'The Message'
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.
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).
From Boxed Set (this is everything I ever wanted in cultural commentary, possible Flash spoilers):
-t: The Snerts get more fun every time i see them
billytea: I had no idea The Flash had arranged a Dr Seuss crossover.
-t: Did you not see the episode about the dire threat of the Oobleck?
Juliebird in Natter, on what her name would be if born in other decades:
I am Adilyn, not bad. The worst was Lakeysha. I'm envisioning that spelt with a dollar sign.
In Natter:
Matt the Bruins Fan: I'm not sure what distinguishes inebriated from drunk
Aurelia: The ability to pronounce inebriated.
In Natter:
Rick: Changing the names of things gives an illusion of progress with very little expenditure of effort. That makes it a popular option.