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'Life of the Party'


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 11:12:10 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
Mostly lurking...

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.


Daisy Jane - Feb 09, 2007 11:17:21 am PST #9672 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Just now however I got the sullen and totally emo business version of "I never asked to be born!"

I get those, usually it's something along the lines of, "But I can't make that appointment!" "Coworker A won't call me back!" "Why is Coworker D out of town!?!"


shrift - Feb 09, 2007 11:20:10 am PST #9673 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Heh. I got, "I just wanted to know X, but I guess that's just too much to ask!"

To which I cheerfully responded, "Here is X information!" I did not helpfully mention that I would have given her X in the first place if she'd mentioned that X was all she needed.


lisah - Feb 09, 2007 11:21:43 am PST #9674 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

Why do people think that being bitchy will make me want to help them?

sometimes it's hard to turn off the bitchiness when you are actually a bitch...Signed, Was just a total bitch to a friend who really didn't deserve it.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 09, 2007 11:21:51 am PST #9675 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Assuming no prior working relationship with said person, I think I'd have gone for the "why don't you try asking me and see if it's too much?" option.


Daisy Jane - Feb 09, 2007 11:28:29 am PST #9676 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Ah but then they don't get to whine for a half hour about how difficult it is to get X. It's all about the whining.