Stop means no. And no means no. So . . . stop.

Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


Jessica - Jan 01, 2013 2:27:51 pm PST #6294 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

First one, I see an exponent 1, and a set containment symbol. Second one, the exponent 1 again, and then "&sup". Firefox 17.0.1, Mac OS 10.6.8.

Same, Chrome Version 23.0.1271.101 Mac OS X 10.6.8


Jessica - Jan 01, 2013 2:30:25 pm PST #6295 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

My favorite recent Bigfoot "discovery" was the people who had some "Bigfoot DNA" analyzed and found that it was "mostly human."

I can't put it any better than Rebecca Watson on the SGU: "That's like analyzing some unicorn DNA and finding out that it's "mostly horse.""


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 01, 2013 2:31:00 pm PST #6296 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I'll be happy to believe in Bigfoot, when (1) someone finds the DNA, or (b) a Sasquatch steps in front of my car.

Considering how much hitting a deer can mess up a car (and its driver), I'd not be so happy to believe in case (b). More like, my last words would be "ARE YOU SHITTING ME?!?"


Zenkitty - Jan 01, 2013 2:36:27 pm PST #6297 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I'm assuming, in that scenario, that I would stop in time to avoid hitting my Sasquatch, and we would stare dumbfounded at each other for a moment until he loped off into the nearby woods and disappeared, and I would spend the rest of my life never telling anyone. But I'd know.


flea - Jan 01, 2013 2:40:56 pm PST #6298 of 30001
information libertarian

My husband LOVES Finding Bigfoot. And he has a PhD! In Science! But he loves the idea of cryptozoology. I have to leave the room, although I love the stoner guy Bobo, who is exactly like a guy I worked with on every single archaeology field project I did in the US.


amych - Jan 01, 2013 2:49:49 pm PST #6299 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Hey, so I have a new stepbrother!

I mean, not NEW new: he's, like 48. But he was born and given up for adoption a few years before (step)mum's first marriage, and they only just found each other and met for the first time this weekend. I'm amazed and thrilled and overwhelmed for everyone, and I can't even BEGIN to imagine how it must be for them. Just, wow.

(also: family resemblance so strong that if he and my sis had ever walked down the same street at the same time they would've reunited decades ago. DEAD. RINGERS.)


Calli - Jan 01, 2013 2:50:59 pm PST #6300 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Well, Yankee-istas will be happy to know that Rhode Island is surprisingly squatchy. I guess.

ETA: Congratulations, Amych!


Jesse - Jan 01, 2013 2:52:14 pm PST #6301 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Wow, that's amazing, amych.

Awesome that you heard from Miss Louise, sara!

And ita, I see the same thing as everyone else using IE (I know, I know) on a Windows machine.


billytea - Jan 01, 2013 2:54:23 pm PST #6302 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.

More like, my last words would be "ARE YOU SHITTING ME?!?"

If he is, your death will also tell us something about Sasquatch's regular diet.


brenda m - Jan 01, 2013 3:14:22 pm PST #6303 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

Wow, amych.

First question: Superscript 1 and something that looks like a U on its side

Bonus: Superscript 1, &sup

On iPad.