Apparently he was depressed and jobless and his buddy said something about if he lived, maybe he'd get money for it and if he died, well, that solved that.
Except of course, that instead of getting money for it, he's being fined $10,000. OOOOPS!
I don't give a good gorram about relevant, Wash. Or objective. And I ain't so afraid of losing something that I ain't gonna try to have it. You and I would make one beautiful baby. And I want to meet that child one day. Period.
Zoe ,'Heart Of Gold'
Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Sean K - Oct 23, 2003 1:35:14 pm PDT #1442 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
brenda m - Oct 23, 2003 6:24:38 pm PDT #1443 of 10000
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
So, wait, am I getting this? This woman's child-rearing strategy hinges on the ability of minor-network tv stars to get timely botox injections? And we wonder why this country's spiraling into hell.
he said that he realized about half a second after he jumped that he had no unsolvable problems except for having just jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge.
Oh god, that's fabulous.
Not quite as good, but still entertaining, was the opening of Will and Grace tonight:
Will: What is it about Smallville that brings out both my inner teenage girl and my inner lecherous old man?
Grace: The writing.
P.M. Marc - Oct 23, 2003 6:39:08 pm PDT #1444 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Will: What is it about Smallville that brings out both my inner teenage girl and my inner lecherous old man?
Oh dear.
I'm going to have to watch.
Kat - Oct 23, 2003 7:06:56 pm PDT #1445 of 10000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
It was funny. They even had the theme from SV.
Kat - Oct 23, 2003 7:07:05 pm PDT #1446 of 10000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
§ ita § - Oct 23, 2003 7:08:35 pm PDT #1447 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I tuned in for the second half of the exchange only.
Someone remind me when it's repeated, mmkay?
Miracleman - Oct 24, 2003 8:30:59 am PDT #1448 of 10000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Creepiest part of that NY article was the guy who left a note in his apartment.
"I'm walking to the bridge. If one person smiles at me on the way, I will not jump."
Natch, the guy jumped.
Emily - Oct 24, 2003 8:37:35 am PDT #1449 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
It was a pretty disturbing article, largely because for me it raises real questions about self-determination and responsibility. There's a part of me that wants to say people have a right to take their own lives, and what method they choose to do so doesn't make it the method's fault. On the other hand, that article quotes a study which followed people who were dissuaded from jumping off the bridge and, what, 95% of them are still alive and quite happy to be so? Mind you, this group isn't necessarily representative. Still, if opportunity so strongly affects action... I can't quite express what's bugging me here. There's something about the idea of complete responsibility for one's own actions and having one's rationality not be a consistent thing (I don't mean sanity, I mean degrees of rationality) that just feels like a big knot of moral ambiguity.
Um, much like, uh... Daniel Jackson! In the Light! (Whew.)
§ ita § - Oct 24, 2003 8:46:43 am PDT #1450 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
that article quotes a study which followed people who were dissuaded from jumping off the bridge and, what, 95% of them are still alive and quite happy to be so? Mind you, this group isn't necessarily representative.
The group is representative of those who could be talked out of jumping. It's possible that 100% of those that killed themselves are happy with their decision.
I fully think people that want to end their lives should have that freedom, even if they're wrong. And I have no idea what wrong means in that context.
Madrigal Costello - Oct 24, 2003 10:28:49 am PDT #1451 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
With me, it would have been, "If one person smiles at me on the way, I will jump." And if a person tells me to smile on the way there, they're going down with me.