tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post8397021777129214876..comments2024-03-28T16:22:14.888-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Charles Murray interviews black guy from OnionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-89138950071814523802012-02-17T15:54:16.435-08:002012-02-17T15:54:16.435-08:00Dear Sideways,
I will never insult someone using a...Dear Sideways,<br />I will never insult someone using a nebulous term like "gerund" ever again. Mr.Thurston, forgive me. However, a more profound rebuttal might have been, "Gerunds do not exist!" (as I have learned one side of the argument believes.) The gerund is the tomato of the grammatical world. <br /><br />I think my blog act needs some janitoring up.Defeatednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-85461137767130015652012-02-17T09:23:23.034-08:002012-02-17T09:23:23.034-08:00Defeated, all gerunds are verbs by definition. The...Defeated, all gerunds are verbs by definition. The set of words in English that is both gerund and not a verb is empty.Sidewaysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-38767239424959429252012-02-16T12:02:05.375-08:002012-02-16T12:02:05.375-08:00speaking of beer:
Poor as I have always been, I h...speaking of beer:<br /><br />Poor as I have always been, I have often had to make do with some of the very cheapest of beers.<br /><br />At times, I have been reduced to Natural (Ice). At other times, I have even had to resort to the worst of the worst: Milwaukee's Best.<br /><br />But mostly, while dwelling amongst the lowest of the low, I've chosen the incomparable *Steel Reserve*Vinteuilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-37371906001357792302012-02-16T11:34:59.585-08:002012-02-16T11:34:59.585-08:00Key & Peele's *Auction Block* sketch is ju...Key & Peele's *Auction Block* sketch is just, really, truly, great:<br /><br />http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=408308&title=auction-block&xrs=share_copy<br /><br />Incidentally - both of them set my *gaydar* a-pinging, right off the scales.Vinteuilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26150774686691450842012-02-16T06:57:09.619-08:002012-02-16T06:57:09.619-08:00"...'the Obamas were assigned each other ..."...'<i>the Obamas were assigned each other because both were Harvard Law students.'<br />What does 'assigned' here mean? </i>"<br /><br />This 'assigned' thing reminds me of that old military joke: "If the army wanted you to have a wife, they would have issued you one."Hailhttp://hailtoyou.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-2981377600320767732012-02-16T02:46:52.681-08:002012-02-16T02:46:52.681-08:00"It's disappointing when you read a threa..."It's disappointing when you read a thread with 100 comments and half of them are on how blacky (or his best friend Jewy) ruined their lives. Are we "HBD" or Stormfront?"<br /><br />I hate the condescending comments about how blacky and browny need extra supervision. The more sanctimonious, the more I have the urge to buy a motorcycle (or steal it) and adorn my body with tattoos and piercings. Oh, and pop out a few illegitimate brats while I'm at it.edgy gurlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-44488405350854851202012-02-15T22:50:27.759-08:002012-02-15T22:50:27.759-08:00You mean good enough writing. The commenters I mis...<i>You mean good enough writing. The commenters I miss got their points across succinctly and elegantly; yet they were clearly an order of magnitude better than your typical college grad, including the communications majors.</i><br /><br />I don't doubt that some achieved your subjective Platonic Standard of Great Writing, but dubiously existent golden age aside, that is merely a symptom. The disease is that people would rather rant than think discursively. It's disappointing when you read a thread with 100 comments and half of them are on how blacky (or his best friend Jewy) ruined their lives. Are we "HBD" or Stormfront?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61762368625641810792012-02-15T19:49:29.548-08:002012-02-15T19:49:29.548-08:00"the Obamas were assigned each other because ..."<i>the Obamas were assigned each other because both were Harvard Law students.</i>"<br /><br />What does 'assigned' here mean?Hailhttp://hailtoyou.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-86455851500506918562012-02-15T17:08:24.854-08:002012-02-15T17:08:24.854-08:00"Gerunds are verbs that act as nouns. You'..."Gerunds are verbs that act as nouns. You're wrong, he's not."<br /><br />I am only wrong if the word he created is a verb and not a gerund. There is a distinction.Defeatednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-23160352392495585872012-02-15T14:07:31.107-08:002012-02-15T14:07:31.107-08:00Some wet-behind-the-ears'er posted this: "...Some wet-behind-the-ears'er posted this: "Five years ago the brain power demonstrated in the comments alone was quite intimidating.[...]These days, not so much."<br /><br />Again you kids give it a nice try, but you fall short of the brass ring.<br /><br />If you want to give Sailor the business, I suggest that you tell a story about the black girlfriends he has in the Valley. What black girlfriends? you ask. That's the point, schmucks.<br /><br />You will never get anywhere planting that his site isn't "cool" any longer. These people are cool you're talking to? Don't make me laugh.<br /><br />In my day, we would have deep-sixed absent-Steve and comment-decline in a heartbeat. Better a red-hot sex story or a dirty-mouth tirade or at least a little embezzlement, something a person could sink his teeth into.<br /><br />The glory is gone, and I am going to bed. You disrespectful punks make me tired.<br /><br />MannyOLD HASBARAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-85535488928971147892012-02-15T12:50:11.990-08:002012-02-15T12:50:11.990-08:00What is the beer brand of the upper middle class?What is the beer brand of the upper middle class?Matkonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26581259829902037122012-02-15T12:12:10.195-08:002012-02-15T12:12:10.195-08:00Black and whites will all suffer alike during the ...Black and whites will all suffer alike during the forthcoming Beer War.rhonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-90392562713337690732012-02-15T11:46:04.294-08:002012-02-15T11:46:04.294-08:00Dear Mr. Sailer !
Here is an interesting interview...Dear Mr. Sailer !<br />Here is an interesting interview with Charles Murray on National Public Radio (sound, but not a transcript):<br /><br />http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/02/14/charles-murray <br /><br />Surprising for me was that the interviewer did not interrupt Murray, but allowed him to speak, even when Murray was saying something against interviewer opinion.<br /><br />Your truly, F.r.Florida residentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-36985486222202411142012-02-15T11:36:53.784-08:002012-02-15T11:36:53.784-08:00Youngish bubble swipples like to be Mean Girlish a...Youngish bubble swipples like to be Mean Girlish about <i>non est</i> lower-class blacks (and whites). <i>The Onion</i> captures the flavor. When they hit their 30s or 40s, however, the smirk fades. What you get then is either a hard-core hater (underground) or else a change agent for the revolution. Calcified arteries are ugly in more than one way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-88950379044703267382012-02-15T11:21:46.180-08:002012-02-15T11:21:46.180-08:00>I emailed the author to learn how I should sco...>I emailed the author to learn how I should score my answer, but after a lengthy exchange, we concluded that anybody whose first reaction is to contact Charles Murray to discuss one’s taste (or lack thereof) in beer was kind of missing the point of his survey.<<br /><br />Echt Sailer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-22718905903463419512012-02-15T09:45:03.618-08:002012-02-15T09:45:03.618-08:00My son has opted for a career as a comedian. He w...My son has opted for a career as a comedian. He went off to college to study civil engineering, then it became business followed by filmmaking. Eventually he dropped out. He and his eight roommates--I know, it sounds like he's back in a dorm--formed a comedy production company. Considering his previous choices I'm not sure he has made a worse choice. I've noticed lots of his peers also choosing entertainment careers. Either this is a desire to become famous, or they are merely mimicing how they spend their time. Pity no one makes movies about chemical engineers.Robert Holmgrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01692106097414753527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-16084226881405801932012-02-15T08:18:38.550-08:002012-02-15T08:18:38.550-08:00Sorry, apparently Jupiter's shtick was "N...Sorry, apparently Jupiter's shtick was "NATIVE BORN WHITE CHRISTIAN MALES" <br /><br />I alwways wondered if that guy did a lot of shouting in real life.Sidewaysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-80011847165898606112012-02-15T08:13:34.363-08:002012-02-15T08:13:34.363-08:00" He might have created a new word, but it is..." He might have created a new word, but it is a gerund, not a verb."<br /><br />Gerunds are verbs that act as nouns. You're wrong, he's not. <br /><br />As for this place 5 years ago, I do not think banning Mr. "WHITE CHRISTIAN MALES!" caused a drop in quality.Sidewaysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69635652669294505092012-02-15T05:37:05.299-08:002012-02-15T05:37:05.299-08:00"Good writing isn't about aping WASP styl..."Good writing isn't about aping WASP style conventions. Many people seem to confuse the clear expression of complicated ideas with affected, aristocratic, purple prose."<br /><br />You mean good enough writing. The commenters I miss got their points across succinctly and elegantly; yet they were clearly an order of magnitude better than your typical college grad, including the communications majors.unimpressednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69711697697473722322012-02-15T04:43:52.047-08:002012-02-15T04:43:52.047-08:00Truth
"Five years ago the brain power demonst...Truth<br />"Five years ago the brain power demonstrated in the comments alone was quite intimidating."<br /><br />"I must have come along just after."<br /><br />Phrasing.<br /><br />(lolz)<br /><br />///<br /><br />All my education is from the internet. I have no idea what a split infinitive is although it would be a good name for a band.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-73020988239985328422012-02-15T00:17:51.276-08:002012-02-15T00:17:51.276-08:00This is pretty funny from The Onion. The picture ...This is pretty funny from The Onion. The picture is ambiguous, but its obviously about a black welfare mom. <br />"Commentary - Why Somebody Always Around Every Time I Drop My Baby?"<br />http://www.theonion.com/articles/why-somebody-always-around-every-time-i-drop-my-ba,11156/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-6562418166215166812012-02-14T23:39:56.802-08:002012-02-14T23:39:56.802-08:00Comedy is another item on the long list of things ...Comedy is another item on the long list of things that cease to be any fun when done for money.<br />Gilbert Pinfold.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-10405239113037585372012-02-14T22:45:14.336-08:002012-02-14T22:45:14.336-08:00I believe most of us over a certain age were taugh...<i>I believe most of us over a certain age were taught to avoid ending a sentence with a preposition or splitting an infinitive. We were also admonished to show rather than tell in order to get a point across in our writing. Sailer always excelled at the latter. You doofuses, however, constantly make asses of yourselves implying you're part of the white upper class while using campy lingo and the lousy diction common to us all these days. You're as much a part of the decline as the struggling working class whites. Humility in facing this reality would serve you better.</i><br /><br />Good writing isn't about aping WASP style conventions. Many people seem to confuse the clear expression of complicated ideas with affected, aristocratic, purple prose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-708478078696102642012-02-14T19:59:24.080-08:002012-02-14T19:59:24.080-08:00"Five years ago the brain power demonstrated ..."Five years ago the brain power demonstrated in the comments alone was quite intimidating. It appeared that professors and journalists with serious expertise in their respective fields converged on this blog nightly. "<br /><br />Please "show" us rather than "tell" us by citing some examples.<br /><br />Maybe Steve was writing all the comments back then, priming the pump.<br /><br />Really, I think the more esoteric the original post, the more sophisticated the comments.<br /><br />Is the Human Biodiversity Institute some secret society, or are we it?Defeatednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-77761202141936809832012-02-14T19:40:11.215-08:002012-02-14T19:40:11.215-08:00All I ever wanted from black people was for them t...All I ever wanted from black people was for them to just leave me alone and stay away from me. I can't think of one single way the recent black presence in Canada has "enriched" my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com