People changing and growing is a good thing. It shows it is possible to change, and the very idea of change is alien to some folks. They get used to monolithic thinking, to ideas that are carved in stone, then shades of grey get introduced into their thinking. That's how you convert the hard core, one small paradigm shift at a time.
She's not just a blob of energy, she's also a 14-year-old hormone bomb.
Spike ,'The Killer In Me'
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.
Connie Neil - Mar 15, 2013 10:28:46 am PDT #14913 of 30001
brillig
Maria - Mar 15, 2013 10:38:25 am PDT #14914 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
-t, I've been more culturally Catholic than religiously Catholic for a long time, but the last year has pushed me solidly towards the camp of the agnostics. Right now, I'm of the belief that the only person that can do anything about any situation I'm in is myself. What divine intervention?
aurelia - Mar 15, 2013 10:51:31 am PDT #14915 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Is this the FB algorithm people were talking about: [link] ? I'm not sure what that was referring to.
No. There is some algorithm that uses your interactions to determine what you see in your feed. I'm wondering if I've been absent enough to have disappeared from my friend's feeds.
§ ita § - Mar 15, 2013 10:58:24 am PDT #14916 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There is some algorithm that uses your interactions to determine what you see in your feed
That seems...intrusive. And potentially bothersome.
askye - Mar 15, 2013 11:04:51 am PDT #14917 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
I don't think he deserves a parade but I hope the way he votes changes.
And you know, the Senator could have had a different reaction - he could have said, My son is gay, I don't accept him and I gay marriage is wrong. Instead he struggled with his beliefs and changed his mind and hopefully this will lead to good things.
Amy - Mar 15, 2013 11:05:13 am PDT #14918 of 30001
Because books.
I haven't posted to Facebook in so long, I'm surprised my account hasn't disappeared.
Tom Scola - Mar 15, 2013 11:05:43 am PDT #14919 of 30001
hwæt
The amount of effort that Facebook goes through to hide my friend's updates from me is staggering.
§ ita § - Mar 15, 2013 11:08:30 am PDT #14920 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I haven't posted to Facebook in so long, I'm surprised my account hasn't disappeared
I can verify that it keeps you around long enough to get from one Jamaican athletic success to a completely different one.
And we don't do that much.
Shit, I was supposed to sit down and type up ten minutes on capturing use cases, and I DID NOTHING.
So, clearly, time to get lunch.
Consuela - Mar 15, 2013 11:12:59 am PDT #14921 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I think it's time to reconsider Buffista Island, and maybe look into acquiring a castle instead. Dibs on one of the turret rooms!
Steph L. - Mar 15, 2013 11:13:56 am PDT #14922 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The amount of effort that Facebook goes through to hide my friend's updates from me is staggering.
Right there with you. I'm pretty sure some of my friends have become popes or something and I don't even know about it because of what FB chooses to show me.