Friday Ephemera (732)
Ample. || Secrets of the ladies’ powder room. || Solve your problems with a septum piercing tattoo. || Close enough to fool ’em. || Close enough 2. || Incoming. || A political question from 1973: Should Hornsea have a nudist beach? || Goodness, she’s got a big one. || Not half bad, all things considered. || Suboptimal situation. || Just one percent. || The progressive retail experience, parts 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, and 574. || Hardcore ping pong. || The thrill of shrimp. || In Pride news. || Kidnapping attempt of note, 1974. || Wrap malfunction. || Much too gentle for my taste. || This chap seems determined. || Some punching needed. || Your deepfake avatar has arrived. || At last, folding coat-hangers. || Fresh bread with flavouring. || And finally, they’re size 10 (Eur 38).
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(found via random surfing) Motorized kitchen gadgets where muscle power is sufficient. (Except for the frail and elderly.) My parents had a simple hand-operated jar opener, and I’m sure there were larger versions for institutional sized jars. Plenty of leverage. Too many of us are lazy or gadget-crazy.
Although I know would be on point for the brand, but could one of you lot with twitter see if this from Libs of TicTak is real?
Jezebel on the awesomeness of female-on-male violence.
Jezebel had always been a platform for the dysfunctional and the deeply obnoxious. Lindy West comes to mind, as does the entirely charmless Amanda Marcotte.
Reading matter.
Garden Party?
Billy the Kid. Jesse James. John Dillinger. Bonnie and Clyde. Al Capone. Bugsy Siegel. &c., &c., &c.
Obligatory link.
Something like this?
[…] a simple hand-operated jar opener […]
Insert skinny end between lid and class. Twist. Break vacuum, remove lid.
You can do the same with God’s Own Can Opener, but either one might set you back a buck.
[ Picks glass eye out of peanuts, slides bowl to Muldoon. ]
[ Puts glass eye on eBay. ]
[ Puts glass eye on eBay. ]
Damn, that was fast.
Yes.
Yes, the phenomenon is eternal. But something seemed to change in the 60’s.
Broken link.
Not entirely unrelated:
By the way, if you think I’m being unkind to Mr Shayo, do read to the end.
Well it’s a Muldoon post, so what did you expect? He’s still being oppressed by the comment posting thingie.
Not at all. He’ll likely never get the bollocking he deserves
the villains of the piece.
The phenomenon reaches its apex with Frozen. Watched objectively, the movie makes it clear that every bad thing that happens is a direct result of Anna’s selfishness narcissism. She also physically abuses her romantic interest and destroys his belongings carelessly.
They may seem pointless, but it’s unwise to underestimate the impact the Disney Princess movies have had on an entire generation of women.
Jezebel on the awesomeness of female-on-male violence
From the Jezebel article: in 70% of heterosexual relationships where domestic violence is nonreciprocal, it’s committed by the woman.
Percentage of domestic violence shelters in the US and Canada that allow men: 0
You can figure out the men-in-women’s sports thing on your own, ladies.
No one mention the phonogram, or the flying machines.
I’m only familiar, resentfully familiar, with the song.
Though I’m now tempted to ask how you know so much about Little Princess Musicals.
Looks like David is also being oppressed. To wit, font color selection:
Human error. Fixed.
Heh:
Ain’t it always?
I hope this won’t mar your radiant reputation.
Yes.
In my defence, I was multitasking. By which I mean, eating crisps.
[ Glares in carb-deprived envy. ]
Heh. I thought that might to take me to this Brady Bunch story…
I used to enjoy Mark Felton’s history videos, until I watched one about a supposed squadron of black-painted Lancasters which were prepared to drop the atomic bombs on Japan if the B29s weren’t ready in time.
Another youtube channel which I respect (Greg’s engines and airplanes) did a response video which destroyed my confidence in anything Mark Felton’s channel publishes.
snow white is is about the female drive to marry the richest most powerful man she can and for a man to marry the most attractive young fertile woman he can. in the story they both succeed. this story makes biological sense. turning it feminist it makes no sense
There were near-riots in the USA over abortion rights and Justice Kavanaugh. Over this, nothing nearly as dramatic. What could be the reason? Perhaps the people instigating those protests regard this problem as not important? Nah.
This is the way.
dicentra: to avoid future environmental mayhem remind your son that rubbing spit {preferably his own) on nettle stings works almost as well as dock leaf, and is probably easier to acquire. Unless, of course, he happens to be dehydrated and habitually carries dock leaf with him. In which case, of course, tell the envirocrazies to pound sand,
Actually, do the last anyway.
Point of order: the original tales were folk tales. It was Disney that made them suitable for kids. Lots of the original versions were pretty harsh in the punishments for the bad guys.
Grok says that “Jeffrey Marsh was invited to the Democratic National Convention (DNC) to provide behind-the-scenes content and coverage, not to speak at the event. This invitation was part of a broader initiative by the DNC to engage with social media influencers, aiming to connect with younger voters through platforms like TikTok and YouTube.”
At the link they declare “we have surpassed the need for men. men are now obsolete.”
Please. I regularly run into the situation where my lack of grip strength utterly stymies my ability to complete a task. Just yesterday I had to fix a hose connection by cutting off the end of the hose because I couldn’t unscrew the connector from the end of the hose. Which I’d screwed on, BTW.
Lots of the original versions were pretty harsh in the punishments for the bad guys.
dicentra: Creatively gruesome, yes. As a wee slip of a gel I got hold of some unbowdlerized “folk tales” and spent rather a while trying to sleep sitting bolt upright with all the lights on, eyes searching all the corners of the room, NOT Disneyprincess stuff at all.
If you want to know more about the hapless Griffin Sivert, the aforementioned child who was run through a surgical meat grinder, here’s a thread: https://x.com/redcoast/status/1825277205934485721
The number of complications she had is ASTOUNDING.
Also, she had problems with eating disorders and opioid addiction and who knows what else, all of which should have been contraindications for plastic surgery.
The #JusticeForGriffin hashtag includes her plight, but it also calls up issues relating to a dog and a horse of that same name.
Yes, though hardly uncommon among her peers.
This is what can happen when you’re trying to fix a software problem by smashing up the hardware.
We’re all getting older, sigh. But my point was that most of the people buying these motorized gadgets are young and strong enough that the manual versions would be quite sufficient. And cheaper. And would last far longer. I have one manual gadget which is finally wearing out after over 60 years but which cannot be replaced because the made-in-China versions all have poor user reviews on Amazon so I bought a battery operated version.
OnlyFans not panning out?
Laziness. Bad habits. Driving everywhere, never walking. Taking an elevator even to go up two flights of stairs. And so on. Not healthy.