ugh. msbelle, I feel your pain.
Ginger, what does problematic mean?
See. We need either a Buffista Usage Guide. Or at least a Groundhog Day topic where we can rehash ad infinitum (or at least to 10,000 posts) these topics.
Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Natter 31 But Looks 29
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Jan 13, 2005 12:48:09 pm PST #5691 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
msbelle - Jan 13, 2005 12:48:46 pm PST #5692 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I love when people write the sample bad sentences and I see nothing wrong with them.
Sean K - Jan 13, 2005 12:49:20 pm PST #5693 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Incredibly overworked like whoa.
Clearly, if you are only just recently getting up. Bastards.
Ginger - Jan 13, 2005 12:53:07 pm PST #5694 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
This conversation is making me nauseous.
"Do not say 'I feel nauseous' unless you are certain you have that effect on others."
Problematic means "open to doubt or debate."
tommyrot - Jan 13, 2005 12:54:40 pm PST #5695 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
River's ice planet is open to doubt.
§ ita § - Jan 13, 2005 12:54:44 pm PST #5696 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
maybe I should take Krav if for no other reason than I could (possibly) protect myself
The first two levels concentrate on how to kick and punch the simplest ways, and how to get out of basic chokes and bear hugs. It's flexible, because there's room for obsessives, and room for people who want to feel a bit safer.
Glamcookie - Jan 13, 2005 12:58:53 pm PST #5697 of 10002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
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So tired of it today.
Wolfram - Jan 13, 2005 12:59:26 pm PST #5698 of 10002
Visilurking
Then there's a personal irritation, problematic, which does not mean full of problems, no matter how it sounds.
Merriam Webster online says:
1 a : posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide b : not definite or settled : UNCERTAIN c : open to question or debate : QUESTIONABLE
2 : expressing or supporting a possibility
Isn't 1a the same as full of problems? Or does the dictionary just put in definitions based on improper usage too? I'm not trying to snark here, I'm actually curious.
brenda m - Jan 13, 2005 12:59:43 pm PST #5699 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Problematic means "open to doubt or debate."
Huh. Did not know that.
I also found this definition:
baffling: making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"
which is a bit closer to what I would have thought, but not quite there. Complicated would have been closer.
tommyrot - Jan 13, 2005 1:01:56 pm PST #5700 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So tired of it today.
Part of my problem is that my eyes hurt. Is it from staring at the monitor all day? I do that almost every day. Or because my glasses are dirty? Or because of cold-induced fatigue?