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1. All posting of comments in the thread Post Complaint..."
I would like to protest perforce that "women" be added to #5? Just for the sake of equality and all that.
I must crave with full kvetching a clarification of rule number one, which, while on the surface, appears much more curvaceous with complications than it seems. Or I could simply be overanalyzing.
Can rule number one be interpreted such that every comment in the complaint department must only start with a complaint, but the rest of the sentences are allowed to be complaint free, unless the writer is carried away in the spirit of the complaint and desires to continue on in a whinging, carping, or complaining manner?
And, while they may wish to slip into the crevices and remain innocuous, moderators must remain ever watchful, like the eye of Sauron, only much more benevolent and without the ringwraiths and scary creatures. Communicating through the screeches of your minions might be difficult to understand without a distribution of babel fish.
Just a thought on that last one.
Goesta wrote: "Much like, it strikes me, the rather cardboardy imitation moderator who seems to have snuck up on this place. Whom I could not possibly complain..."So sorry Goesta-tush. You are correct in saying you cannot complain about me, Having no doubt read the oh so slightly revised rules you most certainly may not complain about the cardboardy imitation moderator since the rules now say:
3. No member may complain about a another member including the Moderator.
It so sad all the immensely ingenious wordings of complaints you might have done about me will never come to delight us now that piddling on me is against the rules in this group.
Bummer again. Sorry man.
Sarah wrote: "I have to complain that I am at the end of a long week of work and I have written nada, niente, nothing, zero, zip, all I have done is make money, but I've probably spent more than I made, and I mu..."I feel the urgent need to protest at your Capitalistic urges to gain more money while nattering on about lack of artistic enthusiasm. Seriously, though, bummer. I haven't been writing, either. It's not like I haven't had the time. I also haven't been making any money. LOL What do you do? Sometimes it's just so tiring and draining to work all day I think it sucks the lifeblood and creativity out of you.
I need to start a novella. I've been saying that since the 4th. I have had some justifiable excuses, but if I were really motivated, I could have started it.
I am especially sorry about the unfinished call from your boss. Why do those things always happen on Fridays? I detest that. It's one of the most heinous things someone can do. I know sometimes it's nearly impossible, but I try to forget it, because there truly is nothing you can do. It might not be something bad, after all, it could be something good. Like a permanent coffee cart in your office and an unending supply of free iced white chocolate mochas.
I think concentrating on that would be much more relaxing. Caffeine doesn't get me wired, though, so it might be more relaxing for me than for other people, who might have to be scraped off the ceiling after having an unending day of iced white chocolate mochas.
Be kind to yourself. Give yourself a treat for working extra hard and don't make yourself feel guilty for having writer's block--it won't make the writer's block go away and there's no sense making yourself feel bad about it. One suggestion I heard last night was writing "I don't know what to write" over and over until you can think of something to write. I haven't tried this myself, but I might need to if I don't get this novella started soon.
Poundcake and shortbread are good with the drink, as well.
Hugs.
ComplaintDepartment wrote: "Goesta wrote: "Much like, it strikes me, the rather cardboardy imitation moderator who seems to have snuck up on this place. Whom I could not possibly complain..."So sorry Goesta-tush. You are co..."
I think it appropriate at this time to desolately decry our moderator's rule as slowly turning from the role of a moderator to that of a dictatorship. Is this yet another situation of some pigs being more equal than others? Not that anyone here is a pig. I hesitantly put forth the idea that pigs be included in rule number 5. Especially since Orwell seems so popular.
And, speaking of piddling, I find it extremely unfair and am occasionally puce with envy at the fact that men can urinate standing up, while women cannot. Hmph!
Lastly, I would not recommend piddling anywhere near electrical equipment, as I think the effects might be quite shocking.
I'm leaving this comment now. It has degenerated to obscenely low depths.
Wendy wrote: "Sarah wrote: "I have to complain that I am at the end of a long week of work and I have written nada, niente, nothing, zero, zip, all I have done is make money, but I've probably spent more than I ..."
Gracias, and thank you for the sweet thoughts. I have to complain that to ease my worry I sent the kid for pizza and now feel stuffed. Am only good for staggering to bed with Kindle. Just bought Lindsey Davis' Silver Pigs. So much style and charm, luckily I am not jealous of other writers. Also need to complain that I want to make books. Like, with letterpress printing and painted pages and hand-stitched binding. This distraction can only take away from my writing time.
Gracias, and thank you for the sweet thoughts. I have to complain that to ease my worry I sent the kid for pizza and now feel stuffed. Am only good for staggering to bed with Kindle. Just bought Lindsey Davis' Silver Pigs. So much style and charm, luckily I am not jealous of other writers. Also need to complain that I want to make books. Like, with letterpress printing and painted pages and hand-stitched binding. This distraction can only take away from my writing time.
Sarah wrote: "Wendy wrote: "Sarah wrote: "I have to complain that I am at the end of a long week of work and I have written nada, niente, nothing, zero, zip, all I have done is make money, but I've probably spen..."I think they would be beautiful books, Sarah. Maybe with the popularity of eBooks you could make Kindle cases instead? There is a folio edition of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy coming out. I haven't seen it but imagine it must be very interesting.
Here are some beautiful books for you:
http://www.abebooks.co.uk/books/antiquarian-rare-design/more-beautiful-19th-century-covers.shtml
Funny you should mention pigs...
Since other than Sarah it seem I am dominating the board here, it is lamentable and with tears of vexation I feel the need to announce that, since Thursday, I have:1) A job as a content editor
2) Been accepted into the vocational rehabilitation program (so I will be able to keep my job as a content editor, since I'm going to need more than one, but I finally got one!)
Thank you for your attention. You may now go about your business as usual.
Preston wrote: "Wendy wrote: "My point is, that possibly it does come down, to an extent, between pride and equality, and the fact that there is a difference between the two. Pride sets you above, equal doesn't ma..."Preston, I am
I'm sticking to the complaint in the first sentence until directed otherwise by the oh-so-mysterious powers that be that encompass the entity otherwise known as ComplaintDepartment. Personally, I think a slogan or little ditty would be nice. (That just got a Christmas song stuck in my head. The only thing that will displace that is The Itsy Bitsy Spider and I don't know which is worse).
I agree, Stonewall is definitely something to be proud of. I think it was a magnificent beginning. I don't like violence, but I see it as self-defense that spiralled. I had never heard of it before, and now I can add something else phenomenal that happened the year I was born. I think I rank it higher than walking on the moon. How has that helped us? (she asks, not knowing how it actually has, and could be making a complete full of herself. But she's used to that and also finds it incredibly disturbing when she continues to talk in the 3rd person, so will stop now). The Stonewall Riots didn't need spaceships and astronauts, or NASA. They just needed their brilliant drag queens who wouldn't take it anymore, and had no idea that what they were doing would be so incredibly important to a huge group of people. It's one of the most wonderful things I've ever heard.
I've never been to New York City. I'm afraid of big cities. Portland makes me nervous. I would love to see that spot, though.
I will, however, take issue (no pun intended) with the fact that you view heterosexual intercourse as: freakishly unnatural sexual acts. Just because you can write up a sizzling hot paragraph that makes one fan oneself does not mean that gay sex is better (although I will give you extra points since you know what the other person wants better. (This isn't a good post for an all ages board, is it? You started it. I'm telling.) There is one point which you gloss over that I think bears (no pun intended, I'm on a roll here. Buttered) some attention. Having children is one thing women can do that men can't. So many people seem to treat it so casually, popping out what will hopefully be hot guys headed in your direction. I have no children. It was a decision I made consciously. The first reason relates to the mental health issue, which you covered very thoroughly in your workman's comp discussion. Unfortunately, I have had severe depression and anxiety since I was sixteen, and have been on medication since I was in my twenties. Medication that would not be wise to be on if one were to become pregnant or nurse a child. I didn't know if I could go that long without being on medication. The baby might be safe, but would she have a sane mother? The second is something, and I'm not saying this in any way, shape, or form in a facetious manner, and I won't make a blanket statement, I'll just say for me. If I had a child, I wanted it to be with someone I truly, truly loved. Love that I could feel in my heart, my chest, my bones. So much so that I would want to create another life with that person and feel it inside me, growing into another little person. That never happened. Enough said about that.
I appreciate your exclusions. I hope I'm one of them.
I was going to appeal the denial of my workman's comp claim, but since I'd had the problem for so long, and what had happened at work had exacerbated it into a period of severe depression, I couldn't prove that it was work that was responsible. I'm hoping working from home will help, because at least then I can control my environment. I may, however, become a hermit, and the complaint department will start receiving messages such as:
"Flies, flies, I am in despair that I need more flies. Would someone please send more flies?"
Worry then. LOL
Darn it, I need to go look for those clothes...how could I forget....
Hugs, and if permissible, a kiss on the top of your head, which I like doing, and have to admit that I do derive a certain evil pleasure if it annoys the person I'm doing it to. :-) Wendy
Wendy wrote: "Since other than Sarah it seem I am dominating the board here, it is lamentable and with tears of vexation I feel the need to announce that, since Thursday, I have:
1) A job as a content editor
2..."
content editor job! woo hoo!
1) A job as a content editor
2..."
content editor job! woo hoo!
Wendy wrote: "I was going to appeal the denial of my workman's comp claim, but since I'd had the problem for so long, and what had happened at work had exacerbated it into a period of severe depression, I couldn't prove that it was work that was responsible. I'm hoping working from home will help, because at least then I can control my environment..."Grumble grumble I regret it's true that like Preston said, its pretty much hopeless with Workers Compensation but what about filing Social Security Disability claim. Are you going to consider apply for SSDI?
Good luck working with a voc. rehab. counselor on preparing a plan for service to reach your vocation goal. Remember if you are denied anything you feel is necessary to obtain employment, you have the right to a Fair Hearing to be judged by an impartial hearing officer.
If you need assistance the VR programs in every state has a corresponding Client Assistance Project where you can get expert help dealing any problems you might have with your states VR program.
If you run into difficulty or have any questions about the VR program and your rights, contact me. I held a job working with administering the program from the Central Office and know the Law (The Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as Amended ) which states the program's responsibilities and your rights.
So I would very pleased to help in any way I can.
Some very hearty Complaint Department HUGS to help you with all of this. ♥♥♥
Wendy wrote: "... I think I rank it higher than walking on the moon. How has that helped us? (she asks, not knowing how it actually has, and could be making a complete full of herself. But she's used to that and also finds it incredibly disturbing when she continues to talk in the 3rd person, so will stop now). "Actually, I complain as a SF (science fiction [not speculative fiction or worse yet, sci-fi {skiffy}) fan that a lot of innovations in medicines*, modern appliances, including that annoying thing which replaces the two cans and a string, among other things, have come out of the space program, contrary to what complainers seem to think.
However, here on good ol' planet Earth, I must add my voice in
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*Mind you, if you pay attention to the side affects on some of the drugs they advertise these days, I'd rather take my chances with the original problem ...
Sarah wrote: "Wendy wrote: "Since other than Sarah it seem I am dominating the board here, it is lamentable and with tears of vexation I feel the need to announce that, since Thursday, I have:1) A job as a con..."
Begrudgingly, I accept your excitement with
ComplaintDepartment wrote: "Wendy wrote: "I was going to appeal the denial of my workman's comp claim, but since I'd had the problem for so long, and what had happened at work had exacerbated it into a period of severe depres..."Thank you
I have thought about SSDI. I'm not how much I'll be able to make. I should do it anyway. The worst they can say is no.
Thank you. Hugs.
Lori wrote: "Wendy wrote: "... I think I rank it higher than walking on the moon. How has that helped us? (she asks, not knowing how it actually has, and could be making a complete full of herself. But she's us..."Nyah, nyah, of course, I know someone would come burst my bubble
One of the medications I took once, an anti-seizure med with an off-label use as a mood stabilizer (a lot of anti-seizure meds are used that way, which I find extremely interesting), had the possible but rare likelihood of a fatal rash. Every little thing made me itch, and I examined every little red spot with minute thoroughness. I finally went off it. Death by fatal rash is not the way I want to go. lol
Thanks for the book recommendation!
I am as fried as pork fat back because I must announce SheReadsAlot is the WINNER of the Complaint Department Contest for Roger Kean's new 30,000 word novella What's A Boy Supposed to Do
Congratulation and Enjoy!
My placid, shiny equanimity is besmudged and beruffled by several trivial occurrences, all of which are thus to be taken to fall under this blanket complaint until such regulatory ambiguities as fall under point number three are ironed out:1) so much activity here since I fell blisslessly asleep. Including,
a) professional developments causing Wendy worrying palpitations (great news!)
b) the winning of some volume of written work by someone who reads a lot (how depressingly appropriate, congratulations!).*
* to which I must briefly add that I'd grudgingly withdrawn myself and Tintin of the ears from the contest due to the unfortunate development of having been given a copy by someone I'd very much like to thank but can't. They know who they are and hopefully know how I feel.
c) we landed on the moon, yeah right, sure we did (must have slept right through that, thanks!).
d) some other stuff, more important but beside the drift of this post...
2) Marvin's distant cousin has started to sound more humanoid and has actually begun to participate in the discussion, throwing me for a loop since I was arguing (and my argument being misunderstood) that I could not complain against the moderator by the mere fact that such a being did not actually exist (and could therefore complain as much as I liked). But now this nascent being, whether by nature or rapid neural programming, is sounding increasingly, annoyingly personable (and eerily, vaguely familiar), if still on occasion rather imperious. One is reminded, oddly, of an emerald curtain.
3) Which brings me circumlocutiously to my principal reason for this rantlet: I find it a practical and philosophical impossibility to conform to the new phrasing of the old rules, or the old phrasing as examined in a new light, I'm not sure. Let's take them one at a time:
"1. All posting of comments in the thread Post Complaints Here must be in the form of a complaint."
I agree with whoever pointed out that this implies that every statement write here must be plaintive. While this could be most amusing, unless this is rephrased "must begin with" I suggest we take our more in-depth communications elsewhere in this group (chatter perhaps) since this rule no longer (did it ever, I don't remember) applies anywhere else.
"2. No profanity is allowed."
This may very well always have stood like that, don't remember. However, since profanity is also more generally defined as irreverence, swearing and blasphemy, and derives from profane, being irreligious, common, secular and full of contempt, I posit that this rule is in effect unfulfillable by all except possibly Ije.
I propose that rule 2 be changed utterly to reflect the intention, which I presume is to prevent us from getting in trouble by contravening certain arbitrary media conventions to which we are subject here. To something specific like "the use of words that would get us in trouble, see list (external link) here".
"3. No member may complain about a another member including the Moderator."
This is not only grammatically incorrect but ambiguous. Does it mean the moderator cannot complain about another member either, or that no member may complain about the moderator as well (both readings are entirely acceptable, however). It is, though, I admit, the one rule that can and ought to be followed, in theory at least, seeing as it does not prevent one from complaining about oneself. However, it raises the awkward issue of aliases. Since we do not know with any certainty who everyone is, how do we know that someone we are complaining about is not in fact a member? To be entirely certain of following this rule, we would have to stop complaining about anyone at all.
"4. No photos may be posted that showing unclothed or scantily clad men exposed below the belly button. "
This rule also seems to have been cut and pasted from a foreign language place. How can we respect a rulership that does not respect the rules of written English. It also seems to have been pasted from a time when belt lines met the belly button. I strongly protest that there is nothing excessively prurient about the area of skin between belly button and contemporary belt lines, nor about flashes of buns in speedos, bare legs and feet, none of which could be shown following this rule. Which would mean we are being censored worse than 50's America. At the same time, there is no rule preventing anyone from posting entirely nude women, or for that matter an encyclopaedia of erect animal genitalia. While lots of perfectly safe m/m book covers, that we might wish to display in the process of our deep literary discussions, would contravene rule 4. What utter nonsense.
While this board is not primarily intended for visual entertainment, I strenuously object to the particular severity of this rule.
"5. Intolerance is forbidden especially towards people with disabilities, racial groups, women, LGBTQ people and people of all or no sexual orientation"
I must point out that this is in effect a blanket prohibition against all intolerance. Since intolerance, strictly speaking, lies at the root of complaining, this rule cannot be met, it is, dare I say, a philosophical paradox to attempt to complain without first having lost the ability to tolerate a certain person or circumstance. The complaint would have no meaning but would merely be an arbitrary assemblage of words.
While I laud the intention behind this rule, I would draw the writer's attention towards more generalized, careful phrasings of laws against "discrimination based on gender, ethnic ..." that reference human qualities rather than particular groups/types of people. For instance, as a man I'm miffed that I'm not included, the assumption being that men exclusively do the intolerating, but since I fall under the latter category of "LGBTQ" -- an acronym I detest, btw.-- I do feel somewhat included. I realize there is the qualifying word "especially," but this merely and problematically asserts that the rulers of this board found it apt or necessary to draw attention to these examples, a list that will no doubt grow by leaps and bounds (I propose adding "supermodels as well as everyone who doesn't look like a supermodel, infants, animals, plants, artists and other sentient beings").
I realize I quibble and I do get the place these are coming from (mostly). But they're starting to slide (perhaps unintentionally) into heavy-handed arbitrariness. Which is quite intolerable.
;)
I am angry with myself for being shallow. I wouldn't talk to the guy who claim we, gays, are not equal to heterosexuals, because we can't make babies if he weren't cute.
I am astonished that Goesta has forgotten I and A after LGBTQ.:P
Anil wrote: "I am angry with myself for being shallow. I wouldn't talk to the guy who claim we, gays, are not equal to heterosexuals, because we can't make babies if he weren't cute."I must gripe that that statement is utterly untrue. We can make babies just fine, the process requires not a smidge of hetero-ist lifestyle-ism from either party. We just wouldn't make any purely by accident.
Anil wrote: "I am astonished that Goesta has forgotten I and A after LGBTQ.:P"I was merely citing the "rules" ;) I grumpily thank you for making my point. I do not identify as a member of an alphabet soup for the sole purpose of excluding anyone else. The only thing worse would be, being identified via a negative, such as "nonheteronormative" which, in essence, LGBTQIAA... means. Ugh. I understand the need for the strategy, doesn't mean I have to like it, especially since it sounds more and more like a cool-kids club. In my generation, "queer" sufficed, at least it was an actual word we reappropriated.
I am complaining about myself for not clearing what has happened between him and me.I told him I wanted to do my PhD degree, if I ever did, on comparing homosexuality in English and Ottoman Literature between 1441-1859. (Mehmed the second/Conqueror succeeded to the throne in 1441 and wrote several homosexual poems himself. Homosexuality was decriminalised in Ottoman Empire in 1859.)He told me there was no need to do such a thing and wondered why I was trying to do it. I told I felt disturbed the depiction of homosexuality in pre-1973 APA terms and wanted to show it was considered as normal as heterosexuality in this country before. He said gays didn't have high status even in Western Europe and said all examples I gave him (Mayor of Paris and Berlin, the German minister of Foreign Affairs, etc.) were not good examples because they came out after they had reached this positions and been financially secure. Then he talked about the anti-gay marriage march in France and he was with those people because a child needed a mother and a dad, etc. He did not agree with my suggestions that homosexual parents were as good as heterosexual parents and it was not that every child had both parents--divorced couples, etc. Also, I explained him that and gave examples such as Ricky Martin and Neil Patrick Harris. All he said to me was that those guys came out after they had been financially secure.
I think he wants to become a parent, but he cannot as in the conventional way. That probably saddens him and makes him blame his sexuality instead of laws that do not protect LGBT people. Also, I suspect he knows little about history of homosexuality in the West--especially in the UK and USA, because all his claims was based on financial stability and security.
Goesta wrote: "Anil wrote: "I am astonished that Goesta has forgotten I and A after LGBTQ.:P"I was merely citing the "rules" ;) I grumpily thank you for making my point. I do not identify as a member of an alph..."
I grudgingly admit that I am questioning my sexuality yet again. I am not questioning the essence of it, but rather I should be qualified to define myself as gay. I like a man, his smell, his body, I like doing fellatio to him, but I am more into anal stimulation than anything else. I mean whenever I see a nude male photo, especially with an erected penis, all I think is anal sex, how it would be to feel it in me. However, most of the time I am like "next" instead of scrutinising the body of my partners and/or guys on the photos. I watch anal sex scenes mostly. In other words, I have probably degraded homosexual sexuality to a penis and a hole. That really disturbs me, because that sounds rather male heterosexual thoughts to me. I don't know what I should do or how I should focus on enjoying sex with other means and that P.'es me off.:/
I know I'm not allowed to complain about you, Anil, but how
Goesta wrote: "My placid, shiny equanimity is besmudged and beruffled by several trivial occurrences, all of which are thus to be taken to fall under this blanket complaint until such regulatory ambiguities as fa..."
Roger wrote: "I know I'm not allowed to complain about you, Anil, but how brave of you to say dare you accuse Mehmet II Conqueror of writing homosexual poems. He thought they were just nice love trifles to the b..."I believe many Turks would be complaining about me and sending me private messages if they read my post here. Unfortunately, the popular belief about Ottomans here is that they were great and did nothing wrong--that includes homosexuality according to that belief.
Anil wrote about himself and that other guy...Eroticism usually degenerates to fixation on certain physical acts in a pornographic context due to personal frustration (identity crisis or else just not getting any) rather than any flaw in your sexual (or other) nature. "Next!" -- Been there. Don't fret, take it easy on the porn and the internalized homophobes, talk to guys who are less screwed up than the one you cite, even if he's cute. What a head-case! Can't blame him entirely, I guess, if that's the context in which he was raised, but I would suggest that's his own morass to sort out, not yours. Not healthy if you're currently feeling troubled yourself.
Can't speak to the Ottomans except that there were some right old warlords among them. Rather a long period of complicated history to endorse blanket-like. Sort of like saying, "The Holy Roman Empire, now those were edenic times."
Anil wrote: "Roger wrote: "I know I'm not allowed to complain about you, Anil, but how brave of you to say dare you accuse Mehmet II Conqueror of writing homosexual poems. He thought they were just nice love tr..."I am appalled and ashamed that beyond mentions in survey courses, what little I know about the Ottomans is confined to Mustafa Sami Effendi, who mostly wrote about Europe.
I think your posts today were some of the most heartbreaking and I hope you find someone who values what you value instead of trying to change or mock you.
Anil wrote: "I am angry with myself for being shallow. I wouldn't talk to the guy who claim we, gays, are not equal to heterosexuals, because we can't make babies if he weren't cute."
It's sad we humans are so attracted to beauty! But not to worry, he won't be cute forever.
It's sad we humans are so attracted to beauty! But not to worry, he won't be cute forever.
Wendy wrote: "it is lamentable and with tears of vexation I feel the need to announce that, since Thursday, I have:1) A job as a content editor
2..."
I whiningly congrat you
Sarah wrote: "I have to complain that I am at the end of a long week of work and I have written nada, niente, nothing, zero, zip, all I have done is make money, but I've probably spent more than I made, and I mu..."See PM
Moan, grumble, whine. Changing my preferences isn't enough deterrent to keep people soliciting me to their blogs. "Hey, by looking at your book interests I thought you would be interested in knowing that …" If she looked, she would see those books are on my Trashy shelf.
I frustratingly must complain that it is only the second day of travel and already I am really sore! And trying to tap on the small screen of my phone... umph!
Tj wrote: "I frustratingly must complain that it is only the second day of travel and already I am really sore! And trying to tap on the small screen of my phone... umph!"I shall painfully join you as we leave on Monday for San Marcos CA. Have to see about a car power adapter for my Mac.
Wendy wrote: "Averin wrote: "Wendy wrote: "Goesta wrote: "Wendy wrote: "Is it tentacles?"Och, what a can of worms. You will find that the Salo..."
I have to ask, are you familiar with Sholto, Lord of the In B..."
I begrudgingly explain that, he's a character in Laurell K. Hamilton's Merry Gentry series. Up to his waist, he looks like a 'normal,' beautiful fae. His abdomen has many tentacles that have various, applications during sex and fighting.
It frustrates me no end to report that I discovered a number of lovely photos of a Sholto doll someone had painstakingly sewn/knitted/created, that I cannot link to since the doll, cute as a button above the waist, is anatomically impressive below.
Goesta wrote: "It frustrates me no end to report that I discovered a number of lovely photos of a Sholto doll someone had painstakingly sewn/knitted/created, that I cannot link to since the doll, cute as a button..."Flabbergasted and fibbergetted!
Lamenting that Sholto, as the Lord of the In Between (his domain includes all that is neither Here nor There) can hail a taxi anywhere, even in L.A. which is tough accomplishment unless you're at the airports or outside ethnic grocery stores.
Goesta wrote: "But now this nascent being, whether by nature or rapid neural programming, is sounding increasingly, annoyingly personable (and eerily, vaguely familiar), if still on occasion rather imperious."I complain that Great Grumpy Goesta's gripe, particularly the quote above is grievously close to clarity on the subject. It frightens me that the Big G could write such a long post that is completely comprehendible.
The new moderator is indeed personable and I would add rather caring and immensely fond of the Complaint Department and its members.
He came to us complete with the proper secret papers and passwords required to push the switch which would shut down the Complaint Department permanently. Since the only person besides Preston the button pusher who knew this was The Founder, we only had one conclusion; he was sent by The Founder
Astoundingly he has read all 4400+ messages here plus the 1000 or so in the other topics, so he's quite familiar with life here in the Complaint Department.
Plus he is very nice. Just yesterday he patted me on my curly tressed head and said, "There, there little one someday your dream with come true and your sweetheart Goesta will realize that some things are more important than happiness so he'll take take you into his life as his beloved."
He is either very empathetic or a someone who enjoys lots of irony. But I really like him. You said he sounded "eerily, vaguely familiar" and I agree while for a second I too thought of Marvin but then I realized he was much like The Founder both in physique and amiable but friendly and warm hearted jocularity. But sadly, he is not The Founder :-(
Goesta wrote: "Anil wrote: "I am angry with myself for being shallow. I wouldn't talk to the guy who claim we, gays, are not equal to heterosexuals, because we can't make babies if he weren't cute."I must gripe..."
Out of pure and grudging curiosity, I am grievously forced to ask Goesta how this plan of reproduction without a woman would proceed? Adoption? I think that's a very good idea--then we could call you Pappa Goesta and you could post pictures of Baby Goesta. There are so many little ones that need homes. I considered adoption. And you are right about the purposefulness of it.
Goesta wrote: "Anil wrote: "I am astonished that Goesta has forgotten I and A after LGBTQ.:P"I was merely citing the "rules" ;) I grumpily thank you for making my point. I do not identify as a member of an alph..."
For the utterly annoying and bewildering bemoaning of furthering my education, since you prefer the term queer, would you consider it an insult if anyone who wasn't gay called you that? I always thought that it was sort of an "inside" term that was acceptable to use if you were gay, but not if you weren't.
Sort of like I can say that I'm PMSy, but my boyfriend can't. Not really the same thing, but kind of.
Speaking of children--my darling boy, all 6'5" of him and about 250 lbs of mostly Hot Pockets and Ice Cream just tossed his pillowcases and bottom sheet over the balconey for me to wash. When I asked where the top sheet was, he claimed it wasn't really dirty because he had kicked it to the bottom of the bed about a month ago and didn't really use it.
Life is so much funnier with kids. They don't even realize how funny they are, or they would start charging us for the pleasure of their company. Even the difficult ones. Even the ones who never plan to leave the maternal home. Even the ones who eat a half-gallon of butter pecan ice cream in two days and LEAVE THE SPOON IN THEIR SHEETS. Go for it. Life without kids is too much extra money and too much free time.
Life is so much funnier with kids. They don't even realize how funny they are, or they would start charging us for the pleasure of their company. Even the difficult ones. Even the ones who never plan to leave the maternal home. Even the ones who eat a half-gallon of butter pecan ice cream in two days and LEAVE THE SPOON IN THEIR SHEETS. Go for it. Life without kids is too much extra money and too much free time.
Anil wrote: "Goesta wrote: "Anil wrote: "I am astonished that Goesta has forgotten I and A after LGBTQ.:P"I was merely citing the "rules" ;) I grumpily thank you for making my point. I do not identify as a me..."
May I just say, with great reluctance and a much higher degree of trepidation (which isn't complaining, but probably proceeds much complaining) that I
Maybe I'm totally off base and shouldn't even post this. I can't answer questions on everything, after all, it's the stupid desire to help everyone and try to make people feel better. You're not alone in your confusion, I guess is what I'm trying to say. I have no idea why I'm trying to give you advice. I can't give you the advice you need. Maybe it's more trying to calm. I don't know. I'm messed up too. :-)
I am sorry for disobeying the number 1 rule. The police are attacking again. They've fired tear gas at even children.:-(
Averin wrote: "Wendy wrote: "it is lamentable and with tears of vexation I feel the need to announce that, since Thursday, I have:1) A job as a content editor
2..."
I whiningly congrat you"
I accept your congrats with desolation and despair.
Averin wrote: "Wendy wrote: "Averin wrote: "Wendy wrote: "Goesta wrote: "Wendy wrote: "Is it tentacles?"Och, what a can of worms. You will find that the Salo..."
I have to ask, are you familiar with Sholto, Lo..."
it is with great regret and cringing that I have to confess I had forgotten, but Ben was intrigued and looked online and reminded me, and then I remembered because I read those books, but it was awhile ago. I can't believe the swiss cheese memory of my brain that could forget him. Ben also thinks the Flying Spaghetti Monster is cool, and we do see the occasional bumper stickers or little silver stick on around Eugene.
Sasquatch is also big in Eugene. I don't know how we became the repository for cryptozoological creatures. It's just the hot vacation spot. They like the Willamette River.
Damn! They threw tear gas nearby the cafe I was in. It hurts even more with every breath.
I do grievously propose that Anil's disturbing posts from Turkey be counted as complaints by the very nature of the events they report. It is most shameful behaviour by a, for all intents and purposes, European (or any, but that's the part of the world we're in and they're endeavouring to be part of) government.@Wendy (several posts): I didn't propose gay people have children without women. I was pointing out that non-heterosexual men and women can and do have children with each other as well as with straight men and women. This can occur via sperm donation or more traditional activity (depending on how the respective man and woman feel about engaging in the biological procedure for procreative purposes). However, I do enthusiastically support parenthood via adoption by gay (and straight) couples of course.
I don't prefer to be called queer, particularly. I was merely pointing out that it was a perfectly fine rallying word & similarly cliquy in its own way to LGBTQ..., and that it was a real historical word with connotations that had to be dealt with rather than an abstract, tepid, pseudo-politico-intellectual designer label originating approximately during a time and in a strange political climate in which, by the way, I was being discriminated against by the very people who ought have been on my side, simply because as a white man from a middle-class family I was the imperialist patriarch enemy. If anything, being gay (and most definitely not a neo-Freudian poststructuralist Marxist) made me even more suspect. A somewhat privileged man's man, ticking all the wrong boxes. Sorry, early adult college trauma bleeding through. Anyway.
Yes, queer is one of those labels that naturally work best within the group. However, I believe the idea is/was to take the power away from anyone who might try to use it against you. "You §$%& queer!" - "You bet your fanny!"
@Sarah: I didn't say I WANTED kids ;), just that I could contribute to their creation if asked to (which I was once, though I declined. The product would have been, based on the psychological profiles of the prospective parents, a right mess).
@Averin: regrettably, I can only post the clothed pic of the adorable Sholto doll:
@Boyd: Fascinating. No, really. Unfortunately I can comment no further lest I get myself into dreadful trouble on several continents. There's a tale brewing, I fear, every bit as tragic, romantic and gripping as "Butterfly Lovers." Except without mistaken gender identity and containing a lot more gratuitous nude frolicking. If only.
To conclude, I must needs complain about this entirely pear-shaped post. Dreadful, just dreadful.
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Okay. I would like to strenuously express my grievance (pounds fist on desk) that there are not more gluten-free foods available. ..."
I must heartily disagree with Goesta's description of gluten-free bread as
deadly spot-on. It is the most horrifically delicious substance I have ever had the pleasure of ingesting. It's like visiting the beach for breakfast, without the beach.I
sympathizelaugh with terrible glee at the thought of all the lovely strudel....mmmmmTucker, my most nasty cat, the worst imaginable, has a question for ComplaintDepartment, but unfortunately he only speaks the most terrible French I've ever heard, and, being a cat, can't hit the keys for the correct accent marks.
Je suis le chat du Wendy, et je n'est suis pas un chat terrible, mon dieu! Je pense que le personne ComplaintDepartment est le creation d'une personne avec connaissance d'un artiste s'appelle Magritte. Monsieur ComplaintDepartment est, je pense, une combination de l'oeuvres, "Leci n'est pas une pipe," et "Le fils de l'homme," mais n'avec pas le pomme.
Okay, I've wrestled the keyboard away from him. He's suspicious by nature. He was a special needs kitty, from the shy room.