I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.

Simon ,'Out Of Gas'


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.


Jessica - Oct 11, 2010 10:28:31 am PDT #28932 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

You know, the company that had the pro-anaesque slogans, and then took them down, and replaced them with other pro-ana slogans?

I didn't know this about them - I just thought their pretzels sucked.


§ ita § - Oct 11, 2010 10:29:21 am PDT #28933 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

LA staging of RHPS. Look at this cast list:

s, with a star-studded live show and a costume ball. The stage show is slated to include Billy Idol, Glee stars Lea Michele and Matthew Morrison, and How I Met Your Mother's Jason Segel, as well as Jack Nicholson and Danny DeVito, with more performers to be announced shortly

I don't even believe that.


§ ita § - Oct 11, 2010 10:31:19 am PDT #28934 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I didn't know this about them - I just thought their pretzels sucked.

Their slogans included "You can never be too thin" and "Tastes as good as skinny feels." Now they're using "We're thin and stacked, so lose the old bag."


Jessica - Oct 11, 2010 10:32:06 am PDT #28935 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

It's not that it's an incorrect use of the phrase, it's that certain groups and people seem to be trying to milk some kind of extra credibility or something out of the "Judeo", rather than out of any care or concern for the cultural history of their religion.

I honestly can't think of any use of "Judeo-Christian" that's not at least 90% bullshit/marketing. It's what religious politicians say instead of "Christian" since the Nazis put public antisemetism out of fashion.


amych - Oct 11, 2010 10:38:37 am PDT #28936 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I honestly can't think of any use of "Judeo-Christian" that's not at least 90% bullshit/marketing. It's what religious politicians say instead of "Christian" since the Nazis put public antisemetism out of fashion.

Hey, let's not oversimplify -- it's also what politicians say when they mean "let's all hate the Muslims together". Or did, only now they pretty much say that openly.


megan walker - Oct 11, 2010 10:39:28 am PDT #28937 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

No, it wasn't meant as dismissive. I was under the impression (from my father the PhD, and the many friends I have with doctorates, including the fine PhDs here) that insisting on being called "Doctor" socially or in non-professional settings was somewhat tacky in that it gives the incorrect impression of being a medical doctor.

True. Also, Prof. So-and-So (if you are one) is usually preferred anyway because it is the higher title (since not all doctor are professors, but all professors are generally doctors).

At work here, I do put my Ph.D. at the end of my name since it's relevant to the people I deal with (but I would never use Dr.). For every book, there's usually one reviewer who sends back my name confirmation email with "Dr." added. I ignore them.


§ ita § - Oct 11, 2010 10:40:27 am PDT #28938 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hmm. I don't think either my mother or sister go by Prof. I wonder why not.


megan walker - Oct 11, 2010 10:41:14 am PDT #28939 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Note: I meant on letters and the like, not in person when introducing oneself.


Trudy Booth - Oct 11, 2010 10:43:33 am PDT #28940 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Their slogans included "You can never be too thin" and "Tastes as good as skinny feels." Now they're using "We're thin and stacked, so lose the old bag."

Is that really pro-anorexic though? Or just pro-skinny?

LOTS of people without eating disorders want to be skinny, take steps to be skinny (even drastic ones), say things like "you can't be too rich or too thin".

Eating disorders are a real problem. Pro-eating disorder websites are too. But not everything is a disorder.


brenda m - Oct 11, 2010 10:44:39 am PDT #28941 of 30001
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

Oh, is that what pro-ana means?