RL things I love
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Not quite anger but... so this woman came into the men's locker room this morning. No one happened to be naked at the time but she just strolled in without saying a word, entered the bathroom, left the door half-open, peed (it was audible) then she walked out again.
We were kinda exchanging looks after, like... what just happened here? I guess maybe the girls' bathroom was occupied but still - and she never said a word, either.
- He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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@Arkandel said in RL things I love:
Not quite anger but... so this woman came into the men's locker room this morning. No one happened to be naked at the time but she just strolled in without saying a word, entered the bathroom, left the door half-open, peed (it was audible) then she walked out again.
We were kinda exchanging looks after, like... what just happened here? I guess maybe the girls' bathroom was occupied but still - and she never said a word, either.
Look at the title of the thread. Really look at it.
"Excuse the hell out of you. He's a bag of dicks. I'm a carefully curated box of cocks." -- to @GirlCalledBlu upon being misrepresented.
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@Coin Yeah, it makes me angry.
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@Arkandel said in RL things I love:
@Coin Yeah, it makes me angry.
S- something you love in RL makes you angry?
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I like how you said look at the title and he didn't, lol. Men. They never take directions amirite.
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@Kanye-Qwest I like how you assume I didn't look at the title instead of making a joke of hating it when people love things iRL.
Of course I posted it originally in the wrong thread.
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@Coin said in RL things I love:
Anne Rice imbulbiated all over the Amazon.com review section in 2004.
(I just read this again. Hilarious.)
I am keeping the shit out of "you have strained my Dickensean principles to the max" forever.
Oh fucking well.
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@surreality She's so batshit her middle name is Guano.
"Excuse the hell out of you. He's a bag of dicks. I'm a carefully curated box of cocks." -- to @GirlCalledBlu upon being misrepresented.
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@Coin I am not entirely kidding that if an 80s game ever becomes a thing, that quote is going to become key to the development of at least one antagonist.
( ...or would that be an Annetagonist? <runs and hides>)
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@surreality Glancing at that link, one piece of commentary about Anne Rice's explosion jumped off the page at me:
"I suspect that most authors don’t really want criticism, not even constructive criticism. They want straight-out, unabashed, unashamed, fulsome, informed, naked praise, arriving by the shipload every fifteen minutes or so."
That sounds very uncomfortably close to our hobby here.
some fucking idiot who people only like because he's good at taking credit for the work of everyone under him, just like every other fucking L&L headwiz.
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@Apos said in RL things I love:
@surreality Glancing at that link, one piece of commentary about Anne Rice's explosion jumped off the page at me:
"I suspect that most authors don’t really want criticism, not even constructive criticism. They want straight-out, unabashed, unashamed, fulsome, informed, naked praise, arriving by the shipload every fifteen minutes or so."
That sounds very uncomfortably close to our hobby here.
Neil Gaiman transcends.
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@Apos Also hilariously close to the hobby:
I was with him more closely than I have ever been in this novel; his voice was as powerful for me as I’ve ever heard it. I experienced break through after break through as I walked with him, moved with him, saw through his eyes. What I ask of Lestat, Lestat unfailingly gives. For me, three hunting scenes, two which take place in hotels — the lone woman waiting for the hit man, the slaughter at the pimp’s party — and the late night foray into the slums –stand with any similar scenes in all of the chronicles. They can be read aloud without a single hitch. Every word is in perfect place. The short chapter in which Lestat describes his love for Rowan Mayfair was for me a totally realized poem. There are other such scenes in this book. You don’t get all this? Fine. But I experienced an intimacy with the character in those scenes that shattered all prior restraints, and when one is writing one does have to continuously and courageously fight a destructive tendency to inhibition and restraint. Getting really close to the subject matter is the achievement of only great art. Now, if it doesn’t appeal to you, fine. You don’t enjoy it? Read somebody else. But your stupid arrogant assumptions about me and what I am doing are slander.
...we have all known that player.
At least I think we have a good target quote to demonstrate "overly invested", now, though! So I'd call that a win.
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@surreality said in RL things I love:
I am keeping the shit out of "you have strained my Dickensean principles to the max" forever.
I prefer Swiftian principles.
I have a waggish sense of humor.
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@Misadventure said in RL things I love:
@surreality said in RL things I love:
I am keeping the shit out of "you have strained my Dickensean principles to the max" forever.
I prefer Swiftian principles.
Straight-out, unabashed, unashamed, fulsome, informed, naked satire, arriving by the shipload every fifteen minutes or so.
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
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@Thenomain said in RL things I love:
@Misadventure said in RL things I love:
@surreality said in RL things I love:
I am keeping the shit out of "you have strained my Dickensean principles to the max" forever.
I prefer Swiftian principles.
Straight-out, unabashed, unashamed, fulsome, informed, naked satire, arriving by the shipload every fifteen minutes or so.
An immodest proposal.
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@Arkandel said in RL things I love:
Not quite anger but... so this woman came into the men's locker room this morning. No one happened to be naked at the time but she just strolled in without saying a word, entered the bathroom, left the door half-open, peed (it was audible) then she walked out again.
We were kinda exchanging looks after, like... what just happened here? I guess maybe the girls' bathroom was occupied but still - and she never said a word, either.
This is illegal in North Carolina... well actually most everywhere, but especially in North Carolina.
I wouldn't get too worked up about it though, maybe she/he self identified as a guy that day. -
So there's this chick in my office with whom I started to develop a friendship - and then sometime around March she completely shut down, stopped talking to me, and after having a conversation with her she explained that she just wanted to focus on her work and didn't want to socialize. Which is fine, though I had what I thought was a reasonable expectation of civility in the work place. If someone does something for you, say thank you. If someone addresses you (as in, for work related things), acknowledge you've been spoken to.
She did none of those things. I would relieve her for her breaks and there wouldn't be so much as a thank you. I would ask her direct questions regarding work related things and she wouldn't acknowledge my presence. And yet somehow her "no socializing" rule would seem to bend with other people in the office.
I finally decided to ask my manager about it, noting that I felt I was being a little high school for the complaint, but that it was subtly hostile working environment and worth addressing. Much to my surprise, she was extremely receptive (I think she's suspected this issue) but told me with surprisingly glee that the co-worker's last day is this Friday, as she has handed in her notice.
All's well that ends well!
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I found this sweet barbershop while out doing field work today.
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Smelling like pool + lake + sunscreen + shave ice + sleepy toddler after a long summer day; seeing exhausted teens that pretty much smell the same way all sprawled out reading. I hate when school starts again.
