papalawrence Posted January 31 Posted January 31 I always wanted Wile E Coyote to catch the roadrunner, just once. Quote
IdahoBert Posted January 31 Posted January 31 Max Scherzer can sit on a tack as far as I’m concerned. I’m glad I got that off my chest. 1 Quote
Tigermojo Posted January 31 Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 8:05 PM, IdahoBert said: Max Scherzer can sit on a tack as far as I’m concerned. I’m glad I got that off my chest. Expand I would never want to get on Bert's bad side. Things are getting heated! 1 Quote
Arlington Posted January 31 Posted January 31 On 1/21/2025 at 3:08 AM, monkeytargets39 said: I remember the Detroit media being so excited that we signed a free agent when we got Paquette…. Expand And I remember DD referencing it among others in his infamous what can I do with this contract and that contract speech shortly after he took over. Quote
IdahoBert Posted January 31 Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 1:54 PM, gehringer_2 said: Yeah - that has just moved from animation to live action - How many kids do you suppose have seen a John Wick before they are out of grade school? Expand A distant relative of mine and I mean really distant she’s married to a third cousin reminisced about how much fun it was when she was a child and she would watch the Saw movies with her parents. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted January 31 Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 9:28 PM, IdahoBert said: A distant relative of mine and I mean really distant she’s married to a third cousin reminisced about how much fun it was when she was a child and she would watch the Saw movies with her parents. Expand to me, horror movies are a "two kinds of people" kind of thing. If they are someone's else's thing, I get that I don't get it. 🙈🙉 Quote
chasfh Posted January 31 Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 1:54 PM, gehringer_2 said: Yeah - that has just moved from animation to live action - How many kids do you suppose have seen a John Wick before they are out of grade school? Expand Not relevant. John Wick is not a children's program. Children are socialized differently today and do not act out violently in public, even in groups (or "gangs", if you prefer). Quote
chasfh Posted January 31 Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 5:45 PM, papalawrence said: I always wanted Wile E Coyote to catch the roadrunner, just once. Expand 1 Quote
gehringer_2 Posted January 31 Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 10:34 PM, chasfh said: Not relevant. John Wick is not a children's program. Children are socialized differently today and do not act out violently in public, even in groups (or "gangs", if you prefer). Expand the question is not what is directed at children, it's what do they actually see. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted January 31 Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 10:34 PM, chasfh said: Not relevant. John Wick is not a children's program. Children are socialized differently today and do not act out violently in public, even in groups (or "gangs", if you prefer). Expand You haven't seen the jr/sr high tic-tok fight video craze? Quote
chasfh Posted January 31 Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 10:37 PM, gehringer_2 said: the question is not what is directed at children, it's what do they actually see. Expand I don't believe the majority of children watch John Wick and that it should be considered a dangerous anti-socialization tool of children. Unless it is. Otherwise, not relevant. Quote
chasfh Posted January 31 Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 10:39 PM, gehringer_2 said: You haven't seen the jr/sr high tic-tok fight video craze? Expand Nice anecdote. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted January 31 Posted January 31 (edited) On 1/31/2025 at 10:40 PM, chasfh said: I don't believe the majority of children watch John Wick and that it should be considered a dangerous anti-socialization tool of children. Unless it is. Otherwise, not relevant. Expand You do know that the majority of young people in the US have a television in their bedroom or a video enabled phone and that the majority of American parents have zero knowledge of how to implement any kind of audit or control on their home IT service. I sincerely doubt anyone has any kind of good handle on what American young people are watching. If it's on the mid tier cable/streaming packages, young people are seeing it. Edited January 31 by gehringer_2 Quote
gehringer_2 Posted January 31 Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 10:40 PM, chasfh said: Nice anecdote. Expand https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/technology/school-fight-videos-student-phones.html Quote
chasfh Posted February 1 Posted February 1 On 1/31/2025 at 10:49 PM, gehringer_2 said: You do know that the majority of young people in the US have a television in their bedroom or a video enabled phone and that the majority of American parents have zero knowledge of how to implement any kind of audit or control on their home IT service. I sincerely doubt anyone has any kind of good handle on what American young people are watching. If it's on the mid tier cable/streaming packages, young people are seeing it. Expand I would bet money they are watching something other than John Wick, certainly not in numbers enough to form gangs and cause mayhem. If I had to guess, I’d guess they’re watching TikTok and YouTube videos. Quote
chasfh Posted February 1 Posted February 1 On 1/31/2025 at 11:06 PM, gehringer_2 said: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/technology/school-fight-videos-student-phones.html Expand Thanks for sharing this, very interesting. I wonder how many fights per 1,000 students there are today versus when we were in high school? Too bad we didn’t have phones back then so we could video them. I’ll bet there are fewer, probably far fewer, which I base on the personal observation that I see far less fighting out in the wild than I used to, and I see far fewer stories of teenage gangs terrorizing cities than I did when we were kids. Quote
casimir Posted February 2 Posted February 2 On 2/1/2025 at 1:49 PM, chasfh said: Expand 6 tool player? Quote
papalawrence Posted February 2 Posted February 2 On 2/2/2025 at 2:55 PM, casimir said: 6 tool player? Expand He also plays the Alp Horn. 7 tools Quote
Tenacious D Posted February 2 Posted February 2 On 2/2/2025 at 2:55 PM, casimir said: 6 tool player? Expand Thinks he is the Japanese Miguel Cabrera, who was underrated funny. Quote
casimir Posted February 2 Posted February 2 On 2/2/2025 at 3:29 PM, papalawrence said: He also plays the Alp Horn. 7 tools Expand Now we’re quantifying intangibles. Quote
papalawrence Posted February 3 Posted February 3 On 2/2/2025 at 10:08 PM, casimir said: Now we’re quantifying intangibles. Expand One mustn't underestimate the impact of the alp horn Quote
Motor City Sonics Posted February 3 Author Posted February 3 I thought Fay Vincent died years ago. Quote
chasfh Posted February 3 Posted February 3 It wasn't a player currently in the major leagues, so baseball had no incentive to shield the guy. 1 Quote
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