I checked in for our flights earlier, and Southwest said "upgrade for as little as $16". So I clicked through about three screens, and for 2 of us it would have been over $900. Hilarious, Southwest.
Every nightmare I have that doesn't revolve around academic failure or public nudity is about that thing. In fact, once I dreamt that it attacked me while I was late for a test and naked.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Nov 24, 2015 2:55:08 pm PST #9745 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Connie Neil - Nov 24, 2015 3:09:10 pm PST #9746 of 30003
brillig
"upgrade for as little as $16
They didn't lie, they just stated the starting amount.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 24, 2015 3:10:30 pm PST #9747 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Where was the $16 upgrade seat, on top of the landing gear?
billytea - Nov 24, 2015 3:27:40 pm PST #9748 of 30003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Where was the $16 upgrade seat, on top of the landing gear?
Technically, I hope all the seats are on top of the landing gear.
Jesse - Nov 24, 2015 3:37:39 pm PST #9749 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Above it, at least.
sj - Nov 24, 2015 3:43:39 pm PST #9750 of 30003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Newly-acquired knowledge I did not need but now cannot stop thinking about: Talenti makes peppermint bark gelato.
I need to finish up the last of the farmer's market ice cream so that I can justify buying some of this.
Sheryl - Nov 24, 2015 4:46:46 pm PST #9751 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
My folks are not tech savvy, so an Amazon gift card wouldn't work. (They get books in e-mail, and transfer them to the Kindle. I don't know if they even have Amazon accounts set up.)
billytea - Nov 24, 2015 4:51:31 pm PST #9752 of 30003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
This is awesome: tardigrades, possibly the most indestructible animals in nature, have a genome that is 17.5% not-animal. [link]
They've picked up genes (by direct transfer) from bacteria, viruses, fungi and plants. They think it's from their best survival mechanism. Tardigrades can survive near-complete dehydration. But that breaks up their DNA, and when they rehydrate, environmental DNA can infiltrate the cells and get stitched in.
In conclusion, here's a picture of one. Awww, so cute. [link]
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-t - Nov 24, 2015 4:59:18 pm PST #9753 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am going to have to keep thinking about that for a while. Wow.
billytea - Nov 24, 2015 5:08:34 pm PST #9754 of 30003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Here's another one: someone's made an interactive map showing all the world's territorial disputes: [link]
The top comment states: "Unfortunately, the resolution isn’t high enough to zoom in on the red dot in Southern Ontario where Chad keeps moving his fucking stapler to my side of the cubicle."