"That will be 'just' £4.75"
'Just? Its not the Ritz! Whats this 'just' thing, its everywhere, you can't just put a 'just' in front of the price and it makes it ok!
― saer, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 11:15 (seven years ago) link
xp u said it etc
― jk rowling obituary thread (darraghmac), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 11:29 (seven years ago) link
we should give a medal to the marketer that coined the phrase "radical self-care"
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 21:38 (seven years ago) link
It just seems that the word Antifa draws attention away from the fact that it's fascists you're fighting, when that needs to be pointed out very clearly and frequently
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Thursday, 17 August 2017 00:50 (seven years ago) link
It is also one letter away from Antifap
― President Keyes, Thursday, 17 August 2017 01:43 (seven years ago) link
"good things come to those who wait"
what the fuck is this
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 17 August 2017 02:04 (seven years ago) link
If you stop waiting at any point then it resets and you have to start over from the beginning.
― jmm, Thursday, 17 August 2017 02:14 (seven years ago) link
'like marmite' to mean divisive
― koogs, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 20:33 (seven years ago) link
I love 'like marmite'
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Thursday, 7 September 2017 13:27 (seven years ago) link
"Wonk"
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 September 2017 13:28 (seven years ago) link
?
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Thursday, 7 September 2017 13:29 (seven years ago) link
Wonk is better/more meaningful when you realise it's 'know', backwards.
― kim jong deal (suzy), Thursday, 7 September 2017 15:16 (seven years ago) link
I think it should be changed to "wonkers."
― Tegumai Bopsulai (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 7 September 2017 15:17 (seven years ago) link
sreknow the terrible
― Mordy, Thursday, 7 September 2017 15:20 (seven years ago) link
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/08/09/adams
― conrad, Thursday, 7 September 2017 15:25 (seven years ago) link
"<name>, go home, you're drunk"....
― Neanderthal, Friday, 8 September 2017 06:39 (seven years ago) link
"<city>, i am in you"
yes, it sounds like you're fucking a municipality, we get it
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 8 September 2017 10:42 (seven years ago) link
hangry.
― Hilarity Winner (doo dah), Friday, 8 September 2017 11:11 (seven years ago) link
Self care
― joygoat, Friday, 8 September 2017 11:59 (seven years ago) link
self care is a real thing!it means taking care of yourself
what else do you want people to call it?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 8 September 2017 12:53 (seven years ago) link
sure beats PAMPERINGi loathe the word pamper
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 8 September 2017 12:54 (seven years ago) link
it's also not the same thing as caring for oneself
self care is a real thing!it means taking care of yourselfwhat else do you want people to call it?
Masturbation.
― Tegumai Bopsulai (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 8 September 2017 13:19 (seven years ago) link
nothing wrong with that either
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 8 September 2017 13:27 (seven years ago) link
la lechera otm not sure what else to call it!
― marcos, Friday, 8 September 2017 13:39 (seven years ago) link
it may be overused but "self-care" is a useful term
― marcos, Friday, 8 September 2017 13:40 (seven years ago) link
super useful, and important in shifting us OUT of the language of "pampering" which infantilizes yourself when what you want is a word that conveys that no, fuck you, attending to these needs is genuinely important to my emotional well-being and I am consciously in control of that project.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 8 September 2017 14:45 (seven years ago) link
imo it's irritating when used as a "do things that will give me immediate gratification" placeholder
that is a very small piece of the puzzle and I do find it irritating when used that way, although I am also not qualified to judge how other may best care for themselves
― mh, Friday, 8 September 2017 14:49 (seven years ago) link
pamper and spoil can both gtfo as ways to indicate "treat yourself well"
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 8 September 2017 15:49 (seven years ago) link
cleansedetoxthe cult of splendor and cleanliness will implode someday and all we will have left is the relatively benign "self care"
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 8 September 2017 15:50 (seven years ago) link
I have no argument with the sentiment and agree that it's a relatively benign and accurate term on its own; it also is much better than any of the alternate phrases used here - detox, pamper, spoil, etc.
I just started seeing it very suddenly and frequently, often used to excuse something indulgent and/or for immediate gratification (not that there's anything wrong with it), and in a public, performative manner, like "look how BUSY I am all the time, time for some self care" that feels martyr-ish and attention-seeking to me.
― joygoat, Friday, 8 September 2017 17:16 (seven years ago) link
if so, it's the performance that annoys, not the wordfight the real enemy!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 8 September 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link
acceptable under the second world of the title imo
― ogmor, Friday, 8 September 2017 18:24 (seven years ago) link
word, rather
― ogmor, Friday, 8 September 2017 18:25 (seven years ago) link
alright i'll buy thatglad we've cleared this up
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 8 September 2017 18:33 (seven years ago) link
Tinkle (only when referring to pee)
― Neanderthal, Friday, 8 September 2017 19:08 (seven years ago) link
la lechera OTM re self care
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Friday, 8 September 2017 22:24 (seven years ago) link
Every usage ive seen of self care has made me want to claw out eyeballs
Other than that im glad people find it useful
― President Keyes, Saturday, 9 September 2017 02:42 (seven years ago) link
I posted "radical self-care" upthread. I'm sure it had some kind of legitimate origin, but it almost implies that not neglecting yourself is, in itself, political, rather than maybe just one of many prerequisites to being effective politically.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Saturday, 9 September 2017 02:56 (seven years ago) link
audre lorde thinks not neglecting yourself is political
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc7pq0dXQZ1qzyo7n.jpg
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 9 September 2017 04:08 (seven years ago) link
if i had a son i would, for as long as it took, instruct him on the very simple difference between a dress and a skirt. i would not launch him into the world not knowing this.
― estela, Saturday, 9 September 2017 06:26 (seven years ago) link
No dressing around the issue
― passé aggresif (darraghmac), Saturday, 9 September 2017 09:01 (seven years ago) link
I didn't post it to this thread, but I have given in and started using 'puppers' to refer to my dogs. Someone I know and respect used it about a month ago and inside I was so mad at her. Then, this morning it just slipped out while I was putting the dog food down and I guess now I'm over my hatred.
Upthread Phil D mentions 'doggo' which I will remain steadfastly against.
― how's life, Saturday, 9 September 2017 11:03 (seven years ago) link
It's a slippery slope
― Moodles, Saturday, 9 September 2017 12:20 (seven years ago) link
HAMM: Did you get him? CLOV: Looks like it. (He drops the tin and adjusts his trousers.) Unless he's laying doggo. HAMM: Laying! Lying, you mean. Unless he's lying doggo. CLOV: Ah? One says lying? One doesn't say laying? HAMM: Use your head, can't you. If he was laying we'd be bitched.
― Wewlay Bewlay (Tom D.), Saturday, 9 September 2017 12:30 (seven years ago) link
I posted "radical self-care" upthread. I'm sure it had some kind of legitimate origin,
i think i may have posted it too. mine was in response to a Broad City article where they were fighting back against the horrible political apocalypse we live in by buying shit
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 9 September 2017 13:54 (seven years ago) link
doggo, pupper, all of it drives me batty
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 September 2017 16:28 (seven years ago) link
Watching educational youtube videos with my kid, I have to say that the new usage of "myth" to mean "thing which is basically true but hey I'm going to impress you by telling you some minor nuanced or that some experts say it is slightly different" drives me up the fucking wall.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 9 September 2017 16:43 (seven years ago) link
Not to put too fine a point on it, people use affectionate nicknames for those they love and dogs are not excluded from this process. But just as it is faintly disgusting to hear "sweetie-kins" or "sugar pie" used aloud in a public space, people saying "puppers" ought to have the decency to use it only within earshot of their beloved.
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 9 September 2017 17:03 (seven years ago) link
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, September 8, 2017 11:08 PM (fourteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah I think I remember this now and it's in the context of the idea that when society wants to oppress you, push you down and destroy you, even caring for yourself is fighting back. I think. Like many things that come out of radical political theory it filtered down into the twittersphere and seems like it became a buzzword for soft college kids who can't even. Like people asking each other what their self-care routines were and including stuff like massage and fancy teas, where it's just hard to believe that that's what Lords meant. But I guess you never really know who someone is from twitter so maybe it's better to give them the benefit of the doubt.
That also reminds me of another thing that occurred to me recently about the left and twitter, which is that the left has this bad tendency to take terms from academia and use them (often not that well) in everyday discourse that doesn't really make for good messaging.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Saturday, 9 September 2017 19:02 (seven years ago) link