'Shindig'
This thread is for Buffista quotage. Posts that are profound, witty, or otherwise deserving of immortality go here. This is also Shrift's source for the BRQG, so be aware that if your words end up here, they'll also end up there. Finally, please note which thread spawned the quotage and please white-out anything that might be spoilery to Un-Americans.
Connie Neil, in Natter:
"Health Guidelines for Stoic Guys, or, What to do when Duct Tape Won't Stop the Bleeding."
Followed up by: "Why are These People Yelling at Me, or, Random Strangers Are Calling an Ambulance, How Can I get Out of Going to the Hospital?"
In Natter:
Shrift:
Brontosaurus Is Officially A Dinosaur Again
-t:
Whoa. What a roller coaster!
Tommyrot:
This made me think of Fred Flintstone sliding down the neck and back of his brontosaurus at the end of his workday. Which I then discovered was the graphic for shrift's FB post.
-t :
You are clearly in tune with the zeitgeist.
tommyrot:
I am. I have zeitgeist coming out of my bottom.
-t:
There may be a treatment for that.
tommyrot:
I think I'll do a Kickstarter for adult zeitgeist diapers.
Connie Neil in Natter:
Families sometimes seem like they should be run like Survivor--everybody meets on a regular basis and votes to see who stays on the island.
Liese S. in Natter, waxing wise:
Past self is always a moron. All past selves are morons. Present self at least has the capacity to moron less.
Sometimes, content would subtract, rather than add. From Natter:
shrift: The internet eventually decided to come back so I could watch hockey. I totally am not doing work, though. Not in OT!
shrift (10 minutes later): THEY LOST THE PUCK IN THE GOALIE'S PANTS?!?!?!
DavidS: Okay, that's the greatest random sports update ever.
MatttheBruinsFan: I am now regretting my inattention to the hockey games tonight.
In Natter.
Dana: I've been in my part of fandom so long, I almost have a hard time understanding why people get worked up over canon they don't like. I mean, of course I understand it, but there's also a part of me that's like "Canon isn't the boss of us!"
Context be damned:
erika: I wish I had a root and some freedom.
Given how much history is in that, I think the context would be as useful as, like, Wire spoilers. "Um, remember that guy from twenty episodes ago? He's back. Also, the Man's still gonna crush you. Have a nice day!" Sorry, newbies.
Religious discussion in Natter--
Tom Scola: It looks like it's a Calvinist thing. If everything is already predetermined, once you're saved, you can't be unsaved. Never mind all of the backsliding that goes on in the fundamentalist community.
Steph L.: Oh, right! I got the Calvinist stuff backwards.
It's been a long time since I've even thought about that stuff. At least I remembered "Calvinist."
Toddson: Calvin has a lot to answer for. As does Hobbes.
More from Toddson:
I love the mixture of theology and antihistamines.
God bless you all (for one reason or another).