That story Consuela posted was incredible. I don't get it. Is there an official term for the syndrome of ... identity-creating now? (That's a serious question. Because it seems like one day there will be, if there's not now.)
Tara: That was funny if you've studied Taglarin mystic rites and... are a total dork... Riley: Then how come Xander didn't laugh?
'Selfless'
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.
Amy - Sep 27, 2011 2:35:00 am PDT #28517 of 30001
Because books.
Tom Scola - Sep 27, 2011 2:39:32 am PDT #28518 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The term "Münchausen by Internet" was first used in an article published in the Southern Medical Journal written by Marc Feldman in 2000. Feldman, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, gave a name to the phenomenon in 2000, but he co-authored an article on the topic two years earlier in the Western Journal of Medicine, using the description "virtual factitious disorder". Factitious disorders are described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR (DSM) as psychological disorders involving the production of non-existent physical or psychological ailments to earn sympathy.
Amy - Sep 27, 2011 2:45:25 am PDT #28519 of 30001
Because books.
Thank you, Tom! That's certainly a good name for it.
brenda m - Sep 27, 2011 2:59:24 am PDT #28520 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
Does it make me a bad person that the part of that whole story that really gave me chills was:
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Jesse - Sep 27, 2011 3:03:19 am PDT #28521 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ha!
Stephanie - Sep 27, 2011 3:30:01 am PDT #28522 of 30001
Trust my rage
So i was running over here to post that I saw that someone of FB was now friends with Gus Raley. Apparently, that was so three hours ago.
Do I really have to get out of bed?
Steph L. - Sep 27, 2011 3:30:36 am PDT #28523 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
People, "Gus Raley" of TVTropes wants to be my friend on Facebook. If this is a joke by one of you all, WTF? And if this is real, seriously?
Ugh, me, too! As soon as I read it, I switched tabs to this window to tell alla y'all about it.
What a douche.
t edit Hahahaha, Stephanie x-post of the "I was JUST running over here because of the weremonkey!" kind!
Jessica - Sep 27, 2011 3:40:52 am PDT #28524 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
So i was running over here to post that I saw that someone of FB was now friends with Gus Raley. Apparently, that was so three hours ago.
Add me to the list.
Did you guys know that Facebook has a "this person is a sockpuppet" (paraphrase) box you can tick when you're blocking someone? 'Cause I do now!
Amy - Sep 27, 2011 3:48:39 am PDT #28525 of 30001
Because books.
The "report/block" option, Jessica?
Kate P. - Sep 27, 2011 3:50:39 am PDT #28526 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I also got the friend request from Gus. Unbelievable.