It's like we have our own Buffista Trump, isn't it?
I don't love that comparison, but I also know other people feel differently than I do, because their experience has been so markedly different from mine.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Steph L. - Oct 17, 2016 6:08:35 pm PDT #10085 of 10289
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Jessica - Oct 17, 2016 6:13:13 pm PDT #10086 of 10289
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
It's like we have our own Buffista Trump, isn't it?
Well, there were moments on Twitter yesterday when I couldn't tell them apart. (I was trying to keep straight in my feed who was posting about the campaign and who was posting about the SFF community, and I guessed wrong more than once. So.)
omnis_audis - Oct 17, 2016 6:16:55 pm PDT #10087 of 10289
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
More later, when I can think straight and actually see the screen -- I've got something in my eye.
Yeah buddy, you aren't the only one. Lots of allergy attacks from reading this thread.
Being the nerd that I am, the image that keeps coming to mind with all of this is (Star Trek TNG video link to youtube) [link]
(ps: what is MARCIED?)
DXMachina - Oct 17, 2016 6:20:45 pm PDT #10088 of 10289
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
MARCIE is the cute name we gave to the obnoxious poster blocking system. It's named after Marcie the invisible girl from Buffy. It makes them blinvisible.
Hil R. - Oct 17, 2016 6:21:06 pm PDT #10089 of 10289
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
(ps: what is MARCIED?)
It was a name that was bandied about but ultimately rejected for the button to not see someone's posts.
brenda m - Oct 17, 2016 6:31:34 pm PDT #10090 of 10289
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Rejected because we worried it could be hurtful. Shaking my head at the irony that by either actually or effectively MARCIEing Sunil so many folks were left feeling MARCIEd themselves.
Kat - Oct 17, 2016 6:38:09 pm PDT #10091 of 10289
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Ah, Aims, you certainly don't owe me an apology. I didn't like him immediately and was mean about it. You were right about that. But I've loved still sharing online spaces with you years later, so we're good.
Even though he gave me The Creep, I never marcied him until recently. I just shunned and ignored.
Strix - Oct 17, 2016 6:56:36 pm PDT #10092 of 10289
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
quester, that thought had done more than cross my mind.
I'd never heard of a missing stair before, but it's depressingly apt.
I feel so gross, reading about things others saw and experienced, and I was oblivious to. It's really made me think. I like to think I'm a decent judge of character, but boy howdy, I missed all the signs on this one. I'm trying to just feel appropriately shitty about it; crappy enough to acknowledge my own participation in actively ignoring signs people pointed out over the years, but not so crappy that I lose sight of the fact that he was the person choosing to act this wsy, and I'm not personally responsible for his actions.
Other people are saying very smart things, so I'm going back to listening.
(Personal note: a big thank you to everyone who's said encouraging things to me. This topic is so not about me, but it would be really crappy not to acknowledge how grateful I am to hear them, because it can't have been easy for some to offer them. Much love.)
Vortex - Oct 17, 2016 7:19:59 pm PDT #10093 of 10289
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Hate to pile on (or feed the EC, because part of me suspects that he's reading and enjoying this in a wierd way), but I remember a time in Seattle when Raq and I were walking down the street and we were suddenly aware of being followed. We turned around suddenly and Sunil was right behind us. I found it more annoying than creepy and told him so in no uncertain terms. I seem to recall Raq and I commenting that he needed social skills, but writing it of as awkwardness and trying to be funny. I then pretty much ignored him for however many years. I didn't even bother to MARCIE him, I just skimmed past his comments and rolled my eyes at his lame attempts at jokes. I am sure that I saw the signs and ignored them, and for that I apologize to those who I could have helped.
Zenkitty - Oct 17, 2016 8:49:12 pm PDT #10094 of 10289
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
It's good to see some of y'all again, despite what's bringing us together.