It is known.
Milton Berle knew comedy. And now we have Kathy Griffin.
Posted on 07/29/2019 10:32:12 AM PDT by Ulmius
After some thought on the generation gap appearing in today's society, I have decided to reach out to some of you to get a wider dialogue. Here are some basics about me:
- 24 years old (been a Free Republic member since 2014)
- served in the regular Army for five years (Arabic linguist), I've been out for a year
- one more semester of a bachelors' degree in international relations, plan to attend grad school for linguistics in spring, have a few computer science online certificates
- working for now as a rent-a-cop for $12/hr part-time, I live with my father
- I'd like to do some linguistics-related work, interested in Middle Eastern and Caucasian languages specifically. I may want to get into a consultancy role related to data science
- I'd describe myself as a right-leaning nationalist, and not as much a libertarian anymore. Socially, I am more on the conservative side
Can't wait to see what y'all have to talk about, thanks.
It is known.
Milton Berle knew comedy. And now we have Kathy Griffin.
We’ve only found the basilisk, but then, we’re still orbiting space, so if there’s a balrog, it will be on an asteroid. I’ll have to let Nicknamedbob weigh in on that one!
Don’t turn Ulmius in too soon — we may want this to inhabit for the next habitat of the Undead Thread! :o])
‘Face
< Voice = Foghorn Leghorn>
Boy, I say boy...
I spy a buoy, boy.
< /Voice >
I never squeal.
I’m still an old fashioned Italian :)
I’m glad you responded the way you did.
I will collect on the bet I had with another fellow.
I just knew a middle aged cynic from the south such as yourself wouldn’t act any other way.
Predictions...bless.your.heart
Thanks
< some sort of strange wagoner from the old frontier accent>
You sure’dy do there!
That there is a buoy, boy.
LOL! Noah must have dropped it from the Ark. It even has his name on it. :D
Weather buoys are instruments which collect weather and ocean data within the world’s oceans, as well as aid during emergency response to chemical spills, legal proceedings, and engineering design. Moored buoys have been in use since 1951, while drifting buoys have been used since 1979. Moored buoys are connected with the ocean bottom using either chains, nylon, or buoyant polypropylene. With the decline of the weather ship, they have taken a more primary role in measuring conditions over the open seas since the 1970s. During the 1980s and 1990s, a network of buoys in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean helped study the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Moored weather buoys range from 1.5–12 metres (5–40 ft) in diameter, while drifting buoys are smaller, with diameters of 30–40 centimetres (12–16 in). Drifting buoys are the dominant form of weather buoy in sheer number, with 1250 located worldwide. Wind data from buoys has smaller error than that from ships. There are differences in the values of sea surface temperature measurements between the two platforms as well, relating to the depth of the measurement and whether or not the water is heated by the ship which measures the quantity.
Both of you knock it off or I’ll take you both out.
It's not quite a ZOT thread but someone did get the zot. Gives us some semblance of a legitimate reason to memorialize the thread in the undead archives for future generations to admire. Or whatever. And since the OP is a millennial he will understand his thread being appropriated for a worthy cause.
That means we’ll have to open the windows and let the ozone out now
But if we wait until we take over to aerate the place the ozone will have killed off or bleached the items that need that type of attention.
Wonder what bleached zotted troll looks like..
Hey Ulmius, how would you like to be immortal...
It is under discussion.
I don’t think it is discordant to simultaneously decry people living off of trust funds AND speak of a child’s right to an inheritance of some amount.
To leave not only a well-raised child to grace society, but to also leave for that child some material wealth as a final expression of love for them — this is a noble thing to be attained, and has been tradition among civilized peoples back into ancient times. For a parent to spend all of their wealth on themselves, leaving nothing to their children — I mean, unless the parents are in some complete financial crisis, and simply HAVE TO sell the land, spend the money, whatever; or unless their kids are so messed up that they’re totally worthless ingrates exerting zero effort to advance themselves — spending what ought to be left as an inheritance is immoral; a slap in the face to their kids, to their future grandkids — indeed, to their entire progeny.
Inheritance is to build the house; forward the family line, and secure the ability of posterity to have a solid footing for a good start in their own successes. Denying them that is a crushing and despicable rejection of one’s own flesh and blood.
By contrast, to leave someone set for life who has ZERO intent of contributing anything to society beyond dumping trust fund dollars into the economy — that’s also despicable. Massive trusts are fabulous, but the distributions must be proportioned to the evolving ambitions and ventures of the recipients. You wouldn’t deny a budding tycoon their first million to close that big commercial building deal, but you also would not give that million to a couch-surfing, video-gaming wasetoid still shuffling around the palazzo in lounge pants and socks at 1:30 in the afternoon.
Decrying BOTH the evils of creating trust fund idlers AND failure to leave an inheritance just isn’t an expression of hypocrisy.
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