Comments | phrotus: His whiteness is an optical illusion

phrotus

His whiteness is an optical illusion

Jan 22, 2009 03:32

So I guess I haven't posted in a while or whatever?? I'll just mention a few things.

First thing: I got a lot of great presents for Christmas! Among the best: ten cases of Dublin Dr Pepper (that is, Dr Pepper made with pure cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup). My parents actually drove up to the part of Texas where they sell it in ( Read more... )

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phrotus January 24 2009, 22:22:49 UTC

thank you. :)

(this is the closest thing I have to a solemn icon.)

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phrotus January 24 2009, 22:23:16 UTC

:)

I know right? he's the best.

agrumer January 22 2009, 21:23:16 UTC

Who the hell makes insulting remarks to the faces of complete strangers on the street?

I know women who've had total strangers make insulting propositions to their faces. I have black friends who've had total strangers walk up to them on the street and call them by various racial slurs. I've heard Asians talk about being insulted by strangers in public. I know gay people who've had insults yelled at them (and worse), and I know straight people who've been taken for gay and insulted that way. I've had strangers insult me for my fatness.

It's a big old insulting world out there.

phrotus January 23 2009, 18:42:21 UTC

But in this case, it was teenage/young adult women making insulting appearance-based (makeup, in particular) remarks to other young women. Nothing racial or sexual about it. :/

agrumer January 23 2009, 22:55:18 UTC

Doesn't sound implausible to me.

phrotus January 24 2009, 22:23:33 UTC

Well.

Fine.

B|

izzyryu January 23 2009, 06:14:36 UTC

I'm sorry about your grandfather. *hugs*

phrotus January 24 2009, 22:23:57 UTC

thank you!!

bluebren January 24 2009, 03:52:24 UTC

* Season 3 Katara is a huger bitch
* Azula gets more magnificent
* IROH IS THE NEW JESUS
* The owl librarian really is one of the high points of the whole show.
* I don't think not having heard the right argument yet was Jet's problem :\
* I might be remembering wrong, but isn't the water tribe sort of reclusive at this point, where maybe the rest of the world wouldn't know too much about them? Although, yeah, if healing is that big a part of their culture, you'd think that would be one of the details people would remember about them. I don't know :c
* seriously, Katara, screw you for that "whatever, who the hell would want to learn a dumb skill like HEALING anyway!!" attitude. <-- Welllll, it was more just about being told 'no,' wasn't it?
* "Gosh, my cultural mores ARE stupid! Why didn't anyone tell me!" <-- NOT HOW IT WORKS, THANKS
* Wow, episode, you just showed the heroes abandoning a dude to die in the sinking library! Would you like to deal with that at all? ...No? Well, okay. :B <-- Still laughing at this.
* Does Ty Lee have ( ... )

phrotus January 24 2009, 22:38:29 UTC

* Right?! I mean, Iroh was amazing and wonderful right from the start, but it wasn't until Aang got all attitude-y and Iroh started saving the futures of people who tried to mug him that I completely noticed it.
* in re: arguing with Jet.
...well, yeah, fair enough. But even so, it was just such an obvious point to make, it was galling when nobody made it. :( (Maybe they figured it was so obvious, there was no need to say it...?)
* Welllll, it was more just about being told 'no,' wasn't it?
Well, yeah, but it still offended me on behalf of support characters everywhere. ;_;
* "Gosh, my cultural mores ARE stupid! Why didn't anyone tell me!" <-- NOT HOW IT WORKS, THANKSwhat are you talking about that is totally how it works and how all societal progress in the history of the world has ever been made ( ... )