(not just the people that Barb was describing, all of 'em)
How many times have I said "I hate everybody"?
I happen to be very biteable, pal. I'm moist and delicious.
Xander ,'Bring On The Night'
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.
Sean K - Sep 05, 2008 6:23:05 am PDT #7259 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Sophia Brooks - Sep 05, 2008 6:26:30 am PDT #7260 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Oh, and I am a them, too-- work 14 -15 hour days (although in theatre, so you can argue that I am elitist just for that) and grew up poor, and am still fairly poor.
Jesse - Sep 05, 2008 6:27:34 am PDT #7261 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It doesn't matter if he IS "just like them," as long as they FEEL like he is "just like them."
That's the thing that makes me insane with Bush -- he may actually BE the scion of an old rich Yankee family, and he may have actually gone to prep school and the Ivy League, but he SEEMS like your cousin Joe who hasn't been quite right since he smashed 24 beer cans on his forehead. And people like that!! ?? !!
Ugh.
Barb - Sep 05, 2008 6:29:56 am PDT #7262 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
I don't understand this at all. I think this is a bullshit excuse. I regularly work fourteen and fifteen hour days and I am plenty intellectually curious.
Sean, I'm not saying it's not a bullshit excuse, but that it's a common excuse. The difference, I think, is that the Dems are saying, "Here, think and make up your mind," while the Repubs are saying, "Don't waste valuable time doing anything like thinking. We'll do that for you. We'll make decisions for you. You just run along and spend time with your families."
Sean K - Sep 05, 2008 6:33:41 am PDT #7263 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Sean, I'm not saying it's not a bullshit excuse, but that it's a common excuse. The difference, I think, is that the Dems are saying, "Here, think and make up your mind," while the Repubs are saying, "Don't waste valuable time doing anything like thinking. We'll do that for you. We'll make decisions for you. You just run along and spend time with your families."
Oh, I know you're right in most cases. I just think it's BS.
(And just to be clear, I don't think you or what you're saying is BS, I think it's BS from the people who actually think that way)
Sean K - Sep 05, 2008 6:35:23 am PDT #7264 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
That's the thing that makes me insane with Bush -- he may actually BE the scion of an old rich Yankee family, and he may have actually gone to prep school and the Ivy League, but he SEEMS like your cousin Joe who hasn't been quite right since he smashed 24 beer cans on his forehead. And people like that!! ?? !!
What bugs SO MUCH about that is how many Texans, who otherwise claim that you can only be born a Texan, accept him as a Real True Texan.
HE'S A YANKEE!
Calli - Sep 05, 2008 6:39:51 am PDT #7265 of 10003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
HE'S A YANKEE!
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, in fact. You can't get much more Yankee than that without a nod from Joe Torre.
Lee - Sep 05, 2008 6:46:32 am PDT #7266 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I really want to go home.
Oh god, me too.
This morning, I had my first drivetime "well, that's an interesting thing to..WHAT THE F*CK ARE YOU DOING" moment before I even got out of my apartment complex's driveway. It did not get better from there.
Barb - Sep 05, 2008 6:46:44 am PDT #7267 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
(And just to be clear, I don't think you or what you're saying is BS, I think it's BS from the people who actually think that way)
Nah, honey-- I didn't think you thought that. Honestly, I just find myself stunned at how high the numbers are of people who think that way. (Some in my own family who really, should know better, given we're good, old-fashioned first gen immigrants who've been at the center of a LOT of misunderstandings over the years.)
megan walker - Sep 05, 2008 7:12:48 am PDT #7268 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The difference, I think, is that the Dems are saying, "Here, think and make up your mind," while the Repubs are saying, "Don't waste valuable time doing anything like thinking. We'll do that for you. We'll make decisions for you. You just run along and spend time with your families."
If only somehow this could lead to another Reformation, we'd be all set.