Do you post to the list, Betsy? Do the other costumers know of you, the way you know of random Buffista?
Saffron: But we've been wed. Aren't we to become one flesh? Mal: Well, no, uh... We're still two fleshes here, and I think that your flesh ought to sleep somewhere else.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Topic!Cindy - Mar 07, 2005 12:15:18 pm PST #5096 of 10001
What is even happening?
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2005 12:15:33 pm PST #5097 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That's what I meant about your attitude to costuming not reflecting costuming as a whole. Just because you're 'merely' a fan doesn't mean there's no fandom.
Betsy HP - Mar 07, 2005 12:21:51 pm PST #5098 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Do the other costumers know of you, the way you know of random Buffista?
I doubt it. Hey, I'm a lurker! I can support people in E-mail now!
Scrappy - Mar 07, 2005 12:27:08 pm PST #5099 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Main Entry: pop·u·larPronunciation: 'pä-py&-l&r Function: adjective Etymology: Latin popularis, from populus the people, a people 1 : of or relating to the general public 2 : suitable to the majority: as a : adapted to or indicative of the understanding and taste of the majority b : suited to the means of the majority : INEXPENSIVE 3 : frequently encountered or widely accepted 4 : commonly liked or approved
So, I meant the fourth definition. I know that poularity can give one power (and the most awful people can be popular in high school), but for the sake of my argument, I meant being liked.
Jessica - Mar 07, 2005 12:30:08 pm PST #5100 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
suited to the means of the majority : INEXPENSIVE
Heh. I like this one -- popular = CHEAP.
shrift - Mar 07, 2005 12:33:07 pm PST #5101 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Go team Shrift!
Heh. Recalling it went something like this:
Betsy: ...the rhetorical term for the part used to represent the whole.
Me: I know that word. It's --
t mem-fault
Word:
t poof
Me: Crap. Okay. It sounds like... Mnah mnah?
A Mighty Fortress Is Our Google: Metonymy
Me: Closer than the Swedish Chef, yet not quite the thing with the thing what means the thing. Bork bork bork!
A Mighty Fortress Is Our Google: Synecdoche.
Me: My English degree is ashamed to be seen in public with me now, isn't it.
Allyson - Mar 07, 2005 12:40:27 pm PST #5102 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
It's so odd how Minearverse has become the de facto gender studies thread.
Allyson - Mar 07, 2005 12:46:18 pm PST #5103 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
Kristen just AIMed me:
Her: I take it Tim posted?
Me: Nature v. Nurture debate
Burrell - Mar 07, 2005 12:53:48 pm PST #5104 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ah ha ha, Allyson!
Although as far as I can tell, it isn't even nature vs nurture, as most people seem to be putting them together in one messy category.
I'm too out of it to weigh in on the issue. Suffice to say that this morning reminded me that I, at least, am different from the majority of men I know in at least one way: the way I behave in a fight.
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2005 12:56:37 pm PST #5105 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I, at least, am different from the majority of men I know in at least one way: the way I behave in a fight.
Me too! Groin kicks, right?