I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad. It's... depressing.

Tara ,'Get It Done'


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.


P.M. Marc - Aug 11, 2016 2:33:31 pm PDT #25905 of 30003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

He just (as far as I can tell) disagrees with the fundamental job of government, regardless of what's in the official documents from way back when.

There's a certain contrarian streak in (usually) straight cis white dudes that makes them think this way, I swear.

I mean, they don't know what the fuck they're talking about, refuse to listen to facts, and are smug little shits, and it drives me nuts. I have friends like that.

(ALSO? STEVE ROGERS: NOT A FUCKING LIBERTARIAN.)

(Like, when the fuck did they get full custody of the idea of freedom? Fuck those guys.)


Dana - Aug 11, 2016 2:34:19 pm PDT #25906 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I'm waiting in the hotel room for shrift, and I'm watching Olympic badminton.

Huh.

I mean, I guess I see how it's kind of like doubles tennis. Just...what makes you think, "No, my heart is really in badminton"? A dislike of running so much?


Zenkitty - Aug 11, 2016 2:51:47 pm PDT #25907 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I learned to drive stick on tractors years before I learned how to drive a car. Got my license at 16 after taking drivers ed in school, like almost all kids in my school did. Living in the country, having a drivers license was essential for my high school social life.

This was me, entirely. I drove my stepdad's old car, though, didn't get one of my own until college.

in the hope that one of them will take up more of my time and need to be considered when I make decisions
You know, the more one thinks about it, relationships need a better PR manager. Once a woman gets used to life on her own, a man (or what have you) doesn't have as many value-added features as you'd think.

And that and that.

(ALSO? STEVE ROGERS: NOT A FUCKING LIBERTARIAN.)

And that.


Steph L. - Aug 11, 2016 2:57:18 pm PDT #25908 of 30003
I look more rad than Lutheranism

(ALSO? STEVE ROGERS: NOT A FUCKING LIBERTARIAN.)

Ha! I was glad you countered him in that FB comments section. He's generally awesome, but ISTG, I have no idea where this libertarian streak came from.


Connie Neil - Aug 11, 2016 3:03:57 pm PDT #25909 of 30003
brillig

My office just burst out into "Make a Man Out of You" from Mulan, with one guy singing it, then another repeating it, though no one seems to know any of it past "Let's get down to business, to defeat the Huns."

I kind of love my office. Though I very quickly shut down the guy who was starting on "Hakuna Matata."


Tom Scola - Aug 11, 2016 3:06:33 pm PDT #25910 of 30003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I have no idea where this libertarian streak came from.

His opposition to the Sokivia accords kind of means he's against government oversight.


P.M. Marc - Aug 11, 2016 3:09:50 pm PDT #25911 of 30003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

His opposition to the Sokivia accords kind of means he's against government oversight.

Ha!

But I'd counter, if we're not talking Tep Bro, that his issue wasn't against oversight and accountability as a concept: it was about the specific execution of that concept as seen in the Sokovia accords as they were presented to the team.


P.M. Marc - Aug 11, 2016 3:11:52 pm PDT #25912 of 30003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Re: Teppy Bro,

Most of the guys I see it in have strong issue with authority without the mitigating factor of dealing with an axes of oppression.

I have issues with authority.

I also believe that you can't have freedom without a strong social safety net.


meara - Aug 11, 2016 3:57:34 pm PDT #25913 of 30003

Once a woman gets used to life on her own, a man (or what have you) doesn't have as many value-added features as you'd think.

Maybe for introverts or people who aren't into sex? I mean, not wanting a man, per se, but you know what I mean.


Jesse - Aug 11, 2016 4:30:48 pm PDT #25914 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Or, how long do I wait before I leave anyway? I could theoretically check for an answer from home with a glass of wine. But would that aggravate me more or less? Hard to say.

That is a tough call.

Maybe for introverts or people who aren't into sex? I mean, not wanting a man, per se, but you know what I mean.

Yeah that.