For the utter nonsensicalness of the statement, added to it's inner truth, I want to throw 'Delicious Babies got SPAZZED' into the ring.
Everybody dies, Tracey. Someone's carrying a bullet for you right now, doesn't even know it. The trick is to die of old age before it finds you.
Mal ,'The Message'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
MechaKrelboyne - Feb 25, 2004 3:14:42 am PST #6849 of 10005
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
Deena - Feb 25, 2004 3:17:37 am PST #6850 of 10005
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I like using it as a verb, and delicious babies is cool; istanbul would also be nice, because it was, spazzed, I mean.
Jon B. - Feb 25, 2004 3:36:35 am PST #6851 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The Quotable Buffy 3: Delicious Babies and Istanbul got Spazzed!
t edited for the right number
MechaKrelboyne - Feb 25, 2004 3:37:58 am PST #6852 of 10005
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
The verb thing seems one more half step removed from the worries about being offensive, too. Of course baby eating, while the highest form of comedy, could also be considered to balance that effect out and moreso, but I still rather like it.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 25, 2004 4:14:38 am PST #6853 of 10005
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'll second Jon's suggestion.
§ ita § - Feb 25, 2004 4:29:45 am PST #6854 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Using it as a verb works better for me. As a noun, I can't make it not offensive.
Steph L. - Feb 25, 2004 4:37:51 am PST #6855 of 10005
I look more rad than Lutheranism
All snark aside, seems like spaz is no worse than "dumb". After all, all pejorative words have negative etymologies. We have any actual empirical evidence of offense? I wouldn't have connected spastic to CP without explicit help.
I had no idea it was considered offensive. And I didn't want to admit that at first, because I was afraid that would have revealed that I was an asshat of the first order who insults as many groups as possible.
Maybe it's the US/UK difference.
But I don't remember anyone being offended by its use in the show.
In any case, I don't participate in the deathmatches, so I actually don't care what the title is.
And I do have a related Deathmatch question that I have to admit I'm afraid is going to get me yelled at: now that the Deathmatches have been running for a while, and the people who participate are in all likelihood subscribed to the thread, do there still need to be announcements made in Press every time a new round starts up?
billytea - Feb 25, 2004 4:54:44 am PST #6856 of 10005
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I'm more or less with ita on this. It's closely tied to its origins in Australia too (so while being a mild insult to the person at which it's directed, its use is substantially more offensive to people with cerebral palsy). Using it as a verb does mitigate this to me.
Elena - Feb 25, 2004 4:58:53 am PST #6857 of 10005
Thanks for all the fish.
And I do have a related Deathmatch question that I have to admit I'm afraid is going to get me yelled at: now that the Deathmatches have been running for a while, and the people who participate are in all likelihood subscribed to the thread, do there still need to be announcements made in Press every time a new round starts up?
I don't know why you would think that it would get you yelled at, and I'm sorry you no longer participate in the deathmatches, but is it problematic in some way to have the announcements in Press? If it is, I can certainly refrain.
Hil R. - Feb 25, 2004 5:00:24 am PST #6858 of 10005
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I like having the announcements in Press. I can't keep up with all the deathmatches, but it gives a quick way to go in and participate in one or two when I can.