Buffy: How bored were you last year? Giles: I watched 'Passions' with Spike. Let us never speak of it.

'Beneath You'


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.


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.


§ ita § - Apr 19, 2011 6:56:22 am PDT #4015 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hey, Steph, when you come by, do you know of any good visual resources for ropework? I'm not looking to tie, I'm looking to draw.


tommyrot - Apr 19, 2011 6:57:46 am PDT #4016 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.

ION, Cheery people die sooner, and more longevity secrets

For decades we’ve been told that stress can kill you, that happy people live longer and that hours in the gym will keep you healthy. Now researchers have turned this kind of long-cherished conventional wisdom on its head. The new mantra: Stress can be good for you. Serious people may live longer than those with sunny dispositions. The treadmill may not hold the key to longevity.

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If you’re an exceedingly sunny person, tone it down a bit. “People tend to think of cheerfulness as good, but we found exactly the opposite,” Martin says. “Cheerful kids lived shorter lives. That was a big shocker.”

Overly optimistic people tend not to be as careful as those who have a more serious take on life. “If you’re one of those people who expects things will always turn out great, you may benefit from listening to the perspectives of others,” Martin says. “Awareness is a key component. And being a little more prepared and a little more risk-averse.”

Huh. Now I wish I could find the woman who told me she hates unhappy people and show her this. (She was one of those aggressively cheerful people....)


tommyrot - Apr 19, 2011 7:00:20 am PDT #4017 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.

Viagra Beer

To commemorate the royal wedding next week, UK outlet Brewdog is selling a limited edition run of 1,000 bottles of Royal Virility Performance, a specially brewed beer that contains Viagra!

According to the specially commissioned label, the Royal Virility Performance contains Viagra, chocolate, Horny Goat Weed and ‘a healthy dose of sarcasm’. The beer is a 7.5% ABV India Pale Ale and has been brewed at BrewDog’s brewery in Fraserburgh.


lisah - Apr 19, 2011 7:03:41 am PDT #4018 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

Cheery people may die sooner but some wouldn't their shorter lives be happier?