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This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?
Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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Barb - Aug 25, 2010 7:21:01 am PDT #29976 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Jessica - Aug 25, 2010 7:23:41 am PDT #29977 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
In general, I agree with this, now if they were talking Medicaid that would be a different story.
Bwahaha - I didn't catch that, but um, yeah.
Please, please, please take "believe" out of it. "Understand" is the verb.
In this case, "suspicious" is not the word you want to be using. Because "I'm suspicious of what you just said" is synonymous with "I don't believe you."
beekaytee - Aug 25, 2010 7:26:04 am PDT #29978 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
"I'm suspicious of what you just said" is synonymous with "I don't believe you."
This is my take as well.
I'm skeptical may seem the same, but in my brain, it translates into "I'm not sold, but I'd like to be. Tell me more."
Is that closer to what you meant Shir?
brenda m - Aug 25, 2010 7:29:20 am PDT #29979 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Because "I'm suspicious of what you just said" is synonymous with "I don't believe you."
This. And "dishonest" is saying that the person is being deliberately deceptive. Not at all the same as "speaking from a limited perspective" or "from a perspective that doesn't mesh with mine" or even "a perspective that is contradicted by the facts."
These are some very loaded terms in English, Shir.
Zenkitty - Aug 25, 2010 7:54:49 am PDT #29980 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
FYI, Shir, women can indeed be color-blind, it's just far less common among women than men. My BFF's mother is red-green color-blind.
§ ita § - Aug 25, 2010 7:58:36 am PDT #29981 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And it was in The Lost Heir Job.
Steph L. - Aug 25, 2010 8:03:02 am PDT #29982 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Shir, I'm grateful that Jess and bonny and brenda have tried to explain the disconnect on using the word "suspicious."
I really can't discuss this any more, because it's frustrating the ever-living shit out of me.
erikaj - Aug 25, 2010 8:10:00 am PDT #29983 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Anyone else reminded of Kelly Kapour saying "I don't talk *trash*, I talk *smack*...Smack talk is just like, right there. Your boyfriend's ugly, and that's a fact. Right now." Just me, then? Do not need to think of snakes big enough to eat goats. DO NOT!
Shir - Aug 25, 2010 8:19:00 am PDT #29984 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
In Hebrew, skeptical = suspicious. I don't know, maybe I need another word there, but nothing comes to mind that says in one word "yes, I'm sure that's how you see things, but I need to hear more about it - and from more people, actually".
In my world, suspicion isn't about someone being dishonest. It's about the opportunity to discover a new way to look at things. And that's kinda hot and cool, IMHO.
FYI, Shir, women can indeed be color-blind, it's just far less common among women than men
Nice to know. Maybe I am color blind after all. Don't know and I'm not in the rush of finding out. All I know is that sometimes I can't see the numbers on these tests, and sometimes I see different numbers.
I really can't discuss this any more, because it's frustrating the ever-living shit out of me.
Oh Steph. I'm really, really sorry for this. I didn't mean to cause you anymore frustration, especially with all of what you've been through lately. That's why I asked in the first place if I should reopen the subject. Sorry.
Vortex - Aug 25, 2010 8:22:35 am PDT #29985 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Bicycle Lock or Kinky Cuffs?. You decide.