Why do people think that being bitchy will make me want to help them? It just makes me want to choke a bitch!
Now, this would be the perfect time for a swear word.
Kaylee ,'Jaynestown'
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.
shrift - Feb 09, 2007 11:04:33 am PST #9662 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Daisy Jane - Feb 09, 2007 11:06:59 am PST #9663 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Why do people think that being bitchy will make me want to help them?
Oooh! I know this one! It's because they have been told that being assertive will get them what they want, and they mistake being assertive with bullying.
tommyrot - Feb 09, 2007 11:07:23 am PST #9664 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.
I actually think Adult Swim was a bunch of idiots for hiding mysterious electronic objects around cities. Just because there's a Lite Brite image on the thing doesn't mean it's not dangerous.
I agree that Adult Swim should have known better than to attach mystery electronic devices to various public infrastructure. But I think the city overreacted - it should have been obvious that the devices were not explosives, consisting only as they did of flat circuit board, LEDs, microchips and batteries.
vw bug - Feb 09, 2007 11:08:52 am PST #9665 of 10001
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But I think the city overreacted - it should have been obvious that the devices were not explosives, consisting only as they did of flat circuit board, LEDs, microchips and batteries.
There were other bomb incidents and threats the same day, which made matters worse. The city responded as they should have.
tommyrot - Feb 09, 2007 11:11:42 am PST #9666 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.
There were other bomb incidents and threats the same day, which made matters worse. The city responded as they should have.
Those were unrelated to the Adult Swim things, right?
shrift - Feb 09, 2007 11:12:10 am PST #9667 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
It's because they have been told that being assertive will get them what they want, and they mistake being assertive with bullying.
I had to deal with a lot of people like that at my last job. Just now however I got the sullen and totally emo business version of "I never asked to be born!"
vw bug - Feb 09, 2007 11:12:12 am PST #9668 of 10001
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Those were unrelated to the Adult Swim things, right?
Yes. As far as I know.
aurelia - Feb 09, 2007 11:13:09 am PST #9669 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Those were unrelated to the Adult Swim things, right?
Yeah. There were a couple of faux pipe bombs. Enough to make people pretty edgy.
bon bon - Feb 09, 2007 11:14:46 am PST #9670 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I don't think the city overreacted, but the reaction wasn't foreseeable by Turner and Adult Swim. I'm guessing that if someone calls into 911 with a suspected bomb, the city will respond seriously, but guessing that someone would mistake a lite-brite for a bomb-- that's hardly foreseeable.
tommyrot - Feb 09, 2007 11:16:30 am PST #9671 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.
OK, I can see the city not being able to immediately differentiate between the Adult Swim stuff and the other stuff. I was under the impression that the city first had the big reaction to the Adult Swim stuff, and then the other stuff was found after. Or did the big reaction come at least partially because of the other bomb threats and fake bombs?
In any event, it was a bad decision on the part of Adult Swim, plus incredibly bad luck that this other stuff was going on at the same time.