By David Futrelle
Today should have been a day to reflect on the horror that was 9/11, and the horror that it unleashed upon the world. It should have been a day to remember the heroism of firefighters and the bravery of those who risked their health and their lives to search for survivors.
For our illegitimate president, it was a day to celebrate … himself.
May God Forever Bless the United States of America. #NeverForget911 pic.twitter.com/erycJgj23r
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 11, 2017
What a fucking disgrace.
But typical for Trump. Here he was on the day the towers fell:
16 years ago, today, Trump talked about how his building was now the tallest one since the World Trade Center fell. pic.twitter.com/Dcr8OLF695
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) September 11, 2017
Here he was in 2013:
“@realDonaldTrump: I would like to extend my best wishes to all, even the haters and losers, on this special date, September 11th.”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 12, 2013
Here he is on the campaign trail, lying about helping the rescuers at Ground Zero.
Trump claims in this video he helped look for survivors & clear rubble on 9/11—He didn't—He was lying. #neverforget pic.twitter.com/gvc3MsbaJZ
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) September 11, 2017
This mixture of narcissism and dishonesty taints everything he’s done and will do as president, and it’s just one of the reasons that Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs (not to be confused with the terrible Chuck Johnson of GotNews) posted this today:
https://twitter.com/Green_Footballs/status/907340112891129856
Johnson has been taking a lot of shit, mostly from terrible people, for this tweet but he’s absolutely right.
In other news:
After a devastating earthquake and hurricane (and after Trump failed to send condolences), Mexico today rescinded its offer of aid to the US
— Kate Linthicum (@katelinthicum) September 11, 2017
Miss Texas was asked if Trump handled Charlottesville badly. She, uh … didn't play. 🇺🇸 #MissAmerica pic.twitter.com/5JMT4tBpeL
— shauna (@goldengateblond) September 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/GaryLegum/status/906975589915136001
https://twitter.com/classiclib3ral/status/906993185192325121
One time I was playing capture the flag in Halo and kept getting shot right as I got to my base and I denied the Holocaust. https://t.co/XGxy8TvWis
— Paul F. Tompkins (@PFTompkins) September 10, 2017
"It's standard for gamers". It's great that their defense of pewdiepie using the n-word is that all gamers are racist. pic.twitter.com/CocXNQVkLp
— Wild Geerters (@steinkobbe) September 11, 2017
If you need your faith in the world restored a little after all this, here are some cute animals.
https://twitter.com/ItsMeowIRL/status/907179302961205248
https://twitter.com/awwcuteness/status/907263517946007552
eli says:
Because whether we use “a” or “an” depends on the initial sound, not the spelling. That’s why we write “an hour” not “a hour.” And, like JS pointed out, because it’s hard for English speakers to say “oui” with an initial vowel, we tend to tack a “w” sound on at the start.
By the way, the term “ouija” was made up by combining the words for “yes” in French (oui) and German (ja). So it should really be said something more like “uee-yah.”
I’m a bit surprised the toddler-in-chief hasn’t weighed in on the statements made by the contestants in the miss america show….
I’m bettin’ LONG ODDS he was watching it….
Luke Howard (the piano stalker, not the guy who invented clouds) has abandoned his quest to win back his Rapunzel after being punched in the head.
(Film at 11)
MOAR KITTEHS~!!! (and booze)
http://www.bonappetit.com/story/distillery-cats-book?mbid=social_twitter
Paradox basically said it all for me as far as how I feel as a gamer.
@Megpie71
Good to hear. You bring up a fascinating point about the art of swearing though. There’s a series here in Canada that I was a huge fan of (still a fan, but not to the same extent since the old showrunner left) called Trailer Park Boys about a trio of neer-do-wells who live in the fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park near Halifax, Nova Scotia. One of the Boys, Ricky (played by Robb Wells) was described by creator Mike Clattenburg as a “swearist” for his ability to come up with creative use of the F-word, like “take a trip to fuckoffityland” or “Don’t you have some offs to fuck there boys?”
His nemesis has a similar ability using the word “shit”. Jim Lahey’s shitnalogies are legendary: “the winds of shit are changing”, “the shithawks are circling overhead”, “shitstorm troopers”, “double-barreled shit machine guns” etc.
But through all of it, Trailer Park Boys never touched racial or gender-based insults, nor those based sexual orientation (at least to my recollection in the 8 seasons I watched). They didn’t shy away from mocking appearances though, which actually got pretty funny, but the joke was that everybody was a weirdo in Sunnyvale, at least to some extent.
And if Ricky can come up with creative uses for the F-word, PDP has no excuse for reaching for the N-word (he has no excuse regardless, but from a pure swearist context, he has none either).
Damn skippy!
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(That’s Felix Potvin, for this who… yeah… Go Leafs!)
@Troubelle: Moonbeam Malcontent + Bard of the New Movement said:
there are better felixes
re: Felixes
gk was staring at my MRI order: “Um, ‘F U’ stands for “followup, right?”
me: “yup”
after a long beat
gk (channelling Walter Matthau): “Took me three hours to figure out F.U. was Felix Ungar!”
@Megpie – Agreed that racists are incredibly uncreative with swearing. It’s all the same boring carbon-copy stuff, straight from the limbic system.
If you’re going to avoid racial and disabled slurs, can I request that you also remove “bastard” from your lexicon? (Speaking as an unmarried mom.) Parents’ marital status is not a cause of shitweaselry.
OT: Piano stalker update:
https://twitter.com/okSuse/status/907488292194660352
OT but not really because Twitter related, James Woods is having another meltdown after getting upset at a movie about a relationship between a 24 year old man and 17 year old boy. Amber Tamblyn piped in to tell the story of the time he tried to pick her up when she was only 16
http://dlisted.com/2017/09/12/james-woods-got-served-on-twitter-by-armie-hammer-and-amber-tamblyn/#more-268243
Adding to the many examples here, that while I am not a ‘hardcore gamer,” I indulge every once and awhile and I have never once discovered a need to scream racist epithets at my Animal Crossing or Pokemon game.
There are times when I was called out with using the word “retarded” and “gay” synonymously with the word “bad” back when I was in grade school and very early high school, but was quickly called on how hurtful they are and made a concentrated effort to unlearn this behavior – guess what – I never use them when yelling that my Assassin’s Creed character won’t make the fucking jump I want him to.
Those aren’t things you scream in the heat of the moment, unless you are saying them regularly. Particularly since this youtuber has been called on this action before. They know, they just don’t care.
+1 million Paradoxical for saying this a lot more eloquently.
Felix is 27. I was a goddamn gamer long before he was even born. And while I normally hate the “I was (blank) before you were even born” I want to make it clear that this little chucklefuck doesn’t get to own gaming.
God I’m so very sick and tired of this “I’m gunna trigger you because I’m 2TWO!!!!edgyforushitlord!” mindset.
Speaking of the dumpster-fire-in-chief, the senate voted unanimously to accept a resolution condemning white supremacist groups… the over/under on how many senators had their fingers crossed when they voted for it….??
@Gussie Jives
Ricky is a legendary character. An old friend of mine was so obsesses with that show, when he travelled to Canada for work he went out of his way to visit Dartmouth/Halifax just to be near the location where most of the show was shot. Can’t believe it’s already been more than a decade since the original series finale.
Any watchers of America’s Got Talent here? I know, it’s the ultimate garbage TV show, but it’s good for background noise when trying to study.
Anyway, this year they have a contestant who truly embodies the concept of Nice Guy TM. One of his songs, “What Is Love”, made me cringe from beginning to end. These were the lyrics (copied from an online source):
Dear lord. 🙁
@Gussie again
I hadn’t heard the name Felix Potvin in many years, but reading it now made me instantly remember this old Parkhurst collectors card.
Nostalgia level: 10/10
Speaking of better Felixes:
Felix Dawkins from Orphan Black.
Felix the Cat is the bestus.
Ugh, that song is so bad, IP.
Of course, the best “What Is Love?” is the Haddaway version. *Tilts head to the right and bobs it.*
I’m just gonna chime in real quick…
Is it wrong for me to still be vaguely upset about LGF’s history in 2000s? I mean, yes, I know they did a complete turn-around, but every time I see LGF mentioned, a cold shiver runs up my spine, because their forum used to be like Daily Stormer Lite or so post-9/11 and its users slithered into other internet forums like putrid channers and redditors do today.
I know that the owner has moved on and apparently tries to fix what he fucked up back then, but every time I see a RT or link to them, my brain just flips back to those bad days when “Iraq was behind 9/11” and shit like that.
@IP
A part of me kinda wishes I had made a point of visiting that place when I was in Nova Scotia this summer. Oh well, I’ll be back.
But yes, Ricky is legend. His Rickyisms alone are howlingly funny and his ability to somehow baffle bemused authority figures is nothing short of astonishing.
Probably one of my favourite scenes is where they force Rita MacNeil’s band to harvest their weed at gunpoint:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N877Nps_Nk
“Here’s a nice one here, dear.” Hehe, you can tell they had a blast filming that.
@IP Yeah my girls watch it religiously. Although I honestly enjoy it when I catch it as well.
Guyo’s name is Chase Goehring. Honestly that song you posted the lyrics to isn’t even his worst song- the one he auditioned with tackles abuse in the most privileged, splainy way possible.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N3P_vRYSg64
I actually have mixed feelings about him. On one hand I think he’s young, and he’s obviously trying, and he has plenty of time to grow out of any privilege. He’s also talented, and honestly it’s actually refreshing to listen to hapless privilege rather than hostile sexism for a change. On the other hand, his lyrics raise my hackles, and his face always seems to have this smug smirk on it, so fuck him. (Isn’t there some German phrase for someone having a punchable face?)
So yah, mixed feelings.
@Weird Eddie
Passed “unanimously”, but only 55 Senators voted. *sigh*
@PeeVee , IP
Since it’s video game day, I’ll offer this version. 😉