I'm taking a deep breath and giving myself a mental shake to get off the semantics thing.
FWIW, I wasn't playing semantics when I said that adequate doesn't necessarily equal optimal.
Saffron: He's my husband. Mal: Well, who in the damn galaxy ain't?
'Trash'
The Crying of Natter 49
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.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 18, 2007 7:54:35 am PST #3978 of 10001
What is even happening?
P.M. Marc - Jan 18, 2007 7:55:19 am PST #3979 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
That said, vitamin C is quite harmless in larger doses, so ehh... waste of money is better than toxicity any day.
Unless you're a cancer patient, at least a breast cancer patient. My mother's not dealing well with having to give up her vitamin C habit.
Steph L. - Jan 18, 2007 7:55:23 am PST #3980 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
If someone asks "Do you know what time it is?" he replies, without fail, "Yes."
Oh, my god. Grounds for homicide.
Right? And then the ask-er will look at him and say "Well?" To which he'll reply "Well, what?"
"What TIME is it?!?"
"Oh. You didn't ask me what time it was; you just asked me if I *knew* what time it was. It's 12:54."
No one thinks it's cute or funny. And yet he persists in doing it.
Zenkitty - Jan 18, 2007 7:55:43 am PST #3981 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Why can't we make the difficult people go away?
::whine::
My boss is a Difficult Person. HR has a thick folder of complaints on her; she's driven several people to quit; every few years they send her to a how-to-be-nice class and she's better for a couple weeks. Why can't her superiors say, look, your behavior is causing us problems and costing us good people; get some therapy, we'll pay for it; work it out or hand in your resignation?
In brief, why is it impossible to do anything about toxic bosses?
tommyrot - Jan 18, 2007 7:57:20 am PST #3982 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.
In brief, why is it impossible to do anything about toxic bosses?
Because murder is illegal?
Frankenbuddha - Jan 18, 2007 7:57:34 am PST #3983 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
How 'bout those Bears?
Going down in the Super Bowl if not this weekend.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 18, 2007 7:57:36 am PST #3984 of 10001
What is even happening?
"Oh. You didn't ask me what time it was; you just asked me if I *knew* what time it was. It's 12:54."
There's got to be a good rejoinder for this. The closest I'm coming to one is something like saying, "I didn't want to assume you'd acquired any life skill, including telling time."
DavidS - Jan 18, 2007 7:58:47 am PST #3985 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
NY Times article on difficult people: Help! I'm Surrounded By Jerks!
Sean K - Jan 18, 2007 7:59:38 am PST #3986 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
"Oh. You didn't ask me what time it was; you just asked me if I *knew* what time it was. It's 12:54."
There's got to be a good rejoinder for this. The closest I'm coming to one is something like saying, "I didn't want to assume you'd acquired any life skill, including telling time."
The only rejoinder I can come up with is a baseball bat to the face.
Somehow I don't think that's socially acceptable.
Nora Deirdre - Jan 18, 2007 7:59:47 am PST #3987 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Unfortunately, eating fish is its own can of worms, what with questionable farming practices, overfishing, high levels of mercury.... Yeesh.
There are ways to figure out what's better and what's not... Audubon Seafood Chart.
We eat a crapload of tilapia, mahimahi, and Alaska wild caught salmon, which are on the green list, and can be found in the TJ's frozen fish section for cheap.
One of the reasons we are still eating seafood, is that it's easier (though of course not bulletproof) to work out where your dinner's coming from and how it affects the environment, etc.