Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.

Jayne ,'The Message'


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.


-t - Apr 13, 2026 12:47:26 pm PDT #12292 of 12473
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Wow, that is a mindblower all right! HAPPY TICKYBOX DAY!!!


erikaj - Apr 13, 2026 12:52:02 pm PDT #12293 of 12473
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal

Yeah, from here it feels both fast and slow. Many happy returns to Tickybox. ETA: Here's a good article on what happened in Hungary. [link]


Steph L. - Apr 13, 2026 1:00:24 pm PDT #12294 of 12473
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Princess Tickybox turns 21 today.

WHAT.


Laura - Apr 13, 2026 1:23:09 pm PDT #12295 of 12473
Our wings are not tired.

It's a turvy-topsy world!


DavidS - Apr 13, 2026 3:55:40 pm PDT #12296 of 12473
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Because I must share the "linear time, wtf" -ness of it all: Princess Tickybox turns 21 today. HOW ON EARTH IS MY GOTHDAUGHTER TWENTY-ONE?! OMGWTFBBQPOLARBEAR

But she's just a little big eyed lemur!!


P.M. Marc - Apr 13, 2026 4:01:30 pm PDT #12297 of 12473
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Yeah, IDEK how that happened.


askye - Apr 13, 2026 4:53:32 pm PDT #12298 of 12473
Thrive to spite them

Happy Princess Tickybox day even though it can't be she's 21?


askye - Apr 13, 2026 5:31:52 pm PDT #12299 of 12473
Thrive to spite them

I keep seeing people on social media talking about how there will be massive food shortages /food prices getting out of control and everyone should stock up on things now/plant gardens etc. And I'm trying to figure out what is realistic and what isn't.


DavidS - Apr 13, 2026 5:52:37 pm PDT #12300 of 12473
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

And I'm trying to figure out what is realistic and what isn't.

I don't think that scenario is going to happen. Some prices will go up but Trump's not going to win a war of attrition with Iran. He's going to quit and then say we won and accomplished great things.

TACO 4evah.


Calli - Apr 13, 2026 6:01:23 pm PDT #12301 of 12473
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Some prices will go up but Trump's not going to win a war of attrition with Iran. He's going to quit and then say we won and accomplished great things.

Yeah, but timing is an issue. We get a big chunk of our fertilizer through the Straits of Hormuz, and crops need it sooner than later. I expect the US will get hit with higher food prices, but people in resource limited countries may see some food problems.