The darker the berry, the sweeter the juice.
Huh. Now that you mention it, I can see it, but I was taking it that berries get darker as they ripen. Huh.
That's insane troll logic!
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juliana - Oct 24, 2008 11:51:53 am PDT #9155 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
§ ita § - Oct 24, 2008 12:00:19 pm PDT #9156 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Being high yellow I probably have extra sensitivity to the line. It makes me angry. Perspective.
juliana - Oct 24, 2008 12:04:36 pm PDT #9157 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I probably have extra sensitivity to the line. It makes me angry. Perspective.
Yeah. The "huh" was entirely about me being an idiot and not seeing that connotation until it was addressed. Privilege blindness.
DCJensen - Oct 24, 2008 12:10:25 pm PDT #9158 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
I was just reading Slashdot, and I thought I would come over here to post this.
Apparently the border patrol of the US now says it has authority to conduct stops and searches within 100 miles of the US border.
From the ACLU:
Do you live in the new Constitution-free zone? [link]
Map: [link]
beth b - Oct 24, 2008 12:12:23 pm PDT #9159 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
{{teppy}}
In watching Matt, I have no idea how people handle the world going crazy. I know what happens with me -- world go crazy, I go crazy and then things settle. They aren't good, but suddenly things aren't as bad. I wish I knew how it happens.
DCJensen - Oct 24, 2008 12:14:12 pm PDT #9160 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Burrell - Oct 24, 2008 12:15:26 pm PDT #9161 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I didn't see Toddson's link so I have no idea how it was used in context, but I usually read it in the same way ita does, FWIW.
Steph, take care of yourself. We all have moments when it all becomes too much.
Kathy A - Oct 24, 2008 12:21:07 pm PDT #9162 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
(Oh good. Now I have "Black Boys/White Boys" running through my head. "Beautiful as girls....")
Sung by Nell Carter (and others) in the movie!
Trudy Booth - Oct 24, 2008 12:32:42 pm PDT #9163 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Being high yellow I probably have extra sensitivity to the line. It makes me angry. Perspective.
I've never thought the "darker the berry" thing was anything but a comment re: race. And I'm pretty pasty. I think I heard it for the first time in Fame.
§ ita § - Oct 24, 2008 12:39:51 pm PDT #9164 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I didn't see Toddson's link so I have no idea how it was used in context
It was an article about lipstick, and how darker colours rock. So it's a perfectly fair literal usage--just that I've never seen it used literally, and I have had it used as a direct insult towards me (not that it isn't an insult to me even when not aimed my way, if used racially).
Later on the same author does mention skin colour ranging to ebony, so it's not like she didn't think about skin tone when writing.