By ron7344
I like beer. For better or worse, this has been a mantra that I lived by from the age of 18-present day 47. I can’t drink like I used to, but I still really enjoy drinking beer. My wife has never had a problem with the beer drinking, because it was (mostly) on the weekends and I never changed my personality while I was drunk so it almost never caused me any problems. The following story is one of the times it did, but it turned into a positive thing in the long run.
In December of 1990 I was a 19-year-old Lance Corporal and had been stationed on Okinawa for 8 months. On a Wednesday, I ran into my drinking buddy from Fort Sill, Pete. He had just gotten to the island on a six-month deployment. We had to go drinking that night even though I had to be up at 4:30 for a machine gun shoot Thursday morning. It started as “I’ll just have a few beers and be back by midnight so I can get 4 hours of sleep.” (It was so great to be young.) We went bar hopping and somehow wound up at the Sunabe Seawall at around 11:30.
I met this pretty Okinawan girl, she was 22 and we REALLY hit it off. She and her friend had just watched the movie Ghost and came to the seawall for a little bit before they went home. Next thing I knew it was 2:00. Man, WE HAVE TO GO!! The girl is nice enough to drive us to the front gate, but as I get out of her car I realize my wallet is missing because the bottom of my pocket was ripped. She took me back and we found it, but instead of coming back we sat and talked for another couple of hours (not getting any sleep anyway at this point). She drives me back and I get to my room as reveille was sounded at 4:30.
I shaved and got into my cammies and still had 45 minutes before formation, so I had the fatal thought “I can take a nap” figuring that I would hear when everyone went down for formation. To quote Charlie Murphy, “WRONG!!”. To make matters worse, my section Chief and the A chief were in school so nobody noticed I wasn’t at formation.
I woke up at noon.
Not sure what to do, I started helping the rear party with cleaning the barracks in preparation for our weekly cleaning (field day) and was terrified when I heard the 5 tons come back, but trying to be slick, I went down and started cleaning the .50 cals, MK 19’s, and M60’s. Suddenly I hear my Platoon Sergeant yelling for me to get my stupid ass in his office NOW.
“WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU?!?!?!”
What to say? I suck at lying and I think I’m in enough trouble without adding to it so I didn’t know what to say except to tell him exactly what happened and why. No excuses, just the truth.
He shook his head and told me to go back out. I thought my career was over, I would never get promoted and maybe kicked out. He never said another word about it, but for at least six months, every time there was a shit detail he would look over the formation and when he saw me he would do a double take, yell my name, say “Holy Shit, you’re here. Thanks for volunteering.” Much guard duty was stood, and many hours were spent picking up trash and brass.
The positive thing to come out of that night: the girl I met has been married to me for 24 years now.
Now for reviews of my BIF from L0b0t:
Black Duck Porter by Greenport Harbor Brewing Company 4.7% ABV: Excellent example of a high quality Porter. Nothing extra, just right. 4.25/5
Common Sense Kentucky Style Ale by Upstate Brewing Company 5.3% ABV: Very easy to drink reddish ale. Good taste of hops, but not too strong. 4/5
Hawaiian Pizza IPA by Rockaway Brewing Company 5.9% ABV: I was skeptical about this one, but there was a pineapple beer in my last BIF package that was enjoyable, so let’s see.
Is this grapefruit juice? One swallow and I’m done (TWSS) 1/5
I give it to my wife (not a beer drinker) and she tastes it says “I can drink it, but it doesn’t taste like beer” She gives it 2/5
Heavy Boots of Lead by Single Cut Beersmiths 11.2%ABV: Pours like motor oil out of my Cummins BLACK and THICK. Even the foam is dark. Can’t see a light through it.
Tastes like an imperial stout, but there is a lot more to the flavor. Very thick and heavy but in a good way, hard to explain. I would never guess this was 11.2 %. I like it a lot and wish I could find this around here. 4.5/5
High Ryse by Iconyc Brewing Company 7.5% ABV: Very smooth Saison beer. Not my favorite type of beer, but it definitely got better as it went down, really liked it by the end. 3.75/5
First drink and I think” this is the perfect beer” almost reminds me of Double Bastard, one of my all-time favorites. 12%, but it goes down way too easily. I love this beer, my next trip to NY I will definitely be looking for this and the High Ryse. 4.75/5
Super Kitty by Keegan Ales 12% ABV: Bottle has a pop top like Grolsch, and it’s wax sealed. Excellent red color and nice “beer” smell. My wife smells it and recoils in horror.
Thanks again Nephilium for coordinating all this and also thank you l0b0t for the excellent beers.
Comments
233 responses to “I SAID WE’LL DO IT LIVE”
May I ?
No you may not. :-p
The positive thing to come out of that night: the girl I met has been married to me for 24 years now.
Excellent.
That Heavy Boots of Lead sounds good.
Time flies, here’s to another 24 years
Huzzah!
Great story, MS. I’ll toast you with a cup of coffee, now start on the next 24 years.
Congratulations on 24 years
…not my story. ron7344.
Cool story.
Saw Sabbath twice with Ozzy and three times with Dio. Sorry, but Dio was better.
Sorry, but Dio was better.
Sad.
In fairness, Ozzy may have been better in the seventies. I first saw Sabbath in ’81 with Dio and didn’t catch Ozzy until ’04 ish. Towards the end, Dio hands down.
I’ve never seen any of them live.
I tried listening to some Dio Sabbath and couldn’t.
I liked the Heaven and Hell album actually. I had liked Rainbow as well though.
Saw Sabbath on their final tour. No Bill Ward unfortunately. They were great.
Dio definitely had a better voice. But it really was a different band with Ronnie in front. Too bad they didn’t change the name.
Saw Dio solo in 84. That voice… I stupidly didn’t even know he had been in Sabbath and Rainbow. I was blown away in the second half of the show when he started through some of those songs.
Interracial pr0n?
Congrats on 24 years!
Nice story on the duty and the gal who both helped cause it and stuck with you through the consequences. Cheers! And a genuine thanks for your service.
Mr Splosives and I stayed up too late drinking, but not beer: Moscow Mules. He made mine in the traditional copper mug but his in gigantic plastic cups. He is still drunk here at 10 AM. I am having a nice Screwdriver made with oranges from the yard.
California has a dick government, but it’s an awesome place on the globe.
Merry Christmas, y’all!
My parents had a place in Desert Hot Springs with a grapefruit tree and an orange tree in the backyard So, so, good.
Ooo, grapefruit. nice.
This crazy yard (bought the place in July) has oranges, lemons, limes, grapes, pomegranates, avocados, unidentified green fruit that is delicious, passion fruit, apples, pears, and then a spice garden with rosemary, chives, thyme, etc. I am not worthy.
It’s not even that big a yard, just heavily terraced. Makes more sense than a big flat lawn of grass though.
I am still astounded by the fact that winter is when all the succulents (just decorative, not for food) go into their reproduction phase and shoot out crazy appendages to try and pollenate and spread. It’s alien plant life for sure.
This planet is too good for us. California is a would-be paradise wrecked by the Nancy Pelosis of the world.
Amen sister. Amen.
You in So-Cal too?
It would be fun to do a So-Cal Glibs meet up.
I miss Tundra, Mike, and Pope Jimbo from the Minnesota/NoDak meetups. Sniff.
Yes I am. I’m roughly 30 miles from you.
lucky. The house we bought in July has ZERO TREES. (well, there might be one that’s technically ours, but it’s outside our backyard fence, so not sure. I don’t miss the three giant eucalyptus we had at our old house (we had to cut them back every year because they like to “self-prune” when the leaves get heavy if it rains), but I would like a fruit tree or two.
But yes, to SoCal meetups!
Desert Hot Springs?
I’ve seen it on Cinemax.
I had my first Moscow Mules on an unofficial work Christmas pub crawl.
I could get to like them.
I’ve REALLY jumped on the Moscow Mule craze after having my first one just a couple weeks ago. Man they’re good. My favorite ginger beer is Cock And Bull so far. Unfortunately, it’s also the most expensive I’ve found so far.
I don’t know which ginger beer they used, but I’ve always been partial to Barritt’s. Whatever one they used was pretty good.
Cock and Bull is pretty much the best out there.
When I go to Salt Lake City on the way to/from Dugway Proving Ground, I go to an airport restaurant called Squatters and get a Mormon Mule made with “Five Wives” vodka and Cock and Bull Ginger Beer. Yummy.
“Fives Wives”, “Cock and Bull”… I think there is a joke in there somewhere.
I’m not a fan of Cock & Bill. I think it’s too sweet. Q ginger beer is my absolute favorite.
I drink Mules in the summer. Dangerous stuff.
Huh. I thought C&B was the least sweet and had the most bite of the ones I’ve tried so far: Goslings, Stoli, and C&B
I’ll look for Q Ginger
The other I like is Fever Tree.
I’ll second you on Fever Tree. In a pinch Reed’s Extra Strength Ginger Beer work as well.
Speaking of vodka, I got some “Eagle’s Pride” vodka from Buckeye Distiller, located in Tipp City, OH – about a 15 minute drive for me.
I’m not a big vodka guy; I think most of it is fucking gross. But I’m impressed with this stuff. Not sure of availability outside the Dayton, OH area, however…
I’m a fan of Rain Organics. It comes from the Buffalo Trace distillery. Runs about $20 a bottle.
Ive had that, shortly after Buckeye opened up. As someone who used to drink un-healthy amounts of vodka, I wasnt a fan.
In fairness, I was a shots-kinda-guy, so maybe it pairs well with a mixer.
OT – Holy short paragraphs, Batman – but interesting if accurate:
Oh, it’s true all right.
Their smartwatches are cheap and feature packed for a reason, and they’ve made good use of them. They’re selling bugging devices to executive victims at a profit. There’s a grim beauty in it somewhere.
Crap. Looks at Honor 8 and smart watch.
I am ditching it for a Fitbit Tuesday. So i have that going for me…
I don’t think there is any doubt they do it with a state owned or championed company. Some Glib posted this a short time ago: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies
It kind of puts an exclamation point on it.
I just don’t know why we were all so stupid as to fall for it. I had to get a new with computer because of that. ..
I have never trusted Chinese brands because I assume they have built in spyware.
That story has been challenged a lot by technical people. It appears Bloomberg may not have fact checked their writers enough.
Given the NSA was surreptiously able to put electronic back doors at the chip level, isn’t it likely the Chinese are doing the same with their companies?
Sumatra Mountain Brown for my first afternoon beer. It’s good.
I had a pretty good brown ale last night with my wings. Started off with a Great Lakes Christmas Ale Winter Ale before that.
https://untappd.comb/zaftig-brewing-co-llc-nuttn-2it-pecan-brown-ale/2218419
Working link.
That beer looks good.
I liked it. Especially after a few sips.
Try this one
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/34018/209228/
Can’t go wrong with Founders.
Yeah, Founders makes great beer.
I managed to get one of the last bottles of CBS available here in southern NH. It was good.
I forgot that I still have a bottle left over from last year. I haven’t opened it yet.
Nice Christmas surprise:) Their Breakfast Stout was the first beer I had by them. One of my favorite beers. Don’t think I’ve had the CBS.
I think their Breakfast Stout was also my first of theirs.
CBS comes out, when it comes out, near the end of the year. It is a stout aged in bourbon barrels that also aged maple syrup.
Yummy.
Local pub has this ale aged in bourbon barrels on tab. It’s quite delish.
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/430/18698/
On tap
I’ve had that. It’s not bad at all.
Drink the old CBS asap. It doesn’t age because of the syrup. They don’t recommend it past a year.
A holiday PSA from Wayne Hancock.
Ohio man
http://local12.com/news/local/cpd-suspect-makes-wrong-turn-during-foot-chase-runs-into-backdoor-of-police-station-cincinnati-ohio-kentucky-walmart-jeremy-roberts-tactical-error
The Taser had no effect and he looks very happy in his booking photo. I wonder what he was on.
They’re selling bugging devices to executive victims at a profit. There’s a grim beauty in it somewhere.
Something something sell you the rope you hang them with.
As much as I hate the US gov’t “picking winners and losers” out of private or publicly traded companies, I do think the US needs to invest in manufacturing of electronic components. The “kill switch” embedded into the simplest chips is not hypothetical; it’s very real.
China isn’t dicking around. They want to bring us down and are willing to use all means necessary to do so. The fact that we buy any electronics from them to me is profoundly stupid; so easy to either report to the Mothership what they see and/or kill switch anything at any time.
Are we that stupid as a nation?
It’s impressive* how studiously most of the MSM are ignoring this story.
*By which I mean completely unsurprising. I mean, there isn’t even a Russia angle.
The media are ignoring the story because it’s bullshit.
No, Chinese phones aren’t spying on anyone.
RussianChinese bot identified.No, Chinese phones aren’t spying on anyone.
Just everyone.
While there have been cases of Chinese malware and their data protections are way worse than ours in general, The US intelligence case against Huwai is weak as shit. The evidence they’ve presented to us is incredibly flimsy and they are not a trustworthy source.
Yes, yes we are that stupid. And corrupt. The decision to buy Chinese parts wasn’t just because of cost savings.
David Gerrold wrote a very similar thing. The US “lost” ww? and as part of the treaty
was required to provide weapons for the rest of the world. Secret kill-switch installed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Against_the_Chtorr
I’ve heard of that series – any good?
Was great, but it’s been 24 years since book 4. I gave up hope.
Go back in time and read “The Man Who Folded Himself” – it’s pretty good.
Are we that stupid as a nation?
That’s a rhetorical question, right?
I remember in the ’80s, when China was first opening up to White Devil contract manufacturing, people were saying it was just a ruse to gain access to technology. Say what you want about currency manipulation, the Chinese have hoovered up a lot of proprietary knowledge in return for access to “cheap manufacturing”.
We’ll see how that plays out.
Does a parasite plan to kill the host? Parasites often do kill the host but is there a plan of sorts? China needs a market for all the cheap goods they are producing, the 1.3 billion hungry folks have gotten accustomed to eating and I need a cheap shirt once in awhile. If you saw my wardrobe you’d agree. I’m not in disagreement, just not understanding.
https://twitter.com/LordScrump/status/1075872422421762050
libertarian moment?
No. I see no evidence of marijuana use.
Looks fun. Mery Christmas!
They’re going to get their butts kicked by Power Celtic.
Continuing with my holiday drinking, this beer from Clown Shoes is OK. I’ve had better from them.
Child, deprived of petting service dog.
Good lord. Not every slight, right or wrong, is worth an argument.
Ugh, I almost felt ill watching that. Poor kid.
Since there are a lot of handy people here with more building experience than I, question:
I’m building some overhead garage storage out of slotted angle irons. I’m going to start with 2 4 foot by 8 foot drop downs over each car parking spot, for a total of 64 square feet of storage. Will connect them and expand if I run out of space.
What can I use for the decking? I don’t want to use wood and make it look like a drop down ceiling. I’m looking for ideas that won’t make the room seem smaller.
Thanks
Metal racks like you see in refrigeration, open feel yet strong
How would I bond them to the frame? Epoxy? Screws and washers?
Make a frame out the angle iron so that the metal racks just sit in the frame. Maybe like four, 2′ x 4′ frames…assuming the racks you find are 2′ x 4′
As far as fixing them to the frame, I don’t think it would be necessary, but if you wanted some piece of mind you could use some u-bolts through the slots and over the wire of the racks. Even just wire or heavy zip ties should do the job.
I’m in earthquake country. Zip ties should probably work if I use enough of them.
I think it’s gonna look like a drop down ceiling regardless of what you use, my 2 cents. Not sure if that is a bad thing.
Frames are already up, and it looks ok.
Bailing wire, or zip ties.
AM2 Matting
http://www.cassholdings.com/AM2.htm
To be honest, they do make prefab overhead systems. You can probably redneck engineer something around this rack.
https://www.hayneedle.com/product/hyloftceilingmountedstoragerack.cfm
It looks quite a bit like prefab, but far less expensive.
If I bough the prefab ones, it would be a $700-$800 job.
Buy a few of these
I think Playa has some angle iron, and a brand new arc welder.
I need to come up with a project so I can by a welder too.
If I can just find that rack…
Q can find some racks for you.
Instead of angle iron you could also hang chains and hook to eyelets in whatever shelving material you want to use. Depending on what your putting up there sway may or may not be an issue.
https://www.mcmaster.com/expanded-metal
The Most Racist Vacation Ever
Imagine if people tried to make a white-only resort.
You mean the Catskills?
THAT’S DIFFERENT!!!!11!11!!!11!1!
Full-auto briefcase, fired by Gun Jesus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CH-5kY5w2Q
Where did he get that thing?
Secret Service?
I like his work.
Heavy boots of lead sounds delicious, plus I love that doing.
Nice story.
Song even.
Patreon continued….really gets the noggin joggin’
On the alcoholic front, I’m testing out my brand new tiki mugs with a random drink I’m mixing later tonight – will post on twitter. I probably need to buy a blender in the future…I don’t think ice cubes are the default preference.
My brother told me that he mashes up raspberries and puts them in vodka instead of ice cubes for “Raspberry Russians”. He said it’s fucking delicious, but I haven’t tried it.
Maybe those would be good in a blended drink instead of plain water ice cubes.
We are a nation of drinkers. Holy crap, the lines were long at the liquor store today.
This is why I always try to have good booze on hand at all times, so I don’t have to make trips to the liquor store when it’s busy as hell.
Or I have a drinking problem. Jury’s still out on that.
“In the transcript of @MLChristiansen’s call with @Patreon they claim that the incident at Vidcon with Sargon and Anita was a “warning” for Sargon and he knew where the line was. But… Patreon said he did not violate any policies so wtf?”
https://twitter.com/Timcast/status/1076494242095292416
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv7hvZee-PQ
“Here’s the stance of @Patreon (my interpretation): “We allow people to freely vote monetarily for creators (innovators, disruptors, avant garde; those who create controversy) EXCEPT when those creators do anything anywhere we don’t like. Then we will destroy their livelihood.””
https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1076535028392357889
Sargon just put out a full transcript of a phone call between Patreon and Matt Christianson and they hint at being pressured by credit companies although they later deny that was the case. If that’s what’s happening they, and the alternative payment processors as well, are screwed.
This tactic has a long enough history. New York State “pressured” the credit card companies to refuse cigarette sales to its wards over a decade ago.
If wonder who’s pressuring them this time.
So…. the Gatwick drone perps were eco-terrorists?
Yup. Proggies strike again. Expect this story to disappear any minute now.
“Remember, when you see an open-border advocate complaining about the wall, they’re not against it because it won’t work. They’re against the wall because it WILL work.”
https://twitter.com/RoamingMil/status/1076191843916935168
Walls don’t work
Except in the former DDR.
Drink Delivery system or Deadly Weapon?
That was a Nazi wall
Gatorbait
Gatorbait
@gatorbait0927
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5m
Replying to @TalibKweli
@TheFeltyPerro
and @Jabbawa78
Pretty sure the allies built the wall after WWII not the nazis durning the wa
Twitter – still making the world stupid, I see.
The world is already stupid. Twitter just exposes it.
So much this. I get enough just reading the stuff posted here. I couldn’t handle seeing that much stupidity all day from my phone.
And it was torn down to foster humanity and diversity.
I got a chuckle from that too
Twitter is a fucking cesspool, jeez.
“Extend Trump’s Wall Around California”
https://twitter.com/AP4Liberty/status/1076311962982727681
“Building a wall to keep our country safe is a good start. My campaign aims for the next level. The People’s Republic of California is on its way to becoming a failed state. When it does, the commie refugees are going to flee the California and take their commie values with them. Now is the time to fence them in…at least until an earthquake machine is created, then we can send it out to sea.”
https://www.gofundme.com/6lk6wvc
Go ahead short stuff, this Citizen can’t wait……..
Too late….
One donation?! We got one fucking donation?!
“oh that’s convenient, the transvestigation™ folks™ made a convenient list of celebrities that they have 100% Uncovered as being Secretly Transgendered™”
https://twitter.com/garblefart/status/1075726992539033600
Trolling isn’t fun when it’s that easy. It takes the sport out of it.
Except the transvestigation folks seem like they are being serious, as much as the flat earth people, 911 truthers, etc.
It’s a real thing, those people are as deranged as the crisis actors folks.
Replying to
@ProfessorF
@RoamingMil
and
@reason
Open borders libertarians are happy with losing forever. Might as well correctly identify them a fifth column at this point.
“We can’t convince anyone to vote for us, so let’s allow leftists to fill our country with immigrants who are even more hostile to our ideas.”
Dude kinda has a point
Agreed (except for the kinda).
Hogg to Harvard
Right think is to be rewarded
“Thank you all for the well wishes, I’ll be attending Harvard in the fall with a planned major in Political Science.”
https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1076466561630785537
That’s pretty much begging someone to shoot up Harvard.
Maybe he’ll flunk out.
I’ve taught everything I know to Harvard, and will now be leaving
to look for employment.
It would be funnier if he got #metoo’d.
There’s no maybe about it.
Yep, knew this was going to happen when the original story about him skipping college (and his poor academics) came to light.
Oh fuck. There goes the neighborhood. As if I don’t have enough reasons to not go into Cambridge.
He has a speaking engagement where I did my undergrad.
“March For Our Lives was created by two dozen students who survived the attack.”
Somehow, Im pretty sure they’ve had loads of help along the way.
I remember seeing a clip of one of their rallies. There is no way they paid for the stage they were pontificating from.
Probably replaced some black or Hispanic valedictorian who otherwise would have gotten his slot in the class.
Oh no! Admissions were totally based on merit before this!
https://twitter.com/Classify/status/1076296518087462913
lolwut?
I like the Rosa Parks quote.
He’ll learn to give better instructions next time.
ROFLMAO!!!
My stout moods seems to continue. A glass of Sockeye Seven Devil’s stout started the day and the afternoon sipper with football is this:
https://www.payettebrewing.com/salted-caramel-twelve-gauge-barrel-aged-imperial-stout
Tasty stout with a hint of salted caramel.
That sounds delicious.
If the review is to be believed, that sounds yummier than the Worldwide Vanilla Stout I had. WVS is definitely worthwhile, but salt and caramel!
Hell, after my lackluster run this morning I wasn’t planning on drinking today, but this post and the comments spurred me on. Glibertarians.com FTW!
Jeebus, 16%?!? That’s Zinfandel territory.
The beer to have when you’re only having one. However, I’m going to have a dessert beer, ’cause I live in a desert. Oh, and I like to drink.
Dogfish Head makes good stuff.
Fought my way through my ghetto Kroger, and since its past 5 and tOSU beat UCLA, time to relax with a pile of these guys.
Only the tall cans of course.
Mulling some wine. Don’t have to go into work until after Christmas. Life is happy.
Ooo killed wine is wonderful. Cheers!
(Clink)
I repeat: kindle autocorrect is the worst autocorrect.
Mulled wine, Alexa, you bitch.
Lol! Some people would consider mulling wine as killing it.
Not when it was cheap Spanish red to start with.
If it’s borderline drinkable, mull it.
This is truth. I’ve only done mulled with Franzia in a box. But now that I have fresh OJ…
NEIN!
You murdered those grapes, didn’t you?
I mulled some wine, but bought beer instead.
*polite applause*
Oh my goodness. I just picked a bunch of oranges out of my yard and put them through my amazing Aicock juicer.
This is the tastiest mimosa I have ever had.
Nothing is better than fresh from the garden.
Nothing is better than
fresh from the garden.food you didn’t have to cook.The take out bbq i just ate agrees with you.
I’m doing a mango mimosa right now.
It’s the most important thing you can do with Naked Juice.
Why are you people drinking mimosas at night?
What can I use for the decking?
Playa- Something like this maybe? It would probably need more support than just the perimeter frame.
Excellent. I can put extra crosspieces. I bought a few extra 4 footers.
Okay, I can’t handle any more beer shakes. Time to switch to whiskey. First up is Pikesville Rye.
This looks like a typical Saturday night at my house.
Oktoberfest is better than this “Beerfest” shit.
You’re talkin to a sconnie, know all about it. (Pst, Beerfest is a movie about underground unregulated Oktoberfest drinking games, a fun romp)
Meh… I prefer drinking in the tents.
I prefer drinking alone. *sobs*
Get a cat. Then it’s not drinking alone.
?
Cats are assholes.
Patreon rep attempts to explain that its Maoist speech-squelching policies aren’t Maoist (but they do squelch speech, and proudly).
This Jacqueline lady admits that he’d likely not have been banned if he’d bared his neck and let their “Trust and Safety” team gnaw on it a little. Just to show him who’s alpha. But, see, he didn’t apologize. He doubled down. So they sent him packing.
Hence I linked to it several hours ago. NONE OF YOU LISTEN TO ME!!!
Bah! I missed it.
I don’t use Patreon, and I doubt I’ll start now. But the controversy is entertaining.
What?
Saturday Night Giant-Super-Happy-Funtime-Sample-Studio!
Surely everyone knows Herb Alpert, and his iconic song “Rise” .
Well, NAS needed a melody for his feel-good tune “Power, Paper, & Pussy”, so he stoled it.
*fayul*
I like Herb Alpert’s older stuff.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LGmQXuySF28
I was expecting “Tequila”
Meh. As a creator who is getting exposure and profit through youtube and patreon I still don’t see the problem. Maybe I’m just stodgy from working in the real media and seeing how much more open these platforms are to free expression over the platforms that existed for the last 100 years.
It’s the arbitrary garbage. Hence they’ll perma ban a massive user for something said in a non-affiliated project not tied to anything produced for patreon stuff – but ignore 22 pages of content on their platform using the exact same “slurs” (found with a simple search) – ignoring context, etc.
Hence the second part of my statement : “Maybe I’m just stodgy from working in the real media and seeing how much more open these platforms are to free expression over the platforms that existed for the last 100 years.” Other media platforms are 1000000000x worse to work on these same grounds.
The better option is always better than the worst option.
It’s not that it’s an obviously partisan company. Complaining that tech companies skew progressive is like bitching about bias in media. It’s that they stepped in it and tracked it onto the carpet and now they’re trying to pretend that the office smelling of shit is just something their creators expect.
Still a better deal than working in the old media, that’s all I’m trying to say.
Got my Xmas bonus today. Down from previous years, but still respectable and appreciated. ?⛄?
Time for some Ardbeg 10.
A Christmas bonus.
Hannah Spearritt was adorable in Primeval.
My first tiki drink: https://twitter.com/FishLikesFlicks/status/1076620720791318528
Very tasty, got a lot of other experiments I want to try – obviously 22oz is a big glass to fill – so that makes things a little more complicated. I seem to recall there’s an issue with some dairy vs non-dairy alcohol mixes – ie. “Gorilla snot” and other “failed” mixes I’ve read about before…but I was hoping I might come up with something “holiday themed” – ie. eggnog plus creme de menthe….etc May try later this week – even if on a smaller scale.
Yes…I hit up the ABC store this past weekend for the first time in a couple years.
Brown Shugga Ale, very smooth, and 10%,
Carry on
Is it back?
Seems to be, Cherry Jane as well
I had the Brown Sugga Substitute for years, but I haven’t seen it lately.
Henry Gibson will have some……..
Anchor Christmas Ale and now moved on to whiskey and vernors. Fire and relaxing with family. Still no snow in my part of the mitten.
My Sister says hi!
whiskey + vernors = solid drink
Drunk gf decorating a Christmas tree…what could possibly go wrong?
Pics or it didn’t happen.
I think my kindle is drunk. That’s a horrible pic.
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/_PQTrIbOSBOT77CA09X19Q.4ja4aRA72MmRJjq2rLt_9H
Here we go.
Is there any other way to decorate a tree?
Drunk and naked?
So, I’ve been out of the loop for a few days. I just learned of RBG’s lung tumors. I think it might be a good idea to invest in some popcorn factories right now.
This is the Saturday links?
ZARDOZ must have an eggnog hangover.
There should be a coming attractions post at 9PM ET.
And Open Post!! For once we can go off topic!!
Glibs haz a sad.