Captain was looking for a pilot. I found a husband. Seemed to work out.

Zoe ,'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.


JZ - Jan 23, 2018 10:29:08 am PST #21379 of 30002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Part of her anxiety is that she didn't come to us to bust him, she just brought the permission slip for the Presidents Day Weekend camp he pitched to them.

Though, come to think of it, she did just hand it to me without a word -- no "Please can I go?/I want to join this club!/You NEED to sign this!", just wordlessly handing it over. So possibly she already had concerns she couldn't articulate.


Sophia Brooks - Jan 23, 2018 10:33:33 am PST #21380 of 30002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

This guy is so fucking busted. He used Instagram to lure kids to the ice cream shop for free ice cream and recruit them.

What. The. Fuck. Please keep us updated.

I am going to echo Maria. I am flabbergasted and appalled!

None of this is on Matilda. In fact, she's a superhero who is saving other kids who might have been afraid to say something. She didn't force him to do what he did, but she's helping to make sure he never does it again.

Part of her anxiety is that she didn't come to us to bust him, she just brought the permission slip for the Presidents Day Weekend camp he pitched to them.

The permission slip thing makes it worse- would some parents just sign thinking it was from the school. It would be bad enough if he just invited them and gave them a brochure! This whole thing is so creepy.


Maria - Jan 23, 2018 10:33:37 am PST #21381 of 30002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Busting people doesn't mean she has to pop up and say, "A-ha! I've nabbed you, you dastardly devil!" Busting people can mean you just hand information over to other people who are in a better position to do the nabbing. She did the hard work of giving you the slip, even if she had reservations. Otherwise, she could have sat on it and pretended it didn't exist.


Steph L. - Jan 23, 2018 10:35:42 am PST #21382 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Busting people doesn't mean she has to pop up and say, "A-ha! I've nabbed you, you dastardly devil!" Busting people can mean you just hand information over to other people who are in a better position to do the nabbing. She did the hard work of giving you the slip, even if she had reservations. Otherwise, she could have sat on it and pretended it didn't exist.

This. She doesn't have to be the avenger leading the charge (in fact, I'd say that she *shouldn't* be), but she did help, and that means other kids in her school are going to be safe.


lisah - Jan 23, 2018 10:36:37 am PST #21383 of 30002
Punishingly Intricate

Yes, what Maria & Steph said! Brava, Matilda!!!


Steph L. - Jan 23, 2018 10:37:46 am PST #21384 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Y'all, this is verbatim from the email I just got:

"Graphic Designer (Pay Range %2444,000 to %2457,500)."

Are they paying in Bitcoin, or something?

What even does that pay range MEAN???


DavidS - Jan 23, 2018 10:46:08 am PST #21385 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

What even does that pay range MEAN???

CryptoCurrency for CryptoFascists!


shrift - Jan 23, 2018 10:46:55 am PST #21386 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

%24 is the encoded character for $, so it should be $44,000 to $57,500.


shrift - Jan 23, 2018 10:47:24 am PST #21387 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

ALSO I fully support David's campaign to drag this guy to hell.


Steph L. - Jan 23, 2018 10:47:46 am PST #21388 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Shrift, I'm both grateful for your explanation and sad it isn't a weirder one.