ZARDOZ CONTINUES THE CLEANSING OF DEAR ABBY’S ADVICE

 

ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. DESPITE ZARDOZ’S SUPERIOR ADVICE, THE BRUTAL “DEAR ABBY” HAS NOT BEEN CLEANSED FROM HER COLUMN. THUS ZARDOZ RETURNS TO ADVISE HIS CHOSEN ONES IN A MANNER SUPERIOR TO THAT OF THE BRUTAL.

Q: DEAR ABBY: I’m 28 and have been dating my boyfriend, “Spencer,” for 2 1/2 years. We have talked a lot about getting married. We know where we want it to be, who will be in our wedding party and what the theme will be.

A year ago we discussed getting engaged. Spencer said he’d propose “sometime within the next year” and last spring it seemed like he was working up the courage to do it. (He was talking about how happy he was and what he was seeing for our future). Then his best friend got his girlfriend pregnant and told Spencer he was thinking about proposing to her. After that, the idea of us getting married went on the back burner. Spencer stopped talking about us, and I think the reason was he didn’t want to step on anyone’s toes. (It’s why he said he didn’t want to get engaged when his sister was getting married.)

How do I bring up the subject without coming off as pushy or selfish? A lot of our friends are in committed relationships. If we put our lives on hold every time one of them gets engaged, we’ll be waiting years before it’s our turn and we can start a family. I’d appreciate any advice you might have. — READY TO MOVE FORWARD

A: BRUTAL, YOU ARE GETTING PLAYED. MUST ZARDOZ REMIND YOU, ONCE AGAIN, THE PENIS IS EVIL! IF HE WILL NOT GO TO SECOND LEVEL WITH YOU, IT IS TIME TO DEPART. SINCE YOU APPEAR TO BE TOO INDECISIVE TO PUSH THINGS ALONG, YOU WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THE PROPER MOTIVATION…TO PUSH A STICK AS A GRAIN SLAVE TO THE VORTEX. NOW YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR FUTURE. ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.

NO WEDDING PLANNING NEEDED.

 

Q: DEAR ABBY: I am 28 and I’m disgusted with myself about how I talk to my mother when I’m stressed out. I know it’s not her. It’s me.

My other issue is road rage. When I’m behind the wheel and the cars ahead of me are going too slow or the drivers make stupid moves, I’m annoyed to the point that I sometimes take risky chances to get away from them. I know it puts my life and the lives of others at risk, and I don’t want to be like this.

I sometimes wonder why my parents didn’t teach me ways to tone down my anger when I was younger. I’m lucky they still love me, even when I snap at them. Do you have any tips on how to control my temper? — SIMMERING IN SUBURBIA

A: ZARDOZ KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. KEEP THE RAGE, AND CHANNEL IT INTO A USEFUL PURPOSE. THE USEFUL PURPOSE IS BEING A BRUTAL EXTERMINATOR FOR ZARDOZ. ZED WILL SWING BY AND DROP OFF THE EMPLOYMENT FORMS AND OTHER HR PAPERWORK. WELCOME ABOARD. ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.

YOUR NEW CO-WORKERS

P.S. STOP GOING TO SECOND LEVEL MEDITATION WITH YOUR MOTHER – THAT WAY SHE WON’T BE EXPOSED TO YOUR ANGER. AND WOULD IT KILL YOU TO WRITE TO HER ONCE IN A WHILE? JUST SEND A CARD OR SOME FLOWERS?

 

Q: DEAR ABBY: My husband has a long, bushy, ugly beard, and although I don’t like it, I realize he’s entitled to wear his facial hair any way he likes it. The problem is, when he eats, his beard gets into his plate and in the food, which I find nauseating. — TOO MUCH HAIR IN TEXAS

A: ZARDOZ FORBIDS FACIAL HAIR, OTHER THAN ZED’S POWERFUL MUSTACHE.

APPROVED FACIAL HAIR

SHAVE YOUR BRUTAL HUSBAND’S BEARD OFF AND INK IN A SUBSTITUTE:

CLOSE ENOUGH FOR BRUTAL WORK

SHOULD HE OBJECT – CLEANSE HIM. ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.

 

Comments

238 responses to “ZARDOZ CONTINUES THE CLEANSING OF DEAR ABBY’S ADVICE”

  1. Count Potato

    I have a math question: If posts aren’t numbers, then no one can be first?

    1. commodious spittoon

      How can mirrors be real if our eyes aren’t real?

      1. Tres Cool

        Dont tell your mind that every image your eye sends is upside-down.

        1. You mean the sky is DOWN?

          1. AlmightyJB

            The Sky is a Neighborhood

            https://youtu.be/TRqiFPpw2fY

    2. Number.6

      We’re ALL #1!

    3. Chafed

      Something funky is going on with the site. I have an arrow to scroll up but not down.

  2. So much for a career in IT…

    When I got home I had trouble opening menus, they’d always close as soon as I opened them. I keept trying to clean the mouse buttons to fix the click problem. I went so far as to get a screwdriver, open the mouse and clean the buttons. Nothing helped. Then I found the problem…

    The first thing I’d done when I got home was toss my wallet on the desk – it was sitting on the ‘Esc’ key.

    1. Number.6

      It’s a good job you don’t have a 38DD rack, it’d keep pressing the space bar for you.

      Yes, that was a “technical” problem I had to explain to a client once because her “keyboard was bad”.

      1. Just Say’n

        That’s not a bad problem to check-up on

      2. How was she sitting? My keyboard is always at least 6-8 inches from my gut (which is still expansive, though getting better)

        1. Tres Cool

          I pointed this out the other day. About a decade ago, my office had some surplus desktops, and someone in a branch office needed one. So in reinstalling the OS before I sent it out, I kept getting to 1 particular windows setup screen, and couldnt go further. I called the manufacturer, spent countless hours with tech support, replaced a h/d, and kept having the same problem. After nearly a week of messing with this machine (I had other responsibilities at the time), I sat down, started the re-install procedure, and instead of using a mouse, I used the keyboard. BOOM! Everything proceeded as normal.
          I use a LEFT handed mouse. The default install is right handed. I kept trying to re-install the OS and clicked the wrong button.

          1. What a sinister development.

          2. Tres Cool

            “Nature in her whole drama never drew such a part; she has sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of a man’s own making…”

          3. Yusef drives a Kia

            I saw that
            /Left Handed/Ambidextrous

          4. Tres Cool

            “We are so fond on one another, because our ailments are the same.”
            -Johnathan Swift

          5. JaimeRoberto

            Now you’re just being gauche.

          6. Any port in a storm.

        2. Number.6

          Her posture was good, but she had to reach way over her desk to get to the phone. Phone rings, she picks up, she’s distracted for the duration of the call, hangs up, has:

              bn bnnn xxcz   ,.    .

          on the end of a sentence.

        1. Note that this was not a response to UCS.

        2. Number.6

          This was 30 years ago. How about I just send you a picture of Bea Arthur and we can just leave it at that.

          1. Tres Cool

            Or Betty White.

          2. *projectile vomits*

    2. wdalasio

      Wouldn’t that qualify you for a job in IT management?

      1. To be fiar, I did thoroughly rule out a problem with the mouse being dirty.

        1. wdalasio

          It’s always better to be fiar than fair!

        2. Tres Cool

          Also, as an unintended consequence, I’d bet your mouse is clean now.

      2. Number.6

        Probably needs a bigger mouse mat so he doesn’t run off the edge of his existing one.

    3. mikey

      In the land of Long Ago and Far Away Capt mikey sits at his radar control console and notices it’s not working. He calls Maintenance. Promptly Maintenance Sargent arrives. Maintenance Sargent reaches over and moves the master ON/OFF switch to the ON position. Maintenance Sargent turns and leaves without saying a word.

  3. Zardoz, in my time among Silicon Valley liberals, I have many times been tempted to go on a cleansing binge. Should I resist the urge or give in? Animal rage can be an irresistible force, and I hesitate to unleash it on unsuspecting California pencil-necked girly-men.

      1. Timeloose

        Butt plugs, mock cocks, late pay and paranoia: The world of Waymo star Anthony Levandowski… by his kids’ nanny

        1. Rhywun

          Nobody needs more than 23 different butt-plugs.

    1. Pan Zagloba

      Why even ask when you know the answer? It’s always correct to cleanse brutals.

    2. Get out of California post-haste.

      1. Sure, but what in the name of ZARODZ am I supposed to do if I am in Illinois?!

        Seppuku is out, for the nonce.

        1. Get out of Illinois, too.

          Although, to be fair, nobody else wants the FIBs either.

      2. Day after tomorrow.

    3. ZARDOZ

      ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN POSSIBLE RAGING URSINE ONE. CLEANSE THE SILICON VALLEY FILTH OF BRUTALS! THE SILICON VALLEY BRUTALS ARE LEGION, AND MUST BE CLEANSED. ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.

      P.S. IM ZED FOR FURTHER ASSIGNMENTS, IF YOU WISH TO REMAIN A FREELANCE BRUTAL EXTERMINATOR.

      1. You’re Zed, too?

        1. He’s using the Canukistani pronounciation of his Initial, Z

        2. wdalasio

          We’re all Zed. Or are we all Tulpa?

          1. ZARDOZ

            ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN TULPA ONE. YOU ARE ALL TULPA, BUT AS LONG AS THE FILTH OF BRUTALS IS CLEANSED, ZARDOZ DOES NOT MIND A FEW SOCK ACCOUNTS. ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.

        3. ZARDOZ

          ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN TED ONE. ZED IS A HIRING MANAGER, AMONGST THE BRUTAL EXTERMINATORS. WOULD YOU NOT TRUST THIS MAN TO GATHER THE FINEST BRUTAL CLEANSING EXTERMINATORS AROUND?

          ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.

    1. SIV

      Awwww…y’all already covered this

      1. Threedoor

        But what is the fate of The Jacket?

  4. Pan Zagloba

    Poking around TOS, I found this lovely article on Volokh.

    The United States Is Both a Republic and a Democracy

    [3.] And the Framers didn’t just refer to representative government as democratic — they referred to direct democracy as a republic.

    One way to get at this is to ask: What is the first nation that you think about when you hear the word “Republic” today, and that the Framers likely thought about? What is the most famous historical Republic, indeed the one that gave us the word “Republic”?

    Why, the Roman Republic, of course, which The Federalist and many others discussed as a republic. And yet in the Roman Republic, there was no representative legislature.

    (If someone suggests that the Senate was Rome’s elected representative legislature, you can point out that it was not elected, not representative, and not a legislature.)

    And the Framers routinely called Rome a republic — indeed, they labeled Athens a republic, even though Golden Age Athens famously involved direct democracy. Hamilton in Federalist No. 6 states that “Sparta, Athens, Rome, and Carthage were all republics.” Hamilton in Federalist No. 34 specifically talked about the Roman legislative assemblies, yet called Rome a republic.

    1. A Repocracy! A Demublic!

    2. peachy rex

      A democracy need not involve an elected legislature – in Athens, for example, everyone with the franchise was part of the Assembly. Ditto for Rome – the “democratic” element was the various assemblies to which all citizens belonged. (As opposed to the “aristocratic” Senate and “monarchical” consuls.)

      Fuzzy language by the founders doesn’t excuse fuzzy language by us – the ancient political theorists were quite clear in what they meant by republic. (Sparta, Carthage and Rome counted; Athens was mostly a democracy but occasionally an oligarchy.)

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        Sorry but White stones in a jar doesn’t for me, Democracy is a Fools errand..

    3. mr simple

      Isn’t a republic basically anything that isn’t a monarchy? Of course it can be both.

      1. CPRM

        Well, by Plato, a republic was putting the men best suited to govern in charge; the method for choosing those men wasn’t as clear. But they were to be wise, and represent the people. So it was always rule by more than one, so any government not just monarchy, that ruled by more than one was tangentially a republic; however since Plato, we have added a few more things to the definition.

  5. Gilmore

    tech q:

    how many people experience occasional “Total freezes” of Win 10?

    its not a BSOD crash; its not app-related. it can happen in any circumstance, from high multitasking, to near idle conditions where you’ve got nothing open except notepad. the computer just locks up on the screen you were working on and responds to nothing except hard-reboot (power off)

    when i first installed Win10 on top of Win7 (as upgrade install) it was semi frequent (few times a week). Then i wiped everything, installed Win10 on blank disk, and it was better (once a month). then i moved to SSD, and its smoother and has been running fine since. Just happened for the first time (just watching youtube vids)

    i think i’ve done most of the basic recommended tweaks. I’m going through a checklist again. does anyone else have any perspective on it?

    I think the only thing in my case that might be the thing is that i have like 9 USB connections at any given time (most of them powered off); they suggest ‘unplug everything’. fuck that. that sort of defeats the purpose of a computer.

    1. Number.6

      I’ve had W10 go into a kind of frozen state with no applications responding, and the only evidence of operation being the drives thrashing the fuck out of themselves. Wait 20 seconds and the machine responds again. I put it down to th kernel spazzing out and deciding it has to flush everything to the paging file using as much CPU time as it needs to seize.

    2. Rhywun

      Mac at home, Win 7 at work. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

      1. Gilmore

        Honestly, i liked Win7 more than anything since XP. it worked. it was simple. it was easily tweakable.

        but they stopped supporting it in …2015? and many app updates now require win 10 for certain features.

        i actually like win 10 if you strip most of the bullshit visual-menu features out (ClassicShell FTW), but this freeze thing is a fucking annoyance. it hasn’t hurt any work i’m doing, but its clearly a problem for lots of people. there are dozens of sites claiming “fixes” which all mix up various forms of tweaks. some of which make sense (update ur drivers!), some of which are snake oil.

        1. Tres Cool

          WIN7 all day, every day. When they stop supporting it, Ill move back to some flavor of Linux.

          1. Gilmore

            yeah, the problem is this machine needs to be ‘current’.

            i have other machine which i can run win7 on. but some of the corp intranets i sometimes need to access services from require that computers be running X in order to run their proprietary security/validation apps.

        2. I will not downgrade to Windows 10.

          Windows 9 would have been a good release, but they skipped the blessed odd number.

          1. Tres Cool

            *psst…even though it doesn’t have a number in the elevator, there’s still 13 floors

          2. Actually, there’s only 12, because it skipped 4 as well.

          3. Tres Cool

            Your elevator skips 4?

          4. Blame East Asia.

          5. Gustave Lytton

            In fairness, a floor that sounds like death is less of a stretch than worrying about 13.

        3. Rhywun

          10 is… conflicted. Does it want to be a desktop OS or a mobile OS? Oh I know, let’s randomly assign half of everything you used to know how to do in Windows to each UI and call it done.

          1. Number.6

            It wants to be a surveillance system, out of the box.

          2. Gilmore

            not really. its absurdly easy to turn everything about it off right at the point of install.

          3. Number.6

            And turn them off again after every update that gets applied behind your back. It’s a real chore.

          4. Gilmore

            ermagod now ur makin me paranoid

          5. Gilmore

            10 is… conflicted. Does it want to be a desktop OS or a mobile OS?

            yes. that is the problem.

            they literally make no money serving desktop, home-users. they are the dominant operating system maker, yet the market they dominate is worth less than nothing to them.

    3. Yusef drives a Kia

      Every Day, I’m a Windows Insider, and I thought it was Upgrading, etc. Kind of nice to know it isn’t me

    4. Yusef drives a Kia

      Gilmore, is your Power supply built into your Computer adequate to the 9 USB devices you have plugged In? I have at least 600 watt supplies in my PCs, and out board as many power supplies as I can. You will destroy your system if it doesn’t have enough power

      1. Gilmore

        i’ve had one of these for the last 5 years

        http://www.corsair.com/en-us/gs-series-gs800-80-plus-bronze-certified-power-supply-2013-edition

        its absurd overkill. i can run 6 drives, 10 peripherals, 2 video cards (i don’t, but i could) and it wouldn’t even dent it.

        1. Yusef drives a Kia

          Power!

          1. Gilmore

            So the thing i was watching when PC froze was the “Jordan Perterson vs. BBC lady” interview

            may have been linked here earlier

            the thing that strikes me the most about it is how often (as in, every single time she speaks) the phrase “So what you’re saying is…..” is used.

            she simply can’t respond to what he says without trying to strip all the nuance he’s offering out.

            its basically this struggle between a smart person, and a stupid person. and he really does struggle to make everything simpler and simpler and simpler. but she does to absurd lengths to pretend he said something completely different, over and over again.

            its frustrating. but informative because its the nature of modern discourse.

          2. Gilmore

            (sigh)

            gilmored

          3. Chafed

            Embrace it.

          4. Raven Nation

            Thank technique is also manipulative and control. I had a fellow student in grad school who would respond to your contribution by, “so what you mean is…” One day he pulled and I just said, “no I meant exactly what I just said.”

          5. Gilmore

            One day he pulled and I just said, “no I meant exactly what I just said.”

            yeah, i’ve had it. i’ve pretty much stopped letting people do it. it started on TOS a while back, when i was like, “quote what i said, or stfu” Now its like i have to tell people in advance: don’t restate my position.

          6. cyto

            So what you are saying is that you don’t like dialog, amirite?

          7. Gadianton

            That technique is supposed to make sure that you understand the argument you are responding to — by restating the argument just given in other words, you guarantee that you understand what they are saying and are responding to the point they actually made. When used honestly it’s useful to keep the debate on track. In this case, though, it’s being used dishonestly to strip out the nuance, and make it sound like he’s saying something the opposite of what he’s saying. Every time she uses that phrase, you know she’s lying.

          8. I got to 10:29 before I couldn’t keep watching.

          9. Number.6

            Stupid and awfully combative. And with almost no social skills.

            The only time she hears him speak, she’s assembling her next point. It’s like there’s 2 conversations going on. From a body language and behavioral standpoint, she’s on the ropes within about 30 seconds of the commencement of the interview.

            She’s reading a prepared script in her head.

          10. Gilmore

            yeah, women are normally critiquing men all the time for “not listening”. they instantly recognize via body lingo and attitude when someone cares to hear what youre saying.

            she’s trying to think of some rhetorical snipe-move to kill him w/o ever listening to a word he says. which is why she repeats the same shit over and over again.

          11. Gilmore

            There’s also a constant confusion about normative and objective claims.

            he’s basically saying, “research says x” and she’s constantly going, “well why should that be the case!!”

            its not like he recommended these things as his own ideas

  6. Timeloose

    OT: Is Jessie ok? I haven’t seen him post for a long while?

    1. Chafed

      I 2as wondering the same thing.

    2. jesse.in.mb

      Not dead.

      I found out that my boss literally has no idea what I do,* and have been keeping a low internet profile during normal hours.

      *I’m the only one who can power on a computer without someone holding their hand, manage all technical contracts, and occasionally fix proprietary medical equipment across three physical locations of a medium-sized medical practice.

      I’m gratified that my absence was noticed Timeloose and Chafed. If something serious is ever going on one of the staffers will know about it pretty quickly, and there’ll be a really nice in memoriam that’s 100% clips like this: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd2yWuWjaNh/

      1. Chafed

        I was expecting something hairier. But it’s good to see you back in the saddle.

      2. Mustang

        Glad you’re good to go. I was worried they’d black-bagged you or something.

    3. NOT a Naked Intruder

      I’ll raise you one: Where the hell is Gojira? I haven’t seen anything from him in months, and it doesn’t help that I’m on overnights.

      1. Chafed

        Was he the one who did the movie reviews with hilarious rating systems?

        1. NOT a Naked Intruder

          Yep…horror movies, mostly.

          1. Chafed

            Then I’d also like to know. I would find myself laughing out loud at his reviews and always at the rating.

    4. Mustang

      I was wondering as well. Glad you’re okay Jesse.

  7. Yusef drives a Kia

    They won’t use a commercial Manned capsule because of a 1 in 200 risk, but the Shuttle was 1 in 75 at 20 times the cost, GOV can suck a Dick!
    /This includes ULA for purposes of failure rates

  8. Galt1138

    These Zardoz posts have really improved my personal life. So much great advice!

    PS, CPRM – Apologies for not replying to your Wednesday Open Post comment. I’m bad at commenting to active links, as I typically check out Glibs after work, when most of the quality commenting has already been done. Plus, the wife and I go to bed early (we’re both up before 5am). Serves me right for commenting and then going to straight to bed.
    I’ll try to do better. Perhaps I’ll get the orphans working on it!

    1. Yusef drives a Kia

      Hi!
      / Fuck Off!
      //Standard greeting 🙂

    2. Tres Cool

      Fuckin TULPA!

      (am I doing this right?)

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        Good enough for Glib work

        1. Tres Cool

          Oh, since I referenced UCS’s odd-numbered elevator above, this is where I conduct a lot of my work:

          https://postimg.org/image/p4aqirfy7/

          1. Galt1138

            Do I reply by telling myself, “Fuck off, Tulpa!”?

          2. Galt1138

            I clicked on your link, and all the sidebar ads are “Find hot Asian in Canyon Country,” “Meet the most gorgeous Ukrainian women in the world,” “These Canyon Country Asian singles are downright breathtaking,” and my favorite, “Upgrade your life with a hot Asian girlfriend who adores you.”
            I ALREADY have a hot Asian who adores me. I married her. Thanks anyway. Apart from Q’s Chive links, I can’t think of any site I’ve gone to that would make Chrome put those sidebar ads up.

            Still, cool pic of the the switch rope!

          3. Heroic Mulatto

            “Upgrade your life with a hot Asian girlfriend who adores you.”
            I ALREADY have a hot Asian who adores me. I married her.

            Those two things don’t have to be mutually exclusive, you know.

          4. Galt1138

            Hah. True.
            Alas, I’m faithful.

  9. Yusef drives a Kia

    Office Manager Mohammed
    takes a trip home

    Father!, Mother! I have come Home from the Land of the INFIDEL!
    Father: So they really have Big screen TVs?
    Mother:Women can drive to the Mall and shop?
    NO! NO! The INFIDELS are Evil! They use Capitalism to lure you in, then you are trapped by The Great SATAN!
    Father: But I like to watch the Soccer games, and Mother watches cooking shows, notice my new fat belly?
    Mother: And besides, Your Sister Fatima has been given the position of Pakistani affairs Officer for Diversity at Harvard, and You are Manager of what? A paper Supply distribution company?
    Go Back To America!, Loser Son! And where are my Grand kids!! ALLOLLOLAAALOL

    1. Threedoor

      Aloha snack-bar! Dirka durka Muhammad jihad!!!

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        Fuck Off!
        /Standard Greeting

  10. Yusef drives a Kia

    Sometimes i wonder if all these Tulpas are actually escaped Orphans, and just mocking us. I have had to escapes in the last week, coincidence? i think Not

    1. Yusef drives a Kia

      2 escapes

      1. Galt1138

        If I catch escape orphans, am I obligated to return them?

        I mean, some northern states did nullify fugitive slave laws.

    2. Threedoor

      We appreciate the escapees as were too cheep to get first hand orphans for our factories.

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        Send me your CC number and I’ll send you as many Orphans as you need, I’m sure Tres will get them liquored up for transport..

        1. Yusef drives a Kia

          Jeez threedoor, I ask for your C number and you get all quiet?
          what about the Fun?

          1. Threedoor

            You take MasterCard right?

  11. Rhywun

    Anyone else using Monocle can’t read the text any more? Teeny tiny buttons?

    1. I do not use monocle, but the buttons have gotten teeny tiny.

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        This, I have it turned off, but still get the tiny reply button

    2. I can, however, read the test just fine

      1. I still can’t type, but that’s me.

        1. Yusef drives a Kia

          Texting texting 123, like that?
          /sarc

        2. Tres Cool

          His 38DDs are in the way.
          Nevermind.

    3. Number.6

      The theme’s being edited – but monocle is still working for me.

    4. Rhywun

      Ah OK, not a Monocle thing then.

      The regular text is fine, just the button text is like 4pt now and that includes the Monocle menu at the bottom.

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        Refresh is your friend right now, the Overlords gave web control to the Grandkids, I’m sure

    5. straffinrun

      I have huge button.

      1. Rhywun

        OK, Trumputin

      2. Galt1138

        You should put that to good use. There are some hot Asians at Tres’ link above you use that on.

  12. Playa Manhattan

    “My other issue is road rage. When I’m behind the wheel and the cars ahead of me are going too slow or the drivers make stupid moves, I’m annoyed to the point that I sometimes take risky chances to get away from them. I know it puts my life and the lives of others at risk, and I don’t want to be like this.”

    Dynamite in the sack. I’m sure of it.

    1. Gustave Lytton

      Just make sure your shots are up to date. Particularly tetanus.

  13. straffinrun

    Question, would you rather society be more polite but less friendly or the opposite?

    1. Tres Cool

      Im not obligated to answer anything! Am I being detained?

      1. straffinrun

        That’s about as clear as you can get.

    2. Yusef drives a Kia

      Polite, I don’t need any more friends, leave me the Fuck alone TY

      1. Rhywun

        This

        1. Galt1138

          Agreed. I mean, you Glibs are all cool. But, beyond that, no more friends.

      2. Tres Cool

        Yusef, Im not like the others- Im your friend.

        https://youtu.be/Rmoo4m7ZFXI?t=43

        1. Yusef drives a Kia

          But which one of us is HST?

        2. Yusef drives a Kia

          and Who said I don’t have friends here? you? Larf….

      3. straffinrun

        I’m not talking about friends. Being friendly doesn’t mean you’ll have many friends. Could be the opposite.

        1. Yusef drives a Kia

          Friendly is Bullshit, it’s a false, shallow Lie, suitable for business, but not much else in the real world

          1. Rhywun

            Excessive fake friendliness is a major reason I left a small town for a big town, where I feel the people are more clued in to the difference between politeness and friendliness.

          2. Playa Manhattan

            I found footage of the incident:
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEDo5oQ-O8Y

    3. Yusef drives a Kia

      On top of that, I’m not obligated to be polite either, I’m obligated to the Laws of the land, to a point, and in true Glib fashion,
      Every one else can FUCK OFF!

      1. straffinrun

        The reason I ask is that I love the respect people automatically give others here. But try striking up a conversation with a stranger and they fucking hate it. #Metoo

        1. Yusef drives a Kia

          Polite is not Respect, but We here assume that the others here have Clue, Polite is a norm, respect is still earned….

          1. straffinrun

            Good example of a cultural difference.

          2. Yusef drives a Kia

            TY, that is a reply worth pondering Straff

        2. Playa Manhattan

          That could be due to
          A) Racism
          or
          B) Your ugly face

          or both.

          1. straffinrun

            They can’t tell us apart. I may as well be Orlando Bloom.

          2. Yusef drives a Kia

            so now your an Elf? Is your Wife the Beautiful Edit fairy?

        3. Tres Cool

          Im the opposite. Ill talk to anyone in Kroger, droplift coupons, or help out someone I don’t know. The idea is that for someone you *dont* know, you have 0 expectations; consequently no fear of judgement.

          1. Playa Manhattan

            What is droplifting coupons?

            Is it some kind of sex game that’s so cutting edge that I won’t even know about it for 10 more years?

          2. Tres Cool

            Droplifiting is when you have a coupon for something you’re not gonna buy before it expires (in my case the next week, generally), so you drop it in the store next to where that item is.
            Alternatively, when Im in the checkout, Ill pass em back- “I saw you have ____, want my coupon for ______?”

          3. Yusef drives a Kia

            I’m Big on helping out People in need, but sometimes it’s best to steer clear, even if it’s just to keep the scene clear for more competent peeps

          4. straffinrun

            Deeply ingrained respect for others until they break a certain rule is one way to organize society. Organic, too.

          5. Number.6

            That’s where I jump ship. Respect is something I grant based on a positive character assessment I make, based on observation and experience. You can expect my polite interaction from the get-go.

            Respect? That’ll be a while.

          6. Yusef drives a Kia

            That’s it 6, Respect is EARNED

          7. Number.6

            That’s why politeness is nice, but respect has significant value.

          8. mr simple

            I guess that depends on how you define the word. I always say I give everyone a certain level of respect I think the average human deserves until they show me they deserve more or less.

          9. Galt1138

            Good point. Apart from some folks I run into in the entertainment biz, a fair amount of the strangers I run across, even here in the southern part of the people’s republic of CA, can be really cool. Granted, I haven’t lived in LA proper for years. I guess being 30-40 miles away, one runs into either a better class of folks, or just a smaller percentage of out an out assholes.

        4. Gustave Lytton

          Maybe you can take lessons from my wife. She’s talking to random everyone when we visit, much to my annoyance. Try carrying around a suitcase. That seems to be a conversation starter.

          1. Playa Manhattan
          2. NOT a Naked Intruder

            I knew it: Playa is Mr. Boyd

    4. Playa Manhattan

      Polite how?

      Do I have to hold my farts in?

      1. straffinrun

        Fecal leakage is serious stuff.

        1. Yusef drives a Kia

          Depends….
          /Double entendre

        2. Playa Manhattan

          I’m trying to help you learn how to start a real conversation.

          You fart (preferably on a train), wait 30 seconds, and then ask people to guess what you had for dinner. It’s a game for all ages, and a real crowdpleaser.

          You’re welcome.

          1. Gustave Lytton

            Huh. Wouldn’t have guessed Playa is a member of Aum Shinrikyo.

          2. Yusef drives a Kia

            I thought He was a member of the Cali Shithole, Like me..

          3. Playa Manhattan

            It might seem like it’s doomsday at first, but that’s part of the game.

          4. Gustave Lytton

            Can’t tell if this is the before or after Playa’s “game”.

            https://imgur.com/a/Q5veE

          5. Playa Manhattan

            It’s taco Monday on this side of the date line.

  14. Yusef drives a Kia

    Holy Shit! Larfed hard!

    1. Tres Cool

      Holy Shit! L̶a̶r̶f̶e̶d̶ sharted hard!

      FTFY.

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        Only in the Morning, if i forget and Fart

  15. hayeksplosives

    I can’t believe this is the same place I come to for intellectual stimulation.

    Time to put my nose back in a book for tonight, methinks.

    1. Galt1138

      Heh.

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        Heh, fuck Off!

      2. Yusef drives a Kia

        Where are you? I’m in Upland

        1. Galt1138

          Canyon Country. Work in Century City.

          1. Yusef drives a Kia

            80 miles, Socal is big, eh?

          2. Galt1138

            Yep. We moved closer to LA for both the neighborhood and my sanity (previous commute was 70 miles). Of course, the 405 still sucks.

          3. Playa Manhattan

            My wife works on the other side of downtown. It’s brutal.

    2. Playa Manhattan

      I haven’t had much adult interaction this week, and this is what happens.

    3. Yusef drives a Kia

      I would like some, but it seems to be too late for the Sleeping Glibs, so I joke, sorry Sister

    4. Tres Cool

      Well, at least you’re free, and not incarcerated in the horse-pistol.
      Welcome home!

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        Easier to complain about humor

      2. hayeksplosives

        Damned skippy!

    5. Chafed

      Better to put your nose in abook than in Playa’s game.

      1. hayeksplosives

        Sound advice.

        I got a little stir crazy since I’m not drinking lately, so I went to the grocery store and bought what I needed to make a small cheesecake in the instant pot. Total experiment.

        It will be ready to take out and cool in a few minutes. Meanwhile, I am drinking chamomile tea. Yummy! Makes me realize how much drinking “a beverage” at night was just a routine. Doesn’t really matter that it’s herbal tea instead of a Rum N Diet, except that I will feel better tomorrow.

        This could work for me.

  16. creech

    This is like the fourth or fifth letter from Dear Abby that has some chick saying “Am I selfish?” Why can’t Abby just say “Yes, congratulations?”

    1. Yusef drives a Kia

      I remember when Dr. laura got sick of her shtick, She sounded jaded by Her own BS

  17. Yusef drives a Kia

    It seems that Hayek doesn’t agree with the Left coast Glibs, That is a hame, She seems cool

    1. Galt1138

      Yep.

      Still, sometimes it’s okay to just be silly.

      1. Yusef drives a Kia

        I get pissed enough, let Humor reign!

    2. hayeksplosives

      Oh, I said it with a smile and the required shake of the head.

      It’s pretty much the reaction expected of women by you yahoos.

      Love you all, you bunch of miscreants.

      Smootches.

  18. Heroic Mulatto

    Are you religious?
    I’d like to introduce you to my religion:

    1. Yusef drives a Kia

      Who won?

    2. Playa Manhattan

      That’s definitely 2 dudes.

      1. Chafed

        Yup.

    3. Galt1138

      It’s both stimulating and disturbing, all at the same time.

  19. Tres Cool

    I’ve had all I can take.

    Goodnight, Missus Calabash. Wherever you are.

  20. Yusef drives a Kia

    i ‘member when I was Younger, My lead man listened to KFI 640, right at the beginning of Conservative Talk radio, it helped that we only had AM radio in the work vehicle.
    Dr. Laura was a local phenomena, and Rush Was still in limited markets. My Lead man said, “listen to what they have to say” and I became a Conservative. Then I saw My Son potentially being killed in stupid Wars,My future being Squandered and my rights being Trampled upon, combined with some Ayn Rand, I became a Libertarian
    /Ganja!!!

    1. J. Frank Parnell

      Nice. I was driving a lot for work around 1990ish, so listened to KFI all day. Rush, then … some other female radio psychologist who had Dr. Laura filling in for her from time to time …. then I think an hour of Dr. Dean Edell, then Tom Leykis when he was doing his left-libertarian schtick, before he decided he wanted to be Howard Stern.

  21. Galt1138

    Well, tomorrow’s a weight lifting day. So, earlier bedtime for me. Goodnight, Glibs!

  22. Yusef drives a Kia

    “Today our newfound ability to generate entirely virtual communities ”
    Wretchard, a great thinker, https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/the-real-news/

  23. Yusef drives a Kia

    I am Hihn! I am Tulpa! I am out! Good night Glibs

  24. CPRM

    You folks sure go to bed at grandpa times. Might as well call this oldertarians, or something.

    1. Yusef drives a Kia

      I’m awake, just being Polite….

      1. CPRM

        whatever grandpa. You’re just up because your enlarged prostate woke you up to piss.

        1. Chafed

          I’ve got ask… is your handle some clever acronym I’ve never encountered or something else?

          1. CPRM

            Constitutional Property Rights Minarchist. The name I gave to my own political philosophy.

          2. Chafed

            Thanks.

          3. CPRM

            Not sure if it is clever, but yes it is an acronym.

        2. Yusef drives a Kia

          Thank god My prostate is fine, Thanks
          I own 2 Kias, and the Meme cam over from TOS
          /Fuck Off!

          1. CPRM

            granpa doesn’t know what a meme is. /drunk

  25. Gilmore

    So, apparently this is a popular thing
    Joe Rogan and Billy Corgan
    it involves the fact that BC actually runs some pro wrestling company

    Billy is a good songwriter, and a little crazy (as any good songwriter should be) but he’s absurdly sober about some shit that regular people are retarded about

    1. CPRM

      Are there rats in a cage in this wrestling endeavor? If not, lost opportunity.

      1. Gilmore

        its pretty intense.

        people dismiss rogan as an interviewer but he actually gets people to open up about shit that almost no one talks about publicly because he’s such a stereotypical ‘dude’

        whats surprising to anyone who is a Corgan/Smashing Pumpkins fan is that corgan is pretty much a ‘dude’ himself, and he likes the fakery of pro wrestling and always has, and also has some really interesting guitar-stories vs. his dad.

        i always liked the guy’s music. i like it more now

        1. PudPaisley

          I seen the Pumpkins a few times in 91(?) at some small clubs right after Gish came out. Gish is one of my favorite albums. I had a beer with Billy and D’Arcy before one the shows in Milwaukee and they both seemed really weird. I’m guessing they were tripping or on some other drugs. It was cool at the time because you just knew they were gonna blow up. At that Milwaukee show they played under a different name because they were getting pretty popular locally and the place only held about 150 – 200 people. I still consider that show one of my 3 favorite concerts. They were just raw and rocking and doing a lot of what I refer to as organized distortion. They did Drown that night, before it came out on the Singles album, and it sounded incredible.

          I really enjoyed the Rogan interview too. Being a Chicago sports fan, I enjoyed some of the stories about the Bulls and Rodman. He’s also done several interviews with Alex Jones on Infowars, which are on youtube. He seems kind of libertarianish from the interviews, and avoids getting tangled up in some of Alex Jones’ crazy conspiracy tangents. I think they are worth a listen.

          This is a pretty good early concert from the Pumpkins if you haven’t seen it. The Metro in Chicago is a cool place to see a show. I think it’s their first show after Siamese Dream came out. They played the second show of the tour in Madison, which I was lucky enough to attend.

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHrabsv1JSg&t=425s

      2. Chafed

        There are not despite all his rage.

    2. Chafed

      How did Corgan wind up running a wrestling company?

      1. Gilmore

        watch the interview.

        1. Chafed

          I just spent half an hour watching the Jordan Peterson interview you posted. That was excellent. I need to go to sleep. I guess I’ll live with the mystery.

          1. Yusef drives a Kia

            He is good, I had no idea, on my list for sure

  26. Gustave Lytton

    I wasn’t a fan of the up/down arrows as they obscured key bits of posts or worse while typing in the box, but goshdarnit I miss the buggers.

    1. CPRM

      Yeah, they went away just as soon as I got used to using them. Story of my life/

      1. Gustave Lytton

        I hate change. And that often includes the change of a change (which I hated when it first changed).

        1. hayeksplosives

          Old man yells at clouds?

          1. Gustave Lytton

            Sometimes the clouds yell back.

            Glad you’re out of the hospital and on the mend ‘splosives.

            Night all! Time to pass out and do it all over again tomorrow.

  27. Mustang

    FUCKA YOU SQWRLS