GuyLaCroix wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2026 11:59 am The trumpet looming in the foreground before he grabbed it made me giggle

I can think of two reasons why this performance would have been better if he had never touched the trumpet.

1. It would have been funny.

And we all know the second reason.

I think we should encourage him in any endeavour away from RHCP. And he gets to wear adult trousers and a shirt.

Did you guys hear? We won the war... I mean our military operation, and on the first day! Mission Complete!


The term of art is 'Mission Accomplished'.


Also, Jake Paul for congress.


I think I'll duck out of contact with the rest of the world now. We've had a good time, but all things shall ...

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die . There's a good story lurking in there, but they buried it with 'edgy' 'random' humour and fake AI slop. That story was also pilfered from Brazil and a dozen other far better films and TV programmes. It's also _extremely_ pleased with itself, weirdly reactionary, and ...

caga tio wrote: The habanero is great, especially in Caribbean food,

Doesn't Caribbean cooking use Scotch bonnets? The shops where I live are full of them rather than habaneros, but I think they are closely related.

Lu Zwei wrote: Tue Feb 17, 2026 4:33 am What is DragonForce?

They are the dreams of every Guitar Hero/Skyrim/Final Fantasy-playing nerd made flesh. Dorkily cute.

This discussion has been a revelation. It transpires that I had conflated Imagine Dragons with DragonForce, and have never heard a note of the former's oeuvre, nor even seen a picture of them.

Despite this I stand by my voting record, based as it is on confusion and ignorance.

Awful as Nugent is he will always have the Amboy Dukes. Kid Rock just has Kid Rock, and that is his tragedy.

Why are you woke Nazis trying to stop him feeding his dog and doing other basic household chores?

His book title Manufacturing Consent is pretty odious in hindsight.


Chomsky himself said that was mostly Herman's work, but obviously he endorsed it. It's certainly disappointing that its major legacy seems to have involve undermining clear evidence of war crimes (Bosnia, Rwanda, Syria).

The ...