If you haven’t heard, one person in the United States has now died from Swine Flu. One!!! That’s like, a pandemic now, right? Here are some valuable lessons we can learn from movies on how to survive a plague. (Spout)
Here’s a six pack of movies that featured gay characters before people were allowed to be gay in movies. Shame they never made a big screen adaptation of “Too Close For Comfort.” (PW)
Kids used to be mean to Kate Winslet and call her “Blubber.” I guess they didn’t happen to have their crystal ball to see into the future handy. Losers. (Webster’s)
I’ve finally found someone who swears more than I do, and it’s not even a sailor or a trucker or a line cook. (RopeOfSilicon)
Steven Lloyd Wilson’s latest is on the nature of violence. And it’s a good one. (Burning Violin)
Here’s the top ten superhero spin-offs that shouldn’t happen. Sorry, Ryan Reynolds! (WeAreMovieGeeks)
Congratulations to Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, who are expecting twin girls. Through a surrogate, of course. What, you didn’t really think they’d make sex, did you? (Yeeeah!)
The new Transformers trailer has been leaked, so quick see it before it gets yanked. (Popoholic)
Hilarious. Jon from “Jon and Kate Plus Eight” got busted running around on Kate at some skank bar in Reading Pennsylvania, near where I used to live. (DListed)
If Ferris Bueller were a real person, here’s a list of crimes he (and his accomplices) would have perpetrated on his infamous “Day Off.” (mental floss)
Jesus license plates in Florida? Tell me this is a joke. (Deus Ex Malcontent)
Bret Michael’s most beleaguered, beat-ass stripper got a dating show of her own. And it’s actually … Boring as hell. (ZeldaLily)
And Here’s the Kicker is an upcoming book that features conversations with successful humor writers. Sounds like a must read, for sure. (SecondPass)
How do some conservatives still not know that Stephen Colbert is joking? Were they blindfolded and earplugged for the Correspondent’s Dinner speech? (HuffPo)
Yay! The Impulsive Buy has a new chick writer representing the East Coast. Her first order of business? To review a Wawa soft pretzel. Wawa, bitches! (ImpulsiveBuy)
And finally, here is everything you need to know about Swine Flu. You know, to protect yourself. Thanks, Beckylooo!
Pajiba Love brought to you by Stacey Nosek, who can be reached via email here.
I've never been particularly impressed by Frau Winslet's acting or looks. Fact is, she is kind of a fatty. And all the extreme pre-award dieting ain't gonna change that.
Posted by: BarbadoSlim at April 29, 2009 1:04 PM
Fact is, she is kind of a fatty
ROFL LMAO holy shit you should do standup.
Posted by: twig at April 29, 2009 1:25 PM
Yeah, one in the US now. The 150+ that died from it in Mexico don't count, so we should probably make fun of anyone worried about it.
Ummm, plenty of us conservatives know he's joking. I wouldn't watch the show if it wasn't a joke. Also, it's on Comedy Central. And he's stated in interviews it's a character. Conservatives with a sense of humor do exist!
RE Kate Winslet: As a girl who used to be teased relentlessly for issues with glasses and braces and tallness and being a total geek, but grew up to clean up pretty ok, I can't help but wonder why the fuck haven't kids learned the lesson that Ugly Duckling always equals Swan? I mean, there have been movies and stories and real life examples of it for yeeeeeears and still kids continue to harass the goofy kids who grow up to be awesome. Why don't parents teach their kids not to be little assholes so it won't come back to bite them in the butts? Of course if I wasn't picked on so much I wouldn't have become the person I am today through rigorous character building, so, ya know, give and take.
Also, Fuck you BSlim, Winslet's pretty.
Posted by: Kayanne at April 29, 2009 1:25 PM
Kate Winslet is a fatty? Fatty? I do not think that word means what you think it means.
Posted by: Inaras at April 29, 2009 1:28 PM
That "surviving the plague" bit totally missed the obvious rule: you choose a secondary scientist (usually a Black person) to be accidentally infected, get him into a lab and ignore his dying screams while you draw his fluids to harvest the antibodies to grow an antidote to administer to the rest of the population. Works every time.
First of all, if she's so pretty why don't you marry her.
Second, I wouldn't take anything said by any of these people without a huuuuuge grain of salt. If I hear one more Cindy Crawford/Keira Knightley/Megan Fox say they were ugly I'm gonna puke. Winslet in particular seems to always have some bug up her butt about how her looks perceived.
It's a lie, these people, and their handlers, are professional liars.
Posted by: BarbadoSlim at April 29, 2009 1:32 PM
Kayanne, Stacey only said "some conversatives", and the cited study indicated that they found conservatives are more likely to think Colbert is only pretending to be joking. HuffPo loves to spice up their headlines.
Posted by: branded at April 29, 2009 1:33 PM
Minor as it is, I love the fact that Kate Winslet wears a size 11 shoe; considering I wear a 10 1/2 wide.
I think she's one of those women who would look creepy if she were smaller; like Kate Moss. Her face looks like it's collapsing on itself. Winslet reminds me of a Botticelli model. Go Kate!
Please don't mention Ferris Buehler. It makes me sad to look at that adorable high schooler, only to be replaced by a molestery looking science teacher.
Posted by: Brie at April 29, 2009 1:36 PM
Kate Winslet is a fatty? Fatty? I do not think that word means what you think it means.
Posted by: Inaras at April 29, 2009 1:28 PM
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Lemme remove the word "fatty" since it seems to be clouding your mind. Go back and look at pics of her from 2 or 3 years ago. Look at her bone structure, now look at her spanking award show body and her huge-ass melon head. It looks unnatural, she's underweight as a result of dieting, she is, in fact, a plus sized gal.
Posted by: BarbadoSlim at April 29, 2009 1:37 PM
Branded:
You are so right about the HuffPo headlines. I think they're the natural successor to the much-missed Globe (Man with Two Heads Marries Elvis on Mars). The only place they can't exaggerate is when they cover Michelle Bachmann. The woman is so many stops past Barking, you just can't create a headline crazier than what comes out of her mouth.
Posted by: PaddyDog at April 29, 2009 1:38 PM
Swine Flu....
I shit you not, last night my girlfriend and I were sitting, watching TV, and at 9:48 there was a call that came in to her home phone. It was an automated message from the University of Delaware switchboard noting 'Attention. 4 U of D students have recently come forward experiencing flu-like symptoms and have been taken for immediate medical treatment. If you begin experiencing flu-like symptoms please contact the wellness center immediately, or contact your doctor.'
Are you fucking kidding me? Swine Flu is treatable with a couple fucking doses of TamiFlu. The only reason people died in Mexico is because IT WAS FUCKING MEXCIO! Not exactly the most sanitary place on the face of the earth, and the last time I checked, not even their water was safe for you in some spots. I dunno about you guys, but for me, that's not a glowing endorsement for the clenliness of their medical facilities or their ability to treat bacteria or viruses. And the toddler who died? He was a fucking toddler! The only anti-bodies present in his system were those for the germs in his own boogers and whatever was in his poo the one time he prolly played with it. That will always = DEAD Toddler. Plus...he was fucking mexican! His family had just traveled to the US, and if I'm not mistaken, many places tend to intimidate immigrants in this country, illegal or otherwise. I'm pretty sure they were a little hesitant to trot off to the nearest hospital, especially if they had no health coverage.
Like John Stewart said "9 cases in Canada? 9 cases makes 400 million sqare miles red?"
Posted by: PissBoy at April 29, 2009 1:44 PM
I couldn't help but replace the unspoken swine flu in the second commercial with an STD. "Betty gave it to her grandmother, who gave it to her neighbor, her girl friends, the paper boy, the cab driver, her pimp, her johns, her lesbian gang-bangers ..."
Posted by: Duane at April 29, 2009 1:46 PM
I live in Florida and it's horribly true. Jesus Armpit license plates. It makes me want to stick nails in the tires of people who get those plates.
Posted by: BWeaves at April 29, 2009 1:50 PM
I'm gonna go lowbrow and talk about the Daisy of Love post. I am, admittedly, a watcher of Rock of Love (I never got over my kid crush on Bret Michaels) although I had to wait until most of the girls got eliminated on this last season (Rock of Love Bus) before I found it watchable. I can only take so much plastic nastiness.
Daisy, however, was in fact the WORST part of season 2. I have never spoken to anyone who found her the least bit tolerable. From her plastic face which makes her look like Janice from the Muppets (sorry Muppet fans, I heart Janice and Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, but it's true), to her ridiculous halting manner of speaking which made me feel like I was choking whenever she spoke on camera. This is someone people want to watch? It's not even freak show material...it's just sad. And incredibly irritating. I was not even rooting for anyone on season 2 to "win" Bret's heart, I was just rooting for Daisy to get the hell out of there and off my TV so I could enjoy my terrible show. And now she's got her own show? A new low, VH1...a new low.
Posted by: Whorish Mouth at April 29, 2009 1:50 PM
There are about 14-16 suspected cases of swine flu in Chile now. Hopefully it's just our need to get world wide attention and not real swine flu.
You've been rather unfairly beaten up over in the Gekko thread so I won't belabour this point, but I think you have a weak understanding about why this is actually a serious issue. It may be that differential medical care made a difference in some of the Mexican cases, but it's more likely that they were not alerted to the fact that it was swine flu and sought treatment late in the process. It's also serious because even if most patients recover globally (which is highly likely), pandemics (such as this may become) have a huge effect on economies when we start closing borders, curtailing trade and staying home from work, and the world is not in a position right now to have anything further piss all over the conomy.
Posted by: PaddyDog at April 29, 2009 1:56 PM
BTW, Stacey, thanks for that headline. Now I have Cat Scratch Fever stuck in my head. (right above the left ear)
I know. I'm aware of the global impact, economically and otherwise. But honestly...it's nothing but bad press. i think i may have seen 2 times in the last 5 days that this is a fairly easily treatable flu. Almost no one is reporting on that, and if they do, it's 5 seconds...right at the end.
While this can and does spread quickly, it doesn't mean any world map on ABC news needs to look like an infected monkey bit Patrick Dempsey in a small, northern California town.
Posted by: PissBoy at April 29, 2009 2:00 PM
I also forgot to say Paddy. i am totally over-simplifying in my approach. It makes me feel better. I'm a germophobe. My hands just never seem to get clean.
Posted by: PissBoy at April 29, 2009 2:02 PM
I don't believe in the swine flu pandemic, but I do believe in the media's power to incite panic.
Meanwhile, there goes our family vacation to Mexico next week.
Posted by: Cindy at April 29, 2009 2:03 PM
she is, in fact, a plus sized gal
By plus-sized do you mean tall? You see, there are some physiological differences between men and women, we refer to these as secondary sex characteristics. Estrogen is produced by fat cells, meaning that in order to remain fertile women require around 15-30% body fat (the estrogen-fat link is why rotund men often grow moobs) which deposited as a subcutaneous layer throughout the body with the largest deposits in the breasts, hips, bottom, and thighs. Throughout most of human history, this fat layer has signaled that the female is of reproductive age and will likely survive the rigors of pregnancy and childbirth, which is why most hetero men still find fleshy breasts and buttocks sexually appealing. Winslet 2 yrs back was a healthy size for a woman her height.
Jeez, what do they teach you kids in school nowadays?
Posted by: Inaras at April 29, 2009 2:04 PM
Keep those hands clean PissBoy. God knows you've sustained enough bruises in the other thread: we wouldn't want those wounds going septic. Hate to lose you. For the record, I got what you were trying to say.
Posted by: PaddyDog at April 29, 2009 2:12 PM
*sniff, hack, reeeeee*
Uh-oh ...
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If Ferris Bueller was a real person, here’s a list of crimes he (and his accomplices) would have perpetuated on his infamous “Day Off.” (mental floss)
Gaaaaaah. "If Ferris Bueller WERE ..." and "perpetrated."
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"As a girl who used to be teased relentlessly for issues with glasses and braces and tallness and being a total geek"
Nice try, Kayanne, but I'm cyberstalking you even more now. The other day I was thinking about this girl I knew in high school. I've never told ANYone this, but I was smitten with her but never told her or made a move, cause I was an awkward geek myself. She was tall and flat chested and had a big hawk nose and I think maybe she wore glasses sometimes and her last name was Navrotski, which is about as ugly a name as I've ever heard, but ... I don't know how to 'splain this ... she was FUCKIN' ALIVE! you know? She was bright-eyed and smart and funny and involved in stuff and just seemed really, really alive. Which, of course, was as intimidating as hell to someone like me, who only had the smart thing going for him, and if she had ever directed her full attention to me for 30 seconds I would have dropped dead on the spot.
I don't know that I'm any great prize now (Mrs. , would argue that, God bless her), but FWIW to you ducklings: There's somebody somewhere, probably someone you know, probably someone just as awkward and made-fun-of and geeky, who's watching you from afar right now and thinks you're the hottest thing he/she has ever seen. Your mission is to find that person, but you have to see the reality through your own dreamworld too, and accept that your perfect match might be someone who is just as awkward and geeky as you are.
Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at April 29, 2009 2:12 PM
Alright, it's about to get all scientific up in here. The "swine flu" is a variant of the common flu, or influenza. It's an H1N1 virus, which is the same type of virus responsible for every major flu pandemic, such as the one in 1918. The reason it's called the "swine flu" is that it was initially isolated from a pig in the early 1900's. It's basically the flu. IT'S NOT A ALIEN LIFEFORM TO KILL EVERYONE!!!! If you do what you would normally do during flu season (wash your hands, stay the hell away from coughing, sneezing, drippy people, etc.), you should be fine. It is resistant to a couple of drugs against the flu, but not all of them. If you get it, it's treatable and curable. It's the flu, people; not smallpox or ebola. If it were the last two, we all would be screwed.
Posted by: Melody at April 29, 2009 2:16 PM
I've never been particularly impressed by Frau Winslet's acting or looks. Fact is, she is kind of a fatty. And all the extreme pre-award dieting ain't gonna change that.
Based on this opinion and his opinion of pretty much every other actress who's ever mentioned here, B-Slim either (1) lives in a place with the hottest women in the universe or (2) is the gayest man alive.
Posted by: Forbiddendonut at April 29, 2009 2:16 PM
36,171 flu-related deaths occur each year in the U.S. And everybody's freaking out because one person in the U.S. died from the swine flu?
As you just said she *WAS,* her present "waifish" appearance, being touted as "hot" is anything but. Which is funny because by Hollywood standards her natural body is considered fat, hence my use of "fatty."
And just to clear up any confusion, my not liking her looks has to do with her face not her weight I'm a tits and ass (bigger the better) man by nature.
Posted by: BarbadoSlim at April 29, 2009 2:18 PM
B-Slim either (1) lives in a place with the hottest women in the universe or (2) is the gayest man alive.
Posted by: Forbiddendonut at April 29, 2009 2:16 PM
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Don't use euphemisms just come out and call me a faggot. Right? That's what you wanna say? Anyone who disagrees with you, is a homo.
Right?
Posted by: BarbadoSlim at April 29, 2009 2:21 PM
My hypochondriac stepdaughter has decided that she has swine flu because she has a mild cold. She bases the belief that she has it on the fact that 4 people in San Diego county have it. I pointed out that 4 people probably died in car crashes in the county yesterday as well, so if she was going to base her belief on that statistic, I was going to choose to believe that she died in a car crash yesterday.
BSlim, how dare you have your own opinion on what you find attractive in a woman!
Posted by: henchman for hire at April 29, 2009 2:23 PM
and accept that your perfect match might be someone who is just as awkward and geeky as you are.
*fingers crossed*
She was tall and flat chested and had a big hawk nose and I think maybe she wore glasses sometimes and her last name was Navrotski... she was FUCKIN' ALIVE
I too, have a strange last name (although it's Italian, so more melodic) and was taller than most of the guys in my graduating class and while I have a big nose (eh, it's proportionate to my face) it's not "hawk-like," but I wasn't flat chested. But I was definitely not the typical pretty girl in school, as all. The only thing I had going for me was that I had been tall all my life so I understood how to use my limbs without appearing to be this ridiculous bobble head giraffe creature. It's weird though, because Genny and I briefly lamented on the woes of finding out much later that someone had a crush but was too nervous/scared/intimidated to say something. It's effing awful! It's like a tree falling in the woods. Yea it happens but if I don't hear it doesn't matter. *sighs*
Kayanne, I doubt you've been flat since you were 6, but I'm talking you could have used this girl for the high dive springboard. And I would have spontaneously combusted if she had ever said, "Hey, wanna go see a movie?"
Slim says "I'm a tits and ass (bigger the better) man by nature" but I've discovered I'm a nipple man, I'll give those raisins HOURS of attention, that's what I focus on (for starters), so breast size to me makes little difference. I've had bounteous and I've had flat, and the one thing they have in common is they all LOVE some attention to the nips ...
Where was I going with this?
Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at April 29, 2009 2:39 PM
Dude, The Ohio State University gets to do studies on Colbert. I should have done my graduate work there. Instead I'm stuck doing meta-analyses of shit my advisor doesn't even care about anymore.
Posted by: Tori at April 29, 2009 2:42 PM
God bless the Interwebs, this is probably her.
Holy mackerel:
[D.N.] has served as a PRC regional consultant since 1988. Trained as a Master's Level Speech-Language Pathologist, [D.] has a background in Linguistics and experience in teaching English as a second language. Her career in AAC began as a research assistant at the University of Pittsburgh on a two year grant from the Department of Education entitled "Promoting Communication in Non-speakers". Although her clinical experience is varied, her most extensive work as a speech-language pathologist was with adults with acquired language disorders. She is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh where she assists in teaching classes on AAC. She also volunteers time to work with individuals who need assistance with their communication systems. D. serves the state of Pennsylvania.
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So ... SPEAK UP, AWKWARDITES! See what you could end up with.
Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at April 29, 2009 2:53 PM
It makes me want to stick nails in the tires of people who get those plates.
Thematic cohesion.
Posted by: twig at April 29, 2009 2:55 PM
That cute piggy killed my beach trip!
Posted by: Cindy at April 29, 2009 2:56 PM
Swine flu, schmine flu - my kid's day care has a confirmed case of Coxsackie virus. Yeah - red, painful blisters on the throat, hands and feet trump the sniffles any day of the week.
Yeah, about the flu...Bruce and Jeremy R's boyfriend were in Mexico when the shit went down, and Jeremy was pretty much worried sick (poor guy!). I know it's easily treatable, but out of respect, I'm not gonna joke about it.
And as for Colbert...Really? Come on, REALLY? How the fuck could they not know? Although granted, the guy really doesn't know when to stop a joke. I know he's supposed to be making fun of pompous blowhards, but does he REALLY need a space station named after him? Or am I just still pissy we didn't get Serenity?
How hard would it be to convince people that the swine flu is spread via pork products like mad cow? My plan is to take advantage of the panic by becoming an official bacon taster (not a euphemism). You know, for the good of all mankind.
Posted by: branded at April 29, 2009 3:27 PM
Instead of everyone just saying that it's a treatable flu like any other, I wouldn't mind seeing some links to credible sources saying that instead of taking the word of anonymous blog comments.
Cindy - not to worry, he doesn't have it, they just have a confirmed case of it at the center.
Posted by: Kolby at April 29, 2009 3:40 PM
Mitch Clem - the CDC website has loads of information about the disease and how to treat it.
Posted by: Kolby at April 29, 2009 3:46 PM
I'm actually surprised PETA hasn't weighed in with some asinine explanation for the Pork Flu.
(See what I did there branded? You're on your way.)
Posted by: admin at April 29, 2009 3:47 PM
The thing that worries people about the swine flu is that it's airborne, everywhere, and no one knows the mortality rate. In a week, we'll know if this is serious, or if it's just another flu.
On the topic of Colbert, he's not conservative, but he's much more conservative than Stewart, and most of your perceptions of him. He's a Catholic from a large family, with three children of his own, and I highly suspect that he will have one or two more. And he does take the joke pretty far, but you can tell if he's joking or not by the tone of his voice. And there are humorous conservatives (Foxworthy, fuck ya'll haters, Sam Raimi, and Vince Vaughn).
Kayanne, thank you for sticking up for Kate Winslet, she's the reason I don't hate Titanic, she was in the best non-Batman film of 2005, and she's a fine looking lady with plenty of acting talent, and was robbed multiple times at the Oscars. If you look like her, then you should consider yourself lucky and hot.
Paparazzi - (to Paris Hilton) "Hey Paris, what are your thoughts on swine flu? Are you worried?"
SuperSlut - "Oh, I don't eat that."
...bright girl there. Bright girl.
Posted by: PissBoy at April 29, 2009 4:18 PM
"Instead of everyone just saying that it's a treatable flu like any other, I wouldn't mind seeing some links to credible sources saying that instead of taking the word of anonymous blog comments."
Mitch Clem, the answers to all of your questions are right here.
Posted by: I Love Beets at April 29, 2009 4:32 PM
Oh, whew Kolby! How big is little man now?
Posted by: Cindy at April 29, 2009 4:36 PM
George:
Are you basing your opinion solely on him being a Catholic? I can assure you I know many Catholics (including some priests) who are rabid communists when it comes to social issues. Some of them make Evo Morales look like a Republican.
Posted by: PaddyDog at April 29, 2009 4:48 PM
Don't use euphemisms just come out and call me a faggot. Right? That's what you wanna say? Anyone who disagrees with you, is a homo.
Right?
Uh... Nope. Not at all there, chief.
It's just an observation. I've noticed of late that any time any female movie star is mentioned in some post you're right there to immediately decry how hideously unnattractive she is.
I had a friend who used to do the same thing. The only women in film he was ever attracted to were Vasquez from "Aliens" and Sarah Connor from "Terminator 2". He came out of the closet many years later and was better for it.
Also, I wouldn't call you a "faggot" or "homo" because those are derragotory terms that imply that there is something wrong with being homosexual. I certainly don't hold that belief, never have, which is why I didn't use those words.
I don't need to mince around with euphemisms (unless I'm being clever, which I wasn't here). It was just an observation based on the facts at hand.
Any way, you're allowed to hold any opinion on anyone you want, as am I.
Keep on hatin', my brother!
Posted by: Forbiddendonut at April 29, 2009 5:25 PM
I think I'm losing the ability to tell the difference between alarmist crap in the media and legitimate threats. I now assume that everything is being blown out of proportion for ratings and because of that will probably die of the flu or being blown away by a storm or something. Thanks a lot CNN.
Posted by: king at April 29, 2009 9:35 PM
branded - It's already happened, I'm sorry to say. My state tabloid has a blog section, and some twit they 'publish' tried to link swine flu with over use of antibiotics in pigs/cows/chickens.
I, uh, may have screamed a bit in the comments section. I may have implied that the author either didn't finish high school or couldn't be bothered taking five minutes to google. I was a little incensed. Mind you, I don't think she'll have the balls to publish it.
Look, I understand why people are concerned, but remember - that flu pandemic that killed, oh, eleventy-billion people (according to the media) happened about ninety years ago.
We've learnt a lot since then about little things like hygiene and nutrition and how a virus actually works. Concern is fine, panic is completely unnecessary. Hopefully, our governments remember that, too.
Posted by: ScienceGeek at April 29, 2009 9:35 PM
Then the wheels are already in motion. I didn't even have to go to my Plan B of starting to call it mad pig disease. I'd wager that someone is already using the URL illtasteyourpork.com anyways.
Posted by: branded at April 29, 2009 10:50 PM
Nope, she published it, and thanked me for my scientific 'opinion'.
*headdesk* Forget swine flu, STUPIDITY appears to be the greatest threat to society.
Posted by: ScienceGeek at April 29, 2009 10:55 PM
Any way, you're allowed to hold any opinion on anyone you want, as am I.
Keep on hatin', my brother!
Posted by: Forbiddendonut at April 29, 2009 5:25
Agreed,girlfriend.
:)
Posted by: Barbadoslim at April 30, 2009 3:17 AM
A question, though, BSlim - Doesn't it get awfully exhausting being so het-up about how everyone else looks all the time?
You must be terribly good-looking yourself. Can we have a picture?
Posted by: missh at April 30, 2009 7:14 AM
I personally hate Kate Winslet even though she is very pretty, she just seems to say things about being ugly because she's a self pitying bitch who likes to draw attention to herself about how 'normal' and therefore wonderful she really is.
NO MORE TALK ABOUT THE SWINE FLU. As was pointed out before, thousands more people die every single year from plain old regular flu. And AIDS. And heart attacks. And shootings. I do not get what the fuss is about. I hate the media for using scare tactics to get ratings. Every single time I turn on the TV now, someone is yapping about how one person in one more state now has it, and "the numbers are rising". Like, from 1 to 3. Egads! We're a nation of what, 300+ million right now? And a few dozen cases is cause for panic? We are a society of loonies.
Posted by: DeadBessie at April 30, 2009 9:54 AM
THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK you.
Also, I'm a hater.
Posted by: Barbadoslim at April 30, 2009 9:54 AM
IIRC, I did NOT write that 3:17am post.
/lame
Posted by: Barbadoslim at April 30, 2009 10:00 AM
I need proof BSlim.If you're a dead ringer for Ryan Reynolds or Jonny Depp, I'll let your slightly sad knee-jerk reactions to pretty much every female actor's physical appearance slide. Otherwise, please, for the love of god, shut up!!!
It's incredibly boring.
Posted by: missh at April 30, 2009 10:35 AM
Sucks for you, I'm not shutting up. And you're? "letting me slide" Who the. fuck. do you think YOU. ARE.
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the web....enjoy.
Posted by: BarbadoSlim at April 30, 2009 11:44 AM
Posted by: DeadBessie at April 30, 2009 9:54 AM
Ahhahaah! I was laughing to myself in the car this morning about this! 150 people dead in Mexico .... out of, what, 108 million? I mean, it's sad for their families and everything, but.. pandemic? Really? I don't think this counts as a pandemic. I don't even think it qualifies as an epidemic. Let's consult Merriam Webster:
ep·i·dem·ic : affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time
Nope.
pan·dem·ic : occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population
Nope.
It's less than 1% of the population. Just of Mexico. Actually, it's like one/1,000,000th of the population. Previous pandemics have killed up to 1/2 the population of a given continent (or the human population... let's see, divided by... carry the one... 2/100,000,000th of the world pop).
Who I am?
I understand the web is like this big infinite playground for you to lob your ideas willy-nilly and that I can't do anything about it, but as someone who shares this particular sandpit in the playground with you, surely I am allowed to voice my displeasure at your immature rants about pretty much every female actor out there?
It's BORING. Get a life.
Not everyone wants to be included in your little petty tirades - some of us come here for the intellegent commentary on film, not the incessant attacks on another person's physical appearance, as you seem to enjoy.
How old are you anyway?
19 with a chip on your shoulder because no girl wants to shag you? Because that's the way you come across when you continuously make comments about the appearance of women who you don't know. They are ACTORS, their jobs are to ACT. Go watch beauty pageants if you want to bitch about boob/ass/nose size.
Posted by: missh at April 30, 2009 12:27 PM
I don't care, and there is FUCK ALL you can do about it.
So squirm in your chair, grind your teeth and rant all you want. And guess what?
I'll still be here
You don't get to tell ME what to do.
PS: this thread ain't about film, this is the gossip miscellaneous thread. I bet you are a porker. Yeah, you are. Take it to your shrink sweetheart.
Posted by: BarbadoSlim at April 30, 2009 12:49 PM
You know what?
I'm gonna do my good deed for the day and say that all these "actors" are beautiful, Winslet is not a fatty and you are not fascist pc weirdo.
How about that?
Yeah, I'm the asshole.
uhu...
Posted by: BarbadoSlim at April 30, 2009 1:02 PM
You know what - I'm not trying to talk you into finding anyone attractive who you don't.
What I don't appreciate and what I find offensive is your seeming inability to resist making degrading comments about pretty much every female actor mentioned on this site.
Put it this way: if you made degrading comments about every black actor written about on here, what kind of a person would that make you?
Now swap black for female and see where it gets you.
It's a little more than an asshole and if you can't see that, then you have bigger problems than I imagined.
Posted by: missh at April 30, 2009 4:27 PM
the second portion of that swine flu propaganda vid is just plain ig'nant
I've never been particularly impressed by Frau Winslet's acting or looks. Fact is, she is kind of a fatty. And all the extreme pre-award dieting ain't gonna change that.