ita, if he's dead, I'm thinking the only thing he's using is space.
Overwhelming? How much more than whelming would that be exactly?
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Allyson - Aug 30, 2005 1:51:01 pm PDT #2753 of 10002
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
Cashmere - Aug 30, 2005 1:51:12 pm PDT #2754 of 10002
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Well, is he using the asscheek? The boots?
The asscheek is probaby easier to digest than boot leather.
dw - Aug 30, 2005 1:51:25 pm PDT #2755 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
Info that may be useful to Dana:
A friend of mine from the Jackson area just e-mailed. He still has no power, but he was able to charge up his computer at a local Applebee's. Restaurants and businesses have power.
The problem is gas. He's seeing long lines at the pump and some stations completely out of fuel.
DavidS - Aug 30, 2005 1:51:45 pm PDT #2756 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
After Hurricane Andrew it was complete anarchy through south Florida where my Dad lived for at least five days. They went out on nightly patrol (jeeps, big lights on top, guns) to fend of the looters from their homes. It was creepy and fucked up.
Similar thing happened in SF after the earthquake. Not the looting (very minor here), but with the police pulled away to deal with the emergencies you felt - almost immediately - on the streets a kind of threatening, grab and bully lawlessness emerge. All the lights were out and you suddenly realized that while a good portion of society exists by social contract, there is a substantial portion which is law abiding only because the police are right there.
Cashmere - Aug 30, 2005 1:52:02 pm PDT #2757 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
He's seeing long lines at the pump and some stations completely out of fuel.
It won't take long for that to get up here.
dw - Aug 30, 2005 1:52:27 pm PDT #2758 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
Not to get any more morbid, but isnt the water they're traveling through essentially a lake of poison?
Not any more than, say, the Ganges is. Or the Hudson. It's not going to kill you on contact, but I'd sure as hell avoid swallowing it.
Maria - Aug 30, 2005 1:52:38 pm PDT #2759 of 10002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
isnt the water they're traveling through essentially a lake of poison?
To put it simply, yes.
Gasoline from cars, algae and bacteria from the lake, dead animals--it's a deadly soup
Allyson - Aug 30, 2005 1:53:24 pm PDT #2760 of 10002
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
while a good portion of society exists by social contract, there is a substantial portion which is only law abiding only because the police are right there.
This is my biggest nightmare.
§ ita § - Aug 30, 2005 1:54:32 pm PDT #2761 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
ita, if he's dead, I'm thinking the only thing he's using is space.
I wasn't sure if he was dead in both her scenarios.
Allyson - Aug 30, 2005 1:56:03 pm PDT #2762 of 10002
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
dead animals
I didnt think of pets until I watched a CNN report where an exhausted and broken reporter described seeing a dog getting electrocuted by a downed power line and being unable to do anything about it.