That’s bee-yoo-ti-full.

I for one welcome our new meme overlord.

That’s totally legitimate, not that you need my approval. But I learned a lot from reading the exchange between you and your interlocutors, and I’m sure others did as well, whatever their own views. So the end bit just isn’t necessary, since it implies that the other’s point of view isn’t legitimate because of their…

Hey, don’t you think it’s possible to engage in an important discussion about political groups without the ‘cool story, white girl’ coda?

Maybe they took a Total Immersion(TM) course. You can do a lot with that core and proper technique!

Gas dragons, tee hee.

I love your burner name. Elusive boogers are the perfect combination of frustration and satisfaction.

What the hell, how did the human mind come up with this Best Comment of the Ages?

But do you like them in a box? Do you like them with a fox?

It is though.

This retort is not used widely enough here.

Revisiting books you’ve read before is definitely a toss of the dice. When I was younger, I used to re-read books all the time, and my 11 year old also does it. But now I am always a little apprehensive.

I had no idea that ‘ratfucking’ is a word.

Also starred it for that but then removed the star for the unnecessary comma.

Timely.

Book thread! What are you all reading?

Gizmodo and io9 barely cover scifi.

I liked The City and the City, but I mainly liked the principal conceit. His characters are forgettable and he doesn’t have a talent for plot. I tried to slog through Perdido Street Station, and while I liked some of the world-building, I felt that CM needs to know that he needs an editor.

It would be weird for a universal translator to ignore tone, because around half of the world’s languages use tone to distinguish meanings of various sorts.

I come from a small town in New York state and I vividly remember the summer that cilantro, sun-dried tomatoes, and goat cheese all appeared for the first time in the town.