Lighten Up Francis!

[Lord Ratner]

12 hours ago, FourFans said:

Dude.  People are actively fighting to save their lives.  Poor form.

Humor doesn't have a buffer, and the joke didn't target any specific vulnerable person. And people are fighting for their lives all over the world. Just keep scrolling if you didn't like the joke.

[FourFans]

14 hours ago, Lord Ratner said:

Humor doesn't have a buffer, and the joke didn't target any specific vulnerable person. And people are fighting for their lives all over the world. Just keep scrolling if you didn't like the joke.

Noted.  If this joke had been made about Floridians by a Californian during a hurricane, the responses would have been different.  Satire's timing is almost more important than it's content.  I thoroughly agree with the content of the post.  The timing is horrible...saying nothing about the fact that this is the "Lighten Up Francis" thread.  Just keep scrolling if you don't like my sense of propriety and respect for people in the middle of life or death struggles.

Edited Saturday at 04:15 PM by FourFans

[Lord Ratner]

6 hours ago, FourFans said:

If this joke had been made about Floridians by a Californian during a hurricane, the responses would have been different. 

Oh? Please explain more. I'm from California and my cousin's house just went up in flames. Doesn't mean I'm a little bitch when someone tells a joke online. It was funny and I laughed. It didn't make her house burn any more or less, and I didn't forward the meme to her. And it doesn't matter what state it happens in. You are literally in a joke thread, which you noted and yet still somehow feel the need to be the fun police. 

Edited Saturday at 10:27 PM by Lord Ratner

[FourFans]

2 hours ago, Lord Ratner said:

I'm from California and my cousin's house just went up in flames. Doesn't mean I'm a little bitch when someone tells a joke online.

That explains quite a bit.  I gave a dude a one line feedback about the timing of a meme.  It's @arg and I'm pretty sure he can handle it.  Unbunch your panties dude.

Edited yesterday at 12:56 AM by FourFans

[Lord Ratner]

27 minutes ago, FourFans said:

Unbunch your panties dude.

 

On 1/10/2025 at 7:10 AM, FourFans said:

Dude.  People are actively fighting to save their lives.  Poor form.

Don't backpedal. 

[Smokin]

Saw a picture of houses that were burned right next to the beach.  Does no one have a water pump?  I'm betting salt water puts out fires as well as fresh, just tough on the pump.

The FEMA thing is a bit tough.  On one hand, clearly this is a disaster and it is at least partially caused by government mismanagement and poor preparation.  On the other hand, why am I paying to rebuild someone's house that burned down?  If my house and only my house burned to the ground, would FEMA show up and give me a check?  Don't think so.  Why is it any different because it is a bunch of houses?   FEMA should absolutely show up and hand out food, water, help with temp shelters, etc, but I don't agree with handing out money or the Federal govt handing out money.

[uhhello]

4 minutes ago, Smokin said:

Saw a picture of houses that were burned right next to the beach.  Does no one have a water pump?  I'm betting salt water puts out fires as well as fresh, just tough on the pump.

The FEMA thing is a bit tough.  On one hand, clearly this is a disaster and it is at least partially caused by government mismanagement and poor preparation.  On the other hand, why am I paying to rebuild someone's house that burned down?  If my house and only my house burned to the ground, would FEMA show up and give me a check?  Don't think so.  Why is it any different because it is a bunch of houses?   FEMA should absolutely show up and hand out food, water, help with temp shelters, etc, but I don't agree with handing out money or the Federal govt handing out money.

80 mph winds blowing an inferno down the hillside into your house and all the water in the world ain't saving you.

[arg]

Steve Martin said many years ago "Comedy ain't fuckin pretty"

Looks like that meme is going to fail anyway. Biden's pledging 100% to the poor rich celebrities. Lets see how this differs from the other disasters that affected the common folk.

CH posted about a meme where CA is turning red. That area was rock solid blue. Lets see what happens there.

Thread hijack off.

[brabus]

So is Biden giving every CA person affected $750, just have to go sign up at URL…or are they getting substantially more fed support than that? It will be interesting to see how this plays out relative to NC and TN.

[arg]

9 minutes ago, brabus said:

 It will be interesting to see how this plays out relative to NC and TN.

I think it will be very different.

[brabus]

40 minutes ago, arg said:

I think it will be very different.

Me too, as we’ll likely see some parts of the country (*cough* our political aligned strongholds *cough*) are more important than others. But, to be fair it hasn’t played out yet, so we’ll see…

[ClearedHot]

[Biff_T]

1 hour ago, ClearedHot said:

FIFY

[Standby]

Not beat the dead horse, but 16 dead hardly makes something off limits in comedy. 30 minutes of Anthony Jeselnik will fix that problem…quickly. 

[HeloDude]

[RegularJoe]

18 hours ago, Smokin said:

Saw a picture of houses that were burned right next to the beach.  Does no one have a water pump?  I'm betting salt water puts out fires as well as fresh, just tough on the pump.

The FEMA thing is a bit tough.  On one hand, clearly this is a disaster and it is at least partially caused by government mismanagement and poor preparation.  On the other hand, why am I paying to rebuild someone's house that burned down?  If my house and only my house burned to the ground, would FEMA show up and give me a check?  Don't think so.  Why is it any different because it is a bunch of houses?   FEMA should absolutely show up and hand out food, water, help with temp shelters, etc, but I don't agree with handing out money or the Federal govt handing out money.

Agree with you and I would expand beyond that. FL SC GA NC hit by two hurricanes which are natural disasters so yes it makes sense our tax dollars go to help. 

 

The LA fire is arson, in fact in two communities they already caught people trying to start additional fires and the neighbors beat the crap out of the people trying to start the fires.

 

So why are our tax dollars being spent via FEMA on arson and poor state management?

[disgruntledemployee]

LA Fires may need its own thread.  Between causation and tragedy to D state priorities, funding, and politics, there are also a shit ton of rich LA assholes that should put their money where their liberal mouths are.  I'm sure Hollywood could generate a sizable GFMe for the littler guys.  Start with the water hoarding Kardashians.

Sorry mods for the suggested work, this one is gonna get sporty.

[SurelySerious]

LA Fires may need its own thread.  Between causation and tragedy to D state priorities, funding, and politics, there are also a shit ton of rich LA assholes that should put their money where their liberal mouths are.  I'm sure Hollywood could generate a sizable GFMe for the littler guys.  Start with the water hoarding Kardashians.
Sorry mods for the suggested work, this one is gonna get sporty.

Couple days late, has its own thread. This seems specifically related to the Lighten Up Francis joke made.

[brabus]

[ClearedHot]

18 hours ago, disgruntledemployee said:

LA Fires may need its own thread.  Between causation and tragedy to D state priorities, funding, and politics, there are also a shit ton of rich LA assholes that should put their money where their liberal mouths are.  I'm sure Hollywood could generate a sizable GFMe for the littler guys.  Start with the water hoarding Kardashians.

Sorry mods for the suggested work, this one is gonna get sporty.

 

[Biff_T]

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