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Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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.


Kat - Nov 15, 2012 4:46:46 pm PST #1069 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

OMG indeed, msbelle.

I'm scared to see the new Judd Apatow movie because I feel like he stole some of it from my life.

Saw Skyfall today. What? Why? What? Huh? And that all is just the response to Javier Bardem's hair.


billytea - Nov 15, 2012 5:06:11 pm PST #1070 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

The couple sitting next to me at the bar just ordered two Manhattans—on the rocks. That’s just WRONG, isn’t it?

Well, yes. They forgot the control Manhattan.


Jesse - Nov 15, 2012 5:07:27 pm PST #1071 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

My biggest fear about changing jobs is that I've gotten so good at the nuances of this place that, while I may look competent, at a new place I'll be floundering like a new college graduate.

Only for a while, like anyone in a new job. I have a colleague who's been at our org for a million years, in his last position for 10, and just moved into a completely new department and position. He was saying he feels terrible for not knowing everything, but it's normal! And expected.


Hil R. - Nov 15, 2012 5:07:35 pm PST #1072 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

oh my dog y'all [link]

I find myself getting very judgey of the two people on line in front of the woman in number 41.


beekaytee - Nov 15, 2012 5:28:46 pm PST #1073 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant

oh my dog y'all [link]

I'm wondering when my eyes of amazement are going to go back to their original size.

It's saying something when the woman in the Palin tshirt is the most normal looking. Yikes.


DavidS - Nov 15, 2012 5:47:36 pm PST #1074 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

The couple sitting next to me at the bar just ordered two Manhattans—on the rocks. That’s just WRONG, isn’t it?

Well, I prefer mine up, but on the rocks is an acceptable variation.

Besides Manhattan on the rocks has metaphorical implications.


msbelle - Nov 15, 2012 5:51:33 pm PST #1075 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

cheapest spring break airfare I am finding is $520 each rt. I have points that will cover $390 of that, but really would like lower fares. how long do I risk waiting for cheaper?


lisah - Nov 15, 2012 5:52:39 pm PST #1076 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

Where are you trying to go, msbelle?


§ ita § - Nov 15, 2012 6:24:06 pm PST #1077 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I find myself getting very judgey of the two people on line in front of the woman in number 41.

What have they done wrong?

The celebration thingummy totally wasn't bad. It was never going to be bad. But it was going to be too much, which is a shame. But that's on me, not them.

Boss revealed he used to be into Megadeth, and I revealed I used to teach martial arts. I can't believe they were more agape at me! Martial arts are totally normal. And someone has to teach them. Even me someone.

One of my co-workers is trying to be a better person. He asked for my help (more respectful of women was his primary goal). My stellar advice? "50% of the stuff you were gonna say? Skip it." Thing is, he's biting down on 80%, and it's involving him saying 20% of the sentence and then looking trapped. His wife will be sending us a medical bill within weeks.

A co-worker who's back after maternity leave pulled me aside and said "You know the new guy? Sitting over there? Does he have a problem with talking to women or something?"

Uh, he's deaf, and he turns his hearing aid off while he works sometimes.

It's not nice to laugh, but it wasn't my new year, and I didn't make a resolution.


P.M. Marc - Nov 15, 2012 6:33:06 pm PST #1078 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

The couple sitting next to me at the bar just ordered two Manhattans—on the rocks. That’s just WRONG, isn’t it?

In the autumn or winter, yes. Perfectly acceptable in the summer, though. And some springs.