Sort of along the lines of tramp stamp, should I email someone to let them know that their use of "paddy wagon" on a website is offensive?
Zoe: She shot you. Mal: Well, yeah, she did a bit... still --
'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.
Jesse - Apr 28, 2011 10:59:16 am PDT #5795 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 28, 2011 11:04:04 am PDT #5796 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
"You BRAZEN HUSSY!"
Hmm. If the brazen is implied by hussy, isn't that redundant?
tommyrot - Apr 28, 2011 11:05:51 am PDT #5797 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.
Reminds me of Urinetown
"What an unexpected surprise!"
"Is there any other kind?"
Allyson - Apr 28, 2011 11:06:33 am PDT #5798 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
Allyson, you're made of stronger stuff than I am. I don't think I would have friended someone who'd push my buttons in that way.
I feel sort of removed from it because I've been studying confirmation bias and cognitive dissonance, and it's easier (for reasons that seem obvious to me) to see it in people we vehemently oppose than ourselves. I'm reading a lot of it and thinking, "I do that. How can I stop myself from doing that?"
He doesn't argue very well. If I want a good argument with a conservative, I can have one with Tim, who is pretty great at listening, responding, conceding a point. I'm not as good at it.
I think it's that it's less that I feel like I've lost something by conceding a point to someone, but that some folks behave as though they somehow won my land and can slaughter my people if I say, "you know, I didn't think of it that way. That's a good point." Or, "I didn't actually know that. Thanks." And I don't know why it should matter to me, if that makes sense. I'm not explaining this well.
Polter-Cow - Apr 28, 2011 11:18:37 am PDT #5799 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Reminds me of Urinetown
"What an unexpected surprise!"
"Is there any other kind?"
I love that line so much. We were laughing so hard and so long that I think we started clapping and the play came to a standstill for about a minute or so.
-t - Apr 28, 2011 11:26:36 am PDT #5800 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hmm. If the brazen is implied by hussy, isn't that redundant?
That's why I was asking of you could be a hussy and not be brazen. I think it's theoretically possible, but I'm not positive what makes a hussy.
tommyrot - Apr 28, 2011 11:28:16 am PDT #5801 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 not positive what makes a hussy.
A combination of 'brazen' and/or 'shameless'?
Cass - Apr 28, 2011 11:39:59 am PDT #5802 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Sort of along the lines of tramp stamp, should I email someone to let them know that their use of "paddy wagon" on a website is offensive?
Yes, and hopefully it's just a quiet learning moment because they didn't realize.
Atropa - Apr 28, 2011 11:41:43 am PDT #5803 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I'm not positive what makes a hussy.
Scheming. In my brain, "hussy" is a woman who is scheming to use every advantage she can to get what she wants. And now that I stop to think about it, I wouldn't use "hussy" to describe a man. Huh.
ChiKat - Apr 28, 2011 11:49:04 am PDT #5804 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
My friends in Tuscaloosa have lost their home and their cats are missing bur the humans are unharmed. Terrifying.
So glad the humans are okay, but that's horrible about their home. I'm choosing to believe that the cats are hiding and will come home soon.
Still no word from my friends. Power is out all over Tuscaloosa, so I keep hoping it's a power outage thing.