Posts made by Aria

@Sunny said in RL Anger:

@Aria

I just heard that all of the artifacts and individual pieces of art were also saved/survived (not the windows), too. And that only one person was hurt, a firefighter, and while he was seriously injured, is expected to recover. I'm hoping that this is true.

Like @insomniac7809, I also saw a Twitter thread about the northern rose window having survived and while I understood most of it, I've not yet seen any photos yet. I'm hoping that by morning my time, there will be well-lit images so we can see or not see. The altar, the bells, and the window were what I was most hoping would survive.

@Aria said in RL Anger:

It's been years since I spoke French, but I was following Le Monde obsessively today as it was updating faster than most of the English language news sites today. Provided I've been translating correctly, what we know so far is:

• Two thirds of the roof, including the spire, have been completely lost
  > - As the spire was directly above the altar, this was likely destroyed

Somehow, somehow, the altar survived the spire's collapse.

It's been years since I spoke French, but I was following Le Monde obsessively today as it was updating faster than most of the English language news sites today. Provided I've been translating correctly, what we know so far is:

• Two thirds of the roof, including the spire, have been completely lost
• As the spire was directly above the altar, this was likely destroyed
• With the interior of the building being mostly wood construction, it's unlikely that anything in the interior of the main section survived
• All of the rose windows are gone; I've not yet seen anything on the remainder of the windows
• The primary stone structure (known as the vault) was saved by the firefighters
• Although the North Tower caught, the belfry is intact
• The bells in both towers appear to still be in place, but it's unknown if their support structure -- also wood -- is stable
• A number of pieces of art were saved, though I've not seen mention of which
• The statues that were saved were the copper ones installed in 1860; they'd been removed on Thursday as part of the renovations and are NOT the exterior ones you're likely thinking of
• The tunic of St. Louis and the crown of thorns, asserted to be THE crown of thorns from the crucifixion but likely dating to the 4th century, were saved according to the cathedral's rector

The Parisian prosecutor's office is currently running an investigation into what translates roughly into English as "unintentional burning of a building" and isn't considering arson at the moment.

I certainly understand gallows humor. It's my default when facing from situations, including terminal diagnoses in my own family...

But I also kind of want to punch all of you right now. >.<

Notre Dame de Paris is burning.

I am literally in tears.

@Pandora said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

I've never seen a bra bigger than a DD, the site I buy my bras from goes D, DD, DDD and that's the highest they've got.

This is not uncommon. And it gets worse if you have a large cup size that doesn't match the band size it's normally associated with (38D, 40DD, 42DDD, etc). I can think of.... exactly three stores that semi-reliably carry my size and usually in a limited number of styles. If the cup is right, the band is usually too big and they're like "Nope, sorry, we only carry that size with this size band." I suspect this is why most women in the States -- something like 80% IIRC -- are walking around in the wrong bra size regardless of how big they are. Like, yeah, if you're a B-cup... you might not be a 34" band. Surprise! That's not actually how bra sizes work despite what's in your local Target.

And for reference if you're an in-person kind of shopper, those stores are Nordstrom's, Soma, and Lane Bryant. All of which do fittings, but Nordstrom's seem most accurate and knowledgeable about things like.... bras that fit your shape, not just your size. Boobs are many and varied!

@surreality said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@Aria I'm sure it was his attempt at an erudite 'tits or gtfo', agreed. It's why 'maybe if you try to pronounce the lines in the guttural grunt-language throwbacks like you understand, it may translate' seemed about right.

...and it really does kinda nail it. I definitely remember the days of feeling 'Gf Ggffh', that's for sure.

Applying the same theory to the line mine is on, it sounds like a surprisingly groan-heavy, drawn out version of "DEFEAT" with a solidly irritated "UGH" at the end. Which is about accurate for describing the experience.

@surreality I assumed his comment could more accurately be translated from "I think I'm being clever" to "what I'm really saying" as this:

Otherwise I would've been nicer.

@Ganymede said in Good or New Movies Review:

I finally saw Us.

It's a good movie, but it's not as good as Get Out.

Plus, I figured the "twist" out about 10 minutes in.

When @insomniac7809 and I saw it, there were several people out in the hallway/restrooms afterwards complaining that the movie didn't make sense. And I don't mean the premise, which had a bunch of holes in it that you just kind of have to shrug and go along with. I mean they didn't understand the ending, where there's an entire flashback that literally explains what and how the "twist" happened.

I can only assume the people in the theater were morons.

@Tyche said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

This part of the peeves thread is difficult to parse without pictures.

...Your own fault for not specifying of what, smartass.

@jibberthehut said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@Aria that site combined with i think the site is "a bra that fits" that has you do a bunch of measurements laying down, standing up, bent over, etc etc. They produce a pretty accurate sizing and can also via those number tell you if you have shallow boobs etc etc and what to look for.

Those two sites keep the ladies in style and comfort and not frumpy and matronly and all on budget! Especially for us larger bust gals.

Yep! I did one of those tests and discovered that with my particular shape, buying the lined bras I was used to wearing was actually making my fit significantly worse than buying unlined ones with stretchy elastic along the top edge of the cup and double seams to avoid that weird pointy-Madonna-boob vibe that some unlined cups have. SO MUCH BETTER.

@Sparks said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Finding a comfortable, durable bra is like finding a unicorn.

Sadly, I have not caught any unicorns recently.

Ladies, ladies.

Herroom.com is the secret. Thousands -- yes, thousands -- of bras that you can sort by size, style, feature, brand, color, general taste (sporty versus sexy, etc). Also, they have a discount off your first order. Also, they sell discontinued colors from normally very pricey brands, which is how I have a drawer full of Wacoal, Natori, and Chantel bras at prices you normally see at Kohl's. And again, since I have boobs the size of an adult human head, that means I'm buying bras that normally range from $60-$100 for $30-$50.

Granted, my bra and my panties never come as a fancy matching set as a result, but I maintain that women who manage that without at least a week of carefully planned laundry are probably witches with some kind of hell-power, anyway. Like women who can do winged liner in one try. Or look cute in cap sleeves. It's not natural.

(To note: They do SELL the matching panties on the site, but fuck you if you think I'm shelling out $18 for a single pair of underpants. But I dunno. You may be willing to spend more on covering your butt. As the kids say, YMMV.)

ETA: I recommend using the "universal cup size" search filter if you're over a D-cup, since the States and Australia are the only countries that does this weird "D -- DD--DDD-G-H" nonsense. The UK does "D-DD-E-F-FF", which also makes no goddamn sense, and continental Europe does "D-E-F-G-H". Japan goes straight through the alphabet but skips the "AA" size, so it's like European sizes except they're all off by one. Just save yourself the nosebleed and use the automatic converter and it'll search their database all at once for the right size regardless of where the bra is made.

PS: Dudes reading this comment? Bullshit like the above is why your girlfriend is always angry about something. The more you know. <twinkling star arch>

@Aria said in RL things I love:

Ceci n'est pas un scrotum.

It's a hedgehog. A bald hedgehog. It's so hideous it's cute again, like pugs. I can't stop laughing.

(Also, yes. I did just make an art history joke about nutsacks. You're welcome.)

FYI: Apparently, the little guy's name is NELSON and he lives at a sanctuary in the UK where they give him little hedgehog spa days to try and get his spikes to grow back. ^_^

Someone should knit him a tiny hedgehog sweater.

@Too-Old-For-This said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@Aria said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

"Built-in shelf bras" in camisoles are a lie perpetuated by the patriarchy to make your boobs floppy and sore. Change my mind.

And there's never, NEVER any underwire. I'm sorry, but if I'm big enough to buy your 'XL' camisole, an extra layer of cotton and a band of elastic are NOT going to cover it!

Right?! As someone walking around with boobs in a bra size I once announced to the nice fitting lady at Nordstrom's as "I thought they made that up for porn!", that stupid excuse for a bra is pretty much just half a layer that's going to warp and wrinkle and lay weird. And the elastic band is just an angry red mark waiting to happen. You fuck off, shelf bra. You are the father of lies and deceit.

"Built-in shelf bras" in camisoles are a lie perpetuated by the patriarchy to make your boobs floppy and sore. Change my mind.

Ceci n'est pas un scrotum.

It's a hedgehog. A bald hedgehog. It's so hideous it's cute again, like pugs. I can't stop laughing.

(Also, yes. I did just make an art history joke about nutsacks. You're welcome.)

@Arkandel .....my company allowed us to wear jeans to work. For one day last summer. As part of a celebration.

I second Meske.

I am also a fan of the Frick Collection, but that is very much a "go stare at art you do not touch" museum.

One of the reasons I recommend the Frick is because they have a stunning collection of lesser-known paintings by some of the most recognizable names in art history (Rembrandt, Vermeer, Whistler, Titian, Rubens, de Goya, David, El Greco), but the museum is much smaller and less crowded than the larger and more well-known NYC art museums. So if you do want to hit one up, it's pretty solid.

@Ganymede said in Superstitions:

@Aria

I know Simmonds was popular, but he was gone. If you want to blame someone for the crappy season, try Hakstol or the revolving carousel that was your goalie until Carter Hart showed up.

Y’all would have been better with Scott Foster in net.

To be fair, we've had a garbage time with goalies for.... effectively the entire time I've been a Flyers fan. So, like.... since 2002 or so? I do not understand why they can't figure this out.

Whatever. I'm just going to cling to Bryce Harper's leg and cry.

@Tinuviel Sure. I'll take your beer.