People use "girl" as a slur all the time, and you don't see us coming up with new words to call female children, do you?
Speaking as a differently genitaled person, I resent that.
We'll be in our bunk.
Wash ,'War Stories'
Natter 59: Dominate Your Face!
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.
Jessica - Jun 09, 2008 8:14:05 am PDT #1989 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Vortex - Jun 09, 2008 8:14:07 am PDT #1990 of 10003
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Two accounts with the same interest rate will make the same amount of money as combining the two.
yay math! I thought so, but I didn't know if there was some sort of compound interest thing or something.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 09, 2008 8:15:38 am PDT #1991 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Isn't it the case that new terms constantly have to be invented, because the old term has been coopted and used as a slur?
I think so. Also, I used to work for an 'office of Special Programs' which had nothing to do with 'special needs', but people really thought it did! (That office was "learning assistance")
The internets now work. They made an announcement over the loudspeaker throughout the hospital and school of nursing.
flea - Jun 09, 2008 8:25:35 am PDT #1992 of 10003
information libertarian
Shit I can't say in my Livejournal because my husband reads it: Yes, I am furious that your inability to finish your dissertation before the end of the spring semester is now jeopardizing our ability to get a mortgage. I fucking told you so. Ten thousand times I told you so. How many more times can you fail?
(Job is contingent upon dissertation; mortgage needs proof of employment; dissertation defense is scheduled for July 22, although a full draft is still not complete and the conclusion is un-begun; job starts August 4.)
amych - Jun 09, 2008 8:27:55 am PDT #1993 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Effing hell, flea. My fist, it is shaking.
Jesse - Jun 09, 2008 8:29:09 am PDT #1994 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh god, flea.
Speaking as a differently genitaled person, I resent that.
Har. Man up!!
msbelle - Jun 09, 2008 8:29:43 am PDT #1995 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
yoiks. my sympathies with the frustration.
meara - Jun 09, 2008 8:31:10 am PDT #1996 of 10003
Good god, flea. Yeah, sounds like some smacking around with a clue by four is once again in order.
bon bon - Jun 09, 2008 8:33:40 am PDT #1997 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
flea, you have my sympathies.
What Tom said about special needs. Isn't it always going to be a moving target? We used learning disabled/LD as a slur when I was young, and that was the new PC term.
Beverly - Jun 09, 2008 8:35:41 am PDT #1998 of 10003
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh flea. I do so sympathize. And offer my personal cluebat.