Xander: Am I right, Giles? Giles: I'm almost certain you're not. Though, to be fair, I haven't been listening.

'Sleeper'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

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.


-t - Jun 15, 2014 5:24:46 pm PDT #29944 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, right. Yeah, I think after season 7 is right. And then you're caught up.

I should really know that off the top of my head.


Burrell - Jun 15, 2014 5:35:54 pm PDT #29945 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

The red pill thing is posit-ing that feminism is the illusory world you choose by taking the blue pill and men are the ones who are really oppressed. Something like that.

Seriously?!

I guess on the plus side, someone tries to argue that line of thinking with me, at least I know who not to bother with. On the minus side, repressing the urge to maim might cause an internal injury.

Oh, and in awkward segues, one of my good HS friends admitted that she only recently learned about the interobang. Seems so unlikely given how often she uses them in speech.


Kat - Jun 15, 2014 5:45:07 pm PDT #29946 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

'm intrigued. Has anyone tried this? Did it work? Does it cross the line to annoying passive-aggressive?

Definitely aggressive. It's like that article that went around awhile back about the entitled white guy who did whatever he pleased, without being a loud overbearing dick and how he got cool stuff, like playing ping pong or billiards with his kids at a corporate party he wasn't invited to.

It's just so fucking entitled.

Want to get into the Hermitage in an closed area. Just stand there and stare after making your request and eventually someone will cave because you are that entitled. Fuck you, lady. Want to get on the plane after you have agreed to be bumped after the doors have closed WHILE OTHER PEOPLE ARE WAITING just because you are "beatifically" looking in overly close proximity? Fuck you again.


aurelia - Jun 15, 2014 5:45:47 pm PDT #29947 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

The red pill thing is posit-ing that feminism is the illusory world you choose by taking the blue pill and men are the ones who are really oppressed. Something like that.

Ah. That sounds about right for the context. I gave up trying to find any actual logic and chose to ignore it.


-t - Jun 15, 2014 5:48:36 pm PDT #29948 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Smart move.


aurelia - Jun 15, 2014 6:00:57 pm PDT #29949 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

So this production of Tarzan that I recently designed has a Q&A after each show for the kids in the audience. The stage manager puts her favorite questions into the performance report. The latest one: "Does the cast also get cookies at intermission?"

Adorbs.

"How do the lights turn on and off?" was also in there. I wonder who fielded that one and what the answer was.


Burrell - Jun 15, 2014 6:01:23 pm PDT #29950 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

It's like that article that went around awhile back about the entitled white guy who did whatever he pleased, without being a loud overbearing dick and how he got cool stuff

Yes it made me think of that article too


Kat - Jun 15, 2014 6:06:15 pm PDT #29951 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Burrell, glad it wasn't just me. So then I tried to find the link, but I couldn't think of what to google. Affable, entitled white guy does whatever as long as he's willing to apologize? How to get what you want by being a entitled but not a bully?


Connie Neil - Jun 15, 2014 6:20:38 pm PDT #29952 of 30000
brillig

I didn't get the impression that the Brontosaurus thing was color coded.


sarameg - Jun 15, 2014 6:37:22 pm PDT #29953 of 30000

And now verizon is pissing me off. Internet up and down and up and down. I don't even have to reboot the modem half the time, suggests it is them. Rrrg. Need to investigate alternatives.