I'm sorry. That was WAY whinier than I meant for that to come off. I really wasn't trolling for validation

And I certainly didn't take it as such, darling! Whining is fine; I just get off on slapping people upside the head with the sweet-smelling fish of "You are a good person."

Because sometimes I need the metaphorical piscatory bitchslap, too. You need to give to get...!

Well, it seems that the American Association of Immigration Lawyers has cancelled their convention in Arizona.

I am petty, and this pleases me. I know, I know, punishing some of the undeserving; I said it was petty! I am a horrible person and will die a wretched death. At the hands of an indignant hotelier in AZ. But still. Heh.

oh, the Arizona-shunning has just begun - SF has a resolution in the works to boycott Arizona.

except erikaj

I actually got cced on an email from one of our student leaders like that. He forwarded an email from a student to the Director of Financial Aid with the addendum "This is the third email that I have gotten regarding this issue. Please take care of it."

I was appalled and wrote the student and told him that the email was more like a superior would send to a subordinate, and the tone was inappropriate.

(Goes begging-ass bitch on the Bay Area) Baby...it's over. I may be here, but I think about you all the time...I'll do that thing you like. You know you love it when I'm all impressed that you have more than one ethnic restaurant. You used to love that so much. I could have blown Baltimore in 1993. But I passed for you. Baby?

From the link: "mathotical student"

Hah.

IOmemeN, I am nearly all caught up on laundry and have gotten rid of a significant amount of clutter over the past two days. I must not be well.

I am sorry if I offend you by this email, but I put my heart and sole into my education and I believe in myself even if you don't.

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

The worst part about reading that stupid (with THREE Os) student's email is that is doesn't surprise me at all.

Maybe I just never noticed it before...or my perception of behavior like that is obscured by the fact that, should I ever have spoken to anyone like that as a young person, I would literally have lost teeth in the aftermath...(I remember mistakenly flashing a peace sign at my father and ending up in an ace bandage for weeks...and I wasn't even meaning to be disrespectful.)...but I am quite honestly appalled by the way people see fit to speak to each other these days.

By people, I mean folks who aren't even aware of the social boundaries they are crossing...not the ones who see the boundaries but shit on them anyway. There seems to be this growing horde of nurtured narcissists that I can't bring myself to laugh at.

Please, somebody tell me that they've always been out there, but I just never saw them. Otherwise, the trend is going to make me hide under my bed until the apocalypse.

eta:

the email was more like a superior would send to a subordinate, and the tone was inappropriate.

THIS is what I'm talking about!

Is it a result of the 'everybody wins' culture of the last couple of generations?

You don't have to hide under the bed - just stay in here and you'll be fine.

Otherwise, the trend is going to make me hide under my bed until the apocalypse.

On the bright side, when the apocalypse comes they'll be all whining about how unfair it is... I mean, more than the rest of us.

On the bright side, when the apocalypse comes they'll be all whining about how unfair it is... I mean, more than the rest of us.

This actually made me laugh out loud. I guess that is the upside. At least we'll have a realistic view of the end...while we all burn together! Maybe the enlightened flames will hurt less?

You don't have to hide under the bed - just stay in here and you'll be fine.

Sometimes, it's my only refuge, I tell you what.