Jessica,
the person who told the story deleted his FB account, so...I'm thinking he wasn't making it up. If you are making it up, just say so and be done with it.
Jimmy Olsen jokes're pretty much gonna be lost on you, huh?
Xander ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
le nubian - Aug 30, 2011 8:46:50 am PDT #23014 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Maria - Aug 30, 2011 8:57:20 am PDT #23015 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Not even reading the story. Just not willing to deal with that kind of depravity today.
Thanks everyone. It's just as things get closer, the more *real* it seems.
Oh, Maria, I'm so sorry to have upset you. Ted was really unlucky; 99% of people with his numbers lived.
flea, there's no need to apologize. Rationally, I know the odds are heavily in his favor, but emotionally, I want to curl up in a ball and cry. I'm just oversensitive right now, and things are hitting me with the force of a meteor from space.
Allyson - Aug 30, 2011 8:57:40 am PDT #23016 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
Or if he did make it up, he's regretting it hardcore.
Allyson - Aug 30, 2011 8:58:46 am PDT #23017 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 want to curl up in a ball and cry. I'm just oversensitive right now, and things are hitting me with the force of a meteor from space.
What can I do? I'm limited in ability by 3000 miles, but I can write you inspirational haiku!
Scrappy - Aug 30, 2011 9:02:44 am PDT #23018 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Or if he did make it up, he's regretting it hardcore.
One can only hope.
Fred Pete - Aug 30, 2011 9:03:31 am PDT #23019 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
((((Maria and family))))
And you're probably right not to read the story, made up or true.
Consuela - Aug 30, 2011 9:06:42 am PDT #23020 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oy, I hate this. I'm all stressed out about this email to My Nemesis. I shouldn't be: it's entirely polite and forthright, asking for clarification and more information on all the projects.
I end with: "As I'm sure you recognize, it is important to the success of the program that information on the status of these projects be shared regularly, so that it can be passed up the chain of command, and so we can all answer any questions from HQ and elsewhere."
I know she is out to undermine me; she knows I know. It's pretty much all in the open. So why am I stressed?
But I hate confrontation, and I suspect she takes advantage of that. So instead I wait and wait until it gets ridiculous and I get pissed off, which makes me look petty and bitchy.
§ ita § - Aug 30, 2011 9:08:31 am PDT #23021 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Consuela, the invisible people support you in email. You can do this. You must do this. Fuck her.
Does anyone remember the URL of that cheap jewelry site that sold silver and gemstone stuff with the countdown clock?
sumi - Aug 30, 2011 9:12:45 am PDT #23022 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Oh god. I'm not going to the link because your reactions are enough to convince me of the depravity.
Steph L. - Aug 30, 2011 9:13:53 am PDT #23023 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Silverjewelryclub.com, where the jewelry is "free," but you pay shipping? [link]