I feel suspiciously human. I expect it to wear off right around the time of my three-hour rehearsal tonight.
He doesn't travel well. He's like fine shrimp.
Anya ,'Touched'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Dec 13, 2011 2:27:02 pm PST #11356 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Hil R. - Dec 13, 2011 2:34:39 pm PST #11357 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I had office hours, then gave exams, then graded exams. Now I'm exhausted and achy. I want a cookie.
§ ita § - Dec 13, 2011 2:43:24 pm PST #11358 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm okay with my profession not having a naked calendar, because it would be too close to imagining my co-workers naked. However, while I was a krav instructor I tried really hard to convince the guys to do a calendar (as naked as it takes), but never got traction.
flea - Dec 13, 2011 2:45:16 pm PST #11359 of 30001
information libertarian
It actually takes very little to get field archaeologists naked. Especially if they're British, I suspect. In fact, on multiple occasions while working in field archaeology I was inadvertantly flashed by coworkers who didn't wear underpants.
Connie Neil - Dec 13, 2011 2:52:00 pm PST #11360 of 30001
brillig
I've heard some very interesting stories about British archaeologists.
JenP - Dec 13, 2011 2:53:28 pm PST #11361 of 30001
Horrible's kind of the point.
Whose point?
§ ita § - Dec 13, 2011 3:02:09 pm PST #11362 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have spent way too long today defending porn. I don't know why I even bother sometimes. It's not like I like all porn, or anything. I just think it's stupid to say that if it looks like porn but doesn't degrade women it's erotica. That's so...
Step away. Just, step away.
brenda m - Dec 13, 2011 3:02:35 pm PST #11363 of 30001
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
Romney's. The party's. It's a dog- whistle. "We"re not saying only white people are real Americans, but we all know what we mean."
Did they look it up and say "ooh, kkk, let's use that"? Probably not. But the slogan appeals to them for much the same reasons.
Amy - Dec 13, 2011 3:05:05 pm PST #11364 of 30001
Because books.
But the slogan appeals to them for much the same reasons.
Exactly. It's just gross.
JenP - Dec 13, 2011 3:15:09 pm PST #11365 of 30001
I guess my point was it shouldn't even take a google to think, "Yeah, that's a crappy thing to hitch your wagon to," even without knowing the history of it. For some reason I thought you didn't think I got that, which concerned me.
What's horrifying is that Romney's campaign runners presumably think that has a wide appeal and will be beneficial to their cause. What's more horrifying is that maybe it does for more people than I'd like to think. Well, definitely that, because I'd like to think it would appeal to no one but rather repulse them.
ETA: I think I'm having an issue because it doesn't seem at all subtle or nudge-nudge, wink-wink to me -- it seems very direct in its anti-everyone who isn't like "us"-ism. So, I'm shocked at that level of directness about something so awful (to me, clearly not their target audience). Or that political advisors, no matter what they actually think, would think using that slogan was a good idea. As in, what percentage of this country agrees? Are they right? Because if so, I'm... lots of negative adjectives.