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 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.


Jessica - Jul 01, 2025 10:13:06 am PDT #8026 of 10172
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

constant sound of a buzz saw coming from the back of that room, and outside the store there were plastic tubs holding wrapped packages of ground turkey. Outside. In the hot weather and direct sun.

Raise your hand if you feel like spoiled turkey is the best case scenario for what's going on here.


erikaj - Jul 01, 2025 10:34:18 am PDT #8027 of 10172
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-

It feels like the Pork Store from the Sopranos got a new location.(Except Satriale's had a nice deli in the front.) I am just...always angry. Not to mention the fact that I have forgotten what happiness or hope for the future might have felt like way before this(Don't worry, to fill the hole, I've got workshops and a bunch of thankless labor on the phones) Not to mention, even if they left it alone, Medicaid sucks. So being disabled and winning would have felt like losing.(Still better than turning folks loose to forage, or whatever they think will happen, but it's a stingy, miserable experience.)


Steph L. - Jul 01, 2025 10:39:19 am PDT #8028 of 10172
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

constant sound of a buzz saw coming from the back of that room, and outside the store there were plastic tubs holding wrapped packages of ground turkey. Outside. In the hot weather and direct sun.

Raise your hand if you feel like spoiled turkey is the best case scenario for what's going on here.

Scare quotes seem like they might be appropriate for the "ground turkey."


Laura - Jul 01, 2025 11:34:34 am PDT #8029 of 10172
Our wings are not tired.

Ugh, Epic! I'm sorry.


JenP - Jul 01, 2025 12:22:27 pm PDT #8030 of 10172

Oh, no, Epic. I am so sorry.


erikaj - Jul 01, 2025 12:51:26 pm PDT #8031 of 10172
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-

Yeah, Epic, I saw that after my rant. Tough break.


Trudy Booth - Jul 01, 2025 1:04:29 pm PDT #8032 of 10172
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Aw Epic, I'm sorry.


Karl - Jul 01, 2025 1:13:36 pm PDT #8033 of 10172
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.

Motherfuckers!

All the hugs and love to you, Epic.


aurelia - Jul 01, 2025 1:18:48 pm PDT #8034 of 10172
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Damn, Epic. That's just not fair.


aurelia - Jul 01, 2025 1:29:21 pm PDT #8035 of 10172
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

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