[sub]the shank, man…the shank. Shhhh.[/sub]
I thought we had a choice - steak, or fish. I was going to have lasagna.
Regards,
Shirley
Just ask any Mumper — I use enough of the darn things for several of us combined. 
It’s really the only sensible thing to do. If its done safely, therapeutically, there’s no danger involved.
why the heck not
When I read the post I thought it was just someone being funny. I saw no maliciousness in the joke. It’s the kind of crack I might make to a colleague at a meeting.
It’s what the grocery stores on military bases are called.
But that’s not important right now.
Unfortunately, we do not yet have a fucking smiley. But since there’s no way to convey tone of voice in print, if you don’t use them you take the risk of people taking what you say at face value and not understanding when you are joking.
Glenfiddich as a regular thing, but Laphroaig when I am feeling masochistic.
Don’t look around, oh oh oh,
The Commissary’s in town, whoa oh oh.
“It’s only a joke” is not always a good defense.
Yes, I thought Scylla was joking; that’s why I didn’t report it. But I still thought, and think, that it was a nasty sort of joke.
To me, “I like you better sedated” reeks of “you ought to be drugged into submission.”
“I like you better half asleep” wouldn’t have had that connotation at all; but it also would have made no sense, because Scylla had been vehemently objecting to something I’d posted, and I’d blamed my posting it on my having not been awake enough to understand what I was responding to. Obviously Scylla didn’t like me better half asleep.
Seriously? I can’t imagine going from “better sedated” to “drugged into submission”. Even as snarky as I can get. But I forgot. SDMB forbids snark now. What a change we have undergone in a few short years.
I interpreted it akin to asking if someone was off their meds. That aside, this beef about sanitization of the SDMB seems to be a recurring theme.
2016:
2017:
2018:
I see now we have 2019’s contribution. In any event, the rules haven’t changed in GD and Elections in a long time. Intimating that this is something new misses that context. When making arguments in GD and Elections, it is always my recommendation to focus on the underlying issues, and set aside personalities. Only to the extent one’s personal experience or some specialized knowledge may contribute to the discussion are those items relevant. Most times though, it could be easily extracted from arguments.
If snark was forbidden, then this post would be moderated.
Reported for using “I” instead of “me” as the object.
Come the revolution, the prescriptivists will triumph!
Wait, that works? I thought that was rumors, like the hamsters, coffee cups and goats. I’ll have to buy a case and unleash the jerks of war. Is 1.75L of 12 year good enough to erase a warning?
Nah, I’ve never been actually warned. But if can buy some insurance, I’ll do it. And yes, I know you can’t negotiate down.
[Pope Leo X voice]Sheesh, not this crap again. Look, the point has been made. We get it. Selling indulgences is bad. Now put down the hammer, please; we just had that door repainted.[/Pope Leo X voice]
One of my grad school professors made it very clear to the class that he would not accept bribes. However, if a case of his favorite beer just happened to appear outside of his office door during finals, he would drink it while grading.
One necessary but insufficient criteria for that defense to be good is the statement has to actually be funny …
There’s no warning that is worth a bottle of good Scotch, btw.