The best I have to far is probably pathological compulsion. But I think there is a word that my correspondent is looking for.
Zoe: Don't think it's a good spot, sir. She still has the advantage over us. Mal: Everyone always does. That's what makes us special.
'Serenity'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
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.
bon bon - Aug 06, 2007 8:39:17 am PDT #2732 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Allyson - Aug 06, 2007 8:39:53 am PDT #2733 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
Yesterday I locked myself out of my office with no keys, no money, and no phone.
So I tried to break in. I scaled a wall, jumped a fence, fell on my ass, beaned my head on a planter, tried to pick a lock with a hairpin, and then I interrupted my boss' pool party to be rescued.
I am my own episode of I Love Lucy.
tommyrot - Aug 06, 2007 8:40:12 am PDT #2734 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.
It's a term for a kind of compulsion or tendency that a person has to repeat the same patterns in their lives, like seeking out the same relationships or whatnot, usually with a negative connotation.
President Bush?
§ ita § - Aug 06, 2007 8:43:15 am PDT #2735 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hmm. Now I feel I should learn to pick locks.
You okay, paperdol?
Allyson - Aug 06, 2007 8:44:09 am PDT #2736 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
I'm banged up, but mostly I'm suffering bruised ego.
Daisy Jane - Aug 06, 2007 8:45:07 am PDT #2737 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
The best I have to far is probably pathological compulsion.
I think that probably is the best term. The behavior wasn't really described as obsessive, but I think pathological could have a case made for it.
Allyson - Aug 06, 2007 8:45:41 am PDT #2738 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
Holy butt, Jilli!
We can say we knew you when.
meara - Aug 06, 2007 8:45:55 am PDT #2739 of 10001
Hmm. Now I feel I should learn to pick locks.
Hmm. Corsets. Mad computer skillz. Friends all over the world. Krav. Pole-dancing. Lock-picking.
Does anyone else feel like perhaps ita is working on an "Alias"-based reality show or something?
ChiKat - Aug 06, 2007 8:46:20 am PDT #2740 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Yay, Jilli!!
JZ - Aug 06, 2007 8:47:04 am PDT #2741 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Hey, paperdol, you haven't yet been Wiki'd, but you have been some-kind-of-pedia'd. Coolness!