Posts by Danielle
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I think I've got the hang of this - can I play, too?
No. You can only play if you are conversant with at least the basics of endocrinology, biochemistry, clinical chemistry, histology, physiology, cardiology and epidemiology. ;)
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I'm feeling some Ringo-love vindication right about now. Hooray.
Coincidentally, the other night we discovered and purchased this poster. It makes me laugh every. single. time. I look at it. If we hang it by the TV I could do myself an injury.
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And they don't even have a single timezone! It's just wacky.
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Sweet, so can I ask about how realistic the new head of surgery on Shortiesis, in their depiction of her Asperger's?
I'm sure Russell will be thrilled to know that there is going to be a new doctor-with-Aspergers character on his very favourite show, Grey's Anatomy , in the coming few weeks. Will he hold his nose and watch it? :)
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That clip deserves to be the object of a number of formal complaints to TVNZ.
I was incensed enough to send them a sharp little note via the web feedback form. Is there something a bit more... important we could do?
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Wow, what a revolting clip.
I just realised who he reminds me of, particularly when he says 'start a group' at the end there. It's David Brent. Who is meant to be a horrifying *caricature* of a complete arse. Not, like, an actual person.
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Wait. You're blaming this woman for being harassed because she should have known better than to go on the show in the first place?
Gosh. That line of reasoning sounds incredibly familiar. I wonder where I've heard it before...
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Meta: is anyone else finding it hilarious that this thread is now All. About. Scifi?
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No Sacha, apparently *I* am the only one who gets that. :)
I've just had to put up with a lot of attitude from you all day, that's pretty much where I got that conclusion. Because you took it personally. Conjecture. Could be wrong. Maybe you like stirring shit too.
Ben, I hope I have done you the courtesy of not speculating on possible faults in your personality, or your motivations, be they corrupt or pure, for having this argument. I would really appreciate it if you could do the same for me. Because we don't actually know each other.
As for not talking about your experiences, fine, you stick to your style. I personally like to hear from people who have actually tried things rather than just read about them, and I figure there are other people like me out there.
I am not saying that personal anecdotes are irrelevant. On the contrary, I often think they are useful and illustrative, and many people here have talked about their own lives. However, your *entire argument* is based on you and your experiences. That's not particularly helpful, and I think it's made your argument both weak in some places and completely wrong in others.
I kind of had an inkling that a tedious fight was in the offing the moment Danielle showed up and started ragging on me.
Dude, I have actually had less passive-aggressive crap from people I have seen naked. Could you, perhaps, save this sort of thing for people *you* have seen naked?
(I'm not saying your argument didn't irritate me, btw. It certainly did. But it was because it was, like, so *wrong*! Not because this is some personal vendetta of mine.)
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Danielle, I've got simpler advice for you: Don't take it personally.
Um, OK. I'll try not to take being called 'bitter to my very core' by someone who doesn't know me at all personally. I'm just a playah-hatah, I know, I know.
If you're talking about this discussion, I have been particularly careful *not* to talk about myself and my own experiences, because I don't think it's useful to universalise my own life and assume it will be relevant to everyone else. You might be familiar with that tactic? You've been using it for pages now.
I don't have PCOS. I don't have type II diabetes. I am squat, but I am not duplicitous about food. None of the things you think I'm taking personally are personal. I just disagree with you, because I think you are wrong. Accept it, dude.