Every time I see his name
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
-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
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?
Topic!Cindy - Jan 08, 2021 12:46:25 pm PST #2163 of 30000
What is even happening?
I didn't get the Adam Schiff Law and Order thing until right now, and I mainlined original recipe Law & Order for years. D'oh.
When Congressman Adam Schiff comes up, I always think of actor Richard Schiff (i.e. Toby on The West Wing), and then I waste an hour wishing we were in the Bartlet-presidency universe.
I mean...Sorkin was on drugs, but not the stuff that produces all this here.
Atropa - Jan 08, 2021 12:56:37 pm PST #2164 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Two codes enter, one code ... runs?
Multiple PMs enter, one PM leaves with top priority for documentation. All other PMs must think about their choices and what bribes they're offering me.
Toddson - Jan 08, 2021 1:02:17 pm PST #2165 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
One little irony occurred to me - the people who forced their way into the Capitol were, mostly, without masks (of course). I've heard that facial recognition software doesn't work well on anyone except white men.