Third Wave Here?

[LuFins Dad]

@mik said in Third Wave Here?:

Yeah, they pretty much are, in one way or another.

To paraphrase a great man...

If you meet somebody and think they are a wanker, they’re probably a wanker. If you think everybody you meet is a wanker, chances are that you are the wanker...

[Catseye3]

Twain?

[Doctor Phibes]

@catseye3 said in Third Wave Here?:

Twain?

That guy was a wanker.

[Doctor Phibes]

@lufins-dad said in Third Wave Here?:

@mik said in Third Wave Here?:

Yeah, they pretty much are, in one way or another.

To paraphrase a great man...

If you meet somebody and think they are a wanker, they’re probably a wanker. If you think everybody you meet is a wanker, chances are that you are the wanker...

I don't think Mr. Twain lived in Massachusetts.

Also, I don't think Mr. Twain said that quote about assholes.

[Renauda]

Beethoven was known to count out coffee beans obsessively in preparing his morning waker upper.

And yes, he had a reputation of being something of a disagreeable wanker.

[Mik]

@catseye3 said in Third Wave Here?:

Twain?

I first heard it in an Elmore Leonard show.

[George K]

@renauda said in Third Wave Here?:

he had a reputation of being something of a disagreeable wanker

Funny you should mention. Years ago, I listened to Greenberg's biography of Ludwig. He (Beethoven, not Greenberg) was such a horrible, horrible person. The account of his dealing with his sister-in-law and the custody of his nephew made me really, really dislike the man. Granted, it was an emotional response, but it was a long time before I could enjoy his music without thinking of what an asshole he was.

[Horace]

He was also avaricious. And deaf. I hate deaf people.

[George K]

He was also horny AF. I hate...

...ah never mind.

[Renauda]

@horace said in Third Wave Here?:

He was also avaricious. And deaf. I hate deaf people.

Some would say frugal and most bean counters I have encountered are deaf to reality.

[AndyD]

@loki said in [Third Wave Here?]

How much extra tax are you willing to pay to keep things closed? You will be funding this.

Didn't someone say they'd get the Mexicans to pay for your stuff?

[Doctor Phibes]

@george-k said in Third Wave Here?:

@renauda said in Third Wave Here?:

he had a reputation of being something of a disagreeable wanker

Funny you should mention. Years ago, I listened to Greenberg's biography of Ludwig. He (Beethoven, not Greenberg) was such a horrible, horrible person. The account of his dealing with his sister-in-law and the custody of his nephew made me really, really dislike the man. Granted, it was an emotional response, but it was a long time before I could enjoy his music without thinking of what an asshole he was.

I'd still rather listen to him than Tucker Carlson.

(Cross-thread bonus!)

[Catseye3]

@doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

I'd still rather listen to him than Tucker Carlson.

Seth Myers said of Tucker Carlson that watching his facial expressions was like watching Templeton the rat trying to read Charlotte's Web.

[LuFins Dad]

@catseye3 said in Third Wave Here?:

@doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

I'd still rather listen to him than Tucker Carlson.

Seth Myers said of Tucker Carlson that watching his facial expressions was like watching Templeton the rat trying to read Charlotte's Web.

I find Seth Myers as funny as a bout of gastritis. As illuminating, too.

[Doctor Phibes]

In the interest of balance, I don't like Seth Myers, either.

But Tucker's facial expressions are pretty odd. Particularly for the smartest conservative commentator since William F. Buckley Jr.

[Copper]

Tucker Carlson is terrific.

[Rainman]

I try to watch the first part of his show. I figure that's the cool stuff that can get him in trouble with the SJW's.
Facial expressions? I find him rather expressionless.
Now, don't shoot the messenger.

[Doctor Phibes]

@rainman said in Third Wave Here?:

Facial expressions? I find him rather expressionless.

[Rainman]

@doctor-phibes
That's you, Phibes. Admit it!

[Aqua Letifer]

I don't see how Carlson's tone helps to dampen the country's growing animosity toward one another. I do see how it could be pretty effective in keeping conservatives pissed off.

I don't need any of that shit in my life so I don't listen.