On Sun, 13 Jan 2019 09:36:58 -0500, jmcquown wrote:

> On 1/2/2019 11:33 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Wed, 2 Jan 2019 01:40:43 -0600, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 04:07:43 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>
>>>> The
>>>> AARP commercial that's been running for 2+ years is still the
>>>> all-time Irony Winner (that I've seen). Any fellow irony
>>>> connoisseurs know which one and why (CLUE: it starts with the boss
>>>> coming in sometime after noon around noon, and thanking his
>>>> employee, who's been there since 7:50, for coming in today and
>>>> offering her a donut)? Or am I just overly observant and critical
>>>> of supposedly real-life situations? (who, me?)
>>>
>>> OK, since nobody "Gets It" it's the AARP commercial where the boss
>>> thanks her for coming in on her day off. Then she proceeds to
>>> describe, in painstaking detail, how she's been ****ing around on
>>> the AARP site all morning doing personal shit and not getting any
>>> work done:
>>>
>>> At 7:50AM I joined AARP...
>>> at 8:40AM I found a nursing home for my dad...
>>> at 9:25AM I bought concert tickets...
>>>
>>> Certainly somebody remembers it now and, looking back, realizes how
>>> stupidly ironic it is, right?
>>>
>>> ObFood: Bird Box
>>
>> I've never seen it. I spend commercial time with my Kindle
>>
> Similar, I pick up a book when commercials come on.

I'm such scum for sometimes watching commercials, while I ignore 95%
of the regular programming between commercials working and reading
technical specs. I'm so stupid.

-sw