Wesley: All right. I'm going to let you all in on something you may have trouble comprehending. I assure you however-- Gunn: Vampires are real. Wesley: I was telling!

'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'


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 - Jan 16, 2017 5:05:56 am PST #5539 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Again, I look to 8 years ago, and how I would have felt if anti-Obama electeds had, en masse, boycotted. I would not have approved!

I have this too. Not about this same issue, but we're all running around screaming our heads off about how terrible Trump is and how we're all doomed, and how is it any different from how people reacted to (and genuinely felt about) Obama?

I mean, of course it's different. But I don't understand how to ever convince "the other side" of that.


Calli - Jan 16, 2017 5:11:37 am PST #5540 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Controversially, I actually don't really approve of elected officials boycotting the inauguration.

Yeah, I'm kinda torn myself. On one had, we have the whole issue of what if the Republicans had done that to Obama. I would have disapproved of that. On the other hand, if Trump did in fact "win" the election due to treasonous collaboration with a foreign power, which is looking entirely possible, I would want my representative to react to that.

I'm glad the recipe worked out for you, Kat! I'm looking forward to seeing how the sauce reheats tonight, as the recipe made quite a bit of it.


Jesse - Jan 16, 2017 5:26:13 am PST #5541 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

On the other hand, if Trump did in fact "win" the election due to treasonous collaboration with a foreign power, which is looking entirely possible, I would want my representative to react to that.

I want there to be serious investigations into that, and at least as many hearings as there were in to Benghazi. I don't think the symbolic protest is as important.


Tom Scola - Jan 16, 2017 6:14:55 am PST #5542 of 30002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Uhm, how big a tip should I leave in my hotel room for the cleaning lady?


Glamcookie - Jan 16, 2017 6:15:34 am PST #5543 of 30002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Controversially, I actually don't really approve of elected officials boycotting the inauguration.

I feel the opposite. I would not have approved had Democrats done this when Bush was elected as that was a legitimate win by an actual politician (one I massively disagreed with, but...). Trump is dangerous and he needs to be treated as the illegitimate POTUS that he is. To act as though any of this is normal is not acceptable in my eyes.


Dana - Jan 16, 2017 6:18:08 am PST #5544 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Uhm, how big a tip should I leave in my hotel room for the cleaning lady?

What I've heard is $2 per day, more if you've been especially messy.


Nora Deirdre - Jan 16, 2017 6:27:20 am PST #5545 of 30002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

What I've heard is $2 per day, more if you've been especially messy.

Yeah, I do anywhere from $2-5, really just depending on what cash I have on me at the time. (if I tip $5, it's because I didn't have cash to tip the day before.)


Gudanov - Jan 16, 2017 6:32:02 am PST #5546 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping

I usually do $5.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 16, 2017 6:33:34 am PST #5547 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I usually leave $5 per day, Tom.

Happy belated birthday, msbelle! Sorry I was too occupied with napping yesterday to catch up with you on the actual day.


WindSparrow - Jan 16, 2017 6:52:58 am PST #5548 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.

I have composed the body of my Letter of Professional Commitment for the purpose of applying for the credentialing program of the National Alliance of Direct Support Professionals. Is anyone available to give it a read-through? Please and thank you.