Whoo hoo! We can ... have 'roid rage together, or something.
You can play for the Yankees!
Love isn't brains, children, it's blood, blood screaming inside you to work its will.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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.
DavidS - Jan 30, 2013 1:06:54 pm PST #9433 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Sheryl - Jan 30, 2013 1:20:11 pm PST #9434 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Happy Birthday Anne!
My shoulders are tight and sore. I have no idea why.(or at least why now. Yesterday, after Monday's travel would make sense to me.)
§ ita § - Jan 30, 2013 1:22:50 pm PST #9435 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You can see it here, Liese: [link]
I don't feel anyone's being played for a fool in it (the main guy is clearly weird, but VW ads are like that--they portray many of their drivers as weird, but happy people).
Jesse - Jan 30, 2013 1:24:31 pm PST #9436 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My family is completely failing to come to a consensus about the VW Superbowl ad. It's kinda like we're a bunch of individuals or something. I hope we get orders from No Problem, Mon HQ.
Hmph! I've been waiting to find out What Jamaicans Think, and assumed I would get that from you.
ION, I'm glad I left work today before I punched someone in the goddamned face. And then I went into the Qdoba that I've been sniffing at for months, because I wanted crappy nachos, not actual Mexican food (around the corner) or an interesting burrito (another block down).
§ ita § - Jan 30, 2013 1:36:29 pm PST #9437 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I haven't found a Jamaican yet bothered by it, Jesse. Remarkably small sample pool, admittedly, but my anecdata is just as valid as anyone else's.
Jesse - Jan 30, 2013 1:41:41 pm PST #9438 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It seems like it's playing on a sterotype, but in a cute way? Eh.
SuziQ - Jan 30, 2013 1:44:52 pm PST #9439 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I think the problem some people are having with the ad is their assumption that all Jamaican's are black, so vw is making fun of black people. Black face but in voice. Which is ridiculous. I've seen the ad and it just hits me as quirky.
Typo Boy - Jan 30, 2013 1:46:29 pm PST #9440 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
On the flip side, it's a little discouraging to see that between LHC and ITER Europe is kicking our ass in several areas of important science.
On the positive side, net energy fusion could save our asses. Because at this point, we not only need the world to carbon neutral pretty damn fast, we are going to need to go carbon negative at a much higher rate than any biological system can manage, Which means we will need to carbon capture and storage from the air, the way plants do but at much higher rates - something that will consume energy not produce it. We basically need to produce coal from CO2 in the air, and bury it in old coal mines. So we will need large amounts of CHEAP low carbon energy. Nuclear fusion might just do that. (Flying wind generators also might do that, but if either happens I'll be happy. )
javachik - Jan 30, 2013 1:50:31 pm PST #9441 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Hey, has anyone seen or heard from Kathy A in a while? I wonder how her health is - she was posting regularly after her surgery and then dropped off...
Liese S. - Jan 30, 2013 2:15:23 pm PST #9442 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I don't guess I have a problem with it. I'm kind of not fussed about it either way?