Ari Fleischman doesn't even rate?
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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.
bon bon - Mar 22, 2006 9:27:16 am PST #5570 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
flea - Mar 22, 2006 9:28:14 am PST #5571 of 10001
information libertarian
Re: TV and kids under two, I think physically they are concerned about lack of activity and sedentarism, and psychologically about attention span and behaviour problems. I've seen studies about the latter specifically addressing the under-2 demographic, but am only guessing about the former based on what you see them saying about older kids and TV.
JZ - Mar 22, 2006 9:29:33 am PST #5572 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Bleah. I feel like shit. Just got back from an errands and snacking run, and in the elevator on the way back up there was a tired, irritable-looking woman with a toddler in tow. He was obviously restless, over-energized and discontented, toddling around the elevator and getting in everyone's way. At my floor he started heading out the door, and his mom hissed "Don't block the door!" and pulled him back by his hair. And then the door shut and they whisked away before I could force my brain to override the "be polite, don't interfere with other people's parenting, don't start fights" instinct and tear her a new one.
Fucking cow. And now I'm sitting here feeling all grouchy and queasy and vengeful and like a kid-betraying pussy.
At least there were a good half-dozen other people still in the elevator, including at least one doctor. I hope to God someone reamed her out but good once the door shut. I can't believe I didn't get my mouth in gear and say something. Fuck.
DavidS - Mar 22, 2006 9:31:59 am PST #5573 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ari Fleischman doesn't even rate?
Heh!
Ailleann - Mar 22, 2006 9:32:34 am PST #5574 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
David Henry Hwang
*tries desperately not to be twelve*
*fails*
Nutty - Mar 22, 2006 9:38:29 am PST #5575 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Okay, wait, on that tools list, the lever doesn't rate? I think knife, scythe and needle can all go into the "sharp cutty objects" category, and leave some space for the effing lever, don't you?
Moves mountains, you know?
DXMachina - Mar 22, 2006 9:38:49 am PST #5576 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Gutenberg doesn't even rate?
Yeah, if you're going to call the telescope a tool, then the printing press ought to be on there. It also seems to me that having both the knife and the sword on the list is akin to having a hammer and a bigger hammer as separate tools.
Also, what Nutty said. Also, is there no love for the pulley?
Cashmere - Mar 22, 2006 9:41:32 am PST #5577 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
So what does it do to kids? Cancer? Immolation? What?
Mmm. Owen's WAY over the daily recommended allowance of teevee.
§ ita § - Mar 22, 2006 9:44:01 am PST #5578 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Owen's WAY over the daily recommended allowance of teevee.
Better watch out for the spontaneous combustion!
DavidS - Mar 22, 2006 9:46:49 am PST #5579 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The tool list was very arguable. However...
New York - Forbes.com readers, editors and a panel of experts rank the scythe as the sixth most important tool of all time, in terms of its impact on human civilization. ( Read more about how we developed the rankings.)
To modern eyes, the scythe may be best known from images of the Grim Reaper and Father Time--or as a weapon used by Buffy the Vampire Slayer.