Stuck on Repeats

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

Try using your tongue more.

No dice. Knocks the lower plate of my dentures out of place.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

Great song here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNY8eYmzdH4

But are you really saying that it would have been ruined if there were some subtle horn lines thrown in? I wouldn't touch the intro -- it's perfect as is. But later, maybe even just in the outro, some horn licks would have worked well. Or maybe in the extended instrumental section in the middle?

I see your point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ8MvnEVCqM

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Well, it was so widespread that middle school kids growing up in both NYC and northern Indiana heard it. Pre-internet.

Did these millions of easily manipulated kids not have access to Playboy?

"'Grace Chen... 5'5. 36/22/36. Turn offs: Violin practice in high school
Turn ons: Kindness' ...See. Told you, Billy. Is that sideways? No. No it's not."

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by taxwonk

I read somewhere recently that the average American commits about 10 criminal acts a day. My thing is tax fraud. Kind of like you and horns in Rock&Roll. We all have our shibboleths.

Think of how many jobs we could all create if not burdened with regulations on things like jaywalking, dangerous exotic pets, or public nudity?

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

I see your point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ8MvnEVCqM

The story goes that the jam at the end was spontaneous. They didn't even know the tape was still running. I don't believe it. The jam is most of the song. I think the jam was what was originally going to be the song, and the guitar riff/vocals part at the beginning was an unplanned intro that they just winged without knowing the tape was on.

[Replaced_Texan]

I don't really give a shit if the elevator incident was blown out of proportion by the lady who complained about it, but Jesus Christ people are assholes on the internet. http://www.slate.com/articles/double...e_threats.html

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

I don't really give a shit if the elevator incident was blown out of proportion by the lady who complained about it, but Jesus Christ people are assholes on the internet. http://www.slate.com/articles/double...e_threats.html

I dunno. I'm a little skeptical.


(Sorry -- too easy to pass up.)

eta: Finished reading it. Yes, people are assholes on the internet (not on this site, of course). And while I found her bit about the elevator to be a little silly, mostly it was blown out of proportion by people who read it and reposted it. And the notion that anyone's response to that would be a rape threat ..... just one of those things that makes you ask "what the fuck is wrong with people?"

I don't understand why she ties any of this to Dawkins. His post, though snarky and sarcastic (what a surprise), shouldn't have been the cause or seen as supportive of any of those threats. It was basically a "geez, first-world problems" comment writ large (and writ obnoxious, but again -- what a surprise).

Anyway -- it was a more interesting read than the shit I'm supposed to be reading, at least.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

I don't really give a shit if the elevator incident was blown out of proportion by the lady who complained about it, but Jesus Christ people are assholes.

Fixed that for you.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

I dunno. I'm a little skeptical.


(Sorry -- too easy to pass up.)

eta: Finished reading it. Yes, people are assholes on the internet (not on this site, of course). And while I found her bit about the elevator to be a little silly, mostly it was blown out of proportion by people who read it and reposted it. And the notion that anyone's response to that would be a rape threat ..... just one of those things that makes you ask "what the fuck is wrong with people?"

I don't understand why she ties any of this to Dawkins. His post, though snarky and sarcastic (what a surprise), shouldn't have been the cause or seen as supportive of any of those threats. It was basically a "geez, first-world problems" comment writ large (and writ obnoxious, but again -- what a surprise).

Anyway -- it was a more interesting read than the shit I'm supposed to be reading, at least.

I get the impression that Dawkins is a god to a lot of these people, so if he says "this lady is over reacting" they take it to mean "launch the torpedoes." My guess is that if he'd taken her complaint a little less cavalierly (or didn't say anything), then it probably wouldn't have been as bad.

At any rate, the "you got what you deserved" crowd hit the Slate article's comments's section too.

I hate the Westboro Baptist Church with the fire of a thousand angry gods, but I can't really imagine taking the time or energy to making their lives miserable.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

I don't really give a shit if the elevator incident was blown out of proportion by the lady who complained about it, but Jesus Christ people are assholes on the internet. http://www.slate.com/articles/double...e_threats.html

People are assholes everywhere, but yeah, the internet really seems to bring it out.

I'm glad she's still talking about it though.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

And the notion that anyone's response to that would be a rape threat ..... just one of those things that makes you ask "what the fuck is wrong with people?"

Yes, this.

It horrifies and amazes me that people don't seem to think twice about directing sexual and violent insults toward women who deign to speak.

It would be one thing if that's just the nasty way we express disagreement, but it doesn't seem to happen to men to the same degree.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

I get the impression that Dawkins is a god to a lot of these people, so if he says "this lady is over reacting" they take it to mean "launch the torpedoes." My guess is that if he'd taken her complaint a little less cavalierly (or didn't say anything), then it probably wouldn't have been as bad.

At any rate, the "you got what you deserved" crowd hit the Slate article's comments's section too.

I hate the Westboro Baptist Church with the fire of a thousand angry gods, but I can't really imagine taking the time or energy to making their lives miserable.

(1) She made this Slateworthy by saying it's from members of her "own community." I think she's discovered, as many before her, that you don't have some greater right to dignity and respect within a self-defined community as without. It's wrong to be rude; it's not wronger to be rude to someone "in your community." It's that type of insider/outsider bullshit that leads to privilege, and excuses terrible things like FGM and hazing. There is no higher standard; the standard is the same.

(2) She misread the tweet she quoted. It was an unfunny joke. It's illegal to grope someone in an elevator; anonymity is the only reason the crime even occurs. A person who publicly claims an intention to do so actually drops to the bottom of the list of people likely to do it. To demand additional security from conference organizers is a bizarre response.

(3) I think she's misreading Dawkins. His point was about the relative superiority of life in a Western secular democracy, and he's right about that. Anytime you say "We're lucky to have such problems" you're minimizing the experience of the victim, but that's the entire point. Dawkins wants to destroy theocratic thinking; it's exactly his point that we should all live in a world where women getting asked for sex is the worst problem we face. I have a hard time seeing him as a bad guy in this. [ETA: or, what Sidd said.]

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

I don't really give a shit if the elevator incident was blown out of proportion by the lady who complained about it, but Jesus Christ people are assholes on the internet. http://www.slate.com/articles/double...e_threats.html

It's good to know that athiests are just as capable of giving their faith a bad name as christians. Thanks for that on this day when we're being reminded of what total assholes many so-called christians are.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

(2) She misread the tweet she quoted. It was an unfunny joke. It's illegal to grope someone in an elevator; anonymity is the only reason the crime even occurs. A person who publicly claims an intention to do so actually drops to the bottom of the list of people likely to do it. To demand additional security from conference organizers is a bizarre response.

She misread it, but why should she have to take the chance? Organizers should have barred the guy from the event.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

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