Do the men say, "smile!"?
Somewhere in my 20s I just started saying, "no."
I could squeeze you until you popped like warm champagne, and you'd beg me to hurt you just a little bit more.
Fuffy ,'Storyteller'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
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.
Allyson - Jun 21, 2007 10:35:06 am PDT #4167 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
Connie Neil - Jun 21, 2007 10:35:55 am PDT #4168 of 10001
brillig
Do the men say, "smile!"?
Not twice.
Dana - Jun 21, 2007 10:36:31 am PDT #4169 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Do the men say, "smile!"?
And some of the women. Women, of course, are supposed to be naturally cheerful and friendly. If you don't smile, there's obviously something wrong with you.
(Wow, you guys are hitting so many of my buttons in sequence, it's almost fun. Next, we should talk about guys who show up in LJ communities and explain to the womenfolk why slash is stupid.)
amych - Jun 21, 2007 10:37:34 am PDT #4170 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Women, of course, are supposed to be naturally cheerful and friendly.
Or at least decorative. Bleagh.
Connie Neil - Jun 21, 2007 10:40:25 am PDT #4171 of 10001
brillig
I wonder how often our lovely Buffista guys feel like they're walking on landmines. I'd blame PMS, but that feels like a cop-out the way telling a shrink "it's my mother's fault" is a cop-out.
Kathy A - Jun 21, 2007 10:41:44 am PDT #4172 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Women, of course, are supposed to be naturally cheerful and friendly. If you don't smile, there's obviously something wrong with you.
If you're fat and don't smile, it's assumed you're a useless asexual lump--at least if you smile, you're a "jolly girl!"
Jesse - Jun 21, 2007 10:42:16 am PDT #4173 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Whenever Person A tries to make a generalized point about a group of people with a common characteristic, Person B invariably comes in and says "No, *I* know a woman from Cuba, and SHE loves to break-dance, so clearly you are wrong about Cuban dance!"
::hangs head::
I knew what you were saying. I was trying to make the leetle joke, but of course without your being able to see my face, it didn't come across.
tommyrot - Jun 21, 2007 10:43:42 am PDT #4174 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 wonder how often our lovely Buffista guys feel like they're walking on landmines.
Not me. But I used to feel that way in college a lot....
sarameg - Jun 21, 2007 10:43:47 am PDT #4175 of 10001
Do the men say, "smile!"?
This ones drives me crazy. I am neutral-to-friendly to strangers, depending on my mood. If I'm having a good day, I'm going to probably smile at small and fuzzy things, be all birds and flowers and one with humanity and shit. (It's really kind of freaky.) So that's my inclination. So when blasted with "smile" I do cause it really isn't that far away from my mind and then promptly start scowling and get all pissed off and hate the world.
Sean K - Jun 21, 2007 10:43:51 am PDT #4176 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Actually, the more time I spend around Buffistas, the less I feel like I'm walking on landmines. Being here helps me become more aware of the things I say and do, and how that's perceived by others.