1 minute ago, MigL said:

Of course, I would not say any of this to Shaq's face; he would crush me.

Have you considered the fact that you’d actually be saying it to his bellybutton? 

51 minutes ago, MigL said:

We pay these people millions of dollars, and kids look up to them.
The internet/TV/Hollywoood has made these people 'influencers', and they are contributing to the 'dumbing down' of society.

I stopped watching basketball because of Shaq and his stance that he didn't want to be a role model to children. I'm grateful for the extra time this gave me to study science, and I'd be equally grateful to know that children no longer look up to him. And I'd tell him that to the top of his chest, being 6' 3".

But it makes sense that Shaq is a flat-Earther. Most of those folks are droolers, so a dribbler will fit right in.

3 hours ago, Phi for All said:

I stopped watching basketball because of Shaq and his stance that he didn't want to be a role model to children.

Was that Shaq? I remember Barkley saying he wasn't a role model.

2 hours ago, swansont said:

Was that Shaq? I remember Barkley saying he wasn't a role model.

You're right, it was Barkley, not Shaq.

Didn't Barkley also have a weird take on science, like he didn't think analyzing the metrics in basketball was necessary? 

 

 

My new Thesaurus is terrible. Plus, it's also terrible. 

At my local supermarket

 

If you reorder the letters of "Eigenvalue Matrix" you get "Laxative Meringue", a suitable label for the level of science in a recent discussion I took part in.

 

 

Edited September 16, 20223 yr by Ghideon
grammar

You also get "I axe vile argument."

A suitable action for moderator.  

 

It's late on  a Friday...
Reevaluate Gin Mix.
 

Oh you Brits and your gin.
When your neighbours make perfectly acceptable scotch ...

11 hours ago, MigL said:

Oh you Brits and your gin.
When your neighbours make perfectly acceptable scotch ...

It's not an either/ or thing.

From a Dutch newspaper:

 

Best car commercial ever! 

 

Why we really never went back to the moon! 

 

LoL.  Apparently the moon now has an atmosphere.

Haven’t been here for a while but came in to pay my condolences to most of the regulars who will have to pay the 16 bucks to stay around on twitter 😂

Humor at the expense of already marginalized groups already being targeted for violence and abuse really isn’t funny. It’s shitty. 

Even if he were only poking linguistic fun at the confusion of plural and singular, it's still a feeble and witless joke.  

Ok, to keep this thread relevant, here are two Musk jokes:

Did you hear Musk and Bill Gates collaborated on a drug for erectile dysfunction?  It's called ElonGates.

 

Why did Elon Musk choose SpaceX as a name for a company to land on Mars? Because if he chose SpaceY he'd land on 14 year old boys. 

Oh, now we have arbitrators of humor on SFn ?

3 hours ago, koti said:

Haven’t been here for a while

Welcome back.

Edited November 9, 20223 yr by MigL

1 hour ago, MigL said:

Welcome back.

Thought I’d already welcomed him  /shrug

Did you hear about the latest Polish invention? It’s a submarine with screen doors

2 hours ago, MigL said:

Oh, now we have arbitrators of humor on SFn ?

Yes, and you’d have done the same had he commented on black people or women or Jews or gays. That is, of course, you should have if he’d had. 

It's a 'play' on the word 'they'.
Your perception is that it is an attack on other people's personal pronouns.

It's a good thing Koti wasn't on stage, or you'd have gone up and slapped him.

6 minutes ago, MigL said:

It's a good thing Koti wasn't on stage, or you'd have gone up and slapped him.

Now that’d have been funny! 

5 hours ago, MigL said:

It's a good thing Koti wasn't on stage, or you'd have gone up and slapped him.

He’d be welcome to try. Whatever the outcome I can guarantee that the paramedics would have to check up on two people instead of only one poor Chris Rock. 

Edited November 9, 20223 yr by koti