Rob T Firefly

I bet they’re measuring from the back of the building.

No, it’s just a water-walking horse.

Being a pirate is alright with me!

If someone is trying to use a particular text to justify their shitty behavior, the ability to point to that very text can be useful when criticizing their actions.

If nothing else, either you or they will probably learn something from the interaction.

Non-Christian and non-Bible person here, but I think it’s probably best to be accurate about citing these things:

Revelation 13:16-17 King James Version

16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Source: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+13%3A16-17&version=KJV which also lets you switch around between other versions of the passage.

Until you start up a “nice” airline and get the infrastructure going, maybe try to maintain a little of that precious sympathy for those of us with no other fucking choice.

I was once really excited to meet a forum friend on whom I’d been crushing on a little as we were going to attend the same event, and she brought along a forum newbie who lived near her and who I didn’t really know all that well.

It turned out my crush and I had just platonically friendly vibes in person, but her friend and I had an immediate major connection and ended up dating seriously for a year.

Easiest way out which will still be helpful: send her the link to that comment of yours.

Make spaghetti so you can feed it in through the keyhole.

Depending on your feelings about the Catholic Church, you might look into donating to the Society of St Vincent de Paul.

Where I grew up there were also some smaller independent thrift stores run by neighborhood religious organizations or other nonprofits on their own steam. You might check for any in your area.

Something of personal significance, thanks for asking! I’ll have to think about if/when I want to post it publicly. At any rate I just got home from the appointment and it all went wonderfully! I’m already planning my next one.

Also, the stupid name chosen by mid-1990s edgelords trying to be funny is still stupid.

I have an appointment to get my first tattoo this afternoon!

Talking of the news on September 11th, 2001, I had that day off and was sleeping in that morning when my sleep was interrupted by my (landline) phone ringing, I groggily answered and it was my best friend frantically telling me to put on the news. I fumbled, still half-asleep, for the TV remote while mumbling “what channel?” and she said “any channel!” just as I turned the TV on and, sure enough, whatever channel it was on was showing what was happening.

It’s a funny trope in film and TV to have characters generically tell each other to “turn on the TV/radio/etc.” without specifying which channel or whatever, and the required plot-fueling info just happens to be broadcasting live on whatever station is already tuned in. That’s the only day I remember that actually happening to me in real life.

This is such a remarkably apt way to put it.