if had never taken the time to really look at it and examine his own reaction to it, he seems to me to be a fairly unobservant observer and unthinking thinker. if he’s making a larger observation re: the tendency towards uncritical acceptance of the popular opinion, it is equally true that his observation is jejune and hackneyed.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 03:58 (six years ago) link
aimless DESTROYS charles bukowski with LOGIC and REASON! (1,355,348 views)
― sovereignty flight, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 13:16 (six years ago) link
hahahaha
― crüt, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 13:43 (six years ago) link
i know zip abt bukowski except that barfly is funnier if you pretend it's an adverb, but this seems quite a slight poem making a nice little point really -- which isn't especially contrary to popular opinion, it's a p standard romantic trope -- that sometimes even the writerly need a spur to think abt how a particular word works and gets casually thrown around, and sometimes that spur comes from the unencumbered of mind still feeling their way round language. the idea that a six-year-old boy is a "genius" for this is obviously a (again slight) joke about the idea of genius in poetry, and how we chuck it around quite almost as easily and carelessly as the word "pretty". poets are greatly feted for this -- capturing a moment or an idea or a realisation or a compacted set of all these as you hadn't understood it before -- but having someone wake you up to some small realisation is actually a fairly routine occurrence, and not given only to poets, or to those people we are routinely and unthinkingly socialised to consider are poets.
― mark s, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 13:53 (six years ago) link
bards say the darndest things
― mark s, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 13:54 (six years ago) link
this still doesnt explain to me why we can treat norm reasonably after a clumsy gaffe which under 2014-onwards rules should see him afaict an ilx pariah
taste's strange
― Dmac TT (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 15:20 (six years ago) link
aimless DESTROYS charles bukowski with LOGIC and REASON!
Not bukowski. just that poem. He wrote much better poems than that one, but it's often one of a poet's least interesting poems that are embraced by the public, because they most approach the standard of a Hallmark greeting card and the public likes that.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 16:19 (six years ago) link
xp "Norm's a gentle sweetheart" was the given explanation. Every time he walks in a guest, he is so damn excited that "Ted" gave him a refrigerator full of drinks. I imagine Norm interrupting a pay negotiation between Netflix and his agent to ask for it and promptly accepting their low offer after "Ted" agrees to a refrigerator full of drinks on set.
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 16:21 (six years ago) link
the formal introduction of Ted's refrigerator to the guest and Norm's goofy dance at the end are great bookends for this show
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 16:24 (six years ago) link
quite a slight poem making a nice little point really
That's Bukowski much of the time. I liked reading one of his books where the poems felt chronological, almost like tweets: this one he wrote over breakfast, this one he wrote on the way to the track, this one he wrote leaving the track...
― Pesto Mindset (Eazy), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 16:32 (six years ago) link
the outro song n dance is v charming
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 17:04 (six years ago) link
maybe the child was double-checking the footnotes for his doctoral thesis in astrophysics before he looked up and made a throwaway remark about the view
― estela, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 21:07 (six years ago) link
I met a genius on the traintodayabout 6 years old,he sat beside meand as the train ran down along the coastwe came to the oceanand then he looked at meand said,Good morning everyone and welcome to "Science and Society". I'm Dr. Sheldon Cooper, BS, MS, MA, PhD and ScD. OMG, right?
it was the first time I'd realized that.
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 21:28 (six years ago) link
a few minutes into the judge judy episode and it's not funny -- skip?
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 19 September 2018 22:13 (six years ago) link
Nah don’t skip man
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 22:19 (six years ago) link
Judge judy episode js the worst oneDrew bmore epi the best out of the first 3
― F# A# (∞), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 23:21 (six years ago) link
― Dmac TT (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 15:20 (eight hours ago) Permalink
Do you actually want us to make him a pariah or is this about someone else who got paraiah’d you’d rather defend?
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 23:45 (six years ago) link
I love how terrible his trusty sidekick Adam is
They made more of a joke out of this on the YouTube show
Also the difference between this and Eric Andre is Eric Andre seems like the kind of guy who is funny but norm is funny
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 23:47 (six years ago) link
its curiosity about it tbh
dont want him to be a pariah at all but without going back over case files im still p sure that ilx has been happy to hang others for no worse slipups?
― Dmac TT (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 23:50 (six years ago) link
Yre first mistake is thinking theres any type of framework ilx operates under
― F# A# (∞), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 23:55 (six years ago) link
also don't like the way the netflix series conveniently erases adam egets holocaust denial.
― XxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxx (dylannn), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 23:58 (six years ago) link
Haha. Felt like the Adam stuff on his YouTube show could occasionally veer into cruel, but it’s a little lighter here. I’m glad he’s part of the show, it’s an endearing dynamic.
― circa1916, Thursday, 20 September 2018 00:00 (six years ago) link
U can argue it was a bad joke but not that hes an irl holo den
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 20 September 2018 00:03 (six years ago) link
norm's bafflement and wonder when he's telling the sinbad story to fred stoller on his youtube show is the hardest i've laughed at anything in about 10 years. really enjoyed the netflix series, but would have liked a few more dumb sketches to open the show. it was a good mix of guests though.
― dynamicinterface, Thursday, 20 September 2018 00:39 (six years ago) link
Drew Barrymore's little girl really does look like ET, that's weird.
Jane Fonda's sweater kinda reminds me of what the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL wore in the 1980s. Just with some pink added.
Adam Eget still makes me uncomfortable. I don't like the icky Dom/sub relationship between Norm and him.
― Josefa, Thursday, 20 September 2018 02:56 (six years ago) link
“British presenters, especially in the 90s, especially children’s presenters, turned out to be a cult of much evil”Norm otmCould probably throw in the irish in there too
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 20 September 2018 03:26 (six years ago) link
Jesus janey’s doggie is the cutest little thing I’ve ever set eyes on
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 20 September 2018 03:57 (six years ago) link
Adam Eget still makes me uncomfortable.
thank you
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 20 September 2018 04:31 (six years ago) link
I mean yeah, it’s uncomfortable. Intentionally.“Dom/Sub” maybe a little much. Jesus, that might ruin it for me.
― circa1916, Thursday, 20 September 2018 04:48 (six years ago) link
Dom sub is greatMore plsGet that fella on a choke collar
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 20 September 2018 04:55 (six years ago) link
Fa otm
― Ross, Thursday, 20 September 2018 06:25 (six years ago) link
Adam is a lucky sob but not funny at all.
God bless Chevy chase for shutting the sucker down
― Ross, Thursday, 20 September 2018 06:27 (six years ago) link
Judge judy episode js the worst one
Spade's was worst one (I've seen up to Fonda) for me. Almost didn't watch another one after seeing it. I don't get the point of sidekick guy. Fonda's matter-of-fact "oh there always has to be a sidekick huh" was lol.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 20 September 2018 18:25 (six years ago) link
Side kicks make the host better, in theory. Proven false by John Baptiste from colbert who is a ducking moron. Norm doesn’t need Adam tho it’s a pity play
― Ross, Thursday, 20 September 2018 18:35 (six years ago) link
It’s cheap is what I mean. Fodder to riff off
right. I meant I don't get the point of this particular one. Agree w you.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 20 September 2018 18:45 (six years ago) link
jesus i never liked this shyamalan character and i sure as fuck don't like his interview
― F# A# (∞), Friday, 21 September 2018 01:54 (six years ago) link
ha dom/sub captures why I find the relationship hard to watch but end up liking adam anyway
― k3vin k., Friday, 21 September 2018 02:12 (six years ago) link
jus gonna skip the end of the judge judy ep, she seems like she has a little too much self-regard for this show
― k3vin k., Friday, 21 September 2018 02:13 (six years ago) link
Norm doesn’t need Adam tho it’s a pity playEget absolutely doesn’t need to take time off from his day job as one of the most important ppl in American comedy to play dumb as Norm’s sidekick on a youtube show.
― Gibing The Amethyst (sic), Friday, 21 September 2018 02:23 (six years ago) link
ha man keaton episode is another good one
gay and irish jokes to boot
8/10
― F# A# (∞), Friday, 21 September 2018 02:39 (six years ago) link
adam eget is a treasure and the show would be nothing without his presence
― crüt, Friday, 21 September 2018 03:34 (six years ago) link
i like the spade ep a lot
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Friday, 21 September 2018 03:42 (six years ago) link
fav is probably jane fonda
worst is prob m night, not wild about judge judy but she's kind of interesting
adam is obviously 'bad' but he's bad in a funny way
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Friday, 21 September 2018 03:43 (six years ago) link
Billy joe shaver ep was cool, not great and not the worst
― F# A# (∞), Friday, 21 September 2018 03:46 (six years ago) link
The last episode is some real boring shit, which makes sense because it’s two canadians talking
― F# A# (∞), Friday, 21 September 2018 04:09 (six years ago) link
It's undeniable he has always appealed to a frat-boy kind of crowd, the types who are extremely put-out that it's now considered unacceptable to use 'gay' and 'retarded' to mean 'bad/stupid' (terms Norm himself threw around frequently on his Youtube show). Jokes about Eget 'sucking guys off', hookers, women not being funny, etc. He's often tongue-in-cheek-but-not-really. I never quite liked that side to him; he's very intelligent and it often comes through but he falls back on the bro stuff constantly. In college (early 2000s) I remember his bit about 'are you really proud of your gay son?' -- morning jock types would laff and laff. Your Adam Corollas and Joe Rogans love him. And he has no qualms about cultivating that type of fanbase. It's very clear that he's coming from an anti-PC/conservative point of view. It's not like he's trying hard to hide it.
Personally, I don't like that side to his stuff. But I find myself wading through the crap to hear his funny bits about the Beverly Hillbillies and Kojak...
― Sam Weller, Friday, 28 September 2018 12:22 (five years ago) link
I always took the gay son bit to be a joke about well meaning parents overcompensating for their discomfort or trying extra hard to project that they are good parents. The joke being that sexuality isn’t an achievement, it’s just sexuality.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 28 September 2018 12:26 (five years ago) link
Maybe it is some sort of hyperspecific comment on something but I think it's more likely that he's just homophobic.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 28 September 2018 17:45 (five years ago) link
probably, yeah
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Friday, 28 September 2018 17:52 (five years ago) link