Jeffrey Toobin exposes himself on Zoom

I wonder if after his leave of absence he's going to make a triumphant return as host of the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. He could start off with "Heard any good jokes lately?"

(credit to Pee-Wee Herman)
 
He should. It's all right to poke fun at him, he brought it on himself. But give him time to cool off, let others cool off as well, and back he should go. And IMO they should take him back too -- not that they've asked for my expert opinion, but that's my view.

It's absurd to talk of suicide, as has been mentioned in this thread, and stupid even to think of an able man's career ending because of this. Okay, so he'd been an idiot, fine, big deal. He'd only been jacking off, not causing the death of thousands or anything like that. Let him get laughed at roundly, perhaps take him down a notch or two, and then just forget about it. Give the poor man a break. (He may spend that break locked in his cabin, or the bathroom, but as long as he keeps it to himself after this ...)
 
Chanakya said:
He should. It's all right to poke fun at him, he brought it on himself. But give him time to cool off, let others cool off as well, and back he should go. And IMO they should take him back too -- not that they've asked for my expert opinion, but that's my view.

It's absurd to talk of suicide, as has been mentioned in this thread, and stupid even to think of an able man's career ending because of this. Okay, so he'd been an idiot, fine, big deal. He'd only been jacking off, not causing the death of thousands or anything like that. Let him get laughed at roundly, perhaps take him down a notch or two, and then just forget about it. Give the poor man a break. (He may spend that break locked in his cabin, or the bathroom, but as long as he keeps it to himself after this ...)
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^^This. He's not the first male to crack one off. He was careless in an odd situation and got busted, and publicly embarrassed, due to the COVID weirdness of doing stuff from home that normally couldn't be done in an office.

Give homeboy a break. He was enjoying the pleasure of his company at home, and got caught.
 
Thermal said:
^^This. He's not the first male to crack one off. He was careless in an odd situation and got busted, and publicly embarrassed, due to the COVID weirdness of doing stuff from home that normally couldn't be done in an office.

Give homeboy a break. He was enjoying the pleasure of his company at home, and got caught.
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Agreed. This isn't a big deal, not like a woman showing her nipple on TV.
 
Thermal said:
I am Thermal, and I approve of nipples being shown on the tv. The more the merrier, really.
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You say that, but I bet you wouldn't like to see someone who has more than twenty nipples on TV. There's a bias in cultural evaluations of beauty, and in there is an expectation that people have less than twenty nipples.
 
That's an idea. Instead of boring newsmen, newcasters, newspersons, in their business suits, get ten topless girls in there, solemnly reading the news, nonchalantly showing off their twenty nipples. I'm all for it. In fact, if I win the lottery, I'll start a news channel that does that, and ten-times-tiple my jackpot amount in no time.

But? If this catches on, becomes the rage, poor Toobin won't be able to watch TV at all, except alone at home, Zoom turned off.
 
Chanakya said:
That's an idea. Instead of boring newsmen, newcasters, newspersons, in their business suits, get ten topless girls in there, solemnly reading the news, nonchalantly showing off their twenty nipples. I'm all for it. In fact, if I win the lottery, I'll start a news channel that does that, and ten-times-tiple my jackpot amount in no time.
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You're too late. Such channels already exist.
 
Ziggurat said:
You're too late. Such channels already exist.
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Wow, you're right. Google points to Canadian channel Naked News.

There goes my jillion dollar idea (with inspiration drawn from the one and only TM!). Looks like I'll now have to rest content with buying yachts with my jackpot, when I do win it, and forget about the news mogul thing.


eta: Ninja'd by Thermal's desktop shortcut!
 
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I never understood why we need to see a person read news at us anyway. They cut to video clips and graphics to show stuff, why not just do that for the entire time? Narration can be done by audio only, I don't need to see who is speaking for the news to make sense. They'd save a fortune on clothes, makeup, and hiring only pretty people.
 
TragicMonkey said:
You say that, but I bet you wouldn't like to see someone who has more than twenty nipples on TV. There's a bias in cultural evaluations of beauty, and in there is an expectation that people have less than twenty nipples.
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Language Police Here. "Fewer than" dammit. What is this place coming to? :(
 
Gord_in_Toronto said:
Language Police Here. "Fewer than" dammit. What is this place coming to? :(
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I think you'll find, if you research the matter thoroughly, that the whole "fewer" vs "less" thing is actually a modern affectation; it's not really a traditional practice, nor of course is it a "rule" as there is no authority over the English language who can decide such matters.

If it's good enough for Shakespeare, King James, and Anita Doth then whom is us to argue?
 
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