The example where I first heard the term referred to that person as "the husband."
Does not bode well.
Don't you just love this party? Everything's so fancy, and there's some kind of hot cheese over there.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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.
sarameg - Jun 02, 2005 12:20:42 pm PDT #8795 of 10001
Kat - Jun 02, 2005 12:22:31 pm PDT #8796 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Ha!
See, I work with kids who ask the same questions each time. "Ms. G. We're out of tape. What should we do?"
"Well, did you look in the drawer of the student resource bin marked tape?"
§ ita § - Jun 02, 2005 12:23:46 pm PDT #8797 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I work with kids who ask the same questions each time. "Ms. G. We're out of tape. What should we do?"
It's infecting me. Why do I bother asking "Did you read the e-mail dated the 18th?" every fucking time when it's obvious they haven't? Because I'm sure, this time I'll teach them.
Oh, okay. Sure.
juliana - Jun 02, 2005 12:23:49 pm PDT #8798 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
"Ms. G. We're out of tape. What should we do?"
Good lord, you teach my co-workers.
Rick - Jun 02, 2005 12:25:34 pm PDT #8799 of 10001
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?
Yes, it is a theory of depression that says if you have repeated experiences of being unable to escape negative events then you will become passive and will no longer even try to escape them. The symptoms of depression are taken to result from this giving-up.
The theory was very popular in the 80's. Now, NSM.
Allyson - Jun 02, 2005 12:26:15 pm PDT #8800 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
See, I work with kids who ask the same questions each time. "Ms. G. We're out of tape. What should we do?"
"Well, did you look in the drawer of the student resource bin marked tape?"
HOLY SHIT. Future physicists.
Kat - Jun 02, 2005 12:27:13 pm PDT #8801 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Ah, Juliana, this is why I teach kids. With a 12-year-old, I can understand there are issues around authorit and not ever doing things for themselves.
Kids, by definition, are immature so when they act it, it's understandable.
but when an adult does that...it makes me crazy.
Connie Neil - Jun 02, 2005 12:27:14 pm PDT #8802 of 10001
brillig
if you have repeated experiences of being unable to escape negative events then you will become passive and will no longer even try to escape them
Hey, somebody's lived my life!
Nutty - Jun 02, 2005 12:28:13 pm PDT #8803 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I have got some helplessness going on. I think it is innate, however, and not learned. Still, if anybody is in the market for helplessness, I am selling at low low prices.
sarameg - Jun 02, 2005 12:29:42 pm PDT #8804 of 10001
See, I work with kids who ask the same questions each time. "Ms. G. We're out of tape. What should we do?"
My dad's response to questions like this is to give completely absurd directions. Really detailed, absurd instructions. Bonus if he can make the questioner do something stupid. "Well, first you need to stick your finger in your ear, palm parallel to the floor. Tilting sideways, slowly turn in a circle, mooing like a hoarse cow...."
He's not liked by some of his undergrads.