The Dead Thread 2024

[Spartanforlife4]

"Reports of my death have been exaggerated."

Kind of a fucking weird April Fools joke...

Not if you’re a crypto scammer. It’s niche and wholesome enough of a topic to make people naive. Why would fake the death of a tortoise? I questioned if it was an April Fools joke when I first heard about it yesterday, but then some other media picked up on it, and again, what an odd topic. Though in some ways that makes it the perfect April Fools.

 

[Kepler]

And I fell for it.

Me too, because it has no aspect of what makes an April Fools' Day joke good. (1) It wasn't a "gotcha!," (2) It wasn't slap yourself in the head "I shoulda known, I'm an idiot", and (3) It wasn't funny in retrospect.

Just mean and stupid, like the times.

 

[Kepler]

Not if you’re a crypto scammer. It’s niche and wholesome enough of a topic to make people naive.

Got it. So these people send say fake alerts that your child was rushed to the hospital for, you know, a joke.

That tracks.

In retrospect, cracking down on elementary school beat downs was probably a mistake. Kids like this used to be corrected by the community.

 

[SonofSouthie]

Dodgers great Davey Lopes, four-time All-Star, dies at 80

Davey Lopes, a speedy four-time All-Star who won the World Series with the Dodgers in 1981, died Wednesday at the age of 80 after a battle with Parkinson's disease.

www.espn.com

 

[MissThundercat]

Afrika Bambaataa, 67

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Afrika Bambaataa, 67

Kid diddler. Rest in Anguish.

 

[Kepler]

One of the founding trio, with DJ Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash. Also a founder of Universal Zulu Nation, which was at least good-adjacent during a very bad time for NYC and the soil for Tribe, KRS-One, Rakim, Public Enemy, and a bunch more.

The art and the man are separate. At least they better be or we lose about half of all great art.

So yeah, screw him, but god bless the music and activism.

 

[SonofSouthie]

Former Jets, Louisville QB Browning Nagle dies at age 57

Former Jets and Louisville quarterback Browning Nagle has died at age 57.

www.espn.com

 

[SonofSouthie]

Phil Garner.

https://www.mlb.com/news/phil-garner-dies-at-76

 

[Kepler]

Joy Harmon.

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

Also, the USO Donut Queen of NYC in 1957:

 

[rufus]

Nice donuts.

 

[Kepler]

Ex VA Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and wife in murder-suicide.

Fairfax was accused of sexual assault in 2019, right around the time Gov. Ralph Northam's blackface photos surfaced. The two scandals split the VA Dems over whether either or both should resign, allowing Glenn Youngkin to CRT his way to the mansion. I was active in VA Democratic politics at the time. It was super ugly. There was no way to have a sane conversation about it. That was about the time I stopped talking about politics in public at all. High risk, low reward in a state of ammosexuals.

 

[Proud2baLaker]

"Bob Kevoian" of the syndicated radio show The Bob and Tom show passed this afternoon at 75. He actually retired from the show several years ago though Tom has continued with the rest of the crew. I grew up listening to this show every morning in the 90s and early 2000s. They were based in Indianapolis and I grew up in Indiana where no matter where you were there was a station that played their show. They regularly featured several big name comedians and many who were not yet big names. Lots of great laughs. When I moved to Idaho there was a station here that played the show in syndication until a year or two ago. I regularly listen to a Bob and Tom Pandora station that features segments and bits from the show going back to the 90s.