If you haven't yet discovered HBO's "Last Week Tonight, with John Oliver," then you are missing out on the most important voice in America, since Jesus Christ. No matter how educated you think you are, he will enlighten you. He is the college teacher that you always dreamed of, who tells you everything you that you needed to know, on subjects you may not even realized that you cared about, and does it so concisely, that you can digest it in a single lesson, and at the same time, make you laugh your ass off, at the very moment that you were about to cry. If there is a supernatural "spirit of satire," then it is, unequivocally resting, at this moment in history, on John Oliver.
It is undoubtedly due, in part, to the fact that, unlike "late night comedians," who do a nightly show, he and his team have an entire week to research a subject, and condense it down to it's essence, before he makes fun of it.
I have learned, even more than I have laughed, watching him on youtube. I love Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, and the rest. But what John Oliver is using his "gift" for, is so far above those guys, he is in a league of his own. Hands down. He is literally, Britain's greatest gift to America, including The Beatles.
There are so many topics he has covered, that I think the best way to introduce him, is literally to start with a topic that you think that you couldn't care less about: NORTH DAKOTA...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYusNNldesc
If, from this most boring subject ever, you get a hint of this satirical genius' value, go youtube, and pick out a topic that actually interests you, from his impressive catalog of shows. Most are MUCH MORE INFORMATIVE, and at the same time, MUCH FUNNIER THAN THIS ONE.
Feel free to use you reply, to thank me... :thanx:
(http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/059/332/933.jpg)
If the year is 2017 and you have a shitty opinion, I think that is perfectly relevant that you are still a neanderthal. Believe it or not, but not all of us are professional philosophers and actually have opinions for reasons other than, "If a = x then y is z.".
Also, that meme is the epitome of pot calling the kettle black.
Everything is better with an English accent ;-) I like videos where English immigrants are trying to figure out the US while living here, or young English college students who are going to, or just back from, a one year sabbatical at an American college. Like watching a Star Trek away-team trying to deal with a primitive planet they are visiting ;-)
In Montana, there has been a long tradition of North Dakota jokes, jokes about how dumb North Dakota is, and they are original jokes too, not just relabeled Polish jokes. I never understood why this was a tradition. There is no particular long standing animosity or competition between the two states. If anything, there is more of a kinship. Being from Montana or North Dakota is like being from one of two least important states in the country, and is often a matter of pride. But there is something about North Dakota that is indefinable. It's just a natural target to make jokes about. I don't know why.
Quote from: SGOS on July 04, 2017, 06:56:54 AM
In Montana, there has been a long tradition of North Dakota jokes, jokes about how dumb North Dakota is, and they are original jokes too, not just relabeled Polish jokes. I never understood why this was a tradition. There is no particular long standing animosity or competition between the two states. If anything, there is more of a kinship. Being from Montana or North Dakota is like being from one of two least important states in the country, and is often a matter of pride. But there is something about North Dakota that is indefinable. It's just a natural target to make jokes about. I don't know why.
Isn't ND like Minnesota .. mostly Norwegian and Swedish derived Americans? Maybe Montana has a different ancestry ... that and it was Big Copper's bitch.
Quote from: Baruch on July 04, 2017, 07:26:20 AM
Isn't ND like Minnesota .. mostly Norwegian and Swedish derived Americans? Maybe Montana has a different ancestry ... that and it was Big Copper's bitch.
Montana's ancestry is very similar, leaning toward Scandinavian. Mining companies did run the place and still have a hold, but most of the copper connection is now just an ugly legacy of boom and bust centered around the mess left behind in Butte. Copper is still mined in pockets around the state, but not on the scale that happened in Butte, and it is sometimes extracted as a secondary ore in silver mines.
When I first bought property in Montana, I found out that while people could own the land, the Anaconda Copper Company owned the mineral rights, which is kind of like the buyer not actually owning the land. When I asked about how that happened, an old timer guessed it was some political "skullduggery" that gave it to the copper company. The mineral right on privately owned land awarded to the Copper company still exists today and is probably an overreach of the 1872 Mining Act, which congress refuses to repeal. The copper company wanted it all, and they got it. Full ownership without the shadow of loss through mineral claims is rare where I lived, and that was 350 miles from the mines in Butte. I assume it's true throughout the state, but I never looked into it.
On public lands, which make up the bulk of the west, any mining company can mine anywhere anytime. After a lode was located the land could be purchased and price was set at $2.50 per acre, and the price is still in effect today, but you need to be a mining company. The law has been under attack for years, but Montana's sparse population is much too weak to go up against the mining giants in Congress. So, yeah Montana is Big Copper's bitch, but some would argue that logging has been more destructive, although without the toxic waste problem.
Quote from: Baruch on July 04, 2017, 07:26:20 AM
Isn't ND like Minnesota .. mostly Norwegian and Swedish derived Americans? Maybe Montana has a different ancestry ... that and it was Big Copper's bitch.
Having lived in Minnesota and visited Scandinavia, I know exactly why Scandinavians settled in and near Minnesota: other immigrants said "Hell no" to the homesteads available there, while the Scandinavians said "This is just like home and we know how to make things grow here."
Okaaaaay....? I honestly don't get the animosity...I clearly stated that this video is THE MOST BORING SUBJECT EVER, and I suggested that interested viewers should look on youtube for more of his satire, almost all of which is much more informative, and funny. I never suggested that anyone should take my opinions of this "satirical genius," as fucking GOSPEL! If you can't tell the difference between passion, and preaching, then what can I say? Oh I know what to say, "FUCK YOU."
Since no one seems inclined to take me up on the suggestion of going to youtube, and seeing what else he has to offer, let me post a few of his more interesting(yeah, Baby...that's an opinion too) topics.
If EVEN BARUCH, who has apparently studied EVERY SUBJECT KNOWN TO MAN, can find a single one of these segments, that doesn't have AT LEAST SOME SMALL BIT OF INFORMATION, that he was formerly unaware of, I will be genuinely surprised...
And if you don't find any occasion TO LAUGH OUT LOUD, then you are DEAD INSIDE. And that statement is NOT an opinion, it is just a very sad FACT.
Here is a larger sample, for your consideration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9wHzt6gBgI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvtNyOzGogc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CesHr99ezWE
Here's another one, I just watched. For some reason, the video-resolution is sub-par, but it doesn't really matter...still laughed my ass off, while listening to his incisive analysis:
https://www.youtube.com/wahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9wHzt6gBgItch?v=poL7l-Uk3I8
Here's another one(There are a SHITLOAD of them), that I just watched. One drug mentioned, Seroquil, I am familiar with. It has the most debilitating side-effects of any anti-psychotic medications I have ever taken(barely relevant...but still).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQZ2UeOTO3I
Yes, it is funny. I watched the beginning of your second posted video, and it is very funny. Come to think of it, it is supper time, I need to step out and get some chicken ;-))
OK, I thought it was only a meme, one I have used, where people refer to non-chicken meat as ... tastes like chicken. What I didn't know is that there are people who actually believe that. I have eaten alligator for instance, and no, it doesn't taste like chicken. It does remind me of shark however. I know people in these here parts, who have eaten rattle snake (we have an annual festival) ... and they tell me, no ... it doesn't taste like chicken. Perhaps the people interviewed think that picante sauce comes from NYC too! Also ... never, ever ... eat armadillo. It is the only animal that can give you Biblical leprosy. Raw pork would be more kosher.
Quote from: Solomon Zorn on July 04, 2017, 04:47:27 PMSince no one seems inclined to take me up on the suggestion of going to youtube
Already subbed. And he's usually in the top 10 trending, so I don't think word of mouth matters much at this point but every little bit helps.
It's hard to imagine Oliver not being funny or insightful. My cousin maybe, but that's another story.
Oh SHIT! You guys literally have to watch this one, ALL THE WAY TO THE END! He actually makes TELEVISION HISTORY, as in Guinness Book of World Records-level! Remember Oprah Winfrey's "Everybody gets a car?" No shit, this is actually DOUBLE that monetary impact, and far more beneficial...fuck me....JOHN OLIVER RULES!
PLEASE WATCH THIS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxUAntt1z2c
Just in case anybody is reading this, who doesn't feel like spending the 20 minutes and 48 seconds to watch the last segment, here is what he did:
[spoiler]He, and his staff, established a real debt-buying-agency, and bought roughly 15 million dollars of unpaid medical debt, for the sum of 60 thousand dollars. But instead of trying to collect that debt(which they had the legal right to), they FORGAVE IT! Literally freed people from almost 15 million dollars in debt. On a fucking TV show. Gilgamesh can kiss my ass. Now, GO WATCH THE FUCKING VIDEO, AND LAUGH AT HOW SAD THE TOPIC IS![/spoiler]
Quote from: Solomon Zorn on July 04, 2017, 07:20:15 PM
Just in case anybody is reading this, who doesn't feel like spending the 20 minutes and 48 seconds to watch the last segment, here is what he did:
[spoiler]He, and his staff, established a real debt-buying-agency, and bought roughly 15 million dollars of unpaid medical debt, for the sum of 60 thousand dollars. But instead of trying to collect that debt(which they had the legal right to), they FORGAVE IT! Literally freed people from almost 15 million dollars in debt. On a fucking TV show. Gilgamesh can kiss my ass. Now, GO WATCH THE FUCKING VIDEO, AND LAUGH AT HOW SAD THE TOPIC IS![/spoiler]
To bad we are bringing back debt slavery and indentured servitude ... back to being a crown colony, Huzzah!
Here is what I had for supper ...
Jerk Chicken Salad ... black beans, rice, shredded cheese, lettuce and Jamaican jerk chicken (precooked, sliced, boneless, skinless chicken breast meat)
Side of ... kale, chopped apple and dressing
Desert of ... peanut butter, banana and chocolate smoothie
And no, most of it didn't taste ... just like chicken ;-)
Depending, of course, on the portion size, sounds like a lot of carbs. I gained 80 pounds, in three years(half my previous body-weight in fat, as a result of being prescribed Risperidone(brand name Risperdal), back in 2002-2005. I just weighed-in, last week, at 65 pounds lighter. Carbs are your enemy - not fat. Have you ever been inclined to cut the thick strip of fat off of a steak, and munch on it? No. You give it to the dog. Although fat has more calories-per-ounce, than carbs, a person, generally is much less inclined to gorge on fat, than on carbs. Pasta, bread, starchy vegetables, even fruit - you have to seriously watch the portion size on that shit, or you can get fat. Have no idea, of course, about how fat you are, but just saying, in case anybody else is struggling. 65 POUNDS DUDE! You just can't argue with results!
I know, I seem to be posting a lot of this stuff, in one day, but I have nothing else to do today(even though it's American Independence Day), so here's another one, that shows that John Oliver is not a "Liberal Defense Council" comedian, by the way he fries a retiring Democratic congressman, alive, near the end of the segment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylomy1Aw9Hk
As the current reincarnation of Laughing Buddha, I have to say, laughter and tears have the same "absolute value," which is essentially, that they are simultaneously the cure for all your "ills," and completely meaningless...
:histerical: :sob: :histerical: :sob: :histerical: :sob: :histerical: :sob: :histerical: :sob: :histerical: :sob: :histerical:
So sad..."Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha..."
I REALLY need some sleep...
Off the scale, of relevance...but only if your a human, of course...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmeF2rzsZSU
Ideally 25% carbs. And yes, I have cut fat off my meat/steak. I prefer my meat lean. But I find it hard getting to 50% vegetables (25% protein).
Okay...this thread is a little disappointing, in both responses, and views, but you guys have to watch this one too. I couldn't care less, really, about lotteries, because I never play them, and don't gamble, in general. But still, I LAUGHED MY FUCKING ASS OFF, and learned a little something along the way. Right from the opening line, "Lotteries: the second best use of markers, on a ping-pong-ball, since Kermit's eyes..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PK-netuhHA
Quote from: Solomon Zorn on July 04, 2017, 09:26:49 PM
As the current reincarnation of Laughing Buddha, I have to say, laughter and tears have the same "absolute value," which is essentially, that they are simultaneously the cure for all your "ills," and completely meaningless... :histerical: :sob: :histerical: :sob: :histerical: :sob: :histerical: :sob: :histerical: :sob: :histerical: :sob: :histerical:
So sad..."Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha..."
You realize you just went all Mahayana on us ... not Theravada ... right?
Sad story ... with the Irish Sweepstakes, if you win, you get turned into a Leprechaun, enslaved to making Lucky Charms cereal for ADHD children.
Quote from: Baruch on July 05, 2017, 04:19:33 PM
Sad story ... with the Irish Sweepstakes, if you win, you get turned into a Leprechaun, enslaved to making Lucky Charms cereal for ADHD children.
Laughing Buddha says,"Good one!"
Quote from: Baruch on July 05, 2017, 04:19:33 PM
You realize you just went all Mahayana on us ... not Theravada ... right?
Laughing Buddha says, "No idea what you're talking about there, my dear Brother. In this lifetime, I'm still 'The Uneducated Hick,' and really have little interest in learning about my previous incarnations.
I'm moving forward."Being an uneducated...
creative thinker???...is the only way, this far along in human history, to approach the goal of being
original, since most of my influences are, at worst peripheral cultural ones.
Quote from: Solomon Zorn on July 05, 2017, 05:27:47 PM
Laughing Buddha says, "No idea what you're talking about there, my dear Brother. In this lifetime, I'm still 'The Uneducated Hick,' and really have little interest in learning about my previous incarnations. I'm moving forward."
Being an uneducated...creative thinker???...is the only way, this far along in human history, to approach the goal of being original, since most of my influences are, at worst peripheral cultural ones.
Time is a circle. You will live your past lives, in the future ... noo
Quote from: Solomon Zorn on July 05, 2017, 05:21:12 PM
Laughing Buddha says,"Good one!"
My best friend in HS once had to work at Keebler ... he hated dressing up as a cookie elf!
While "uneducated" does not necessarily mean "stupid", it does suggest a lack of understanding the world of facts. The day is long past when a smart person could basically gain a comprehensive understanding of the world on his/her own.
But deliberately ignoring facts just puts one further left on the bell curve...
Quote from: Cavebear on July 06, 2017, 06:50:28 AM
While "uneducated" does not necessarily mean "stupid", it does suggest a lack of understanding the world of facts. The day is long past when a smart person could basically gain a comprehensive understanding of the world on his/her own.
But deliberately ignoring facts just puts one further left on the bell curve...
Ahhh...Laughing Buddha say's,
"This one is too sad..."Facts are only small parts of the equation.
Introspection can impart to you, a much more valuable tool:
self-awareness. Without it, facts are of little benefit to any human equation.
Misunderstanding, begins with
looking only at the surface. Numbers are only the simplest form of mathematics. Words are a much higher form of math, than physics. Each one is an incredibly complex segment,
in parentheses, that has to be solved, before you can even begin to know how to solve the rest of any equation. But what adds an even greater level of complexity to every word-equation, is that the values, and variables in between those parentheses,
in your mind, are not precisely the same values, and variables, that are in between those parentheses,
in my mind.Let the Laughing Buddha, humbly offer, that
we are all "uneducated hicks," and that you appear to have misunderstood my word-equation, based on the
few extra words, you added to your word-equation, that alter the meaning of the underlying equation, implied in mine. If I may offer my implied equation, as a comparison, in order to resolve the incongruency, simply by leaving off those
few extra words, from your's:
"The day is long past when a smart person could basically gain a comprehensive understanding of the world." Do you see the difference, now? If so, then you will agree with me, that not everyone needs to know every fact, relating to every subject, nor could we if we tried. We study what either benefits us, or interests us, and it is of no particular interest to me, to study the subjects offered by Baruch, or most other subjects relating to philosophy, particularly because their
influence might actually be a
detriment to my own originality. The path Laughing Buddha is seeking, leads a
much different place, than the path of a physicist(for whom, studying all that he can, of prior physicist's work is essential).
Since I'm confident, being the intelligent person that you are, you will now agree, that
we are all "uneducated hicks," perhaps we can now share,
"a lack of understanding of the world of facts," without diminishing each-other.
We now resume our regularly scheduled programming, already in progress....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS5mwymTIJU
ALEC: a name you should know...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIMgfBZrrZ8
I lived in Butte, if by having a job for exactly 1 day and a room at the Salvation Army qualified as living there. But that was 1976 and Butte at the time was a dirty old mining town and the biggest industry there at the time was the corner bar and the Salvation Army.. and grubby worn down buildings..
Now Darby was a swinging place where there was 1 bar and the biggest day of the year was Loggers day when the town ho, Miss Logger 1976 rode through town on top of the biggest tree they could cut down on the back of a logging truck. She waved, people got really drunk and a good time was had by all.
Quote from: AllPurposeAtheist on July 06, 2017, 11:22:34 PM
I lived in Butte, if by having a job for exactly 1 day and a room at the Salvation Army qualified as living there. But that was 1976 and Butte at the time was a dirty old mining town and the biggest industry there at the time was the corner bar and the Salvation Army.. and grubby worn down buildings..
Now Darby was a swinging place where there was 1 bar and the biggest day of the year was Loggers day when the town ho, Miss Logger 1976 rode through town on top of the biggest tree they could cut down on the back of a logging truck. She waved, people got really drunk and a good time was had by all.
Love you, APA, but I'm afraid I don't
grok you, on this one...Although it is a very...
evocative...image, that you describe.
This one, to me as a male, is just funny...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDPCmmZifE8
Laughing Buddha says,(ironically) "For CHRIST'S sake.."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw_nqzVfxFQ
Quote from: AllPurposeAtheist on July 06, 2017, 11:22:34 PM
I lived in Butte, if by having a job for exactly 1 day and a room at the Salvation Army qualified as living there. But that was 1976 and Butte at the time was a dirty old mining town and the biggest industry there at the time was the corner bar and the Salvation Army.. and grubby worn down buildings..
Now Darby was a swinging place where there was 1 bar and the biggest day of the year was Loggers day when the town ho, Miss Logger 1976 rode through town on top of the biggest tree they could cut down on the back of a logging truck. She waved, people got really drunk and a good time was had by all.
Missed you by this much ... was in Butte one time, summer of 1975. Helena was OK.
Funny:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0utzB6oDan0
Then Putin enters a room, the manliness of the room doubles, just because he is there ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCa8KZoRzbA
I realize Putin was the subject of the last segment...but to paraphrase Gold Five..."Stay on topic...Stay on topic..."
Or to put it simply,
John Oliver rules, BITCHES!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8xwLWb0lLY
Yeah, I know, "Fashion," WHO GIVES A FUCK?
YOU DO! Watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdLf4fihP78
"HI, Mom..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIhKAQX5izw
"Do you now, or have you ever, owned a Casio watch?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEbFtMgGhPY
At LEAST watch this one for the first TWO MINUTES...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBUeipXFisQ
Oddly enough...I know a guy, who is on an upper level of one of these "pyramid schemes." I fear for the day, when it inevitably collapses, and he not only has to file for bankruptcy, but loses all of his friends, who were ignorant enough to follow him, into the level just below him...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6MwGeOm8iI
Very important issue...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QplQL5eAxlY
Quote from: AllPurposeAtheist on July 06, 2017, 11:22:34 PM
I lived in Butte, if by having a job for exactly 1 day and a room at the Salvation Army qualified as living there. But that was 1976 and Butte at the time was a dirty old mining town and the biggest industry there at the time was the corner bar and the Salvation Army.. and grubby worn down buildings..
Now Darby was a swinging place where there was 1 bar and the biggest day of the year was Loggers day when the town ho, Miss Logger 1976 rode through town on top of the biggest tree they could cut down on the back of a logging truck. She waved, people got really drunk and a good time was had by all.
The 1970s was not Butte at it's best. And at it's best, Butte sucked. The core business district that was originally a cobbled together and thoughtless conglomeration of sleazy bars and whore houses still has a museum like appeal about it, a place to visit and meditate about the boom and bust that follows wherever mining goes and how that shapes a town. I visited there at night in the late 80s. I had the feeling many of the buildings were empty because the place felt like a ghost town with only two bars as the sole focus of busy activity. Downtown, as unappealing as it is as a place of business activity, does help create an understanding of Butte's history which is all Butte has, a history similar to the history of the great depression, families struggling to survive with little hope of finding their way out of a hopeless life.
Butte has expanded since you were there, but it's just the usual mundane expansion along the interstate that includes modern stereotypes like the Holiday Inn, KMart, and MacDonald's, stereotypes that by their nature just don't fit in old downtown areas. I spent a weekend there at a convention, all the while wondering why any organization would hold a convention in Butte. The convention was not well attended, although I won't blame that on the fact that it was in Butte. But it certainly was not helped by being in Butte, either. Usually the convention brochure describes not only the panels of experts and the content of the smaller working groups, but some of the local attractions and areas of interest that will attract more attendees, but the main attraction in Butte is the Berkley Pit, the largest man made hole in the ground west of Iowa. Wanting to see that such a thing might be identified and labeled as an abnormal perversion in some psychiatric circles.
The only reason I didn't keep the job there (as a cook) was somebody snitched that I was underage and a runaway from the job corp center in Darby. Me and my big mouth, eh? Of course that was all true at the time so instead of risk freezing to death in the Montana winter I drifted back to Darby.
Quote from: AllPurposeAtheist on July 08, 2017, 11:20:52 AM
Me and my big mouth, eh?
sometimes i think it is wise to delete old stuff and start over when things change...just in case.
I didn't watch this one, until now, because, like most of you, I don't really worry about this kind of shit, anymore...
GUESS AGAIN! Some of this shit is genuinely SCARY:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y1ya-yF35g
I offer one phrase: DICK PICS...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVlyP4_11M
On a related issue...MASTER KEY...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsjZ2r9Ygzw
Okay, I know I've done this once before(griping about the lack of replies), but for Christ's sake, you guys... I expect AT LEAST an an acknowledgement, that there is a GREAT DEAL OF VALUE to the posted videos! I get, NOW, that APA's post, about Butte, Montana, is indirectly associated with THE VERY FIRST SEGMENT THAT I POSTED,(which I specifically stated, is THE MOST BORING) but still...
Here's a challenge: IF ANYBODY TAKES THE TIME TO WATCH ANY JOHN OLIVER SEGMENT, ON THIS THREAD, AND DOESN'T COME AWAY FROM IT WITH, AT THE VERY LEAST, ONE PIECE OF RELEVANT INFORMATION, THAT THEY DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW, OR AT LEAST TWO HEALTHY BELLY-LAUGHS, then they can post their disappointment, in a reply, and I will GO BACK AND AMEND THAT POST, WITH A "THUMBS-DOWN," FROM THAT MEMBER...
THIS SHIT IS GOLD!
Sorry, if I come off as "whiny," but I really need some sleep...
"We don't even look at your credit score..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U2eDJnwz_s
(I''m pretty sure, that's Paul Simon, in the cowboy-hat, at the end)
My sister, and brother-in-law, may be over for a visit tomorrow...I intend to entertain, with John Oliver. So I thought, this video would be a good launch, since my brother-in-law is a huge sports-fan. FUCK! Even the LEAST INTERESTING SUBJECT that I can think of, turns out to be, both fascinating, and hilarious...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX8BXH3SJn0
Laugh...laugh till you cry...then laugh even harder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJtYRxH5G2k
Incidentally, I HAVE NEVER FUCKED A WATERMELON!
So ... American culture is a theater of the absurd? Tell me something I don't already know ;-)
Post the written versions.. I can read it in less than two minutes. Not interested in 17 minute videos.
Quote from: aitm on July 09, 2017, 08:38:27 AM
Post the written versions.. I can read it in less than two minutes. Not interested in 17 minute videos.
With all due respect,
that ain't gonna happen. It's not just information -
it is entertainment. The laughs are at least as valuable, as the knowledge. You're basically saying, you'd rather read the screenplay, of
Young Frankenstein, than sit down, and watch the movie...
Okay, aitm...you don't want to risk 17 minutes, so here's a 6 minute segment, that you can consider a "sampler platter." Enjoy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSQCH1qyIDo
You have posted something over 400 minutes (probably closer to 7 hours worth)... I'm sorry, but that is beating the proverbial choir your preaching to with a horse, or something to that effect. It reaches a point where even people who agree with you (which I think is basically everyone here that John Oliver is great) are just tired of seeing his name and face pop up.
Quote from: Shiranu on July 09, 2017, 10:22:58 AM
You have posted something over 400 minutes (probably closer to 7 hours worth)... I'm sorry, but that is beating the proverbial choir your preaching to with a horse, or something to that effect. It reaches a point where even people who agree with you (which I think is basically everyone here that John Oliver is great) are just tired of seeing his name and face pop up.
I get your point, Brother. But I have to take issue with the notion that,
"people...are just tired of seeing his name and face pop up," on a thread that is
intentionally dedicated to that specific purpose.(re-read the title?) I'm not twisting anyone's arm, to
watch every segment. My complaint, is only that
NO ONE HAS COMMENTED ON ANY OF THEM, BEYOND THE FIRST ONE! EDIT:You actually took the time to
ADD UP THE TOTAL MINUTES?(I don't have the inclination to check your figure, so I'll have to take your word for it), but my dear brother, Shiranu, get a life, man...
AND SO...
This one is not only an interesting subject(although you have probably - like me - never heard the term before...), but the funniest one I have seen yet...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_F5GxCwizc
Need more comments? My dad's favorite smoke was Camels ... and I liked the exotic ME packaging.
Sorry, the press is free to be someone's bitch. The corporate bitch or government bitch. Actual independent media (who is Seth Rich?) find themselves unemployed or die mysteriously.
Quote from: Baruch on July 09, 2017, 10:50:49 AM
Need more comments? My dad's favorite smoke was Camels ... and I liked the exotic ME packaging.
Sorry, the press is free to be someone's bitch. The corporate bitch or government bitch. Actual independent media (who is Seth Rich?) find themselves unemployed or die mysteriously.
Thanks...
I think...
But tell me that
you didn't laugh, and I'll amend either of those videos with a
"Thumbs Down, from Baruch."I guess, all I am saying is, that I consider
20 minutes of my life, spent laughing, and learning, simultaneously, to be
time well spent. If you know of
anyone, who accomplishes that, better than John Oliver, please post a link, because I have almost exhausted his library, and
I need me some more...
Quote from: Solomon Zorn on July 09, 2017, 10:56:35 AM
Thanks...I think...
But tell me that you didn't laugh, and I'll amend either of those videos with a "Thumbs Down, from Baruch."
I guess, all I am saying is, that I consider 20 minutes of my life, spent laughing, and learning, simultaneously, to be time well spent.
Oh, I do laugh. But tears of joy or tears of sadness? But that isn't your fault or John Olivers. Reality has become The Onion.
I put this one off, for a while, because...you know...pennies...who gives a fuck...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tyszHg96KI
Quote from: Baruch on July 09, 2017, 11:05:00 AM
...But tears of joy or tears of sadness?...
Laughing Buddha asks,
"Is there a difference?"
"You never want to be in a situation, where you have to tell someone, "I'm actually INSIDE YOU, right now..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-XlyB_QQYs
"Pizza's here!"
Actually both cents and nickels are marginal ... in terms of face value vs metal value. But it is illegal to melt them down, since they are government property (as is the paper currency and the official digital currency (but not Bit Coin etc). With the general monetizing of everything in the economy since 2000, it is hard to tell what is money and what is not money.
We could use government issued debit cards ... for most purchases. In fact, we do use bank issued debit cards and credit cards and the banks are like a 4th branch of government. It is hard to limit all transactions to money, and have all money be digital ... in practical terms. There is no separation between politics and economics ... all money is government money (except for Bit Coin etc) either directly or indirectly. It is the intention to let Bit Coin etc experiment for awhile, before the government take it over, just as the government did with private issue paper money (private bank notes) during the US Civil War.
What will wipe out existing coins already happened in other countries, for example in Israel in the 1970s. After the Yom Kippur War, Israel was bankrupt. They simply replaced all notes X with 10X notes, with the same designs. All the coins had to be pulled in, and new coins issued to replace them. When the US goes bankrupt (due to mismanagement) something similar will happen here. I am not sure that pure digital money will ever be OK with the American public, since we know that nothing the government does, is trustworthy.
Quote from: Solomon Zorn on July 09, 2017, 10:36:07 AM
but my dear brother, Shiranu, get a life, man...
that you said that...kind of misses the whole of what we posted in response. Dude....get a life yourself. Post all you want, but if you are going to whine that nobody is giving you a "like"....re-read above my dear brother.
Quote from: aitm on July 09, 2017, 12:38:32 PM
that you said that...kind of misses the whole of what we posted in response. Dude....get a life yourself. Post all you want, but if you are going to whine that nobody is giving you a "like"....re-read above my dear brother.
This
IS a valid point.
I confess, I DON'T HAVE A FUCKING LIFE AT ALL! At least not one anyone would want to trade-me for. For the last 4 months, I have been awake, for 22 hours-a-day, on average, not counting the seven days in which I had only one hour of sleep, out of..what...168, I guess? To try to explain...I just now woke from about a one-hour nap, and just like every morning, I feel so off-the-scale miserable, that it is hard to put into words. It's not exactly pain-throughout-my-whole-body, and it's not exactly fatigue, although it is similar to both, and unlike either.
SHIT! WHY DO I FEEL WORSE AFTER I SLEEP?So I guess, I am using comedy to try and sooth my symptoms, since I can't find a cure, for the actual problem.
Sorry for inviting people to laugh with me...
Laughing Buddha says, "Time for a beer. Because it's better to be really, really, really tired, and slightly buzzed, than to be really, really, really tired, and absolutely miserable...."
Quote from: Baruch on July 09, 2017, 12:20:51 PM
Actually both cents and nickels are marginal ... in terms of face value vs metal value. But it is illegal to melt them down, since they are government property (as is the paper currency and the official digital currency (but not Bit Coin etc). With the general monetizing of everything in the economy since 2000, it is hard to tell what is money and what is not money.
We could use government issued debit cards ... for most purchases. In fact, we do use bank issued debit cards and credit cards and the banks are like a 4th branch of government. It is hard to limit all transactions to money, and have all money be digital ... in practical terms. There is no separation between politics and economics ... all money is government money (except for Bit Coin etc) either directly or indirectly. It is the intention to let Bit Coin etc experiment for awhile, before the government take it over, just as the government did with private issue paper money (private bank notes) during the US Civil War.
What will wipe out existing coins already happened in other countries, for example in Israel in the 1970s. After the Yom Kippur War, Israel was bankrupt. They simply replaced all notes X with 10X notes, with the same designs. All the coins had to be pulled in, and new coins issued to replace them. When the US goes bankrupt (due to mismanagement) something similar will happen here. I am not sure that pure digital money will ever be OK with the American public, since we know that nothing the government does, is trustworthy.
You are undoubtedly correct, in everything that you said. But still, man...I didn't really post this stuff so much for the information value(which is
SUBSTANTIAL), as for the
pure feeling of laughter, that I hoped to share. Like when the pizza guy walks in, during the little skit, near the end of the "911" segment. Oh FUCK! Can you be any more
incisive than that?
And for the time-misers, etc, who won't watch it, but want to know why it's funny...
[spoiler]911 callers are dying by the thousands, because they can't find some people's location,
if they call on a cell-phone...but
THE PIZZA GUY HAS NO PROBLEM![/spoiler]
Speaking of Buddhaism, and likely contradicting what I just said , about comedy being the important factor...
"...There is only one person, who can fill you in, on what is gong on inside the Dalai Lama's head, but he lives in India...
[spoiler]...and that is a 14 hour flight, away. And the reason I know that, is, I went to speak with the Dalai Lama, in India...
He ends the segment(as he did, at several points along the way), by making the Dalai Lama LAUGH...what a privilege![/spoiler]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLY45o6rHm0
Have you tried any sleep meds? I say that seriously, because I have sleeping issues as well and I know how much it can Fuck with your head.
Also, I guesstimated on how long; just took the number of videos and multiplied by 15, since that's a little less than the average length.
Quote from: Shiranu on July 09, 2017, 06:56:37 PM
Have you tried any sleep meds? I say that seriously, because I have sleeping issues as well and I know how much it can Fuck with your head.
Also, I guesstimated on how long; just took the number of videos and multiplied by 15, since that's a little less than the average length.
Okay, first, let me say, I honestly do
love you, Brother...you are one of the first members that I interacted with, on this forum... I know it seems weird,... but...oh well...
And I didn't mean to be a
dick about your calculating, the total time of John Oliver segments, that I've posted(although it does seem a little
dickish, on your part as well...)
But,
to answer your question... so far I've tried Ambien, Lunesta, Restoril, Ativan, Silenor, Xanex, and OTC Melanonin. Of all of those, only Xanex has worked, at all, and then only for a couple of hours at a time(and my doctor warned me, that Xanex
won't continue to work indefinitely, because my body will adapt).
Right now I'm to the point of alleviating the symptoms, with
BEER, and that can potentially have some serious consequences as well, in the long run...
SO...as I crack open yet another Boxer beer, and anticipate 11:00(
Bedtime), I can say that I appreciate your heartfelt concern, and all I can offer in return, is...
ANOTHER JOHN OLIVER VIDEO, TO MAKE YOU LAUGH, WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT TO CRY! :agreenod:
(Although this one, I'll admit, is
just a little bit, dated...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rSDUsMwakI
"It's a good, old-fashioned, Canadian 3-way...which is also the sex act, in which 3 people apologize to each other, so hard, they all climax..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V5ckcTSYu8
I know..."Who cares?"...but laugh along anyway...
EDIT: I must confess, that I actually hadn't watched the entire video, when I posted it... IT'S EVEN FUNNIER THAN I KNEW...
One more post, before I die from insomnia, I want to thank Hydra, for the "likes" on the posts. Although that is not what I am hoping for, nevertheless, reassures me that someone is actually getting something out of this endeavor.
I as well, have some sleeping issues. I take half a xanax and two benedryll a half hour before nighty nite. The benedryll gets me to sleep and the xanax keeps me there. Been working well for about 5 years. I do not take them on Friday or Saturdays or Holidays. Works great for me. I suggest you give it a try.
Yeah...I forgot about Benadryl...tried that one too...but thanks for the suggestion. I really appreciate the thought.
Quote from: Solomon Zorn on July 09, 2017, 09:51:54 PM
Yeah...I forgot about Benadryl...tried that one too...but thanks for the suggestion. I really appreciate the thought.
"2" benedryl.......so there...:)
Actually, COMBINING this shit, as you suggested, might be my only option. But, for now, here's to 5% ALCOHOL IN RIDICULOUSLY CHEAP(BUT STILL NOT-TOO-BAD-TASTING) BEER!
But, PLEASE, don't derail this thread, into a discussion of my woes. although I VERY MUCH appreciate the love...well...you know...
Here's where I am coming from, with Last Week Tonight:
To contrast John Oliver, with a teacher that I had in Bible College(yeah...I know Bible College...but still...it had a few really good professors...), there was one asshole, who taught, "Life of Christ" class, who was so fucking incompetent, that his whole philosophy-of-teaching was to REPEAT THE SAME INFORMATION 3 TIMES. He would give the students the simplest of ideas, then say it again, with a slightly different sentence structure, two more times. And he did this FOR THE ENTIRE CLASS, EVERY SINGLE DAY. Literally, EVERYONE, in the class, was falling asleep, and I don't remember ANYTHING that he tried to force-fuck into my brain.
I WISH that John Oliver had been one of my teachers. He gives me a well-researched lesson, on a subject, that I never knew that I cared about, in 20 minutes, or less, and(this is important) just as I'm about to either get angry, or cry, he makes me laugh so hard, that I will never forget the information in the lesson.
Do you know how hard it is to be funny again and again? Give Mr Oliver a break ;-) You could try stand-up-comic college, or clown college, since you love levity.
Yeah, one of the worst things a teacher can do is read a book on teaching ;-))
It is necessary to be repetitive to learn, but I save that for "assessment" in class, and ask most of the repetition to be done by my students outside of class, as homework. Most of what I do in class is introduce new material that is multimedia. People learn thru touch, vision and hearing. Lecture is a terrible thing on its own. It takes 3.5 hours of homework, per class, per week ... to make any gains. That is 30 mins per day, every day. So it doesn't make sense to take 6 classes at the same time. That means 3 hours class time per week per class, and add 3.5 hours homework/library research (we didn't have Internet). That makes 39 hours per week man ... how can we party under that much pressure! ;-))
Maybe you need to go back to Bible College to get some sleep ;-)
On the other hand, reading puts me to sleep overtime, when I do it in bed. I can suggest some really dull reading material! Greek is a good choice. Try Hebrew and learn to read right to left. Arabic is much harder, so is Chinese.
Quote from: Baruch on July 10, 2017, 06:53:28 AM
Maybe you need to go back to Bible College to get some sleep ;-)
:histerical:
Oh fuck...that's some
John Oliver level shit, right there...thanks for the laugh.
3.5 minutes....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_351803505&feature=iv&src_vid=NcA_j23HuDU&v=o5E7cG54VoA
This one has NO INFORMATION WHATSOEVER...just some good laughs...4.5 minutes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNS4lecOaAc
Sorry, but this is the best real conspiracy video since Nixon appeared on Laugh-In ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jh2n5ki0KE
...Americans, turning-up to an unexpectedly-closed post-office, and going, "Oh yeah...it's Columbus Day...SHIT!"
2.4 minutes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKEwL-10s7E
Quote from: Baruch on July 10, 2017, 04:02:40 PM
Sorry, but this is the best real conspiracy video since Nixon appeared on Laugh-In ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jh2n5ki0KE
"...could have been sooner..." :histerical:
And right to her face...
"...because sometimes, having a 287 foot yacht, isn't enough, to warn people, YOU'RE A DOUCHBAG..."
3.4 minutes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8m8cQI4DgM
if Ayn Rand stopped thinking watching Reagan, would she start thinking in reverse watching Trump?
Thanks for the reminder I found Oliver somewhere a few months ago, but I completely forgot about him. I will have to get to a wifi to watch all those videos
Zorn when you get tired of trying pharmaceutical drugs to sleep, there is a whole world of natural medicine to try. ( off the top of my head I remember a tea made with echinacea and chamomile). Course it helps a lot to not eat a big meal less than 5 hrs before bedtime.
I am still, laughing so hard, I can barely type...
3 minutes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkjkQ-wCZ5A
Quote from: fencerider on July 10, 2017, 09:53:59 PM
if Ayn Rand stopped thinking watching Reagan, would she start thinking in reverse watching Trump?
Thanks for the reminder I found Oliver somewhere a few months ago, but I completely forgot about him. I will have to get to a wifi to watch all those videos
Zorn when you get tired of trying pharmaceutical drugs to sleep, there is a whole world of natural medicine to try. ( off the top of my head I remember a tea made with echinacea and chamomile). Course it helps a lot to not eat a big meal less than 5 hrs before bedtime.
Thanks, Brother. You actually remind me, right now, of my
enthusiastically-Catholic neighbor, who is
LITERALLY AN ANGEL, and has, among other things, given me two bottles of vitamin supplements(E and D), and been bringing me freshly cooked vegetables, on a daily basis(which is, potentially,
FAR MORE HELPFUL, obviously, than her nightly prayers(
bless her heart...).
I appreciate your love...
Tony Abbot: the "Repository of All Wisdom..."
Oh, FOR FUCK'S SAKE, MAN, one particular Tony Abbot quote, may be THE FUNNIEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD... The video is only 4 minutes long, but just in case you'd rather skip it:
[spoiler]"No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is THE SUPPOSITORY OF ALL WISDOM...."
OH SHIT! You just can't make shit up, that is THAT LEVEL OF FUNNY![/spoiler]
Laughing Buddha says, "Thank you, Tony Abbot..." :histerical:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3IaKVmkXuk
Apparently, someone at POM Wonderful, is in the wrong line of work...whoever wrote this reply-letter, should have been a comedian...
4 minutes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bml8KwCmob8
I know...I am soon going to run out of these(Laughing Buddha quotes a Cyndi Lauper song, "Until it ends, there is no end..."), but until then...although, life is funnier than fiction, THIS is the MOST HILARIOUS deliberately-constructed joke I'VE EVER SEEN!
4.5 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9qA8c-E_oA
Okay...maybe I'm just very, VERY tired, and nearing "Bedtime," and that makes it seem funnier to me(Kind of like SNL...), but still...
Quote from: Solomon Zorn on July 11, 2017, 12:04:03 AM...THIS is the MOST HILARIOUS deliberately-constructed joke I'VE EVER SEEN!
Okay...
I just said that..and it was true...until
NOW...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9prhPV2PI
This one, is in honor of the "time misers..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2WlQZf9zSg
Even the "naysayers" have to concede, that anyone who can both, parse the difference between the words, "arguably," and "objectively," and still make you laugh this hard, is some kind of genius...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk2oW4SDDxY
I've listened to him, and he is brilliant. But that doesn't mean I don't think he is out to confuse the mediocre and trick the erudite into foolishness. He is performing a sleight-of-word act and you have to be cautious about agreeing with all he says.
I suspect (without having done this) that if you parsed a transcript of his show, you would see a lot of verbal trickery.
Quote from: Cavebear on July 11, 2017, 09:04:43 AM
I've listened to him, and he is brilliant. But that doesn't mean I don't think he is out to confuse the mediocre and trick the erudite into foolishness. He is performing a sleight-of-word act and you have to be cautious about agreeing with all he says.
I suspect (without having done this) that if you parsed a transcript of his show, you would see a lot of verbal trickery.
Uhhhh...
YEAH...
"verbal trickery," might actually be a good synonym for
"comedy."
I'm actually only about half-way-through this one, at the moment, and technically, it's a medley of "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," episodes, that feature John Oliver, but still, very funny...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpVVxiF9_zg
EDIT: Oops! Looks like that one got removed. I try to stick to the official videos, but that one was actually very funny. I would have to post several different clips, to include everything that was in it(but don't worry...I won't).
"What is your dream?"(yeah..I know...that quote is far more heartbreaking, than funny...but, Laughing Buddha says, "Laughter and tears...Is there a difference?")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umqvYhb3wf4
"...How the Hell did you respond, on the RSVP card, when it asked if you wanted, chicken, or fish?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d667Bb_iYA
Quote from: Solomon Zorn on July 10, 2017, 11:29:47 PM
[spoiler]"No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is THE SUPPOSITORY OF ALL WISDOM...."
That sounds like something Chico Marx might say.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcwJt4bcnXs
"It's the end of the world, as we know it..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32n4h0kn-88
"Ooopsy! Clean-up on aisle 7..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIhKAQX5izw&list=PLmKbqjSZR8TZa7wyVoVq2XMHxxWREyiFc&index=32
"...So, before we all embrace, whatever awaits us...I have something important to show you..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC_gXD5OE88&list=PLmKbqjSZR8TZa7wyVoVq2XMHxxWREyiFc&index=36
"I issue this challenge, to President Obama, and all future presidents..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Buy2X0kFo&index=55&list=PLmKbqjSZR8TZa7wyVoVq2XMHxxWREyiFc
Stephen Hawking, in this segment(at 5.36), says something, that may well be the funniest thing out of the entire series...(I'm pretty sure it was scripted...but still...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPV3D7f3bHY&index=103&list=PLmKbqjSZR8TZa7wyVoVq2XMHxxWREyiFc
I saved this one, for what may be, the last one, because...well...you know... I am an American...and, well...it's about..."soccer..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlJEt2KU33I&index=104&list=PLmKbqjSZR8TZa7wyVoVq2XMHxxWREyiFc
Well...sadly(because this stuff, for me, is therapeutic)...it seems...I HAVE FINALLY EXHAUSTED THE LIBRARY.
So...let me wrap up the videos, on this thread, by repeating...with an even more passionate belief, that these words are true, THE VERY FIRST PARAGRAPH, OF THE VERY FIRST POST:
If you haven't yet discovered HBO's "Last Week Tonight, with John Oliver," then you are missing out on the most important voice in America, since Jesus Christ. No matter how educated you think you are, he will enlighten you. He is the college teacher that you always dreamed of, who tells you everything you that you needed to know, on subjects you may not have even realized that you cared about, and does it so concisely, that you can digest it in a single lesson, and at the same time, make you laugh your ass off, at the very moment that you were about to cry. If there is a supernatural "spirit of satire," then it is, unequivocally resting, at this moment in history, on John Oliver.
ENCORE...
I found one, by accident, that I haven't already watched, and I have to take issue, with some of it's, seemingly blanket assumptions, below the video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxQq8HTtb4A
Several of the objections, in the clip, are about white people, dressing as Mexicans, by wearing sombrero's, on Cynco De Mayo.
To put it simply, racism is about HATE, nothing more. When you deliberately(and that is, really, the essential component), diminish a person, or their race, then you are doing wrong. But I am fairly confident, that most, if not all of the sombreros, were being worn, with the intention of celebrating Mexican culture, for a day, not demeaning it.
There are two sides to an interaction, and you are just as responsible, to try and understand my intention, as I am to try and understand, your perception. If, honestly, no offense is intended, then none should be taken.
Everybody is CARELESS, OR INSENSITIVE sometimes, in their words, or actions. That is NOT THE SAME THING AS MALICE.
I eat tacos ... but I am only loosely connected to Texas and Mexico. Am I a racist? If I eat fried rice, am I diminishing Asians?
Yes, we used to have to use White folk to portray other races in the movies, because it was illegal for other races to appear (per censorship).
In fact, in Elizabethan theater, boys had to play all the women's parts. The nerve!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifjmJHoUzc8
The irony of a woman playing a boy. Waterboard the hussy!
Found another good one(I've watched many more, than I have posted), that's only a couple of months old...I know you thought this issue was resolved...but...enter Trump...
When you're done watching the video, you might want to go to...
gofccyourself.com (http://gofccyourself.com)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92vuuZt7wak
And here's a slightly more recent update...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI5y-_sqJT0
Quote from: Solomon Zorn on July 11, 2017, 01:05:59 PM
Uhhhh...YEAH..."verbal trickery," might actually be a good synonym for "comedy."
Yeah, I understand the comedy aspect. But he goes beyond that, as a good satirist does. He uses it as a shiv in the ribs (and I like him). But he is not strictly a comedian.
Quote from: Cavebear on July 14, 2017, 04:47:53 AM
...But he is not strictly a comedian.
I agree with you there, more or less.
Satire is definitely a specialized area of comedy, and the anecdotes that he uses, may not
always accurately represent the larger whole. But overall, he really taught me a lot of shit(
"past tense," because I have run out of videos), and he kept me laughing, the whole time...
Quote from: Solomon Zorn on July 14, 2017, 05:14:25 AM
I agree with you there, more or less. Satire is definitely a specialized area of comedy, and the anecdotes that he uses, may not always accurately represent the larger whole. But overall, he really taught me a lot of shit("past tense," because I have run out of videos), and he kept me laughing, the whole time...
Missing Solomon... And yes this may be a bit weird. But I really miss him... Just saying.