You guys, I feel like the Hulk. I am pretty good at ignoring shit, but once I start thinking about it for even one minute, I am insta-rage. That's my secret: I'm always angry.
She just... she just did the math.
Kaylee ,'Objects In Space'
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.
Jesse - Jul 14, 2013 4:29:00 pm PDT #29193 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
sj - Jul 14, 2013 4:30:35 pm PDT #29194 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Wasn't the lawyer arguing in court that Trayvon was armed with the sidewalk? I think I saw some clips of that.
Yes, and for some strange reason the court allowed him to bring in a giant piece of concrete to demonstrate his point.
§ ita § - Jul 14, 2013 4:31:24 pm PDT #29195 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Also I'm white.
Flaunt your unarmed privilege, why don't you?
Kate P. - Jul 14, 2013 4:36:02 pm PDT #29196 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
What does "armed with the sidewalk" even mean? I mean, really?
I seriously cannot make any sense of this.
You guys, I feel like the Hulk. I am pretty good at ignoring shit, but once I start thinking about it for even one minute, I am insta-rage. That's my secret: I'm always angry.
I hear you, Jesse. Though for me, it's insta-rage that immediately becomes crushing hopelessness.
Amy - Jul 14, 2013 4:40:16 pm PDT #29197 of 30001
Because books.
Though for me, it's insta-rage that immediately becomes crushing hopelessness.
This.
brenda m - Jul 14, 2013 4:40:46 pm PDT #29198 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yes, they argued that he "weaponized the sidewalk".
Kate P. - Jul 14, 2013 4:45:49 pm PDT #29199 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Yes, they argued that he "weaponized the sidewalk".
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I'm trying to come up with a joke about how he must have had superpowers, but it's too fucking depressing to joke about.
Amy - Jul 14, 2013 4:47:04 pm PDT #29200 of 30001
Because books.
Seriously, what does that mean? I didn't read any of the testimony (because my head needs to be in the sand sometimes). Did he throw a chunk of it at the guy or something?
Jesse - Jul 14, 2013 4:48:35 pm PDT #29201 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Flaunt your unarmed privilege, why don't you?
Sorry, man.
Hil R. - Jul 14, 2013 4:50:50 pm PDT #29202 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Seriously, what does that mean? I didn't read any of the testimony (because my head needs to be in the sand sometimes). Did he throw a chunk of it at the guy or something?
At some point in the fight, Martin hit Zimmerman's head against the sidewalk. I think there was differing testimony about how much force he used -- the back of Zimmerman's head was bleeding from it, though. Thus, he used the sidewalk as a weapon, and so he was armed.