Giles: I jump out of the circle, jump back in, and, and, shake my gourd. Buffy: Hey, I think I know this ritual. The ancient shamans were next called upon to do the Hokey-Pokey and to turn themselves around.

'Dirty Girls'


Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?  

A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.

Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych


Allyson - Aug 30, 2004 3:09:49 pm PDT #2014 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Not Allyson, but I'd bet even money, any amount, that she meant the former.

Thanks, JZ. I'm trying to not be a dick, and did that thing where I composed in notepad and reread what I posted and edited what I thought could be interpretted as lashing out/vengeance.

But am still clarifying. Unless that's causing more trouble. I see where Jessica sees patronizing, and why, and since I was trying to say, "hey, feel your pain, however..." I needed to address that.


Susan W. - Aug 30, 2004 3:10:17 pm PDT #2015 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

It certainly sounds like he's working in filmmaking to me.

Me too. After awhile it turns into hairsplitting. Was I a writer when I decided that I was going to finish a novel come hell or high water? The first time I got paid for my work? When I decided not to go back to work after having Annabel and freelance? Or am I not a writer until I either sell a book or make enough from my freelancing that I wouldn't instantly have to get a job if anything happened to Dylan? I don't know. All I know is AFAIC I'm a writer. A professional writer, too, though not yet an author. And if someone says they're a filmmaker, as long as they're making a good-faith effort to work in that field, that's good enough for me.


Allyson - Aug 30, 2004 3:16:29 pm PDT #2016 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

And if someone says they're a filmmaker, as long as they're making a good-faith effort to work in that field, that's good enough for me.

I understand your position.


Allyson - Aug 30, 2004 3:51:19 pm PDT #2017 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Oh, gah, I should have just said that I was going to also question Sean's post, and not have gone into detail about what I was going to say, because the conversation has become about that, and it's not what I thought was the important thing. What I was trying to get across to Sean is that the bothersome part of his blowup isnt so much that he had the blowup, but that he then blamed ita for his rude behavior, and demanded an apology from her for making him behave rudely.

It would have so much better to just say, "We are soley responsible for what we post. No one is controlling our brains as we compose them and hit post."


NoiseDesign - Aug 30, 2004 4:02:05 pm PDT #2018 of 10001
Our wings are not tired

"We are soley responsible for what we post. No one is controlling our brains as we compose them and hit post."

I completely agree.


Miracleman - Aug 30, 2004 4:02:27 pm PDT #2019 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

Hee hee hee hee hee.

Sorry.

Hee hee hee hee hee.

No, really. I shouldn't...

Hee hee hee hee hee.

Man, I've been away too long.

*This laughter was not aimed at anyone in particular. I find inappropriate things friggin' hi-larious. This laughter is the sole responsibility of the laugher and is not intended to decry or condone any one position. Closed course, professional laugher - do not attempt. This laughter void in WI, NY, HI, IL, AZ and Seriousness. Refund for laughter 5c, 10c in MI.


Polter-Cow - Aug 30, 2004 4:05:01 pm PDT #2020 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Refund for laughter 5c, 10c in MI.

Woohoo! Double the money for me.


§ ita § - Aug 30, 2004 4:05:36 pm PDT #2021 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Woohoo! Double the money for me.

You paid double in the first place. You're no richer. Plus -- you're in Michigan.


Lee - Aug 30, 2004 4:07:24 pm PDT #2022 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

ita has a good point, on both counts.


Allyson - Aug 30, 2004 4:08:30 pm PDT #2023 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

This laughter is the sole responsibility of the laugher

I forgot to say that we are solely responsible, except in the case of Miracleman, who is controled by either the ferrets, remote controlled zombie robots, and sometimes both.