@baqui63 Too seriously? How could a presidential election where our only choices are a criminal and a moron be taken “too seriously?” Either one could cause World War III. I fear for the fate of the world because of this election, not just that of the U.S.
@iwicfm666 Eh… you seem to think this actually matters. I don’t. I’m not going to get stressed out over it. You are welcome to do what you want.
Note that if the shit hits the fan because either Hilary or Drumpf wins, I’ll freely admit that you were right and I was wrong. Until such time, I have more important things to worry about.
BTW- I truly believe that Congress and the lack of term limits therein, plus the fact that political parties put the interests of the party above the interests of the country as a whole, are this country’s real problems. Refusing to compromise is what morons do. The president is mostly a figurehead.
(edit) Interesting… the MakeDonaldDrumpfAgain exension for Chrome seems to turn Trump into Drumpf even on my initial posts here. Ah well, small mercies.
@PlacidPenguin My starring your post has no meaning at all. I often star posts as a sort of bookmark (or at least I was doing that for a while), and was careful to not star things upon rare occasion. With this latest nonsense, wherein people are making WAY too much of something that interests me very little, or at all, I’ve mostly quit.
I’m still voting posts up, where someone says something worthy, or funny, but it’s much, much less often.
Enough. I await this evening, when the veils between the worlds thin, and ghosts walk among us. Well, except for not believing in ghosts, so there’s that.
Here’s a bit of poetry for you all:
When the Himalayan peasant meets the He-Bear in his stride,
He will shout to scare the monster, who will often turn aside,
But the She-Bear thus accosted rends the peasant, tooth and nail;
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
the fact that new yorker articles (not necessarily this one) have been shared and reshared in total seriousness this entire election cycle has been flabbergasting.
edit: oh, also, if one should ever find themselves seriously, or even half seriously, thinking that any of our western counterparts are far better off than us, please give a read to this and realize that idiocy is a human thing, not an American thing.
@meh
The New Yorker publishes serious journalism, opinion, criticism, and essays as well as satire. Some of those have legit political relevance. Whether one agrees, disagrees, or just finds food for thought in such an article, no reason not to share.
No reason not to share this story either - perhaps it could become part of an intelligence or cultural literacy test. Does one understand that it’s humor or not?
The New Yorker normally does not publish “news”; as it uses an essay format with a long lead time. It does publish very serious long-form journalism sometimes. And it publishes humor sometimes.
It ain’t either the Post or the Daily News.
I don’t remember either of those papers devoting an entire issue to John Hersey’s “Hiroshima”, or four issues to Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood”. (Both were commissioned by the magazine.)
The magazine has published a long list of respected writers, including Ann Beattie, John Cheever, Roald Dahl, Mavis Gallant, Geoffrey Hellman, John McNulty, Joseph Mitchell, Alice Munro, Haruki Murakami, Vladimir Nabokov, John O’Hara, Malcom Gladwell, Dorothy Parker, Philip Roth, J. D. Salinger, Irwin Shaw, James Thurber, John Updike, Eudora Welty, Stephen King, E. B. White, Donald Barthelme, Shirley Jackson, Dwight Macdonald, Kenneth Tynan, Hannah Arendt, Pauline Kael, James Thurber, Charles Addams, Annie Proulx, Frank McCourt, John O’Hara.
That’s is a very small portion of the list of writers published therein. Many well-regarded writers who wish to craft a magazine article for a general interest publication would rather be in print there than in any other American magazine.
@f00l my comment here was clearly indicated at their election coverage this year. and they publish plenty of news. it’s been mind numbing. you’re right, as a source it’s not on the same level of rag as the nydn or nyp, however i care for their recent political coverage as little.
Her Most Excellent Majesty Elizabeth the Second,
by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas Queen, Defender of the Faith, Duchess of Edinburgh, Countess of Merioneth, Baroness Greenwich, Duke of Lancaster, Lord of Mann, Duke of Normandy, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Garter, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Sovereign of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Sovereign of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, Sovereign of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Sovereign of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Sovereign of the Distinguished Service Order, Sovereign of the Imperial Service Order, Sovereign of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, Sovereign of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Sovereign of the Order of British India, Sovereign of the Indian Order of Merit, Sovereign of the Order of Burma, Sovereign of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, Sovereign of the Royal Family Order of King Edward VII, Sovereign of the Order of Merit, Sovereign of the Order of the Companions of Honour, Sovereign of the Royal Victorian Order, Sovereign of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem
From The New Yorker magazine’s small occasional segment from years past:
*There will always be an England."
The Talk of the Town
JULY 27, 1963 ISSUE
BRITANNIA RULES
By Irene R. Tomalis, Burton Bernstein and
A traveller home from London reports that there will always be an England, notwithstanding government scandals. Seeing a postman emptying a mailbox, he remembered he had not mailed a letter. When he tried to give it to the postman, the latter replied that, according to regulations, he could take letters only when posted in the box. When the traveller then put the letter in the box, the postman unlocked the box again and took the letter.
I forgot how now we need Snopes to point out jokes.
@PlacidPenguin seeing as they said the writer was a comedian at the end of the article, I didn’t think it was actually true.
@PlacidPenguin the fact that it was felt to be necessary to create a Snopes page about the article makes me very sad for our species.
@jbartus Amen, this wasn’t even as good as “Kim Il Jong Man of the Year”.
@jbartus Species? I don’t think it is a problem with the species, but rather with people who are taking themselves and this election too seriously.
@baqui63 Too seriously? How could a presidential election where our only choices are a criminal and a moron be taken “too seriously?” Either one could cause World War III. I fear for the fate of the world because of this election, not just that of the U.S.
@iwicfm666
Which one is which?
@iwicfm666
@Placidpenguin
@HerMajestyElizabeth_II
“You had me at nuclear winter.”
@f00l @iwicfm666
I tend to have that effect on people.
@PlacidPenguin
I was quoting, but it fits you well enuf.
@f00l
And it’s funny because the “internet me” and the “real life me” are not completely the same.
@iwicfm666 Eh… you seem to think this actually matters. I don’t. I’m not going to get stressed out over it. You are welcome to do what you want.
Note that if the shit hits the fan because either Hilary or Drumpf wins, I’ll freely admit that you were right and I was wrong. Until such time, I have more important things to worry about.
BTW- I truly believe that Congress and the lack of term limits therein, plus the fact that political parties put the interests of the party above the interests of the country as a whole, are this country’s real problems. Refusing to compromise is what morons do. The president is mostly a figurehead.
(edit) Interesting… the MakeDonaldDrumpfAgain exension for Chrome seems to turn Trump into Drumpf even on my initial posts here. Ah well, small mercies.
@PlacidPenguin
Nothing about you (“real” or “internet”) is completely the sane.
Damnit, completely the same.
/giphy insane same
@f00l
You had it right the first time.
On a related note, the following question is for you, @narfcake, and @shrdlu;
When the 3 of you star my posts, do y’all assume that I’m making jokes, or am being “serious”?
@PlacidPenguin
All and none of the above
/giphy above
@PlacidPenguin All, none, and other. Also my post whoring has dropped my altruism score so I need to star more posts.
@narfcake
/giphy post whore
@PlacidPenguin My starring your post has no meaning at all. I often star posts as a sort of bookmark (or at least I was doing that for a while), and was careful to not star things upon rare occasion. With this latest nonsense, wherein people are making WAY too much of something that interests me very little, or at all, I’ve mostly quit.
I’m still voting posts up, where someone says something worthy, or funny, but it’s much, much less often.
Enough. I await this evening, when the veils between the worlds thin, and ghosts walk among us. Well, except for not believing in ghosts, so there’s that.
Here’s a bit of poetry for you all:
When the Himalayan peasant meets the He-Bear in his stride,
He will shout to scare the monster, who will often turn aside,
But the She-Bear thus accosted rends the peasant, tooth and nail;
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
(Rudyard Kipling, misogynist extraordinaire)
@Shrdlu
“A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.”
Rudyard Kipling, Plain Tales from the Hills
@f00l @narfcake @f00l
Just for the record, I’m generally serious when I make my posts.
@PlacidPenguin
So am I; I mean I am “serious when I post.” But I may define “serious” in an idiosyncratic and personal manner.
And I might read others’ posts in like manner.
/giphy "to the manor born"
@PlacidPenguin Serious or sarcatsic, don’t change.
/youtube Animaniacs there’s only one of you
@narfcake
Never saw this video.
It doesn’t really help that my Animaniacs box set is still sealed.
@PlacidPenguin Blame the goat that it’s still sealed and that you haven’t had time to open and watch them all yet.
@narfcake
Time isn’t an issue. It’s just that @PlaidPenguin will have to hire someone to feel sad.
I don’t think it includes Wakko’s Wish though. Just the regular 99 episodes.
@f00l RoadRunner has always been one of my favorites.
@PlacidPenguin I mean, the article is literally tagged as satire
the fact that new yorker articles (not necessarily this one) have been shared and reshared in total seriousness this entire election cycle has been flabbergasting.
edit: oh, also, if one should ever find themselves seriously, or even half seriously, thinking that any of our western counterparts are far better off than us, please give a read to this and realize that idiocy is a human thing, not an American thing.
@meh
The New Yorker publishes serious journalism, opinion, criticism, and essays as well as satire. Some of those have legit political relevance. Whether one agrees, disagrees, or just finds food for thought in such an article, no reason not to share.
No reason not to share this story either - perhaps it could become part of an intelligence or cultural literacy test. Does one understand that it’s humor or not?
/image “the onion”
@f00l yes some real news, right on par with the ny post and the ny daily news. flabbergasting.
@meh
Uh … have you read The New Yorker?
The New Yorker normally does not publish “news”; as it uses an essay format with a long lead time. It does publish very serious long-form journalism sometimes. And it publishes humor sometimes.
It ain’t either the Post or the Daily News.
I don’t remember either of those papers devoting an entire issue to John Hersey’s “Hiroshima”, or four issues to Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood”. (Both were commissioned by the magazine.)
The magazine has published a long list of respected writers, including Ann Beattie, John Cheever, Roald Dahl, Mavis Gallant, Geoffrey Hellman, John McNulty, Joseph Mitchell, Alice Munro, Haruki Murakami, Vladimir Nabokov, John O’Hara, Malcom Gladwell, Dorothy Parker, Philip Roth, J. D. Salinger, Irwin Shaw, James Thurber, John Updike, Eudora Welty, Stephen King, E. B. White, Donald Barthelme, Shirley Jackson, Dwight Macdonald, Kenneth Tynan, Hannah Arendt, Pauline Kael, James Thurber, Charles Addams, Annie Proulx, Frank McCourt, John O’Hara.
That’s is a very small portion of the list of writers published therein. Many well-regarded writers who wish to craft a magazine article for a general interest publication would rather be in print there than in any other American magazine.
@f00l my comment here was clearly indicated at their election coverage this year. and they publish plenty of news. it’s been mind numbing. you’re right, as a source it’s not on the same level of rag as the nydn or nyp, however i care for their recent political coverage as little.
@f00l oh, and re: the onion, hilarity: http://literallyunbelievable.org/
Her Most Excellent Majesty Elizabeth the Second,
by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas Queen, Defender of the Faith, Duchess of Edinburgh, Countess of Merioneth, Baroness Greenwich, Duke of Lancaster, Lord of Mann, Duke of Normandy, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Garter, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Sovereign of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Sovereign of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, Sovereign of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Sovereign of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Sovereign of the Distinguished Service Order, Sovereign of the Imperial Service Order, Sovereign of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, Sovereign of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Sovereign of the Order of British India, Sovereign of the Indian Order of Merit, Sovereign of the Order of Burma, Sovereign of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, Sovereign of the Royal Family Order of King Edward VII, Sovereign of the Order of Merit, Sovereign of the Order of the Companions of Honour, Sovereign of the Royal Victorian Order, Sovereign of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem
Is known to have a sense of humor.
/giphy queen elizabeth
@f00l you got my star because giphy did an excellent job there…
@luvche21
From The New Yorker magazine’s small occasional segment from years past:
*There will always be an England."
The Talk of the Town
JULY 27, 1963 ISSUE
BRITANNIA RULES
By Irene R. Tomalis, Burton Bernstein and
A traveller home from London reports that there will always be an England, notwithstanding government scandals. Seeing a postman emptying a mailbox, he remembered he had not mailed a letter. When he tried to give it to the postman, the latter replied that, according to regulations, he could take letters only when posted in the box. When the traveller then put the letter in the box, the postman unlocked the box again and took the letter.
Shouldn’t it be the tag line “Make America Great Britain again”?
i spent to much money at the dentist to be english
Make America Spiritual Again!
JP Sears is my pick over Mrs. Sandwich & the Hairdo.
Andy Borowitz is the only thing I read in the New Yorker. The rest is rubbish.