Is there an Uncanny Valley of sci-fi?
Damn, Ailleann. That was scary observant.
...burning baby fish swimming all round your head.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Gus - Aug 16, 2006 12:39:26 pm PDT #863 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
evil jimi - Aug 16, 2006 2:01:28 pm PDT #864 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
My understanding is that it has a vaguely negative connotation as in, "oy vey, my son is dating a shiksa!"
So if the son is dating a transexual is it, "oy vey, my son is dating a shiksa-bob"?
Gus - Aug 16, 2006 2:11:03 pm PDT #865 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Alberto Fujimori ... shiksa-bob.
People will eventually get past all this crap. I need to believe this.
Tamara - Aug 16, 2006 4:03:41 pm PDT #866 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
The percentage of people who answer "Other" goes up every year, as it should.
I am as white as white gets, but my dad is native american so I always mark "other".
Gus - Aug 16, 2006 4:07:38 pm PDT #867 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I am "other" as Hell.
What difference does it make? On a census, it is like the "Are you here legally?" question.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2006 4:19:25 pm PDT #868 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The difference it makes depends on the survey. For my sister's work on the impact of AIDS on various populations, of course she needs to know which ones. Similarly for my mother's medical research.
Gus - Aug 16, 2006 4:23:59 pm PDT #869 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I should know better than to argue with ita. However, I am brave. What difference does it make to the HIV virus, what box you check on a census?
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2006 4:28:17 pm PDT #870 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What difference does it make to the HIV virus, what box you check on a census?
Disease spreads in different ways among different groups. Good luck trying to stem the tide in, say, West Africa the same way you approach it in Sweden.
Gus - Aug 16, 2006 4:32:52 pm PDT #871 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
It is the same shape of condom, on either continent.
Cashmere - Aug 16, 2006 4:34:50 pm PDT #872 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
It is the same shape of condom, on either continent.
It's cultural, no physiological, Gus--which can be related to race.