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Slap Shot said:
SNL is great and you really must lack a sense of humor to say otherwise. It's hit or miss for sure but on the whole worth watching. Your holier than thou loss.
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Holier than thou? Interesting response...

I didn't tell you not to watch it or enjoy it, I said it isn't on my radar anymore unless something goes viral. (which I watch and enjoy for the most part) I don't know how that is "holier than thou" it isn't like I said my opinion is better than yours or something. I never thought the fact that something doesn't connect with me is some sort of insult to others but it seems you took it that way. I didn't mean it that way.

Weird reactions on the board today...everyone seems rather testy and ready to fight. Not sure why you would come at me over it but it is cool. Seems kind of childish to attack my sense of humor and then accuse me of having an ego but whatever. To me your post seems to have more holier than thou to it than mine but unlike you I will just say "I disagree but cool I am glad you enjoy it". I don't begrudge you liking what you like and I certainly don't take it as an insult. My friends watch the Marvel Shows and the Star Wars shows, I don't. Not because I think I am better than them, I just have zero interest. I hope to hell they love em!

So lets see...this afternoon it has been insinuated I am racist because I don't want the Dems to fall for Mitch's race baiting over the 1619 Project and now I am a humorless egomaniac because I don't connect with SNL. I can only imagine what is next. I am about to grill some Beyond Burgers does that mean I am some sort of Vegan Fascist out to destroy the meat industry and deprive everyone of their burgers like Don Jr. says? ;^) (its actually cause I feel better eating them than ground beef, hard to be a Vegan/Vegetarian when you spent the week eating the brisket you smoked)
 
Kepler said:
And the deep dark secret is it always was. Even in the Golden Age the outro skit always sucked. Weekend Update is 100x better now than it was the first 20 years.
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That is kind of what I was saying. Back when I watched religiously (up until about 1995) there wasn't really a way to only watch the good stuff. You had to sit through like 6 bad skits for every Waynes World or hilarious commercial. Now, if something is great a friend will text and say "Did you see Weekend Update?!?! Michael Che wrote the most embarrassing jokes for Colin Jost to say!!" and then I find the clip, watch it and laugh. That is kind of the world we live in, we have instant access to highlights we don't need to sit through the rest if we choose not to.

I mean I am sure that is a holier than thou opinion though so just ignore it ;^)
 
Handyman said:
That is kind of what I was saying. Back when I watched religiously (up until about 1995) there wasn't really a way to only watch the good stuff. You had to sit through like 6 bad skits for every Waynes World or hilarious commercial. Now, if something is great a friend will text and say "Did you see Weekend Update?!?! Michael Che wrote the most embarrassing jokes for Colin Jost to say!!" and then I find the clip, watch it and laugh. That is kind of the world we live in, we have instant access to highlights we don't need to sit through the rest if we choose not to.

I mean I am sure that is a holier than thou opinion though so just ignore it ;^)
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Never really thought about it, but that is basically how John Oliver makes his money I think. I mean, sure they get their viewers on Sunday nights, but I really think their big hits are made via YouTube after the fact.
 
Handyman said:
Holier than thou? Interesting response...

I didn't tell you not to watch it or enjoy it, I said it isn't on my radar anymore unless something goes viral. (which I watch and enjoy for the most part) I don't know how that is "holier than thou" it isn't like I said my opinion is better than yours or something. I never thought the fact that something doesn't connect with me is some sort of insult to others but it seems you took it that way. I didn't mean it that way.

Weird reactions on the board today...everyone seems rather testy and ready to fight. Not sure why you would come at me over it but it is cool. Seems kind of childish to attack my sense of humor and then accuse me of having an ego but whatever. To me your post seems to have more holier than thou to it than mine but unlike you I will just say "I disagree but cool I am glad you enjoy it". I don't begrudge you liking what you like and I certainly don't take it as an insult. My friends watch the Marvel Shows and the Star Wars shows, I don't. Not because I think I am better than them, I just have zero interest. I hope to hell they love em!

So lets see...this afternoon it has been insinuated I am racist because I don't want the Dems to fall for Mitch's race baiting over the 1619 Project and now I am a humorless egomaniac because I don't connect with SNL. I can only imagine what is next. I am about to grill some Beyond Burgers does that mean I am some sort of Vegan Fascist out to destroy the meat industry and deprive everyone of their burgers like Don Jr. says? ;^) (its actually cause I feel better eating them than ground beef, hard to be a Vegan/Vegetarian when you spent the week eating the brisket you smoked)
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You claimed it's not funny and then tossed out the, "That was fine when I was 12" remark. If you simply said you didn't find it funny when ACTUALLY WATCHING (which you admit you don't) I wouldn't have even noticed. The rest of your whine fest has nothing to do with me.
 
RaceBoarder said:
Never really thought about it, but that is basically how John Oliver makes his money I think. I mean, sure they get their viewers on Sunday nights, but I really think their big hits are made via YouTube after the fact.
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That is probably true. He is usually linking to it the next day so that would make sense.
 
Slap Shot said:
You claimed it's not funny and then tossed out the, "That was fine when I was 12" remark. If you simply said you didn't find it funny when ACTUALLY WATCHING (which you admit you don't) I wouldn't have even noticed. The rest of your whine fest has nothing to do with me.
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Whatever you say. Lets just drop it.
 
While you're busy forgiving my double post, I'm going to slip in a personal story. Many of you know that I'm an engineer who designs airplanes for a living. In my career, I've had many lucky breaks and have worked hard to take advantage of them. This has given me opportunities to help design 7 new aircraft from scratch:

Lockheed X-35
Dornier 728
Lockheed F-35
Boeing 787
Learjet 85
plus 2 more that are referred to in the business as "restricted."

I've had responsibility for as much as 10% of the budget/team for a new aircraft design, but never more than that. A little over a week ago, our company CTO called me completely out of the blue and asked me to lead a team that is about to kick off designing, building and flying a relatively small (~20 ft long), unmanned prototype/demonstrator airplane for a government customer. In the grand scheme of things, this is actually a smaller team than I've led in the past, but those other teams were just cogs within huge programs. This one is *mine*.

Even big airplane companies like the one I currently work for only fly a brand new airplane every 2-3 years, and they are typically 6-8 year design cycles, so that means there are never more than 3 or 4 actually being designed or built at any one time. We study hundreds of concepts every year, but only that tiny handful ever make it onto a factory floor. That means that out of the 20,000+ employees at our company, only 3 or 4 of us get to wake up in the morning and see a person in the mirror who is in charge of an airplane design. Un-freaking-believable. I'm still pinching myself. This is what it must feel like to kids who grew up playing pond hockey and then go on to get drafted in the first round. Sure, it took hard work and sacrifice, but I still feel like the luckiest SOB on the face of the earth.

Best news for you: it's only ever going to fly in military airspace, so even if we crash, it won't be into your house.
 
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Congratulations LynahFan! I eagerly anticipate reading all about your new plane in the National Enquirer. :-D
 
LynahFan said:
Best news for you: it's only ever going to fly in military airspace, so even if we crash, it won't be into your house.
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Son, I am appoint!

You are awesome and your plane is going to be awesome when it does those things we won't talk about until 2071-05-02.
 
Proud2baLaker said:
Just turn in a picture of The Homer. But with wings.
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Been there, done that.

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