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Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 6:15 pm
by tree_
Ms Harmless wrote:my take (which I won't defend for days on end) is that he's insulting the memory of his friend; trans people, especially trans women, tend to be suicidal because of things like the constant societal dissmisal of hatred like his as "just jokes"
jokes do not equal hatred
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 6:15 pm
by tree_
Ms Harmless wrote:tree_ wrote:https://deadline.com/2021/10/dave-chappelle-the-closer-defended-by-sisters-his-trans-friend-daphne-dorman-1234853511/
it is possible to love/support someone/something and make jokes about them at the same time
that's great tree, you go and do that
my wife and i make fun of each other pretty often.. it's a great way to break tension
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 6:15 pm
by Ms Harmless
the FAMILY of his trans friend defended him? lmao cool cool
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 6:17 pm
by Ms Harmless
I'm out, tree; enjoy yourself and don't say I didn't try to escape this discussion after dropping my opinion
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 6:17 pm
by tree_
ok
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 6:20 pm
by tree_
not being able to laugh at yourself (universal "you") is a wayyy bigger problem than people cracking jokes ... laughter is healthy
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 6:22 pm
by BurtReynolds
So glad this thread is back!
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 6:30 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 6:33 pm
by BurtReynolds
You gotta post distractions after missteps!
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 6:39 pm
by tree_
I am ashamed of buying the Musk snake-oil, I'm the first to admit that. We all make mistakes. I'm not trying to hide it.
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 6:40 pm
by BurtReynolds
Sure tree, sure.
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 7:46 pm
by Ello Sailor
tree_ wrote:jokes do not equal hatred
I'm agreeing with Tree way too much lately. Need to take a walk and think on this.
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Fri May 06, 2022 2:09 am
by Rangi Guy
tree_ wrote:They appear to have beaten the guy up pretty good. Chappelle even said he "stomped" him backstage.. weird.. imagining Chris Rock, Chapelle, and Jamie Fox beating up on the guy.. very weird.. wonder if there will be consequences for them too
Dude looks like he got caught on the wrong end of a kimura the way his arm's positioned
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Mon May 16, 2022 1:11 pm
by BurtReynolds
It's pretty dead around here. Anyone want to talk more about this?
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Mon May 16, 2022 1:41 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
I wish that guy had been wearing a NWO shirt.
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 3:52 pm
by macphisto
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 4:41 pm
by BurtReynolds
A joke older than the earth itself.
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 4:44 pm
by Jorge
Fuck that's lame, holy fuck, shit
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 6:18 pm
by Mickey
Where in the annals of suburban dad Facebook does one even find something like that.
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 6:26 pm
by macphisto
Someone I hardly know from FL posted it. Made me chuckle. Sorry if it missed the mark.
