Observations of the Random sort

[JasonL]

You no see Brokeback?

[nicole]

No, it was one of those things dubs saw without me for some reason and then I never saw it.

[Mo]

What about Dick?

[nicole]

Nope. I went through her whole IMDb. I didn't even see the 1994 Lassie, though I may have seen her play Wilson's gf on Home Improvement.

[Warren]

I learned all I needed to know in the first episode, which is about how blond guys fall for blonde chicks and not their brown-haired girl-next-door long-term quasi-love interests.

Even though BHGNDLTQLIs will do freaky shit you can't even imagine. And blonde chicks won't even consider until college.

Ha. All Swedish exchange students will stick their finger up your butt.

Can you introduce me to some?

[Shem]

I learned all I needed to know in the first episode, which is about how blond guys fall for blonde chicks and not their brown-haired girl-next-door long-term quasi-love interests.

Even though BHGNDLTQLIs will do freaky shit you can't even imagine. And blonde chicks won't even consider until college.

Ha. All Swedish exchange students will stick their finger up your butt.

I keep telling you, she's not Swedish, and it's a prostate clinic.

[Ellie]

Whoa, I didn't realize she was in But I'm a Cheerleader!

[nicole]

Whoa, I didn't realize she was in But I'm a Cheerleader!

Yeah, and it’s actually kind of weird that I don’t remember “Jen from Dawson” was in that, considering the time period.

[Jasper]

This is a generational thing. Every goddamn person between the ages of 25 and 40 (and every woman between 25 and 50) knows who she is. Dawson's Creek was fucking inescapable. I'm a little surprised Thoreau doesn't recognize her, since he's so desperate to tie the '90s up in his basement and make a skinsuit out of it, though.

Excellent.

[Shem]

Thank you. Was proud of that one.

[D.A. Ridgely]

Neither the money a movie makes nor the fame of its actors, especially if that fame is derived from TV, directly drive what they are paid. Stars get paid because studios believe they can fill seats on an opening weekend. They can parlay their last picture's success into a larger paycheck for their next film but only some genres are star-driven until they become franchises.

[thoreau]

I'll have you guys know that my 90's skin suit is made of the leather trench coats from the Matrix.

[nicole]

Is there anything I can do to bring this experience to my local Whole Foods because they are still always asking about what I’m going to make or do and I really hate that.

[dead_elvis]

they are still always asking about what I’m going to make or do and I really hate that.

Preach it.

It's annoying in grocery stores, but the home-brew store is the worst for this. Every friggin' time, "watcha makin'?" (in the most dude-bro voice possible). I get it, it's good for business to try to be helpful and build a community so you want to be all chatty, but I really don't feel like justifying why I have a bunch of ingredients that normally wouldn't go together. Just let me experiment in peace and without commentary.

I'm not entirely against people being cheerful to strangers in public, but still:

"Why have a cheesy grin if you are working in an awful supermarket?"
"It's the sign of either a liar or a moron"

[Aresen]

I think a smile and basic courtesy are essential for all front line staff but I do not like those who try to engage me in chit-chat. (Although there is a cashier that I have encountered so often at the local Walmart that we now always exchange a few comments.)

[nicole]

My feelings on this are different for grocery stores than most other places, because grocery stores are a locus of horror and it's not socially acceptable for me to tell them I'm going to go home and get intoxicated enough to stop thinking about the fact I'll have to eat again tomorrow.

[JasonL]

I like chit chat at specialty stores like wine shops in my case, but I hate it at the grocery where they don't know anything and people make jokes about a fennel bulb being a shrub or some kind of alien life.

Is there consultative value in this interaction even potentially? If no, stfu. If yes, I applaud the attempt even if not in the mood.

[Aresen]

My feelings on this are different for grocery stores than most other places, because grocery stores are a locus of horror and it's not socially acceptable for me to tell them I'm going to go home and get intoxicated enough to stop thinking about the fact I'll have to eat again tomorrow.

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[dead_elvis]

At the risk of overthinking this, I realize that in a grocery I don't mind chit-chat *if it seems sincere*. It's when they give off the vibe that they're just doing it because they are supposed to, or if there's a line and obviously neither of us should be taking more time than needed, that it's annoying.

[Andrew]

I'm pretty sure the last clerk who got super chatty with me was hitting on me. While flattering, dudes aren't quite my thing.

[Fin Fang Foom]

The Google Doodle today is of Sergei Eisenstein. It should be of Eisenstein reaching across time to shake Rocky's hand.

[Warren]

I object to being spoken to in a familiar way by anyone strange to me in all situations. The ones selling Jesus are the worst.

[Aresen]

I object to being spoken to in a familiar way by anyone strange to me in all situations. The ones selling Jesus are the worst.

This. Although I always thought that immediate-first-name-use was kind of an American thing. I have (mostly) gotten used to it, but I have been known to stop overly aggressive sales types by insisting they address me as "Mr. ______".

[tr0g]

German publishers write book titles on spines from bottom to top, even when they're publishing in English. I realize there is no logical reason for either direction. I'm also sure the Teutonic mind has some kind of alles in Ordnung justification for doing it that way, but it still looks weird.

[nicole]

I think all European spines face that way. All the non-English European-language books I have do, including French, Italian and Hungarian as well.