I wonder when the next Onerous Task day is? I *still* haven't dealt with FastMac about the defective Mac battery I discovered last October...
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Spidra Webster - Dec 14, 2010 12:28:28 pm PST #11061 of 30001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Jessica - Dec 14, 2010 12:44:07 pm PST #11062 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I had a friend in college who was very surprised to find out, junior year, that Jews don't believe in Jesus. And she was from the US.
I've been having the same conversation about this with one co-worker for years now. "So what is your family doing for Christmas?" "Oh, we're Jewish." "<blank stare>" "So we don't celebrate Christmas." "You mean, not at all?" "No." "Not even for the kids???"
And she's from New Jersey. Some people just really, really, don't get the concept of non-Christians.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2010 12:48:31 pm PST #11063 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think that's part of the joke.
tommy gets it in one. The other usual description for it is "Twilight isn't that bad" apparently, but that's nowhere near as amusing to me.
And, fuck, my internet is acting wonky. I need this for work.
erikaj - Dec 14, 2010 12:50:00 pm PST #11064 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
yeah...it's only depriving if you're used to doing it and then you don't. I bet Hannukah is lovely, but never having done it, I had cheeseburgers on one of the nights and only thought of it in passing. That's cultural privilege, though. Assuming everybody misses what you do.
megan walker - Dec 14, 2010 12:59:13 pm PST #11065 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It's like when I tell people that my parents didn't do the whole Santa Claus thing. Like we were deprived somehow because those piles of presents came from our parents. @@
Cashmere - Dec 14, 2010 12:59:21 pm PST #11066 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
"You mean, not at all?" "No." "Not even for the kids???
Yeah, the kids are Jewish, too.
Nora Deirdre - Dec 14, 2010 1:03:36 pm PST #11067 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Don't even get me started on Christmas chauvinism. Or Santa. Blergh.
erikaj - Dec 14, 2010 1:06:35 pm PST #11068 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I think I tried to hang on to Santa a bit longer than was healthy.
Consuela - Dec 14, 2010 1:11:32 pm PST #11069 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I wonder how much of that ignorance can be tied to Christmas being so secularized over the years, versus religious parochialism? (I do suspect there's a difference...)
Cashmere - Dec 14, 2010 1:13:36 pm PST #11070 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I think I tried to hang on to Santa a bit longer than was healthy.
If Santa would bring me an iPad, I might believe now.