No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.

Early ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


javachik - Mar 01, 2010 1:28:39 pm PST #12313 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Am I the only one who finds "cougar" to be a real turn off as a term? It's the predatory part of it I hate. Specifically, hunting for prey. I don't like the implication of "prey" to be anywhere near the implication of sex.

ETA: But now that I am 40, I am feeling sensitive about shit like this.

I'm no cougar; I've never, ever, dated anyone younger. Closest to my age I've come is 5 years older, in fact.


Dana - Mar 01, 2010 1:29:07 pm PST #12314 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Am I the only one who finds "cougar" to be a real turn off as a term?

No. Though I'm resigned to it.

Edit: Its existence, not any application to me. Which there isn't. I can't speak for Jesse.


flea - Mar 01, 2010 1:30:43 pm PST #12315 of 30001
information libertarian

I thought it referred to the tendency of those women to dress in leopard print.

(Hil, I ancestry.commed him, too. You are not alone.)


Allyson - Mar 01, 2010 1:31:08 pm PST #12316 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I got to be in Entertainment Weekly without being a sock and committing pseudicide.

This means I am BETTER THAN YOU, FASTEDDIEGUS.


Connie Neil - Mar 01, 2010 1:32:45 pm PST #12317 of 30001
brillig

Woot! Two 22-inch monitors are coming to my desk! More room for movies on Sundays when things are slow!

Oh, and Windows 7, which shouldn't be too bad, but I will miss XP.


javachik - Mar 01, 2010 1:34:20 pm PST #12318 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Connie, Win 7 is awesome. I think you'll like the switch.


§ ita § - Mar 01, 2010 1:34:20 pm PST #12319 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

FASTEDDIEGUS

Which I read as fasted die Gus.

I think my biggest age gaps have been 12 years, in either direction. I could be a textbook cougar again. I got nothing against it. The word doesn't bother me--I understand that the strict application of the term is supposed to apply to hunters. But I'm more of a gatherer.


javachik - Mar 01, 2010 1:34:57 pm PST #12320 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

But I'm more of a gatherer.

Ha! So your conquests are "firewood".


DavidS - Mar 01, 2010 1:35:25 pm PST #12321 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

So what's the formula for determining at some point if you + person = cougar hunting?

13 years difference, I opine (entirely ex cloaca).


Polter-Cow - Mar 01, 2010 1:35:40 pm PST #12322 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Which I read as fasted die Gus.

Gudanov, get on this one.