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OMG mookie gave me the Nice Guy speech / Good Guy speech Roland00 Send a noteboard - 29/07/2017 07:41:23 PM

Mookie I understand where you are coming from, and I appreciate it

But I am also horrified you just said that...Let me explain why. Watch this youtube clip I gave below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMnRiLgmCcc

If you saw the rest of the Newsroom (Sidepoint: Wonderful show when they stop talking about politics in the newscast, but instead shifted the focus to the characters, it was a wonderful show in those scenes). Well if you know what happens to Sloan and Don in the rest of the show you will now understand why I am completely creeped out and horrified by the very kind words you give me mookie.

And mookie if you have not seen the Newsroom find a way to watch it. It is 25 episodes so 25 hours of video. Those 25 hours are told in 3 seasons and thus is like a 3 act play. Well the themes of the show are wonderful and there are lots of great 5 minutes of pure joy scattered through the 25 hours. And lots of bad scenes as well, but overall the show is great if you realize before hand lots of the stuff is bad but the great stuff makes up for it.








Side note. My younger sister, the oldest of two sisters I have (the oldest died several years ago) well my sister the 2nd of 4 kids, well she is very much like Sloan Sabbith the girl in the video clip.

Not show in the 1st video, but the person I am about to show you in a 2nd video is a person I am more alike. The person I am about to show is the main character Will McAvoy...aka I am an asshole but I am getting better. But you can make the point about the whole cast this way, we are all assholes in our own way but we are constantly getting better, and constantly reinventing ourselves while retaining most of our ESSENCE yet we become more true to ourselves and more holistic by incorporating the advice of others and shedding some of our fears and not letting our fears control us.

Here is the 2nd video clip I wanted to share.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa4mz6vVdbY

Note I love Aaron Sorkin's writting but no one talks that way in real life. Oh and Sorkin can be kind of a PITA in his own way




So the thought I wanted to end with Mookie is that I am horrified that you just gave me a Nice Guy speech. That said if I am ever in Connecticut I will take you up on that Toto's Vodka and I will try the drink that you are going to mix with the vodka.

Newsroom, First Clip
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Thoughts on the internet outrage over Trump's transgenders in the military announcement damookster - 26/07/2017 05:42:34 PM 923 Views
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Absolutely agree on all counts *NM* Cannoli - 27/07/2017 06:40:03 AM 278 Views
You don't need to be 'straight' to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight. Joel - 27/07/2017 10:14:11 PM 513 Views
You're an idiot. *NM* Tom - 28/07/2017 12:47:21 AM 284 Views
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So I was reading.... Jeordam - 26/07/2017 09:07:11 PM 531 Views
This is part of my point Tom - 26/07/2017 09:47:39 PM 538 Views
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Bullshit. Tom - 27/07/2017 01:40:05 AM 604 Views
I also like that study because it uses correct terminology: transsexual, sex-reassigned. Tom - 27/07/2017 01:42:19 AM 553 Views
Gender has had a non-grammatical meaning since the 1950s, and you know it. Ghavrel - 27/07/2017 03:05:09 AM 510 Views
And people misuse the subjunctive all the time. Your point? Tom - 27/07/2017 04:57:19 AM 514 Views
Re: And people misuse the subjunctive all the time. Your point? Ghavrel - 27/07/2017 02:13:57 PM 535 Views
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or liposuction or laser fat removal too. *NM* damookster - 27/07/2017 05:06:56 PM 296 Views
Facelifts, tummy tucks, collagen implants, nose jobs... *NM* Tom - 27/07/2017 05:09:01 PM 276 Views
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"transition is the cure" Tom - 27/07/2017 04:50:11 AM 531 Views
Sloppy wording on my part. Transition is currently the most effective known cure. Ghavrel - 27/07/2017 02:18:41 PM 539 Views
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Yes, I am waiting for one of our veterans to weigh in with their thoughts. *NM* damookster - 27/07/2017 06:13:19 PM 274 Views
For what it's worth.... Jeordam - 28/07/2017 10:36:22 PM 561 Views
I have a friend who was an officer in the army who feels the same way. Ghavrel - 29/07/2017 12:37:48 AM 509 Views
which should then close the debate on the original question damookster - 27/07/2017 05:07:34 AM 552 Views
Exactly. *NM* Tom - 27/07/2017 01:26:48 PM 285 Views
Well, to the extent that it covers people with dysphoria, sure. Ghavrel - 27/07/2017 02:26:26 PM 493 Views
As I said above, Viagra treats a dysfunction Tom - 27/07/2017 05:08:19 PM 520 Views
also, to a point you made earlier damookster - 27/07/2017 05:39:32 PM 485 Views
Well, that's an argument for not putting them in roles where they can be captured, sure. Ghavrel - 27/07/2017 05:53:02 PM 496 Views
The argument is that transition corrects the dysfunction of gender dysphoria. Ghavrel - 27/07/2017 05:49:24 PM 475 Views
So let me understand your position correctly via asking a few questions Roland00 - 28/07/2017 04:01:50 AM 550 Views
Too long Tom - 28/07/2017 01:54:11 PM 529 Views
The main reason for the post was the standard you created Roland00 - 28/07/2017 05:00:27 PM 490 Views
Reductio ad absurdum, Roland? damookster - 28/07/2017 05:29:23 PM 495 Views
I know Tom and Cannoli don't care, but on the off chance that you do... Ghavrel - 29/07/2017 12:39:16 AM 523 Views
I didn't realize that damookster - 29/07/2017 01:10:30 AM 469 Views
Also trivia Roland00 - 29/07/2017 01:22:37 AM 449 Views
No worries. I'm not offended. I just thought you might want to know. *NM* Ghavrel - 29/07/2017 02:32:01 AM 254 Views
Thanks damookster - 29/07/2017 03:25:08 AM 475 Views
I don't? *NM* Cannoli - 29/07/2017 08:23:14 AM 289 Views
Yeah, I really don't care. Though I use the term for a different reason. Tom - 29/07/2017 07:12:03 PM 523 Views
So right now let me share the joke that is happening in my mind Roland00 - 29/07/2017 07:28:22 PM 452 Views
Girlfriend Mookie, you are projecting onto me. Roland00 - 29/07/2017 01:17:47 AM 541 Views
I absolutely respect you, Roland/Matt damookster - 29/07/2017 01:40:28 AM 458 Views
We are cool Roland00 - 29/07/2017 02:36:00 AM 510 Views
Blah blah blah and now I am showing off like an asshole Roland00 - 29/07/2017 02:52:48 AM 489 Views
you're a nice guy, Roland00 damookster - 29/07/2017 03:22:15 AM 506 Views
OMG mookie gave me the Nice Guy speech / Good Guy speech Roland00 - 29/07/2017 07:41:23 PM 444 Views
I've never seen Newsroom damookster - 29/07/2017 08:00:38 PM 484 Views
Teases I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too! Roland00 - 29/07/2017 09:13:30 PM 483 Views
Nah, I'm not that subtle. damookster - 29/07/2017 11:01:39 PM 448 Views
Edit: Double Posted due to bad wifi *NM* Roland00 - 28/07/2017 04:01:51 AM 255 Views
Serving its end: As long as everyone argues over this, no one talks about Trumpcare nor Russiagate Joel - 27/07/2017 10:05:00 PM 482 Views
What's horrible is the portmandu with -gate......Can we just let that one go yet? *NM* Jeordam - 27/07/2017 10:51:20 PM 249 Views
Joel, seriously damookster - 29/07/2017 08:33:14 PM 514 Views
No the real boogeymen are the ones we do not see with our eyes, but are still lurking in the shadows Roland00 - 29/07/2017 09:16:34 PM 437 Views
And Rejoice Roland00 - 29/07/2017 09:17:42 PM 486 Views
You are mixing up your metaphors, it is sleight of hand not sleight of mind Roland00 - 29/07/2017 09:20:17 PM 483 Views
Everybody Is Missing The Mark Here MrFarstrider - 29/07/2017 10:25:04 PM 586 Views
Nice comments. Thanks for that explanation. *NM* damookster - 29/07/2017 11:15:29 PM 277 Views
Also, For the Record MrFarstrider - 30/07/2017 08:02:58 AM 592 Views
Incite or Insight *NM* Roland00 - 01/08/2017 06:30:28 AM 264 Views
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