Art Linkielater
I'm actually too young to really know who that is. I could Google him, but I'd rather see all your inappropriate and off-topic links.
Art Linkielater
I'm actually too young to really know who that is. I could Google him, but I'd rather see all your inappropriate and off-topic links.
He was the kind of insufferable white guy you used to see on TV in the 60's. His daughter took LSD and jumped out a window.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at February 23, 2013 10:37 PM
Insufferable?
He was abandoned when he was a few weeks old, he rode trains doing odd jobs during the depression, he got a teaching degree from san diego state when he couldn't afford to go to springfield college, he had a 75 year long marriage, and he became famous for being able to speak with children, mostly respecting the children and letting their natural humor be seen by the nation.
I'm not sure where insufferable comes into that.
And yes, his daughter took LSD and jumped out a window. I guess you're suggesting he metaphorically pushed her, otherwise, why mention it?
None of that sounds conceited, or arrogant, or insufferable.
jerry at February 23, 2013 11:21 PM
A pandering mentality for a pandering medium... The worst kind of white, repressive, 50's-vibe neutrality for an audience —including non-white & non-Christian non-idiots— who had nowhere else to turn. The terrified and distracted mumblings of children who ought to have been spared the indignity were coarsely exploited for filthy lucre.
I hate that.
We'll do off-topic in the morning.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at February 24, 2013 1:33 AM
Seriously, if this blog didn't skew older, I'd congratulate it's younger readers for living in a time when the vapidity of network television will NOT be allowed to command so much American attention. The internet, for all its faults, is brilliant and personal and as socially aware as the billions who use it, rather than the dozens who controlled television. These kids have much to be grateful for.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at February 24, 2013 1:37 AM
Ode to my car
mpetrie98 at February 24, 2013 9:07 AM
This was Art Linkletter's idea.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at February 24, 2013 10:25 AM
Friends, Google Maps™ will show us the way.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at February 24, 2013 11:55 AM
When did "white" become a term of reproach? Would you have made such a comment about any other race? Do you ever hear commenters of other races talk about their own tribes that way? The USA of the 1950's and early '60's was not perfect, but it was proud, confident, orderly and optimistic. That's better than what we've got now, and much better than where we're headed.
Robert at February 24, 2013 2:36 PM
BTW, does anyone, especially in the lamestream media, know that many of us don't give a flying fuck about the Oscar's?
Jim P. at February 24, 2013 4:00 PM
> When did "white" become a term of reproach?
When I realized how punishingly exclusive and petty the dominant social culture of my country could be, especially as expressed in pop media.
> it was proud, confident, orderly and optimistic.
It was oppressive, oblivious, timid and somnambulant.
Robert, do you live in the United States, or are you the Canadian Robert?
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at February 24, 2013 4:06 PM
This was Art Linkletter's idea.
I hope they realize that this is going to be a bigger mistake than the WKRP in Cincinnati's Turkey launch. Snakes do not eat dead food unless they are raised in captivity and trained to do so. Also, these mice will not smell like their usual prey.
I have trained mine to eat frozen/thawed rats. Even then it's a pain, you have to stand there with the dead rat and tongs and put on a "rat puppet show" until the snake strikes and coils around it. (I have ball pythons, they are constrictors)
They are most likely going to kill off a lot of scavengers, some cats, dogs etc., but I really doubt the snakes will eat any of the mice-traps.
kat at February 24, 2013 7:33 PM
"His daughter took LSD and jumped out a window."
Most normal, healthy individuals would feel something called 'sympathy' when the daughter of another person jumps out a window.
Lobster at February 25, 2013 1:52 AM
I'm not normal, and your tawdry & maudlin appraisals of health do not compel.
See?
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at February 25, 2013 3:06 AM
"When I realized how punishingly exclusive and petty the dominant social culture of my country could be, especially as expressed in pop media."
Hate to break it to you Crid, but it ain't just the whites. Specific cultures aren't to blame, the class system is.
And don't start that Canadian crap again. It isn't our fault you can't get it up. See a doctor. Male or female, take your pick!
wtf at February 25, 2013 10:29 AM
> And don't start that Canadian crap again.
So, for the upteenth time, there's no reason for us to be concerned with your selections in American candy store… You're just a kid outside the store with your nosed pressed against the glass....
…And not a penny in your pocket.
Thanks for the insights, Pilgrim.
But don't you kids have your own heritage matters to deal with before you come down to fix ours?
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at February 25, 2013 1:11 PM
I wish like Hell you could understand how pathetic your behavior appears. But no; flat description fails, metaphor fails... And you guys just keep coming back to tell the United States, your coastal guardian and dumb-luck benefactor, how the world is supposed to work.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at February 25, 2013 1:14 PM
And you just keep spilling your bile all over the internet, and don't even address the fact that you've been proven wrong multiple times. Face it, not everyone it going to agree with poor little crid so he doesn't get all grumpy.
You don't prove your point acting like a dick.
So which Canadian girl is responsible for your broken heart and shriveled dick?
wtf at February 25, 2013 3:24 PM
> And you just keep spilling your bile all
> over the internet
Mostly here, nowadays. And I ladle with grace and precision, never spilling a drop; It burns only those tissues requiring incineration.
> Face it, not everyone it going to agree
As a rule, Canadian agreement on our policy is not worth pursuing: You're hitched to our wagon no matter what. We just should never forget who holds the reins (and who buys the feed).
> So which Canadian girl is responsible
> for your broken heart
You have girls?
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at February 25, 2013 5:48 PM
Thank you Crid, for proving my point.
I could prove you wrong a thousand different ways on a thousand different arguments, and you would still only hear the sound of your own ignorance.
So I will simply say this in response to your immaturity.
NIENER NIENER NEINER!!!!! My dad can beat up your dad!!!!
P.S. Crid, every time you post something derogatory involving Canadians, I'ma call you on it, and we're gonna have to go through all this crap again.
So how bout you save both of us the effort and let the adults talk, mmm-kay? Thanks.
wtf at February 25, 2013 5:56 PM
Sugarbun, you're CANADIAN.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at February 26, 2013 9:33 AM
Coming from you, I think that's a compliment!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnzYG0ZkrXg
Metaphorically speaking of course.....
wtf at February 26, 2013 2:30 PM
I bet that's a great video! Does it explain why we should care what you think about events in the United States?
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at February 27, 2013 7:56 AM
Yeah that's a great job of not caring you're doing there.....
wtf at February 27, 2013 9:58 AM
Absolutely. We're appalled at witless, infantile interjection from others... ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE TOO GODDAM *—COWARDLY—* TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS FOREIGNERS.
I have never, ever seen a Canadian commenter on Amy's blog —or any other internet forum— begin a comment on our interior affairs by saying "I'm actually a citizen of another nation, with absolutely zero skin in the game, but I think there's a perspective on this that needs to be considered by strong-willed and independent thinkers, and it goes like this...."
No.
With minimally contemporary English skills —the kind that come from immersion in the pandering torrents of showbiz and pop news media, where every new paragraph is a moist handjob— these visitors silently and smugly do their best to PASS... As if we need not consider that they've sworn no allegiance to our mutual well-being or to the profound distinctions, punishing challenges and roaring glories of the American project.
You want to be a United States citizen so bad you can taste it. But Turtledove, you're not. You don't have the burdens and you don't have the balls. You're just along for the ride.
That's gotta suck.... But I wouldn't know.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at February 27, 2013 1:22 PM
Bitch, do not fuck with me after dental surgery.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at February 27, 2013 1:24 PM
Yep, fantastic job of not caring. Well done!
:D
Bitch, I'll fuck with you whenever the fuck I feel like it.
wtf at February 27, 2013 3:35 PM
Sugar, I believe you.
I BELIEVE that your "NIENER NIENER NEINER!!!!" whining represents adult Canadian character. You were never going to be anything better, and North America was always going to have a single, lonely Colossus. I've never going wrong in presuming that all your countrymen are just as fascinated with life in the United States, like little girls peeking at their older brother with a date out on the porch. Sometimes you put on Mom's shoes and pretend to be a pretty woman....
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at February 27, 2013 3:58 PM
Keep not caring crid, I'll keep fuckin with you.
Btw, who are you trying to convince?
:D
wtf at February 28, 2013 6:46 PM
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