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Scrappy - Nov 20, 2007 1:38:55 pm PST #3348 of 10001

Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I think the UK is more tilted to "You are not your ideas." So if a person tells you a particular idea is stupid, it doesn't mean YOU'RE stupid. I got the impression Fry was talking about a dinner party where we might not know everyone well (or at all), not among close friends or family. I do think arguing with someone's ideas is seen as bad manners in this country and not proper chitchat.

In America, on the other hand, asking someone what they do for a living is idle chatter, but in Europe or Britain is often never brought up among people who are just meeting.

§ ita § - Nov 20, 2007 1:45:46 pm PST #3349 of 10001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Try being non-white and using that muffin exhortation.

Some people are so touchy.

Sophia Brooks - Nov 20, 2007 1:48:35 pm PST #3350 of 10001

Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Try being non-white and using that muffin exhortation.

See, I feel weird saying "eat a muffin whitey" to a black person....

Jesse - Nov 20, 2007 1:51:45 pm PST #3351 of 10001

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

"Eat a muffin, whitey" transcends race!

Sue - Nov 20, 2007 1:56:44 pm PST #3352 of 10001

hip deep in pie

"Eat a muffin, whitey" transcends race!

It does! I had a total "eat muffin whitey" moment a couple of weeks ago, But instead of saying to the woman who was whining that the deli was out of blueberry bagels, I just burst out laughing for no reason and looked crazy.

§ ita § - Nov 20, 2007 1:58:31 pm PST #3353 of 10001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

As a non-white, I submit y'all want a cupcake and not even a muffin. If it scales up to a cake, it's cheating to call it a muffin.

tommyrot - Nov 20, 2007 2:10:21 pm PST #3354 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.

Huh. Where I grew up the population density is 72.9 people per square mile and the population is 97% white. Where I live now it's 31,860.3/mi², 42.6% white.

flea - Nov 20, 2007 2:14:18 pm PST #3355 of 10001

information libertarian

I was looking at census.gov (which is where that site pulls the data from) and discovered that the pocket suburb of Cincinnati where my father lives is whiter (96.9% white) than the small town in rural Maine I lived in as a small child (95.9% white). I found this very depressing.

§ ita § - Nov 20, 2007 2:23:19 pm PST #3356 of 10001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Man, if I had my ZIP codes I'd certainly check metro Detroit out again. Apparently the most segregated area in the US.

tommyrot - Nov 20, 2007 2:25:41 pm PST #3357 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.

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