Well, we may not have parted on the best of terms. I realize certain words were exchanged. Also, certain... bullets. But that's air through the engine. It's past. We're business people.

Mal ,'Serenity'


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.


Toddson - Sep 19, 2011 7:11:56 am PDT #27158 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

This weekend the Post had summaries - with commentary and ratings - of the new shows. The critic was saying "WTF happened to the women?" - he claimed to be one of the few heterosexual men who don't find Zooey Deschanel adorable. For her show he commented that the average age of the cast is 30, even though they seem to be living as 20-somethings and that she herself is 31 and is being presented as a "girl".


Allyson - Sep 19, 2011 7:16:36 am PDT #27159 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

Really great essay on gaslighting women. [link]

Per usual, don't read the comments section.

If I ever start blogging again in earnest, my blog will be called, "Don't Read the Comments Section."


Allyson - Sep 19, 2011 7:16:57 am PDT #27160 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

And it won't have a comments section. Or contact info.


Jesse - Sep 19, 2011 7:20:38 am PDT #27161 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

For her show he commented that the average age of the cast is 30, even though they seem to be living as 20-somethings and that she herself is 31 and is being presented as a "girl".

So many new shows with "girl(s)" or "men/man" in the title this year. @@


Allyson - Sep 19, 2011 7:21:20 am PDT #27162 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

Plenty of pretty chicks aren't getting laid on a regular basis.

Wrod. Look how cute I am. Nothing.


javachik - Sep 19, 2011 7:25:02 am PDT #27163 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Me, either!


§ ita § - Sep 19, 2011 7:27:09 am PDT #27164 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm not even awkward!


Jesse - Sep 19, 2011 7:28:16 am PDT #27165 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I can now definitively say that the only way to get laid on a regular basis (as a single person) is to explicitly look for it on a regular basis. I'm sure this is true regardless of what one looks like.

Just for the record.


Toddson - Sep 19, 2011 7:29:01 am PDT #27166 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

And, possibly, lower your expectations.


le nubian - Sep 19, 2011 7:31:40 am PDT #27167 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

And, possibly, lower your expectations.

Isn't this true for most things?