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Post by Mare on Nov 17, 2022 1:45:51 GMT
I was looking for the Orca in the Big Blue Marble image and thinking what the fuck was I talking about...?.?.?...and then I found it in the marble cake. Whew.
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Post by donavan on Jan 4, 2023 7:14:06 GMT
Darts - England's Michael Smith hit a nine-dart finish on his way to beating three-time champion Michael van Gerwen and winning his first PDC World Championship title.
What a night. What a sport. 🎯
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Post by bluedemon25 on Jan 4, 2023 20:45:36 GMT
What does a 9 dart finish mean?
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Post by donavan on Jan 4, 2023 21:10:00 GMT
When the target is 501, the minimum number of darts needed to reach it is nine.
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Post by Mare on Jan 5, 2023 22:54:08 GMT
Darts - England's Michael Smith hit a nine-dart finish on his way to beating three-time champion Michael van Gerwen and winning his first PDC World Championship title. What a night. What a sport. 🎯 I am giving this a 10 point rating because from how donavan describes it, it is perfect.
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Post by donavan on Feb 24, 2023 23:56:14 GMT
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Post by bluedemon25 on Feb 25, 2023 15:38:42 GMT
Yeah, kind of feel like that too.
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Post by donavan on Feb 25, 2023 23:24:16 GMT
Don't walk away.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Feb 26, 2023 5:03:59 GMT
Trying to stay. It's very hard.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Feb 26, 2023 5:50:33 GMT
Still thinking how I feel precisely. Certainly disappointed but not 100% surprised. The ridiculous comments from Scott Adams the Dilbert cartoonist. I grew up loving this comic and the TV show when it was out which I suppose made me an odd kid since it was certainly geared more I assume for people actually in business not middle schoolers and elementary school when I was starting to read it. Hadn't kept up as much in recent years but I'd heard about him doing sort of what Andy did with some nutty comments being espoused publicly certainly not wise and some rather off-putting. Have to assume some sort of screw loose and or combined post midlife crisis maybe? Disappointing for sure. I still listen and love XTC and Andy's music as we do I suppose that means I can still enjoy Dilbert even if I think the guy who makes it is a dumbass or at least can do or say a lot of dumb things. I'm not looking to start a debate but I'm curious if anyone else had been a Dilbert fan what they think.
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Post by donavan on Feb 26, 2023 8:15:55 GMT
Briefly, what has he been saying.
Some of the things AP comes out with puts me off the music a little bit.
But we are all capable of talking shit sometimes, I suppose. When you can't accept that is when it goes to another level.
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Post by donavan on Feb 26, 2023 9:10:20 GMT
OK, it's made our news. I read it. Looks like he's been cancelled. A stupid thing to say but maybe get him to explain what he means and why he said it. And what does he really mean. Or has debate been cancelled too?
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Post by Finntrovertigo on Feb 26, 2023 14:59:41 GMT
One thing I'll mention, Don--apparently Adams was responding to a Rasmussen survey, and over here there is an immediate suspicious reaction when the name Rasmussen pops up, as the organization is right-wing and notorious for producing bullshit results, so he was arguing from a bad-faith position to start with. Also, he has been known for some for turning Trumpy and racist, so this was no surprise, plus if anyone still wants to read his comics, it is not like there is this internet thing that is easily accessed.
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Post by donavan on Feb 26, 2023 20:03:22 GMT
Apparently, I'm white and privileged. Perhaps I never got the memo.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Feb 26, 2023 21:06:46 GMT
One thing I'll mention, Don--apparently Adams was responding to a Rasmussen survey, and over here there is an immediate suspicious reaction when the name Rasmussen pops up, as the organization is right-wing and notorious for producing bullshit results, so he was arguing from a bad-faith position to start with. Also, he has been known for some for turning Trumpy and racist, so this was no surprise, plus if anyone still wants to read his comics, it is not like there is this internet thing that is easily accessed. I had actually never heard of this Rasmussen thing until the news about Scott Adams. I tried to briefly look it up The general idea I got less from direct sources which would have made me feel I'm a bit more accurate in assessing this so I'm not sure how true this is That means chime in if someone knows more like you did intro but it seems to be a very very heavily leaning conservative and often conspiracy to the point of being ludicrous and diction that is chosen to be I guess you'd call a baiting for the worst behavior think things like overt racism or at least close. That's more what I got from people commenting on the news article I read on Washington Post and a few other places about this Rasmussen thing. I hadn't been familiar with it so I didn't see much beyond what I gleamed from comments. I tried to look up about the guy who founded it In case that would help inform me more but at least what I found didn't seem overtly terrible and I didn't find in the little time I spent much the indicates his personal stances not that it's not out there I just didn't run across it and didn't want to spend all night looking for it. so for the moment all I have as I don't think it's really worth more of my time is that there's a general consensus this guy is a douche clown that runs this douche clown organization and that Scott Adams has been going cuckoo with what one would have hoped might be common sense to know some of the things this organization or whatever the hell they are are kind of like Fox News or other stupid s***. I know he was doing a bunch of Trump positions promoting talking about his masterful manipulation of people and that is one point I can't disagree on Trump as unbelievably odious as he is and he is to me I tend to personally call many of the Republicans a sack of s*** with a mouth you may quote me on that or use it yourself if it's so pleases you. But he sack a s*** with a mouth that is that was previously in office certainly is good at manipulating dumb people I can't deny that and there are a lot of dumb f****** idiots in this country. Anyway, whatever you want to call it, that was very off-putting What I read a tributed to Scott Adams having recently said. it came off as both ignorant and a guy who's scared of a loss of his relevance trying to find something he can make himself feel smart and relevant about (If you really want to know more look about his ego puffing self-discussion on his own predictions It's kind of weird but that's what informs me saying that previous comment I just made) and taking the path of saying inflammatory things for that purpose I'm talking about Scott Adams now. I don't necessarily think that makes someone evil inherently or pure bad it just comes off as a right schmuck and pretty s*****. I think if he really believes what he said that's extra so. If he's just trying to be a provocateur I still don't really approve of doing that or demagoguery but I can't really guess What he really believes versus just says for attention. I know he had some medical issues (difficulty writing a difficulty speaking that were legitimate medical issues) but I don't know if they link neurologically if this is like a neurological issue that's changed personality or what. That's the best I can make out of it and I don't think it's worth my time finding out more just like I wouldn't think it's worth my time to research even more on Fox News. I'm generally not one for knee jerk cancellation it kind of disgusts me because it reeks of greed and pandering towards screaming memes which I do think there is a plethora of on both of the more extreme sides of the political ideology or in some younger generations not all but some and I don't like that I would prefer more polite debate than screeching shrill crap whatever side you may be on. That too discusts me and as I think most will agree greed influences much of the cancellation, and yeah of course businesses are businesses. Nonetheless there are some people who say or do things that are so a****** I want nothing to do with them. I think he's a bit in the middle for me I'm going to want to still read his work but I wouldn't want to hang out with this man and I guess I'll have to keep thinking about it.
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