Hey fellow olds, can someone explain "folx" to me? I understand "folks" as a general term, but why the x?
Well, look at you. All dressed up in big sister's clothes.
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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.
Jesse - Sep 29, 2020 12:19:20 pm PDT #26864 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Laura - Sep 29, 2020 12:27:14 pm PDT #26865 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Got me, Jesse.
Sorry about the missed bagel opportunity, -t.
Yay for ballots and flu shots.
Yes, I am going to watch the debate tonight. With my sister, and wine. It will be super painful, but I have to do it. If you don't hear from me tomorrow I may be non-functional from overexposure to Trump.
Atropa - Sep 29, 2020 12:39:16 pm PDT #26866 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Hey fellow olds, can someone explain "folx" to me? I understand "folks" as a general term, but why the x?
IIRC, it's supposedly more gender neutral than "folks".
Steph L. - Sep 29, 2020 12:47:42 pm PDT #26867 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism
"Folks" with an -s doesn't seem gendered. Weird.
I would rather eat glass than watch any debate that POTUS is participating in.
aurelia - Sep 29, 2020 1:28:26 pm PDT #26868 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I think it's meant to show intentional non-gendering.
Jesse - Sep 29, 2020 1:37:22 pm PDT #26869 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Interesting, thank you both!
Beverly - Sep 29, 2020 1:43:42 pm PDT #26870 of 30019
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh, not watching that, nuh-uh.
Glad your reflexes and skills kicked in, Cass!
Ran by the lab for fasting bloodwork this AM--masks, distance circles on the floor, one chair in 'chairs.' I waited outside and the tech came out to call me. Praises and hosannahs on her--she got six vials out of the teeny vein on the back of my hand(the ones in my elbows roll and squiggle away from needles) first stick. She gets a cookie!
We had an appointment for our flu shots, but we'll have to go back tomorrow--they were out, expecting more early tomorrow. I've got a PCP annual next week. She's not retiring, exactly, just reducing her practice from general to certain specifics: problematic women's health, trans support and health. I have to admire her spending pre-retirement concentrating on the things she's most interested in. H and I are already on the list for a good general health clinic, with her rec.
And then the next day it's a dental cleaning and checkup. I need to make a mole check appt. with the derm--and then I think I'm med appt. free for a while.
It had been a while since we'd driven downtown, and they've sectioned off a block here and there for pedestrian traffic only. It's kind of nice not to gun it straight through town, have to slow down and take in the architecture, maintenance, repairs, and changes.
I have no horrible bosses nor pet trouble to report. Just the usual boring stuff.
-t - Sep 29, 2020 2:07:34 pm PDT #26871 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Is "folx" like anglicization if latinx? Just a guess.
Zenkitty - Sep 29, 2020 2:57:03 pm PDT #26872 of 30019
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Cass, glad you're all right! Mad skillz indeed.
I can't decide if I want to watch the debate or save myself.
Atropa - Sep 29, 2020 3:31:03 pm PDT #26873 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I am not watching the debate because I am fond of my liver and would like to be kind to it.