Posts Made By: Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Not only that, it wasn’t really funny. I’ll say it again, IMHO conservatives do not know how to do satire well. 

Originally Posted by James Brown

Hi Brian:

I agree that the Bee is typically not as funny as the Onion, but still...  you and me might not be the Bee's target audience.  Some folks, Rich for example find them to be funny often enough to re-post.  One thing I agree with Rich on, the "woke" have entirely lost their sense of humor.  I think it is fair to say that the "woke" are generally left of center too.  Seinfeld quit doing stand up on college campuses years ago because of the pervasive humor-killing wokeness of modern college culture.

None of us here are particularly woke, by the way.  We can still laugh at Animal House or Tropic Thunder.  Can you imagine the reaction of the Atlantic scold who interviewed the Bee's editor if she were forced to watch Tropic Thunder?  (See the link in Richard's second or third post)  That link, was terribly funny in my opinion; at the Atlantic's expense...

Jim

Originally Posted by James Brown

Glad to hear that you are feeling better.  I had a "cold" between Christmas and New Years that could have been Omicron.  I had the right symptoms, but of course it could have been a cold too.  Home tests are nowhere to be found at the local Walgreens/Walmart/CVS etc.  I did not feel nearly bad enough to bother a hospital or Dr. for a test, so I may never know.

I agree with most of the quote above, but as far as I can tell, with a few reasonable exceptions, the US and Colorado have petty much gotten back to normal.  The sporting events are playing to packed arenas, some people mask, some don't.  I wore a mask the last time I flew (Thanksgiving) and I wore a mask to the eye doctor a few weeks ago, according to their policies.  Otherwise, I have a mask in my pocket when I go out, but I generally don't wear it.  Hardly like being locked up in a pen.  Not for me at least.

Our office, per state regulations requires masks or proof of vaccination to enter the building.  This too is a pretty minor inconvenience.  Most everyone is vaccinated and lots of us are still working from home anyway.  

I'm not sure if Omicron will kill far less than influenza, but I hope you are right.  I read an article the other day noting that there are 4 broad strains or families of coronavirus that cause the common cold.  Of course they mutate all the time, but there were four ancestral strains.  The epidemiologist who wrote the article speculated that each of these strains might have caused it's own pandemic killing many when that particular coronavirus crossed over for the first time into the human population.  Now after 1000s of years of coexistence we just have to deal with annual colds.  Covid 19 might be headed that way, with Omicron being a good step along the path.  Let's hope so.  Jim 

Originally Posted by James Brown

p.s. It is your prerogative to choose not to answer my questions.  I won't hound you like I might if I was in a bad mood.  For what it is worth, from my perspective, there is nothing crazy or totalitarian going on in Colorado.  The Broncos games are packed with un-masked screaming fans, even though our team stinks.  All the restaurants and clubs are open, some require masks, but certainly only a few in the largest metro areas.  Our economy is doing pretty good.  Nothing to complain about at all.

Jim

Originally Posted by James Brown

Yes.

Caused, not forced.  Am I the only one who thinks word choice matters?

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

If you say so.....in the face of all the clips and news at the time it sure doesnt support your argument though lol

Originally Posted by James Brown

You brought it up Lying Rich.  Don't bring up stuff on a public forum you don't want discussed, dumb ass.

Originally Posted by James Brown

I reckon that is because Lying Rich is a rude, lying, hypocritical, narcissistic, and mean SOB.  He is without racial bias though, so he has that going for him.  

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

The problem is that in Rich's mind that's how he remembers it. You explained your recollection of the matter and he totally dismissed as if his memory is better or more superior than yours.

My Mom used to think there was a little girl peeking out from around the hall corner waving at her. She believed it with all of her heart and would get mad at us because we couldn't see her, too. Maybe Rich has early stage dementia, it could explain a lot.