For Matrix, I don't think it was letting go of doubt, but that Neo had to believe (which I consider a different thing). Morpheus never had doubt, Neo did but persisted anyway.
I can beat up demons until the cows come home, and then I can beat up the cows.
Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
le nubian - May 20, 2011 6:30:50 pm PDT #9048 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Liese S. - May 20, 2011 6:32:48 pm PDT #9049 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Half an hour after rehearsal`s supposed to start and the leader isn`t even at the hotel yet. The pastor is waiting there to bring him here. Everyone else has been here an hour. By the time he gets here, two of the band will have to leave. Not off to a good start, new guy.
-t - May 20, 2011 6:34:48 pm PDT #9050 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
How do you order whiskey with water?
Do you mean, how do you ask for it in a bar, or which do you pour into the glass first? Or something else?
I don't know the answers to either of those, but I'm curious about the question.
tommyrot - May 20, 2011 6:37:17 pm PDT #9051 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.
That's why you'll never the The One, padawan.
You know, I've always known that. And realizing that made me kind of sad.
I guess I mean I envy certainty in some way. Because I know my brain just isn't wired that way. Even at my most religious phase (when I was 12), I once had a strong feeling I'd be an atheist by the time I was an adult. Which is what happened.
§ ita § - May 20, 2011 6:41:05 pm PDT #9052 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Do you mean, how do you ask for it in a bar, or which do you pour into the glass first?
How you order it in a bar.
Trudy Booth - May 20, 2011 6:41:17 pm PDT #9053 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
You don't exactly have to be an athiest to find Camping nuts.
tommyrot - May 20, 2011 6:43:39 pm PDT #9054 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.
You know, when I believed Camping was completely convinced in tomorrow's Rapture, I kinda' felt sorry for him (well, I might have if he wasn't so obnoxious in his beliefs). But knowing he just cynically exploited his follower for gain? Well, now I hate him.
-t - May 20, 2011 6:46:23 pm PDT #9055 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You know, I've always known that.
Are you certain?
I'd order "whiskey and water" but I'm not sure what that would get me or if there would need to be further clarification. Used to be "whiskey and branch water" was a thing, but I'm not sure (a) what that was or (b) if that terminology is still in use.
t /not helping
I'll pretend that actually closes.
DavidS - May 20, 2011 6:48:01 pm PDT #9056 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Used to be "whiskey and branch water" was a thing
Still is at Bourbon and Branch.
-t - May 20, 2011 6:48:39 pm PDT #9057 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
What is it? I've always wondered.
Eta: I only know it from something I read as a kid in which some guy complained about how people talked about drinks and how such fanciful descriptions ought to be taken literally, that would show them.