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Started by Josephus, December 26, 2023, 09:53:51 AM

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grumbler

The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

Bayraktar!

Sheilbh

Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 27, 2024, 09:26:19 AMWow.  Working right until the end, yeah?  RIP
Seems to be the norm for the actors of her generation. Judi Dench is doing less because of problems with her eyes, Ian McKellen, at 85, fell off the stage in a show a few weeks ago but is back and said he's going to keep performing as long as he can.

RIP :(
Let's bomb Russia!

Tonitrus

#212
RIP Kris Kristofferson.


Josephus

Civis Romanus Sum<br /><br />"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." Jack Layton 1950-2011

grumbler

The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

Bayraktar!

Josephus

#215
Quote from: grumbler on September 30, 2024, 07:26:07 PM
Quote from: Josephus on September 30, 2024, 01:33:35 PMHe's with Sinead now

And Janis.

I only found out he wrote Me and Bobby McGee today

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Civis Romanus Sum<br /><br />"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." Jack Layton 1950-2011

crazy canuck

As an aside, I really hate the phrase, "I was today years old when".


Josephus

Quote from: crazy canuck on October 01, 2024, 09:04:07 AMAs an aside, I really hate the phrase, "I was today years old when".



Fixed.
Civis Romanus Sum<br /><br />"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." Jack Layton 1950-2011

crazy canuck

#218
The reason for the dislike is it epitomizes the narcissism of the social media culture that now dominates our world. The important thing is the fact he wrote the song, not when you learned the fact.

I am not saying you personally are narcissistic, but it is noteworthy that even someone like you uses the phrase, likely because you have seen it used a number of times on social media.

Tamas


Josephus

Quote from: crazy canuck on October 02, 2024, 04:15:57 AMThe important thing is the fact he wrote the song, not when you learned the fact.



Yes, but that fact (that he wrote the song) was established in the previous thread (the reference to Janis Joplin). I was pointing out that I didn't know that until then.
Civis Romanus Sum<br /><br />"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." Jack Layton 1950-2011

crazy canuck

#221
Quote from: Tamas on October 02, 2024, 04:36:52 AM

Yeah, that's fair.  Back in my day, people were not inundated with social media, read actual newspapers, and were better informed.

As a result, back in my day, Truno could not exist as a viable candidate.

But there are signs that the damage is not permanent.  Smart phones are being removed from classrooms and slowly, but surely the general population is becoming better informed about the dangers of social media.  One day it might even be regulated appropriately.

crazy canuck

Quote from: Josephus on October 02, 2024, 06:14:15 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 02, 2024, 04:15:57 AMThe important thing is the fact he wrote the song, not when you learned the fact.





Yes, but that fact (that he wrote the song) was established in the previous thread (the reference to Janis Joplin). I was pointing out that I didn't know that until then.


Yeah, that's a fair thing to say.  But before social media mangled our language, what we used to say was something like,  "interesting, I didn't know that."

The emphasis was put on the interesting point, not on the fact that we didn't know it.