I mean, let's say you did kill us. Or didn't. There could be torture. Whatever. But somehow you found the goods. What would your cut be?

Mal ,'Out Of Gas'


Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

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.


Steph L. - Jan 18, 2026 6:47:25 pm PST #11152 of 11619
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Because on the bike you don’t have that impact of foot to ground?

That makes perfect sense! So now I shake my tiny fist at gravity.

The awesome ortho PA told me (and later I checked, and studies back this up) that every 1 pound of body weight lost reduces about 4-6 pounds of pressure on the hips. That's wild, but again, it's gravity, man.


Cass - Jan 18, 2026 7:26:03 pm PST #11153 of 11619
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

That makes perfect sense!

It does but it's still wild what hurts and what doesn't. For me, biking has been bad since I hit a two-digit age.


meara - Jan 18, 2026 11:34:33 pm PST #11154 of 11619

Yeah I would assume biking is more range of motion and walking involves more actual weight bearing? Sorry it still hurts though hopefully in another day or two the steroids will kick in even more??

I went to a Heated Rivalry dance party tonight. They played songs and showed videos. It was not QUITE as much straight up edits from TikTok that I’d hoped (there were big stretches of the original music videos to songs, then the like 30 second edit) but still lots of fun. Past my bedtime now and I’m cursing myself for forgetting earplugs.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 19, 2026 7:09:53 am PST #11155 of 11619
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!

More power to you. I've seen so many video clips with a sped up version of that t.A.T.u. song in the last month that I've grown to hate it. Tinnitus from it would be the last straw.


meara - Jan 19, 2026 8:08:11 am PST #11156 of 11619

They did play that song once but it was a lot of mixing fanvids with actual music videos (since most of the fanvids on TikTok are short). Like”daddy’s home” to clips of Francois Arnaud.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 19, 2026 9:36:39 am PST #11157 of 11619
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!

Ah, that sounds much more enjoyable than I was imagining.


meara - Jan 19, 2026 11:20:45 am PST #11158 of 11619

Am still very much regretting not wearing ear plugs though. Meant to, then remembered when I was most of the way there. Thought they might have some for sale at the venue but alas did not see any.


Hil R. - Jan 19, 2026 4:32:49 pm PST #11159 of 11619
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I saw that somewhere near me is having a Heated Rivalry trivia night (which is much more my speed than a dance party), but I don't remember where I saw it, and I think the date might have passed already.

I'm feeling anxious and I don't know why. There's nothing in particular that prompted it -- my brain just decided that today is the day to be on high alert. For something. Anxiety sucks. (I took my meds, and they're not helping much, but this isn't like emergency levels of anxiety or anything, just "Why can't my brain work right for once?" levels.)


Dana - Jan 19, 2026 4:46:20 pm PST #11160 of 11619
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Today was a shit day. Not impressed, Monday.


Cass - Jan 19, 2026 5:57:48 pm PST #11161 of 11619
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Quake!

4.6 and just south of me. That felt somehow substantial because the shaking kept going.