That sucks, sarameg.
Reavers ain't men. Or they forgot how to be. Now they're just nothing. They got out to the edge of the galaxy, to that place of nothing, and that's what they became.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
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 05, 2017 2:40:13 pm PDT #13530 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
billytea - Jul 05, 2017 3:48:08 pm PDT #13531 of 30002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
What is Rabid Puppies?
Ohh dear. Basically, neo-fascist writer of bad sci-fi who organised a group called Rabid Puppies to hijack the Hugos. There's a lengthy write-up here: [link] Assuming you don't have that kind of time, some highlights of the views he's expressed:
- Women shouldn't have the right to vote. He's spoken favourably of acid attacks on feminists.
- He's called the (brilliant) African-American fantasy writer, N. K. Jemisin, a "half-savage", and not equally Homo sapiens sapiens. He believes that race and intelligence are linked.
- Homosexuality is a birth defect.
- The Taliban's attempt to kill Malala Yousafzai was perfectly justifiable.
A real charmer there.
hippocampus - Jul 05, 2017 4:42:16 pm PDT #13532 of 30002
not your mom's socks.
Oh billytea I am hugging you. Sorry that you've discovered this. There are so many good writers - I'm sorry you had to bump into this.
-t - Jul 05, 2017 4:54:42 pm PDT #13533 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ugh, sarameg, I'm sorry!
Also sorry about that friend, Gud.
sarameg - Jul 05, 2017 4:57:22 pm PDT #13534 of 30002
Next time I need a root canal, I'm going to lie and say the pain is debilitating and I don't want any -codone temp solution. Got me a root canal that same day w/o the stupid abx wait a decade plus ago( and was true.) This isn't that bad, but it is going on too long and I'm over it.
WindSparrow - Jul 05, 2017 5:24:04 pm PDT #13535 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Gud, sorry about your friend.
sarameg, that is just crap icing on top of a crappy cake.
sarameg - Jul 05, 2017 5:44:27 pm PDT #13536 of 30002
I've hit peak whine; I can find a way to hate EVERYTHING. Bourbon isn't making me not care fast enough. (Yes, for me, alcohol works better than Advil-Tylenol cocktails when I don't have to actually be functional. Except I prefer to be functional most of the time, so nights only. Effect sure as hell lasts longer.)
Atropa - Jul 05, 2017 6:23:17 pm PDT #13537 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I will join sarameg in peak whine: the chiropractor was able to make my back stop hurting and put my neck back in alignment, but I have another migraine like I had on Thursday night. Not quite as bad, thank G-D, but I still feel pretty wretched.
I hope everyone else's week gets MUCH BETTER.
WindSparrow - Jul 05, 2017 6:42:59 pm PDT #13538 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Boo hiss, migrainr! Go away!
sarameg - Jul 05, 2017 6:50:38 pm PDT #13539 of 30002
I just want no more drama for anyone.