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Mon Mar 28, 2022, 03:43 PM

Check in if you don't give a hoot about the Chris Rock - Will Smith story

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Reply Check in if you don't give a hoot about the Chris Rock - Will Smith story (Original post)
harumph Mar 2022 OP
DURHAM D Mar 2022 #1
mahina Mar 2022 #3
lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #5
SergeStorms Mar 2022 #64
agingdem Mar 2022 #18
stopdiggin Mar 2022 #29
agingdem Mar 2022 #48
SergeStorms Mar 2022 #66
COL Mustard Mar 2022 #80
GoCubsGo Mar 2022 #50
Magoo48 Mar 2022 #79
mahina Mar 2022 #2
doc03 Mar 2022 #4
paulkienitz Mar 2022 #54
Ocelot II Mar 2022 #6
USALiberal Mar 2022 #32
Ocelot II Mar 2022 #37
William Seger Mar 2022 #77
Chainfire Mar 2022 #7
msongs Mar 2022 #8
panader0 Mar 2022 #17
multigraincracker Mar 2022 #24
intheflow Mar 2022 #51
Sogo Mar 2022 #9
GoneOffShore Mar 2022 #10
chillfactor Mar 2022 #11
Blue Owl Mar 2022 #12
IjustDontlikeRepugs Mar 2022 #13
niyad Mar 2022 #65
calimary Mar 2022 #69
Jspur Mar 2022 #14
hollygolively Mar 2022 #15
Budi Mar 2022 #26
KS Toronado Mar 2022 #82
Bev54 Mar 2022 #40
The Unmitigated Gall Mar 2022 #16
canetoad Mar 2022 #19
AntiFascist Mar 2022 #20
Budi Mar 2022 #30
Bev54 Mar 2022 #43
Tom Kitten Mar 2022 #21
GoodRaisin Mar 2022 #22
Disaffected Mar 2022 #23
Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #25
lamp_shade Mar 2022 #27
PortTack Mar 2022 #28
icymist Mar 2022 #31
DeeNice Mar 2022 #33
msfiddlestix Mar 2022 #34
Celerity Mar 2022 #35
calimary Mar 2022 #72
Raine Mar 2022 #36
DavidDvorkin Mar 2022 #38
Gruenemann Mar 2022 #39
Elessar Zappa Mar 2022 #41
Hekate Mar 2022 #42
Fiendish Thingy Mar 2022 #44
smirkymonkey Mar 2022 #45
hamsterjill Mar 2022 #46
Duncan Grant Mar 2022 #47
PatSeg Mar 2022 #49
Brainfodder Mar 2022 #52
Rebl2 Mar 2022 #53
usonian Mar 2022 #55
CaptainTruth Mar 2022 #56
bluescribbler Mar 2022 #57
paulkienitz Mar 2022 #58
AZLD4Candidate Mar 2022 #59
El Supremo Mar 2022 #60
SergeStorms Mar 2022 #61
Thtwudbeme Mar 2022 #62
Brother Buzz Mar 2022 #63
calimary Mar 2022 #67
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Aussie105 Mar 2022 #70
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ripcord Mar 2022 #75
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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 03:44 PM

1. Also check in if you are tired

of hearing about Biden's comment about Putin.

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Response to DURHAM D (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 03:46 PM

3. Oh yes.

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Response to DURHAM D (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 03:46 PM

5. No, I love that. Putin does not enjoy hearing his fate debated worldwide.

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Response to lagomorph777 (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:09 PM

64. Precisely.

A big 👍 on that.

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Response to DURHAM D (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 03:58 PM

18. Biden just said

he's not walking back anything...yes!!!!...

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Response to agingdem (Reply #18)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:18 PM

29. Ahem. He already did, by way of his subordinates

The fact that there were 'clarifications' being issued, practically within minutes ... Pretty much speaks for itself.

There are a lot of people who would like to spin this (retroactively) into something else. But the reaction on the day he issued that speech tells the story.

Edit: and apologies for participating in a hijacked thread (the OP is about Smith and Rock)

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Response to stopdiggin (Reply #29)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 05:12 PM

48. watch his press conference today..

he's unapologetic...Blinken did exactly was he was supposed to do..walked it back with a wink and a nod...it was perfect...btw Biden has no use for Peter Doocy except as a foil..and you didn't hijack anything..the Smith/Rock thing is ridiculous...

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Response to agingdem (Reply #48)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:13 PM

66. It's all part of the dance.

It's been that way forever. The Cuban Missile Crisis is a good example of that. It has to be done so no one is certain what the other is thinking.

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Response to agingdem (Reply #48)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:37 PM

80. Ted Cruz wishes he'd slapped someone for dissing his wife....

I just can't remember who did it. Anyone?

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Response to DURHAM D (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 05:18 PM

50. I'm only sick of the pathetic way our media is handling the comment.

Especially given how they virtually ignored Lindsey Graham's outright call for assassination.

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Response to DURHAM D (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:33 PM

79. Joe's comments align him with most regular folks and seem perfectly reasonable to me.

That it is still dangerous to insult someone’s spouse is not news.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 03:46 PM

2. Yo

I actually wrote a whole post about ducks and duck crap because I would rather talk about that than this.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216534153

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 03:46 PM

4. I couldn't care less about Chris Rock and

Will Smith.

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Response to doc03 (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 05:51 PM

54. to me Will Smith goes on that list of people who've succeeded through likeability that I never liked

right alongside Ryan Reynolds. But years earlier than him. I guess this means I could go around saying "Ryan Reynolds is the white Will Smith", but most people would probably just be confused.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 03:49 PM

6. I barely care enough to check in to say I don't care.

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Response to Ocelot II (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:27 PM

32. But you did care enough!

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Response to USALiberal (Reply #32)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:40 PM

37. But only that much.

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Response to Ocelot II (Reply #37)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:28 PM

77. I like to say, "I could care less... but not much."

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 03:49 PM

7. I don't even care that I don't care.

I slept through the program and I do not feel that I missed anything of any importance.

The world is in melt-down and there is not room for many shits to give over one entertainer backhanding another on stage.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 03:50 PM

8. seems like celebrity misbehavior belongs in the lounger or entertainment forums nt

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Response to msongs (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 03:58 PM

17. THIS

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Response to msongs (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:13 PM

24. Is it too late to move it?

If not, too bad.

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Response to msongs (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 05:28 PM

51. You'd think!

But the MSM is treating it as more important than 1/6/2021 so here it is, in GD. sigh

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 03:50 PM

9. It was Chris Rock, for Pete's sake....Everyone (should) expect he's gonna talk sh!t!!

End of story.

Please preserve the rest of the earth's oxygen for something worthwhile.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 03:50 PM

10. Much too tired of the BS and the reboot of Fresh Prince of Belair.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 03:51 PM

11. could care less n/t

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 03:54 PM

12. Check

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 03:55 PM

13. No fucks to give here!

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Response to IjustDontlikeRepugs (Reply #13)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:12 PM

65. Welcome to our DU family.

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Response to IjustDontlikeRepugs (Reply #13)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:20 PM

69. Welcome to DU, IjustDontlikeRepugs!

I just don’t like ‘em, either!

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 03:56 PM

14. I care only because I grew up watching Chris and Will during the 90's as

a kid and then a teenager. I'm not too old yet at 38 but it is a mind fuck for me seeing two iconic figures I grew up watching in the entertainment field go at it that I would never suspect having a beef.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 03:57 PM

15. Couldn't Care Less

 

Seems like Hollywood drama to drive headlines to me.

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Response to hollygolively (Reply #15)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:14 PM

26. Yup. No one would have noticed had the 2 acted out anywhere but a major event like the Awards .

 

They knew where & how to grab the most free & broad headline attention.
They're actors. They know that drama medium better than anyone.

Celebrities stagers use events like major Awards ceremonies or The Met to advertize & elevate their own celebrity brand also.
$$$$




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Response to Budi (Reply #26)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:40 PM

82. Yep, could have been pre-planned by the 2 friends.

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Response to hollygolively (Reply #15)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:47 PM

40. Exactly total attention seeking, I don't give a sh*t and tired of hearing about it.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 03:58 PM

16. Thought I had some little pieces of fucks

In my F-bag, but I’m out of those too.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:00 PM

19. Meh

It looked staged to me.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:02 PM

20. I care because it makes the Academy look bad...

and the Academy Awards ceremony seems so desperate for attention. Did you see Liza Minnelli, or the dancers during the In Memoriam? Can't wait to see what SNL does with all this!

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Response to AntiFascist (Reply #20)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:21 PM

30. One feeds off the other. That's Hollywood!

 

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Response to AntiFascist (Reply #20)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:48 PM

43. To me what looks worse is the medias and peoples obsession about it

when the world is absolutely falling apart and they are looking at the US wondering WTF?

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:04 PM

21. Thread theme song

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:11 PM

22. Check.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:12 PM

23. I don't even give a hoot about

not giving a hoot about it.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:14 PM

25. I started thread about maury povich show cancelled after 30 years..it was shut down

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:16 PM

27. PRESENT!!

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:18 PM

28. Thank you!! Couldn't give a rats!

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:26 PM

31. It most likely was staged.

There's a team of writers that come up with most of the jokes and Will Smith does his best Kayne imitation. The best moment on television remark pretty much says it was staged.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:27 PM

33. I do care but enough already. Way to knock Ginnie Thomas off

of the front page. No short attention span!

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:28 PM

34. I don't give a royal hoot.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:33 PM

35. check

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Response to Celerity (Reply #35)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:22 PM

72. LOL!!

Good one!!!

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:39 PM

36. I don't give a 💩 nt

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:41 PM

38. That, and the Oscars, too.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:46 PM

39. Checking in. NT

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:47 PM

41. Me!

I can’t believe the amount of threads on the subject.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:48 PM

42. I don't give a flying fickle finger of fate

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:49 PM

44. Fuck Chris Rock, Fuck Will Smith and Fuck the MSM for making the story bigger than it should be

They are all being assholes.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:50 PM

45. So don't care.

 

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:52 PM

46. I just think it would have been so much better

If Jada had walked up there and slapped Chris Rock.

Seriously, of course it would have been best if this had not occurred at all. But that cat’s out of the bag.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:54 PM

47. One could always use the hide thread feature instead of attention seeking over it.

The user experience here is very self-directed.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 05:13 PM

49. I cared for about 60 seconds when I first heard it

It certainly does not warrant this much attention, especially at a time when so much is going on in the world.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 05:32 PM

52. Staged gag between two good friends, taken a bit too far?

Could not care less about publicity stunts for self promoting award shows?



In other words, I don't watch award shows.



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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 05:47 PM

53. ✅✅✅

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 05:51 PM

55. YO! NT

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 05:52 PM

56. Who? What?

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 05:54 PM

57. Don't care about the lives of celebs.

Also don't care about the Oscars.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:02 PM

58. Smith has to know he'll be roasted for like six minutes on the next Chris Rock tour...

For a pro comic, having people do weird shit to or around you is money in the bank. Some comedians deliberately get themselves into dicey situations just because they know they'll get material out of it.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:04 PM

59. Don't give one crap about Rock/Smith. Biden's comment was spot on.

Media loves broadcasting nothing-burgers as news

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:06 PM

60. I might have cared before the Oscars became a shit show.

When was that? Marlon Brando refusing to show up for his Oscar?

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:08 PM

61. Sorry.

I don't read or comment on Smith/Rock posts.



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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:08 PM

62. Hand raised

 

Nt

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:08 PM

63. I care that Questlove's Oscar winning moment became a footnote to a nonsense event

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:17 PM

67. Guilty - of giving a hoot.

VERY interested in react and other second-day leads.

I can’t help it. It’s driven into me, having spent most of my career covering Hollywood in one way or another. If you live in LA it kinda goes with the territory in the news biz anyway. But then I spent years at the AP specifically on the Hollywood beat. So it’s still kind of a “thing” for me.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:20 PM

68. Very unfortunate situation. Bad joke. Emotional response from a protective spouse.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:21 PM

70. Biden's attitude is welcome.

The 'slap' looked fake.

Need some close up slow motion analysis to see if he even made contact.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:22 PM

71. Hollywood.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:23 PM

73. It is interesting - human nature story

And interesting how the internet gloms onto stories like these - will be forgotten eventually.

Then this type of post is interesting because it is supposedly not caring, but then wanting the rest of us to know that you don't care.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:24 PM

74. 👋

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:26 PM

75. Its a good thing Chris Rock didn't make a joke about Alex Baldwin's wife. nt

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:28 PM

76. But it gives people something to talk about.

Like the movie star in "Singing in the Rain" says: "If we put a little joy into your humdrum lives, it makes us feel as though our hard work ain't been in vain for nothing."

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:33 PM

78. hoot:off

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:39 PM

81. Who?

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:42 PM

83. What did Chris Rock find on his face this morning?

 

Fresh prints.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 07:08 PM

84. MSM"s addiction to sensationalism.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 07:41 PM

85. Over it before it happened.

 

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 08:04 PM

86. Not a BFD to me.

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Response to harumph (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 08:05 PM

87. Here. It's nonsense nt

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