msbelle is one of the nice people. I should be more like her.
As the Reasons can attest, the nice-guy lessons bounce right off my bitterness-skin. Jilli sometimes despairs - the whole point of her book is "be nice", and it's mostly-lost on me.
Hey, if it means I don't have to read any more, woo and, might I add, a big hoo.
Xander ,'Sleeper'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
StuntHusband - Aug 26, 2009 10:01:36 am PDT #5678 of 30001
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
Jesse - Aug 26, 2009 10:03:24 am PDT #5679 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jilli sometimes despairs - the whole point of her book is "be nice", and it's mostly-lost on me.
Not true! I am a big proponent of making the distinction between nice and polite -- they are not the same thing at all.
Miracleman - Aug 26, 2009 10:04:24 am PDT #5680 of 30001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
"Polite" is the behavior that makes assholes act in a socially acceptable manner. Which, you know, we need to do.
I can't define "nice". Not enough experience.
Edited for clarity of statement.
msbelle - Aug 26, 2009 10:06:46 am PDT #5681 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
msbelle....nice
I am, in fact, the nicest. I haven't pointed that out recently, it should be noted.
Kathy A - Aug 26, 2009 10:07:50 am PDT #5682 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
You're so nice
You're not good
You're not bad
You're just...nice
I'm not good
I'm not nice
I'm just right
I'm the Witch
You're the world!
ETA: That's for Miracleman, not msbelle!
Jessica - Aug 26, 2009 10:13:58 am PDT #5683 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm the Witch / You're all liars and thieves / like his father! / Like his son will be too / Oh, why bother?
erikaj - Aug 26, 2009 10:14:33 am PDT #5684 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm not that nice. People usually find out when they mistake courtesy, for, like, being a punk, and a doormat, and going along no matter what. It usually surprises the hell out of them, too.
StuntHusband - Aug 26, 2009 10:24:39 am PDT #5685 of 30001
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
You...you're singing "Into the Woods" near me.
I adore you all even more now.
Barb - Aug 26, 2009 10:25:24 am PDT #5686 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
The guy at the church has said that spreading this message is more important for students than education.
This! THIS is why I need out of here! Those whackjobs are an hour away from me. And the sad part is, there are a LOT of people around here who would agree with the message on those shirts.
Dana - Aug 26, 2009 10:28:15 am PDT #5687 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
StundHusband, there are a few of us you don't want to get started on Sondheim.