Something Floaty

This is exactly how I feel. I can deal with swimming pools at private homes, homes of people I know. But even then, only if there is no one else in them. I get all twitchy at the thought of sharing a pool or a water ride with thousands of other people. The temperature bothers me too, it's always warm and it just makes me think of how many people are in it. I understand intellectually that they pump it so full of chemicals that the water would kill a shark made entirely of AIDS, but I still can't do it. Roller coasters, on the other hand, I love. I ride the regular rides all day long and avoid the water park when I go to Six Flags.

I could never do this. Not because of how it looks when you flush, but because I am obsessive when it comes to cleaning the bathroom and cleaning all of the obscure nooks and crannies of a toilet is difficult enough. Making it glass would mean having to spend even more time making it look perfect, because every tiny speck would stand out like it does on a window.

A few years ago I would have said "doughnut" without hesitation. I still love them, but I can't eat chain store doughnuts anymore, they're terrible compared to fresh ones. I love bagels, though. Plain, poppyseed, onion...but my favorite are everything bagels. I like cream cheese, especially with chives, and there is no better item to serve a sandwich on than a toasted bagel.

Thanksgiving has the best food, Christmas has the best family time, and Easter has the best candy.

Is anyone not afraid of clowns? I refuse to believe there was ever a point in history where they were considered anything but creepy.

I hadn't heard this! I'm torn about how to feel. On one hand, yay, new Farscape. On the other hand, it's been so long since it ended that the film might not be all we expect. It could end up being terrible. I guess I'll reserve judgement while I sit in the corner and weep over the lack of new Firefly and Babylon 5 episodes.

I do like the picture though, very well done!

If Derpy had an episode, then they will have officially run out of all possible story ideas and should probably end the show.

Humanity will end the way it has always ended. With a "y".

Watch an episode of Mike and Molly, that should be enough to put anyone to sleep.

I read this morning in the paper (I live in Connecticut) that he's being charged as a juvenile. I don't agree with this, as it means he is likely to be released while still relatively young. 16 years old is plenty old enough to know that murdering someone is wrong, and whether he has simple rage problems or psychological issues, he needs to be tried as an adult and put away for more than just a few years.

I find the humor in everything, including things that other people consider crass or tasteless. It's my way of coping with the horrors of the world. However, there is a time and a place for these sort of things, and people should understand that they must live with the consequences if their humor is ill-received. For example, many people enjoyed my terrible pun in the thread about the boy who murdered that girl who turned him down for prom. I made the joke, as I said, because my way of coping with the myriad tragedies of human existence is to make jokes. However, I made that joke in an online thread containing a link to the article. I wouldn't make the joke to the parents of the innocent girl who was killed, because that would be awful. There are always going to be people who are offended by jokes about murder, or suicide, or dead babies, or anything else. If they are offended because they are offended, I just say "tough". That's life. People joke about terrible things as a way of not going insane with grief about the state of humanity. On the other hand, if someone is offended because they have a personal experience relating to the subject matter, I will apologize for offending them and move along. I also wouldn't make the joke in the first place if I was already aware of their experiences. I feel the same about celebrities who make tasteless jokes. I remember Gilbert Gottfried was fired from AFLAC because of some shitty jokes he made on Twitter following the Japanese tsunami. While I wasn't offended, many people were because they condemn that sort of humor. While I have no problem with it, I recognize that actions have consequences and he would have known that. I wouldn't have fired him, but given the public perception of tasteless jokes, I can see why AFLAC made that choice. I also believe that the tasteless humor defense does not apply when you are clearly using that to (unsuccessfully) mask true bigotry, such as when celebrities or politicians or even regular people make horrifically bigoted 'jokes' about race or religion or sexual orientation or gender. There is a huge difference between, say, a waiter making a joke about black people not tipping well, and that same waiter making a similar joke while cursing, using the n-word, and following it up with "don't worry, just kidding". And lastly, while I know it is somewhat hypocritical, the one thing I never joke about is rape. For many reasons, though I know and have heard rape jokes that would be considered funny, I don't tell them, especially in comment threads attached to articles about rape. I have made jokes about murder, suicide, terrorism, child abuse...but I just can't bring myself to joke about rape.