I dunno tommyrot, I think the real take away is "Just because you can CGI it, doesn't mean you should."
Mal: Take your people and go. Captain: You would have done the same. Mal: We can already see I haven't.
'Out Of Gas'
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.
Burrell - May 03, 2011 11:24:57 am PDT #6689 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Allyson - May 03, 2011 11:55:42 am PDT #6690 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
sumi - May 03, 2011 11:56:16 am PDT #6691 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Two reporters saw Bin Laden in Islamabad 2002 - but they didn't have a camera and their editor didn't believe them.
Amy - May 03, 2011 11:57:36 am PDT #6692 of 30001
Because books.
Human Tooth Rings
Oh man. It was bad enough when I found a few of mine and my brother's in my mom's jewelry box.
Toddson - May 03, 2011 12:12:17 pm PDT #6693 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Human Tooth Rings
hm ... a kind-of-organic version of the classic brass knuckles?
tommyrot - May 03, 2011 12:14:36 pm PDT #6694 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.
How to Lie, Cheat, and Steal Your Way to a Perfect Flight
Some of the techniques the author describes are questionable, to say the least.
Atropa - May 03, 2011 12:20:14 pm PDT #6695 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh man. It was bad enough when I found a few of mine and my brother's in my mom's jewelry box.
Huh. That's something I didn't find amongst Mom's things. I should ask Dad if he knows where my baby teeth are. Because yes, I totally am the sort of person who would wear jewelry made with her baby teeth.
§ ita § - May 03, 2011 12:42:06 pm PDT #6696 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Those specific pieces of jewelry are pretty ugly.
And the first few how-tos on the airline list are pretty shitty.
I should announce: I will recline my seat. I'm not sorry. However, feel free to recline your seat into my lap. Life sucks, but for me, attempting vague horizontality is premium, and I'm willing to give up upper leg room in order to use the chairs like they were designed.
My boss is completely yanking my feet out from underneath me in this meeting. Way to make it sound like I have no authority. If you want me to charge forward and *do*, tell me. If you want me to hedge and waffle with the business user, warn me beforehand. Don't make me look weak.
Atropa - May 03, 2011 12:50:37 pm PDT #6697 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Those specific pieces of jewelry are pretty ugly.
This is true. There are other jewelers I would use.
tommyrot - May 03, 2011 12:52:59 pm PDT #6698 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 should announce: I will recline my seat. I'm not sorry.
Just don't sit in front of me.
When I sit in coach, my knees are already against the seat in front of me, even if it's not reclined. Usually I try to get a seat behind a bulkhead so there's no seat in front of me.
eta: So I don't need one of those techniques to keep the seat in front of me from reclining - my knees do that by themselves.
But I don't fly much these days.