Countdown to Extinction: The 2016 Presidential Election

[28Orot]

Thank God you didn't say football.

Or tennis...

[Brian]

We are indeed the original dysfunctional family.

I'm a regular at three internet discussion forums, and my best friend is a regular at a fourth. GMG has, by far, the weirdest/most inexplicable trolls. On my best friend's diet/fitness board, the trolls are agitated about normal diet/fitness things: veganism, body image, food fads, whether various celebs count as skinny or not. On my baseball board, the trolls are Mets fans. On the third board I visit, there aren't any trolls, except one mentally ill guy who keeps trying to stalk one of the women. (Edit to clarify: the mentally ill guy gets banned every time he is detected, but creates new accounts every month or two.)

But here - it's not just Mets fans and militant vegans. We had the classic Mozart Hoax incident with Rob Newman, the ongoing "did Rome conquer all of Africa?" debate...for some reason our arguments just go all over the darn place in a way that is kind of unique to GMG.

Orgies besides the fact that they are gross, can't be physically possible to do over the web...

My dear fellow, when there's a will, there's a way!

[Todd]

Orgies besides the fact that they are gross, can't be physically possible to do over the web...

Buy a webcam.  You'd be surprised.

[Karl Henning]

Or tennis...

http://www.youtube.com/v/_tVFwhoeQVM

[Todd]

for some reason our arguments just go all over the darn place in a way that is kind of unique to GMG.

You need to find some UK based sites.  I've frequented some that make this forum seem narrow in scope.

[André]

I'm a regular at three internet discussion forums, and my best friend is a regular at a fourth. GMG has, by far, the weirdest/most inexplicable trolls. On my best friend's diet/fitness board, the trolls are agitated about normal diet/fitness things: veganism, body image, food fads, whether various celebs count as skinny or not. On my baseball board, the trolls are Mets fans. On the third board I visit, there aren't any trolls, except one mentally ill guy who keeps trying to stalk one of the women. (Edit to clarify: the mentally ill guy gets banned every time he is detected, but creates new accounts every month or two.)

But here - it's not just Mets fans and militant vegans. We had the classic Mozart Hoax incident with Rob Newman, the ongoing "did Rome conquer all of Africa?" debate...for some reason our arguments just go all over the darn place in a way that is kind of unique to GMG.
My dear fellow, when there's a will, there's a way!

There should be a rule: all posters who wish to post in the Diner must have met the following criteria:
- have been registered for a full month.
- have written at least ten posts of no less than 50 words in no less than 5 different threads pertaining to MUSIC.

Then, and only then shold the be allowed to voice their "non Good-Music" opinions... 

[28Orot]

Buy a webcam.  You'd be surprised.

Internet orgies through the webcam...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhZ2X9znPxM

[Gurn Blanston]

I don't accept the premise that religions and politics are evil, it is people who skew them, but as for themselves they are not evil...

Doesn't matter if anyone accepts it. It is what it is.

Must you always spoil the fun?

Yes. Fun is relative. We need to get it in smaller doses, not a great glut of mind-choking drudge all at once like this.

This thread is truly the family reunion dinner table of the internet.

Now you know why I don't go home for Thanksgiving...

I was speaking of things that one can actually do on the internet and that is chat.
Orgies besides the fact that they are gross, can't be physically possible to do over the web...

You just haven't tried hard enough yet. If you can put Caesar over Namibia then you can orgy on the 'net...

[Todd]

Internet orgies through the webcam...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhZ2X9znPxM

YouTube is not the right website to use for this purpose.

[(poco) Sforzando]

On the third board I visit, there aren't any trolls, except one mentally ill guy who keeps trying to stalk one of the women. (Edit to clarify: the mentally ill guy gets banned every time he is detected, but creates new accounts every month or two.)

And just what is this "third board," Brian?

[(poco) Sforzando]

YouTube is not the right website to use for this purpose.

Especially when the link leads to Frank Sinatra singing "Fly Me to the Moon." No link should ever lead to Frank Sinatra.

[Karl Henning]

Especially when the link leads to Frank Sinatra singing "Fly Me to the Moon." No link should ever lead to Frank Sinatra.

Wisdom!

[Todd]

Back on topic:

https://www.youtube.com/v/0pex6o6f3YE

[Brian]

And just what is this "third board," Brian?

Hard to explain, but it's a group of commenters who splintered off the comments section of AVclub.com when AVC did a redesign to use more clickbait; they made their own little pop culture forum revolving around books, movies, TV, cooking, etc.

[28Orot]

Back on topic:

https://www.youtube.com/v/0pex6o6f3YE

He sounds like someone who has lost his comb

[Florestan]

I'm just putting this NYT article excerpt here for Florestan to enjoy:

Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, who has become a reluctant supporter of Mr. Trump, said he did not believe that the nation would be in danger under his presidency.

"I still believe we have the institutions of government that would restrain someone who seeks to exceed their constitutional obligations," Mr. McCain said. "We have a Congress. We have the Supreme Court. We're not Romania."

Oh, but he's right on some points. Romania does not have a Congress (it does have a Senate, though). It doesn't have a Supreme Court (it does have a High Court of Cassation and Justice and a Constitutional Court, though). And Romania is not the USA.

He might have meant (as wrongly as Romania) Poland but for some US politicians all those bloody Eastern European ex-communist countries are just the same, including in their names. Poland, Romania, Bucharest, Budapest...

But let's not be too harsh on poor McCain, after all even the allmighty Romans mistook Egypt for the whole Africa and Sub-Danube Germany for the whole Northern Europe, Scandinavia included. 

[André]

Back on topic:

https://www.youtube.com/v/0pex6o6f3YE

Is this for real, or has it been 'soundshopped' ??    He sounds for all the word like it's 1:00 AM and he's into his fifth cocktail after a partisan speach at 10:00pm...

[(poco) Sforzando]

Is this for real, or has it been 'soundshopped' ??    He sounds for all the word like it's 1:00 AM and he's into his fifth cocktail after a partisan speach at 10:00pm...

Any media editor can let you adjust the timing of an original file to any percentage of its original length (faster or slower), with or without altering pitch. None of this necessarily contradicts your second sentence.

[Madiel]

This thread is truly the family reunion dinner table of the internet.

Thankfully, my mother is going to rescue me from talking to the mad uncle about reincarnation.

[Todd]

Is this for real, or has it been 'soundshopped' ?? 

The title says it all.  His speech has been slowed down for comic effect.  A local radio station plays a new bit every morning.  It's sort of a thing now.  (The Donald is apparently a teetotaler, BTW.)