, 2012 at 2:36 am

    @Joel: Portland’s cool. I’ve had more fun in Eugene. Just sayin’

    But sports had nothing to do with it.

  67. 67.

    Calouste

    January 15, 2012 at 3:00 am

    @West of the Cascades:

    You like Fawlty Towers is a documentary about English hotels?

    (Lonely Planet actually put that line in their England guide.)

  68. 68.

    patroclus

    January 15, 2012 at 3:05 am

    I just saw Moneyball on cable. My prediction is that Brad Pitt will win the Oscar this year. The best baseball film I’ve ever seen.

    Robbie Robertson was extraordinarily beyond-the-pail pretentious in the Last Waltz, but I’m not sure if that should be held against him for the rest of his life. He’s done some good stuff since then.

  69. 69.

    Geoduck

    January 15, 2012 at 3:09 am

    @Joel:

    the Oklahoma City Sonics

    I prefer to think of them as the Oklahoma City Carpetbaggers.

    @Calouste:

    You like Fawlty Towers is a documentary about English hotels?

    Frighteningly, Cleese’s character in FT was based on a real hotel owner the Pythons encountered while location filming.

  70. 70.

    The prophet Nostradumbass

    January 15, 2012 at 3:33 am

    The full douchebag for sports rooting goes something like this:

    Football: New England
    Baseball: Yankees
    Basketball: Lakers
    Hockey: Red Wings or Flyers

  71. 71.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 15, 2012 at 3:50 am

    @The prophet Nostradumbass:

    Soccer: Manchester United

  72. 72.

    cbear

    January 15, 2012 at 3:59 am

    GET SOME! GET SOME!

    Buh, buh, but how can you shoot women and children?

  73. 73.

    cbear

    January 15, 2012 at 4:05 am

    …make a nun rape metaphor

    This should end well.

    OTOH, it’s good to see you back in fighting trim, Cole. Fuck ’em if they can’t take a joke.

  74. 74.

    robertdsc-PowerBook

    January 15, 2012 at 4:14 am

    Football: -New England- Dallas

    Fixed. Fuck the Cowboys and their moronic fans.

  75. 75.

    Joey Maloney

    January 15, 2012 at 4:16 am

    Why would you wish such a horrible thing on metaphor, and how would you prevail on a nun to commit rape, anyway?

  76. 76.

    freelancer

    January 15, 2012 at 4:27 am

    @Joey Maloney:

    Jeez Tom, I was only speculatin’ about a hypothesis!

  77. 77.

    Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal

    January 15, 2012 at 4:29 am

    so, as it turns out, tebow was just hearing “footsteps”.

    footprints

  78. 78.

    Arundel

    January 15, 2012 at 4:44 am

    Thought it was a decent SNL. And doesn’t Daniel Radcliffe seem like an immensely likeable guy? Lana del Rey.. uh. She seemed to be mumbling phonetically while fussing with her hair a lot, in her Oscars gown. All I could think was, so she’s the girlfriend of someone powerful, right?
    That’s the only reason I could think of to explain her appearance on the show.

  79. 79.

    gaz

    January 15, 2012 at 5:25 am

    @Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal: u crack me the hell up. I didn’t have to follow the link.

    how would you like you internetz delivered?

  80. 80.

    pythagoras frog

    January 15, 2012 at 6:30 am

    NUN RAPE METAPHOR is now the best shitty band name ever!

  81. 81.

    Samara Morgan

    January 15, 2012 at 7:44 am

    tch, tch, tch.
    more fun with nun rape metaphors.

    have you considered that you, John Cole, caused the Steelers to lose to the Broncos when you ganked ABL with your Greenwald shiv?
    your actions disturbed the platonic substrate of the metaverse.

  82. 82.

    THE

    January 15, 2012 at 7:54 am

    @Samara Morgan:
    That’s Karma.
    It’s not really Platonic. It’s Dharmic.

  83. 83.

    Ben Cisco

    January 15, 2012 at 9:53 am

    Charlie Pierce has an interesting post up discussing MLK, the legacy of the Civil Rights movement, and the current dog-whistling NeoConfederate candidates:
    __

    Race has popped up in the campaign this year. Newt Gingrich tripped over it while talking about food stamps and let’s not even deal with the preposterous lie that Rick Santorum told about how he really said “blah people.” Both of them were talking in gussied-up code, and they professed to be mystified as to how anyone could possibly think such a thing. And, of course, race has been a central theme (never a subtext; don’t even try to make that case) in the irrational hatred directed at the current occupant of the White House. And it’s not possible to read Lyndon’s great speech — in which he called out “every device of which human ingenuity is capable, has been used to deny this right” — and not think of all the smart little clerks all over the country with their smart little voter-ID laws who are so damned mystified as to why people are so upset.

  84. 84.

    Tim C

    January 15, 2012 at 10:53 am

    @West of the Cascades:

    I was about to say!

    Really firebombing Portland would deprive the world of Hop Czar…. I don’t think even Cole would want that on his soul.

  85. 85.

    Amanda in the South Bay

    January 15, 2012 at 10:53 am

    Portlandia? I was living in Portland before it became hipster capital north…

  86. 86.

    Judas Escargot

    January 15, 2012 at 11:16 am

    @Arundel:

    Lana del Rey.. uh. She seemed to be mumbling phonetically while fussing with her hair a lot, in her Oscars gown.

    It was as though Tori Amos and Beth Gibbons (of Portishead) made a splice-baby, and instructed it to try its hand at trippy lounge-singing.

  87. 87.

    FlipYrWhig

    January 15, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    @Judas Escargot: Tori at least has rhythm. This was like a recreation of a chanteuse for a bad period film.

  88. 88.

    wrb

    January 15, 2012 at 1:10 pm

    Omnes Omnibus:

    “I shall be released” is what I pray when in Portland

  89. 89.

    maus

    January 15, 2012 at 1:24 pm

    “nun rape metaphor”

    That’s not even funny, though :(

  90. 90.

    Jamie

    January 16, 2012 at 12:28 am

    Oh, come on. No more nun rape, you’ve used up all your jackass points on that.

    Fall back on skull-fucking kittens.

  91. 91.

    Jason

    January 16, 2012 at 7:45 am

    @Judas Escargot: Actually, her performance reminded me much more of Chrissie Hynde singing “Brass in Pocket”. I always thought Hynde was a horrible singer, but plenty of people apparently loved her unique style of incomprehensible tuneless caterwauling; and so it will go with Lana Del Rey, I expect.

  92. 92.

    Samara Morgan

    January 16, 2012 at 10:59 am

    @THE:

    It’s not really Platonic. It’s Dharmic.

    Stu Hamerhoff Quantum Consciousness reference.

  93. 93.

    THE

    January 16, 2012 at 4:09 pm

    OK. You are right then. But I have to warn you: I am getting increasingly skeptical of the quantum consciousness thing.

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