I am up early enough, and the Abrupt Autumn has made it cool enough that I should go run. It's been a while, so this is not gonna be fun.
Damn you, Bridget! Damn you to Hades! You broke my heart in a million pieces! You made me love you, and then you-- I SHAVED MY BEARD FOR YOU, DEVIL WOMAN!
Monty ,'Trash'
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.
DebetEsse - Sep 15, 2014 4:41:10 am PDT #6191 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Calli - Sep 15, 2014 4:43:12 am PDT #6192 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I was going to go for a nice, long walk, but I've been pinned down by a cat. Oh well. The sidewalk will still be there in an hour.
tommyrot - Sep 15, 2014 5:14:31 am PDT #6193 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh my gods. If you like science used for absurd purposes (don't we all?), you'll love this.
Our Ancestors Wore Babies Into Battle
According to MIT graduate student Tomer Ullman, humanity's early ancestors harnessed the "natural adrenaline boost" brought on by the sound of wailing babies by strapping infants to their bodies and wearing them into battle.
Ullman's hilarious presentation on the competitive advantage of "extreme infant distress vocalization" (aka "crying") was named the winner of last year's Festival of Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses (BAH!)
Zenkitty - Sep 15, 2014 6:10:01 am PDT #6194 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I tell you what, crying babies make me go berserk, so maybe he's onto something.
brenda m - Sep 15, 2014 6:31:04 am PDT #6195 of 30000
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, but everyone stabbing themselves in the ear doesn't seem terribly effective, militarily.
sarameg - Sep 15, 2014 6:38:24 am PDT #6196 of 30000
There's a baby in the neighborhood that is driving a few of my neighbors absolutely nuts. (And presumably exhausting the parents, too.) It's weird, because while I've remarked on it, I can tune it out.
-t - Sep 15, 2014 6:41:45 am PDT #6197 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yes, but everyone stabbing themselves in the ear doesn't seem terribly effective, militarily.
If you can get your enemies to stab themselves in the ear and avoid it yourself, you win. Right?
dcp - Sep 15, 2014 7:11:42 am PDT #6198 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Better or worse than bagpipes?
Connie Neil - Sep 15, 2014 7:20:59 am PDT #6199 of 30000
brillig
Why do you think they invented bagpipes? And with babies, you have sonic grenades you can fling at the enemy if you need to.
Steph L. - Sep 15, 2014 7:28:36 am PDT #6200 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
And with babies, you have sonic grenades you can fling at the enemy if you need to.
I've said something very similar in the past. Which is why it's a good thing I never had offspring.
Unrelatedly, I am continually amazed at how one of my smarter FB friends has bought into the anti-vax movement. (He and his wife are the primary caregivers for their nephew, who is on the autism spectrum, so I'm sure they've done lots of research with the intention to do what's best for him. But that's led them down a rabbit hole of anti-vaxxers, and they totally buy into it, and it blows my mind every time he posts articles about vaccines and autism. I just roll my eyes, hide the post, and keep going, but it really does boggle my mind. I want to yell "You're smarter than this! Correlation is not causation! What is wrong with you?")