24: Well, perhaps, the dod is renting them out now. We are in debt.
Take me, sir. Take me hard.
Zoe ,'War Stories'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
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.
sumi - Mar 28, 2005 5:07:31 pm PST #1020 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Frankenbuddha - Mar 28, 2005 5:12:07 pm PST #1021 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
24: So why all the torture if they have truth serum for the real emergencies? Damn their budget cutting at CTU!
quester - Mar 28, 2005 5:14:23 pm PST #1022 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
24 never has made any sense from a narrative point of view. They really do seem to make it up as they go along.
Jessica - Mar 28, 2005 5:15:57 pm PST #1023 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
quester: stock footage.
For an episode that was pretty damn good, not a lot happened, did it? It was all pieces moving into place.
NoiseDesign - Mar 28, 2005 5:29:05 pm PST #1024 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
Well, I'm an athiest. I actually do find quite a bit of religious symbology offensive. I get very tired of it being in my face all the time. Seems like no matter what, someone is going to be offended.
quester - Mar 28, 2005 5:29:09 pm PST #1025 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
You're probably right, Jessica. It just struck a chord with me, we have those here and it just seemed wierd.
§ ita § - Mar 28, 2005 5:36:28 pm PST #1026 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Does offending people back help, ND? And no, not a facetious question. I do want to know.
NoiseDesign - Mar 28, 2005 5:45:18 pm PST #1027 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
I honestly don't know. Best I can say is that it tends to feel like getting pushed by the school bully one time to many and then you finally push back. There's a good chance you're going to get your ass kicked, but in many ways it's better than slowly being pushed out of the building.
I'm not always rational. I do joke around a lot. Part of the way that I deal with things is to have a pretty irreverant sense of humor about them. Sometimes it's the only way I can cope. Folks have heard me make joke in pretty horrid ways about my possible origins. It's part of my way of coping. Lately I've been feeling like any of my humor is said to be innappropriate or offensive. I suppose if that is the case then I need to go back to lurking.
§ ita § - Mar 28, 2005 5:55:26 pm PST #1028 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wonder, if you find being offended a problem, if offending back lightens that (evening out the playing field) or worsens it (sets off a spiral, perhaps).
Hurting people has never been an effective coping mechanism for me. Well, you know what I mean. Hurting them emotionally doesn't help me feel better. Which is why I ask.
NoiseDesign - Mar 28, 2005 5:59:23 pm PST #1029 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
I do understand what you are asking. I don't know that I have a very good answer for you. I think sometimes it does feel like leveling the playing field and at other times is just escalates things in a bad way.
Normally I do tend to walk away as opposed to escalating.