Yeah, I've found the same. We really have trouble with friendly arguments around politics in this country.
Illyria: We cling to what is gone. Is there anything in this life but grief? Wesley: There's love. There's hope...for some. There's hope that you'll find something worthy...that your life will lead you to some joy...that after everything...you can still be surprised. Illyria: Is that enough? Is that enough to live on?
'Shells'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
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.
Typo Boy - Nov 20, 2007 10:46:08 am PST #3316 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Jesse - Nov 20, 2007 10:49:52 am PST #3317 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
“yes, but that’s just arrant nonsense, isn’t it? It doesn’t make sense. It’s self-contradictory.”
That doesn't sound friendly to me, no matter the topic. Especially when I imagine it in an English accent!
We don't talk about politics in my family, after my grandmother went on this whole rant about GWB and how could anyone vote for him and who are these people, and my aunt finally said that "these people" was her, because she had voted for him.
beekaytee - Nov 20, 2007 10:52:27 am PST #3318 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
day-um...that xray needs to be optioned to CSI or something.
Yeah, I've found the same. We really have trouble with friendly arguments around politics in this country.
As a result, I think we really lose out on some terrific learning/understanding opportunities.
Gudanov - Nov 20, 2007 10:54:24 am PST #3319 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
I'm terrible at debating, I want to make sure that what I say is accurate so when someone throws out the "fact" that say global warming isn't really happening, I don't really want to respond unless I can cite something.
§ ita § - Nov 20, 2007 10:55:01 am PST #3320 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommyrot - Nov 20, 2007 10:58:48 am PST #3321 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.
Speaking of disturbing x-rays.
What's that inside? A motor? Is that a Mr. Squirmy?
JZ - Nov 20, 2007 10:58:55 am PST #3322 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.
Technically it's not work safe, but it actually is. Or vice versa.
This is possibly the most un-reassuring reassurance I've ever seen.
tommyrot - Nov 20, 2007 11:01:07 am PST #3323 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.
This one isn't as gross, but the description provides... useful knowledge: [link]
Patient was a front seat passenger in a car and had right foot on the portion of the dash where the airbag deploys. The car was involved in a low speed (25mph) crash. The passenger airbag deployed, tearing the foot from the tibia and grossly dislocating the talus. Driver was uninjured.
I often put my feet up on the dash before I saw this case. Not anymore!
tommyrot - Nov 20, 2007 11:01:37 am PST #3324 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.
This is possibly the most un-reassuring reassurance I've ever seen.
Or is is reassuring un-reassurance?
Gudanov - Nov 20, 2007 11:02:30 am PST #3325 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Yeah, I've found the same. We really have trouble with friendly arguments around politics in this country.
I think there is a tendency to really disrespect people with a different opinion. I hear about how how environmentalists are a bunch of idiots, anyone who does terrible things must be an atheist, only unpatriotic people oppose the war (I don't tend to be around a lot of liberal people in meatspace). I find myself falling into the same trap sometimes too, conservatives don't give a damn about the poor, all fundamentalists want a theocracy, etc... I have to remember that people generally want the best and just have different opinions on how to achieve that.