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.
Aren't they something. They're like butterflies, or little pieces of wrapping paper blowing around.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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
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
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.
Jesse - Mar 19, 2003 12:41:02 pm PST #8115 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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.)
Me too, but I think the point was that it's tact in the quote.
I also want to recommend Buff Diving as a soothing diversion whenever one is needed.
Also, I like what Nutty proposed.
kat perez - Mar 19, 2003 12:49:42 pm PST #8116 of 10001
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Voting Discussion 1: Whip Appeal
With a nod to previous discussion about being the Buffista whip. Plus, it sounds porny.
Lyra Jane - Mar 19, 2003 12:50:12 pm PST #8117 of 10001
Up with the sun
Random quotes from the Buffy Dialogue Database (I searched on "freedom," "Discussion," rules, and "voting.")
I do not have time to play by the rules tonight. – A New Man
So she walks in and the rules just suddenly break? – A new Man
All these rules just to win little plastic disks. – The I in Team
Color me totally self-involved – Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Oh, yeah, campaigning. Rough gig. -- Homecoming
And I have no idea what to do with this, but I love it:
CORDELIA: I don't get it. Buffy's the Slayer. Shouldn't she have...
XANDER: What, a license to kill?
CORDELIA: Well, not for fun. But she's like this superman. Shouldn't there be different rules for her?
WILLOW: Sure, in a fascist society.
CORDELIA: Right! Why can't we have one of those? -- Ted