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Offline Sara B

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Re: Respond to The Daily Sheet
« Reply #4905 on: March 14, 2017, 01:17:57 PM »
My diary says the actual St Patrick's Day is March 17th.

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Re: Respond to The Daily Sheet
« Reply #4906 on: March 14, 2017, 01:29:21 PM »

That would be correct.


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Re: Respond to The Daily Sheet
« Reply #4907 on: March 14, 2017, 03:11:47 PM »
which is why a Cardinal somewhere issued a decree that Irish people would be able to eat meat on Friday even though it's Lent, as Friday is St. Patrick's Day.

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Re: Respond to The Daily Sheet
« Reply #4908 on: March 14, 2017, 03:12:33 PM »
Our bishop has done the same.

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Re: Respond to The Daily Sheet
« Reply #4909 on: April 04, 2017, 10:43:01 AM »
Bro Comedies Making Fun of Gay Men

This article topic is always interesting, largely because it's in the eye of the beholder,
it's not easy to explain, often misunderstood and, as the title of a Steve Martin album
proclaims, "Comedy is Not Pretty."

A lot of comedy is based on stereotypes. It always has been. Someone once advised to
not take something personal, unless it is. Comedy is not offensive, in and of itself, it's what
someone brings to it.

Personally, I'd rather see people laughing at anything than not. Someone genuinely laughing is
not a threat.

The age old joke of someone slipping on a banana peel is actually based on someone else's pain
and misfortune or happenstance.

There are several comedians like Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock who have stopped doing their comedy
acts at colleges and universities because the internet/media generation has come to judge every little
thing as being appropriate or not. It's almost like they're afraid to laugh at anything without being called
out on it in some way, without being sure it's not going to offend anyone first. I'll give them a clue: there
is someone somewhere who will find something offensive. There are people out there willing to tell you
that almost everything you've ever laughed at is offensive in one way or another to someone.

I forget why this ever happened, but do you remember when President George H. W. Bush one time
came out and expounded on his hatred of broccoli, a vegetable he never liked, and he adamantly put
it into words?  I thought that was quite amusing because we all have something like that we do not
like to eat. Then there were people criticizing him for doing that, saying the President shouldn't give
permission to children to hate all vegetables etc.

So, is the fact that the two straight CHiP's officers in this film being discussed are finding discomfort in things
gay men would not be, is that offensive or is it amusing to watch straight dudes in such a situation without judging
them for it? Is it making fun of Gay Men or of the Straight Men's discomfort? Is it the context of how that's presented
or inherently one way or the other?

There is a learning aspect not always apparent in humor. (The old adage: There is truth in humor.) So, we may
laugh at something one time and not another. There's a reason why "adolescent humor" is a phrase we've all
heard before. Humor is a learning tool. So I say, don't worry too much about what people are laughing about
(not to be confused with "making fun of") and just be happy when people are laughing.

It's always seemed to me that the most enlightened people have a good, if not great, sense of humor, and who
is one of the least enlightened people in the news now who exhibits none of that? Take a guess.

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Re: Respond to The Daily Sheet
« Reply #4910 on: April 05, 2017, 02:34:50 PM »
I totally agree with you Lyle.   Comedy is comedy, you will always offend "someone".  People need to lighten up and laugh a little more.. and not always worry about being so politically correct all the time.


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Re: Respond to The Daily Sheet
« Reply #4911 on: April 11, 2017, 10:56:10 AM »

Examining the Issue of Bisexual Visibility

This article is interesting because I am not sure how bisexual
people want to see themselves portrayed in art. Mostly, if any
characters in a film or tv series have a relationship, they have
them one at a time. So, I can't imagine, for instance, you'd have
a bisexual character in a relationship, let's say a woman in this
case, and then do they keep bringing up that they are also interested
in men? Is that fair to the partner they're in a relationship with? That
would be telling them that they aren't satisfied with that person alone.

The article has a 12 minute video where the guy talks about bi representation,
but all he talks about is that.  HOW is not discussed. What h does discuss is that
almost any way someone would want to portray bi people is probably incorrect
because one thing doesn't necessarily mean another.

I looked at another couple videos this guy has made and he is quite adept at pointing
out why everything that is or should include bi representation isn't correct. I come
back to asking "how" do you want to be represented and is there any portrayal in
art that is good or accurate or pleasing to bi people?



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Re: Respond to The Daily Sheet
« Reply #4912 on: April 11, 2017, 02:42:10 PM »
The Dutch response to hate is excellent!

Werd ich zum Augenblicke sagen, "Verweile doch! Du bist so schön..."

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Re: Respond to The Daily Sheet
« Reply #4913 on: April 16, 2017, 06:25:53 PM »
Hello everyone!

With all my usual chores, and the Easter holiday here, I had no spare time to work on TDS, so it will be on vacation this week.  ;)

TDS will return next week, as usual.

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Re: Respond to The Daily Sheet
« Reply #4914 on: April 16, 2017, 06:27:35 PM »
Thanks for all you do, Chuck!

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Re: Respond to The Daily Sheet
« Reply #4915 on: April 21, 2017, 03:18:42 PM »
What Fritz said!

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Re: Respond to The Daily Sheet
« Reply #4916 on: April 29, 2017, 05:09:09 AM »
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Re: Respond to The Daily Sheet
« Reply #4917 on: May 01, 2017, 06:56:08 PM »
Love the use of superglue on the rainbow cross to prevent the owner from moving it again uninvited!

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Re: Respond to The Daily Sheet
« Reply #4918 on: June 04, 2017, 02:58:18 PM »
Beautiful story about the Kenyan midwife.

And I love love the artwork!

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Re: Respond to The Daily Sheet
« Reply #4919 on: June 20, 2017, 10:01:15 AM »

Police Officer Hailed a Hero

Crystal Griner!  This is the first I heard that she is an LGBT person.
What is the news media's policy on sharing that information, if they know,
nowadays. Do they still tend to hide it? I don't really care if straight people
know or not, but it's important for young LGBT people, IMO.