And walking upright was a complete fucking DISASTER.
Willow: Something evil-crashed to earth in this. Then it broke out and slithered away to do badness.
Giles: Well, in all fairness, we don't really know about the "slithered" part. Anya: No, no, I'm sure it frisked about like a fluffy lamb.
'Never Leave Me'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
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.
Strix - Jun 28, 2005 6:50:47 am PDT #5044 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Steph L. - Jun 28, 2005 6:51:18 am PDT #5045 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
And walking upright was a complete fucking DISASTER.
Vertical *sucks.*
Rick - Jun 28, 2005 6:51:44 am PDT #5046 of 10001
And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans.
And even before that, there was a time when every cell was its own independent organism, instead of a mere slave to the oppressive multicellular collective. Those were the days.
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2005 6:53:59 am PDT #5047 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica's making me sniffly.
Susan W. - Jun 28, 2005 6:55:47 am PDT #5048 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
In particular, recent discoveries suggest that the adoption of agriculture, supposedly our most decisive step toward a better life, was in many ways a catastrophe from which we have never recovered.
I'm familiar with these arguments (the fact that until very recently agricultural populations were less healthy and robust than their hunter-gatherer ancestors), and find them convincing to the point I've developed an Extremely Heretical interpretation of the early chapters of Genesis as being a folk memory of the transition to an agricultural lifestyle, with all the trade-offs that entailed. That said, without civilization there wouldn't be baseball, chocolate, or the internet, and I'd have to tell stories around the fire instead of writing them down.
Topic!Cindy - Jun 28, 2005 6:55:56 am PDT #5049 of 10001
What is even happening?
Opposable thumbs! I blame opposable thumbs!
Calli - Jun 28, 2005 6:57:21 am PDT #5050 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
without civilization there wouldn't be baseball, chocolate, or the internet, and I'd have to tell stories around the fire instead of writing them down.
Indeed. Plus, no wine, scotch, birth control pills, peanut butter, or tv.
Fred Pete - Jun 28, 2005 6:57:23 am PDT #5051 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
And walking upright was a complete fucking DISASTER.
My back agrees. Especially when it's in the middle of one of those muscle spasms I get now and then.
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2005 6:58:41 am PDT #5052 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But we'd still have the martial arts or something much like, so I'm of two minds about the whole thing.
tommyrot - Jun 28, 2005 7:00:15 am PDT #5053 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I've developed an Extremely Heretical interpretation of the early chapters of Genesis as being a folk memory of the transition to an agricultural lifestyle, with all the trade-offs that entailed.
Ooh, that's really interesting.
I think I'll read my Bible tonight (hey, even an atheist sometimes needs a Bible for reference).
That said, without civilization there wouldn't be baseball, chocolate, or the internet, and I'd have to tell stories around the fire instead of writing them down.
But think how much more effective you'd be at hunting and gathering if you had WiFi. And although there'd be no baseball, there'd still be Calvinball.