Kosh's Shadow 6/20/2022 8:44:51 AM

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lucius septimius 6/20/2022 8:48:39 AM

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vxbush 6/20/2022 9:05:06 AM

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In #1 Kosh's Shadow said: Where is everyone? Observing Juneteenth?/

I'm trying to get a bunch of stuff purchased, so I have to get price quotes for everything and submit the business case for each individual item. A bit exhausting, actually. 

lucius septimius 6/20/2022 9:09:45 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 2:

Offer just went in.  Fingers crossed.

lucius septimius 6/20/2022 9:10:49 AM

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In #1 Kosh's Shadow said: Observing Juneteenth?/

LinkedIn tried to steer me to a list of companies observing this latest made-up holiday to influence my business decisions.

Occasional Reader 6/20/2022 9:23:56 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 4:

did you remember to include the severed horse head?

Kosh's Shadow 6/20/2022 9:30:05 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 5:

I don't mind that as much as the incessant Pride Month ads. A game on my phone has ones from Discovery+ and they are going all out of the closet on it.

Apparently it isn't doing so well for Disney. Not only was their new movie Lightyear(?) banned in several countries (Muslim) because of a gay kiss, but it is not doing so well in the US. 

Occasional Reader 6/20/2022 10:12:00 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 7:

Again: We devote one day to (nominally) honoring those who fell fighting for this country; and a whole month to “celebrating” the sexual orientation of all non-heteros.

Because, priorities.

JCM 6/20/2022 10:17:31 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 7:

Meanwhile, Top Gun, pro-American, pro-Military, pro toxic masculinity, where even the women are both feminine and toxic masculine. Is already close to a billion in box office.

vxbush 6/20/2022 11:47:11 AM

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In #9 JCM said: Meanwhile, Top Gun, pro-American, pro-Military, pro toxic masculinity, where even the women are both feminine and toxic masculine. Is already close to a billion in box office.

Well, and it has, you know, actual accomplishments in it. As opposed to whining about feelings. 

JCM 6/20/2022 11:57:45 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 10:

It's full of elitism! Hierarchy! Competition!

Kosh's Shadow 6/20/2022 12:34:48 PM

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My wife gave me this book for my birthday recently

19 Minutes to Live - Helicopter Combat in Vietnam

I will give a complete review when I finish it but it shows the bravery of our soldiers in 'Nam; some screw-ups higher up, and the perfidy of the "news" media, turning victory into defeat.

Just read a rescue of a ground team in mountains socked in by clouds - the author flew gunships and was covering the Huey that went in blind and got the team out.

Occasional Reader 6/20/2022 1:09:13 PM

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Reply to JCM in 11:

You forgot; CARBON FOOTPRINT!

And there are no identified LGBTQWERTYUIOP+ characters!

Occasional Reader 6/20/2022 1:12:24 PM

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Yes, this guy is a jerk (assuming he did what he’s accused of doing).

But what laws did he break?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61862619

The Beeb article doesn’t even mention that question,

That’s where we are.

lucius septimius 6/20/2022 2:13:56 PM

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In #7 Kosh's Shadow said: A game on my phone has ones from Discovery+ and they are going all out of the closet on it.

I'm imaging a Pride Month game, sort of like Zelda.  You start in your closet then have to go around collecting items - leather chaps, furry costumes, etc. - and then bang as many characters as you can.  Each sub-boss could be a different kind of kink.  The final boss would be Brian Stelter.

JCM 6/20/2022 4:12:44 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 14:

Ungoodthink.

Kosh's Shadow 6/20/2022 4:27:40 PM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 15:

Well, someone other than me can write that game.

Me, I'm getting a submarine arcade game (written in Python) to where the game ends when you run out of torpedoes during a wave of ships to sink, but as an arcade game, sinking more ships gets you more torpedoes.

Quite playable and fun now, but it will go on forever