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Simple Torture · **Posted:** Fri August 23, 2019 4:36 pm

Biff Pocoroba wrote:

David Koch died; though that would be appropriate to post in one of the political threads.

verb_to_trust · **Posted:** Fri August 23, 2019 4:49 pm

Rest in piss

Mickey · **Posted:** Fri August 23, 2019 6:57 pm

He died doing what he loved (jacking off to cartoons)

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Sun August 25, 2019 6:12 am

When I rule the world I will have everyone at The New Yorker executed.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019 ... type=owned

Renoir’s Problem Nudes
An argument is often made that we shouldn’t judge the past by the values of the present, but that’s a hard sell in a case as primordial as Renoir’s.

Mickey · **Posted:** Sun August 25, 2019 8:18 pm

Mac homie did you read the piece? Because this is how it ends

Quote:

. The work tends toward silliness but never topples into it. He can really move paint around, and his colors attain complex harmonies even as you may crave sunglasses to mitigate their screeching chromas. He’s like a house guest so annoying that you might consider burning down the house to be rid of him. Let’s not do that.

Mickey · **Posted:** Sun August 25, 2019 8:19 pm

Though I'd never stand opposed to executing Andy Borowitz along with anyone who finds him funny.

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Sun August 25, 2019 8:32 pm

Mickey wrote:

Mac homie did you read the piece? Because this is how it ends

Quote:

. The work tends toward silliness but never topples into it. He can really move paint around, and his colors attain complex harmonies even as you may crave sunglasses to mitigate their screeching chromas. He’s like a house guest so annoying that you might consider burning down the house to be rid of him. Let’s not do that.

It's good that he isn't for literally burning Renoir paintings I suppose.

Mickey · **Posted:** Sun August 25, 2019 9:55 pm

BurtReynolds wrote:

Mickey wrote:

Mac homie did you read the piece? Because this is how it ends

Quote:

The work tends toward silliness but never topples into it. He can really move paint around, and his colors attain complex harmonies even as you may crave sunglasses to mitigate their screeching chromas. He’s like a house guest so annoying that you might consider burning down the house to be rid of him. Let’s not do that.

It's good that he isn't for literally burning Renoir paintings I suppose.

So you didn't read it, then. Because this piece is responding to current criticisms of Renoir, contextualizing them and in many ways defending his work.

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Mon August 26, 2019 12:38 am

Keep telling yourself that. I did read it (it's one of the shortest New Yorker articles I've come across in recent memory. I at least give it credit for not being as typically long winded.) And a brief and half hearted apology at the end for what came before does not a defense make.

It's idiotic faux criticism from a modern puritan.

Mickey · **Posted:** Mon August 26, 2019 2:48 am

Oh yeah for sure man, everything's on a binary.

Bi_3 · **Joined:** Wed April 20, 2016 7:11 pm **Posts:** 14258

Mickey wrote:

Oh yeah for sure man, everything's on a binary.

Bi_3 · **Joined:** Wed April 20, 2016 7:11 pm **Posts:** 14258

Acceptable Opinion Credits (AOC’s) coming soon!

https://www.fastcompany.com/90394048/uh-oh-silicon-valley-is-building-a-chinese-style-social-credit-system

dimejinky99 · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 12:35 am **Posts:** 35485

The Amazon is burning.
How many species of trees and animal are lost forever out of this?
It’s terrifying

Bi_3 · **Joined:** Wed April 20, 2016 7:11 pm **Posts:** 14258

New Yorker wrote:

An argument is often made that we shouldn’t judge the past by the values of the present, but

This is the “I’m not a racist, but” of the NPC

Superblood Wolfmoon · **Joined:** Thu November 21, 2013 10:01 pm **Posts:** 1847

Bi_3 wrote:

New Yorker wrote:

An argument is often made that we shouldn’t judge the past by the values of the present, but

This is the “I’m not a racist, but” of the NPC

Yes, hundreds of years of systemic, engrained racism in our society and the relatively new phenomenon of being "woke" are totally the same. Because, you know, they state one thing, then say "but." Same. Heaven forbid we exercise a little critical thinking in looking at certain cases (that goes both ways).

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47336

JFC

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/08/27/us/okl ... cnn.com%2F

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Mon September 02, 2019 10:21 pm

about time someone did something.

Mickey · **Posted:** Mon September 02, 2019 10:59 pm

BurtReynolds wrote:

about time someone did something.

I think constantly invoking Dolores Umbridge anytime there's a politics lady you don't like counts as a mental illness, which is a form of evil spirit.

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47336

Man, that dive boat fire in California. Early reports are that the people who were sleeping were locked in their cabins? Wtf? Only 5 crew survived, and audio between the coast guard and the captain suggest all of the passengers were locked inside. What a fucking nightmare.

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Tue September 03, 2019 6:57 pm

Why were their doors locked from the outside?

Not worthy of a thread News

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