william.scherk Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 'Who bangs the most porn stars?' 11 minutes ago, Jon Letendre said: Nobody bangs skanky porn stars like my President Donald J. Trump, ok? Nobody. Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Heh... Things I would rather do than read Obama's 4 page "memo" in response toPresident Donald J. Trump's cancelling of the Iran Nuclear Deal:-Change Hillary's diapers-Watch Michael Moore eat-Go on a "date" with ex AG Schneiderman-Try to have a conversation with Alyssa Milano?— Lisa Smith (@LisaSmith4680) May 8, 2018 Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KorbenDallas Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Is it disrespectful to call a porn star's nether regions a "slush fund?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 From The Babylon Bee (this is so short, I'll push the limits of fair use a bit): CNN Report: Evil Trump Kidnaps Three People From North Korean Paradise Quote ATLANTA, GA—An exclusive new CNN report revealed Thursday that President Trump has kidnapped three people from the paradise of North Korea, forcing them to get on a plane and return to the United States against their wishes. A teary-eyed CNN anchor broke the story, visibly enraged at the egregious act of international terrorism. CNN reporters had discovered that the three visitors had been in North Korea enjoying a vacation for many months before Trump unilaterally decided to have them forcibly flown back to America, even aggressively accosting them when they landed. “This heartbreaking story shows just how low President Trump will go,” the anchor said, his voice quavering. “How much longer will this country allow this madman to go on trampling the name of the United States on the world stage? This is an unprecedented act, for a sitting president to personally kidnap perfectly happy visitors to the communist wonderland of North Korea.” “The time for impeachment is now!” he added, beginning to chant, “Impeach Trump! Impeach Trump!” At publishing time, sources at CNN had been able to confirm that Trump is planning on flying to a meeting with Kim Jong Un, where the two will discuss how to most efficiently destroy and enslave the world. LOL... Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KorbenDallas Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Seth Meyer's jokes of the week: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KorbenDallas Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Emperor Trump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caroljane Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 On 5/21/2018 at 2:49 PM, KorbenDallas said: Emperor Trump At least he is wearing clothes for once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 That's not funny. It looks like an HBO walking dead spook. Is that six fingers on one hand that I see? Our President only has five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Peter said: That's not funny. Peter, Scott Adams has a talk in several places on how to create jokes and humor. He should know, too. He's been a successful professional humorist for decades through Dilbert. He's not the only one who has observed the lameness of anti-Trump humor. And it's not because of the anti-Trumpers being anti-Trump. It's more about them being anti-humor in the strictest sense. Anti-Trumper stuff is generally low-level kindergarten mocking (or taunting) and nothing more. Even SNL is starting to back off because former members started saying in public what a shame it was becoming a propaganda venue that just wasn't funny anymore. It was predictable and not clever. (See here for one example.) According to Scott, for humor to work (and after accepting the fact that 30% of people do not have a sense of humor at all so we can discount the feedback from those), a joke, meme or any other attempt to be funny on purpose needs at least two of six ingredients to achieve a level of funniness that will be universally appreciated as humor: mean, bizarre, clever, naughty, recognizable and cute. Just two will make something barely funny. Three starts getting into hilarity. Four is side-splitting funny. I don't recall what he said about five and he claims he has never seen all six in the same place at once. But if he did, that would be the best humor in the world. And he explains what each of these components means in the sense he means them (naughty = bathroom and sex, cute = small children and lovable animals, etc.) Anti-Trumper humor these days just tries to be mean. I guess it feels good to anti-Trumpers, but to the rest of mankind (even people who don't like President Trump very much without the hatred of the anti-Trumpers), it's just lame. After learning this from Scott Adams, I see the technical reason is that it's incompetently drawn up. It's like playing a bass line only without the rest of the accompaniment for a singer, then wondering why the song doesn't work very well at moving hearts. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KorbenDallas Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Oh Lawd, every US President in the modern era is a subject of humor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 The following isn't humor per se, but since I'm offering it for the consumption of any of you Trump-supporting schadenfreude junkies out there, that aspect makes it kinda funny. Ben Rhodes reacting to Hillary Clinton's hilarious defeat in 2016 is the funniest part of the new Obama Documentary on HBO.What makes it even better is throughout the documentary he brags how she is going to win. pic.twitter.com/MGBQNE5ATY— The Columbia Bugle (@ColumbiaBugle) May 30, 2018 Michael Flynn's son said he can't stop watching the video. He just keeps repeating it over and over... Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 After I posted the video above, I just now saw that Scott Adams made an interesting comment on it. (Not humor, but interesting.) Ben Rhodes is shown trying to reboot his mind after Clinton's loss. He wasn't living in reality, but instead in a set of scripts running in his head. Here’s a great example of cognitive dissonance immediately after the trigger. Observed reality stopped matching the movie in Ben Rhodes’ head and you can watch him try to reboot his mind. Fascinating. https://t.co/mvbklrmPYR— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) May 30, 2018 Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Exactly! On the opposite side of the fence I thought Trump was going to lose until he won a particular state, but I forget which one. What? It can't be. Everybody said he was going to lose. Conservatives were so somber and grim, including me, with a sick feeling in my stomach. And now it has been two years of euphoria and snickering. "You fools!" - Mister T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 The gift of hypocrisy that keeps on giving. Not President Trump, silly. The press... Don't they wag their fingers at all of us for being sexist? Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 I am thankful for all the celebrities who are not brain washed. I hear rumors about the "backlash" they will get from the liberal mob, including no work or party invitations. The left is fulfilling the nightmare from the novel "1984." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william.scherk Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 14 minutes ago, Peter said: The left is fulfilling the nightmare from the novel "1984." The left ate my homework. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 43 minutes ago, william.scherk said: The left ate my homework. Shucks. The first time you posted something I overran my "do not call" rule to read it. But there you go again. You are implying that my "view that the left is filled with scumbags" is a lie and it is not. Why do you defend the left? Are you one of those "left libertarians" out to destroy the reputation of Rand and her fans? You never seem to praise Objectivists, only disparage them, like a mouse eating the cheese left on the table at night. Stop it. Say something nice about OL. What are you about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william.scherk Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 (edited) == 3 hours ago, Peter said: 4 hours ago, william.scherk said: 4 hours ago, Peter said: I am thankful for all the celebrities who are not brain washed. I hear rumors about the "backlash" they will get from the liberal mob, including no work or party invitations. The left is fulfilling the nightmare from the novel "1984." The left ate my homework. Shucks. The first time you posted something I overran my "do not call" rule to read it. But there you go again. You are implying that my "view that the left is filled with scumbags" is a lie and it is not. I over-use "The [X-group] ate my homework," I do. I use it a lot on Twitter, or at least a lot meaning at least two dozen times. Sometimes Twitter is full of claims or proclamations that sort of appeal to reason but don't use it. So in place of an objective if not Objectivist 'identification,' we get Blobs who have done some awful perfidious things. One blag-flag anarchist with trendy St Louis tattoos I have twitted with "Da Left" or "Nazis" (since as an anarchist he can loathe both) Ate My Homework. He never gets it. It's always punch a Nazi day in St Louis. Such proclamations about a blob subsume the actual blame game. Maybe the dog or the left or the nazi did an awful thing. The homework is then perhaps in the showing it locally, not declaring it universally. On Twitter I have swapped out permutations of "Da Right/D'Alt-Right/Da Blob/D'Nazis" in ate-my-homework one-liners with all manner of ill-demonstrated out-group or group of fiends. One of my woker-than-woke Muslima Twitter ladies was sooooo tired of "The Left" ... I think I've homeworked her a fair five times. She's where I started. You are not being singled out and picked on, Peter. Quote Why do you defend the left? Are you one of those "left libertarians" out to destroy the reputation of Rand and her fans? You never seem to praise Objectivists, only disparage them, like a mouse eating the cheese left on the table at night. Stop it. Say something nice about OL. What are you about? I do disparage some persons who claim Objectivist bona fides, starting with the Kim Jong Peikoff, based I hope on ideas or assertions I find unsupported, questionable -- arguable at least. I'm a curious skeptic with experience here. I've been banned by Lindsay Perigo three times and found a perch here. I am one of the few undead continuing contributors to Rebirth of Reason. I don't tear into Rand much, even if I do point out disagreements. I try to be honest ... I am basically one of the few non-Objectivist jesters tolerated in this sector of online Objectiverse. I have even embroidered a cushion that picks out one of Michael's nice "We love William" blurbs from I forget where. We've built up a trade deficit on questions and answers, you and me, Peter, I think. A half-day ago you pulled a Veep move after a swerve into Sociopathy Tag... so as you answer some of my pending questions, we can do further discussion "business." Or not. Spoiler Edited June 1, 2018 by william.scherk I sanded down nastiness in three different areas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 3 hours ago, Peter said: What are you about? Peter, LOL... William tells you very well. 27 minutes ago, william.scherk said: I am basically one of the few non-Objectivist jesters tolerated in this sector of online Objectiverse. William is a coyote. He's a wildcard in the deck. He owns it. I recognize it and embrace it. His archetype is The Trickster. His role is not to build, but to keep a structure strong and the members alert by constantly reminding them of the chaos waiting to take it down if they become so rigid, they lose sight of reality. Rather than saying this, though, tricksters plays tricks and try to confuse. Don't look for consistency in their efforts. A consistent trickster is inept qua trickster. As the Wikipedia article says: "Tricksters can be cunning or foolish or both." The only requirement I have of our OL trickster is that goodwill be part of his motivation. I am convinced it is even when I piss him off. Carol was another trickster, but I spoiled her role. I got serious with her, tried to be a mirror to show how the condescension of her ideological congregation looks like for real to the condescended, and fear I have run her off. Oh well... I still love her... Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william.scherk Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Jester ... or trickster, coyote, raven, puck, hobgoblin, familiar, pixie or larger -- in immensely various legend around the globe. If I got to choose my own evocative symbol, the raven trickster is closer to my self-image via my knowledge of first nations mythology in BC, though much more scandalous than me. Canada's most famous depictions of the Raven are from Haida culture -- of which one huge wooden sculpture was incorporated into a stamp advertising itself and its home in the anthropology museum at UBC. By artist Bill Reid. Not as huge, but also dominating its environs, you will see this by the same artist when you land at Vancouver airport. In freaking jade! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 I could have said monkey... Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Master Profiler, you may have nailed it. Would a coyote monkey hybrid look like one of those animals in “The Wizard of Oz?” Thanks for the in depth analysis, Michael. I will keep my little rat terrier, Susie Q next to me, and President Roosevelt’s “big stick” handy. William’s convoluted shenanigans remind me of the main character in the latest Walter Mosely crime drama that I have almost finished reading. (It is a hardbound copy, signed in pencil. You can make out the M in his name, and the book is not so raunchy that I can’t donate it to the library. For an extra buck each I now have four signed copies of books from different authors.) Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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