I loved it but I sold all my trades of it after I finished. No way do I want to reread that, at least not anytime soon. *sobs*

I see you've mastered "I know you are but what am I" as a debate technique. Congratulations! You are now qualified to move up to kindergarten where the advanced techniques involving rubber and glue will be on the syllabus.

You couldn't do both?! I suppose all that cigarette money would cut into your gaming funds, though.

I am trying to make this comment work with this post, and it's kind of breaking my brain and kind of awesome at the same time.

EXACTLY! This is it EXACTLY! Our whole discussion? This is what I meant. You can't incentivize something without making the incentive the point — you would be training people wrong (AND insulting them from my point of view, but forget that because y'all are getting so hung up on thinking, "well, I wouldn't be upset."…

As I've said to others, go out and do it. Go do it! See what happens! You aren't going to talk me into it because I'm a responsible adult who has standards and doesn't think treating other people like my subordinates and yelling "good for you!" like a second-grade graduation where everyone gets a prize is a good way…

It's always been an issue. Always. Just because people are fed up with it and making a stink now doesn't mean it's new.

But many people will take it as sinister. People will take it a variety of ways, most of which are unintended. You are interrupting their lives. It doesn't really matter why you're doing it, it is still not going to be something most people will thank the cops for. Unless those are some sizable gift cards. And even…

I think you're actually just making my point, though.

Did you see Atonement? She started dark and has just kept going.

Well, you haven't been a big ball of fun yourself. Just fyi.

The attempts to make the children happy now because they are going to be sad later. That whole plot of knowing what someone else is going to face, already being devastated by it, but trying to make the interim time good for them.

I got this sense, too, and I think the Christmas episode actually was foreshadowing this.

http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Feminism_101_discussions

You made up an argument that didn't exist and then demanded I have it with you.

It means this: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Feminist_cookie

What are you even talking about?! Are you so fragile that you need praise for every poop you take? I only said that *ORDINARY DECENT BEHAVIOR* doesn't need to be praised like it's fucking special. You grabbed that and ran down the road onto some sidetrack that you obviously feel strongly about, but it has fuck-all to…

Dude, I gave you a cookie. What more do you want?

I'm not deliberately or accidentally pretending anything. I really don't think thanking people as if surprised by their acceptable behavior is in any way flattering. If there's context, that's one thing (like you were all just talking about creepers), but just telling newly-met strangers you're pleasantly surprised…

That sounds like infantalizing behavior to me. Should I go around congratulating everyone for not murdering people just to make sure everyone knows murder is bad?