I'm just, uh, just feeling kinda... truthsome right now. And, uh... life's just too damn short for ifs and maybes.

Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'


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.


askye - Jul 16, 2020 3:14:40 pm PDT #23667 of 30019
Thrive to spite them

My town is thinking of enacting mandatory face mask for people going to a grocery stores or pharmacies and for all employees. The local FB group was a shitshow of ppl flipping out. One woman kept responding to my actual questions by posting images of boxes of masks that say the don't prevent coronavirus. I explained about reducing risk etc and posted multiple scientific articles that explain why masks work. When I asked her to tell me why those scientists are wrong she never responded.

But there were also people pro mask who were saying things like "would you go to a store with no shoes or shirt"?


Cass - Jul 16, 2020 4:32:43 pm PDT #23668 of 30019
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Glad you got the clearance, 'Suela.


Gudanov - Jul 16, 2020 5:25:20 pm PDT #23669 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping

Just got back from the grocery store. Seemed like 75-80% of people were wearing masks. Things have really changed here.

Sure sounds like you made the right choice, flea.

That sounds awesome, Consuela! I love the mountains.


-t - Jul 16, 2020 7:11:15 pm PDT #23670 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Random nostalgia - I'm reading a murder mystery and one of the clues is explained with "Saturday was the last weekend on April - the start of Daylight Savings Time"

Last weekend in April!


Gudanov - Jul 16, 2020 7:13:48 pm PDT #23671 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping

Today has been terrible.


Cass - Jul 16, 2020 7:26:52 pm PDT #23672 of 30019
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I'm sorry, Gud. Can we help or listen?


Gudanov - Jul 16, 2020 7:38:33 pm PDT #23673 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping

I dunno, there are certainly a lot of people with bigger problems. It was just a work day were I was busy but didn't accomplish much. Then I kept screwing things up in the evening. I wasn't feeling very well after work so I laid down and listened to an audiobook for a bit, but then I fucked up and feel asleep. When I woke up it was too late for me to take care of dinner and my wife got really angry, pointing out how I always let her down. After that I went to the grocery store where I forgot a couple of things, then went back to get the missing stuff. Then I did some quick carpet shampooing and I fucked up again and missed the spot my wife really wanted me to get. I hate making mistakes, whenever I make mistakes I really let people down which is probably why people don't like me.

Anyhow, then I processed mail and paid bills to discover some really big medical bills for my son. Well, we just had to replace our HVAC system since the blower motor burned out and it was too old to repair so now money is getting pretty tight. I don't want to tell my wife because I know she will freak out and get really angry and I've already fucked up a lot.

I'm still feeling too sick to eat anything and just generally feeling really down and like the world would be a lot better without me just fucking things up and disappointing people.


DavidS - Jul 16, 2020 8:07:10 pm PDT #23674 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

When I woke up it was too late for me to take care of dinner

Why didn't she take care of dinner? She doesn't have a job.


DavidS - Jul 16, 2020 8:08:21 pm PDT #23675 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I'm still feeling too sick to eat anything and just generally feeling really down and like the world would be a lot better without me just fucking things up and disappointing people.

Holy shit, any decent spouse (which your wife is not) would step up and take care of things while you are sick!

Your wife sucks. She's abusive and shitty.


Trudy Booth - Jul 16, 2020 11:16:24 pm PDT #23676 of 30019
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Hang in there, Gud.

A day like that makes me want to listen to this: [link]

(And then listen to the rest of the musical.)

That song is only 2:33 seconds - it's a lullaby for grownups.