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CTyankee

(64,889 posts) Fri Feb 28, 2014, 02:36 PM Feb 2014

What the hell is going on in GD now? [View all]

Where did all the vitriol about "color" come from?

I am reconsidering putting my art challenge in there today. I am appalled...

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What the hell is going on in GD now? [View all] CTyankee Feb 2014 OP

Please do your art challange. sufrommich Feb 2014 #1

thanks for the encouragement! CTyankee Feb 2014 #2

same here ... nt chillfactor Feb 2014 #5

I know,that's why we need art! sufrommich Feb 2014 #6

It just seems so "in yer face." CTyankee Feb 2014 #10

I try to think of it as akin to sufrommich Feb 2014 #15

perhaps mercuryblues Feb 2014 #16

Lol. Sea will get a kick out of that. nt sufrommich Feb 2014 #17

wouldnt it be a hoot if i said eating yellow snow is bad, yet baines says it is healthy. what say seabeyond Feb 2014 #42

They would implode. Might be fun... Squinch Feb 2014 #48

now you know mercuryblues Mar 2014 #95

ah hahahahah. perfectly played. lol. thanks. seabeyond Mar 2014 #96

thnx mercuryblues Mar 2014 #98

lol, ya. that is the thing. that was the hairstyle of the guys i went to school with. nt seabeyond Mar 2014 #99

And I bet before we even put it up, we could list about 90% of the names of those who would take the Squinch Feb 2014 #47

If the yellow snow was from reindeer that ate psychedelic fungi, we'd get high. Just sayin' n/t freshwest Feb 2014 #71

Which thread? Lunacee_2013 Mar 2014 #84

He self deleted BainsBane Mar 2014 #85

do you think one of the admins slipped him the word to self delete? CTyankee Mar 2014 #88

I doubt it BainsBane Mar 2014 #97

Color is the new feminist bugaboo ... or something ... Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #3

It's times like this that I wonder what has happened to DU... CTyankee Feb 2014 #7

yes, I am right there with you, CTyankee, Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2014 #83

I would also like to see your art challenge. bravenak Feb 2014 #4

usually it would not bother me, but lately I dunno... CTyankee Feb 2014 #8

Never know what might happen. bravenak Feb 2014 #13

+10000 JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #9

I know it's bananas huh? JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #11

thanks. that's very nice... CTyankee Feb 2014 #12

They were losing the anti-HOF fight gollygee Feb 2014 #14

You are absolutely correct JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #18

OK, I feel better...visit the challenge if you can today... CTyankee Feb 2014 #24

Oh happy happy joy joy for me! love you too woman. and love that picture. seabeyond Feb 2014 #52

A bottle of champagne JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #53

lmfao seabeyond Feb 2014 #54

My hubby JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #56

lmao some more. see, seabeyond Feb 2014 #57

You're not the loyal type are you? BainsBane Feb 2014 #58

whose he. you all are doing great. let me see.... nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #59

Idris Elba BainsBane Feb 2014 #60

see what happens when i never watch tv or watch movies, lol. nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #61

Ahhhhhhh JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #62

I'm rather fickle. I was in love with Richard Sherman for a few weeks: freshwest Feb 2014 #72

Sherman? Seattle Seahawks? seabeyond Feb 2014 #75

You know the football player but not Idris Elba? BainsBane Mar 2014 #80

bah hahaha. clever woman. the difference between watching tv and reading news? and, i do have seabeyond Mar 2014 #91

The Seahawks were hard to miss - the place is still reverberating from the big win. And I haven't freshwest Mar 2014 #93

I went more for Vin Diesel in that movie franchise KitSileya Mar 2014 #90

That sounds like it was a really good movie. Thanks for explaining it. n/t freshwest Mar 2014 #94

I'm giving you a +1 just for posting a picture of Idris. historylovr Mar 2014 #105

It's all the same names. Squinch Feb 2014 #50

Someone referred to GD as the "Big House" BainsBane Feb 2014 #19

I saw the one that referred to GD being sufrommich Feb 2014 #20

I was told to get back to HOF BainsBane Feb 2014 #21

That same poster now just told BainsBane Feb 2014 #23

this kind of thing is what I am talking about... CTyankee Feb 2014 #25

Can you name that person or link that post? Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #26

I'll post once I receive the alert results. BainsBane Feb 2014 #28

The post was hidden BainsBane Feb 2014 #34

That one is headed toward a big flame out. Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #37

Surprise surprise on the identity... hlthe2b Feb 2014 #38

When I click on the link, there's nothing there and no #96 on the thread. Must be ignoring that one. freshwest Mar 2014 #77

The link works, though I noticed the OP self deleted. BainsBane Mar 2014 #81

(wrong spot) BainsBane Mar 2014 #79

Holy shit! sufrommich Feb 2014 #27

Bravnak is in that thread slaying dragons and sufrommich Feb 2014 #32

OMG.... lol. you are just gonna have to pm me a link. i wanna see. nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #43

WOW! 840high Mar 2014 #106

bah hahhaha. you all are a hoot. i do not know what ANY of you are talking about and still.... seabeyond Feb 2014 #41

Me too JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #55

Where? wryter2000 Feb 2014 #22

here, without further comment CTyankee Feb 2014 #29

Oh, brother wryter2000 Feb 2014 #39

It's been deleted. bravenak Mar 2014 #78

I wonder if he got a pm from "someone" suggesting that he CTyankee Mar 2014 #89

Dunno, yank. elleng Feb 2014 #30

of course! I put that in a challenge here because of the fact that Leonardo painted it CTyankee Feb 2014 #31

I missed that!!! elleng Feb 2014 #33

the one you posted is in the National Gallery in London...imagine my surprise... CTyankee Feb 2014 #35

Yes, and trying now to post Louvre version, elleng Feb 2014 #36

These are both the Louvre version. For the London version go back to your CTyankee Mar 2014 #86

Okay, I don't know the joke but what is up with that ill-placed pointing hand? aquart Mar 2014 #101

CTyankee can explain it, I'm sure! elleng Mar 2014 #102

your art challenge is what gives GD a little bit of class once a week. you cannot deprive GD seabeyond Feb 2014 #40

I have posted it...I got some real encouragement from everyone here... CTyankee Feb 2014 #44

ah... but i saw you when you did not see. and all it was, was you were busy with other stuff. seabeyond Feb 2014 #45

Just for you ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #63

you talking snow woman.... lol. seabeyond Feb 2014 #64

No I can't stand Coldplay ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #65

lol lol. i knew it. too funny. nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #69

Same here. BainsBane Mar 2014 #82

No, do not reconsider please... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #46

OMG etherealtruth Feb 2014 #49

I just read through some of those threads. What an ugly train wreck. We might as well Squinch Feb 2014 #51

Purple Rain by Etta James ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #66

Red by Taylor Swift ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #67

Paint it Black ( good old version) ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #68

That was pretty much my theme song when my father died. Wore black for years. n/t freshwest Feb 2014 #73

That's sad ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #74

The Vietnam war was getting going, civil rights people were being killed, so my teenage years seemed freshwest Mar 2014 #76

I must be a bit younger ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #92

Wow. That must be where you get your insight. But it must have been a devastating way to earn it. Squinch Mar 2014 #100

I think you would enjoy these works theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #70

I just love tamara. that green bugatti...oh, my... CTyankee Mar 2014 #87

I think I just witnessed the collective IQ of this site raised by at least 10 points. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2014 #103

+1. nt seabeyond Mar 2014 #104