How's it sit? Pretty cunning, don'tchya think?

Jayne ,'The Message'


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.


Burrell - Jun 07, 2013 7:32:43 am PDT #25168 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I thought BMI wasn't meaningful for kids, esp kids Dylan's age.


Jessica - Jun 07, 2013 7:35:55 am PDT #25169 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I don't even get how the BMI works for kids, given that their weight and height and muscle mass are meant to be changing.

Yeah, me neither. I know there are separate BMI charts for kids, but how do you account for growth spurts? And BMI != health, even in adults, AND WHY DO WE NEED TO BE BURDENING 6 YEAR OLDS WITH THIS SHIT?

[eta: Here's what the CDC has to say about BMI and kids [link] is BMI used with children and teens ]

I talk to D about sexism too - he loves purple and so all of his coats and shoes come from the girls dept, and he does get teased for it. So we talk about how the word "girl" gets used as an insult and how that's wrong and ways of responding to it. (He did ask for his nails to be painted blue instead of purple the last time, so that people wouldn't call him a girl. I never asked how that worked out.)


§ ita § - Jun 07, 2013 7:39:41 am PDT #25170 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm confused about this Jillifont costume: [link] That's WAY too many legs.

I have an assigned task that I think isn't what we should do (I get to argue a lot more in this role), and I haven't yet been sent the source material to edit. I'm lacking in oomph, but this needs to be done by 11:30. Oof.


Jesse - Jun 07, 2013 7:50:15 am PDT #25171 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ugh, it's pouring rain, and I have an appointment later that is not that easy to get to via public transportation (like getting nearly anywhere from my office), so I think I'm going to take a cab. I just took a cab on Wednesday! This is more cabs than I've taken all year.


Juliebird - Jun 07, 2013 7:50:41 am PDT #25172 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Got three emails for my electric bill. One was I owed almost $400, another that I had a balance of $2, and the next that I had a balance of $55. They were all sent at the same time! But the top two in my inbox were the ones where I didn't have to pay nothing, so I'm going with that.

Stayed home sick today, which, yay no walking in the rain! But, my tummy is very not happy with me.


msbelle - Jun 07, 2013 7:54:31 am PDT #25173 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Julie - I would call the electric company. that doesn't sound like something to ignore.


erikaj - Jun 07, 2013 8:05:48 am PDT #25174 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!

obviously, somebody made a mistake, but which one? Actually, changing my doctor to the same one as my mom's was not as hard as I feared. Automated system was sort of difficult to use, but did cut down on hold time,


msbelle - Jun 07, 2013 8:13:03 am PDT #25175 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

tumblrs that do not update everyday make me sad.


WindSparrow - Jun 07, 2013 8:36:04 am PDT #25176 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Julie, I second what msbelle said. Do not ignore. Also? make sure to note time, day, duration of call, and the names of all representatives to whom you speak. If this becomes a clusterfuck, good documentation may prove that the screwing around was not on your part.


Juliebird - Jun 07, 2013 8:52:41 am PDT #25177 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

All sorted. The lady on the phone kept saying "this makes no sense, why did they do this?". The big number was, oddly, the total of a payment plan I'd already set up to pay off over the course of 6 months, yet they'd lumped it back at me. So I don't have to pay anything this month (but I will, just to reduce the future months installments).