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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.


-t - May 21, 2012 10:04:56 am PDT #6078 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Got my eclipse pictures and video up at [link] We ended up just hanging out at a rest area up the 5 just inside the zone where we could see the annularity. Tried using pinhole projection and using binoculars to project (which sort of worked but magnified the light so the image was distorted (instead of a little rim of light around the shadow of the moon, it looked like a CD or a doughnut). The best viewing was looking at the shadow of a tree, where gaps between the leaves acted as projectors. That's what's in all my pictures.

I might need to get some kind of solar filter something for the transit of venus.


Jesse - May 21, 2012 10:10:39 am PDT #6079 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I really can't stop wondering what a person like that is like in meatspace

I'm willing to bet he thinks of himself as a decent guy, who would never call anyone a cunt to her face.


§ ita § - May 21, 2012 10:16:22 am PDT #6080 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm willing to bet he thinks of himself as a decent guy

Oh, no doubt he's that sort of a punk. I just wonder at what point the seams start to strain and the bullshit leaks through...


§ ita § - May 21, 2012 10:24:32 am PDT #6081 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Speaking of co-workers...

We have a couple awards that are given out to employees--you can get nominated by our field, or by other employees of the company. There's this one guy who a) works support and b) finishes up every call by saying "If you found me helpful, please go to this link and nominate me for an award." The fact that he only gets two or three awards a month I think is not actually reflecting that well on him, because no one else actually explicitly requests them, and he's never the only person on the list.

I do have to wonder if he gets bonuses or raises based on that feedback. He totally gets harshed on by anyone in earshot for whoring out for points.

One day I'll get one of those awards...but it will be because I really deserve it ::wipes shy tear::


Burrell - May 21, 2012 10:31:17 am PDT #6082 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Given that I know we have an ex-porn-marketer cannibal on staff

Well, either a cannibal or someone who didn't bother to google the term "long pig" until it was too late. It's hard to say. But if Mr George Tierney is any proof, there are a lot of people out there who underestimate the power of Google.


Allyson - May 21, 2012 10:32:59 am PDT #6083 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 just wonder at what point the seams start to strain and the bullshit leaks through...

Ten bucks says he frequents MRA chats and is oblivious to the fact that his words can't put a dent in her, and while she goes on to have an awesome historical legacy, he will be the quote used in articles to show how douchey people were back then. He's the guy with the firehose and the dogs, and any progeny he manages to eek out will feel deeply ashamed and change their names to avoid association with him.

So there's that.


Allyson - May 21, 2012 10:35:37 am PDT #6084 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

Of course, I just had to vanity google myself, and am grateful that I get my amazon page and some good book reviews and blog posts. I hope I don't screw up my google.


Zenkitty - May 21, 2012 10:42:04 am PDT #6085 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Given that I know we have an ex-porn-marketer cannibal on staff

...how did you even get into the conversation where someone admits that?


§ ita § - May 21, 2012 10:43:24 am PDT #6086 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

either a cannibal or someone who didn't bother to google the term "long pig" until it was too late

He says he knew what he was doing--I don't have enough reason to judge, since I can't work out why anyone would spin accidentally eating human. However, a lot he does boggles me, so I'm not sure why I'm trying to force my template on him here.

My vanity google is nice and tidy. And misleading. LinkedIn and IMDB are the only actual mes that you get.


Jesse - May 21, 2012 10:49:03 am PDT #6087 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Wow, I suddenly look super legit on google, thanks in part to this start-up nonprofit I'm on the board of which turns out to have a fancy-looking website up, with bios! (NB: The board has had one meeting. The organization just got its 501c3 within the last month.)

Oh, except the comment I left on some random website in the 90s when websites had guest books is still there. I guess it could be worse?