Oh, in slide presentations you should be animating all the important words so they flash and dance around. Right?
Hmm. It's sounds like the finest party I can imagine getting paid to go to.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
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.
-t - Sep 20, 2010 10:08:29 am PDT #24888 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Calli - Sep 20, 2010 10:08:34 am PDT #24889 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Kevlar stops bullets because it halts their rotation and stops their penetration. Won't work with thresher blades.
Maybe plate armor?
tiggy - Sep 20, 2010 10:12:04 am PDT #24890 of 30001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
my mom totally does the Random Capitalization thing in sentences and i've been trying to break her of it. sadly, i think i'm wasting my time.
lisah - Sep 20, 2010 10:12:55 am PDT #24891 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
This kind of baffles me, because I've never heard of anyone foregoing gluten for non-medical reasons*. And in some cases, the answer to "Is it going to kill you?" would be "YES THAT IS WHY IT'S CALLED AN ALLERGY YOU JACKASS."
I get the impression that most people who forego gluten are intolerant to it not allergic. It's not actually going to kill them, it will just make them feel bad. (Which, of course, is a totally valid reason for not eating it!)
sumi - Sep 20, 2010 10:15:07 am PDT #24892 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Big, rumbles of thunder. It's shaking my building.
Steph L. - Sep 20, 2010 10:19:45 am PDT #24893 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
This kind of baffles me, because I've never heard of anyone foregoing gluten for non-medical reasons*. And in some cases, the answer to "Is it going to kill you?" would be "YES THAT IS WHY IT'S CALLED AN ALLERGY YOU JACKASS."
I get the impression that most people who forego gluten are intolerant to it not allergic. It's not actually going to kill them, it will just make them feel bad. (Which, of course, is a totally valid reason for not eating it!)
Yeah, but, like your parenthetical says, someone eating GF has a valid reason for eating that way, and so the Annoying Doubting Person really has no grounds to question *why* the GF person is eating that way. And that means not asking "Is it going to kill you?", when it's clear from the tone of voice that they're being sarcastic.
Now, if someone is really curious, and says, "Hey, can you tell me why you eat gluten-free, I don't know anything about it?", that's one thing. And I'm glad to do it. But when someone asks, "Is it going to KILL you? Why do you always have to be different?", then I'm pretty sure they don't want to know why I eat gluten-free; they're just annoyed that I won't eat their corn bread.
Vortex - Sep 20, 2010 10:21:38 am PDT #24894 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
my mom totally does the Random Capitalization thing in sentences and i've been trying to break her of it. sadly, i think i'm wasting my time.
Mine too. She capitalizes random words like You. Wierd.
Sparky1 - Sep 20, 2010 10:22:10 am PDT #24895 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease, not an allergy. Gluten can do some major damage to the intestine, so it's not just feeling bad, and for those who have a full blown case (like my sister & nephew, yes, it could kill them, albeit slowly).
Frankenbuddha - Sep 20, 2010 10:23:44 am PDT #24896 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
mmm, corn bread.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 20, 2010 10:25:09 am PDT #24897 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Hah. I have lived in my house now for FIVE months, and...you would probably be DISGUSTED OMG!
If it makes anyone feel better, I moved into my current apartment during the holidays of 2007 and have not yet mopped the wood floors. (I do sweep, and scrub the bathroom tile.)
I don't need to see my reflection in the floor, that's what mirrors are for.