That would be hella nice of me, wouldn't it?
eta: what P-C is talking about [link]
Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
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.
Lee - Sep 16, 2009 1:05:27 pm PDT #9201 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Sheryl - Sep 16, 2009 1:14:51 pm PDT #9202 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Am sleepy, and oddly tense.
-t - Sep 16, 2009 1:35:18 pm PDT #9203 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Upon reflection, I think that the misuse of decimate bothers me less when it is used imprecisely to mean some amount of devastation and more when it is used to mean utter destruction (as in "decimated to the last man" or such), which is much more wrong to me.
§ ita § - Sep 16, 2009 1:42:27 pm PDT #9204 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
some amount of devastation
In my head you can't have too little devastation. Sure, if you're the one in ten, decimation feels pretty ruinous, but your team hasn't been devastated (except emotionally) until more are mowed down.
No, I don't know precisely where the tipping point is. Somewhere around four.
Unrelatedly, I feel cheated that this place doesn't only have chocolate. But as long as the chocolate they do have is essential, I guess they aren't lying. Just seems they should be slanted more that way.
sarameg - Sep 16, 2009 2:10:55 pm PDT #9205 of 30001
I'm so hungry, but I don't wanna make dinner. Bah. (And delivery is not an option, will take longer than it takes for me to get off my ass and make a salad already.)
-t - Sep 16, 2009 2:11:07 pm PDT #9206 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I see your point. But even if you are talking about 40% when you say decimated, that's wrong but not as wrong as 100%.
Cass - Sep 16, 2009 2:19:05 pm PDT #9207 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
No, I don't know precisely where the tipping point is. Somewhere around four.
I think that's where you are about to be devastated, as well.
So, decimation is one in ten and devastation is four in ten? Two in five?
Ooh, we could open Lightbulbs. If I wanted to be killed by Buffistas. Which I do not.
Hil R. - Sep 16, 2009 2:43:07 pm PDT #9208 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
This is likely as not where they get their meat*: [link]
There have been vegan problems since they only translate the first 5 or 10 ingredients and sometimes egg white or milk solids come later but I've heard no of no vegetarian issues. The citrus rib tips are TO DIE FOR.
There were issues with the fake fish served in one LA vegan restaurant containing actual shellfish, but I don't know what supplier they got that from. (Here's the LA test results: [link] )
§ ita § - Sep 16, 2009 2:44:34 pm PDT #9209 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Actually, what was I talking about with four? I'm going to take a devastation hard line and say nothing under 70% is devastation, and everything lesser should have a different word. And I don't think 70% decimation is significantly different from 90% decimation, all told.
-t - Sep 16, 2009 3:11:06 pm PDT #9210 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Fair enough. I don't have a hard line for devastation - I know it when I see it, I think. But in much the same way that FREE is so much more appealing than 10 for a penny, I think referring to 100% destruction as decimation is so much more wrong than any other misuse of the term.