Posts made by TNP

@The-Sands Trump, masks, and toxic masculinity

There's actually numerous articles about men being more likely to not wear masks that don't even bring Trump into it. But why pass up the opportunity.

@wahoo My issue wasn't with the quality of the dancing. Non-professional dancers who are actors portraying normal people shouldn't be expected to dance as if they were on Broadway (though it would be nice cause I love good dancing). My issue was the repetitive choreography itself. It's just bad. And I say this as an armchair quarterback who has watched SYTYCD for years.

@Roz said in Dead Celebrities 2020:

Fred Willard

It's so nice to hear of someone dying from something not Covid-19 related. (I do medical billing and insurance claims for the virus are starting to cross my desk. Most so far with a note 'patient deceased'.)

@surreality Oh, it's definitely not a long term fix. That's why I get a massage every month. But the Therabeads work great to ease pain. I have no idea how they work but you just stick them in the microwave for 2-3 min. The pack not only gets hot but it's a moist heat. Somehow it collects moisture from the air. I applied it every 1-2 hours all day and had much more motion the next day.

@surreality Coincidentally, 3 days ago my shoulder went into spasm. I haven't had a massage in 3 months because of the lock down and couldn't move my arm, shoulder or head without great pain. Vicodin and a muscle relaxant did little in doses that wouldn't put me to sleep and I even left work.

2 days of using a Therabeads moist heat pack worked wonders. I recommend them.

@Auspice Find another book club. Consider this fair warning of what you can expect from those people.

@Cupcake said in Good TV:

Mandy Moore is the choreographer for Zoe and she typically does excellent work, so the awfulness may be1 deliberate.

Mandy Moore? From SYTYCD? It has to be deliberate then.

@Warma-Sheen said in Good TV:

Instead of it being very obvious that most of this was all choreo'd by the same person.

That's exactly what made me think of that video. It's like they took the same 10 contemporary dance moves and used them all in different sequences. Among others, there were 'I have a really bad headache so I'm going to hold my head tightly' and 'I'm really thirty but the glass of water keeps moving out of reach'.

@Coin said in Good TV:

I think the choreography is kind of horrible on purpose?

Maybe? It sort of reminder me of this except not as good or as funny.

ETA: Team Max forever.

@TNP said in Good TV:

Why did none of you tell me how good Zoe's Extraordinary Playlist was? Sure, you've talked about it here but no one said TO ME 'Hey, you should watch this.' You fuckers.

I take it back. I hate this show. It starts out all light and fun till it sucks you in and hooks you then it sneaks around behind you and stabs you in the feels. OVER AND OVER AND OVER. And then for good measure, it drops the knife and starts doing it again with a fucking sword that's hooked up to a taser. HATE IT.

Hope it gets renewed. Just with better choreography. Cause honestly, it was horrible.

Why did none of you tell me how good Zoe's Extraordinary Playlist was? Sure, you've talked about it here but no one said TO ME 'Hey, you should watch this.' You fuckers.

@Aria Make them a mix tape and send it to them anonymously: Music to Fuck To.

Roy Horn of Siegfried and Roy fame. Covid-19.

@Auspice said in General Video Game Thread:

Sometimes mods are okay

I learned this when I installed the mod to Dragon Age: Origins which lets you be in a same sex relationship with Alistair. Cause Alistair is the best boyfriend.

@Aria said in Critters!:

^ How to store your extra cats.

No such thing as an EXTRA cat.

Also looks a little like one of my no longer here little girls. There any Russian Blue in her?

Too many words for behaviors that are not just acceptable but admirable have been turned into insults - deliberately so at times. White knight. Social justice warrior,. Liberal.

By making epithets out of behavior we should be seeing more often, people are discouraging the behavior we should ideally be seeing more of. 'I should say something but I don't want to be labeled a white knight'. Or an SJW. Or a person who gives a damn but doesn't want to be denigrated.

The Catholic Church has a lot wrong with it not the least of which are its homophobic dogma and the hate speech of some of its leaders. But it also does some good that a true hate group would not.

@Admiral That would depend on what the group is. If the Southern Poverty Law Center lists them as a hate group, they probably are. It's also possible they have a very personal reason to feel that way which colors their opinion.