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God I love the Literal Video Versions. I used to think the Aha one was my favorite (pipe wrench fight!) but then I saw the one made for Tears for Fears "Head Over Heels" and laughed my ass off. "Is that Dave Coulier?"

And as far as Rihanna and Chris Brown go, this what these people DO, let them wallow in their own filth.

Also, every time I see an old Billy Idol video, I have a hankering to watch The Legend of Billie Jean.

That thing is a Lolcat waiting to happen. "Nosfercatu can haz ur soul."

...Yes, yes, ban me from the site. Intellect fail.

"I'll never understand these women who go running back to their abuser."

Yeah, but BarbadoSlim comes running back here to TK all the time......

Yeah, but BarbadoSlim comes running back here to TK all the time......

Posted by: PaddyDog at March 2, 2009 1:31 PM

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Awww, nice.

Aaaaaaaand why exactly is everybody reaching the conclusion that this Rihanna woman has been abused, exactly?

Eh, where are the facts?

Are we in Cuba?

When The Sarah Silverman Show first came out, I liked it enough to not turn the channel if it came on. I wasn't exactly attached to it, but for some reason, I got personally offended whenever people insulted it as stupid and unfunny. I finally figured out why when people started comparing me to her, humor-wise. So my friends, who think she sucks, also think I am like her. HMMMMM. Thankfully, I can't be mad when it comes with caveats like:

"She's like you, except less funny" and "You're like Sarah Silverman, but prettier."

No motherfucking cussing week? For the fucking rest of this shitty week, I'll use as much motherfucking profanity as fucking possible.

Anyone fucking know how to fucking work the fucking word "cuntpickle" into a fucking sentence?

Dear McKay Hatch,

BAHAHAHAHAHAno. Fuck you and fuck your whiney little no swearing bullshit. Nothing against you, but there's no fucking way in hell I'm going to stop swearing. Ever. Fuck you and your little "My shit smells like goddamn roses" head tilt you got on your book. I fucking love to swear. Try and fucking stop me, cockhead.

Love,

Jeremy Feist

The last episode of Dollhouse gave me some hope. I was halfway intrigued with the story and I even laughed a couple of times. Although I have to say, even though I think Dushku is not as awful as some people, the actress playing Sierra blew Dushku away.

I also liked how, during the fight with the Russian dudes, someone pulled out a friggin' gun and shot someone. So many times watching elaborate fight scenes on Angel did I think, "Damnit, why don't you bring guns?" I mean, sure, they don't work on some monsters, but why wouldn't you at least try?

Making people pay to pee will backfire in the very worst way possible. I know many people who would soil themselves on principle alone.

Roger Ebert = awesome.

I'll say it - this last episode of "Dollhouse" was beyond retarded. I mean just stupid retarded.

Eliza's accent came and went. The plotline was just WTF ridiculousness. I love Joss Whedon. LOVE him. But this? This is crap. It's not amusing or action-packed or poignant or anything typically associated with a Joss Whedon show.

I will continue to DVR it in the hopes that improves, but I don't know if I'll watch the episodes I record. Seriously, it was bad. Just bad.

She's kind of annoying, but I would do all sorts of things to Sarah Silverman.

Join the club. No seriously, you get a decoder ring and everything. See you at the treehouse!

And as far as Rihanna and Chris Brown go, this what these people DO, let them wallow in their own filth.

Dude, it is kinda unfair to post something like that so early. Now the righteous indignation crowd will have all afternoon to annoy us, instead of posting in the middle of the night where their opinions don't matter.

Although I do find it funny you to claim that we can't believe the store is that have come out, only to act as if this particular one had more credibility than the others.

And since nobody had responded yet: I kinda have to agree with Roger Ebert on the whole snark thing.

>Although I do find it funny you to claim that we can't believe the store is that have come out, only to act as if this particular one had more credibility than the others..."
Posted by: Vermillion at March 2, 2009 2:28 PM
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Respectfully,

First of all, I'm not acting like anything, I'm saying that this is, if anything comes out of it (questionable at this point), a LEGAL issue to be resolved on the facts, in court.

Second, I'm not claiming you should believe or NOT believe anything, there *is* NOTHING. None of the players has said anything of any probative value. One way or the other.

No cussing? What the french, toast?

Kitty = spectacular.

Posted by: Vermillion at March 2, 2009 2:52 PM

Gee, lemme see these people, live the "thug life" they smack down on "they ho's" and them ho's love to GET smacked around, be they niggaz, or wiggaz.

Is that clear enough for you?

And I'm not here to meet OR disappoint your expectations sweetheart.

The shit that occurs in a high profile case like this have about as much basis in reality as most men's dating website profile. Which is to say "based loosely".

Posted by: Xtreme at March 2, 2009 2:56 PM

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Exactly, so put away the pitchforks.

I would have killed someone for those pants in my November/December job. I worked in an outdoor market. All weekend, every weekend for 6 weeks. Those pants would have literally saved my ass.

Now, is a cuntpickle a pickle before it goes in, or is it, rather, a result of being in?

I work at a newspaper, so I don't need to read the article to know that print publications are going up fucked river right now. Like many, I'm just lucky to have a job.

That cat looked like it crawled straight out of Hell.

Re: Chris & Rhianna, I'm not surprised. Not surprised at all.

TK = WIN.

Vermillion - I read Ebert's post and have been shamed into silence (a little bit). I think he hit the nail right on the head. Really, how much time do people today spend on tearing down the accomplishments of others as compared to lauding those that deserve it? This got me thinking that maybe part of the problem with society today is that we are a people that prefer to sit back and whisper meanly rather than to step forward and contribute. It's easier, to be sure, but not nobler. And perhaps our general obsession with and focus on the frivolousness, the gossip, and the petty jealousies of this world instead of what is noble and productive and progressive is part of the underlying mess that's led to this recession. Maybe that's a stretch, but something in Ebert's discussion caused me to wonder about that.

I noticed one of the comments following Ebert's post quoted C.S. Lewis, noting that he addressed this same issue but instead of 'snark', called it 'flippancy':

"But flippancy is the best of all. In the first place it is very economical. Only a clever human can make a real Joke about virtue, or indeed about anything else; any of them can be trained to talk AS IF virtue were funny. Among flippant people the Joke is always assumed to have been made. No one actually makes it; but every serious subject is discussed in a manner which implies that they have already found a ridiculous side to it... It is a thousand miles away from joy: it deadens, instead of sharpening, the intellect; and it excites no affection between those who practise it..."

Truly, I feel a little bit guilty and quite humbled.

Actually, kate, I don't think she was judging you or anyone like you at all. I think she was stating that she doesn't understand why women return to their abusers, period. I don't find that sympathetic or unsympathetic - more like simply genuine bewilderment.

tt_marie, thanks for putting what I felt reading Ebert's post into better English.

I used to feed on snark, update my friends on "ironic showbizz news" three times a day on a forum, for months on end. It was exhausting, and I didn't get paid for it. In the end, all you've got left are mean-spirited remarks and a whole lot of nothing. It has no residual substance. Turns out mom was right: "if you've got nothing nice to say, don't say anything".

One commenter on Ebert's post referred to an article in the Toronto Star: read reason n° 5 and feel your blood boil. This is how some people chose to make a living?

So, that's why I prefer the company of people who know how to show some love and appreciation.

Yes that means you.

Ugly Bat Boy doesn't seem like the cuddliest of cats, but he rocks the basic black clothing, daring accessories, and carefully-schooled haughty expression. I think Ugly Bat Boy is actually quite glamorous. There's no need to be afraid of his cunning fashion sense.

"Normally I'd agree with you %100, but in this instance I just can't. Pretty much every person on the planet knew that O.J. axe murdered two people, and all he really got at the time was financially bitch slapped...."

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No, not really, in the world *I* live in, people are proven GUILTY in a COURT. OF. LAW.

And do you KNOW? what that means? If you can't prove it you go the fuck home THAT is the system.

If not then you don't believe in the system. It's not perfect, but...ah what if the accused is someone YOU love. What if YOU are wrong? I'd rather have a MILLION guilty folks walking the streets than having ONE.... JUST ...ONE!!! innocent person in prison.

That's how *I* roll.

And boo hoo all you want, but what if it happens to YOU! or one of your loved ones. It's easy to talk shit until the cops come down on YOU.

See that is what I am not getting. First off, when did Chris Brown become a gangsta?

Posted by: Vermillion at March 2, 2009 3:32 PM

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Ok. you are sooooo right I must have imagined that he's hanging out at P-Diddy's house, flexing and thugging out while jet-skiing... ok.
I also made up the fact queen RiRi is "produced" by Jay Z (a fine, upstanding, Harvard educated entrepreneur)...kiss my ass.

Oh and the delicious irony of having PAJIBANS, calling out for a public lynching is ...sad.

Does that mean that I should abide or promote putting more innocent people in there?

And it isn't about "innocence" or "guilt" it's about PROVEN guilt or NOT in guilt.

The worst part about this argument BSlim, is that I really do agree with you. Sadly, if it was someone I loved in that situation, they'd be screwed, because they don't have the millions of dollars required for an acquital, unlike most celebrities. At an average of $300.00 an hour for legal counsel, if I was accused of murder I'd be stuck with a court appointed lawyer. And I wouldn't like to bet on my chances in that situation. I just wish us poor folk had access to the same level of defense, is all.

By the way, do you happen to know somone in Gitmo or something? This just sounds a little personal...

And it isn't about "innocence" or "guilt" it's about PROVEN guilt or NOT in guilt.

So you don't care if someone's actually innocent or not, just so long as either a jury convicted him or he took a plea bargain. You wouldn't care if an innocent person falsely convicted was executed.

Posted by: Vermillion at March 2, 2009 6:24 PM

My personal opinion on the culture these people promote has no bearing on the Due Process argument I'm presenting for anyone on Chris Brown's situation my friend.

It's twofold:

1. Brown/Rihanna/Diddy/Jayz are useless and I wish they would all go up their own asses. MY. PERSONAL. opinion.

2. These same folks CANNOT be jailed/executed by mob rule. The law.

It's fairly self explanatory.

You wouldn't care if an innocent person falsely convicted was executed.

Posted by: Sabrina at March 2, 2009 6:28 PM

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I do care, but in order for a system to work there is a process, if the process works you keep that to a HOPEFULLY, minimum. What do YOU suggest?

My personal opinion on the culture these people promote has no bearing on the Due Process argument I'm presenting for anyone on Chris Brown's situation my friend.

And those who are reading such articles about them and picking sides are doing the same thing: expressing an opinion. Just like you expressed your opinion on innocents and guilty people in jail. Mob rule, by it's very construction, is opinion. So it does have bearing, if that is the argument you are making.

You can't argue against folks who are saying she was abused or he deserves to die, then turn around and say they somehow deserved what happens to them just because they irritate you. It is apples and apples, the same side of the same coin.

Then again, by your own argument, we really shouldn't care what you have to say on it, good or bad.

Then again, by your own argument, we really shouldn't care what you have to say on it, good or bad.

Posted by: Vermillion at March 2, 2009 6:43 PM

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Yet here you are.

But apart from that, it doesn't change the fact that Mr. Brown has a right to be charged and be found guilty.

That's the America I was brought up to admire, which brings us back to the beginning buddy, I have the same right to ask: What has this man been accused or been convicted of?

I know you're being purposefully radical and contradictory, I just felt like pointing that out.

Posted by: Sabrina at March 2, 2009 6:47 PM

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That's just you taking a cheap shot. But I'll answer anyway:

It has to end somewhere.

Do you understand that?

Otherwise nothing would ever end, the world doesn't work like that. Shit has to end, and people have to move on. You cannot expect to have perfection, it's impossible, justice doesn't have to be perfect it just has to be.

You cannot expect to have perfection, it's impossible, justice doesn't have to be perfect it just has to be.

Yes. I know that. I was pointing out where you expressed the opposite view.

I never said you're like Sarah Silverman, though.

I know, I was just being silly.

I'm totally with Ebert, and with all of ya'll who are with Ebert.

I'm going to officially start the lackbash against Pheonix. That's right, it's the opposite of backlash. I think Ebert is right--it's pretty brilliant that nobody but nobody can really tell if it's a put-on or not.

And I also agree that if Pheonix is really losing it, that the skits were in bad taste.

And if he's not really losing it, then the skits aren't nearly as funny as the original performance.

Lame, either way.

Maybe it's funny on a scathing-reviews site, but snark always makes me feel really uncomfortable. I like Pajiba in spite of the snark, because it's the only source I know of for thoughtful, critical, non-pandering movie reviews. But thank god the reviewers are people who aren't afraid to put themselves out there and confess to being sentimental from time to time, even if it flies in the face of snark, which to me is not at all different from phony hipster cooldom.

I know you were, Sabrina, I just wanted to clarify. Otherwise some people would assume I was passive-aggressively saying I hate you (which I wasn't;

Posted by: Sarina at March 2, 2009 7:18 PM

Yeah, now just let it happen naturally...get close to her...yeah, smell her. Ok! okay! it feels a little weird, now feel her breasts...

Yet here you are.

I am not the one arguing against people expressing their personal opinion, or against anyone else reading them. You are.

But apart from that, it doesn't change the fact that Mr. Brown has a right to be charged and be found guilty.

I never said he didn't have the right to a trial or anything like that. I was just pointing out that you were questioning about how anyone can express the opinion that he is guilty when there is no evidence, after you yourself say the same thing.

Case in point:

Aaaaaaaand why exactly is everybody reaching the conclusion that this Rihanna woman has been abused, exactly?

You are indeed asking about a personal opinion: the idea that he is already guilty of abuse, despite no conviction. But preceeding that:

And as far as Rihanna and Chris Brown go, this what these people DO, let them wallow in their own filth.

That is your opinion. Also, with no court-led conviction. You are, in fact, saying he is guilty, and she as well, despite no evidence to this point.

So what exactly was your point in the first place? Because all you seem to have done is mention one fact (the US court system is not mob rule), followed by tons of contradictory opinions. So either you have no point to your ramblings (which is fine, it isn't the first time, and it isn't only you), or you are pretty much a hypocrite who tried to parse his statements in order to save them, only to weaken them further.

Just to make it clear: You won, and don't think I haven't noticed that there is a dirty little snide side to Pajiba, a side where people like YOU and that other whining fuck think you are better than everybody else.

*wind blows* *psssssssssssssst*

Psssst...yeah you, c'mere ..Just don't forget...*whispers* (just between you and me)... we are the only ones reading all the crap you write.

Unless of course, you were simply typing to yourself on a website visited my thousands of people daily, and never intended for said opinions to be shared with anyone else. If that is so, then my bad again.

Jesus H. Cocktard Ballnuts Fucklick, this has been entertaining!

You've all seen it, I've conceded.

..whatever dude.

Oh, no buddy when Pajiba says no cussing they MEAN, NO CUSSIN' and no dissenting opinions either, doors are locked from the outside so bend over FAGGOTs they're gonna ram them up your ass.

Pajiba, for freedom of speech...as long as you agree with them.

Ok, couple things: No snarking, no cussing. On a website for "Bitchy People". That'll be interesting. Ebert does have a point though. It's harder to be sincere. As for the Kussless Kid, did anyone else notice the book's subtitle was: "How I fought peer pressure, and you can too!"? Isn't that itself a lot like peer pressure?

But as a non snarky nod to the wunderkind, I'll just say - Sarah Silverman? Now there's a "cunning stunt"!

Oh, one more thing. Re: Joaquin Phoenix. I do think it was an act and he's having us all on. And that makes Stiller lamer. Have you seen his "first" rap song? It has to be an act. It just has to be. I don't actually know how to hotlink, so I'll just cut and paste. Enjoy.

http://www.ejb.com/video/19975/Joaquin_phoenixs_hiphop_song.html

Shorter Ebert:

"Shut the fuck up you stupid peasants. Snarking is MY fucking job."

We're supposed to lay off Phoenix because he didn't break character for 20 minutes on Letterman? I've dated girls who were completely nuts but acted sane for 6 months straight. It's not a virtue, it's a condition.

And while Chris Brown is innocent until proven guilty, there's no law that says I can't think he's a fucking scumbag who needs his ass kicked.

I have hope for Dollhouse - especially since I found out who is playing Alpha. And the final moments of the last ep definitely upped the ante. I'm still in. After all, what else is on? (OK, I'm waiting for more Supernatural, too).

The 'no cussing' kid needs to be Clockwork Oranged in front of an endless loop of Deadwood and it's awesome sweariness.

Ryanair probably won't make people pay to piss. It's plane stupid (sorry) and yeah, given their rather chavvy customer demographic, seat-cleaning issues would soon result. But apparently, there is no legal requirement for planes to have toilets at all. Odd, that...

Wow, this thread really took on a life of its own, eh?

One thought: B Slim isn't actually contradicting himself by saying that those engaged in some sort of thug lifestyle (which, as an aside, I don't necessarily think applies to Chris Brown, and certainly not to Rhianna) deserve the treatment they receive from peers also engaging in that kind of lifestyle. That position addresses behaviors and consequences totally outside the law. It is entirely separate from the position that LEGALLY, people deserve a presumption of innocence.

I'm not saying these two points mesh well, but they aren't in direct conflict with one another.