Things that frustrate us all
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^I'm with you. I prefer the quiet. I grew up in the 'burbs, and my parents preferred a relatively quiet house. I got used to it, and find it very hard to relax in a very noisy surrounding.
The crazy animals I run into during my bike rides are starting to get on my nerves. I've constantly got lizards, birds, and rabbits running across the path barely 2 feet in front of my front tire. Several times now I've had to slam on the brakes so hard I almost wiped myself out.
...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand now the air conditioner is not working.
Another spent at home waiting for a repair crew.
Another spent at home waiting for a repair crew.
Woo-hoo! A/C fixed the problem and we have A/C--proper Air Conditioning. Thank GOD. I kept telling hubby that the AC wasn't working properly but he didn't believe me. He likes it hot, anyway, so it felt fine to him.
Just checked the A/C and it's a lovely 72 F. I might turn it up to 74, so hubby doesn't go into shock.
Just checked the A/C and it's a lovely 72 F. I might turn it up to 74, so hubby doesn't go into shock.
The reaction to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars is kind of starting to get on my nerves. Yes, it was wrong and he should not have done it, but the response is kind of starting to feel a bit over the top to me. It was one slap, it's not like he beat the crap out of him or something.
I'm also a little annoyed that nobody has acknowledged the fact that Chris Rock's joke was completely inappropriate. Making fun of a person's medical condition is not OK in the slightest.
I'm also a little annoyed that nobody has acknowledged the fact that Chris Rock's joke was completely inappropriate. Making fun of a person's medical condition is not OK in the slightest.
I'm mildly amused that people even think it was real, and not staged for the cameras. 
https://apnews.com/article/oscars-w...ntertainment-51713817b2f8aaf9c2ea5f06bcf234c1
we would like to clarify that Mr. Smith was asked to leave the ceremony and refused
we would like to clarify that Mr. Smith was asked to leave the ceremony and refused
Frustration for today... thinking all day it was Thursday, and that you had a new episode of Picard to watch tonight. And then realizing it's only Wednesday.
I'm not sure where you're reading peoples' reactions, but there are a lot of people out there saying exactly that. (To be clear, that still does not in any way justify the violence.)
I'm not sure where you're reading peoples' reactions, but there are a lot of people out there saying exactly that. (To be clear, that still does not in any way justify the violence.)
The big one was the Academy talking about how it was so traumatizing for people to witness, and wanting take away his Oscar and kick him out of the Academy.
I'll confess I just saw the headline, but there was also something about how Amy Schumer was triggered and traumatized. And I've seen a few other similar comments.
I'll confess I just saw the headline, but there was also something about how Amy Schumer was triggered and traumatized. And I've seen a few other similar comments.
I mean, clearly Will Smith was not in the right for what he did. But clearly it was a crime of passion, and aren't there worse things going on in the world than an actor slapping another? He clearly calibrated his violence to be slightly painful but not actually hurt him?
This is funny. But why is anyone seriously angry about it?
If Vladmir Putin had the restraint Will Smith did, a lot of Ukrainians would have only a slight amount of pain right now.
Chris Rock's joke was inappropriate. But he's a comedian who equally makes fun of everyone. Is it a big stretch that in the moment he failed to calibrate his joke? Can we turn off the outrage machine or a second and acknowledge two human beings made understandable mistakes, with no malicious intent?!
This is funny. But why is anyone seriously angry about it?
If Vladmir Putin had the restraint Will Smith did, a lot of Ukrainians would have only a slight amount of pain right now.
Chris Rock's joke was inappropriate. But he's a comedian who equally makes fun of everyone. Is it a big stretch that in the moment he failed to calibrate his joke? Can we turn off the outrage machine or a second and acknowledge two human beings made understandable mistakes, with no malicious intent?!
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Assuming it wasn't staged can we accept that striking someone even if there is no malicious intent is still against the law in most places. Had Will Smith just told Chris Rock just to shut the <expletive> about his wife that would have been far more acceptable perhaps even a threat of voilence if he insulted his wife again would be acceptable.
But instead we have a person who many children might look up to as a role model engaging in voilence, surely a voilent reaction should be the last resort after all others have been exhasted not seemingly the first one (when Smith himself appeared to laugh at the Joke).
I'm not sure how credible this is, but according to TMZ an unnamed "close friend of Chris" claimed that Chris Rock didn't know about Jada Pinkett Smith's medical condition. Source: https://www.tmz.com/2022/03/28/chris-rock-will-smith-pada-pinkett-smack-alopecia-oscars/
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I’m not saying it’s okay. I’m saying that it’s something a good proportion of the male population would do in the heat of the moment if someone made fun of their wife for something she is extremely insecure about. An emotional reaction in the heat of the moment. He failed to suppress the instinct millions of years of evolution gave him.
It’s not okay that he did it, but it’s also way way down on the list of offenses. And I think most prosecutors would go easy on someone who punched a guy for insulting his wife if no real injury occurred as a result.
Sure we can all understand emotional reactions, but as you say emotional reactions happen in the heat of the moment (or perhaps more accuratley instantly the triggering event) it appeared as if everal seconds passed before Will Smith got up from his chair and walked over. We cut to a reaction of him seemingly laughing at the joke if instead of seemingly laughing at the joke he had got up then or said somerthing then it would have been in the heat of the moment. It comes down to how much time has to pass between the event and the triggering event for it to be no longer heat of the moment.
Sure it's liekly they'll be real repercussions and Smith has already apoligsed for his actions.
Seems to me that Will's the insecure one here, to think Jada needs him to make an ass of himself in public just to protect her.
I mean, there IS an element of ego at play here...a sort of "Look at me, look at how wonderful of a husband I am, standing up for my wife's honor IN FULL VIEW OF THE CAMERAS NO LESS."
How certain are you that a woman in the most superficial profession in the world isn’t feeling a bit sore about losing her hair?
How do you think people would react to a woman acting offended by a joke? Jada Pinkett Smith knows this, that Hollywood sexist culture is such that acting like a fuddy duddy on National TV will blow back on her career. Just because she kept her cool doesn’t mean she hasn’t privately communicated to Will how sore a spot it is. Will Smith is what, in his 40s? And this is his first offense. You really think it was only male pride that made him that irrational, and not private knowledge of her emotional state?
Chris Rock has already declined to press charges. I hope whatever consequences Will Smith faces are proportional to his actions, which were inappropriate, but human.
When Ukrainians are being murdered, and republicans are trying to take away basic freedoms of anyone who doesn’t agree with them, I think we can go easy on the guy who disturbed a comedian’s cheek.
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