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Who said you can't coin your own term? What is "Boning the Fish"? It's a moment. A defining moment when you know that your favorite TV Show, Celebrity, Movie Series or Music Group has reached its peak. That instant you know from now on...it's all downhill. Some call it a climax of sorts. We call it "Boning the fish". From that moment on things will simply never be the same.
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I agree that saturday morning cartoons began to fade once NBC started pulling cartoons and replacing them with syrupy teen sitcoms or shows that were precursors to reality shows. A lot of disinformation from wingnut family/parental "watchdog" groups with their own agendas helped start this process too. You could turn on the TV news at that time & hear silly controversies questioning if the Smurfs encouraged witchcraft, or if Mighty Mouse was a cokehead and if Looney Tunes characters trained kids to be violent. Sadly, a fun tradition for kids (and kids at heart) lost in my opinion, due to a lot of scare-mongering spread by those groups. -- Submitted By: (samhokum) on October 25, 2009, 3:04 pm
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That nerd. Someone shoot him already. -- Submitted By: (FlxibleMetro9150) on October 24, 2009, 5:04 am
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I agree with you both! Some Christians the Westboro "Baptist Church" members are. What about "judge not lest ye be judged"? What about "let he who is without sin cast the first stone"? The Jesus I know preaches love, tolerance, and forgiveness. As he was being crucified, Jesus pleaded with God to forgive those putting him to death. The only thing this so-called "church" is doing for the world is reinforcing the negative stereotypes anti-religious people have against people of faith. -- Submitted By: (Robert) on October 23, 2009, 11:45 am
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I just call these jerks "The Westboro Mob of A-holes." They don't deserve to be referred to as Baptist or as a church. -- Submitted By: (Mythigator) on October 23, 2009, 7:11 am
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That is an interesting point. I suppose the question is, why is this happening? What's changed in the past however many years to influence kids to behave this way? -- Submitted By: (ExplodingConsole) on October 22, 2009, 1:00 pm
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Ah, card catalogs -- memories of my youth. In all of the public libraries and school libraries of my youth (just after the invention of fire
I remember Mega Man 2. I loved that game. Even to this day, its music is still fun to listen to.
However, I think we need to remember that the race to make games that have better graphics, sound and game play, games that are bigger, longer, more epic etc is something that has always been with us.
Remember back when the SNES was coming out and they got us all excited over what at the time felt like the amazing graphics it was going to have? Even during the development of the NES, they were always improving on the gaphics etc of the games.
I admit that I never had a Nintendo 64 or a Gamecube. I got into PC gaming around the time the N64 came out and was getting popular. I'm not 100% sure why I didn't get into N64. Rather then risk a lot of incorrect guesses, I'll just leave it at that.
Yes, I definitely get that feeling of nostalgia when even just seeing SNES or NES games I loved back in the day. Sometimes it really can feel only like yesterday that I played them.
Yes, in some ways, the newer (well, not so newer any more, really, it started with the N64 in general) 3D games just aren't the same. Yes, I miss the simpler days of being able to plug a cartridge into the console and to just play.
I think that just because one enjoys the new games doesn't mean they didn't love the old games. Yes, it some (perhaps many) cases it won't be the same. I understand that, but at the same time, I think what we're just seeing a natural progression that's been going on since day 1.
-- Submitted By: (ExplodingConsole) on October 22, 2009, 2:11 am
Always a genre you can revisit and revisit all generations of your life and feel at peace. And I do appreciate a classical concert the occasional time I attend one. -- Submitted By: (ocfernan) on October 21, 2009, 8:53 pm
1st laptop -- motherboard problems after 1st year, difficult tech support to understand, sound card defective after less than 1st year. 2nd laptop -- a motherboard replacement 1st year and 2nd year, power adapter replacement, hard drive replacement 2nd year, finally power adaptor slot no longer worked so could not recharge. -- I also got repair money back because my model was a winner of a class action lawsuit on defective parts. Too much experienced proof that Dell laptops suck! -- Submitted By: (ocfernan) on October 21, 2009, 8:50 pm
Still a wonderful institution. Borrowing DVDs is a good thing and honestly kept me a loyal library goer. How else can you see loads of movies esp when you can't afford to? (I don't think I would recommend Netflix or another monthly service if you're unemployed.)
Library catalog kiosks and web sites over the years also made searching for periodicals easier than ever. (Yes, I remember the card catalog days and believe me, I definitely don't miss them!) -- Submitted By: (ocfernan) on October 21, 2009, 8:43 pm
Ever since the Somalia accounts of real-life pirates, the pop culture fantasies had faded off for me. I don't even think I can see the next Pirates of the Carribean movie the same anymore. -- Submitted By: (ocfernan) on October 21, 2009, 8:38 pm
The biggest collection of drama queens in one room all accepting awards like they are doing a scene from "Macbeth". -- Submitted By: (Stephanie) on October 21, 2009, 8:55 am
I am not so sure about that...yes, a lot of complains about "Kids today" can mostly chalk up to the normal generation conflict. Kids have a different idea about politness aso. And that is okay. But I don't even understand people who are only five years or less younger than me. When I was in school, it wasn't unusual for the boys in my class to scruffle sometimes. But they had some kind of codex. Watching the younger kids shortly before I left school I noticed that they didn't follow this codex anymore. For them it was totally normal to kick a fallen opponent in the face. The children in my class begann to experiment with alkohol and smoking around the age of 14. Later there were eleven years old in front of the school, having a smoke.
When I began to attend university I had to sit in the first 10 rows to made sure that I could follow the course undisturbed. Later I had to sit in the first two rows, or it was likely that I wouldn't understand anything what the professor said. -- Submitted By: (Swanpride) on October 20, 2009, 8:56 pm
These sickening a-holes may wish to actually crack open a Bible some day to find out what being a Christian really means. -- Submitted By: (BrewMaster) on October 20, 2009, 7:53 pm
I would seem that in any era, kids are kids and teens are teens. Just like adults are adults. It's easy forget that we were once that age and no different (in manor of speaking).
Yes, it's ironic that as adults, we may well find ourselves acting the same as the adults of our time as kids and teens.
While people do seem more vocal in this day and age about 'the kids of today', consider that nowadays people have a lot more venues to express that concern. The Internet allows us to express (and to see others express) what perhaps before we could only express in letters to the editor and among friends or co-workers. In short, I think we're seeing so much more of it now simply because increased communications have allowed us to. It also allows us to (via the activities of kids and teens online) to see perhaps unfiltered access to their thoughts and feelings about things. The same thoughts (at least in spirit) that again, people have probably always had.
I'm sure that if the Internet existed 20 years ago as it does now that people would have been saying the same things.
That's not to say that I'm blaming the problems with "the kids of today" on the Internet. It's more that it's showing us problems that have always existed via the increased communication that it's created.
In the end, I think this is a problem that isn't going to go away because it's an issue that's always existed. While that may seem pessimistic, remember that they *will* grow up. Just as we look back and remember some of our bad behaviour and cringe, they will too.
-- Submitted By: (ExplodingConsole) on October 20, 2009, 2:42 pm
The only reality shows I could somewhat tolerate, were the ones that actually HELPED people, (Extreme Home Makeover, Biggest Loser) but now, even those are all about fake drama. -- Submitted By: (Stephanie) on October 20, 2009, 2:23 pm
The ACLU maintains that they are against all forms of censorship. I guess someone never told them that banning prayers in public places and trying to eradicate a war memorial in the shape of a cross is exactly that: CENSORSHIP. And now, (thanks to Travoltron for pointing it out!) they have no problem with censoring the display of flags. AMERICAN Civil Liberties Union, my ass. Yet they fight for the rights of hate groups, terrorists, pederasts, and criminals. -- Submitted By: (Robert) on October 20, 2009, 11:36 am
Should be rename American Association of Retired Liberal Persons. -- Submitted By: (scatcatpdx) on October 19, 2009, 10:35 pm
Sex doesn't always sell, some times it go be a tip off they are hiding mediocre food and service. -- Submitted By: (scatcatpdx) on October 19, 2009, 10:32 pm
Earlier today I was using the computer when someone was making onion rings! Sure, I love them, but although I was sitting far from the kitchen, my first thought was, "was my conscience hurting?" The stench from onions that make you cry was so strong, it traveled to where I was sitting! I thought I was gonna go blind! I did everything from run outside for fresh air to wetting my eyes in the bathroom sink! This was my first such experience. All in all, onions boned the fish because of that awful feeling! -- Submitted By: (SVN) on October 19, 2009, 9:31 pm
Vikings make me think of Led Zeppelin's "The Immigrant Song": "I come from the land of the ice and snow..." -- Submitted By: (Stephanie) on October 19, 2009, 2:33 pm
Exploding Console has just made the suggestion I was about to make - that part of the problem is parents who want to be *friends* with their kids. I don't think this is practical - kids need to have limits, parents have to impose these limits, and as a parent that means sometimes you have to be the heavy, rather than buddy-buddy. I guess part of the problem is that when both parents get home from work, they're stressed out, and the last thing they want to do is exercise some control on the kids. Mind you, I think there has always been a certain amount of nostalgic "these kids today aren't anywhere near as well behaved as we were when WE were kids!". Here's an example: "I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on
frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words... When I was young, we were taught to be discreet and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly disrespectful and impatient of restraint" (Hesiod, 8th century BC). -- Submitted By: (Eugene) on October 19, 2009, 6:27 am
I don't know why but Ovaltine always made me a bit queezy after drinking it. Give me Nestles Quick instead! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on October 17, 2009, 11:39 am
I could always take or leave them but never really felt like going out of my way to read 'em or see the cartoons. Lucky you had Archie Comics in your doctors' waiting room as a kid. ALL I got to read were "Highlights" magazines at my pediatricians (anyone else get tired of 'Goofus and Gallant'?)! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on October 17, 2009, 11:38 am
I'm also from the south and, while I don't embrace the redneck thing, I'm sorry to say that it's true that there are many here who do- including a few in my extended family(and, yes, there are Confederates in the attic but also at least one African-American branch)! I prefer however to consider the many contributions our area has made to the US and the world. First of all, many colonies were started here with the Spanish establishing St. Augustine, Florida in 1565, the English establishing Jamestown, Virginia in 1607 , French Canadians establishing New Orleans in 1712 Moreover, our region was where the Native American Mound Builders lived before that- and the Cherokee are from here the only tribe that became literate in a generation from an alphabet known to have been entirely the creation of one person- Sequoyah . Secondly, we've had writers as diverse in style and context as Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, William Faulkner ,Harper Lee Alex Haley and Alice Walker come from here! And let's not forget the many national leaders we've had (good and bad) from here. I'd like to point out that many of our nation's Founding Fathers were southerners including George Washington (and,yes, I know he was also a slaveholder) yet his memory was so revered by both sides in the US Civil War (AKA War Between the States) that his estate of Mount Vernon was scrupulously kept untouched despite its incredibly strategic position of being on a steep bluff overlooking the Potamac River which all shipping bound for Washington,DC must to pass by! Yes, I know there have been many rather sad and shameful events that have happened here yet I don't think anyone should dismiss our region without considering the positive contributions! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on October 17, 2009, 11:24 am
Come on people, what about Henry Kissinger? Didn't political satire become obsolete when he won the prize? According to Tom Leary.
Had to add that one. -- Submitted By: (johnnydough) on October 16, 2009, 7:07 pm
I suppose my next question is why that demographic is that way.
I think part of the problem is that the cost of living went up in the 90s. Suddenly, you needed two incomes in order to be practical. Two parents meant the kids spent more time in day care or more the parents spent less time with the kids (among other issues of course).
I do also tend to agree with the idea of people having kids for the wrong reason(s). I do agree that people should not have kids if they'll be doing so because they feel it's cool to be parent, because all their friends are getting married and having kids or because they feel obligated to get married and have kids. I admit that I can't help but think of Elaine's friend from Seinfeld. (ie, the 'you gotta have baby Elaine' one).
Having a child(ren) should indeed be one of life's greatest gifts. However it should also be one of life's biggest and most important responsibilities.
Another issue seems to be that the parents of today (although I wonder if people have been saying this for generations in the same way they've been referring to the "kids of today" for thousands of years) want to be cool. Now, I'm sure lots of people have grown frustrated with adults that seem out of touch and/or uncool. However, as some say, you need to be your kid's parent first and their friend second.
I think that's definitely part of it today. People are so worried about being cool that they forget that to be a good parent (or authority figure) that you can't always be cool first.
I know that's not the entire issue but I do feel that's part of it. -- Submitted By: (ExplodingConsole) on October 16, 2009, 12:02 pm
Hey, I'm from the south and don't embrace that whole Redneck thing at all. It's embarassing! -- Submitted By: (Stephanie) on October 16, 2009, 6:49 am
There was a case a few days ago where an Oregon landlady was prohibiting tenants from displaying the flag on the building or tenants' vehicles. An invasion of free speech, right? But guess who the ACLU sided with? The landlady. WTF? -- Submitted By: (Travoltron) on October 15, 2009, 2:16 pm
The food is great and it's fun to visit, but I don't understand the whole "proud to be a redneck" thing. I would think every Southerner would want to reject that stereotype but instead it seems many embrace it. That's off-putting. -- Submitted By: (JLer2562) on October 14, 2009, 7:17 pm
I would say in the last 20 years, because the late baby-boomers and early GenXers began reproducing. This demographic (born late 50's...mid-late 60's) are so "Me Me ME", that kids were spawned almost as a status symbol. Almost a competition in a way...everyone else was starting a family...so typical late Boomer/GenXer wants to start a family, just to keep up! Then, when the blessed event is harder to care for than, say, a puppy, they resent it because they are too selfish to see that parenting is the greatest gift and most important job of all. Suddenly, Stay-At-Home-Soccer-Mom is "unfulfilled" and wants a "career" and resents being a mother. She throws the kids in every extra-curricular activity possible, so she can her her "me" time, the kids are inundated with practice, rehearsals, school, plus with school and homework the kids end up on Ritalin. It's so sad.
*This does not refer to ALL late baby boomers or GenXers..just many I've observed.* -- Submitted By: (Stephanie) on October 13, 2009, 6:56 am
My thinking is that Obama got the Peace Prize for not being George W. Bush. I like Obama, and I wouldn't be surprised if he ultimately does things that are prize-worthy. But awarding it to him now is absurd. To his credit, he seems to realize this. -- Submitted By: (Eugene) on October 13, 2009, 6:28 am
Chubby - My guess is that C & H is slipping a bit from the public conciousness after not being in the papers for 14 years. I haven't seen too many of the stickers lately, and that's just fine with me. As for the marvelous work of Bill Watterson, in my home it's working its magic on a new generation (in book form). -- Submitted By: (Eugene) on October 13, 2009, 5:59 am
I think, it began much earlier, and that three different factors came into play:
1. Parenting used to be a family matter. There was not only two parents, there were Grandparents, aunts, uncles, who would look after the children. Today, it is often only one parent who has to do everything alone and can't rely on the suggestions of other parents when he or she gets presented with a problem.
2. Families used to be larger. If you are growing up with siblings, you have more social interaction from the very beginning. And children used to play on the streets, with each other, so they had lots of social contacts outsite of the familie. Children today are spending to much time in front of the TV or the Computer (nothing against a TV or a Computer, but not for hours a day).
3. With the 68 came the trend to think that discipline is something bad. Which is utter nonsense...and with discipline I don't mean spanking or similiar, I mean that you can expect from a four year old that it can sit still in church for half an hour insteat of letting it roam around free between the benches. Now, two-three generations later we have parents who have no idea how to disclipline a child. -- Submitted By: (Swanpride) on October 13, 2009, 4:39 am
One question is, people have been raising kids since humanity has been around. What's changed in the past 20 years or so? Why the sudden problems with kids and teens (other then the issues that have been around since humanity has been around)? I seem to recall the 90s being when a lot of these problems started. Or was it just that I was getting to be old enough to notice these things? I mean, people always refer to the 'kids of today' when they speak of these sorts of issues. There is that quote I used in my initial post so I'm not so sure this is a new thing.
But if it is a new thing, what's causing it? -- Submitted By: (ExplodingConsole) on October 13, 2009, 12:10 am
I hated having these comics as the only thing to read at the doctors office or barber as a kid- and now Archie is getting married- and apparently to cave to whatever lunatics are fans of this awful comic they did a marrige issue with Veronica, then one with Betty- wow way to have some courage on an already horrible concept and comic- Archie has boned, bones and will continue to bone- who reads this stuff? -- Submitted By: (Chubby Rain) on October 12, 2009, 4:02 pm
The otaku have forced the industry to become so inbred that new material is more often than not very in-accessible to new fans and the mainstream. While there are still some great anime if you look the industry is on a downward trend. -- Submitted By: (Chubby Rain) on October 12, 2009, 4:00 pm
I remember that "Christmas Story" scene, SVN! "'Be....sure...to drink your.....ovaltine.' Ovaltine?!? A crummy commercial? Son of a bitch!" -- Submitted By: (ScottyB) on October 11, 2009, 9:23 pm
This series helped revive "The Beatles"! Some of you may not agree, but boy, it sure is the talk of the town..... -- Submitted By: (SVN) on October 11, 2009, 6:48 pm
I can't remember which "Seinfeld" episode Ovaltine came from, but this product sure reminds me of "A Christmas Story"! You know, where Ralphie had to figure out the coded message from the radio? -- Submitted By: (SVN) on October 11, 2009, 6:45 pm
Oh, man!!!!! Ted Turner ended up a victim of the lying, cheating, and stealing from the cable industry! Yeah, I agree with everyone complaining about "Cartoon Network" becoming the "Live-Action Network"! It's just like "Disney Channel" getting rid of the classics and "Nickelodeon" becoming "MTV Jr"! Like everyone says, get out the lemon juice and cole slaw! This fish is served!!!!! -- Submitted By: (SVN) on October 11, 2009, 6:39 pm
Cable TV boned the fish because they lie, cheat, and steal! They lie because every station is like MTV now; they lie about what they show (e.g. The History Channel is now "The Future Channel"; Cartoon Network is now "Live-Action Network", etc.), they replace their regular schedules with monotonous marathons, and reality TV is pretty much the only thing we ever see on cable nowadays. They cheat us out of what was once a great medium, and we are robbed at least $40 a month because of this monstrosity! Thank goodness for digital local TV; it's like watching cable FOR FREE!!!!! -- Submitted By: (SVN) on October 11, 2009, 6:34 pm
Someone has to say it, they weren't TOTAL thugs- as they actually mapped out extensive routes during their travels. Not only did they happen upon Iceland, Greenland and Vinland (Newfoundland) but they brought trade to many areas that had been overlooked for centuries during the Dark Ages. I went to the Jorvik Viking Center in York, England and saw a coin they'd found there minted in, of all places, Samarkand- what a story THAT coin could have told! Plus, they were the ones who built Dublin. Granted, they built Dublin so they could raid the interior Irish monasteries but they also wanted a good port for trading! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on October 11, 2009, 3:37 pm
I just saw that World Luminary Fidel Castro is applauding this award. Fidel, save me some cuban fish sandwiches when I get to Havana, I'll brins some US grade vinegar and Slaw so we can celebrate Obama's big win. -- Submitted By: (Chubby Rain) on October 11, 2009, 1:31 pm
Similar to the Scottish Site and BTF where the originator abandoned it's core concept for success and smarter fans take up the banner and run with it- Id like to have a TV network that showed cartoons (and shows ABOUT cartoons and their creators) 24/7- classic Popeye and Tom and Jerry- Anime, adult cartoons at night, 80's toy cartoon saturday morning cartoon blocks etc. There would be no overhead and I think the public would love it- all TV is becoming the same reality show crap with no differennce with channels- MTV, SyFy, CN etc. all going away from their core programming and not rewarding their actual audiences. It makes me want to kick something sometimes!Imagine that- cool things on the "cartoon network"...sigh... pass the slaw and tartar sauce. -- Submitted By: (Chubby Rain) on October 11, 2009, 12:03 pm
Cartoon Network is beyond crap. Among their upcoming programs include Adventure Time with Finn and Jake, Sym-Bionic Titan, Generator Rex, Regular Show, and Horrorbots, all of which will most likely bomb along with 90% of all the new crap CN has forced upon its viewers.
-- Submitted By: (ScottyB) on October 11, 2009, 11:31 am
Cartoon Network presents: Kids on bikes hunting for ghosts? Good Lord. When I hear news that they're playing non-cartoon crap like this, it looks like I will never forget why I stopped watching CN. -- Submitted By: (Robert) on October 11, 2009, 9:02 am
Once it became overloaded with advertisements and apps it really boned the fish. -- Submitted By: (TheAdamantiumElbow) on October 11, 2009, 7:51 am
Ive seen Less Calvin pissing on things stickers lately- has the trend died a merciful death? -- Submitted By: (Chubby Rain) on October 11, 2009, 5:58 am
Flipped past this travesty last night and saw kids riding on BMX bikes and talking about hunting for ghosts with teenagers in a house- thanks "Cartoon" Network- you SUCK. -- Submitted By: (Chubby Rain) on October 11, 2009, 5:18 am
Try coloring the edgess of a quarter with a pencil or marker and bet someone they can't roll it down their nose. -- Submitted By: (Drewdaford) on October 10, 2009, 11:36 pm
The guy on the commercial is epic! He was too cool for TV. I wish I had his autograph on a ShamWow. -- Submitted By: (Drewdaford) on October 10, 2009, 11:32 pm
In a way, Sonic still rocks. He's just a big joke, and it's the kind of humor I think is hilarious. "Sonic's the name! Speed's my game!" hysterical! But in all seriousness, it's pretty much one of the worst video game series now. -- Submitted By: (Drewdaford) on October 10, 2009, 11:23 pm
The Question is not if one should strike a child or not. But what people don't get is that there are acually three kinds of child abuse. There is the kind of abuse which is punishable by law (hitting aso), there is neglect (today most commenly done by using the TV and the playstation as babysitter)and there is the third version: Giving your child everything. And this isn't even a problem of the rich ones alone. I mean, I watch a TV show were a mother gets a room decorated for her daughter. This mother has a home with a big bedroom and a really small one, and she has two daughters. The older one (around 8)gets the bigger bedroom, the smaller one (around 5) gets the small one and the mother actually sleeps in the livingroom....what for? There is no reason why she shouldn't put both childreen in the bigger room and use the smaller one as a recluse for herself. And it doesn't stop there. In a world, where parents go to the TV because they can't handle their own children, something is seriously wrong! -- Submitted By: (Swanpride) on October 10, 2009, 2:46 pm
OK, neo, I guess since someone else who claiming to be European posted a somewhat sarcastic post the day after I attempted to explain mys position to you, I let my temper get the better of me and not notice that it was someone different from you. That was unfair of me to you and I apologize for that. However; I myself still have no use for IKEA Furniture. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on October 10, 2009, 2:39 pm
The problem with parenting, that is, the act of raising kids is that everyone has a different idea as to what is and is not an acceptable.
One major issue that has cropped up in recent years (well, not so recent, it seemed to start in the 90s) is the issue of discipline or more or the lack of discipline.
I'm sure there has always been the debate over spanking. To be honest, that one issue makes me glad I'm not a parent. I just can't see myself not only striking a child but being all right with it. Something about it seems very tasteless and strikes (sorry) me as a loss of control and ruling by fear. Whatever happened to teaching kids to have a sense of right and wrong and not doing wrong because they don't want to do wrong?
That's not to say don't discipline them. I agree that one needs to teach children (not just kids, but everyone) that there are consequences for their actions. However, making someone afraid to do bad rather then not doing bad because it's wrong feels wrong to me.
People talk of "the kids of today" as though they were never kids much in the same way they speak of seniors as though they will never be old. However, consider this quote, "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers."
Sounds like something someone today might say doesn't it? However, it wasen't a modern parent that said this. It was Socrates that said it, around 2500 years ago. -- Submitted By: (ExplodingConsole) on October 10, 2009, 11:38 am
So the Nobel committee feels a man who made a movie about climate change (yet hypocritically lives in an energy-hungry home that uses more fossil fuel in a month than a normal house does in a year!) is more worthy of the Nobel prize than a woman who spent her life saving innocent children from imminent death in the Holocaust and was eventually caught, tortured, and nearly executed by the Nazis. Yeesh, remind me again how AMERICA's priorities are messed up because we care more about celebrities than world events? -- Submitted By: (Robert) on October 10, 2009, 11:08 am
it wasn't trying to be mainstream. it's founder looked for a niche that would be interested in programming specific to that demographic -- just like several other cable channels dedicated to religious and ethnic entertainment (e.g., Telemundo). A white channel wouldn't be necessary because it's already mainstream in many channels. i'll cautiously vote never boned although i cringe at it's growing focus on reality tv. -- Submitted By: (ocfernan) on October 9, 2009, 10:02 pm
The Nobel Peace Prize has been a joke for years; I'm glad someone put it up here! Check out this info on this woman whom lost the Prize to Al Gore in 2008: http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/sendler.asp -- Submitted By: (Travoltron) on October 9, 2009, 7:23 pm
Hte peak of Hypocrisy from the black community who wants to be "included" in mainstream society and not disscriminated against- BLACK ENTERTAINMENT?? Lets put the "colored only" signs over water fountains while we are at it- but if blacks self segregate- it's ok? Where is White Entertainment Television? -- Submitted By: (Chubby Rain) on October 9, 2009, 3:40 pm
I actually think that the Nobel Peace prize boned the moment, as they started giving it to politicans for simply doing their job. How can one compare people who were risking their life (like Albert Schweitzer or Mother Theresa), their reputation or at least sacrified their time for doing something for the world with a politician who simply happens to sit at the nogation table at the right time? Especially when real fighters for freedom and peace like Ghandi get ignored?
The whole Nobel Peace Price was already a stinking cadaver of a fish. The whole Obama-Thing just shows it under a magnifying glas. Really, how about giving the price to every politican who goes to a desk and says: "I want peace!"? -- Submitted By: (Swanpride) on October 9, 2009, 3:31 pm
Seriously guys, this is nothing new. Besides Carter and Gore already having ones, they gave one to PLO terrorist leader Yasser Arafat in 1994!!
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_controversies#Peace_2 -- Submitted By: (Travoltron) on October 9, 2009, 2:58 pm
President Obama today joined an elite group of U.S. presidents when he won the Nobel Peace Prize. Unlike his predecessors, Obama was chosen not for substantive accomplishments, but for inspiring "hope" at the start of his term. = JOKE! -- Submitted By: (Hikariu) on October 9, 2009, 2:28 pm
Grilled chicken. Need I say more? -- Submitted By: (FlxibleMetro9150) on October 9, 2009, 2:24 pm
Barack Hussein Obama wins after 8 months in a presidency where nothing of note has happened. How did this person win again? -- Submitted By: (Chubby Rain) on October 9, 2009, 12:03 pm
You're done with me? I never even responded to you after my original post. Perhaps some reading lessons are in order. -- Submitted By: (neo11) on October 9, 2009, 10:08 am
This store hasn't BTF in my opinion...their clothes are great and they are one of the few places that still have lay-a-way! -- Submitted By: (Stephanie) on October 9, 2009, 6:49 am
Wal-Mart isn't bad, though I prefer Target because in my opinion it has better quality items, thanks in large part to Archer Farms. -- Submitted By: (ScottyB) on October 8, 2009, 4:03 pm
The number 1 reason for Trix's boning the fish was the "Silly Rabbit" line? Reminds me of the Family Guy episode where some Asian kids say the line, and the rabbit beats them all up using karate. Good times... -- Submitted By: (ScottyB) on October 8, 2009, 12:30 pm
Battletoads vs. Double Dragon. The double dragon guys were adjusted to move, behave, and fight in the Battletoads world. I still remember how bizarre they were animated...especially when a new boss appeared in a level. Their friggin eyes popped out! These are the double dragon guys we knew? -- Submitted By: (ocfernan) on October 8, 2009, 6:34 am
there was even a Y2K movie on ABC. talk about really capitalizing on the fear. i still remember seeing a scene in which a woman was pregnant in the hospital and the monitor that was attached to her stopped working. so it's based on the current date -- really? -- Submitted By: (ocfernan) on October 8, 2009, 6:15 am
It's a hoax, see:
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/tooth.asp and also http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp -- Submitted By: (Travoltron) on October 7, 2009, 10:47 pm
Christmas has boned because it is too commercial. Stores start cramming down customers' throats in October to where people are just sick of it. Christmas was not started in the US in the Civil War, it has been the 25th of December everywhere for hundreds if not thousands of years. And as far as when Jesus was actually born, no we will never know, but this is a good enough time to celebrate it. -- Submitted By: (MCS) on October 7, 2009, 8:28 pm
Yeah, the world CLEARLY ended nine years ago. You can tell by the fact that WE'RE STILL HERE. The arrival of January 1, 2000 brought nothing more than good times, wicked hangovers, and a whole lot of people spending their New Year's Eve sitting underground in bomb shelters when they could have been out having fun. -- Submitted By: (ScottyB) on October 7, 2009, 8:00 pm
Really? They really jumped down Obama's throat for SWATTING A FLY? Now that's what I call taking your cause too far. PeTA has boned the "sea kitten" with this one. -- Submitted By: (ScottyB) on October 7, 2009, 5:33 pm
To the Ebenezer Scrooge who posted first, just because Christ was not literally born on Dec. 25th doesn't mean his birth cannot be commemorated at that time. Oh...and incidentally, the three wise men didn't visit him when he was just a newborn in a manger either...he was actually several months old by the time they showed up to bring their gifts. -- Submitted By: (Stephanie) on October 7, 2009, 11:40 am
I reread the posts and conclude that I believe shanequia because she conducted the experiment with the hot dog herself and was relating her own conclusions via her observations as a good scientist is supposed to do! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on October 7, 2009, 7:38 am
quimbyt,
I can't say whether it's true or not about it dissolving a hot dog but I can tell you it CAN dissolve a scoop of ice cream into mere froth in a matter of minutes- and ice cream's a kind of food! In any case, a secret recipe which includes an excess amount of syrup mixed with carbonated water isn't something the human body really needs.
All the above said, though, I hope anyone reading this who travels to the Atlanta area gets a chance to go to the Coca Cola Exhibit which details the company's take of the history of the drink and how it became one of the first commercial products to be mass marketted to world wide distribution. Quite fascinating! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on October 7, 2009, 7:35 am
To the person who thinks Coke will dissolve a hot dog you lied never happened. Coke is incapable of dissolving any kind of food. -- Submitted By: (quimbyt) on October 6, 2009, 10:20 pm
This is a holiday based on a lot of mythology, Jesus was not born on Dec 25th. And the only reason Christmas is even a holiday in the US is because of the Civil War. -- Submitted By: (quimbyt) on October 6, 2009, 10:17 pm
I cant hate Halloween it is my birthday. And any holiday where you as a kid can go around and collect free candy that is so cool. -- Submitted By: (quimbyt) on October 6, 2009, 10:14 pm
If you swear to much you just sound ignorant. -- Submitted By: (quimbyt) on October 6, 2009, 6:09 pm
I feel bad for Boise State and Cincinnati right now. They can both finish the season undefeated and the best bowl game they'll get a chance to play in is the Fiesta Bowl...if they're lucky. These biased BCS pollsters need to be replaced, and fast. -- Submitted By: (ScottyB) on October 6, 2009, 4:34 pm
Both my parents told me all about having grown up during the Depression and seeing breadlines so I never got the appeal of wasting perfectly good food just to make a mess for other folks to clean up when there are starving children! That said, though, I have to admit I DO laugh out loud seeing a good old-fashioned pie fight in classic comedies-everyone from Chaplin to Laurel+Hardy to Lucy (who also got into a funny grape fight). OK, I'm being a bit of a hypocrite with that but I figure those are empty calories that would have gone to a green room. Off camera; however, there's no virtue to having these. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on October 6, 2009, 2:45 pm
I still use my VCR because I am not ABOUT to replace every VHS tape I have on DVD. I have better things to spend money on! Besides, all those cool MTV videos, and documentaries I taped back in the late 80's and early 90's are irreplaceable. -- Submitted By: (Stephanie) on October 5, 2009, 4:04 pm
I still see it for sale around here. It tends to make me think of Seinfeld though. -- Submitted By: (ExplodingConsole) on October 5, 2009, 3:56 pm
It tacky all them guys going in there and it aint for the food. -- Submitted By: (shanequia) on October 5, 2009, 10:00 am
They rigged. -- Submitted By: (shanequia) on October 5, 2009, 9:49 am
I go in here all the time when I was a kid. We ride our bikes down the street and go in for candy after we turn in pop bottles at the safeway for some change. I still think about that when i stop in a 7-11. It never boned. -- Submitted By: (shanequia) on October 5, 2009, 9:33 am
Vampires?!That's incredibly bogus of them, SVN! Instead of the usual tartar sauce and lemon wedges, it sounds like this cable station needs to be sent some garlic cloves! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on October 5, 2009, 7:00 am
As I am typing this comment, the TV behind me is playing a documentary on vampires! YES, you heard right: vampires on MSNBC, "The Place for Politics!" Yes, some people are aware of the fact that a man named Jonathan Sharkey of the "Vampires, Witches, & Pagans Party" ran for President back in 2008, but that doesn't mean a news channel should play documentaries on vampires!!!!! This is even worse than CNN becoming "The Michael Jackson Channel!" Sounds like this young news channel has become 50,000 Filet-O-Fish sandwiches ready for consumption! -- Submitted By: (SVN) on October 4, 2009, 7:13 pm
National Geographic was a good magazine. I grew up reading my grandpa's extensive collection. I would say that it hasn't so much boned as just become a victim of its long (121 years) in circulation. It seems that they just have the most boring articles now. -- Submitted By: (MCS) on October 4, 2009, 6:42 pm
I've never heard of anyone, even stay-at-home moms or senior citizens (the most targeted), ever tell me they get excited when someone out of the blue calls them giving them an opportunity to buy a product or purchase a service. Nor get especially excited when it's a recording of one. The public pretty much gives the message - DO NOT CALL. -- Submitted By: (ocfernan) on October 3, 2009, 12:33 pm
I've heard about the bad wings at the one in my area. But even with that, I'm like -- ok, I can take it or leave it. But when it was placed in a Syracuse, NY mall's food court right next to an arcade, that was a bonefishing moment! Understandably it got town protest but went up anyway.
Thankfully it closed down a year or so ago.
A bonefish franchise indeed for poor taste in proximity (and according to some people, poor taste literally). -- Submitted By: (ocfernan) on October 3, 2009, 12:23 pm
Censorship seems like a good idea at first. Keeping TV shows, games etc from showing things that might be disgusting or offensive, keeping people and characters from saying things most would consider offensive and other things.
The problem is just what one deems offensive. There in lies the problem. Often, you have one group of people applying *their* sensibilities to the other.
How often do we try to protect children in particular from bad words, violence and especially nudity? I know the censors are trying to save the younger generations from bad influences. Their hearts are in the right place.
However, they forget that kids have different sensibilities not just because they're kids but because they're part of a different generation. Things that bother the censors now might not have bothered them when they were kids or it might not bother modern kids.
Personally, I think that there should be at least some basic standards so things don't get out of hand. However, it should be up to the parents to decide whether or not a game, show or movie is acceptable for their kids to watch. Whatever happened to parents watching these shows and movies and playing the games (okay, maybe not games as they're somewhat more recent) before letting the kids do the same, then making a decision whether or not they feel those things are acceptable for the kids to experience?
Oh yes, don't even get me started on how open censors seem to be with violence but not nudity/sex. How is the act that ends life someone more acceptable for us to see then the act that creates it? -- Submitted By: (ExplodingConsole) on October 3, 2009, 10:42 am
I still enjoy the Sims 2 now and then, but the Sims 3 is a massive disappointment. -- Submitted By: (InsanityPrelude) on October 2, 2009, 7:02 pm
I have to admit though, Passion Tazo tea goes really nicely with lemonade. -- Submitted By: (InsanityPrelude) on October 2, 2009, 7:00 pm
What's wrong with mint chocolate chip? Mint and chocolate go wonderfully together! -- Submitted By: (InsanityPrelude) on October 2, 2009, 6:59 pm
Real World was a neat concept when it debuted. Granted the vapid squabbles and such began from the first season of this show, but it still caught your attention to the experiment and how people would fare in the long run. A year after was when it started wearing its welcome. After the "London" season with the last batch of overall group that got along, it went downhill from there. When it became about owning a business, the competition for air time and shock value went up. And other reality shows brewing at this time were about to follow up. Trash tv became its finest with more squabbles from living together, squabbles vying for a guy/gal's courtship, squabbles to survive, squabbles to be the best chef, squabbles cuz they're celebrities, squabbles cuz they're entertaining enough to become tabloid celebrities etc. Enough fish fry for a nation! -- Submitted By: (ocfernan) on October 2, 2009, 6:19 pm
Day 1. Somewhat cute things but were overshadowed by being price jacked and the object of every parent's fury come Christmastime. The advent of Garbage Pail Kids was inevitable. -- Submitted By: (ocfernan) on October 2, 2009, 5:57 pm
