I'm so sorry for your niece, Consuela. Relatedly, my mother thinks my father is declining, and one of my first thoughts was, "He better not die over Christmas." So, um, if anyone has control over that kind of thing?
Ben: I didn't ask for any of this. I just want to be normal. Gronx: I wanted to be an underwear model. We play the hand we're dealt.
'Touched'
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.
Jesse - Oct 02, 2017 2:38:53 am PDT #17288 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Gudanov - Oct 02, 2017 3:50:03 am PDT #17289 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
Gads, the news from Vegas is just horrible. Sounds like it was just the one guy that did all that.
Amy - Oct 02, 2017 4:00:03 am PDT #17290 of 30002
Because books.
What the hell, world? Fifty people dead? I'm sitting here speechless.
Laura - Oct 02, 2017 4:05:38 am PDT #17291 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
I just sit here and think of the countless loved ones whose lives are changed forever because of a lunatic with automatic weapons. So horrifying.
Amy - Oct 02, 2017 4:07:46 am PDT #17292 of 30002
Because books.
Exactly. Plus the fact that *this* is terrorism. And we're apparently not only breeding them but happily arming them.
Steph L. - Oct 02, 2017 4:13:54 am PDT #17293 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I've seen people already (of course) saying "this isn't terrorism", and I assume that it's because the shooter is white.
What is a mass shooting, if not an act of terrorism? Why can't we call it what it is?
Jesse - Oct 02, 2017 4:18:08 am PDT #17294 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Racism is why.
I'm horrified that one person can do that much damage. Could that possibly be the thing that gets people to start limiting the amount of ammo etc. people can own for no reason?
Amy - Oct 02, 2017 4:20:06 am PDT #17295 of 30002
Because books.
And weapons that can be fired from such a distance -- he was on the 32nd floor, for fuck's sake.
Maybe what we need is constant protests and marches outside NRA headquarters. At least to start?
Steph L. - Oct 02, 2017 4:26:20 am PDT #17296 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Could that possibly be the thing that gets people to start limiting the amount of ammo etc. people can own for no reason?
Nope. If schoolchildren being killed in the Sandy Hook shooting didn't lead to any measure of gun control, there is literally nothing that will. Because politicians are bought by the NRA, and they value guns more than they value human life.
Laura - Oct 02, 2017 4:35:37 am PDT #17297 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
and they value guns more than they value human life.
And this is why I have no regrets removing my gun loving relatives and friends from FB. I don't want to hear their excuses and justifications. My chest is tight with sorrow. I should turn off the TV, and yet.
In much more amusing news, it was 30 here overnight and still in the 30s now at 9:30. DH just called me from the road to announce that he discovered that the steering wheel and seat heating features of his truck work like a charm. He had never used them before!