Now, this would be the perfect time for a swear word.

Kaylee ,'Jaynestown'


Natter 54: Right here, dammit.  

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.


Nutty - Sep 25, 2007 9:35:13 am PDT #2877 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Oh, so it's like that guy who just quit smoking and is high on the whole thing.

I was going to say -- somewhere or other recently, I saw a conversation about obsessive personality traits, and about how, if it's not wild extremes of religion, you can easily become an insane fundamentalist about something else. Veganism was one of many examples, but I think anti-smoking was one too.

ita, you don't follow me around on the internet, do you?


shrift - Sep 25, 2007 9:36:49 am PDT #2878 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Oh, so it's like that guy who just quit smoking and is high on the whole thing.

Ugh.

Anyone who tries to proselytize to me learns that it backfires quite spectacularly unless the doctrine in question involves things like boys in eyeliner or Apple products.


tommyrot - Sep 25, 2007 9:38:29 am PDT #2879 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 was going to say -- somewhere or other recently, I saw a conversation about obsessive personality traits, and about how, if it's not wild extremes of religion, you can easily become an insane fundamentalist about something else. Veganism was one of many examples, but I think anti-smoking was one too.

Some people just go from one wild extreme to another. Like from religious fundamentalism to Marxism to radical feminism or whatever. Like they have to have one all-encompassing belief system, no matter what it is....


§ ita § - Sep 25, 2007 9:38:38 am PDT #2880 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

you don't follow me around on the internet, do you?

Maybe I do...ninja style.


tommyrot - Sep 25, 2007 9:39:12 am PDT #2881 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.

Maybe I do...ninja style.

But with correct weapons, right?


Daisy Jane - Sep 25, 2007 9:40:10 am PDT #2882 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Anyone who tries to proselytize to me learns that it backfires quite spectacularly unless the doctrine in question involves things like boys in eyeliner or Apple products.

You'll be happy to know I've been spreading the gospel of boys in eyeliner far and wide.


Fred Pete - Sep 25, 2007 9:40:32 am PDT #2883 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.

WASP -- The one person I know who's embraced the designation was pretty solidly middle-middle class (as in, lived on the "poor side" of one of the richest suburbs in America).

I found out a lot about my ancestors, especially the missing paternal grandfather's side, from ancestry.com. I also found out that the 1/8 Welsh on my paternal grandmother's side comes from Anglesey, which is about as close to Irish as you can get without actually being Irish.

I have a lot of trouble sympathizing with the vegan teacher. If you're hired to teach art, you should be teaching art. Not ignoring art in favor of non-artistic beliefs.


Connie Neil - Sep 25, 2007 9:40:32 am PDT #2884 of 10001
brillig

"Swords, daggers could be used to seriously harm victims, so this is a very serious crime."

Well, duh.


Aims - Sep 25, 2007 9:40:53 am PDT #2885 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

How far back have various people gotten with their ancestral tracking?

My grandmother got her paternal back to pre-1650 in the Scottish Highlands. Again, before that time period it's based on a lot of passed down stories and family legend than anything concrete cause hello? Not a whole heck of a lot of paper. But she did have the success she did based on church records for marriages and deaths.


§ ita § - Sep 25, 2007 9:40:59 am PDT #2886 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

But with correct weapons, right?

You know it. I observe very proper ordnance etiquette.