These girls have the most beautiful dresses. And so do I -- how about that?

Kaylee ,'Shindig'


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 04, 2010 12:16:47 pm PST #13226 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

I sort of get the guilt thing when being hit upon. Usually I feel a twinge of "oh I am so not the person you think you're hitting on" when getting hit on. I don't feel like my insides match my outsides at all.


Atropa - Mar 04, 2010 12:17:13 pm PST #13227 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I find it enjoyable when [almost] anyone hits on me

I ... tend to not notice? Unless it's so obvious that it could be seen from space.


§ ita § - Mar 04, 2010 12:18:27 pm PST #13228 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Why?

I'm not sure what the short version is. Possibly it boils down to the fact that I'm such crap social material right now I have no business being hit on. Even my OKCupid foray was fanned up by me thinking I was leaving town. If I can't be a good friend to people I already know and care about, what business do I have with randy boys?

At other stages of my life, I should have felt guilty because I was an unapologetic person-crusher or just opaque. But I didn't.


Dana - Mar 04, 2010 12:19:14 pm PST #13229 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Still reading Bureau 1. We used to vote on thread titles? Like, with polls and everything? Thank god we came up with the bullshit consensus.


§ ita § - Mar 04, 2010 12:19:16 pm PST #13230 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

deep fried twinkies:

I feel a twinge of "oh I am so not the person you think you're hitting on"

Oh, and this too. Whatever you see, IS A LIE.


ChiKat - Mar 04, 2010 12:23:58 pm PST #13231 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

I ... tend to not notice? Unless it's so obvious that it could be seen from space.

This would be why I'm still single. I tend to only notice someone hitting on me when I'm not interested. If I could potentially be interested, my brain tells me there is no way he could be interested in me, so I totally miss flirting.


§ ita § - Mar 04, 2010 12:24:56 pm PST #13232 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Thank god we came up with the bullshit consensus.

And the idea that I can feel unapologetic about using whatever thread name I thought looked most popular recently AND TAKE NO SHIT. Such a relief. Keep yer resentments to yourself.


Daisy Jane - Mar 04, 2010 12:25:05 pm PST #13233 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

That happens to The 'Vine every time there's an article or award. A bunch of tolltaggers show up, pretty much expecting to gawk at the eclecticness of it all.

The good ones become regulars; the bad ones write a shitty review on yelp. Then it all dies back down and I know everybody in the place again.


Tom Scola - Mar 04, 2010 12:27:27 pm PST #13234 of 30001
hwæt

Yelp faces lawsuit.

attorney claims that Yelp routinely highlights negative customer reviews unless business owners agree to advertise with the company.


Connie Neil - Mar 04, 2010 12:28:16 pm PST #13235 of 30001
brillig

I don't know if this is progress or not.

It's the infamous Utah Illegal Miscarriage bill, new news on the local news sites

A bill that captured national headlines for potentially putting mothers who miscarry at risk of being investigated for criminal homicide will be replaced.

Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman, said Thursday he plans to introduce new legislation to refine his bill, which was drafted in response to a case in Vernal where a teen paid a friend to beat her in an attempt to force a miscarriage.

Wimmer said his bill still would apply to cases like the eastern Utah one. But he is removing language that could subject a mother who miscarries because of reckless behavior to prosecution for criminal homicide.

For example, some suggested that an avid runner who miscarries could end up in prison for life.

"I don't want the false-rumors information that are going around this bill to detract from an otherwise very, very good piece of legislation," Wimmer said.

Both the House and Senate have passed Wimmer's original bill, and the Herriman lawmaker, who has met several times with Gov. Gary Herbert or his chief of staff to discuss it, said he is confident the governor would have signed it.

But his new legislation, without the reckless-behavior provision, would quickly supplant that bill.

"I don't want the controversy to follow Governor Herbert," Wimmer said, adding that his intent by including reckless behavior was to target mothers who use illegal drugs and cause a miscarriage.

[link]

So Hooray! for the thing being changed, but Boo! for Wimmer (yes, he is a twit) only changing it because it's being mis-represented.

I wish I could put it on Facebook, but I'm blocked for another hour and a half.