leh-nerd skin-erd

I get that I don't get it. Back in the day, watching Eddie Murphy describe how when he became famous 'they just started throwing the ----- at me' was edgy for me. Chris Rock describing his concerns about going to an ATM was edgy "I ain't looking for Ted Koppel...." was edgy. Watching these very successful guys try to be edgy on a $25,000,000 studio sound stage sponsored by JC Penny and Kit Kat (per AI, at least), with prompts for the audience to cheer at the right time...not so much. And now that he was temporarily neutered, I don't know, seems kinda like watching the next great halftime show with Janet Jackson, the obligatory dancers in a traditional triangle pattern first made famous in 1985. He can be edgy right up to the point of not getting sent into time out again.

I can only hope and pray that @4th&long chooses to end his hunger strike to Free Jimmy Kimmel. Or, Fallon. (Whichever Jimmy was on house arrest at their mansion in the Malibu) Have a burger, 4th.

Now that he’s been liberated, I have to ask the question. Isn’t that format just a tad boring and overdone in your estimation? You got the smug know-it-all reading one-off lines, an audience generally propelled by canned on-demand applause and laughter….and a little attempt at edgy yet ****corporate approved**** one liners?

Prince Andrew should have been working on that years ago. Epstein apparently knew ever wealthy male/female in the world and the only big name outted was Andy. Crikey! I hate to do it, Rounders, but someone has to.

Roundy: “Hunter Biden may have been the most qualified child of any American president ever to serve as a Ukrainian energy consultant and his Dad finding the one corrupt guy in Ukraine who just happened to be investigating the company actually shows just how qualified he was! Oh and he only got pardoned for tax evasion charges because he forgot to mail the envelope—it fell behind the crack pipe display at his hooker’s house!” And if it does, you have to worry about nefarious intent and AI graphics. No, Frank, best to trust Pam Bondi and Kash P.

I have to be candid, Frankish. I’d think cash to contractors, donations to politicians, bid-rigging, insider trading, influence peddling, pay for play is quite routine and an acceptable way of life in DC. As for TH, investigation opened and closed. As Megyn Kelly said….we don’t trust “you”. As evidenced by your reply, you’re distrustful of the system as well.

I’m addressing the collective…

I think it’s his 100% commitment to perpetual negative energy that intrigues me. Now, you add in the emotion rollercoaster he’s on over Jimmy Kibble’s time in detention, 4th is a must read. I’ll tell you this—-if that Real Housewives of TBD ever comes to fruition, 4th is a lock for a starring role.

If your brain was truly on, you’d acknowledge there is a long history of govt overreach on issues like this. It’s nothing new, you just chose to have an anxiety attack over this one because you’re a big fan of the Kimmel show and are not a fan of the current occupant of the Oval Office. Separate yourself from your tendency to emotionally spasm violently when someone says Trump, clear your head and open your heart. Remember, this dialogue started with an acknowledgment by me ( Leh-nerd the Open Minded) said I have issues with it but it’s down the list of things conservatives are concerned about. That hasn’t changed. Oh…and compare “We can do this the hard way…” versus your liberal NY Senator declaring “ "Let me tell you, you take on the intelligence community, they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you". The typical limousine liberal likely finds no issue with the latter but clutches pearls over the 17th ranked late show comedian getting put on ice for a bit. Whatever.

I think you’re talking about a different issue with a V and a D in it. I guess it means at some point you scored, but at what cost? At what cost? No, I understand you want to position yourself as a deep thinker, but you’re offering level one crossword puzzle analysis. We agree on the overreach of the FCC chairman, though your description of him acting like a mafia boss is absurd. He is acting like a government official in power, as have others before him. Your boy Merrick Garland, stung from being elevated to the SC, is another example though he was much, much closer to mafia boss or worse. In the end, your issue is with his employer.

And corporations make decisions there, too. This thread has a real Rip Van Winkle vide, like suddenly people wake up and are stunned to hear this sort of thing happens.

Biden. COVID. Tech firms. American and free speech. It happens. The consistent problem is people support it when it aligns with their values. The problem here is liberals get upset when their sacred cows are in the crosshairs, and said scared cows seem to be struggling to reach an audience and offer messaging that creates significant value for the people that pay for their services. At the same, the sacred cow is a very wealthy liberal with a history that makes him look like a bit of a hypocrite.

That’s not been my experience. We communicate, agree/disagree on any number of issues and have for a number of years. I stayed out of the back and forth because I have no idea what your history is. I can tell you mine, and why i feel the way i do. That’s about it.

Exactly! I’m a couple beers deep and forgot why this mattered.

I’m not a real big Eyeroll guy. I tend to respond directly, though I think you’ve posted some really, uh, interesting stuff of late that deserved the eyeroll. Like, Madonna getting plastic surgery to chase her 20s and looking at times like Edgar Winters in his 40s instead of just accepting Madonna in her 60s worthy eyerolls. Don’t be Madonna in her 60s, Kay, and I’ll have management call off the eyeroll dogs. A quick note—-I’m also the labor eyeroll guy, and often am dismissive of directives of that nature.

We probably agree on a lot more than one might think. Some issues are contentious, and online the hostility can be amplified. One rule I try to remember is that online posting can bring out the worst in people.

Hi Mup, on my side, I think some of the shots at you are unwarranted and unnecessary, but that may be because of our conversations and that I think you’re a good poster. I hope that for the most part, when I take a shot at people it’s not perceived as ill-willed or mean-spirited, but it probably is at times. Keep rolling, change your mind as you see fit and don’t let it bother you. This is time number 326 that I say that off the board, I might be the guy who held the door for you on a windy snowy day (maybe not in So Cal 🤣), contributed to a charity of your choosing, stopped and changed your elderly mothers tire, or generally try to live a decent, good life. Or, you might be that person to me. I get it can get ugly here, but how we perceive and deal with someone else’s wickedness is more about us than them.

No need to be disingenuous 4th, of course you read it. It doesn’t make you less cool, relative to where you already reside on the cool scale now, to acknowledge what is obvious. There would be precious little need for you to respond with the novella above if you “didn’t care”. Good stuff on the politicians, your liberal leaders and some of our consevative leaders are not above reproach. On world “piece”, btw… I was told this story about George Carlin by someone well in the know. One year, his holiday card to the family showed a cat on top of a standing dog in a…unique position….and at the bottom in holiday colors and font was the word “PIECE”. I always thought that pretty clever.

You never noticed the B in CBS and NBC? You think that’s a coincidence? You think it’s a coincidence I really love the city of Boston (B as in Boston) and drinking beer (B as in beer)? You know what reruns I liked as a kid? Bonanza. B. Come to think of it….”Niagara Bill…”? Jesus, the networks are everywhere and it’s all interconnected.

I’ll answer directly while you’ve injected Christopher Columbus into a discussion about Jimmy Kimmel and Darth Vader. I do not support the removal of statues honoring Columbus. I try to avoid applying modern day morality standards to historical figures who lived at different times under vastly different standards. It’s the ultimate narcissistic play imo and incredibly foolish. Bringing us back to the present, as with the actions of our ancestors and historical figures, culture and standards change. There are things I thought, said and did 35 years ago I no longer think, would say or do today. I would not pass judgement on your decision to wear blackface to a party 30 years ago, but would question the decision for you to do so today. That doesn’t mean you’re a racist, or have an evil heart, how the &&*& would I know that based on a Halloween party? I just think it would be foolish based on the standards of today, even with your revelation that Darth Vader was in the klan! As for liberal tendencies, you might be surprised. People are complicated. Edit: Now, would you wear blackface to a Halloween Party in Vancouver in 2025 or not? I’ll answer oh your behalf because your old pal Leh- nerd already knows the answer—-of course you wouldn’t!

My wife and I loved watching Cheers back in the day. I’m not a huge fan of Queen Latifa as the tough-talking bad a$$ 64 year old crime fighter in TVs The Equalizer, but I would be hard-pressed not to acknowledge the direct connection between Cheers and The TVqualizer. So, you would go to a party in blackface in Vancouver?

So…you go to a Halloween Party in Vancouver and opt to go in black face for a reason, in this case, a Halloween Party because you want to go like the actor Jimmy Kimmel. That’s acceptable to you, even assuming one of your co-workers goes as Darth Vader (a character I admit I never, ever, ever knew was associated with mockery or disdain for Black people).

The thread is long because a relatively small group of people are interacting on an issue they find interesting. The numbers tell us 4 people have nearly 200 posts in this topic, presumably holding the same opinion throughout. If your posting history provides any insight, you’ve declared how blanking stupid some posters are a minimum of 10-15 times, mentioned Fox News 5 or 6, and added 4 flip.its that you found sorta tasty. While I was speaking more broadly about the outside world and conservatives generally, I get your concerns about the temporary extrication of a true Prophet of late-night from his throne, it’s a blip on the radar. Still, even here, it’s probably 50/50 on who is concerned and who is not. Think of it like this. You go to a meeting to deal with an issue that other people deal with, some version that ends with “anonymous”. There are 17 people there, a topic comes up and it’s hotly debated. 8 people are arguing, 6 people occasionally contribute, 2 try to act as peacemaker. The last, let’s call him Fergie, was looking for the Doctors Without Country Club Borders group but put the day in wrong in his Franklin Planner and is too embarrassed to leave. The meeting can still go 2 hours, but there’s still only 17 people and not much changes start to finish.

I’d say for many of us, the concern about Jimmy Kimmel getting temporarily furloughed at work for saying stupid things is pretty far down the list of things to be worried about. That said, I agree the FCC’s position is unreasonable, but happens sometimes. Kimmel is free to say whatever he wants to say, and with few exceptions will be left alone for the duration of his life. If he wants to paint his face, he can have at it.

Good for you Fergie. Taking a stand against cancel culture.