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- Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:03 pm
- Forum: The Less Than 100 Hour Board
- Topic: Hypothetically Coming Out
- Replies: 31
- Views: 45402
Re: Hypothetically Coming Out
I keep using my given name by special request of my bishop and stake president. This pisses me off inordinately. I'm sorry that they feel the need to interfere. Agreed. Especially since there are tons of gender-neutral nicknames in the world (and a long history of common male names becoming common ...
- Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:01 pm
- Forum: The Less Than 100 Hour Board
- Topic: Hypothetically Coming Out
- Replies: 31
- Views: 45402
Re: Hypothetically Coming Out
Thirded.TheBlackSheep wrote:Ditto. I didn't want to make a big thing out of it then, but in the future if you'd rather use another name just let me know.
- Fri Sep 11, 2015 1:54 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Answers I liked
- Replies: 1933
- Views: 1577951
Re: Answers I liked
http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/83805/
Fan-freaking-tastic answer by GA. (Also, $70,000? Who is stressed out about earning $70,000 (unless they live in a super expensive area)?)
Fan-freaking-tastic answer by GA. (Also, $70,000? Who is stressed out about earning $70,000 (unless they live in a super expensive area)?)
- Fri Sep 11, 2015 1:53 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Answers I liked
- Replies: 1933
- Views: 1577951
Re: Answers I liked
http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/83779/ Major kudos for tackling such a sensitive topic and making the advice practical but vague enough for its audience. Along the same topic, I've heard that exercise can affect one's libido, so that might be something for him to try. I loved her answer. Putting ...
- Thu Sep 10, 2015 2:17 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
- Replies: 1549
- Views: 1136320
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
I finally saw Up in the Air and I can see why everyone liked it so much but it was also kind of emotionally devastating.
- Wed Sep 09, 2015 9:14 pm
- Forum: Soapbox
- Topic: An explosion has gone off in my life.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18677
Re: An explosion has gone off in my life.
I'm so sorry you're going through this. I wish I had answers for you.
- Mon Sep 07, 2015 6:37 pm
- Forum: Soapbox
- Topic: Rant of the Day
- Replies: 630
- Views: 1193806
Re: Rant of the Day
Even if a change is a net positive, it's OK to be sad about parts that will make your life harder.Emiliana wrote:I feel totally selfish for feeling sad about this.
- Sun Sep 06, 2015 1:22 pm
- Forum: Soapbox
- Topic: Rant of the Day
- Replies: 630
- Views: 1193806
Re: Rant of the Day
Because of jet lag?Zedability wrote:2 pm church on a fast Sunday needs to not be a thing.
- Sat Sep 05, 2015 11:37 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: The thread of ridiculous units of measure
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11851
The thread of ridiculous units of measure
Inspired by the fact that Zedability hates the Rankine scale, I propose a thread where you must say something very mundane, but substitute a ridiculous unit of measure for a more common unit of measure (or substitute a unit of measure that is ridiculous, under the circumstances). E.g., for years my ...
- Tue Sep 01, 2015 6:29 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Word of the Day
- Replies: 554
- Views: 451682
Re: Word of the Day
menhir - a large upright standing stone, also known as a standing stone, orthostat, lith or masseba/matseva
etymology - French, from Middle Breton: maen, "stone" and hir, "long"
The druid spent an abstemious week in preparation for the ceremony at the menhir.
etymology - French, from Middle Breton: maen, "stone" and hir, "long"
The druid spent an abstemious week in preparation for the ceremony at the menhir.
- Wed Aug 26, 2015 7:13 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Answers I liked
- Replies: 1933
- Views: 1577951
Re: Answers I liked
http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/83657/
There's an episode of The Simpsons where Homer meets the voice actress behind Itchy and Scratchy, so it's definitely a cartoon.
There's an episode of The Simpsons where Homer meets the voice actress behind Itchy and Scratchy, so it's definitely a cartoon.
- Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:30 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
- Replies: 1549
- Views: 1136320
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Most of what I know about Sad Puppies is secondhand, but the people I know of who are against it are people I generally respect, and the people I know of who support it aren't.
- Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:28 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
- Replies: 1549
- Views: 1136320
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Is that an Edward Gorey-influenced typo? (If so, I approve. )Whistler wrote:I don't really want to know all the gorey details, but I think it's stupid when people started voting in support of a cause and not based on whether or not they liked the actual books.
- Sat Aug 15, 2015 10:46 am
- Forum: Soapbox
- Topic: Mental illness is dumber
- Replies: 342
- Views: 942972
Re: Mental illness is dumber
I will toast you with my glass of water (that I am using to take my own anti-anxiety medication).Emiliana wrote:Yaaaaaaay!Zedability wrote:Yayyyy it got approved.
- Thu Aug 13, 2015 5:46 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Word of the Day
- Replies: 554
- Views: 451682
Re: Word of the Day
abstemious - not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking
The quiet, abstemious environment of the Zen meditation retreat was a stark contrast to the tohubohu of regular working life.
The quiet, abstemious environment of the Zen meditation retreat was a stark contrast to the tohubohu of regular working life.
- Tue Aug 11, 2015 10:44 am
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: #83460 - Exercise you love, exercise you hate
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9117
#83460 - Exercise you love, exercise you hate
http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/83460/
If anyone else wants to answer this questions, I'd love to get even more responses.
If anyone else wants to answer this questions, I'd love to get even more responses.
- Tue Aug 04, 2015 12:39 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
- Replies: 1549
- Views: 1136320
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
OOOH! I love Persuasion! I had the same experience reading it for the first time not knowing anything about it. The only movie version I have watched is the one on Netflix, which does a decent job. Though in order to communicate to the audience how Anne is feeling, I feel like they took away a bit ...
- Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:27 pm
- Forum: Title Bar Miscellany
- Topic: mb title bar nominations
- Replies: 687
- Views: 439679
Re: mb title bar nominations
Yeah, I read that and thought "Haha!—Wait, that probably really happened."Whistler wrote:it was an actual topic of much debate in FMH!
- Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:14 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Heber J Grant's alcohol problems
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20689
Re: Heber J Grant's alcohol problems
What poem?Whistler wrote:I read a poem that postulated he was making a statement to his sometimes-alcoholic dad ("I don't need whiskey, I just need you").
- Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:21 am
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Word of the Day
- Replies: 554
- Views: 451682
Re: Word of the Day
ostranenie - the artistic technique of presenting to audiences common things in an unfamiliar or strange way in order to enhance perception of the familiar. (From the Russian word остранение, as used by the Russian Formalists.) Pasha found that ostranenie was an effective technique in combating her ...