Oh, wow. This place looks great. Oh, I feel like a witch in a magic shop.

Willow ,'Help'


Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Steph L. - Sep 11, 2014 11:51:29 am PDT #5970 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I would have thought that bringing a spouse to one's reunion would be fairly common even though I left mine at home.

Part of me feels like, fuck it, I'm going to take my husband on a tour of my school (it's old and historic and beautiful, and even if the institution has apparently turned into a shitshow in the present day -- for a LOT more reasons than this -- I treasure my memories there, and I wanted to show Tim where I spent a really good 4 years of my life) even if spouses aren't welcome. But the part of me that hates breaking the rules is stronger. I don't want to make Tim be the only man among hundreds of women, and I *certainly* don't want to take him somewhere where it's clear he's tolerated but not really welcome.

Damn, that's rude as shit, now that I think of it.


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 11, 2014 11:56:51 am PDT #5971 of 30000
"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

What I was trying to say was that PETA doesn't seem to be offering any options except death for the sheep that are already there.

I suppose they shouldn't expect better treatment than all the cats and dogs PETA puts to sleep rather than make attempts at finding homes for.


Burrell - Sep 11, 2014 12:06:34 pm PDT #5972 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

all the cats and dogs PETA puts to sleep rather than make attempts at finding homes for.

Wha..?


Hil R. - Sep 11, 2014 12:10:37 pm PDT #5973 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I would really like to know where all PETA's money is coming from. I know plenty of vegans and plenty of people active in animal rights issues, and nearly every one of them hates PETA. I don't know anyone who's seriously involved in these issues who sees PETA as anything other than an organization that will do and say pretty much anything if it will bring them publicity.


Hil R. - Sep 11, 2014 12:15:41 pm PDT #5974 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Like, PETA's Super Bowl ads. They've been doing this for at least a decade now, and the media falls for it every single time. They make a commercial that basically shows naked women masturbating with vegetables, which they know will be rejected as not appropriate for broadcast. Then they submit it, it gets rejected, and every news program and website starts having headlines, "See the commercial that's TOO HOT FOR TV!!" Thus, they get tons of people viewing their commercial, without having to pay a dime for air time.


Connie Neil - Sep 11, 2014 12:18:07 pm PDT #5975 of 30000
brillig

30 years ago, PETA seemed a reasonable group. Now, not so much.


§ ita § - Sep 11, 2014 12:19:39 pm PDT #5976 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If they're dead, no one can hurt them anymore. Perfectly sensical.


Jesse - Sep 11, 2014 12:21:49 pm PDT #5977 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Jesse feel fee to give out my contact info. Email is better than cell.

Thanks -- I'll let you know.

Thus, they get tons of people viewing their commercial, without having to pay a dime for air time.

So they don't need much money for that, but I'm sure it drives a fair amount of donations. Not from people who do a lot of research.

Although, now I can't remember what book it was, but some author I like had an approving aside about PETA in a book I read recently.


Sheryl - Sep 11, 2014 1:01:00 pm PDT #5978 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Happy Birthday Trudy!


Juliebird - Sep 11, 2014 2:14:57 pm PDT #5979 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Still love my new boss.

Had a minor panic attack when I came home and there were Vermont plates in the driveway. This being my landlady checking out the damaged house of my former neighbors, and my walk-up filled with weeds and the overflowing ashtray she surely saw when leaving a note in my door. Hi, your tenant is a slob!

This is the first time she's been by in three years. Yeah, lady, when I move out, this apartment is going to be a fucking disaster, because you never responded to my upkeep requests, and fuck if I'm going to do any landscaping without discount on the rent.