Why is it written in second person? Gross.
Same reason he writes everything about his accomplishments in third person. I think he thinks it makes him seem witty or some such bullshit.
Why couldn't Giles have shackles like any self-respecting bachelor?
Xander ,'Beneath You'
ita's thread
A place where we can talk about ita, miss ita, and share information about memorials. The hugging started over here in Natter.
Barb - Oct 17, 2016 5:41:53 pm PDT #2643 of 3156
“Not dead yet!”
Hil R. - Oct 17, 2016 5:45:18 pm PDT #2644 of 3156
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Same reason he writes everything about his accomplishments in third person. I think he thinks it makes him seem witty or some such bullshit.
I think that's a carry-over from old Facebook. It used to force you to start every post with "[your name] is", and some people would continue the sentence in third person. They got rid of that at least ten years ago, but he kept on phrasing things that way.
Hil R. - Oct 17, 2016 5:46:23 pm PDT #2645 of 3156
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I think that was way back in the day, when Facebook was just a thing for college kids, and you had to have a valid .edu email address to join.
Burrell - Oct 17, 2016 5:47:16 pm PDT #2646 of 3156
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I think it's because he's always looking at himself in the mirror of what he (hopes he) looks like to other people
smonster - Oct 17, 2016 5:47:21 pm PDT #2647 of 3156
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
No, it persisted for a while. I get memories that pop up that way.
eta that was in reply to Hil
Allyson - Oct 17, 2016 6:12:57 pm PDT #2648 of 3156
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I'm not more intuitive than anyone else, I'm just quick to judge and can be pretty mean.
DXMachina - Oct 17, 2016 6:14:29 pm PDT #2649 of 3156
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
This whole incident, ironically, makes me appreciate ita's abilities, and the fact that sometimes? She kind of smacked me back about sloppy thinking or whatever, but she did it without making me feel small.
This. When ita and I would occasionally argue about board stuff, very much not seeing eye to eye, but never with any animus in the arguments. She was so great at defusing what could be tense situations, and as Erica notes, without making one feel bad about the process.
Kat - Oct 17, 2016 6:25:33 pm PDT #2650 of 3156
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
It is terrible that really I just want to be done thinking about him? For now anyway
I'm in the same boat, Burrell. Like ban the jackanape and let's pretend he doesn't exist.
Maria - Oct 17, 2016 7:20:22 pm PDT #2651 of 3156
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I'm getting angrier about the whole thing the more I think about it. How many people fucking took the time to clue him in, and he wants to use one of the single defining moments in our history to further his career? I want ita and Ginger back so they can both tell him to stick it where the sun don't shine.
hippocampus - Oct 17, 2016 11:42:52 pm PDT #2652 of 3156
not your mom's socks.
Reading it all laid out in text, it feels a bit stalkery? The validation and the whole camera focus in particular.
I remember seeing this pop up at the time and the reaction to it, which was overwhelming support for him and his loss.