People! Post more in more places! My brain is currently leaking out of my ears and it's cut down my ability to focus on any one thing more than five minutes.
Everybody plays each other. That's all anybody ever does. We play parts.
Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
§ ita § - Jan 21, 2010 7:29:33 am PST #3165 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
§ ita § - Jan 21, 2010 7:31:38 am PST #3166 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
For commercial broadcasters I think it's just a matter of getting local advertisers to pay for it (since NBC's American ad clients aren't going to pay for British viewers who may or may not be able to buy their products)
So British public==American ad clients. Or something.
Man, my head really hurts. I wish I could bail. But missing today is really not an option, and I don't think my painkiller prescription has been filled.
Jesse - Jan 21, 2010 7:34:00 am PST #3167 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I really don't get why understanding certain things is so hard for some people. How many times do we have to have the same conversation??? Apparently one more time.
Theodosia - Jan 21, 2010 7:34:28 am PST #3168 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I liked that segment, and I did get the point of "the hard bigotry of high expectations" FWIW. Good observations.
Gudanov - Jan 21, 2010 7:35:41 am PST #3169 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Larry Wilmore is great.
§ ita § - Jan 21, 2010 7:36:35 am PST #3170 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I really don't get why understanding certain things is so hard for some people. How many times do we have to have the same conversation???
::cries::
JenP - Jan 21, 2010 7:37:59 am PST #3171 of 30001
How many times do we have to have the same conversation??? Apparently one more time.
I am sorry for your pain; however, reading that question on this board, in this thread, really cracked me up.
Jesse - Jan 21, 2010 7:43:02 am PST #3172 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Heh. By "conversation" I mean "telling someone facts."
Jessica - Jan 21, 2010 7:45:33 am PST #3173 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
So British public==American ad clients. Or something.
In terms of Who Is Paying To Get This Show On The Air, yeah.
(Obviously oversimplified, but I don't want to make your headache worse.)
Jessica - Jan 21, 2010 7:46:03 am PST #3174 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I really don't get why understanding certain things is so hard for some people. How many times do we have to have the same conversation??? Apparently one more time.
Wait, you work at my office??