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12-19-2003, 01:12 PM
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#2686
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WTC site design
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Originally posted by Colymbosathon ecplecticos
Purse Junkie: It's art.
Me: Wrong. Flying 767s into the WTC twin towers is not art its fucking murder. Fucking moron.
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I'm sorry, but I have to agree here. How can you possibly justify an act of mass murder as some kind of avant-garde performance art. I've seen a lot of weird things in the name of art - Jim Dine drinking paint; Chris Burden crucifying himself to a Volkswagen; the whole Piss Christ, dung on Virgin Mary theme; etc., etc. But you have to draw the line somewhere. What next - calling serial killers misunderstood artists? PJ, you are way off base here.
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12-19-2003, 01:17 PM
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She Said, Let's Go!
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: hollerin' for Heras
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WTC site design
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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I'm sorry, but I have to agree here. How can you possibly justify an act of mass murder as some kind of avant-garde performance art. I've seen a lot of weird things in the name of art - Jim Dine drinking paint; Chris Burden crucifying himself to a Volkswagen; the whole Piss Christ, dung on Virgin Mary theme; etc., etc. But you have to draw the line somewhere. What next - calling serial killers misunderstood artists? PJ, you are way off base here.
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Again, what the fuck are you talking about? I wasn't talking about the terrorist act, I was talking about whether the new building design represented the right message to send, in response to the question, "what do you think about the design?"
I hope you (and that sock) are joking. Because if you remotely think that someone could compare a violent act to art, you are one sick bastard.
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12-19-2003, 01:20 PM
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#2688
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Throwing a kettle over a pub
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WTC site design
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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Agreed. Just call it the World Trade Center Tower One. I think that says everything that needs to be conveyed.
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It's too damn tall and it's going to throw the whole NYC skyline out of proportion. Just like the Sears Tower does here in Chicago (IMHO).
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12-19-2003, 01:23 PM
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#2689
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: State of Chaos
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PLF pitching, PJ at bat
Last edited by robustpuppy; 12-19-2003 at 01:44 PM..
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12-19-2003, 01:24 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Flyover land
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Flirting on the Job
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Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I am a HUGE flirt, both on and off the job. But I do NOT usually flirt with anyone who is "above" me in the ranks and certainly not with anyone who would be prone to take it the wrong way. There are a few male partners I flirt with, but it is more of the friendly variety of flirting that the overtly sexual style I use with, say, the hot IT guy. I would never flirt with a client. I flirt with both genders too, and you would be surprised how many women flirt back. I am also surprised how well this works (greasing the wheels of support staff, IT, and fellow associates). I know that my back is gotten.
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I once commented to someone (on the phone) that I was flirting with my cat. To me, flirting is kind of a tone of voice thing, and a being nicer or more effusive than the situation actually demands -- not in a sincere way (because then the person would think you were a total moron) but in the flirty, wink-wink-nod-nod kind of way. It's not really a sexual thing because everyone knows it's insincere. It's kind of like flattery, maybe, more? Like other people have said, I have an easier time doing this with women and men who are unavailable.
This is kind of stream of consciousness-y, but I guess work flirting is like sex flirting except instead of the topic of flirting being that the other person is outrageously sexy, it's that the other person is outrageously smart/competent/helpful (uh, team-player-y)/pleasant to work with (sadly, this is a high compliment in the lawyer world).
However, obviously it can spill over or I wouldn't be hesitant about doing it with people I see as potentially sexually available to me. |
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12-19-2003, 01:31 PM
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#2691
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World Ruler
Join Date: Apr 2003
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A gray hair just gave me a holiday bag of cashews. Last year it was pistachios. What's with the nutsacks? Is he flirting with me?
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12-19-2003, 01:34 PM
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#2692
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She Said, Let's Go!
Join Date: Mar 2003
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More Gifts
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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
A gray hair just gave me a holiday bag of cashews. Last year it was pistachios. What's with the nutsacks? Is he flirting with me?
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Absolutely. They are, as you rightly suspect, just a metaphor.
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12-19-2003, 01:34 PM
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#2693
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Pop goes the chupacabra
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Quote:
Originally posted by Shape Shifter
A gray hair just gave me a holiday bag of cashews. Last year it was pistachios. What's with the nutsacks? Is he flirting with me?
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No. If he were flirting, you'd get a BMW. |
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12-19-2003, 01:35 PM
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#2694
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Genius Known As ABBAKiss
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Wonderland
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Being Outright Rude
I've noticed that although I am generally a nice and happy person, sometimes I am outright rude. I have also noticed that I am only outright rude to those who I know will never call me on it or who I know I will never see again (or whose opinion I value so little I simply don't care).
For example, I have been rude to the check out woman at my local Walgreens because she is slow (and fat and cypherlike) and I don't like slow (or fat and cypherlike). Once I was rude the first time, it feels weird to then be nice the next time so I have this pattern of rudeness with her. It makes me feel bad, but I can't break the cycle.
I was also rude to the trainer at my gym who whistled at me to get my attention to tell me I couldn't leave my warm up pants scrunched at the base of the elliptical machine. About a year later I ran into this guy at my managing partner's Christmas party. He is the partner's personal trainer. Small world.
Anyone else outright rude at times and powerless to stop it?
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12-19-2003, 01:36 PM
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#2695
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World Ruler
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Quote:
Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
No. If he were flirting, you'd get a BMW.
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I'll have to start dressing more suggestively.
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12-19-2003, 01:39 PM
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#2696
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Throwing a kettle over a pub
Posts: 14,743
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Being Outright Rude
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Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Anyone else outright rude at times and powerless to stop it?
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I have no tolerance for cab driver error and I am completely powerless to stop myself from letting them know that I won't let them fuck me over and let me the fuck out now and you wanna tip well here's your tip you effing prick go fuck yourself.
Got to work at 9:30 via cab. Don't remember getting dressed this morning...
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12-19-2003, 01:41 PM
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#2697
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Random Syndicate (admin)
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Romantically enfranchised
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Being Outright Rude
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Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Anyone else outright rude at times and powerless to stop it?
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Telephone solicitors and people who cut me off / annoy me when I'm driving.
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12-19-2003, 01:41 PM
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#2698
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Genius Known As ABBAKiss
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Wonderland
Posts: 3,540
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Being Outright Rude
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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Don't remember getting dressed this morning...
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12-19-2003, 01:42 PM
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#2699
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Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: State of Chaos
Posts: 8,197
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Being Outright Rude
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Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I was also rude to the trainer at my gym who whistled at me to get my attention to tell me I couldn't leave my warm up pants scrunched at the base of the elliptical machine.
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Abba, you don't have to flirt with the elliptical machine to get it to work. |
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12-19-2003, 01:44 PM
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#2700
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Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: State of Chaos
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buttons too close
Dammit. Double post.
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