Is Anything or Anyone Popular (1 Viewer)

[The General]

Link - Supreme Court confidence hits all-time low. 

This got me thinking. Do we just hate everything now? Presidents are all hated. Congress? Them too.

This might be an “us” problem. 

 

[timschochet]

Harry Styles? 

 

[matttyl]

“You can’t make all the people happy all the time, and last night all those people were at my show.”

-Mitch Hedberg 

 

[John123]

Thank god we have Top Gun: Maverick!!!

 

[rustycolts]

I like weed pretty much. So there's that.

 

[The General]

I like weed pretty much. So there's that.

Weed does poll high!

 

[The General]

Thank god we have Top Gun: Maverick!!!

This does seem to have universal acclaim. 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

They all suck.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Well, we still have widely popular musical groups like Cheap Trick and Van Halen.

 

[Mister CIA]

Well, we still have widely popular musical groups like Cheap Trick and Van Halen.

Rush!  Don't forget Rush.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I hate this thread.  

 

 

[The General]

Harry Styles? 

Not sure about this. Watermelon Sugar is a pretty great pop song though. 

 

[Philo Beddoe]

Well, we still have widely popular musical groups like Cheap Trick and Van Halen.

 

[FairWarning]

Link - Supreme Court confidence hits all-time low. 

This got me thinking. Do we just hate everything now? Presidents are all hated. Congress? Them too.

This might be an “us” problem. 

I do think there’s an “us” problem, thanks to social media.

 

[FairWarning]

I couldn’t pick Harry Styles out of a police lineup.  Cheap Trick though,,,,

 

[The General]

I do think there’s an “us” problem, thanks to social media.

That certainly seems to play a role. Every random person gets to complain now with a larger bullhorn than has ever been possible. 

 

[FairWarning]

That certainly seems to play a role. Every random person gets to complain now with a larger bullhorn than has ever been possible. 

And set up 10 ghost accounts to show there is  strength in numbers.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

People are extremely cynical about everything these days. To openly like or admire something is to admit you're not above it, even while everyone else denigrates it. Better to join the crowd in its chorus of sweeping denigration.

 

[ShamrockPride]

Our elected representatives do not and have not represented our interests for a long time now. How in the hell is this an "us" problem?

Stop accepting low standard candidates. Stop accepting blatantly unachievable campaign promises aka lies as "just how it is now" or "everyone does it". Up your standards.

 

[Joe Mammy]

Our elected representatives do not and have not represented our interests for a long time now. How in the hell is this an "us" problem?

Stop accepting low standard candidates. Stop accepting blatantly unachievable campaign promises aka lies as "just how it is now" or "everyone does it". Up your standards.

And more cow bell!

 

[KarmaPolice]

Our elected representatives do not and have not represented our interests for a long time now. How in the hell is this an "us" problem?

Stop accepting low standard candidates. Stop accepting blatantly unachievable campaign promises aka lies as "just how it is now" or "everyone does it". Up your standards.

 

[ShamrockPride]

Well....####

 

[The Commish]

Link - Supreme Court confidence hits all-time low. 

This got me thinking. Do we just hate everything now? Presidents are all hated. Congress? Them too.

This might be an “us” problem. 

It's been us ever since the simpleton thought of "lesser of two evils" was sold and bought by the "sides" as a viable measuring stick.  This isn't news  

 

[The General]

It's been us ever since the simpleton thought of "lesser of two evils" was sold and bought by the "sides" as a viable measuring stick.  This isn't news  

Is there some 3rd party that is popular? I am guessing they’d get hated as much as the same old flavors.

 

[urbanhack]

Encased meats?

 

[Terminalxylem]

This does seem to have universal acclaim. 

Gross.

 

[dickey moe]

Our elected representatives do not and have not represented our interests for a long time now. How in the hell is this an "us" problem?

Because we keep voting for them. 

 

[The Commish]

Is there some 3rd party that is popular? I am guessing they’d get hated as much as the same old flavors.

As long as we feed the extremes instead of the middle, no.

 

[The General]

As long as we feed the extremes instead of the middle, no.

That might be a big part of the problem. No one really gets heard until they are popular. Once some is popular they get heard more. Once anyone gets heard more they become hated. 

 

[AAABatteries]

I’m known throughout the microphone

 

[The Commish]

That might be a big part of the problem. No one really gets heard until they are popular. Once some is popular they get heard more. Once anyone gets heard more they become hated. 

This is where problem 1B comes into the picture IMO....the "media" in this country...social and "mainstream".

 

[The General]

Our elected representatives do not and have not represented our interests for a long time now. How in the hell is this an "us" problem?

Stop accepting low standard candidates. Stop accepting blatantly unachievable campaign promises aka lies as "just how it is now" or "everyone does it". Up your standards.

Well we do pick them. I mean you think there would be a few that are popular across the whole. But a few searches and the only ones I am seeing floating around 50 are people who are retired. 

 

[The General]

This is where problem 1B comes into the picture IMO....the "media" in this country...social and "mainstream".

@FairWarningmentioned this as well. 

Definitely contributes to the problem in a big way. 

 

[supermike80]

People are extremely cynical about everything these days. To openly like or admire something is to admit you're not above it, even while everyone else denigrates it. Better to join the crowd in its chorus of sweeping denigration.

Nickelback!

 

[BladeRunner]

Well we do pick them. I mean you think there would be a few that are popular across the whole. But a few searches and the only ones I am seeing floating around 50 are people who are retired. 

I think at this point DC just turns otherwise good people into grifting, money grubbing, power-hungry partisan hacks.

Think about this - lots of these people come in to office earning hardly nothing or maybe just a regular salary and a normal standard of living.  Once they get into DC, they suddenly find out that not only are they getting paid a high-end salary, but they can make millions more by selling themselves to the highest bidder under the guise of "representing the people".  Now not only do they have money and power, but they've upped their standard of living 1000%, have personal security and are setup in luxurious condos/apartments/homes and have a golden parachute for life with fantastic benefits.

You really think they're now going to give all that up?  No ####### way.  Now it all becomes a fight to keep what you have and accumulate even more.  And that fight is for themselves, not you.  They might throw out scraps to the common folk every now and then, but make no mistake, that's just to keep them at bay and distracted while they continue on their quest to enrich themselves even further.

 

[David Dodds]

Panda Express is a yes from most everyone I know. It's not the best place to eat, but people rarely say no if you are suggesting eating there.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Panda Express is a yes from most everyone I know. It's not the best place to eat, but people rarely say no if you are suggesting eating there.

I like Panda Express - biggest disappointment there is that they don't have hot chili oil

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

James Gandolfini

Last week was the nine year anniversary of his death. 

He was beloved by everyone of all political stripes. His dying struck hard on a universal level.

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

I think we’ve whittled it down to like dogs, free food and Bob Ross

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I think we’ve whittled it down to like dogs, free food and Bob Ross

A great gift to give everyone at Christmas:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81FncnvS2fL._AC_SX425_.jpg

 

[lazyike]

All military veterans used to be popular with everyone until recently when it became acceptable to attack the McCains, Vindmans and Muellers by some of our nation's more despicable folks.