Jayne: Well... I don't like the idea of someone hearin' what I'm thinkin'. Inara: No one likes the idea of hearing what you're thinking.

'Objects In Space'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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.


Tom Scola - Mar 07, 2013 2:39:08 pm PST #14035 of 30001
hwæt

The water came back, but when it did, it was rusty. Grar. Hopefully, the water won't get shut off again while I redo my laundry.


Jesse - Mar 07, 2013 2:39:48 pm PST #14036 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Anyone want to guess what it was?

I'm too scared to guess.


Atropa - Mar 07, 2013 2:41:41 pm PST #14037 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I don't know how all y'all with regular jobs don't go about killing your coworkers on a regular basis.

Ahahahahahaha. Some of us fantasize about it, trust me. There's a particular dev here that I would like to set on fire.


Cass - Mar 07, 2013 2:41:43 pm PST #14038 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Thinking again about what I posted, making some threads image-able (as in, the pictures are embedded in thread, not linked) would make a specific area of the site change in tenor, so if you have bandwidth or passing off as work issues, you could ignore that thread, or turn images off (my style sheet forces them off, for instance).

I think it would really change the feel and usefulness of b.org for me. Things do change though.

Personally, I am not in favor of having images embedded. This is the one place I can read casually wherever I am and not worry if someone glances over. And I used that functionality a lot when I had a job too. Especially a thread like Beep Me that I click as soon as I see there is a message but I'd be very wary of doing that if images were a possibility. We're not Tumblr. I kinda hope we never are.

If we want an image thread, that's easy enough for me to not subscribe to but if we're adding images to other threads, less easy to avoid.

but I do love our clean uncluttered text look.

I both like it and like being able to choose to follow links.

His response? "Tonight. I'm ugly right now". WTF?

I don't know whether I hope it's a mistype of "on it" or he really thinks being ugly is a reason for not making deadlines.


flea - Mar 07, 2013 2:49:08 pm PST #14039 of 30001
information libertarian

So, the art display was large (2.5 x 3 feet) close-up photographs of vulvas, large enough that it was clear that's what they were from 100 yards away. I did not divert from my course to read the artistic/polticial statements or whatever that were placed next to the photographs. (I was not shocked; I went to a college where we had Clitoris Awareness Week. But I did wonder how many poor innocent Ohioans were shocked.)


erin_obscure - Mar 07, 2013 2:52:37 pm PST #14040 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

Sigh. When it comes to aesthetically unappealing parts of the human anatomy, i think vulvas and scrotums (scroti?)top the list.


Cass - Mar 07, 2013 3:10:43 pm PST #14041 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I went to a college where we had Clitoris Awareness Week.

That's probably helpful in college.


Steph L. - Mar 07, 2013 3:21:58 pm PST #14042 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Today I walked across a university campus and saw, from a distance, a public art display that made me think 1) ah, college, and 2) what is it with the modern abhorrence of pubic hair. Anyone want to guess what it was?

I heard about that on the news the other night, because the Students For Jesus or some group was trying to prevent it from happening. Also the news called them "vaginas," which I pretty seriously doubted without even needing to see the exhibit.

(People really need to stop substituting "vagina" for "vulva," because, DAMN, there is a WORLD of difference.)


Jesse - Mar 07, 2013 3:26:57 pm PST #14043 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

(People really need to stop substituting "vagina" for "vulva," because, DAMN, there is a WORLD of difference.)

For real, though. I'm afraid that ship has sailed, and blame Eve Ensler.


Steph L. - Mar 07, 2013 3:31:47 pm PST #14044 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

For real, though. I'm afraid that ship has sailed, and blame Eve Ensler.

I know, damn it, but I really want people to get my anatomy right. I feel like if you can't name it properly, you don't need to be hanging out in close proximity to it.