She’s fine. She just never imprinted on Straight Dope the way I once was. So far as I know, the only time she ever comes here anymore is when she is having a particularly boring day at work. I’ll let her know you asked; she was pleased a couple of days back when someone remembered something she said in chat about 18 months ago.
But if anybody wants to make fun of her, I’ll be sure to pass it along. If anybody is needing topics of ridicule, I provide a list of topics on which I ridicule her all the time.
She believes in an afterlife for the admitted reason that she likes that answer better than there not being one.
She believes that acupuncture works in most of the ways claimed.
She believes that we will someday use the soaps and shampoos that she takes from every hotel we visit and then stores under our bathroom sink in a giant ziploc bag.
She likes natto and furikake.
She could happily go to Disneyland every single weekend of her life.
She thinks Monty Python is funny.
Her hair is thinning and she thinks I might be bothered by that.
She takes some very Dr. Laura views on parenting, even though she doesn’t have, and never intends to have, her own children.
There’ve been so many responses I can’t address them all.
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I’ll say this for the last time, then move on. I was not offended because of some misguided notion that a high post count made me invincible. I knew this theory would be challenged; that’s not what bothers me. I was offended because someone made a snide remark about my SO, who is not a member of this community.
But in the other thread, he’s already said, “Sticks and stones”.
To be totally honest, when I first read the MPSIMS thread in question, I thought that he made the Art Bell call as a prank. It never occurred to me that he was serious.
From Merraim Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition:
*kook: n. one whose ideas or actions are eccentric, fantastic, or insane. *
Notice the use of “or” here. It’s not so far of a stretch to say that Mr. R’s ideas are eccentric. You must admit that an argument can be made. It’s not like he called him an asshole or an idiot, that would be out of line. Based on what you yourself said in the thread, killer marinade notwithstanding, the man is a kook.
On a forum dedicated to fighting ignorance, you got exactly the reception that you should well have expected IMO. You can’t really be that naive. There’s no fucking way we should be expected to let something like that go. Maybe obfusciatrist should have said “kooky idea” instead of “kook” but that’s splitting hairs.
“Grey’s allowing 9/11 to happen.” Give me a fucking break. It’s preposterous. It’s true enough that organized religions have equally silly ideas. I don’t believe them either. The whole thing is highly insulting to the families of the victims.
I didn’t necessarily see it as snide, but obviously you did. However, you say you were offended because someone made a snide remark about your SO because he isn’t a member of this community.
You are the one who posted his theory/beliefs, by doing that you opened him up to ridicule and snide comments. If one is not allowed to make a comment, snide or otherwise, about someone’s beliefs just because they aren’t a member of this community, then you shouldn’t be allowed to post said beliefs. Just because one posts about someone off the board does not make them sacrosanct.
Personally, I find it to be disgusting; but it is ok as long as she lets me know she has done it. Nothing worse than sitting there in the dark, reaching for a handful, and getting a mouthful of arare.
Also, here on the mainland, theaters aren’t so civilized about providing a means of distributing popcorn among a group.
Well, at least this thread explains something to me. I couldn’t understand why you’d gone to Disneyland because you just didn’t seem like a Disney kinda guy to me. Now I know it was for the love of a good woman. All is clear to me now, Obs.
Does she put furikake on popcorn? 'Cause that’s pretty good, too.
And as for distributing the stuff, well, you can do what my mom does: steal one of the cardboard trays, line it with napkins to soak up the oil, and pour the popcorn into that. You can then garnish the popcorn as you desire.
Yes, but they don’t have those cardboard trays at mainland theaters, just cupholder trays and those don’t hold much popcorn.
And yes, she puts furikake on popcorn (only certain kinds, though, the seafood flavors would probably be too weird, even for her). She did it just the other day. And this is at mainland theaters so people look at us weird and I also don’t get any popcorn.
Ahem. Dear obfusciatrist, you are wrong on this one. One day, my extensive collection of soaps nicked from airplane lavatories will be quite useful. If I can find the bag (ziploc, of course) of them again, that is.
