Heartland

Pista wrote:Firstly, in 2007, when we met, none of what you wrote about came through in your character at all. You were (& I guess still are) a wonderful, charming, funny & attractive young woman.

Thank you, kind sir!

I suppose I should be an Academy Award(tm) contender for my performance, then..."and the Oscar(tm) goes to...(drumroll)...'Weird, Self-Conscious Aspie Chick In Lead Role As Normal, Fun-Loving Girl!'" W0000000T!!!

In all seriousness, there was a LOT of alcohol available (and consumed) that weekend. Alcohol is often an introvert's best pal in social situations...

Pista wrote:Virtual hugs too ((( ))).

I'll definitely take 'em.

Pista wrote:

SINsister wrote:Check this out, and the comments that follow...

I tend to make a point of avoiding yahoo news for exactly that reason.
Looks like some serious trolling going on tbh.

Aye; my neuropsych advised me to stop reading the in(s)ane garbage, but I almost can't help myself.

Ah, well...it's the Feast of Winter Veil over in Azeroth as we speak. I should probably get back there and see to my dailies...

Newssite comments:

nowayjose wrote:Newssite comments:

That's what i tried to write (inglese is not my first language and i like to use as less words as possible what also doesn't help).

I can speak only for society from where i am, where i live now (and 'till i die- not because i want to, i don't, and i like you i hate my society [fuckingPoles], but because my profession doesn't 'allow' me to use my knowledge abroad), and i see same love to hate, brutal psychological attacks and some physical attacks (gun law in Pooland is very strict). And i doubt that there is really better part of world where society en mass is better that this what i know. I mean i've been few times outside this box, for instance in UK civil workers (IRS) are nicer than in Pooland, people smile to you and all, which is much better that open, a priori, dislike and lack of any trust.

Talking of wrong.
Anyone clocked this??

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government ... of-teacher

One of the Goths??

wha???

Pista wrote:Talking of wrong.
Anyone clocked this??

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government ... of-teacher

One of the Goths??

wha???

Oh, aye. That aspect was glossed over fairly early on, in favor of the more popular autism-spectrum/mental illness angle. Remember the Columbine killers? First they were goths, then they were members of the "Trenchcoat Mafia."

The continual equating of autism-spectrum (neurological) differences with mental illness(es) is doing a massive disservice to the folks on the spectrum. I feel sorry for all the wee ones who're probably already being targeted as a result of this crap.

Interestingly some of the commentards on yahoo news raised the mental health point too.
So some sense there in amongst the morons

Sinnie... you are best cool. i love you. you made my life richer.
i wouldn't have missed wrapping myself round your waist for the world... or climbing over the table to get to you. XXXXXX

emilystrange wrote:Sinnie... you are best cool. i love you. you made my life richer.
i wouldn't have missed wrapping myself round your waist for the world... or climbing over the table to get to you. XXXXXX

Love you too, babe!

I wouldn't have missed any of it either! I don't like random folks, or even most people I know, like co-workers, touching me unexpectedly - but I can't get *enough* affection from folks I adore!

I miss you!!!

markfiend wrote:Anyway, have a virtual hug (if you want one) Sinnie. {{{}}}

I'd quite like one, Sir!

SINsister wrote:
I'm not kidding about that green card, kiddies. In all seriousness, I'd head over to any one of your countries right now, illegally, and try to make a go of it, just so I don't have to live in this nightmare anymore. I'd prefer to not get deported in the process, however.

Now now... don't forget how good you have it in the US of A!

You will laugh at this, but I think you'd be happier in Texas, of all places. Seriously! We are not what the media portrays us as--Texans are friendly, caring, etc, but most importantly of all, (most) Texans have a well-refined sense of personal space and an exceptionally well-developed sense of "none o' my damn business." Which is an important trait.

I hate the weather here. But I love the people!

markfiend wrote:

paint it black wrote:Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988: simples

Would likely be struck down as unconstitutional in the US.

seems to be the angle they're going for though

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20776784

...seen the Anonymous stuff against the 'Christians'. Funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB3wSK0X ... e=youtu.be

& so 8 (eight) years after the last ban "expired" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20776784

But as it's been so long, it can wait until January really

SINsister wrote:

I miss you!!!

oh.. *sniffle*...

sultan2075 wrote:You will laugh at this, but I think you'd be happier in Texas, of all places. Seriously! We are not what the media portrays us as--Texans are friendly, caring, etc, but most importantly of all, (most) Texans have a well-refined sense of personal space and an exceptionally well-developed sense of "none o' my damn business." Which is an important trait.

I hate the weather here. But I love the people!

Hmm. So Texan guys are more into really tall, really smart Aspie chix0rs than New Englanders are, then? Somehow, I doubt that, good sir... Besides, if I'm condemned to live the remainder of my life in solitude/like a nun, I'd rather do it up here in the Northeast. At least the weather's more interesting.

(Candles are getting too soft in the Texas heat.)

SINsister wrote:

sultan2075 wrote:You will laugh at this, but I think you'd be happier in Texas, of all places. Seriously! We are not what the media portrays us as--Texans are friendly, caring, etc, but most importantly of all, (most) Texans have a well-refined sense of personal space and an exceptionally well-developed sense of "none o' my damn business." Which is an important trait.

I hate the weather here. But I love the people!

Hmm. So Texan guys are more into really tall, really smart Aspie chix0rs than New Englanders are, then? Somehow, I doubt that, good sir... Besides, if I'm condemned to live the remainder of my life in solitude/like a nun, I'd rather do it up here in the Northeast. At least the weather's more interesting.

Not necessarily more, per se. But you'd probably be a hit. I've found that in Texas, for the most part, there is a lot less pretense and a lot more sincerity. They're an honest bunch, for the most part. Good people--kind, honorable, and independent-minded.

That being said, the weather can be bad. For instance, we didn't have winter last year (the year before we had it for a week! The whole city shut down under layers of ice and snow for the Superbowl), and I don't expect to have it next year. The summers tend to be pretty hot (most of August was over 100 for us, I think). We also get fairly radical shifts in temperature in the winter: yesterday, the high was 83; today? 53 or so. The weather here can be brutal: we regularly get golf-ball to baseball sized hail, and extremely brutal thunderstorms (words fail me in this regard). It serves as a good reminder of human finitude, and just how abysmally weak we are without our technology.

I do miss winters, though.

Today the NRA announced its solution to the problem of gun crime: more guns!
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/ ... BV20121221

stufarq wrote:Today the NRA announced its solution to the problem of gun crime: more guns!
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/ ... BV20121221

Yep, saw that.
& in the meantime, sales of semi automatic weapons are soaring as folks "fear" the impending ban.

Also, these

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/12/ ... shootings/

Doesn't that speak volumes?
A purpose made bullet proof kid's school bag.

Pista wrote:& in the meantime, sales of semi automatic weapons are soaring as folks "fear" the impending ban.

And there's the real problem. As is so often said, it's not guns per se (although, of course, if guns aren't freely available then it's a lot harder to shoot people with them) but gun culture - the attitude that "we need guns and have a right to have guns." The NRA guy summarised it perfectly when he said that the best defence against a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun! No, the best defence is to stop fetishising the damned things in the first place. And no I don't mean films and video games - they're an easy scapegoat too. I mean the real things and the dicks who think that owning a gun is their God-given right. Ingrain that in a culture and you get lots of people with legal guns and therefore far more opportunities for gun crime.

stufarq wrote:of course, if guns aren't freely available then it's a lot harder to shoot people with them

Nail/head

This (from The Thin Blue Line) sums it up quite nicely, imho.

nowayjose wrote:This (from The Thin Blue Line) sums it up quite nicely, imho.

Nice.

That NRA position reminds me cold war weapons race, I guess one day everyone in US&A (almost) will have M-14, F-117 (one their lawn) and small tank (just like Lieutenant H. Gruber).