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[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Some people work out these things by posting on a chat board. Sometimes it's easier to talk about anonymously.

Some people don't.

YMMV.

Brilliant. I've yet to see anyone capture the apparent so vividly.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Fugee

It wasn't a complete thought -- in context of the rest of my posts on the topic it would be more like RT having made Ty a mod because he said he'd be a good mod, revoking his mod-dom after he abused his power then being angry that Ty talked her into making him a mod in the first place but considering making him a mod again. And then you PM-ing her and reminding her that she made one bad decision, so accept her mistake and don't do it again.

Or something like that.

Except that Ty wouldn't cyber-stalk. He'd get her into a debate about the merits of her decision which would run on for weeks until she conceded and gave him back his Mod-dom.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Brilliant. I've yet to see anyone capture the apparent so vividly.

some people bear their problems on their own backs, and never admit them at all, suffering through the internal pain as best they can- without troubling others or admitting weakness.

so I drink too much, and flower closes the door the moment he gets to his office and masturbates the day away hallucinating that he is actually receiving fellatio.

who is to say which is the best approach?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Except that Ty wouldn't cyber-stalk. He'd get her into a debate about the merits of her decision which would run on for weeks until she conceded and gave him back his Mod-dom.

do you think he could find blog cites saying he shouldn't be fired, or are you suggesting he'd learn to craft his own arguments?

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

as is often the case, flower's words ring true with me. I now realize that many of us should perhaps not be so quick to provide life advice. Consider, most of the socks here are trained in the law, not counseling, and I must admit that I wouldn't trust many socks here even with a legal matter.

I used to watch Dr. Phil -- surely that gives me some basis to hand out life advice.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by evenodds

One of the more interesting changes in the movie adaptations of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend was the switch of the "other" from vampire to zombie. In the book and the original adaptation The Last Man on Earth, they were clearly vampiric. By the time we got to the Will Smith movie, they were more zombie than vampire, less thinking and societal.

Vampires essentially create a community living within and upon a larger society, while zombies signal the end of community and society.

No, no, no. Vampires are lonely individuals who continually long for society from which they are isolated but on which they must feed. They are heart-wrenchingly sad and tragic figures, constantly longing for the unobtainable. That's while Herzog has such long steady pans and slow zooms all through his Nosferatu. There is no community of vampires.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

some people bear their problems on their own backs, and never admit them at all, suffering through the internal pain as best they can- without troubling others or admitting weakness.

so I drink too much, and flower closes the door the moment he gets to his office and masturbates the day away hallucinating that he is actually receiving fellatio.

who is to say which is the best approach?

Why should they be mutually exclusive? Surely you've masturbated drunk. It's no one's greatest moment, and few activities remind you what an absolutely hapless monkey you really are, and yes - at first there will be shame. Particularly if you happen past a mirror in the act. But embrace the Low, I say. For without it, how would one know the High? There's no true appreciation of those family moments in Starbucks, after buying a Christmas tree and hearing Nat King Cole croon "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire..," without the recollection that nine short hours ago you were engaged in self-love of a sort usually reserved for the living-under-a-bridge-and-perpetually-crippled-on-Thunderbird set.

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

No, no, no. Vampires are lonely individuals who continually long for society from which they are isolated but on which they must feed. They are heart-wrenchingly sad and tragic figures, constantly longing for the unobtainable. That's while Herzog has such long steady pans and slow zooms all through his Nosferatu. There is no community of vampires.

That's so old school vampire. Don't you watch True Blood?**

**I haven't watched it yet -- got season 1 on Black Friday -- but have read all the books on which the series is based.

[evenodds]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

No, no, no. Vampires are lonely individuals who continually long for society from which they are isolated but on which they must feed. They are heart-wrenchingly sad and tragic figures, constantly longing for the unobtainable. That's while Herzog has such long steady pans and slow zooms all through his Nosferatu. There is no community of vampires.

In I Am Legend, they are vampires creating a new society, which is far more terrifying than the post-apocalyptic ravaging of mindless zombies.

[Cletus Miller]

Originally Posted by 1436

I disagree. Even when someone tells you why they did something you still don't know why they did it. All you know is what they told you. The real reasons are often least understood by the actor.

"I don't know why, but I've been told what happened." That seems to be the most honest response.

But that's different from simply "I don't know". I took RT's formulation as "I don't know" what, not why*, which would add dtb to the pass-the-buck brigade and also be untrue.

*note that answering "why" with anything other than a variation on "I don't know" is *also* untrue, unless she--inexplicably--decides dtb is her confessee and spills the totality of her motivation, and even then, a variant of "I don't know" would remain mainly truthful.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by evenodds

In I Am Legend, they are vampires creating a new society, which is far more terrifying than the post-apocalyptic ravaging of mindless zombies.

Thank you. I will not see that. That is silly.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Fugee

That's so old school vampire. Don't you watch True Blood?**

**I haven't watched it yet -- got season 1 on Black Friday -- but have read all the books on which the series is based.

Why can't people leave the undead alone?

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

some people bear their problems on their own backs, and never admit them at all, suffering through the internal pain as best they can- without troubling others or admitting weakness.

so I drink too much, and flower closes the door the moment he gets to his office and masturbates the day away hallucinating that he is actually receiving fellatio.

who is to say which is the best approach?

I think the best approach can be different for different people, but I understand if there may be some people for whom the best approach is the same for everyone.

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Thank you. I will not see that. That is silly.

Legend was OK, not my favorite movie. Will Smith had to carry nearly all the movie by himself with just a dog and random rampaging zombie attacks.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by cheval de frise

You need a hobby out in the cold, clear light of day. One that doesn't involve an internet connection.

I have a really good book to recommend about zombies, and it's all true, unlike half of the stuff they sell at bookstores. I went outside to buy it!

eta: Group of Death! Group of Death!