Ugh Susan, I know a lot of people who are prejudiced against Southern accents. Having called some of them out on it I can add that the explanations/justifications for the prejudice are... not helping.
We use the latest in scientific technology and state-of-the-art weaponry and you, if I understand correctly, poke them with a sharp stick.
Dr. Walsh ,'Potential'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
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.
Burrell - Mar 17, 2016 4:35:28 pm PDT #17824 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
sarameg - Mar 17, 2016 4:49:54 pm PDT #17825 of 30003
Data point: from my years in NC and yes, MD, I tend to go southern drawl (indeterminate) when tired or angry. Combined both in Australia on multiple occasions, got several " I loooove your accent" from Australians and Belgians who had no idea the source.
Susan W. - Mar 17, 2016 5:15:49 pm PDT #17826 of 30003
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I tend to go southern drawl (indeterminate) when tired or angry.
Me too. Tired, angry, or watching football.
-t - Mar 17, 2016 5:24:34 pm PDT #17827 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, it's not uncommon to get ringworm from an animal.
Yeah, I was meaning to riff on their single-ness.
Vortex - Mar 17, 2016 5:28:15 pm PDT #17828 of 30003
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
prefaced with "no offense,
Whenever someone says that to me, I just say, very pointedly "we'll see".
And this one jackhole once said, when he was done with his offensiveness, said "were you offended" and I replied "I don't know why you're pretending that you care; if you did, you wouldn't have said it in the first place."
Steph L. - Mar 17, 2016 5:43:53 pm PDT #17829 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Yeah, it's not uncommon to get ringworm from an animal.
Yeah, I was meaning to riff on their single-ness.
D'oh. That flew totally over my head. (Obviously.)
-t - Mar 17, 2016 5:45:11 pm PDT #17830 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
But you are so agile!
I couldn't resist.
billytea - Mar 17, 2016 5:46:07 pm PDT #17831 of 30003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I am now imagining all the bitches (so to speak) in Steph's neighbourhood singing to their furry beaus "If you like it then you should have put a ring on it".
Connie Neil - Mar 17, 2016 9:07:02 pm PDT #17832 of 30003
brillig
For the first time in a long time, Utah is getting national-level campaign ads. It's weird, like being on vacation and listening to other people's radio ads. Cruz is disturbing and slimy, Bernie doesn't have a prayer. Bernie's ad talks about breaking up the banks, which will make the typical Utah voter clutch their pearls in Red Scare horror. Cruz has a lot of solemn stuff about 2nd Amendment rights and patriotism that makes me turn down the radio.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 17, 2016 10:16:02 pm PDT #17833 of 30003
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!
Cruz might want to consider that those Second Amendment rights also apply to the gays and godless heathens that he has earmarked for second-class citizenship. Under the kind of regime he'd usher in, I'd be stocking up.