I am guessing that the author is positing that the French aren't as physical fitness oriented as Americans.
I thought it was that the French have great self-esteem already.
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
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.
Emily - Sep 26, 2007 5:26:55 am PDT #3051 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
bon bon - Sep 26, 2007 5:29:15 am PDT #3052 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
But they're depressed all the time! All that smoking and surrendering and "hon-hon-hon"ing!
shrift - Sep 26, 2007 5:31:18 am PDT #3053 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Don't change it until it forces you to, enduring a week's worth of pestering.
I like to use the week's worth of pestering to come up with a new password scheme.
§ ita § - Sep 26, 2007 5:32:28 am PDT #3054 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am guessing that the author is positing that the French aren't as physical fitness oriented as Americans.
Yeah, but in my head, Americans aren't really fitness-oriented as people. As a culture it may seem that way, but it doesn't actually percolate down to actual people.
And I can't imagine American self-esteem picking up if everyone got another hour of exercise in a week either.
§ ita § - Sep 26, 2007 5:43:36 am PDT #3055 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I do not have the right shoes for this outfit, but dammit, I'm going to go out like this anyway. I'm that sort of a rebel.
Not sure what I was thinking, buying a brown skirt.
Theodosia - Sep 26, 2007 5:44:01 am PDT #3056 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
There's also a positive correllation between exercise and warding off depression, according to a recent study.
brenda m - Sep 26, 2007 5:45:22 am PDT #3057 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
What magical property do the French possess that the Americans don't--I'm assuming that Americans would improve their self esteem...
I'm guessing it's that they don't think of things like exercise as a moral issue?
bon bon - Sep 26, 2007 5:50:40 am PDT #3058 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I'm guessing it's that they don't think of things like exercise as a moral issue?
That's kind of what I mean. Regardless of what Americans actually do, we are more culturally conditioned to view physical fitness as some kind of moral virtue.
Emily - Sep 26, 2007 5:51:04 am PDT #3059 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I'm guessing it's that they don't think of things like exercise as a moral issue?
Oh my god, wouldn't that be cool? If it weren't considered indicative of a moral failing of some kind?
Vortex - Sep 26, 2007 5:55:45 am PDT #3060 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
b) Don't change it until it forces you to, enduring a week's worth of pestering.
definitely this. I want that extra week to not have to remember the new password. Plus, I don't log out because if I do, my Treo won't send mail, so I usually find out when I restart once a week when it gets wonky.