Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.

River ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.  

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 - Jan 08, 2021 11:09:01 am PST #2153 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Chris, I was able to use my card at my corner store, so I agree. It is something with Instacart. Unfortunately, I mostly need Instacart!

Yeah, that's terrible. Instacart is pretty important for a lot of people! And I can't imagine they accept cash.

Wow Jesse. That’s way more with it than I am. Yesterday I had soylent for lunch, with some pirate booty. And then for dinner reheated French fries and Brussels sprouts from my takeout the night before. And then a bowl of cereal for dessert. ...this is why having children always seemed scary to me. I can’t feed myself, how could I feed a child healthily?

I mean, that seems like a pretty healthy day for an adult or a child, so I think you're OK!


-t - Jan 08, 2021 11:46:14 am PST #2154 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I am heavily reliant on DoorDash to feed myself this week. I do not expect to prosper with the fall of civilization. Or with any glitches with epayments.

Is it wrong that I hope Adam Schiff has a degree from Law & Order as well? He has to have checked it out, right? I guess it wouldn't really make a difference for general population of insurrectionists, but still. I'm reading his statement thing right now, good stuff.


Jesse - Jan 08, 2021 11:54:33 am PST #2155 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I will never get over there being a real elected official named Adam Schiff.


-t - Jan 08, 2021 12:14:49 pm PST #2156 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Every time I see his name


meara - Jan 08, 2021 12:19:03 pm PST #2157 of 30000

I will never get over there being a real elected official named Adam Schiff.

Yes. Though I do wonder if he got any voting bump based ont hat...


Atropa - Jan 08, 2021 12:26:05 pm PST #2158 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Work cackling: you know what happens when I wake up too early and a poorly-scheduled/thought out documentation request is casually sent to me in Slack? I get spiteful, write up an entire "this is how documentation will be planned and requested for 2021" document and give the release manager a heads-up, which leads to them gleefully adding me to the weekly PM meeting.

The moral: do not piss off a technical writer who has run content planning PM thunderdomes before, it will go poorly for you.


-t - Jan 08, 2021 12:26:34 pm PST #2159 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I would bet he did, name recognition is a big advantage. I know I took a long time to figure out why his name was familiar - you know how it is with Congresscritters, especially Reps, there are so many of them that whenever a name seems vaguely familiar I have to think "Why do I know that name, are they evil?" so I have to look them up and looking him up never got me to Law & Order until Jesse made a comment about it and the light bulb went on. I'm not in his district but I bet plenty of people like me are. I"m glad he has turned out to be someone I actually like!


-t - Jan 08, 2021 12:27:31 pm PST #2160 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

::Picturing the governess glare that goes with Atropa's post::


Atropa - Jan 08, 2021 12:37:01 pm PST #2161 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I feel like a personification of the Gritty "Fuck around and find out" meme. I'm not even really mad (that was yesterday), I'm cackling in menacing glee.


Toddson - Jan 08, 2021 12:44:19 pm PST #2162 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

The moral: do not piss off a technical writer who has run content planning PM thunderdomes before, it will go poorly for you.

Two codes enter, one code ... runs?