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New York, 8:47 PM
Sat Dec 19
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08:10 PM
Except in DVF's case, it's the entire crew in that photograph.
Regarding number 12 - Hurwitz is a faker and Blumenfeld, well still my beating heart but he looks like a sincere boy.
And Ricky Van Veen? Those eyes, that jawline. Swoon.
07:56 PM
Also, no one has ever clicked on anything at college humor that Will Farrell wasn't doing as a favor. Ignore these humans. Ignore their videos, their tweets, their FB updates. Ignore them until they die.
Especially Tina's crap. She's a grotesque, greedy, millionaire pig who needs to share a dirt-box with Arianna Huffington.
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07:21 PM
Demonstrators often mistake authority for the officer in whom power is vested. Don't do that, he said, always calling cops pigs and such. The only exception to this rule, say Lenny Bruce, is the post office.
That's what Lenny Bruce said. Wacked out of his gourd.
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07:15 PM
Although ___ did know how to get in touch with me, if they wanted to ...
07:00 PM
Not only is it dangerous for the drivers but if one of the orbs is just slightly icy? Would you want to be on the receiving end of that? I know I'd be super pissed.
Eons ago on a Halloween night, I was driving home from work, knowing to be vigilant because of asshole kids with eggs and shit. Another car pulls up beside me at a red light, the guy in the passenger seat rolls his window down, smiles and holds up a can of Silly String. I glance over and shake my head 'no'. He shakes the can and nods 'yes'.
He shoots off a stream of string all over the side of my car and I go ballistic. The light turns green and the other driver peels out and I floor it because I'm beyond road rage.
Not only might that stuff have damaged the clear coat or paint, but I had a white car, which I know can be discolored by the stuff if I don't clean it off completely and soon. Need I mention that there's no reason on earth that I should have to deal with such a thing?
I was so livid by the time I caught up with them several blocks later at another light, I jumped out of my car, ran over the the driver's side of the offending vehicle and demanded he unlock the doors so I could get my hands on the passenger. He apologized profusely for his friend, saying he's and idiot and he's sorry for what happened and I finally let the whole thing go, heading home not to a relaxing night but having to make sure every last bit of the stuff was off my car.
The point being, don't fuck with people while they're driving a motor vehicle and don't fuck with people's property. It's not just some innocent fun. I'm sure those dickheads who threw that frozen turkey from an overpass into the windshield of a car and into the face of the driver a few years back thought, "what's the big deal" too.
07:14 PM
And as a lifelong Michigander may I explain that the way to stop a snowball attack is too slow way up and stare the mother-effers down.
Well, at least it works when they're really little kids.
Anyhoo, this story is killing my buzz. Perhaps only in 'Merikuh would you see the words: "threw a snowball" and "brandished a gun" in the same 'graph.
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Yeah, we hardly ever threw folks at autos back on our block.
I went through crowd control techniques with the National Guard back during the sixties rioting. A troop has no singular existence, no pride, no place in the line. We were taught to suffer slings and arrows without responding, sort of like Jesus, or Billy Jack.
Sometimes them two did get mad though.
But, theological question here, was it possible Jesus never was pelted with a snowball throughout his life?
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THANK you. Pulling a gun might have been overreacting, but throwing snowballs at strangers, and while they're driving? Screw the cop, but screw those kids, too.
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See, once there was a full-color print of a pretty one in Esquire, smiling, her hair flying. Then you read she had just been asked a question about doing something great for world peace with a little bit extra for Dean Rusk, and her answer then became obvious.
Vietnam continued, though.
06:28 PM
Harmless fun and all, yes, I know. But it's fucking annoying. Some people handle minor annoyances better than others.
Giving someone a wet willy is fun! Wouldn't advise doing it to someone you don't know on a city street though.
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07:04 PM
What if he was a random civilian who decided to punch someone in the face for throwing snowballs at him though? I'm not a violent person, but I would feel compelled to do that unless the person was a child. I' mnot saying I would, but I would want to.
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No. Snowball fights are fucking stupid and annoying. Yes, I'm a grumpy old man.
Separately, I have said a couple times, cops shouldn't, and often do abuse authority. This dude went way over the line, no doubt.
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07:40 PM
People who throw snowballs are also assholes. Two separate asshole species in this scenario. People are very often out of control douches. Some are not.
A civilian who pulls a gun in this situation should be arrested. A person who pounds the shit out of the snowball thrower should be arrested. A cop who does this should be suspended or otherwise seriously punished in some way.
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I agree, something more serious should be done. I am fine with that. I just really wanted to talk about snowball douches apparently.
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