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Zoe: Is there any way I'm gonna get out of this with honor and dignity? Wash: You're pretty much down to ritual suicide, lambie-toes.
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Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
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.
tommyrot - Aug 31, 2010 9:56:43 am PDT #21425 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jesse - Aug 31, 2010 10:01:31 am PDT #21426 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In other news, am I right to think it is laughable to say: "From [this Pakistani guy] to [that Indian guy], the team deliberately sought to include non-Western views."?
Edit: I mean because of the "from this to that" construction -- from India to Pakistan doesn't feel like much of a range....
meara - Aug 31, 2010 10:01:36 am PDT #21427 of 30001
Forget the pregnancy - follow those girls around when they're 22 and struggle every single day to finish school/work/pay bills/care for a child/have a life/get some actual sleep. Instead of all the BS they actually show.
...have you seen any episodes of 16 And Pregnant? I've seen one or two, and I gotta say, the ones I did see weren't glorifying at all. They were pretty freakin' crappy--and that was just while the chick was preggo, and not really once she had the baby and had to deal with THAT.
Though admittedly, the US Weekly or People or whatever spread on "Where are they NOW?" made them sound all happy and shit, which I doubt they are (one of them was all "Well, we broke up a couple months before the birth because he was hitting me, but then he died in a motorcycle accident two months after she was born, so that sucks because she'll never get to meet her daddy and I'm still living with my parents, but GOSH, SHE"S SO CUTE AND I LOVE HER (CUE ADORABLE PICTURES!!"))
Aims - Aug 31, 2010 10:08:50 am PDT #21428 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
...have you seen any episodes of 16 And Pregnant? I've seen one or two, and I gotta say, the ones I did see weren't glorifying at all. They were pretty freakin' crappy--and that was just while the chick was preggo, and not really once she had the baby and had to deal with THAT.
I watched most of the first season and I agree, it was pretty crappy for most of those girls, but I think MTV lost an opportunity to really talk about birth control and why it wasn't used or if it was, why it failed. If the show's purpose is to put the reality of teen pregnancy out there, then put the reality of birth control out there, too. And also follow girls who opt for abortion. Show how harrowing and emotional that can be.
Cashmere - Aug 31, 2010 10:11:06 am PDT #21429 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I didn't have to watch the show. I've had more cousins get pregnant before age sixteen than I care to count. One of them was 15--I remember her complaining when she was about 7 months along that she couldn't wait to have the baby so she could go roller skating again.
I truly think the teenage mind just can't possibly grok the enormity of what's going on.
Typo Boy - Aug 31, 2010 10:11:56 am PDT #21430 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
There's a difference between boycotting the occupied territories and boycotting Israel.
However, the consumer parts of Isreal's society has become closely entwined with the occupied territories. Including major water source.
Jesse - Aug 31, 2010 10:14:20 am PDT #21431 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"Well, we broke up a couple months before the birth because he was hitting me, but then he died in a motorcycle accident two months after she was born, so that sucks because she'll never get to meet her daddy and I'm still living with my parents, but GOSH, SHE"S SO CUTE AND I LOVE HER (CUE ADORABLE PICTURES!!"))
OMG, I saw that in the nail place, and had no idea who these people were, or why I needed to be updated on their lives.
Jessica - Aug 31, 2010 10:16:12 am PDT #21432 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I truly think the teenage mind just can't possibly grok the enormity of what's going on.
I think this is true of teens in general. (There was a recent Feministe thread where a commenter got indignant at the number of "Oh man, I remember being that age" comments and loudly declared that, as a 19 year-old, she was offended by the ageism on display and anyway, people don't mature very much after the age of 26, SO THERE. Nobody was able to rebut her because everyone in-thread over the age of 30 had died laughing.)
Jessica - Aug 31, 2010 10:20:39 am PDT #21433 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And just in case anyone has mistaken me for a mature adult who is qualified to raise children, I MUST HAVE THIS FOR THE NEW BABY.
Kat - Aug 31, 2010 11:26:33 am PDT #21434 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Kat around? you use Pampers or Boudreaux's?
I don't... with Grace we use Huggies and we've been butt paste free. I really need to get Grace potty trained, but it seems like this giant insurmountable hurdle.
BTW, Jessica, I'm getting rid of several BumGenius and another brand. Do you need any?
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Do you all remember the stamps that grocery stores used to give out and you'd paste into a booklet and get prizes? Did that happen in my childhood or is it something I read about only? I think we did it when I was really young, for dishes maybe.