[QUOTE=jsgoddess]
Every post is a “look at me” post.
Yours, especially lately, seem to be “look at me being nasty and bitter.”
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Zatafact? Well, you’re entitled to your opinion. I thought I was going for my usual mix of gently humorous with the odd barb thrown in, but I admit my own view of myself may not be perfect. Well, you’re in for a short recess anyway while I take a fortnight away from the computer. Enjoy, with my blessing.
[QUOTE=Anaamika]
That’s just his default state. Not so much nasty and bitter but very, very, very cynical.
Oh, wait, are we not supposed to stick up for people in the Pit? Bad Malacandra!
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It’s a wee touch hijacky, maybe.
Plenty of room for other threads, though.
Things like this really annoy me. I could never be characterized as one of the OP’s biggest fans, but being on VCO3’s side is pretty damn icky. Scylla and Charybdis, I guess. We need a poster named **Charybdis, ** come to think of it.
[QUOTE=Malacandra]
I disagree with your reasoning, inasmuch as I think it is possible to view a post as a “Look at me!” post without having to make any judgment about the type of person who makes such a post, and I also think it is possible to make such a judgment without having to divide people into “humans” and “non-humans”. Granted, if you make such a division then likely it is easy to judge the “not like us” people, but that doesn’t necessarily imply the process works the other way around.
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Well thanks for taking the time to correct me.
[QUOTE=Omegaman]
Well thanks for taking the time to correct me.
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Just returning the compliment. I wouldn’t want you to get the wrong idea about me.
I’m going to have to go with VC03 on this. He didn’t accuse you of taking poppers; he asked, somewhat nicely.
[QUOTE=An Arky]
Tangential, but I don’t think poppers are used to keep one going during a long shift. I’ve, um, heard that poppers give you a massive headrush, but it only lasts a few seconds , maybe a minute or two. It’s primarily used to enhance sexual pleasure, or perhaps to provide a bump for other drugs already consumed.
Obligatory Wikpedia cite.
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If I still recall my college 102 drug usage correctly, you’re exactly right, An Arky. Furthermore amyl nitrate can be found as a propellant in cans of hmm…certain commercial food products in supermarkets.
Could say more, but I best refrain.
[QUOTE=RedFury]
If I still recall my college 102 drug usage correctly, you’re exactly right, An Arky. Furthermore amyl nitrate can be found as a propellant in cans of hmm…certain commercial food products in supermarkets.
Could say more, but I best refrain.
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I think you’re confusing it with Nitrous Oxide, as someone did upthread. There’s no way on earth that I’d want Amyl Nitrate in my whipped cream..
Amyl acetate, of course, turns up harmlessly in pear-drops.
[QUOTE=Staggerlee]
I think you’re confusing it with Nitrous Oxide, as someone did upthread. There’s no way on earth that I’d want Amyl Nitrate in my whipped cream..
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You’re probably right. I did say that’s what I recall from my college days – mid 70’s – and they mostly Went Up In Smoke. 
ETA: But yes, I certainly did poppers. Silver bullet type containers that gave you a huge head-rush and left your temples pulsating afterwards.
[QUOTE=whole bean]
*which is, really? VC-oh-3 or VC-zero-3?
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It clearly the letter “O” in the screen name. I’ve always assumed this was some reference to voltage-controlled oscillator, which are used in analog synthesizers.
Shoot…now I am all pissed at my memory. I think the silver bullets were Nitrous Oxide which we’d put inside a thingie that pop a hole in them and the amyl nitrate came in little brown bottles – you’d unscrew the cap and take a whiff.
Do I have it right now?
THC! See what you’ve done to me! Oh well, at least i didn’t grow tits.
[QUOTE=RedFury]
ETA: But yes, I certainly did poppers. Silver bullet type containers that gave you a huge head-rush and left your temples pulsating afterwards.
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Again, I think you’re mixing things up (which is understandable, the effects are very similar in some ways): the silver bullet jobbies are nitrous, not poppers. The things you’re thinking of looked like this, right? Those are one-shot nitrous canisters, designed to make about 1/2l of whipped cream. (Don’t worry, mods, that site is a completely legal catering supplier, and won’t ship to anywhere but the UK.)
Poppers usually look for all the world like a bottle of nail polish remover.
Preview: yes, you’ve got it right now. 
Eh hem. Lemme try this again.
If being a stripper is not a bad thing to be, then how was he insulting? People have been talking about the “INSULT.” What was the insult?
[QUOTE=Hamadryad]
Eh hem. Lemme try this again.
If being a stripper is not a bad thing to be, then how was he insulting? People have been talking about the “INSULT.” What was the insult?
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The insult isn’t mentioning she’s a stripper. The insult is saying since she’s a stripper she probably does drugs.
[QUOTE=Hamadryad]
Eh hem. Lemme try this again.
If being a stripper is not a bad thing to be, then how was he insulting? People have been talking about the “INSULT.” What was the insult?
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The insult is the presumption of drug use based on being a stripper. There is nothing wrong with being a member of a particular race either, but that doesn’t mean you want people judging you by it.
I’ve done poppers. Frankly, I don’t know that I COULD dance while doing them, even if I wanted to. They’re…intense…to say the least.
Imagine the following statements being said to a mathematician.
“You’re a mathematician, what’s that like?” No insult there.
“You’re a mathematician. You must be geeky, socially awkward, physically unattractive, and a loser with women.” Surely somebody would be pissed at that.
But, on the same token, do you all think drug use is inherently bad? That saying you might use drugs is a negative comment on people? I know a lot of people here do/have done drugs. One of my dear friends did some kind of mushroom recently and while I may turn my nose up at it I know it’s not a value judgement on him simply to say he has. In this very thread a couple of people have admitted they used, does that make them bad?
“Drug-user” seems to have a very negative connotation to it, but I’m not sure I want to buy into what my parents told me and automatically believe “drug-user=bad” and thus perpetuate the stereotype that being called a drug-user is also bad.
[QUOTE=Larry Borgia]
“You’re a mathematician. You must be geeky, socially awkward, physically unattractive, and a loser with women.” Surely somebody would be pissed at that.
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You say you’re having problem getting dates. Now, I know a few mathematicians, and a few of them are a bit socially awkward. Have you considered that that might be part of the problem?
Of course, the above is even worse than VCO3’s, since you can’t definitely refute it. I don’t like VCO3, but in this case, I think the OP is being oversensitive and a wee bit defensive.
[QUOTE=athelas]
Of course, the above is even worse than VCO3’s, since you can’t definitely refute it. I don’t like VCO3, but in this case, I think the OP is being oversensitive and a wee bit defensive.
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Loller, because I didn’t like him assuming I did poppers means I must have actually done them? Wow, what an elaborate plan on my part. :rolleyes: