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[letter8358]

The musical great divide among rockers with vaccine hesitation vs those that urge them to get vaccinated

To Dave Grohl, I appreciate the dedicated commitments you have for others and for that I applaud you for it! 

To Pete Parada and the rest that refuse the shot, FU! You put lives on the line and it's selfish. I for one will never go to a concert since we are still in a pandemic! And, Pete, you were not that good a drummer to begin with. So I am glad that the members from The Offspring dumped your ass. May you feel the wrath of being unemployed forever. What an ass.

Edited August 5, 2021 by letter8358

[ifionlyknew]

1 hour ago, letter8358 said:

The musical great divide among rockers with vaccine hesitation vs those that urge them to get vaccinated

To Dave Grohl, I appreciate the dedicated commitments you have for others and for that I applaud you for it! 

To Pete Parada and the rest that refuse the shot, FU! You put lives on the line and it's selfish. I for one will never go to a concert since we are still in a pandemic! And, Pete, you were not that good a drummer to begin with. So I am glad that the members from The Offspring dumped your ass. May you feel the wrath of being unemployed forever. What an ass.

This is from the article:

Artists are libertarians. They support personal rights and freedoms. Fans, too.

I don't think that is true. Asserting your "freedom" during a global pandemic is ignorant at best and selfish at worst.  

[letter8358]

 

44 minutes ago, ifionlyknew said:

This is from the article:

Artists are libertarians. They support personal rights and freedoms. Fans, too.

I don't think that is true. Asserting your "freedom" during a global pandemic is ignorant at best and selfish at worst.  

It's not right! It's just willful ignorance and nothing more.

Edited August 5, 2021 by letter8358

[WinnieWinkle]

6 minutes ago, letter8358 said:

It's not right! It's just willful ignorance and nothing more.

Whenever I read things like this, especially from those in the public eye whose words and actions will remain on the Internet and live forever I am reminded of what Queen Elizabeth said last year:  I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge..

I will paraphrase this to say I hope in the years to come many people are thoroughly ashamed of the way they responded to this challenge.

[Spartan Girl]

1 hour ago, ifionlyknew said:

Asserting your "freedom" during a global pandemic is ignorant at best and selfish at worst.

Selfish and ignorant at worst. WTF is wrong with these morons?! There’s no freedom in risking other people’s right to be healthy!

Edited August 5, 2021 by Spartan Girl

[Wiendish Fitch]

I value my freedom. You know what I also value? Other people's rights and health.  I am not the most altruistic person, but I can get over myself long enough to contribute the barest minimum to a fucking pandemic. If that means I have to limit my travel, wear a mask, and get vaccinated (done, done, and done, BTW), then so be it. If I have to get a thousand shots to help beat this thing, then you know what? Stick me until I look like Pinhead from Hellraiser.

There is a vast difference between a tyrannical infringement on your rights and being mildly inconvenienced for the greater good. If more people had done that sooner, we wouldn't be having this conversation for the umpteenth time right now.

[Blergh]

2 hours ago, letter8358 said:

The musical great divide among rockers with vaccine hesitation vs those that urge them to get vaccinated

To Dave Grohl, I appreciate the dedicated commitments you have for others and for that I applaud you for it! 

To Pete Parada and the rest that refuse the shot, FU! You put lives on the line and it's selfish. I for one will never go to a concert since we are still in a pandemic! And, Pete, you were not that good a drummer to begin with. So I am glad that the members from The Offspring dumped your ass. May you feel the wrath of being unemployed forever. What an ass.

It seems Mr. Parada et.al are  behaving like Nero supposedly fiddling when Rome was on fire instead of trying to help put out the fire- only this time we're ALL getting burned! 

[MargeGunderson]

How stupid is Parada!? He has an autoimmune disorder that puts him higher risk, not just of vaccine side effects but also of the severity if he gets COVID, yet he supports the “rights” of others not to get vaccinated. I don’t spare any sympathy for him or people like him if they get sick. 

[ouinason]

So, Pete Paradal was told by his doctor that taking the covid vaccine was unsafe, and not to do it, so he got fired?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/08/03/pete-parada-dropped-offspring-over-covid-19-vaccine-disagreement/5477742001/

I can't see him as the bad guy in that situation.

[MargeGunderson]

1 minute ago, ouinason said:

So, Pete Paradal was told by his doctor that taking the covid vaccine was unsafe, and not to do it, so he got fired?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/08/03/pete-parada-dropped-offspring-over-covid-19-vaccine-disagreement/5477742001/

I can't see him as the bad guy in that situation.

I’m totally fine with him not getting the vaccine, he has a legitimate medical reason. But, at the same time he supports people who don’t want to get the shot because of “freedoms.” That’s what I have issue with. It’s a global pandemic, get the damn vaccine.

[JustHereForFood]

7 hours ago, ifionlyknew said:

This is from the article:

Artists are libertarians. They support personal rights and freedoms. Fans, too.

This is what I find hilarious. Sure, there are artists that are supporting many great causes, but I haven't seen any evidence from those people that are suddenly all about "freedom" now, that they have been previously fighting for other people's rights, be it minorities, women, refugees, etc. I might have been more understanding in that case, but if you start being all about fighting discrimination now, that tells me all I need to know.

[BetterButter]

 

[letter8358]

I am no Jennifer Aniston fan, but she's spot on  here about cutting ties to her few friends who are not vaccinated. Don't worry Jennifer. It sucks, but you did the right thing and you are not only one doing this alone. Others are somehow doing the same thing. It stinks, but the question is it worth it over an unvaccinated person vs someone that has been vaccinated? I rest my case and I think the members of The Offspring did the right thing. It sucks, but sometimes sacrifices have to be made. 

[RealHousewife]

1 hour ago, letter8358 said:

I am no Jennifer Aniston fan, but she's spot on  here about cutting ties to her few friends who are not vaccinated. Don't worry Jennifer. It sucks, but you did the right thing and you are not only one doing this alone. Others are somehow doing the same thing. It stinks, but the question is it worth it over an unvaccinated person vs someone that has been vaccinated? I rest my case and I think the members of The Offspring did the right thing. It sucks, but sometimes sacrifices have to be made. 

I've done the same. The only exceptions are those who are both family and unable to get vaccinated. Even if you're a friend I care about, I shall see you once the pandemic is over. 

[ouinason]

I get not liking someone's stance on vaccines, people who are antivax are.... not people I want to be around.  However, there is a difference between unwilling to get it, and unable to get it.  And if you are discriminating with your friendships, make sure you are only penalizing people who can/should get vaccinated and those who can't/shouldn't.  

 

As for Pete being "pro vaccine choice" or whatever, that's no reason to lose your job.  He isn't lobbying to keep people from being vaccinated he's just allowing other people to do what they are comfortable with (even if it's monumentally stupid in a lot of cases).

 

Not touring because it's a risk, makes sense.  Firing him outright just makes the band and their management look like assholes who are shitting on someone because they are sick.  

 

[RealHousewife]

29 minutes ago, ouinason said:

I get not liking someone's stance on vaccines, people who are antivax are.... not people I want to be around.  However, there is a difference between unwilling to get it, and unable to get it.  And if you are discriminating with your friendships, make sure you are only penalizing people who can/should get vaccinated and those who can't/shouldn't.  

I have. Most people in my life, family and friends, aren't antivax, thank goodness. But I have a friend who's antivax and not being careful either. She just thinks we're all going to get covid and that she'd beat it. I have another friend who keeps saying he's going to get vaccinated, but he hasn't gotten around to it yet. 

[biakbiak]

1 hour ago, ouinason said:

He isn't lobbying to keep people from being vaccinated he's just allowing other people to do what they are comfortable with (even if it's monumentally stupid in a lot of cases).

If you read his full statement he basically is saying no one should have to vaccinated for whatever reason, which yes that is their choice but with that choice comes consequences, including not being able to work if they don’t meet the requirements of the employer.

Edited August 6, 2021 by biakbiak

[Annber03]

13 minutes ago, biakbiak said:

If you read his full statement he basically is saying no one should have to vaccinated for whatever reason, which yes that is their choice but with that choice comes consequences, including not being able to work if they don’t meet the requirements of the employer.

This. Just chalk it up to the employers getting to exercise their choice as well. 

[Spartan Girl]

3 hours ago, letter8358 said:

I am no Jennifer Aniston fan, but she's spot on  here about cutting ties to her few friends who are not vaccinated. Don't worry Jennifer. It sucks, but you did the right thing and you are not only one doing this alone. Others are somehow doing the same thing. It stinks, but the question is it worth it over an unvaccinated person vs someone that has been vaccinated? I rest my case and I think the members of The Offspring did the right thing. It sucks, but sometimes sacrifices have to be made. 

[Pickles Aplenty]

8 hours ago, MargeGunderson said:

How stupid is Parada!? He has an autoimmune disorder that puts him higher risk, not just of vaccine side effects but also of the severity if he gets COVID, yet he supports the “rights” of others not to get vaccinated. I don’t spare any sympathy for him or people like him if they get sick. 

I worked with an elderly woman who refused to get vaccinated. 

Worked.  Because she died.  Of Covid.

While everyone at work was going on about how sad it was, I kept my mouth shut.  Because I was pissed.  It was totally avoidable, it didn't have to happen, and she made the choice to make herself extra vulnerable for reasons I can't fathom.

Enough, already.  Shut up, and get the damn shot.  

Edited August 6, 2021 by Everina

[ouinason]

Again, the complaint about Pete Paradal is his stance about people doing whatever they want in regards to getting vaccinated.  His stance about his own vaccination is that it might cause a reaction that could kill him and his physician advised against it, so him not getting a vaccine himself is not stupid or selfish.  

 

I don't want to harp, but he is one of the people that herd immunity is made to protect.  Someone who is medically unable to take their own vaccine and depend on the good judgement of others to protect them.  These people are NOT the morons who just don't want to take it or the nut jobs who see them as a conspiracy or something.  I don't care for his stance on vaccination in general, but his personal reasons for not getting one are perfectly reasonable^.

 

^ I do think his idea that, having Covid once already, he would probably be ok getting it again pretty fucking dumb.  

[biakbiak]

15 minutes ago, ouinason said:

but his personal reasons for not getting one are perfectly reasonable

And his band mates are being perfectly reasonable for wanting to tour and comply with the venues that they will be playing at, he has to deal with the consequences of his choices. Based on everything he said in his statement I do in fact think he is a moron.

Edited August 6, 2021 by biakbiak

[ouinason]

I'm not sure it's a choice exactly.  That's like firing someone because the venue doesn't have wheelchair access.  Now, I don't have a problem with him being kept from tour because of it, I just find outright firing from the band to be excessive, considering it's a medical issue not a "matter of conscience" or whatever.

[biakbiak]

5 minutes ago, ouinason said:

That's like firing someone because the venue doesn't have wheelchair access.

Well no because a venue not having wheelchair access is illegal. The band hasn’t issued a statement on his exact status so who knows the actual reason for his firing, maybe it’s because he is a fuckwit like most of his statement suggests.

Edited August 6, 2021 by biakbiak

[ouinason]

That is totally possible.  Perhaps his public stance is something that they can't accept.  In that case, it's not something I will be annoyed by.  I just meant firing someone for a medical issue is BS.  

[Zella]

I think he's been fired for his public statements about other people not getting vaccinations, which are unconscionable, not because of his own medical reasons for not getting one, which are understandable. I live in a COVID hotspot precisely because of people inflaming anti-vaccination sentiment. He can go royally fuck off. 

Edited August 6, 2021 by Zella

[bobalina]

Perhaps his statement was just the last straw to let the band do what they've been wanting to do for a while.

[Spartan Girl]

If he couldn’t get the shot because of medical reasons, that’s one thing. But telling people who can get it not to — or using the “make your own choices” bullshit? That’s another.

I have zero pity left in my heart for eligible people who refuse to get the vaccine, or won’t let their own kids get it, when there is ample information from the experts to put their minds at ease because they’d rather listen to their own “instincts” or stick to their narrow-minded beliefs or to spite the government they distrust. Whatever excuse they have just boils down to prideful, selfish stupidity.

Am I being too harsh? So be it. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE DEAD.

Edited August 6, 2021 by Spartan Girl

[WinnieWinkle]

9 hours ago, ouinason said:

  I just meant firing someone for a medical issue is BS.  

The last time I checked selfish and stupid aren't medical reasons.

[letter8358]

There's already hiccups going around despite vaccination among the summer tours with vaccinated artists.

Fall Out Boy skips two scheduled tours due to a team member tested Covid positive

Country star Dustin Lynch cancels concert at Mohegan Sun due to a case of illness within touring party  

I rest my case about concerts coming back this summer. Prepare to see this in the coming future.

Edited August 6, 2021 by letter8358

[AheadofStraight]

Most of the venues I've seen say vaccine or a negative test within a certain amount of time. I wonder if Paradal refused a testing protocol? Will be interesting to see if the rest of the band comments on this.

[Katy M]

6 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:

I have zero pity left in my heart for eligible people who refuse to get the vaccine, or won’t let their own kids get it, when there is ample information from the experts to put their minds at ease because they’d rather listen to their own “instincts” or stick to their narrow-minded beliefs or to spite the government they distrust. Whatever excuse they have just boils down to prideful, selfish stupidity.

I'm vaxxed. But I don't blame people who are skeptical of a process that normally takes 10 years being done in under one.

[WinnieWinkle]

1 minute ago, Katy M said:

I'm vaxxed. But I don't blame people who are skeptical of a process that normally takes 10 years being done in under one.

I'd cut them some slack if almost every single anti-vaxxer I know wasn't also anti-masking and basically still in denial that we are in a pandemic and insisting that Covid is  "just a flu".

[Blergh]

23 hours ago, MargeGunderson said:

How stupid is Parada!? He has an autoimmune disorder that puts him higher risk, not just of vaccine side effects but also of the severity if he gets COVID, yet he supports the “rights” of others not to get vaccinated. I don’t spare any sympathy for him or people like him if they get sick. 

So is he himself wearing a mask when venturing in public or is he refusing to do so even WITH the extra precautions needed in dealing with his condition?

[PepSinger]

34 minutes ago, Katy M said:

I'm vaxxed. But I don't blame people who are skeptical of a process that normally takes 10 years being done in under one.

Well, feel free to share this link with them: https://www.uab.edu/news/youcanuse/item/12059-covid-19-mrna-vaccines-how-could-anything-developed-this-quickly-be-safe

[ifionlyknew]

Since Parada has a condition that makes the vaccine unsafe for him you would think he would want everyone else to get vaccinated so we achieve herd immunity and he can be protected. So for him to instead tell people don't get vaccinated makes me think he is just an idiot.   Remember the good old days when people didn't proudly show their idiocy?  

[PepSinger]

Britney Spears buys her first iPad

While I’m happy for her, this just makes me sad. She’s 39 years old, worth $60 million, and wasn’t allowed to buy herself a fucking iPad until now. Throw her father under the jail or at the very least in the nearest dumpster.

[Mr. Sparkle]

Hi all - the vaccination topic has been exhausted. Please move on.

Thanks. 

[Zella]

I feel compelled to post a Kanye update since I was the one who first mentioned his disastrous July listening party for his new album.

He had another listening party last night that also started way late and featured some . . . odd moments, but it does seem like he's done some work on the album since the last time. He still blew through another deadline for releasing said album, though.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kanye-west-levitates-naps-runs-around-like-spooky-ghost-at-second-donda-listening-party

I've seen a lot people still discussing this as performance art, which used to be my take on everything he did, but I still think he seems like he's having a very public mental health meltdown. I could be wrong. But at this rate, I would almost be surprised if he ever releases this. 

[letter8358]

Ultimate Slip N' Slide reality show scrapped by NBC, following by diarrhea outbreak

That's so gross!

Edited August 7, 2021 by letter8358

[Zella]

1 minute ago, letter8358 said:

Ultimate Slip N' Slide reality show scrapped by NBC, following by diarrhea outbreak

That's so gross!

I remember hearing about this outbreak when it first happened. I had no idea they waited so long to cancel, though!

[Ms Blue Jay]

 

[Leeds]

On 8/4/2021 at 4:37 PM, Everina said:

Harry Hamlin?  Isn't that the guy who played Jim Cutler on Mad Men?

I'm old so I associate him with LA Law, which debuted in 1986.

(I kind of wish I hadn't posted that.)

 

 

[merylinkid]

9 hours ago, Leeds said:

I'm old so I associate him with LA Law, which debuted in 1986.

(I kind of wish I hadn't posted that.)

 

 

young'un.   I associate him with Clash of the Titans, the original one.   

16 hours ago, Zella said:

I've seen a lot people still discussing this as performance art, which used to be my take on everything he did, but I still think he seems like he's having a very public mental health meltdown. I could be wrong. But at this rate, I would almost be surprised if he ever releases this. 

Considering he has been public about his mental health, how anyone sees this as performance art is beyond me.   Other than those who know the gravy train ends if he actually gets help.   Its reminding me of Michael Jackson's last album (History? something like that).   He spent a lot of time reworking tracks and such.    Costing the label a lot of money in studio that was never repaid from the sales of the album.   MJ didn't have mental health problems (pedophilia is not a mental health condition) but he acted a lot like Kanye.   Everyone wrote it off as "eccentricity" because he was such a "genius."

Speaking of mental health.   Britney's dad released conversations from the personal conservator Jodi Montgomery that she has concerns about Britney's mental health.   Dad is using this to say that Britney needs another 5150 hold.   Montgomery shot back that is NOT what she said at all.   She said that Dad being an ass (paraphrasing that part) was affecting Britney's mental health, as it would for anyone.     She called for Dad to step down from managing the money.     Now that the professional people are speaking out, it is really showing Dad is the reason the conservatorship has gone on for so long.   I bet if Brit shows any  emotion at all he just threatens her with another 5150 hold.  

[Blergh]

39 minutes ago, merylinkid said:

 

Speaking of mental health.   Britney's dad released conversations from the personal conservator Jodi Montgomery that she has concerns about Britney's mental health.   Dad is using this to say that Britney needs another 5150 hold.   Montgomery shot back that is NOT what she said at all.   She said that Dad being an ass (paraphrasing that part) was affecting Britney's mental health, as it would for anyone.     She called for Dad to step down from managing the money.     Now that the professional people are speaking out, it is really showing Dad is the reason the conservatorship has gone on for so long.   I bet if Brit shows any  emotion at all he just threatens her with another 5150 hold.  

Ah, the irony of the days when Mr. Spears's spin held sway over so many. Folks who bought it said that since we (the public) didn't know what was 'really' going on with Miss Spears, Mr. Spears NEEDED to have conservatorship over her monies and person. However, the more that comes out, the more it becomes evident to me that folks truly didn't know what was 'really' going on with Mr. Spears!  If nothing else comes out of this, I hope people become less inclined to buy the spin of those who could potentially be profiteering from claiming others are incompetent instead of attempting to question whether those who are claimed to be incompetent might actually BE competent enough to make their own decisions (good and otherwise) about their monies and their lives,etc. 

[Ohiopirate02]

3 hours ago, merylinkid said:

young'un.   I associate him with Clash of the Titans, the original one.   

I was too young for LA Law, so my first glimpse of Harry Hamlin was watching Clash of the Titans with my dad on a Sunday afternoon even if I was a mere babe when that film first premiered.  

[GaT]

15 hours ago, Leeds said:

I'm old so I associate him with LA Law, which debuted in 1986.

 

5 hours ago, merylinkid said:

young'un.   I associate him with Clash of the Titans, the original one. 

I associate him with Veronica Mars

Sorry if this has been posted before, I looked but don't see it. Britney's father paid himself $16,000 a month, but only let Britney have $14,000 a month

https://www.yahoo.com/news/court-document-claims-britneys-spears-022500316.html

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"Mr. Spears has profited handsomely from his daughter's conservatorship. By way of illustration only, since at least 2009, Mr. Spears has been paying himself $16,000 per month from Ms. Spears's Estate, $2,000 more than he has allotted to Ms. Spears," Rosengart wrote in the filings reviewed by Insider.

 

[letter8358]

Jim Belushi files divorce from wife Jennifer Sloan 

[methodwriter85]

Call me cynical but I do think part of why Britney seems to be pushing for her birth control removal is because her hottie mancandy wants himself a secure meal ticket and the window for that is closing. I mean, it worked out for KFed. (Seriously, I hope the dude saved up because the gravy train on that is going to be done in about six years.)

Don't get me wrong, I do think a woman has a right to her own reproductive system, but man I hope if she does get pregnant, she's carefully watched because I don't think you can be on anti-depressants while you're pregnant.

I wish someone would sit down with her and sensitively bring up the possibility of surrogacy, if she's really set on having another biological child.

Edited August 8, 2021 by methodwriter85

[AgentRXS]

27 minutes ago, methodwriter85 said:

Call me cynical but I do think part of why Britney seems to be pushing for her birth control removal is because her hottie mancandy wants himself a secure meal ticket and the window for that is closing. I mean, it worked out for KFed. (Seriously, I hope the dude saved up because the gravy train on that is going to be done in about six years.)

Don't get me wrong, I do think a woman has a right to her own reproductive system, but man I hope if she does get pregnant, she's carefully watched because I don't think you can be on anti-depressants while you're pregnant.

I wish someone would sit down with her and sensitively bring up the possibility of surrogacy, if she's really set on having another biological child.

It depends on the antidepressants but some are safe for pregnant women to take. I want Britney to be able to enjoy her life before allowing another man to use her as a meal ticket so I hope she doesn’t get pregnant from this guy. I don’t trust him.