Are you watching the State of the Union tonight?

watching him form sentences is the most painful thing i can imagine atm

to be fair that goes for Jon Anderson as well

hell yes

xp

In no way does Jon Anderson deserve such cruel burns.

might watch the rebuttal -- go joe k!

lmao

Will watch Stormy Daniels make coy smirky faces on youtube tomorrow.

erik loomis says it all:

Seriously, why would you watch this? First, if you really want to know what is said, you can just read the thing in like 10% of the time, tops. Second, you already know what is going to be said. Third, it doesn’t matter. It will take up the next 48 hours of news media, then Trump will tweet something about the NFL or something, and all the takes that “Trump’s presidency is on the right track!” will be once again replaced with noting that he is an old monstrous fascist.

Even under a Democratic administration, these displays of political theater are useless and I refuse to watch. They get pumped up in the 24-hour news cycle as Major Events. They are not. They never are. Even if you wanted to watch Obama give SOTU addresses because you admired the man, there is zero reason to watch Donald Trump spew drivel about immigrants.

Just. Don’t. Watch.

I'll say this about the STFU of the Union, every time they start talking about it on the radio I scream and change the channel. It's like the Oscars for pundits or some shit.

"The question on everyone's mind is, what will Donald Trump be wearing!?"

I hope he gets a fresh diaper before the big speech!

I wonder if plans are in motion to hijack the feed of the SOTU and replace it, ala Tapeheads, with the world premiere of the Pee Tape,

Will watch Stormy Daniels make coy smirky faces on youtube tomorrow.

or you could watch Kimmel tonight

I'm going to a thrash metal show so....no.

i'm watching

i oddly enjoy the wrenching detached experience of watching the spectacle in real-time

i also want to see if/how he'll react to an audience that isn't 100% supportive. it's very rare that he exposes himself to it, especially in front a huge live audience. in the debates he would take pride in fighting back against the boos. and maybe it even worked for him in that setting. not sure how all that translates to tonight.

I would love it if the democrats would openly boo him, but that's obviously not happening.

yea i can't watch this thing

i'm happier the less i think about this asshole

This is pretty much how I feel

If Lewis Carroll stops by with a large bag of opium, I will watch Trump's State of the Union message.

— John Lurie (@lurie_john) January 30, 2018

I don't think I've ever watched one, not starting now.

This thread is the “I don’t own a TV” of threads right now.

watching him form sentences is the most painful thing i can imagine atm

bc it necessarily means watching form his little asshole mouth into a sphincter while he makes his thumb-finger gestures

i also want to see if/how he'll react to an audience that isn't 100% supportive.

Yeah, omg, how will he respond to the sight of so many democrats sitting down and not clapping.

wasn't Bush's "axis of evil" bit from a SOTU address? is that the last time anything memorable/significant was said at one of these?

(or said by the actual president at least? wasn't that dude shouting "you lie" at Obama at a SOTU? and Rubio stopping to swig from a bottle of water during his rebuttal?)

(NB I'm not American so this isn't “I don’t own a TV” style performative ignorance, just genuine ignorance)

probably will stream it while listening to ambient techno and surfing the web

xp it was a joint session of congress - joe wilson

i'll be teaching a class tonight so no way am i watching this

Ironic, because I (and many others) won't be watching because we *have* class.

its my music appreciation class, my students and i will be having a great time
way better than anyone watching this shitass speech

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/fatalbert/images/0/0b/Rc.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120221180233

"The State of the Union is like school on Saturday: no class."

i'm going to do some yoga tonight instead of watching this

if i were at home, i might watch enough to make my stomach turn, and then i would stop
so like 35-90 seconds

just look on the internet tomorrow and they'll show you clips of the parts to be mad at

I would only watch this if I thought there was a chance that I could be part of the shared cathartic experience of watching him stroke out and die on live television, but I'm realistic about the slim chances of my outliving him.

no, fuck this. I'm done

i’m listening to al green

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

lol

Noice!

I'm mostly tuned out these days, but that long walk up the aisle felt like the last "God, how did this ever happen?" moment of Part One.

Enter the First Lady, with the mien and bearing of Mary, Queen of Scots escorted to her doom.

This thread is the “I don’t own a TV” of threads right now.

― rb (soda), Tuesday, January 30, 2018 5:07 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't own a TV.

i'm remembering that no one benefits more from the time-honored "tell stories of american heroes and call them out on the crowd for a standing ovation" technique than terrible fucking presidents. over and over, the entire room stands up and gives a standing ovation. to the casual viewer trump appears to be killing it and even winning the democrats over.

Which PED baseball player did Clinton put in the box one year? I don't remember that.

Reagan started the tradition iirc

I'm covering this shit so y'all don't have to watch it.

oh man the smirk of this guy talking about the economy doing well.

They have a page listing all the luxury-box guests:

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_gallery.php

Clinton had Sammy Sosa there in 1999!

nothing like that exquisite moment when all the republicans and half of the democrats (including pelosi) give a standing ovation to the importance of standing for the national anthem

American grits!

https://whatscookingamerica.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Grits.jpg

Makes me think of the recording-studio scene in Boogie Nights: "Pillars, frameworks? Now you're talkin' over my head."

murmur in the crowd during the section on "chain migration" - couldn't make out exactly what was said

This thread is the “I don’t own a TV” of threads right now.

― rb (soda), Tuesday, January 30, 2018 5:07 PM

TV in general has somewhat varied fare, not the same ape flinging shit outta the cage.

i watched natural born killers instead but when i left the house for work afterwards i could hear the president's voice coming from behind the curtains of the neighbor's house, saying his catchphrase to enthusiastic applause. dark

The bald dude who introduced him when he walked in — that was his longtime security goon right?

That's future United States of Trump National Security Minister Goon to you, son.

I watched a lo res YouTube of the pilot episode of Moonlighting

I was watching episodes from the 'who shot JR' season of Dallas.