Tue Aug 11, 2015, 08:06 AM

How I know you hate the Mojave bull shark.

The plight of the Mojave bull shark is pretty dire. I think it's fair to say there aren't many left in the world.

But you decided to get together with your friends and watch the season premiere of Big Bang Theory. You know, the one where Leonard and Penny are having uncertainties about their relationship. You weren't hurting anybody but neither were you bringing awareness to the Mojave bull shark.

So I came into your house. I just walked in the door, marched right up to your TV, changed the station and made you watch a half-hour documentary about the endangered bull sharks of the Mojave desert.

You even offered me some of your guacamole and chips but it was the kind with the peas in it.

But now your friends are blasting me on social media as if I was somehow out-of-line. Excuse me for not living up to your expectations, Mr. "We were watching this other show." It's obvious the kind of people you hang out with. Just like it's obvious how little regard you have for this important issue.

Stop being such a hater, hater.

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How I know you hate the Mojave bull shark. (Original post)	Nuclear Unicorn	Aug 2015	OP
What Fa Duck?	Hoppy	Aug 2015	#1
Ugh. I know you think you're being clever, but I think you're coming off as flippant and tone-deaf.	MADem	Aug 2015	#2
Good heavens!	elias49	Aug 2015	#3
Maybe you can explain what that means. I'm not getting your point.	MADem	Aug 2015	#4
Oh well.	elias49	Aug 2015	#5
I guess you're not going to explain what you meant, then? nt	MADem	Aug 2015	#6
Nice collage anyway. nt	elias49	Aug 2015	#7
It's a collage of dead people. Click on the link and you'll see their stories. nt	MADem	Aug 2015	#8
god.	cyberswede	Aug 2015	#35
I could be wrong, but I think what was meant........	WillowTree	Aug 2015	#10
I think the OP was a dismissive allegory mocking the real urgency/angst of the #BLM protesters.	MADem	Aug 2015	#11
I wasn't talking about the OP.	WillowTree	Aug 2015	#14
This whole thread is a trainwreck.	MADem	Aug 2015	#17
So you weren't really interested in the explanation you asked for more than once.	WillowTree	Aug 2015	#19
No--as you can see, I asked for an explanation and never got one.	MADem	Aug 2015	#20
Not dismissive of the fact the polic are out of control. I have made plenty of posts about the	Nuclear Unicorn	Aug 2015	#22
I am sorry, I don't see any "soul crushing injustice" in your OP.	MADem	Aug 2015	#23
BLM is not the end-all, be-all expression of outrage over what has been happening.	Nuclear Unicorn	Aug 2015	#25
I'm not getting anywhere, here. Let me ask you directly, then.	MADem	Aug 2015	#26
I'm comparing a legitimate, worthy and important cause to bull sharks.	Nuclear Unicorn	Aug 2015	#29
I asked you a direct question. You are not giving me a direct answer.	MADem	Aug 2015	#30
There is no one particular cause I'm speaking to.	Nuclear Unicorn	Aug 2015	#31
Your evasion is indicative of a person cowering behind implication	LanternWaste	Aug 2015	#42
I know many would find it convenient if they could pin #BLM to the OP but the fact remains	Nuclear Unicorn	Aug 2015	#43
And a politician giving a canned stump speech in public isn't friends sitting watching tv	KittyWampus	Aug 2015	#28
I find it odd	hfojvt	Aug 2015	#32
Seriously? You think he deserved to DIE, and his body left on the street for four and a half hours?	MADem	Aug 2015	#34
so I can put you in the denial column?	hfojvt	Aug 2015	#40
You can put me in the "Bad cop, idiotic escalation, unnecessary death, brutal and disrespectful	MADem	Aug 2015	#41
denial by any other name	hfojvt	Aug 2015	#44
Yeah? Well you have a very nice day. Mike Brown did not have to die--bad policing killed him. nt	MADem	Aug 2015	#45
yeah, sorry	hfojvt	Aug 2015	#47
Don't be so surprised.	BKH70041	Aug 2015	#9
Ya know what this forum needs?	Adrahil	Aug 2015	#12
Huh? The Mojave bull shark is our civic mascot!	KamaAina	Aug 2015	#13
Good grief. This is about as	LiberalElite	Aug 2015	#15
Sorry, I thought s/he was talking about the Mud Shark	hifiguy	Aug 2015	#16
Well, it's destined to take it's place in your mythology.	cyberswede	Aug 2015	#36
UNREC.	zappaman	Aug 2015	#18
I can believe in the existence of a Mojave bull shark, but	petronius	Aug 2015	#21
or more accurately	edhopper	Aug 2015	#24
More like watching Big Bang Theory in the town square not in someone's house….	KittyWampus	Aug 2015	#27
The frickin Mojave bull shark is the reason nobody surfs anymore at Zabriskie Point	struggle4progress	Aug 2015	#33
Are your guns safe or ought I be concerned?	hunter	Aug 2015	#37
I know your trying to be entertainingly foolish but there actually is potential for odd fish in the west now.	DaGoogler21	Aug 2015	#38
Yeah, this is about your level.	Starry Messenger	Aug 2015	#39
lalz	Blue_Tires	Aug 2015	#46

Response to Nuclear Unicorn (Original post)

Tue Aug 11, 2015, 08:25 AM

Hoppy (3,595 posts)

How I know you hate the Mojave bull shark.

1. What Fa Duck?

2. Ugh. I know you think you're being clever, but I think you're coming off as flippant and tone-deaf.

3. Good heavens!

4. Maybe you can explain what that means. I'm not getting your point.

5. Oh well.

6. I guess you're not going to explain what you meant, then? nt

7. Nice collage anyway. nt

8. It's a collage of dead people. Click on the link and you'll see their stories. nt

35. god.

10. I could be wrong, but I think what was meant........

11. I think the OP was a dismissive allegory mocking the real urgency/angst of the #BLM protesters.

14. I wasn't talking about the OP.

17. This whole thread is a trainwreck.

19. So you weren't really interested in the explanation you asked for more than once.

20. No--as you can see, I asked for an explanation and never got one.

22. Not dismissive of the fact the polic are out of control. I have made plenty of posts about the

23. I am sorry, I don't see any "soul crushing injustice" in your OP.

25. BLM is not the end-all, be-all expression of outrage over what has been happening.

26. I'm not getting anywhere, here. Let me ask you directly, then.

29. I'm comparing a legitimate, worthy and important cause to bull sharks.

30. I asked you a direct question. You are not giving me a direct answer.

31. There is no one particular cause I'm speaking to.

42. Your evasion is indicative of a person cowering behind implication

43. I know many would find it convenient if they could pin #BLM to the OP but the fact remains

28. And a politician giving a canned stump speech in public isn't friends sitting watching tv

32. I find it odd

34. Seriously? You think he deserved to DIE, and his body left on the street for four and a half hours?

40. so I can put you in the denial column?

41. You can put me in the "Bad cop, idiotic escalation, unnecessary death, brutal and disrespectful

44. denial by any other name

45. Yeah? Well you have a very nice day. Mike Brown did not have to die--bad policing killed him. nt

47. yeah, sorry

9. Don't be so surprised.

12. Ya know what this forum needs?

13. Huh? The Mojave bull shark is our civic mascot!

15. Good grief. This is about as

16. Sorry, I thought s/he was talking about the Mud Shark

36. Well, it's destined to take it's place in your mythology.

18. UNREC.

21. I can believe in the existence of a Mojave bull shark, but

24. or more accurately

27. More like watching Big Bang Theory in the town square not in someone's house….

33. The frickin Mojave bull shark is the reason nobody surfs anymore at Zabriskie Point

37. Are your guns safe or ought I be concerned?

38. I know your trying to be entertainingly foolish but there actually is potential for odd fish in the west now.

39. Yeah, this is about your level.

46. lalz