You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!

Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'


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.


Zenkitty - Jul 05, 2016 12:27:59 pm PDT #24086 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I stopped giving the Trump campaign the benefit of the doubt on anything a while ago. they don't deserve it.


Steph L. - Jul 05, 2016 12:34:42 pm PDT #24087 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

They've retweeted things from white supremacist Twitter accounts before.

Isn't a high percentage of Trump's retweets from white supremacist sites? I feel like I read that somewhere.


Sheryl - Jul 05, 2016 12:42:23 pm PDT #24088 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

More-or-less normal day after the 4 day weekend. Felt like a Monday...


Dana - Jul 05, 2016 12:47:50 pm PDT #24089 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

NPR has a story this afternoon about Trump and white supremacists.

You'd think, even if by some insane chance it was an accident, that realizing you have goals the white supremacists agree with, maybe it's a sign that your goals are BAD.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 05, 2016 1:27:34 pm PDT #24090 of 30003
"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

I suppose one would have to have an awareness of how white supremacists relate to the larger culture for that realization to sink in. Seen through the lens of total narcissism, groups of people agreeing with you probably look right-minded and sensible despite their odd sartorial choices of white robes and hoods.


Hil R. - Jul 05, 2016 2:06:48 pm PDT #24091 of 30003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I saw an article about a white supremacist convention, where all the people there seemed convinced that Trump is really one of them, but he just can't say that stuff openly while he's still campaigning, but as soon as he's elected, he'll acknowledge it. (At least one of them also though that Taylor Swift was a closet white supremacist, and that, after Trump is elected, she's going to marry Trump's son and be the perfect Aryan couple. I'm not sure which son they meant, but he's got three sons, and two of them are already married, and the other is nine years old.)


Hil R. - Jul 05, 2016 2:46:09 pm PDT #24092 of 30003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

One of my friends tweeted a joke about a cat that ended up going viral, and her Twitter account is in her real name, which is a pretty clearly Jewish name, and a whole bunch of white supremacists -- several with Twitter handles that reference Trump -- started tweeting all sorts of garbage at her.


Jesse - Jul 05, 2016 3:37:49 pm PDT #24093 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ugh, the internet is the worst.


Gudanov - Jul 05, 2016 4:22:10 pm PDT #24094 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping

I dislike Trump. I wish he was still the slightly amusing caricature that he used to be.

In happier news, I received two reviews and a rating for my book yesterday. That's the most one day activity I've ever seen. All 5-star as well. I'm still trying to line up reviews at blogs, got three so far and one that says he'll post about it but doesn't have time to do a review. I hope they all pan out. I suspect I've reached the limits of my meager social media.


sarameg - Jul 05, 2016 4:51:10 pm PDT #24095 of 30003

My plan to do nothing in the evening, no projects, for the first time in, oh, a while, was thwarted. I resume normal plans to do too much tomorrow.