ZS fwiw I never think your posts are stupid. Just the opposite. Also, I'm sorry you're sad and lonely.
― Walter Melon (Abbott), Thursday, 29 April 2010 02:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Given all the Ralph business, I considered a parody/parallel poll:
- Ralph literally believes that Ms. Hoover is his mother- Ralph calls Ms. Hoover "mommy" because he has trouble distinguishing his personal family life from his public social life- Ralph's use of the term "mommy" witnesses a parapraxis in which Ms. Hoover, her role as a teacher standing as that of an ersatz maternal figure for Ralph, is transposed with a conception of his mother in that her ability to provide him milk echoes a maternal desire in part established by the pleasure first derived in infancy from being breastfed. For Ralph, who evidences a difficulty in intellectually and emotionally developing beyond an infantile state, Ms. Hoover is "mommy" insofar as she hold the promise of delivering the milk he desires.
Unfortunately the last point, though I myself would totally vote for it, wouldn't fit as a poll option.
in so far as she can
― Tonight I Dine on Turtle Soup (EDB), Thursday, 29 April 2010 03:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Also, I wanted to post that Ralph sucks, he was the very first character to delve into the sort of cheap, empty gag-dom that took over in later seasons. He was perhaps the first that stopped being a character and became an easy, prepackaged stereotype that frankly, isn't funny.
But I know everyone would take this as challops, etc.
― Tonight I Dine on Turtle Soup (EDB), Thursday, 29 April 2010 03:10 (fourteen years ago) link
I had third thoughts about posting an elaboration on that point, but then had fourth thoughts, so I'll post it here:
The general notion of ralph's problems with language and his proclivity for fantasy is generally OTM.
Consider when Ralph says to Ms. Hoover, "can you open my milk, mommy?"Given his cognitive impairments, this may be evidence of an inability to differentiate personal and public lives, insofar as figures do not become fixed in their signification, rather existing according to the scattered logic of the fantastical mind of an individual who has trouble moving beyond an infantile state. Here, Ms. Hoover, in her role as a teacher-qua-ersatz maternal figure, is for Ralph transposed with a conception of his mother in that her ability to provide him milk echoes a maternal desire in part established by the pleasure first derived in infancy from being breastfed. She is "mommy" insofar as she holds the promise of delivering the milk he desires, thereby revealing what, on one hand might be an instance of parapraxis, but on the other hand, might indicate a deeper lack of rooting in symbolic reality. Ralph's readiness to assume the role of a viking - an ideal figure he fantasmatically identifies with - indicates his stance in regard to a life led according to desires evidently detached from reality.
Perhaps, then, Ralph is in fact more a viking than he is a boy.
― Tonight I Dine on Turtle Soup (EDB), Friday, 30 April 2010 08:11 (fourteen years ago) link
I've always thought that sleeping women look more like frogs than gorillas.
― kkvgz, Thursday, 6 May 2010 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
some gag about the Human Centipede movie starting out strong but does it have legs
― lebrons elbow (brownie), Thursday, 6 May 2010 18:19 (fourteen years ago) link
All pretty challopy, I guess?
hell yes dude
― bamcquern, Monday, 24 May 2010 02:04 (fourteen years ago) link
(btw Fits Of Laughter is my dog)
― some men enjoy the feeling of being owned (acoleuthic), Saturday, 29 May 2010 03:16 (fourteen years ago) link
i wish there was a way to make frozen seltzer pops. that sounds delicious
― Mordy, Saturday, 29 May 2010 03:26 (fourteen years ago) link
the rude responses started at the beginning -- ilx seems to reject "shared wisdom" except when it doesn't. It appreciates nuance, except when it is inconvenient.
― sarahel, Thursday, 10 June 2010 18:28 (fourteen years ago) link
well, relationships go through different stages. From my experience, after a while you
― sarahel, Monday, 21 June 2010 18:52 (fourteen years ago) link
mordy - you mean frozen but still carbonated? hell yeah!
― kkvgz, Monday, 21 June 2010 20:44 (fourteen years ago) link
i know, right?!
― Mordy, Monday, 21 June 2010 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
you're not supposed to be able to do that anymore!
― bearotaurdo montalban (sarahel), Friday, 2 July 2010 22:10 (fourteen years ago) link
I've been out most of the afternoon, is Andy Murray Scottish again?
― Don't mention de Boer (Noodle Vague), Friday, 2 July 2010 22:31 (fourteen years ago) link
i heard Jason Derulo at a garage sale, and Miley Cyrus at a party -
― sarahel, Wednesday, 7 July 2010 21:45 (fourteen years ago) link
is *plop* related to a girl problem?
― sarahel, Saturday, 10 July 2010 23:27 (fourteen years ago) link
that would have been very very rubbish, so you chose wisely :P
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Saturday, 10 July 2010 23:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't know what it refers to!
― sarahel, Saturday, 10 July 2010 23:28 (fourteen years ago) link
^^ perhaps my most common post i have second thoughts about and don't post?
― sarahel, Saturday, 10 July 2010 23:30 (fourteen years ago) link
of spreadsheets or via spreadsheets?
― sarahel, Sunday, 18 July 2010 11:55 (fourteen years ago) link
is that supposed to be a koala?
― sarahel, Thursday, 29 July 2010 20:40 (fourteen years ago) link
I keep restraining myself from starting a ILM thread called "creatively bankrupt newish music critics whose memes are just adolescent elitism".
― Darin, Thursday, 29 July 2010 23:02 (fourteen years ago) link
So much for restraint
― Darin, Thursday, 29 July 2010 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
dude his house burnt down
― plax (ico), Thursday, 29 July 2010 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
The thigh tattoo is subpar because of the artist's boner throb, obv
― "goof proof cooking, I love it!" (Z S), Thursday, 29 July 2010 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link
squirth = squirrel + sloth
― sarahel, Thursday, 29 July 2010 23:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Also considered a joek about how the artist's boner was a standard reaction given the situation
― "goof proof cooking, I love it!" (Z S), Thursday, 29 July 2010 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
seriously?
― Darin, Thursday, 29 July 2010 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
tempted just to post this now tbh
― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Thursday, 29 July 2010 23:13 (fourteen years ago) link
xp ian y
― sarahel, Thursday, 5 August 2010 18:30 (fourteen years ago) link
think about the tragedy of Icarus -
― sarahel, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 22:13 (fourteen years ago) link
oh great - lists - are boring - pass/fail - though this thread is about gender not race
― sarahel, Saturday, 21 August 2010 02:55 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i36.tinypic.com/vg1jtg.jpg
― Is it remotely possible that Shannara might have been good? (los blue jeans), Saturday, 21 August 2010 02:56 (fourteen years ago) link
YOU'RE SO RESTRAINED NOT TO POST THAT SARAHEL
― acoleuthic, Saturday, 21 August 2010 02:57 (fourteen years ago) link
MY, HOW I WISH I HAD YOUR RESTRAINT
I know that feeling, CaptainLorax
― del griffith, Saturday, 21 August 2010 02:58 (fourteen years ago) link
ypu can have mine - for free
― what happened in the 80s stays in the 80s (m coleman), Saturday, 21 August 2010 03:11 (fourteen years ago) link
this thread is a dick move
― acoleuthic, Saturday, 21 August 2010 03:12 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.marathonthreadscanada.com/pix/BobbinPlstc.jpg
― sarahel, Saturday, 21 August 2010 03:24 (fourteen years ago) link
in general i like his writing but the sycophantic tone of that interview is nauseating
― what happened in the 80s stays in the 80s (m coleman), Saturday, 21 August 2010 13:00 (fourteen years ago) link
you didn't or it didn't? why would she care?
― sarahel, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 20:02 (fourteen years ago) link
― acoleuthic, Friday, August 20, 2010 11:12 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I think that every time I read it. Either post it or don't but don't write it in some other thread where it won't be hard for ppl to put 2+2 together. BTW - this isn't in reference to any one post in particular but rather to the idea in general.
― o sh!t a ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ (ENBB), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
this isn't in reference to any one post in particular but rather to the idea in general.
this should probably be an automatic ilx objection signature by now
― schlump, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link
there are many reasons why you wouldn't post something - i think people who think this thread is a dick move aren't seeing this thread in the spirit in which it was created (i think) - i mean, there's definitely potential for using it for passive-aggressive purposes, and considering the history and nature of ilx, i can understand why someone might instinctively think "dick move" about it - but it's pretty much a conceptual thing
― sarahel, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
in general i like his writing but the sycophantic tone of that interview is nauseating― what happened in the 80s stays in the 80s (m coleman), Saturday, August 21, 2010 9:00 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― what happened in the 80s stays in the 80s (m coleman), Saturday, August 21, 2010 9:00 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
?
― hold me, thrill me, kiss me, lil b (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 22:19 (fourteen years ago) link
I considered starting a thread titled "Posts you had second thought about and decided not to post to the 'Posts you had second thought about and decided not to post - put them here' thread - put them here", but there's too great a risk that it would turn into http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Droste.jpg
― nonviolent j (unregistered), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 22:57 (fourteen years ago) link
a catfight waiting to happen
― sarahel, Friday, 27 August 2010 21:04 (fourteen years ago) link
fat people made you hungry?
― funky brewster (San Te), Friday, 27 August 2010 22:36 (fourteen years ago) link
that always had an "Everyday is like Sunday" effect on me
― sarahel, Friday, 27 August 2010 22:52 (fourteen years ago) link