yhwx

Yes we have a good lunch at the restaurant we are in a really busy life.

180 (º)

We have a screening process for our table, thank you very much.

TV’s Frink said:

Interesting.

Could you elaborate on that?

I’m saying it’s a better time zone.

This sort of stuff isn’t confined to one party or one ideology or one whatever. Anyone who thinks that is dearly mistaken.

TV’s Frink said:

yhwx said:

TV’s Frink said:

Man, talk about east coast bias…

It’s not bias if it’s the correct time zone.

It’s only correct on the east coast, hence the bias. It forces everyone to conform to its time zone.

Easy communication with Europe and the west coast. Eastern rules.

TV’s Frink said:

I’m not going to lie, I’m enjoying all the attention. It’s really why I bully people in the first place.

Adding this bit to the psychological examination sheet that’s shared with everybody but you.

Disney is really blowing it with the marketing on this one.

I must be weird in this view, but what most people define as “fan service” has never really annoyed me.

darthrush said:

dahmage said:

No, not a bully.

But I would say that Frink has been pushing people’s buttons. It might be nice if he backed off of that a bit.

Oh but that’s just silly old Frink!

It’s not silly old Frink when it causes one to feel bad about it, as it happened with Warbler. The Wikipedia article on bullying says that there’s an imbalance of power a lot of the time with bullying. I think here people do think Frink is a level above them in clout. He’s a person that lot of people like or look up to. Warbler’s said he’s been bullied a lot in the past, that’s probably why he had such a bad reaction.

TV’s Frink said:

Collipso said:

Frink, that’s true… sometimes you should just back off and say that you’re sorry. If it bothered someone that means that something isn’t right. Just like the drama with DrDre on the TLJ thread.

First good point I’ve heard.

I feel like this is basically what I said, but whatever. Crikey.

You’ve been acting pretty pouty during this whole ordeal.

Lately, yes.

TV’s Frink said:

I said I’d stop FFS.

It took you 17 posts in this thread today for you to pledge that.

Seems like you didn’t from this part of your post.

TV’s Frink said:

JEDIT: I already said I’d stop posting Mark Sanchez pictures because they’re so awful to your sensibilities or something

And it took you a while to stop posting the images, as ray pointed out in the other thread.

Frink, Warbler’s angry because he feels like you attacked him in a way. Warbler cares about sports very deeply; it’s a core part of his personality. When you keep repeating something in a mocking way, people feel made fun of. Obviously Warb doesn’t have a good reaction to this for whatever reason. If I kept on posting pictures of some Cubs player you didn’t like back in October of ‘16, you wouldn’t have reacted as poorly because you see things differently than Warb. Sometimes you’ve got to walk around in someone else’s skin to get how they’re feeling.

Collipso said:

Isn’t posting GIFs like those against the rules? Or does it have to include nudity?

Jay said:

1. Stay on topic. (Determined in part by the OP. See General Guideline #3 below for details.)

5. No image-only posts unless the image has a direct bearing on the topic at hand and it adds value to the discussion. Images may not contain nudity or graphic depictions of violence, death, etc.

Might break rule 1. The GIF may have had a direct bearing on the topic at hand but did it add value to the discussion? I don’t think the people posting it supported the actions contained therein, rather, they were using to criticize RLM.

Frink, people have different senes of humor than yours.

TV’s Frink said:

yhwx said:

Here’s the difference, in my opinion, between Frink and Warbler’s, shall we say, tics:

• Warbler’s come from a place of genuine excitement. Even if he’s being annoying, he’s doing it from a good place at the same time.
• Frink’s come from a place of annoyance and antagonism. He’s being annoying and is displeased at the same time.

It’s much harder to read constant, annoying, negative things over and over again than reading constant, annoying, positive things over and over again. Feeling bad doesn’t feel good.

I’m also not telling Warb what he can or can’t post. You forgot that part.

My post had nothing to do with that. My post is simply about the relative feeling I get reading each of your posts.

Let’s try to evaluate a situation that one would be in given how people actually think:

• Option A: Go the route we think of as morally correct. First, one would have to find a way to download these files. Most will opt for the single-file download, as the multi-part wars are way too persnickety for most people to care for. If you are not so lucky as to be blessed with good Internet connection, then this might take a while. Sure, you could go to the public library, but there’s more hurdles than you think there. Firstly, the Internet there might not be any better; secondly, you have to make time for going there. Not all people can do that, there’s things like work and school and family and various other scheduling conflicts. Now, let’s say that you clear this hurdle. Now you need a Blu-ray burner. If you don’t have one already built-in to your computer (most people don’t), then you must buy one. We’re already at a major stumbling block here. People don’t like money being attached to anything. An app that costs five cents is likely to do much worse than an app that’s free, no matter how little the price difference is or how great the difference in quality. But let’s say that you do buy a Blu-ray burner. Now you have to hope that all the software works for it, and learn the software. Pass all these hurdles, and boom, you have your Star Wars disc.

• Option B: Go the route we think of as morally irresponsible. Let’s lay out the steps for this one: first, have the means to buy a pre-made disk, buy it, and then enjoy. It’s really as simple as buying toilet paper from Amazon, most of the time.

• Option C: Do nothing. This option is implicit in almost all choices.

Pressed to make a choice, most people would choose option C — that’s what most people do in situations with stakes like these. If one is inclined to do something, option B requires way less effort, for the same reward, so most people would choose that. Remember, most people don’t have the same moral compass we do about these sorts of things.

Any argument that makes the point of “it’s not REALLY that hard” or “this is how you SHOULD think” is missing the point. People don’t think nobly most of the time. It’s true of all of us. It’s just human nature. While yes, to us here, option A didn’t seem like a lot when we did it, that’s only because we’re here — and people here are different from the general population. What I wrote is how people think of things. If you accept these principles, it’s perfectly logical to see why people take the ‘B’ train.

ray_afraid said:

^ & ^^ one of the most unfunny things RLM has ever done.
But, yeah, they’re mostly great.

Not sure if I could trust any of who does that.

Here’s the difference, in my opinion, between Frink and Warbler’s, shall we say, tics:

• Warbler’s come from a place of genuine excitement. Even if he’s being annoying, he’s doing it from a good place at the same time.
• Frink’s come from a place of annoyance and antagonism. He’s being annoying and is displeased at the same time.

It’s much harder to read constant, annoying, negative things over and over again than reading constant, annoying, positive things over and over again. Feeling bad doesn’t feel good.

Frank your Majesty said:

I think you’re supposed to pronounce every letter individually. It’s inspired by xkcd.

Jedit: and don’t capitalize it.

Lol.

suspiciouscoffee said:

yhwx said:

Is it pronounced “Letterbox-d” or “Letterboxed”?

the rest of us said:

Is it pronounced “yuh-wix” or “why-aich-doubleyou-ecks”?

I’m pretty sure I’ve said this before. It’s the latter.