I like to think of it as an Amy solution.
Solution, revolution ...
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
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.
Amy - Jul 15, 2012 2:05:17 pm PDT #14061 of 30001
Because books.
Allyson - Jul 15, 2012 2:05:18 pm PDT #14062 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
I don't need the last word--I just need the most heavily weighted one.
Me too. I so often lose, though.
I need to get up and go to the grocery store. I need to do laundry. These things must be done before I can practice my guitar.
Oh god why can't I get up and do these things?
DavidS - Jul 15, 2012 2:08:45 pm PDT #14063 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
These things must be done before I can practice my guitar.
Did you see the 100 Riffs Brief History of Rock and Roll? So fun.
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2012 2:22:14 pm PDT #14064 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I make no claim to winning in terms of proving my point or convincing the other party, but as far as "Okay, fine, can we just stop?" that happens more than zero times.
Steph L. - Jul 15, 2012 2:28:03 pm PDT #14065 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh god why can't I get up and do these things?
I am having that day, too. With an extra-large helping of crankypants.
Jessica - Jul 15, 2012 2:36:33 pm PDT #14066 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
There's a difference between Argument From Authority and citing the opinions of experts, though. If its an argument about astrophysics, "Because Neil DeGrasse Tyson says so" is a perfectly cromulent argument.
DebetEsse - Jul 15, 2012 2:45:07 pm PDT #14067 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
No, I'm pretty sure "Because Neil DeGrasse Tyson says so" wins most arguments. You underestimate the awesome power of Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
Aims - Jul 15, 2012 2:55:00 pm PDT #14068 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Will it work when Emeline won't do something I ask her to do?
DebetEsse - Jul 15, 2012 2:57:44 pm PDT #14069 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
If you've done the foundational educating, then, yes, I think so.
"But I don't want to clean my room!"
"Rooms should be kept clean."
"Why?"
"Neil DrGrasse Tyson says so."
Yeah, I think so.
Tom Scola - Jul 15, 2012 2:58:13 pm PDT #14070 of 30001
hwæt
I don’t know, a lot of people are still clinging to the Pluto thing...