Do I really have to have an opinion on the rape joke thing?
I vote "no".
I don't even know what the joke is.
Extremely unfunny.
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tommyrot - Jul 12, 2012 8:06:16 am PDT #13484 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.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 12, 2012 8:07:19 am PDT #13485 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I don't know what the joke is, either. I have no opinion.
Kat - Jul 12, 2012 8:22:31 am PDT #13486 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
People made fun of Mitt Romney for saying the trees are the right height in Michigan, but I think there's something to it -- the general environment where you grew up feels correct in some undefinable way, I think.
So true. K hates going to Ohio and Michigan because she feels like all the driving is in shrubbery -- too dense etc. I feel like the wide half-circle skies of Idaho feels oppressive.
Calli - Jul 12, 2012 8:40:41 am PDT #13487 of 30001
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People made fun of Mitt Romney for saying the trees are the right height in Michigan, but I think there's something to it -- the general environment where you grew up feels correct in some undefinable way, I think.
I do feel like the sky is smaller in NC than in northern Michigan. And I miss my wide sky. Sometimes the hills and whatnot blocking my view makes me feel claustrophobic.
Jesse - Jul 12, 2012 8:41:16 am PDT #13488 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I was scared driving across a mesa in Arizona -- too open! Too exposed!
Zenkitty - Jul 12, 2012 8:41:53 am PDT #13489 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
the general environment where you grew up feels correct in some undefinable way, I think.
Agreed. That's why I feel more comfortable in the mountains. Places where the land is flat and the horizon is far far away are beautiful, but they also make me feel a little exposed. I wouldn't be happy living in Big Sky Country.
tommyrot - Jul 12, 2012 8:49:02 am PDT #13490 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.
Despite growing up in Wisconsin, I love Big Sky Country, especially driving through it.
I think it'd be really fun to drive from IL to CA in my convertible. Why haven't I done that yet? Oh yeah, for a trip that long I should probably have the engine and transmission rebuilt first. Just gotta scrape together $8,000 for that....
§ ita § - Jul 12, 2012 8:56:29 am PDT #13491 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The shades of green in places not Jamaica are a bit off, I find. I don't know how you cope.
Right. I was gonna find a rape joke. I don't believe there are no rape jokes, but I suspect this is not one of them. It's just a feeling I have, along with the feeling that I don't really want to have an opinion, but these are the things I do for my sister.
Without my moral guidance, she'd clearly be lost.
Connie Neil - Jul 12, 2012 8:57:32 am PDT #13492 of 30001
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I enjoy being in wide open spaces on occasion, but I am happy to have the mountains at my back. I grew up in hill country, tucked down among trees and big humps of earth. Every now and then, though, I need a wide open horizon.
§ ita § - Jul 12, 2012 9:06:45 am PDT #13493 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, homework done. I think I'm pretty much of the opinion that you don't need to make even the funniest rape joke at the expense of a stranger who paid money to see you. And you can remove a lot of qualifiers from that sentence and still...you don't need to make the joke yet.