Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.

'Shindig'


Natter 70: Hookers and Blow  

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.


tommyrot - Jul 12, 2012 12:30:42 pm PDT #13535 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.

Tattoo spell check: Even more tattoo misspells

The WTF is strong with this one.


tommyrot - Jul 12, 2012 12:37:18 pm PDT #13536 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.

This is obviously NSFW:

Indifferent cats in amateur porn


§ ita § - Jul 12, 2012 12:38:21 pm PDT #13537 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Tommy, I have to tell myself many of those are 'shopped, and the rest were comped a high-quality laser removal with good painkillers. Sheeit.

Unrelatedly--anyone here deliberately stop a car and a half, two cars behind the next one at an intersection? Is the assumption that that's always an artifact of the driver not paying attention? Or is it something people mean to do?


tommyrot - Jul 12, 2012 12:42:02 pm PDT #13538 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.

Unrelatedly--anyone here deliberately stop a car and a half, two cars behind the next one at an intersection?

No. I hate that (especially when I can't make a turn because drivers ahead of me are doing it). I have no idea why people do that.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 12, 2012 12:43:55 pm PDT #13539 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I stop well behind large trucks to avoid unsecured crap falling off them when they take off again, but with regular cars I figure if I can see their bumper over my hood I'm far enough away.


-t - Jul 12, 2012 12:44:09 pm PDT #13540 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I don't know, there's something poetic about a No Regerts tattoo. Like they must really mean it.


tommyrot - Jul 12, 2012 12:47:56 pm PDT #13541 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.

Speaking of driving--the other day I was driving on Broadway in Chicago and a car coming from the opposite direction made a left-turn in front of me, forcing me to slam on the brakes.

As I did my panic stop, there was some chirping sounds as wheels locked up for a fraction of a second before the ABS modulated the brakes to unlock the wheels. There was not a loud screeching sound that you get when you lock up the brakes on a non-ABS car.

I kind of miss that. There's something a little satisfying about the loud screech of brakes that calls attention to the asshole who forced you to slam on the brakes.

Yeah, my current Focus is the first car I've owned with ABS. Possibly the ABS prevented me from hitting a girl that ran out in front of me a few months ago, so I guess I can't complain.


§ ita § - Jul 12, 2012 12:49:29 pm PDT #13542 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I've been told that if you can see where the tyres in front of you touch the road, you probably have enough room to pull out of that lane if you're not boxed in, and that's the safe amount to give (from a self-defense point, but seriously, who lives on that high alert? Oh, right. Krav people)


tommyrot - Jul 12, 2012 12:51:55 pm PDT #13543 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've been told that if you can see where the tyres in front of you touch the road, you probably have enough room to pull out of that lane if you're not boxed in

Hmm. I don't think I like that standard, as depending on how much rear-overhang the car ahead of you has, the distance could vary a lot.


§ ita § - Jul 12, 2012 12:57:31 pm PDT #13544 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Do you have a better rule of thumb?