When the economy recovers, I'm buying this tea infuser.
Kaylee: Is that him? Mal: That's the buffet table. Kaylee: Well how can we be sure, unless we question it?
'Shindig'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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 - Feb 06, 2009 4:27:19 am PST #5283 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
§ ita § - Feb 06, 2009 4:28:10 am PST #5284 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've been meaning to ask for a *long* time--what's a jeep beat?
There's a nurse wiggling a needle in my foot. That's try #3.
tommyrot - Feb 06, 2009 4:29:18 am PST #5285 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
OMG, xkcd explains "bases" (as in, "I got to second base with her"): Base System
Emily - Feb 06, 2009 4:29:31 am PST #5286 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Eh, I'm guessing the thousands of lower level people who got (and will be) summarily laid off had lifestyles they'd prefer not to lose as well
I never claimed that people with reductions in enormous salaries deserved more sympathy than anybody else. In fact, my very point is not the person who makes the money, but those who depend on them and had nothing to do with the malfeasance. Not to mention the charities that depend on donations from the ultra-rich for their very existence.
Anyway, I'm not claiming "oh those poor, poor rich people." I'm thinking about the people they support, the people they employ, the effect on the industries that rely on them. A raise very rarely trickles down, but I think a pay cut always does.
I'm not in any way disagreeing with the cap, either. I'm just not filled with the schadenfreude.
tommyrot - Feb 06, 2009 4:30:09 am PST #5287 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
When the economy recovers, I'm buying this tea infuser.
That is so awesome.
Jesse - Feb 06, 2009 4:37:37 am PST #5288 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm thinking about the people they support, the people they employ, the effect on the industries that rely on them.
While not a Corporate Fat Cat, I have decided it's my duty as a still-employed person to do all the normal things like buy clothes and get my nails done and occasional massages and stuff like that -- I still have the income I had last year, and am not likely to lose my job (knock wood), so why start hoarding away my money at the expense of the service workers?
Jessica - Feb 06, 2009 4:40:57 am PST #5289 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm going to take that logic one step further and say that it is my patriotic duty as an American to replace my cheap piece-of-shit Cablevision DVR with a Series 3 Tivo.
DavidS - Feb 06, 2009 4:43:18 am PST #5290 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
amych - Feb 06, 2009 4:44:22 am PST #5291 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Ah, crap. {{Miracleborns}}
Jessica - Feb 06, 2009 4:47:37 am PST #5292 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Ah, fuck - I'm so sorry Aims & Joe.