03/08 - Funkytown Friday!

[Despairagus]

How does a frog wear a hat?

With style and Grace

 

[basketcasey]

How does a frog wear a hat?

See above.

 

[GemStone]

That's always the big question, who is behind this? Honestly I'm not sure who made it but it seems hit piecy.

On the Oprah part they talked about it a little. The guy who made it was on stage but he really didn't talk that much. He said he was just documenting what had happened. I can't remember if he said who bankrolled it though.

 

[Mecca]

To kind of finish up on all the Jackson stuff I wanted to add.

A basic rule of thumb is that, as a general rule, the more salacious (and detailed) something is, the less likely it is to be accurate.

I mean c'mon - when something starts to sound like a South Park episode, maybe some skepticism is needed.

Again - I can't launch any kind of real defense of him; it's simply not a road I've ever felt compelled to go down. But others have and those kinds of documentaries are also available and are generally well done.

But to believe he was that fucking nutty is to believe that he was that nutty for 20 years without getting pinned to the wall for it. And remember - when you catch an employee stealing, it's not the first time that employee stole, it was just the first time you saw it.

Beyond that, you have to believe that this person, who was genuinely unhinged in many ways, was able to be a serial predator of children (in evidently gruesome ways) despite being about 3 dimes short of a dollar pretty much his entire adult life. It's akin to the ridiculousness of the same people believing that George Bush couldn't tie his own tie yet was the mastermind behind the 9/11 coverup.

It simply strains the boundaries of credulity at times and when these documentaries go pushing ever more salacious details, you really do have to view that with a jaundiced eye. It's funny how the ones that come later in time always seem to just stumble upon worse and worse stuff. I mean it's almost as though they're simply trying to one-up each other to get you interested in a story that's been told a dozen times already...

 

[booboo33]

good morning all

 

[mboone73]

Good morning all. I see funky town is going to be the soundtrack for the day.

 

[Jaded]

happy Friday!

 

[4ourfuture]

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3 minutes

 

[Questicle]

This seems like a good time to get my prolific account started.

 

[coffee.cup]

Happy Fucking Friday everyone!

Oh that's not what that says....

 

[coffee.cup]

woo hoo- up to $3.20.

 

[Kennedy]

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Love me some ETH!
Edit: There is up to a $5 bonus. I got all $5.

 

[4ourfuture]

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3 minutes, Chrome only, sound required, easy

 

[Kennedy]

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Bubble Hell

 

[Jaded]

My sister lives 0.07 miles too close to the school and the bus has decided to stop picking her up .-.

edit: I felt y'all needed to know that. Enjoy.

 

[4ourfuture]

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Bubble Hell

I'm re watching the Game of Thrones all the way through again and I read bubble hell as "Seven Hells!"

 

[4ourfuture]

My sister lives 0.07 miles too close to the school and the bus has decided to stop picking her up .-.

edit: I felt y'all needed to know that. Enjoy.

Nope, sounds like BS to me. Time to burst through a door and make demands.

 

[Kennedy]

I'm re watching the Game of Thrones all the way through again and I read bubble hell as "Seven Hells!"

It feels like Seven Hells!

 

[TabethaC]

Morning all. Hope everyone has a good day!

 

[TabethaC]

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