The Hudson River is salty pretty far north
Bother.
Hell, I don't know. If I had wanted schooling, I'da gone to school.
Jayne ,'Ariel'
Natter .38 Special
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.
DXMachina - Aug 30, 2005 2:06:39 pm PDT #2778 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 30, 2005 2:07:29 pm PDT #2779 of 10002
What is even happening?
Yeah, but I'm arming myself to the teeth in addition to food and water.That is arming yourself for survival, in my book. I wouldn't take a gun personally, because I'd likely shoot my own foot off, although I might take knives. My real point was, it's easy to say people are horrible, but their situation is more horrible than I can imagine. This is basically devastation, we're talking about here. I can't get my knickers in a twist that people are stealing jewelry and stuff I like to *think* I wouldn't steal.
dw - Aug 30, 2005 2:08:34 pm PDT #2780 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
You may have a higher tolerance than I. I'm not saying it would kill you right away, but all of that crap isn't going to cure cancer.
I've just been to Third World cities where the water is very much not potable, and what's in NOLA now is about like that. People deal with that water every day. People get sick from disease thanks to the water, but it's not the "toxic soup" the media is saying with much overblownness.
Again, don't drink the water, but this isn't a secret blend of eleven acids and carcinogens that kills on contact.
Tom Scola - Aug 30, 2005 2:10:07 pm PDT #2781 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Baby panda pictures: [link]
JZ - Aug 30, 2005 2:10:59 pm PDT #2782 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Bless you, Tom Scola.
§ ita § - Aug 30, 2005 2:12:54 pm PDT #2783 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
although I might take knives
Careful with those. They aren't easy to use in self defense, and are dangerous to all around.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 30, 2005 2:14:46 pm PDT #2784 of 10002
What is even happening?
People get sick from disease thanks to the water, but it's not the "toxic soup" the media is saying with much overblownness.From what I've read, the media has been quoting van Heerden, who's a mucky muck at the Louisiana State University Hurricane Center and the Center for the Study of Public Health Impacts of Hurricanes. He was warning that the floods could carry toxic waste from the Industrial Canal, including stuff like benzene, hydrochloric acid, and chlorine.
Allyson - Aug 30, 2005 2:15:11 pm PDT #2785 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
Go with a hammer.
DavidS - Aug 30, 2005 2:16:19 pm PDT #2786 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Careful with those. They aren't easy to use in self defense, and are dangerous to all around.
What's better for self defense? Baseball bat?
P.M. Marc - Aug 30, 2005 2:16:21 pm PDT #2787 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
What scares me is that I have seen the hearts of Seattleites, and they are blacker than black. Sure, they act all nice, but they're petty, arrogant, passive-aggressive thugs when pushed.
So don't push.
t passive aggressive polite smile of a native
We're not, exactly. We just come across that way when we feel our culture is threatened by outsiders.
Of course, as our culture effectively went plop and died in the mid-90s, it's kind of a pointless response, but old habits die hard when you can still see the ghosts in your mind.
(I'm a touch defensive about this, can you tell?)