Xander: Hey, Red. What you got in the basket, little girl? Buffy: Weapons.

Xander/Buffy ,'Help'


Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

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.


Zenkitty - Jun 15, 2020 3:44:29 am PDT #22371 of 30019
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

So many B&J's ice cream flavors I haven't tried. A world of delicious things that will kill me slowly. My local grocery just started carrying Steve's ice cream and the Southern Banana Pudding was tempting me but I was strong and didn't buy it. (I wasn't strong, I bought Cherry Garcia instead.)

I had a Mt Dew Baja Blast for the first time and it was so good. It needed vodka or rum and a little umbrella.

It used to be that talk of ice cream filled me with sadness, but there are a significant variety of nondairy frozen treats out there, most of which you couldn't tell aren't derived from cows unless I told you.

DH and I are low carb these days so he has been purchasing Enlightened ice cream bars that are like 1G carb. It is not hard packed ice cream from the ice cream shop, but they are quite creamy and tasty.

Oh, cool, my local grocery carries this. Thanks, I'm going to try it.

Woo negative result, Cashmere!

Laura, that's fair, but silver lining is not having to worry about Bitchy Resting Face.

True! And if the mask comes up high enough, it mostly covers the bags under my eyes. Too bad it has to cover my mouth, that's the only part of my face I always like.


Zenkitty - Jun 15, 2020 3:48:41 am PDT #22372 of 30019
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

In related oatmeal:

What does one do - if anything - about close friends/family members who you've known your whole life and you know they are not racist, but they keep using language that is offensive (at least they're not saying the N word, thankfully), and despite being told, the information doesn't seem to sink in and they keep doing it? They're just not taking it seriously, I guess. Compared to everyone else around them in Deep Red America they're super progressive, so they feel fine about themselves? it's only me that's saying no you shouldn't say that.


msbelle - Jun 15, 2020 4:01:58 am PDT #22373 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Zen, I have just said - "don't say that" - or "that's racist". In the most extreme case because I was there in person I called it out and then said "I will not stay here if you keep talking like that".

Possibly also "I know you are progressive, but if you talk like that, people who do not know you as well as I do will think you're a racist because that is racist language."


Cashmere - Jun 15, 2020 4:29:40 am PDT #22374 of 30019
Now tagless for your comfort.

Jesse, I responded to him. I couldn't let that pass. No response.

I want to kick him in the head.


-t - Jun 15, 2020 5:08:16 am PDT #22375 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That is enraging, Cashmere. I'm glad you have your friend's back.


Zenkitty - Jun 15, 2020 5:13:34 am PDT #22376 of 30019
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Possibly also "I know you are progressive, but if you talk like that, people who do not know you as well as I do will think you're a racist because that is racist language."

That's good, I'm going to use that. They're very concerned about what others think of them (though they say they're not).


Dana - Jun 15, 2020 5:41:23 am PDT #22377 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Thank Christ, the Supremes managed to rule correctly on the case about employment discrimination and LGBTQ+ people.

[link]


Consuela - Jun 15, 2020 6:04:31 am PDT #22378 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Yes! Such good news. I haven't read the article yet.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 15, 2020 6:08:48 am PDT #22379 of 30019
"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

That was wonderful news to come back inside to, and Gorsuch writing the the majority opinion was a big surprise to me!

A friend of mine was the victim of a racist incident, which she posted about and a friend of hers responded with "All lives matter." "Don't let one bad apple cloud your judgement."

"Bad apples should be removed from the barrel before they can spoil the rest." Unfriend


Consuela - Jun 15, 2020 6:32:26 am PDT #22380 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

"Bad apples should be removed from the barrel before they can spoil the rest."

That's the thing. Saying "only a bad apple" misses the whole point of the metaphor.