Dead Pool 2024

[grumbler]

RIP   

[Sheilbh]

Wow.  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

[Tonitrus]

RIP Kris Kristofferson.

[Josephus]

He's with Sinead now

[grumbler]

He's with Sinead now

And Janis.

[Josephus]

He's with Sinead now

And Janis.

I only found out he wrote Me and Bobby McGee today

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[crazy canuck]

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

[Josephus]

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

Fixed.

[crazy canuck]

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]

The 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.

[crazy canuck]

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]

The 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.

[Barrister]

RIP Terri Garr.  Age 79 (maybe).

Apparently suffered from MS for many years.

[Admiral Yi]

RIP Terri.  Stone cold hottie.