The guy I was sniping at responded with a variation of "all lives matter", but fortunately I'd preemptively said I wasn't going to engage with him any more.
(Jesus, white people, why are so many of us clueless?)
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Dana - Jul 07, 2016 10:53:07 am PDT #24191 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Connie Neil - Jul 07, 2016 11:47:20 am PDT #24192 of 30003
brillig
Oh, Monday is going to be glorious, a high of 78. Tuesday will be 86 and the rest of the week in the 90s, but Monday will be blissful--and I'll be on vacation!
sj - Jul 07, 2016 11:54:01 am PDT #24193 of 30003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Sounds wonderful Connie.
Zenkitty - Jul 07, 2016 12:21:48 pm PDT #24194 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'm always nervous at airport immigration. I'm always a little nervous just going through the TSA lines domestically. I don't trust anyone in authority anymore, frankly.
Sheryl - Jul 07, 2016 1:05:22 pm PDT #24195 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Meanwhile, the temperatures here are supposed to be in the mid-to-upper 90s, plus the humidity making it feel even hotter. Yup, summer in DC...
Jessica - Jul 07, 2016 3:20:43 pm PDT #24196 of 30003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Or passive-aggressively poking at each other. "Three NO TRUMP!!!!"
My grandmother has been cheerfully posting on FB for months how much she enjoys playing bridge NO TRUMP.
Dana - Jul 07, 2016 3:37:27 pm PDT #24197 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
All of this fucking drama over the fucking emails, and it comes out today in the hearings that only three of the fucking emails were classified? And not even marked properly?
Consuela - Jul 07, 2016 3:40:56 pm PDT #24198 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Tempest in a teapot.
My fear is that when she gets elected (yes, WHEN!), they're just going to keep going after her, drumming up all sorts of bullshit scandals to investigate. They'll waste her time and our money and nothing will get done about global warming, Zika, police reform, financial reform, etc etc etc. She'll be as hobbled by Congress as Obama was -- possibly even more so.
OK, time to walk the dog.
Jesse - Jul 07, 2016 3:49:38 pm PDT #24199 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My grandmother has been cheerfully posting on FB for months how much she enjoys playing bridge NO TRUMP.
Yay!!
sarameg - Jul 07, 2016 3:59:23 pm PDT #24200 of 30003
A friend of mine (the mom of the kids I sometimes take to school) posted that as soon as the eldest is old enough to drive, he's getting a car. I was immediately filled with dread. But not because the usual teenage driver fuss. No, because he's black. And it's just an additional scenario in which he'll be profiled and at risk at the hands of the police. And it isn't hypothetical.