Best posts made by WTFE

@Derp said in RL things I love:

Drachenfutter

It literally means 'Dragon Food'.

Dragon fodder, actually. I learned the hard way as a child not to refer to humans eating as "futtern".

@Rook said in State of Things:

Interesting. I hadn't heard of this... but it just goes to prove a few things.

Anything can get all twisted and turned to mean something entirely opposite... but the sick thing is that people then believe that new meaning. It just goes to show how easily swayed and driven today's people can be, out of ignorance.

That's the scary part.

You could take a picture of, I dunno, a daisy in a pot and post a meme of hatred, get a huge internet segment to push it as a joke, and suddenly I would bet that daisy sales at florists would plummet.

Doesn't that scare the shit out of any of you?

Nope. Whenever I get tempted to get my undies in a bunch over this I think of what would happen if my wife wore this pendant in Canada:

Things change. Meanings change. Associations change. It's called "life" and if you're scared of it you may wish to consider the possibility of never leaving your home.

@Three-Eyed-Crow I'll go a step and a half farther than that: aside from Europe and its satellite cultures, the swastika has never been tainted in its meaning. It took me a few seconds to find that pendant on Taobao. Swastikas are common good luck charms and images all over east and south Asia. You can find them in temples, on buildings, on business cards, in homes, on jewellery ... and it's really jarring the first few dozen times you see them.

Now ... well, when I went to Canada last summer I was wearing a bracelet. This one:

Take a closer look at the barrel-shaped bead near the centre...

Say hello to part of last night's dinner:

Perky little fella, ain't he?

NOT SO PERKY ANYMORE ARE YOU LITTLE GUY!?

But oh, so tasty!

@Catsmeow said in RL things I love:

Tattoo!!

If I ever get a tattoo it will be of a spider. On my scalp. I will shave my head, get a tattoo of a massive spider, then wear a hat until the hair grows back to cover it.

Why?

Well, first, I kinda think spiders are spiffy. But that's not the main reason. The main reason is that I'm balding. There's a race on my head between the hair thinning out to the point of absence on the top, friar-style, and the corners above my forehead pushing back to meet behind my head. And as I bald, more and more of that spider will become visible. That will be fun.

@Arkandel said in RL Anger:

@WTFE Not many people are assholes all the time, but even more importantly, almost everyone is an asshole sometimes.

Absolutely agreed.

Personally when someone acknowledges it I look at it as an admission of fault; it's not an apology - maybe that'll never come - but maybe more of a request - hey, I know I can be a jerk but I've got upsides too... is that okay?

That isn't the kind of usage I'm talking about though. I'm talking more about the people who say things like "well, I'm an asshole, but at least I admit it" or "well, I'm an asshole, but at least I know I'm one". As if knowingly being an asshole mitigates.

If I waited to hang out either here or iRL only with perfect human beings I'd be one lonely son of a bitch.

Hmm... I'm a lonely son of a bitch. Perhaps a strategy change is in order...

@Kanye-Qwest said in RL Anger:

@WTFE said in RL Anger:
ver understood why this was considered a virtue instead of an exacerbating condition.

If someone doesn't realize they're being an asshole, it's not really quite their fault (except insofar as not knowing you're being an asshole is often fucking stupid).

Wrong.

How cogent and coherent! Your rebuttal has me rethinking the very foundations of my beliefs, it has shaken me so deeply.

@Apu shows wisdom. Listen to @Apu.

Which one of you fuckers is going to be paying for my new liver, is all I'm asking?

Does that count toward "I'm posting for my own amusement"?

We need a faction for "Some People Just Want To Watch The World Burn".

I fucking hate opiods. I used to use mild ones (AC&Cs -- aspirin, caffeine, and codeine) and they just ... drained me. I can't even imagine what actual powerful ones would feel like.

I want to be a petty princess too, @Meg. Why do you hate me so!?

@surreality said in Forum Factions:

There should, indeed, be a hivemind faction.

...no one should be permitted to join it.

Except me. I'm the only member of the hive mind.

@Sparks: I've got some incense? It's for Buddhist rites, typically, so don't know if that's appropriate or not. I'll light some on your friend's behalf if that's OK?