joe_lmr wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 11:25 am

AttackChimp wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2025 10:17 pm What is the Rascal Flatts bassist playing? I have a guess, but I think I'm probably wrong.

you watched that shit?

Yeah. It was pretty nutty. I'm generally confused by the current tastes of republicans. It's almost as if they don't understand art. It's like they're mystified by it.

jfv wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2025 3:49 pm

Hex wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2025 2:48 pm it becomes illegal for me to exist in public

My youngest (non-binary) just group-texted my family about 30 minutes ago:

“I guess I don’t exist”

And then they went back to playing Animal Crossing.

16-year olds shouldn’t have to worry about their government hating them for just existing.

i'd shut that shit down quick.
"you'd better exist. who else is going to take the trash out around here?"

basically acknowledge that it's serious while matching their sarcasm.

AttackChimp wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 11:33 am

joe_lmr wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 11:25 am

AttackChimp wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2025 10:17 pm What is the Rascal Flatts bassist playing? I have a guess, but I think I'm probably wrong.

you watched that shit?

Yeah. It was pretty nutty. I'm generally confused by the current tastes of republicans. It's almost as if they don't understand art. It's like they're mystified by it.

They're fucking philistines, dude. Rascal Flatts and Kid Rock IS as close to art as they get. There's no art in the bible.

I was going to post this in the books thread but it’s better here.

Y2K

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/ ... 1617097762

I cannot recommend this enough. Especially if you’re an early millennial or Gen Xer that lived through the mid 90s to 2008 and were paying an attention to “the culture”.

It’s a fantastic contextualisation of the current world based on US cultural shifts in the 90s onwards. Plus a nice personal journey.

I’m listening on Audible, and is very well narrated.

Chapo had the author on.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c ... 0683985648

Krev wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 12:09 pm

AttackChimp wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 11:33 am

joe_lmr wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 11:25 am

you watched that shit?

Yeah. It was pretty nutty. I'm generally confused by the current tastes of republicans. It's almost as if they don't understand art. It's like they're mystified by it.

They're fucking philistines, dude. Rascal Flatts and Kid Rock IS as close to art as they get. There's no art in the bible.

I can also see a resurgence of New Atheism kicking off. Sam Harris is vociferously anti Trump and if people like
Elise Stefanik keep getting biblical we could see Bush era weirdness all over again. First as tragedy, then farce.

Krev wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 12:09 pm There's no art in the bible.

i don't know what that means.
should there be?

hbiden@onlyfans.com wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 2:09 pm

Krev wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 12:09 pm There's no art in the bible.

i don't know what that means.
should there be?

That's all that matters to them. When your standard is crap, you get Jason Aldean.

enframed wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2025 7:47 pm

zorg wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2025 7:18 pm

jfv wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:19 pm ^ I was watching that shit live. I don’t need anyone to tell me it was or was not a Nazi salute. It was a Nazi salute. He did it twice just to make sure it was clear (apologies if this repeated what others said previously).

Looks like a Dr. Strangelove nod to me.

Nah, this wasn't that.

Not sure if you saw the movie, but Dr. Strangelove is a Nazi that still does a Nazi salute because he has an uncontrollable tic....but he's also a well respected advisor for the US government. I'm not really stretching the imagination here.

He may be a descendant of Mengele.

zorg wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 3:02 pm

enframed wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2025 7:47 pm

zorg wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2025 7:18 pm
Looks like a Dr. Strangelove nod to me.

Nah, this wasn't that.

Not sure if you saw the movie, but Dr. Strangelove is a Nazi that still does a Nazi salute because he has an uncontrollable tic....but he's also a well respected advisor for the US government. I'm not really stretching the imagination here.

I've seen the film many times. I don't think Musk was referencing it, that's all. Unless you know he's a Kubrick fan.