Random stuff *I* found entertaining…
"Shannon– that is NOT a coyote — it's a husky!" pic.twitter.com/KqdKVtWgM1
— Best of Nextdoor (@bestofnextdoor) October 31, 2019
Opposite is happening here in Denver… pic.twitter.com/9vjXQhdDOi
— Bob Jones (@bob_j) October 31, 2019
— Best of Nextdoor (@bestofnextdoor) October 31, 2019
Maria Butina: “I think it's an American, very old saying that suggests that wolves have teeth, but not all animals with teeth are wolves” https://t.co/byHr87nOxZ
— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) November 1, 2019
That’s my question to you Americans!
— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) November 1, 2019
It’s an old saying from Georgia, just south of…Russia!
— GoodWitchHunting (@roxknox0608) November 1, 2019
It’s part of a question from an old American test, the LSAT.
— Will Portello (@WillPortello) November 1, 2019
As an American who researches wolf-human discourse and lore, I'm not familiar with that proverb. Kind of sounds like a version of this one, though:
"Not everything that is grey is a wolf"
However, that's a Russian proverb, not an American one. Sure it's just an honest mistake.— Michael Lukas, Interdisciplinary Ph.D. (@JoyfulSisyphean) November 1, 2019
Conan is a female dog. Trump is just a little b****. https://t.co/Dn4d4GCjkc
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) November 2, 2019
hilts
Sean Doolittle is a class act and hopefully more Nationals players will follow his example.
h/t https://www.yahoo.com/sports/sean-doolittle-nationals-closer-world-series-white-house-trump-235607911.html
Cacti
Yeah, I’ve never heard that allegedly American saying before.
mrmoshpotato
1. Who’s Conan?
2. Go talk to Sharon and her husband to tell her, her husband and their dog to shut the fuck up.
3. Tentacles
mrmoshpotato
@hilts: Also, fuck him and his room-temp hamberders and soggy fries. And his sucking of Putin’s ass.
Hob
@mrmoshpotato: Conan is a military dog who took part in some way in the raid that killed al-Baghdadi. That’s mainly according to Trump’s own somewhat fanciful account of that raid, which also featured a lot of tough men calling him Sir and giving him a real-time account of how al-Baghdadi was crying and whimpering before death, etc. Then Trump continued to go on and on about the dog in the media and on Twitter, which is the only reason a lot of people have ever heard of the dog. And now Trump is complaining that the dog gets too much attention.
This is one of the rare occasions when I briefly think: “No. No, he can’t be that fucking addled and broken and unaware and petty and childish. He’s trying to be funny. He’s actually trying to make a joke.” But then… the moment passes, alas, I think he was serious.
Duane
Unlike Trumpov, the dog did something that deserves credit. Unlike the dog, Trumpov just sits and whines.
smike
@mrmoshpotato:
Preacher:
“Can I hear a Ramen!”
Preachees:
“Ramen!”
mrmoshpotato
@Hob: Did the dog call Dump “Sir”?
mrmoshpotato
@smike: Would you like a room-temp can of Coke that’s somehow flat?
Sister Golden Bear
@Hob: Trump’s Razor, says yes, he’s serious.
mrmoshpotato
@Sister Golden Bear: *sigh*. It hurts, because it’s true.
NotMax
So old can remember when this blog didn’t rely on tweets in place of content.
/curmudgeon
scav
All his orangeness needs now for his show is a pony!
And, with all the shit he’s shoveling, tradition would have it that there must be a pony in there somewhere …… (not that a bull wouldn’t make more sense in hpthis particular instance).
mrmoshpotato
@NotMax: Do you put on your cranky pants one leg at a time? :)
NotMax
@mrmoshpotato
Pants? Surely you jest.
My unlimited, Mariana Trench-deep detestation of Twitter is no secret, and periodically insists on coming out for air.
mrmoshpotato
@NotMax: Oh right. I forgot you probably last wore long pants on a regular basis before I existed.
Cranky shorts! :)
WereBear
@NotMax: I like Twitter, but not Facebook.
And Facebook hates me back. It took me two months to get back in when they randomly revoked my credentials and now they are screwing around with Mr WereBear’s account. It is a good way for him to keep up with his international friends.
Betty Cracker
@WereBear: Twitter’s been glitchy for the last day or so, and I know it’s not just me because I’ve seen others complain about it. One of my very favorite features, “mute this conversation,” isn’t shown as an option, which makes me sad.
NotMax
@WereBear
Certainly am no lover nor any sort of fan of Facebook either (full disclosure: I’ve never been to any Facebook page nor to any Twitter page) but at least don’t normally encounter random somebodies’ Facebook stuff profusely copied and pasted all over the place.
satby
Up and slamming coffee before going to set up my new temporary space in the market… Because they decided I had to go before the board to get approved to move, again. So much drama over such paltry power, they could teach the academic world a thing or two. Nicer neighbors in the new spot though, so there’s that.
I need to retire for real next year.
satby
@NotMax: unfortunately, that’s where people have moved if you want to read their content. I don’t even think TBogg does much long form stuff anymore, same with Jim Wright, his stuff is copy protected on FB more than he even posts to his own blog.
NotMax
@satby
Few things more aggravating than having to deal in business with preening martinets.
OzarkHillbilly
Natalie
@Natgcoh
WASF, even after he’s gone, they’ll still be around.
satby
@NotMax:
Fine tuned that statement. I’m told it’s just a formality and I have the votes.
OzarkHillbilly
@satby: Sounds like the kinda shit that comes about because one asshole abused the process and this was the answer they came up with to ensure that kind of abuse never happened again.
satby
@OzarkHillbilly: those types have always been around, we just used to ignore them because they’re cranks and loonies. We need to get back to a place where they can be marginalized and ignorable again.
Chetan Murthy
@satby: They say that the reason the knives are so sharp, is that the pie is so small. At least, that’s what I always heard about academia.
WereBear
@satby: Jim has always been very protective, and rightly so.
I’m just very wary of committing to Facebook, so I work Twitter and Instagram (which is also FB) but it is also completely counter-intuitive and they don’t care, either. Which offends me on a coding level :)
satby
@OzarkHillbilly: oh, I could tell stories… They have no written, documented process at all. No contracts (for owners, just renters), no consistency in approach…
And though the president of the board verified my neighbor’s encroachment on my space, they ended up letting her extend her flooring into it and formalizing that. They are moving me as a simpler solution than enforcing her boundaries. Obviously, I’m sorry I bought.
And on that cheery note, I gotta go set up my table.
OzarkHillbilly
@satby: They were shamed into behaving like human beings. Now they’re loud and proud of being preening cocksucking, racist, motherfucking, women hating*, narcissistic pieces of shit who can’t wait to let their freak flag fly. They’re out of the lamp and they aren’t going back in. trump isn’t the problem, they are.
*as opposed to merely misogynistic
satby
@OzarkHillbilly: I agree that’s what they are, but they’ve always been around. Decent people are the majority, and as soon as we overcome them at the ballot box we can start putting them back under their rock.
Because a lot of them are chickenshits and will go back to hiding rather than face the constant revulsion of their neighbors and families.
satby
Everyone have a good day!
OzarkHillbilly
@satby:
What you guys need is a union.
NotMax
Tried making fried chicken last night in the air fryer for the first time. Boneless thighs. Couldn’t be confused with real down home Southern fried chicken but reminiscent of that and mighty tasty in its own right, and certainly less to clean up afterward.
OzarkHillbilly
@satby:
Ummmm…. You ain’t from around here, is you girl?
OzarkHillbilly
Liberal Limericks
@Libericks
The “transcript” proved crimes were committed,
Caused GOP pants to be shitted,
Helped Congress in reaching
The path of impeaching,
And had all the worst stuff omitted
OzarkHillbilly
ABC News
Verified account @ABC
You done good Mom.
mrmoshpotato
@OzarkHillbilly: What happens when unwrap that candy? Does it yell at you for bullshit stories about Joe Biden?
mrmoshpotato
@OzarkHillbilly:
There’s a difference? (Seriously. Not trying to be snarky here.)
Uncle Cosmo
@mrmoshpotato:
Marginally better than a room-temperature can of Diet Coke that’s been left out in the heat for so long** it’s not only flat but no longer sweetened.
**At temps above 30 C (86 F) aspartame dissociates. IIRC one of the breakdown products is formaldehyde – but since the stuff is 100s of times sweeter than table sugar there’s so little of it you’d have to drink 100s of cans before it becomes a detectable health risk.
Groucho48
Russians have some great proverbs.
God is just, but, the judge could always use a few rubles.
The German may seem a good fellow but it is better to hang him.
The horseradish may not like it, but, when it must, it dances on the grater.