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[94ssd]

Saw a girl who posted, "what if he's your Romeo, but you're not his Juliet?"

Then you're Rosaline

[chaospersonified]

Saw a girl who posted, "what if he's your Romeo, but you're not his Juliet?"

Then you're Rosaline

Unless you're Mercutio

[Loki]

You may also be Friar Laurence.

[chaospersonified]

You may also be Friar Laurence.

Nah, that dude had his chance to tell Lord Capulet that Juliet was married. Motherhugger squandered it. I hold him in disrespect, where Mercutio's a bit of a dick, but at least he's funny

[Thrillho]

Saw a girl who posted, "what if he's your Romeo, but you're not his Juliet?" and I really wanted to comment, "then you both get to fucking live next week, that's what".

Watching Baz Luhrmann's (sp?) Romeo + Juliet recently I was struck by just how idiotic it is that so many people consider that to be a great love story rather than the tragedy it's meant to be. They meet a total of four times, the fourth one being when they kill themselves, one of whom erroneously even if we were to consider them in true love.

[Akima]

"For never was a story of more woe
 Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."

[Thrillho]

I hadn't seen it since I was much younger, so I hadn't really conceived of it as a tragedy properly, really.

[chaospersonified]

It's not a proper love story, no, and Shakespeare didn't intend it to be.

The tragedy is that these two families are so obsessed with fighting they're ignoring everything. prince's decree, everything. The tragedy is that it took their childrens dying for Lords Capulet and Montague to figure their shit out and stop killing each other.

It's in the opening, really, how it lays it out, two households, both alike in dignity...

THEY'RE the protagonists, not so much Romeo and Juliet, the foils for the tragic scene.

[Method of Madness]

"Both alike in dignity" - both have none?

[chaospersonified]

"Both alike in dignity" - both have none?

They have dignity like Donald Trump has hair.

[Thrillho]

Surely it's about their perceived dignity in society, despite having murky goings on behind the scenes, and/or about how they perceive themselves?

[osaka]

Saw a girl who posted, "what if he's your Romeo, but you're not his Juliet?" and I really wanted to comment, "then you both get to fucking live next week, that's what".

I'm ded. I just came across this post and I would've spilled whatever drink I was having all over my keyboard and laptop if I were having one.

EDIT: I wonder if whoever made the lyrics for Hatsune Miku's "Romeo and Cinderella" was aware of all this when they made Miku say "Don't even think about using that name [Juliet] for me".

[Is it cold in here?]

It's a little weird to say to Siri "Tell my wife I love you".

[explicit]

And depending on grammar it could be really confusing for everyone.

[Is it cold in here?]

I wonder how many people are born on Labor Day.

[cesium133]

Rule #1 of news website comment sections: if you see someone with the username "not_a_bigot", their comment is going to be bigoted.

[94ssd]

You may also be Friar Laurence.

Nah, that dude had his chance to tell Lord Capulet that Juliet was married. Motherhugger squandered it. I hold him in disrespect, where Mercutio's a bit of a dick, but at least he's funny

Mercutio is absolutely a dick. Depending on the staging Romeo is either receiving an ass-kicking or actively walking away when Mercutio decides it's swordfight time in order to protect Romeo's honor. This after spending the preceding 5 pages lecturing Benvolio for being too hotheaded. And then with his dying breath curses both houses (which in Elizabethan theatre-world actually has implications) because he was killed in a fight that he ABSOLUTELY started.

He does have two of my favorite Shakespearean monologues though.

"A plague o' both your houses! Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat to scratch a man to death!"

[chaospersonified]

You may also be Friar Laurence.

Nah, that dude had his chance to tell Lord Capulet that Juliet was married. Motherhugger squandered it. I hold him in disrespect, where Mercutio's a bit of a dick, but at least he's funny

Mercutio is absolutely a dick. Depending on the staging Romeo is either receiving an ass-kicking or actively walking away when Mercutio decides it's swordfight time in order to protect Romeo's honor. This after spending the preceding 5 pages lecturing Benvolio for being too hotheaded. And then with his dying breath curses both houses (which in Elizabethan theatre-world actually has implications) because he was killed in a fight that he ABSOLUTELY started

My view on it's that Mercutio didn't start it, that WAS the houses and their little rivalry. Prince even tells them to cut the shit. Mercutio just didn't listen, stuck with the fight past when he should have stopped. Also, Tybalt was the aggressor in that particular engagement, putting HIM as the initiator or the fight. Mercutio just matched his energy. Basically, yes, he's at fault for his own death, but nah, he's not so much to blame for it.

Still a dick. Funny, one of my favorite characters in the play, but still, total asshat.

[Is it cold in here?]

Why is there so much difference between tightening a belt and belting a Titan?

[94ssd]

Had a very interesting conversation with a friend about how my overwhelming desire for what I perceive as fairness is what drives much of my decision-making, including many of my past poor decisions. It was a revelation that seemed more like it should've come out of a psychiatrist visit.

[explicit]

I don't want a baby right now, but sometimes I think I do just so I can lean up to my partner's belly while she's pregnant and quietly whisper, "hey baby... I fucked your mom".

That sentence is a pretty good example of I shouldn't have a kid yet.

[Method of Madness]

Oh, I'm totally gonna do that when/if I have a kid.

[jwhouk]

Stealing from Willis again, are you?

[explicit]

Was that a Willis thing? I'm glad I read him then. I forgot where I saw it.

I remember now, it was Mike. Mike is fun.

Still gotta do it

[chaospersonified]

If I ever have a kid, I definitely want the kind of father-son relationship where they can casually call me a motherfucker.
 
Playfully.

If they try it angry-like, that's when they hear about positions.

[Method of Madness]

Mike gets someone pregnant? So many spoilers >_<

[Is it cold in here?]

Am I disrespectful to my kidneys? They do vital work by means still only partly understood by science, but I take the product of their work and dispose of it in one of the most undignified ways possible.

[explicit]

Am I disrespectful to my kidneys? They do vital work by means still only partly understood by science, but I take the product of their work and dispose of it in one of the most undignified ways possible.

Oh God... are you peeing public showers?

[Metope]

Living in the US as a foreigner, I can safely say the most asked question I get has nothing to do with where I'm from or why I'm here, "Are you still working on that?" from servers. Why are your portions so huuuuge! And yes, I would like a box to put the leftovers in, thank you very much.

[Akima]

Portions in the USA are grotesque. Usually the starter alone is enough food for a platoon.

[jwhouk]

Admittedly, this is the reason why our nation is so freakin' obese. It didn't happen overnight, though.

[BeoPuppy]

Eating contests are obscene.

[explicit]

Eating contests are obscene.

I can eat 8 dogs. And then throw up for 2 days.

[Welu]

Living in the US as a foreigner, I can safely say the most asked question I get has nothing to do with where I'm from or why I'm here, "Are you still working on that?" from servers. Why are your portions so huuuuge! And yes, I would like a box to put the leftovers in, thank you very much.

The same any time for me I've visited. Then while I was in San Jose I went to a restaurant that was known for ridiculously huge portions. I probably could have lived off that one meal for the whole trip if it stayed safe to eat.

[Is it cold in here?]

Eating contests are obscene.

I can eat 8 dogs. And then throw up for 2 days.

I think I would throw up too. In my culture it's rude or even taboo to eat dogs.

[Method of Madness]

Living in the US as a foreigner, I can safely say the most asked question I get has nothing to do with where I'm from or why I'm here, "Are you still working on that?" from servers. Why are your portions so huuuuge! And yes, I would like a box to put the leftovers in, thank you very much.

The same any time for me I've visited. Then while I was in San Jose I went to a restaurant that was known for ridiculously huge portions. I probably could have lived off that one meal for the whole trip if it stayed safe to eat.

If I went there I'd probably share a meal or maybe get an appetizer as my meal. Or maybe I'd just go there for lunch after not eating breakfast and eat a meal because food is awesome.

[Welu]

I can't find any good photos of their meals but here's the link to the specific place.

Edit: Here's a photo of their meatball sub.

(click to show/hide)

[Metope]

I don't mind the big portions really, since I always get a box to go and that'll be my food for the rest of the day (possibly even next day). I've ordered half portions and appetizers and still had leftovers, and I never eat breakfast anyway. I have a feeling American food will stay undefeated.

[Akima]

"Doggie bags" and the like are not so useful when travelling, rather than living, in the USA, particularly travelling for work and staying in "road warrior" hotels chosen by your employer/client. You don't normally have refrigeration or cooking facilities to make use of leftover food.

[Metope]

That is true, there's been a few times I've ordered meals that don't spoil easily specifically because I knew we'd have to leave it in a hot car for hours, even though I wanted something else.

[LTK]

I don't know where it originated but "chuck it in the 'fuck it' bucket" is my new favourite phrase.

[BeoPuppy]

My kid has his first official play-date with someone in his class today. And I am nervous as all hell.

[Thrillho]

Somehow a work colleague of mine switched her keyboard layout on a Windows machine to a Mac keyboard layout, and now she can't find the pound sign. Anyone know what the keystroke is to change it back?

[LTK]

What is a Windows machine doing with a Mac keyboard layout? That just doesn't make sense. I think it's just changed keyboard language. That happens all the time when I accidentally press Ctrl+Shift, so you can press that to change it back, or click the keyboard/language icon on the taskbar in the lower right to change it.

[jwhouk]

Uh, the pound sign is shift-3, just like it is on WinPC boards.

[Method of Madness]

# or £?

[The Seldom Killer]

Do American's still call that the pound sign? I thought it had long since been replaced with hash following it's usage to prefix hashtags.

I suspect £ is the desired symbol as Thrillho is British and we don't like homonyms that we aren't responsible for.

[Method of Madness]

Definitely a pound sign.

[The Seldom Killer]

That reminds me of a joke.

Back in the 1860's a ship's captain was conducting battle against another vessel. When the enemy boat was undefeated after all canon and rifle ammunition had been used, he ordered his helmsman to ram them with the front of the boat. With a good wind, they were able to cripple their enemy but the crew remained fighting. Not wishing to risk his men's lives in sword fighting, he ordered that the enemy were cut down with arrows. Alas, when all of these were expended one lone enemy combatant remained and refused to yield. Clearly the man was determined and would fight bitterly to the last. So he summoned his bosun and commanded he take the cabin boy's fiddle and advance on their lone adversary while playing a jig. The bosun, a man with clumsy, broad fingers and ears ruined by years of canon fire rendered such a terrible tune that swiftly the forlorn sailor of the other ship threw down his sword and begged for mercy.

It was an Add Homonym attack.

[Thrillho]

She just reset her computer and fixed whatever the problem was. I assumed she'd already done that.

Guess I made an ass out of her and me.