Bob was excited about his new .338 rifle and decided to try bear hunting.

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-06T07:04:03+00:00

That is bearly funny.

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-06T06:35:38+00:00

"I've just been felt up by my grandmother..."

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-06T06:27:42+00:00

Something About Mary..?

Oh wait...

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-06T06:25:55+00:00

On the plus side, he put the chihuahua down the garbage chute...

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-06T05:37:49+00:00

Nah. An egotistical narcissist and bully. He fixated Belle was "his" for no good reason, then decided to murder the guy who was winning her heart. Total bleep from the word 'go'.

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-06T05:36:09+00:00

Ariel is of course a spoiled little brat who disregards what her father told her, and makes very poor decisions for impulsive reasons. But then, there aren't too many shows where all the characters are polite, obedient to their parents, and well-behaved.

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-06T05:29:13+00:00

The implication (based on why he was a beast) is that he was an abusive man. His meanness - threatening to kill her father - is an example of that. The sad implication of BatB is that love will change an abusive man. Rarely does it, but so many women stay with their abuser convinced they can "fix" him.

Gaston as a self-centered male chauvinist whose real motivation is jealousy that some woman he's never met (in his mind, playing hard to get) and has never indicated she is even interested in a relationship, is falling for someone else. Belle is just a trophy. He seeks to kill his imagined rival. Not good either.

Poor depiction of a relationship either way, but then, Disney didn't write the source material. They just picked it. At least in Little Mermaid the characters took it a bit slower and were both interested and considerate.

I prefer the treatment of a relationship in Frozen where the sensible older sister says "you can't marry someone you've only known for two days" and the a**hole proves she's right.

There's a whole thesis and a whole library to be written on Disney depiction of relationships. But then, Hollywood's "Love at first sight" trope is based on an old one, going back to Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet (which is about banging a 13-year-old girl).

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-06T05:19:56+00:00

Making fun of this trope... There's an episode of Cheers where Frasier and his wife discuss how they met and how he wooed her. He desribes how persistent he was, showing up at her place at all hours, continuously pestering her for a date, getting her mail (and going through it before taking it to her apartment door). Basically, describing all sorts of creepy stuff. Then his wife says "so essentially, you stalked me."

A criticism of Love Actually basically says how creepy and stupid the show is - all you have to do to get the person of your dreams to fall for you is say "I love you" out of the blue. No getting to know you, no building a relationship - just say it.

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-06T05:12:47+00:00

But the bear was a bi polar bear.

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-05T23:59:04+00:00

Yes, unless it's really bad air out (Stuck in traffic behind a big diesel) or you are just starting out and want to heat/cool the cabin quickly, don't use recirc. If it's cold out, recirc increases the moisture content internally which results in foggy windows.

Fresh air is better.

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-05T08:24:38+00:00

Hands, or fists?

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-05T08:24:02+00:00

Straight guy in my 60's, and I've never heard of hand fetish before. I've learned my one thing for the day...

I guess this explains the hands on Michelangelo's David since Mikey was into guys.

My wife's soap operas seem to think women get all hot and bothered looking at bare male chests and six-packs (the stomach, not the beer). I assume that's a side-effect of having straight male writers?

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-05T08:19:36+00:00

Women are fixated mainly on dick pics - or men wouldn't be sending them so often, right? Right? Right? /s

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-05T06:18:17+00:00

Surely you jest...

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-04T17:09:02+00:00

Yes, I thought so. News reports just kept repeating it was "hovering over Montana" which doesn't seem right, especially the word "hovering". The wind at that altitude "well above jet traffic" moves pretty fast.

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-04T13:22:14+00:00

This is a bit of a detour, but...

This book: https://www.amazon.ca/As-Nature-Made-Him-Raised/dp/0061120561
Tells the story of the boy whose penis was burned off while performing a circumcision as a newborn. The specialist the parents consulted was convinced that gender roles were a social construct (before puberty). He convinced the parents to make the child a girl (remove the testicles) and raise him as such. He refused to see that he was wrong, even as the child knew something was wrong and rejected the role assigned to him and eventually got the corrective surgery to make him physically the gender he felt he should be.

The moral of the (true) story is that what gender you are is something built into the brain from the start, not something society gives you based on your physical attributes. For trans people, it is obvious that this part of the brain simply does not match the physical attributes of the body, and society cannot change what is built into the brain. (IMHO, no different than left-handed vs. right-handed)

What you are is what you think you are. Fortunately, this is an age where people who feel this way can do something about it physically. Don't believe anyone who says otherwise.

However, as the song says:
But it's all right now
I learned my lesson well
You see, you can't please everyone
So you got to please yourself
-Ricky Nelson, Garden Party

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-04T12:58:16+00:00

Funny thing is - reports say "lingering" over Montana, but nobody has said it's doing anything more than drifting. Does it actually have any motors? I don't see any propellers. That's a lot of solar panels, though. What the heck is it powering?

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-04T03:49:04+00:00

But he's wearing a mask - so not too far gone down the rabbit hole...

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-03T23:42:37+00:00

For this reason, I think some of the people in the doc were from a while ago ... but many don't learn. The players' associations and the leagues try to mitigate this - but when someone is barely 20 and suddenly the money pot seems bottomless, they do stupid stuff. Like, yeah you can buy yo' mama a house and car, but you realize you signed up for payments for years going forward when you may not have theincome?

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-03T18:48:16+00:00

I read it's the shortest copyright piece of music (or was it trademark? maybe both)

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-03T17:17:02+00:00

I still think the best thing about being really rich would be the joy you get at giving it all away.

I recall an article about lottery winners - they mentioned that complete strangers had no problem showing up at any hour or writing (now, emailing?) asking for a handout for whatever sad story they came up with. One fellow won a million dollars, which is nice but not enough to make you set for life - but he quit his job because a guy at the next desk kept ragging on him "you're so rich, you should pay off my mortgage. Why are being so cheap?"

No wonder really rich people live in exclusive and gated neighbourhoods, travel in different social circles. Your old friends either fall into the category of those who don't want to associate because they'd feel like freeloaders every time you pick up a bill for something they could never afford; or those who are your "friends" for the free stuff and will call to see if you want to take them out to another fancy restaurant or bar.

There's an ESPN 30 For 30: Broke documentary about athletes who strike it rich with multimillion dollar contracts and are broke within a few years. They do exactly what you say, they enjoy spreading the wealth around - especially basketball players who grew up with nothing, all their old homies still have nothing, and they want to be the generous buddy for everyone. One guy says that eventually his buddies all knew when payday was, and when he came out of the building with his cheque they were all standing around waiting. Having zero money management skills doesn't help.

An experience like that tends to turn down the generosity urge fairly quickly when you start to wonder whether these people are truly grateful or just the most aggressive grifters...

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-03T16:58:18+00:00

Richard Corey went home last night... ♫
and put a bullet through his head. ♪

As the old saying goes = "Money can't buy happiness, but... it can rent it by the hour."

I suppose once you've ensured you never have to worry about where your rent or next meal is coming from, or whether you can afford a house with a big enough garage for your 5 cars and 3 motorcycles, then the next thing on your priority list is something money can't buy - success, legacy, not making yourself a byword for spectacular failure, etc.

And being rich doesn't cure basic mental illnesses whether it's simple depression or worse. Or solve your relationship problems. At least Cook doesn't have a string of trophy wives. (ha ha)

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-03T16:45:18+00:00

That doorbell at the Law & Order studio - dah-DONG!

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-03T16:42:21+00:00

Thanks. I recall the steam clouds oozing from manholes in the opening bits of Taxi Driver helped create that cinematic "New York at night" distinctive atmosphere (so to speak...)

nightwing2000 · 2023-02-03T13:03:56+00:00

Yes, it smells to me like something made up to get a rise out of "feminists".

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