Oh, that poor cat.
Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much. Mal: It's enough.
'Serenity'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
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.
Dana - May 30, 2008 5:56:25 am PDT #9737 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Sophia Brooks - May 30, 2008 5:57:42 am PDT #9738 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Uncontacted tribe sighted in Amazon: [link]
It took me far to long to realize you didn't mean Amazon.com!
Also, shrift, that is too, too, too funny!
Amy - May 30, 2008 5:58:10 am PDT #9739 of 10001
Because books.
Really? I think most of the big cats are attractive, what with the whole ultimate land predator thing they're working.
Yeah, the big cat is always sexy, but "cougar" is still a hard word, with the consonants. Sadly, "leonine" is not a noun.
msbelle - May 30, 2008 5:58:47 am PDT #9740 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
OMG - no way would my cats let one of those stay on for more than a second.
makes me want to link to my all-time favorite wig: [link]
Vortex - May 30, 2008 6:03:03 am PDT #9741 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I've always gotten a really negative vibe from it, though I don't know that I could pinpoint why.
It's not a flattering term. The "flattering" term for an attractive older woman is MILF.
I've always heard the term "troll" for an old gay man who tries to pick up young gay men....
I think of "troll" more of an unattractive man who tries to pick up men out of his league. It CAN be an older man (and often is), but is also an unattractive younger man.
Jesse - May 30, 2008 6:07:55 am PDT #9742 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The "flattering" term for an attractive older woman is MILF.
That's yuck -- a cougar has agency of her own! The MILF is being seen through the male gaze t /women's studies
Frankenbuddha - May 30, 2008 6:08:03 am PDT #9743 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I've always gotten a really negative vibe from it, though I don't know that I could pinpoint why.
I think the negative vibe comes from the idea of being preyed upon. Which is why I think any big cat would have the same vibe.
Good thing it wasn't, say, "hyena" that got the nod.
msbelle - May 30, 2008 6:08:52 am PDT #9744 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
but a cougar is an older woman dating a younger man and a MILF, is just an attractive mom, not necessarily dating a younger guy, right - different terms.
§ ita § - May 30, 2008 6:09:53 am PDT #9745 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've always gotten a really negative vibe from it, though I don't know that I could pinpoint why.
It's not a flattering term.
Well, for right now, we're talking about it outside of the May December meaning, just in the animal sense. Tiger, cougar, cheetah, leopard, lion...they all work for me in a sinuous, seductive, predatory sense. It may be that I'm willing to give credit to the syllables just because the animals are so efficient, though.
I've seen enough women stand up and claim cougar that I wasn't sure it was a negative term. It's not like all cougars have the options of calling themselves MILFs, after all.
Nutty - May 30, 2008 6:13:08 am PDT #9746 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think the idea is, a MILF is always older than the [boy-person] contemplating her. Because, theoretically, there comes a point in a boy-person's life where the person he is F-ing is in fact likely to be an M, or even the M of children he fathered, but when he is looking at his wife, he does not think MILF. Because a woman his own age -- horrors!
This would be why men irritate me so much.