You can say anything and make it sound/seem offensive. Conversely, I fully intend to greet Hayden in the flesh one day by calling him a cocksucker...however, in the context of our one relationship, I hope he receives that as a sign of warm affection.If I'm also introduced to his in-laws that same day, that's a little more of a gamble.(I'm sure Charlie Eppes had a chart about this at some point.)
It's simple. I slap 'em around a bit, torture 'em, make their lives hell...Sure, the nice guys'll run away,but every now and then you'll find a prince like Spike who gets off on it.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
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.
erikaj - Apr 19, 2011 5:43:09 am PDT #4005 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
lisah - Apr 19, 2011 5:43:14 am PDT #4006 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
I'm offended by the number of people who take offense at ridiculous things. Relax, everybody.
Seriously!
brenda m - Apr 19, 2011 5:47:23 am PDT #4007 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
I've heard non-Americans comment that Americans never say "you're welcome". Which, aside from the exaggeration, gets a big so what from me. To take it as rude pretty much requires deliberately ignoring the intent - which I'd say is far ruder than brushing off thanks.
le nubian - Apr 19, 2011 6:05:12 am PDT #4008 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Carrot Top gets a blow out. He didn't think his curls would come back and so it took four hours to convince him to do it.
Apparently, Carrot Top does not speak to ANY curly-headed women about their hair.
Trudy Booth - Apr 19, 2011 6:06:28 am PDT #4009 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
I've heard non-Americans comment that Americans never say "you're welcome". Which, aside from the exaggeration, gets a big so what from me. To take it as rude pretty much requires deliberately ignoring the intent - which I'd say is far ruder than brushing off thanks.
Yeah, that's like some Southerners finding Northern children rude because they don't say "sir" and "m'am". My sisters and I were quick to switch whenever we went down, but then we got to hear surprise at how nice we were. sighhhh
Heh. My sister Rachel literally had one of her little friends say, "She's from New York, but she's real nice!" upon introducing her to someone.
It wasn't incessant, of course, but frequent enough that the anecdotes live on.
How about, say, if the person talking to you appears to be even attempting to be polite you just assume that's their intent, m'kay? Srsly, people.
megan walker - Apr 19, 2011 6:15:20 am PDT #4010 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Dooce is nuts. But she makes big bank.
Mommy bloggers are the main reason the FTC now requires disclosure on any and all freebies received by bloggers.
Jessica - Apr 19, 2011 6:17:41 am PDT #4011 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My sister Rachel literally had one of her little friends say, "She's from New York, but she's real nice!" upon introducing her to someone.
I think I've told this story before - my grandparents have an annual bookselling/buying trip down the East Coast starting from their store in New Hampshire and going all the way to Florida. Now, my grandmother was born and raised her entire life in New England, and people on the Southern leg of the tour always compliment her on her politeness in spite of this obvious handicap. One time she happened to mention that her mother's family has roots in Tennessee, at which one of the women she was talking to exclaimed "Oh! Well, that explains it!"
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2011 6:37:33 am PDT #4012 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So sorry, smonster. May this be what pushes you towards happier things, without negatively impacting you.
Fuck people that think "no problem" is rude. I don't talk Jamaican often and if it was Jamaican rude, they'd not know.
quester - Apr 19, 2011 6:46:02 am PDT #4013 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
job~ma, smonster!
tommyrot - Apr 19, 2011 6:54:37 am PDT #4014 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm so sorry, smonster.