I kissed him, and I told him that I loved him. And I killed him.

Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'


Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds  

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.


erikaj - Aug 05, 2008 2:24:29 pm PDT #1395 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!

I'm hip. Sophia, damn, that's harsh.as Ron White says "You can't fix stupid." And I wish the whole disability-faker meme would die too. (For a million reasons, not least people watching to see you "break character". But it's not the golden ticket. Far from it. Because every malaka out there acts like he pays your salary.)


erikaj - Aug 05, 2008 2:30:06 pm PDT #1396 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!

Yeah, Sophia, that's a special kind of misogyny and I hope their balls fall off. They're not using them, anyway. (Did I really say that?)


Jesse - Aug 05, 2008 2:31:58 pm PDT #1397 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I don't understand thinking that way. But I also don't understand saying it.

Seriously. Fucking people.


Theresa - Aug 05, 2008 2:34:49 pm PDT #1398 of 10003
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"

Happy Birthday Fred Pete! Congrats Tamara!

"You may have all day. I don't."

I guess it shouldn't but this does surprise me. I need to go watch that youtube video of the girls on the softball team carrying Sara Tucholsky around the bases [link] or the video of the Free Hugs guy.

I didn't realize how young we learn to be so mean until I worked with pre-schoolers. It is there very early in life. Then again, I've been around 80 year olds that took special pleasure in the pain they could cause.


Jesse - Aug 05, 2008 2:42:02 pm PDT #1399 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I was with a group of people the other day who were sharing anti-semetic slur stories. That, this conversation, and a post I just read on LJ from a guy who got hassled walking on the Brooklyn Bridge with his boyfriend, remind me how lucky I am -- both in circumstance and in surroundings. I think the only time anyone's ever yelled anything at me was in high school when some guy called me and my mother (!!) lesbians!


§ ita § - Aug 05, 2008 2:45:38 pm PDT #1400 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't think there's any way to win. Some people just don't get boundaries. Some of the times I've been yelled at it's some twisted compliment--I'm a bitch because I won't sleep with the stranger in question.

People need to know when to shut up.


Steph L. - Aug 05, 2008 2:48:33 pm PDT #1401 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism

What bothers/interests me is that I cannot fathom why someone takes the time to do something like that or really feels that urge

Right? Sure, I've thought uncharitable things about other people -- I once saw a guy with a BAD fake tan who really did look orange, and to compound it, he was wearing only shorts, no shirt, no shoes, etc., so there was a lot of orange to go around. And I *did* say to The Boy, "He looks like a Cheeto," but I didn't say it *to* the guy. And I never would.

I can't pretend that I'm nice all the time. And maybe there *is* no difference between me and the person who yells out the car window at passers-by. But I know enough to not say unkind things to people, even if I can't help but to think them.


§ ita § - Aug 05, 2008 2:54:35 pm PDT #1402 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Unrelatedly: I wonder if it'd cure the migraines?


Theresa - Aug 05, 2008 3:02:23 pm PDT #1403 of 10003
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"

I just saw this on the news. I'm happy they found more gorillas. [link]

Especially since I'm not liking people much.


Jesse - Aug 05, 2008 3:05:25 pm PDT #1404 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Unrelatedly: I wonder if it'd cure the migraines?

Can't hurt. Oh wait, I'm thinking yeah it could....