Lydia: Its removal from Burma is a felony and when triggered it has the power to melt human eyeballs. Giles: In that case I've severely underpriced it.

'Potential'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

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.


DavidS - Mar 20, 2012 5:40:24 pm PDT #27445 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I wouldn't want to work any place that asked for my FB password. If that's their presumption for an interview then it would be infinitely worse to work for them.

I wouldn't have a problem directing them to my FB profile, but otherwise, fuck them.

Dag, I wish I had some money to give to the ACLU because it's seriously getting to be a creepy culture here in the U.S. of A.


javachik - Mar 20, 2012 5:44:48 pm PDT #27446 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Someone linked to a "fabulous" new feature in choosing seats on KLM airlines: the ability to look at the Facebook/LinkedIn profiles of your possible seatmates!

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I am beyond creeped out.


§ ita § - Mar 20, 2012 5:46:51 pm PDT #27447 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Well, I'm markedly unlikely to be signing up for meet and seat, like, ever.


Jessica - Mar 20, 2012 5:46:53 pm PDT #27448 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I look sideways at your friend. Maybe a 4-year-old is OK to leave alone, but leaving a 2-year-old under the supervision of a prekindergardener? Oh HELL no!

You can look sideways at me then - my kids are 4 and 14 months and they play alone in the bath most nights.


Polter-Cow - Mar 20, 2012 5:47:34 pm PDT #27449 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Well, that's...that's weird.

I mean, you have to give them your profile, so you know what you're getting into. "Hey, please pre-stalk me before sitting next to me in a confined space for twelve hours!"


Kat - Mar 20, 2012 5:50:22 pm PDT #27450 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I just read--how old is old enough to leave sitting in a bath by themselves while you answer the door, presumably out of really easy earshot?

I leave Noah and Grace in the tub pretty frequently, usually to go get pjs or a washcloth or something. Granted our house is tiny so I can hear them all the time, but Grace also has a trache that would allow her to drown more easily than the average bear.

Also, speaking of bathtime, I had another mom of the year moment. Noah stood up to be washed and jammed his back into the faucet. Which means I scooped him out unsoaped up. Oh fucking well.


Kat - Mar 20, 2012 5:52:42 pm PDT #27451 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

OH! And I also cursed in front of my class. We were talking about the difference between pity and sympathy and I said pity is when someone looks at Grace and says, "Oh, I don't know how you do it. So sad for you." and my response to that is "Fuck you! I love my life and my daughter."

Any time someone says something to you as, "That's so sad" and you want to respond with "Fuck you" it's probably pity.


Atropa - Mar 20, 2012 5:59:13 pm PDT #27452 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

the ability to look at the Facebook/LinkedIn profiles of your possible seatmates!

Um. No. NO. And someone needs to have a very strongly worded chat about privacy and boundaries with the marketing person that came up with that.


Strix - Mar 20, 2012 6:04:00 pm PDT #27453 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

ITA. What the hell, people? I don't want to know anything about my seatmate on an airplane other than (1) Are you a serial killer? (2) Do you have B.O.? and (3) Are you going to try to talk to me other than a polite "Hello" and "Excuse me." None of which should be accesible info on-line, IMHO.

Someone plopped down to me and was all "Hey, how's the (insert random personal detail here?) I read about on FB/LinkedIn," I am afraid I would ask for another seat or an air marshal.


Vortex - Mar 20, 2012 6:07:36 pm PDT #27454 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I think that you have to opt-in to sharing your facebook profile. Although if I know that someone has shared their profile, I would not sit next to them.