I've actually been in another argument myself as a sock

[chocolatepot]

Dude, that was dark. Owen and I watched it separately and then I went up to his room and we discussed it (which was great, we get along so well when nobody else is around and he isn't posturing) and agreed that it was awesome but really dark. Is there going to be a second season, does anyone know?

Man, is this dialogue (quadrologue?) going to go down once a week on 18cLife?
Person A: Do you think they used to X?
Person B: My grandmother used to Y, so probably.
Person C: That's not quite what we're talking about. There's no evidence of X or Y in the 18th century.
Person D: I really don't think Person B was saying they must have done Y in the 18th century!
It's enough to make me unsubscribe. I wonder what the list would be like if 18cWomen hadn't deleted mysteriously. I keep going back and forth on RevList - on the con side, it's all about military reenactment; on the pro, it was interesting to read the recent discussion on historic site rules, plus I get a kick out of watching Kelsey be argumentative as I sometimes feel like the only one.

Here is part of a book review with some stuff to think on re: "new ideas" in genre fiction and writing in general.

I'm not sure how to word myself properly but I think that while this Racialicious article is great, a) it strikes me that it's somewhat pointless to describe why specific shouted "compliments" are sexist because the act of shouting "compliments" at someone in a parking lot is itself something that ought to be eradicated; b) there is kind of a sex negative vibe to it, "trading one set of handcuffs for another," you know.

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[lliira]

It get so frustrated when people seem unable to understand the basics of communication! When someone says A, and another person thinks responding as if they'd said Z makes any sense. And either I am getting more crotchety, or it is getting worse. (Maybe both.)

[chocolatepot]

It's really such miscommunication on all sides. B misses the fact that A doesn't give a damn, they want to know about their specific topic; C misses that B isn't saying Y happened; D misses that C is just trying to keep on track and isn't a big meanie head. And each time after the first is more "no let's not do this". I think it's getting worse.