Kathy, that is so cool. I wish there was something that nifty going on here in Seattle. A Potions class taught at a mansion!
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35
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.
Atropa - Jun 02, 2005 11:58:02 am PDT #8786 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Wolfram - Jun 02, 2005 12:03:18 pm PDT #8787 of 10001
Visilurking
Before it gets removed: [link]
Kat - Jun 02, 2005 12:09:18 pm PDT #8788 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
fun, ita!
Betsy, never underestimate the laziness and passivity of people who are in the throes of learned helplessness.
Theodosia - Jun 02, 2005 12:12:12 pm PDT #8789 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Hee, on the Craig's List link.
§ ita § - Jun 02, 2005 12:14:59 pm PDT #8790 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
learned helplessness
Christ. I've been trying to remember this phrase for years. I think -- does it cover the scenario where if something isn't done right the first time, the subject becomes passive aggressively unable to ever do it right, regardless of the complexity?
sarameg - Jun 02, 2005 12:17:50 pm PDT #8791 of 10001
does it cover the scenario where if something isn't done right the first time, the subject becomes passive aggressively unable to ever do it right, regardless of the complexity?
I'd say so. Though I might also refer to that person as shortly-to-be-bludgeoned-to-death-with-a-nearby-object.
§ ita § - Jun 02, 2005 12:19:09 pm PDT #8792 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I might also refer to that person as shortly-to-be-bludgeoned-to-death-with-a-nearby-object
The example where I first heard the term referred to that person as "the husband."
Kat - Jun 02, 2005 12:19:23 pm PDT #8793 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
It's also for people who have few problem solving skills and need to be handheld through each of the tiniest steps of any task. repeatedly.
It's my personal buggabo these days.
§ ita § - Jun 02, 2005 12:20:39 pm PDT #8794 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's my personal buggabo these days.
You'd think that a Word document with screenshots of every step would help, right? Perhaps not, but definitely not if you never open it.
sarameg - Jun 02, 2005 12:20:42 pm PDT #8795 of 10001
The example where I first heard the term referred to that person as "the husband."
Does not bode well.