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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 - Apr 01, 2019 3:46:44 am PDT #6455 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Because I think internet April Fool's jokes like "our site used to be X, but now we're Y!!" are funny, I meant to come up with something for the Good Stuff tumblr, but definitely not Bad Stuff! So I didn't think of anything. Oh well.


Steph L. - Apr 01, 2019 4:12:58 am PDT #6456 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Because I think internet April Fool's jokes like "our site used to be X, but now we're Y!!" are funny

I love those. The year PornHub became CornHub was my favorite.


Jesse - Apr 01, 2019 5:37:11 am PDT #6457 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Speaking of Good Stuff, I see stories like this [link] and think they are nice, but then I think why the fuck is an 80-year-old man still needing to work? And then I no longer think the story is good stuff.

What say you?


Amy - Apr 01, 2019 5:41:02 am PDT #6458 of 30019
Because books.

Yeah, but then half the stories in the world would be not good stuff, I think.

Does Google not do April Fool's stuff anymore? When did that happen?


Dana - Apr 01, 2019 5:48:33 am PDT #6459 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I can definitely see it giving second thoughts, Jesse.

I am already pre-exhausted from April Fool's. Though my Google calendar did say something about organizing it with a game? So I'm guessing there's something in there somewhere, Amy.


Steph L. - Apr 01, 2019 5:48:42 am PDT #6460 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Does Google not do April Fool's stuff anymore? When did that happen?

Google Maps has an old-school snake game: [link]


Jesse - Apr 01, 2019 5:52:07 am PDT #6461 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, but then half the stories in the world would be not good stuff, I think.

This is why I share so few stories anymore! "Look at this formerly-abused pet!" "Community raises millions to pay for child's medical care!" "Cops do nice thing!"


-t - Apr 01, 2019 5:52:17 am PDT #6462 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I think they cut way back, Amy. Not sure when that happened. They have a "snake" game in Maps. Back in the day they'd have something for every feature, right?

I see what you mean, Jesse. In that particular case, it seems like all the individual humans are bringing what good they can into a world with major systemic problems, so, on balance I'm going to say it's Good because that's so often the best we can do and it's worth celebrating


Jesse - Apr 01, 2019 5:53:24 am PDT #6463 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

on balance I'm going to say it's Good because that's so often the best we can do and it's worth celebrating

That is a better attitude, thank you.


Dana - Apr 01, 2019 5:54:28 am PDT #6464 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

The LA Times story trolling the NYT is pretty funny:

[link]