Kaylee: H-how did you... g-get on...? Early: Strains the mind a bit, don't it? You think you're all alone. Maybe I come down the chimney, Kaylee. Bring presents to the good girls and boys.

'Objects In Space'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


javachik - Mar 01, 2010 1:28:39 pm PST #12313 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Am I the only one who finds "cougar" to be a real turn off as a term? It's the predatory part of it I hate. Specifically, hunting for prey. I don't like the implication of "prey" to be anywhere near the implication of sex.

ETA: But now that I am 40, I am feeling sensitive about shit like this.

I'm no cougar; I've never, ever, dated anyone younger. Closest to my age I've come is 5 years older, in fact.


Dana - Mar 01, 2010 1:29:07 pm PST #12314 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Am I the only one who finds "cougar" to be a real turn off as a term?

No. Though I'm resigned to it.

Edit: Its existence, not any application to me. Which there isn't. I can't speak for Jesse.


flea - Mar 01, 2010 1:30:43 pm PST #12315 of 30001
information libertarian

I thought it referred to the tendency of those women to dress in leopard print.

(Hil, I ancestry.commed him, too. You are not alone.)


Allyson - Mar 01, 2010 1:31:08 pm PST #12316 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I got to be in Entertainment Weekly without being a sock and committing pseudicide.

This means I am BETTER THAN YOU, FASTEDDIEGUS.


Connie Neil - Mar 01, 2010 1:32:45 pm PST #12317 of 30001
brillig

Woot! Two 22-inch monitors are coming to my desk! More room for movies on Sundays when things are slow!

Oh, and Windows 7, which shouldn't be too bad, but I will miss XP.


javachik - Mar 01, 2010 1:34:20 pm PST #12318 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Connie, Win 7 is awesome. I think you'll like the switch.


§ ita § - Mar 01, 2010 1:34:20 pm PST #12319 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

FASTEDDIEGUS

Which I read as fasted die Gus.

I think my biggest age gaps have been 12 years, in either direction. I could be a textbook cougar again. I got nothing against it. The word doesn't bother me--I understand that the strict application of the term is supposed to apply to hunters. But I'm more of a gatherer.


javachik - Mar 01, 2010 1:34:57 pm PST #12320 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

But I'm more of a gatherer.

Ha! So your conquests are "firewood".


DavidS - Mar 01, 2010 1:35:25 pm PST #12321 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

So what's the formula for determining at some point if you + person = cougar hunting?

13 years difference, I opine (entirely ex cloaca).


Polter-Cow - Mar 01, 2010 1:35:40 pm PST #12322 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Which I read as fasted die Gus.

Gudanov, get on this one.