I got stupid. The money was too good.

Jayne ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

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.


erikaj - Dec 20, 2024 5:15:38 pm PST #4136 of 4152
Always Anti-fascist!

I had an opportunity to eat goat, as I promised ita years ago. but ironically? I was a chicken. Always on team #FuckElon. now more than ever.


Steph L. - Dec 20, 2024 5:22:17 pm PST #4137 of 4152
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

White House holiday tour

That sounds so fucking cool (given the current administration).

Fuck Elon Musk all the way to Mars and leave him there.

I want more bad things to happen to Elon than I do to Trump, and that's really saying something, because the list of bad shit I want to happen to Trump is long and complex and very very painful.


Calli - Dec 20, 2024 7:35:27 pm PST #4138 of 4152
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Well, the first social event (party with my sister’s friends) went well. Char-booze-erie went over nicely. After food and several drinks a bunch of us went caroling around the neighborhood. The neighbors were mostly older people who seemed pleased with our wobbly renditions of Jingle Bells and suchlike. There was one person there in a Trump-related shirt, but I honestly couldn’t tell if it was pro or con. Trump was drinking a beer and there were bears? And a waterfall? So I chose to not explore the mystery and talked to the older lady next to him about Pets We Have Known instead.


Laura - Dec 21, 2024 4:40:34 am PST #4139 of 4152
Our wings are not tired.

was drinking a beer and there were bears?

Being mauled by bears works, although fed to the sharks works better for me. Maybe Elon can get the bears and Trump the sharks. I don't want to think about SCOTUS, or Mitch because my thoughts get too ugly for a lovely Saturday morning.

Bring back the sun.


Cashmere - Dec 21, 2024 8:38:53 am PST #4140 of 4152
Now tagless for your comfort.

Fuck Elon Musk all the way to Mars and leave him there.

I want more bad things to happen to Elon than I do to Trump, and that's really saying something, because the list of bad shit I want to happen to Trump is long and complex and very very painful.

I used to worry I was carry around a karmic load I wouldn't be able to pay back but then I thought, fuck it, it's worth it to see something happen to those two.

Elon fucked that deal so badly (and certainly Trump was entertained) and for what, exactly? They didn't get the debt ceiling suspension, they managed to dump a few million dollars for items like (CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH! (Which they ended up funding in a separate piece of legislation, anyway.) I do think they got Elon's Christmas present of no restrictions on investments in China (as those hypocritical fuckers demand we outlaw TikTok). And they scrapped a plan that would have created more transparency for fucking bloodsucking pharmaceutical middlemen supplying drugs to pharmacies, thereby controlling the cost of our medications.

I think they just did it because they were bored. Musk tweeted 100 times about it. JFC. The chaos is that is about to take us over is going to be a fucking nightmare.

I know they don't care about the damage to relationships, to the painstaking work that it takes to get diametrically opposed legislators to fucking come to a fucking agreement. Because, fuck, why not have some fun with the little people's lives while we're at it.

Sorry about the rage dump.


Steph L. - Dec 21, 2024 8:42:29 am PST #4141 of 4152
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

I think they just did it because they were bored. Musk tweeted 100 times about it. JFC. The chaos is that is about to take us over is going to be a fucking nightmare.

I absolutely think it was just flex to prove how much power they have. That's all this is about for them. That's all it's ever been about.


Laura - Dec 21, 2024 9:42:43 am PST #4142 of 4152
Our wings are not tired.

Oh, just got tickets for the Grand Kyiv Ballet's Nutcracker when the kids are here. (yes, I know 32 is not a kid, but still my kid)


P.M. Marc - Dec 21, 2024 10:21:27 am PST #4143 of 4152
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I think the only silver lining is that Musk's ego vs. Trump's ego is sure to become a clash that ends up with Trump dumping him for someone he can overshadow when the honeymoon period ends. If we're super lucky, it'll happen before the end of January.

Do not quash my hopes, people. I cling to this like toilet paper to a shoe.


Jessica - Dec 21, 2024 11:58:37 am PST #4144 of 4152
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Mauled by bears, eaten by sharks, abandons earth to go drive a Cybertruck on Mars...as long as it gets rid of them, I'm not picky.

I do think Trump will turn on Musk any day now - there are some indications it's already starting. So he'll go back to being just a regular billionaire lobbyist instead of THE billionaire lobbyist.


Steph L. - Dec 21, 2024 1:17:50 pm PST #4145 of 4152
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Our holiday festive event tonight is a jazz trio featuring a Hammond B3 organ. Holiday music on a Hammond organ is delightful!

Monday I'm having dinner with my group of girlfriends, one of whom is in from out of town. Tuesday we go to my Mom's for Christmas Eve dinner and Wednesday we go to Tim's family for Christmas Day. And Thursday I am doing NOTHING.