Katie, I remember it being about diplomacy. Something like, "What, not saying something that's true? I'll pass."
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Nutty - Mar 19, 2003 12:30:28 pm PST #8105 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Jessica - Mar 19, 2003 12:31:15 pm PST #8106 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Something like, "What, not saying something that's true? I'll pass."
Wasn't that tact?
Jesse - Mar 19, 2003 12:31:24 pm PST #8107 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think that's tact, no?
Katie M - Mar 19, 2003 12:32:14 pm PST #8108 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Yeah, that's tact. No, I'm thinking about something in S3, where Cordelia was all "Buffy's got Slayer Power, so why doesn't she get to make the rules?" I went looking in the transcripts, but no luck.
Allyson - Mar 19, 2003 12:32:47 pm PST #8109 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Jon, it's a bad idea to contact them about anything.
Sean K - Mar 19, 2003 12:33:26 pm PST #8110 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
We still need a thread name and an actual thread.
As a thread title for either Voting Discussion 1 or Bureaucracy 2, I like:
When Buffistas Attack.
Nutty - Mar 19, 2003 12:34:13 pm PST #8111 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Are tact and diplomacy not the same thing? she asks, in a teeny tiny voice.
Merriam-Webster:
Tact:
1 : sensitive mental or aesthetic perception [converted the novel into a play with remarkable skill and tact]
2 : a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense
Diplomacy:
1 : the art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations
2 : skill in handling affairs without arousing hostility : TACT
Can you tell how much I don't want to work today?
Allyson - Mar 19, 2003 12:35:11 pm PST #8112 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
When Buffistas Attack.
Uh, no.
Jessica - Mar 19, 2003 12:36:49 pm PST #8113 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Are tact and diplomacy not the same thing?
Oh, well, yes, if you want to think of it that way. (Although I tend to think of tact as involving personal matters, and diplomany involving more official ones.)
Sean K - Mar 19, 2003 12:36:50 pm PST #8114 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Uh, no.
Yeah, maybe too divisive-making. Just a thought.