Imponderables: Life, Sex & Pizza are all dictated by the stars
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Thursday, January 28, 2010 03:31
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Hey Averyfinecompanion...I hear your rant. I was at a sci fi con that James Marsters was guesting at in Sydney years ago. I was there with my good friend, and had the pleasure of meeting many like minded yet diverse people. Unfortunately there was a group of 3 Spike groupies who spent the whole day bad mouthing everyone else and giving out many of the "looks" you described.
I had done a good job of behaving myself at my friend's request (ie refraining from sicking it to the bitch-face-possie). but when I went to the bathroom, they were there reapplying their makeup. The meanest one was hurrumphing about all the freaks, geeks and nerds etc at the con and how awful it was to be around them. So I put my face close to hers and said "no amount of makeup you trowel onto your face is going to hide how truly ugly you are". she gaped and I left. later we heard one of the "mean girls" had come out of the bathroom crying. my friend was like "you did that didn't you?" "yup and I know kharma will kick my ass but it will be worth it".
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ROFL on the bathroom story, Boris. I know it's mean to laugh at others' misfortunes, but in situations like that, I don't blame your impatience. Bravo on humbling her. If she doesnt like all of the "freaks" at cons, perhaps she shouldn't go to them.
Aaaaaaaw MsA you shouldn't have posted that Bao recipe (guess what the bf is getting for dinner sometime this week? XD). It makes me hungry and gives me the strong urge to cook.
[minirant]It sucks when you get home at the end of the day and interwebs is not working. Sucks even more when you call the cable company and they can't fix it -_- even after you've been on the phone with them for an hour. I'm mildly annoyed because I like being able to check my email (can't get to my personal email from work), but it's more frustrating because the boyfriend needed to be online in order to do his homework, and couldn't do it.[/minirant] Anyone have a dedicated sourcebox I could use? lol.
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Morbid ponder: You hit a dog or cat or some obvious pet with your car. Do you stop to see if it's still alive? If it is still alive what do you do? What if it looks like it's clearly dying or if it looks like it's only slightly injured?
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Is it on a highway, or a town road? If it's on a town road I'd definitely stop, rush it to an animal hospital or call animal control :( On a highway it's kind of dangerous to stop, as much as it would break my heart to hit a puppy and keep driving :'( That ponder might make me cry.
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I'd have to stop. Even if it was stone dead. If I clipped it and I could see it was running on its way little more than shocked then id move on again it'll make its way home and they can deal with minor scrapes, but if it was dead or seriously injured id take it to a vet/the owner.
I remember I killed a bird once and I stopped to dispose of it. Bagged and binned it. Left in the street there would be kids soon poking it with sticks and kicking it at each other. So the bin was a more dignified way to go.
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I actually saw a kitty get hit last week, she (or he) limped away. That bothered me more then when I saw a person get hit with a car, she kinda rolled on top of the hood and came back down, it wasn't some crazy gruesome horror movie accident.
Both me and the driver kept going. There are so many stray cats around it would be sort of pointless to see if it had an owner. If it was a dog I might check to see if it had tags (at a distance, I'm sort of afraid of dogs I don't know).
So even though I am a cat person. I'd check if it was a dog, not if it was a cat. Just because roaming dogs are usually lost, and cats are usually just strays.
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So, this came up cause my friend read an article about a cat that got run over and it called it a "hit and run". She said there can be no such thing cause it's the owner's responsibility to keep their pets off the road. She also says that if she hit a pet she'd just keep on going cause it's not her fault.
That's just gross IMO. I don't care what the law says. That's an animal with feelings. It's owned by people who likely love the heck out of it. We live in a society. You should feel some obligation to stop and help if you can.
It's like saying you saw a robber shoot a cop and run away. You decided to just go about your business and leave the cop dying because it's the shooter's responsibility. It's preposterous.
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I'd feel very responsible if I injured or killed someone's pet. That's a family member you're killing right there. I'd feel like absolute shit if someone ran over my dog and didn't have the common decency to call me and let me know/apologize.
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I'm with Freelancertex on this issue. I would be devestated if someone hit my cat and just left it there. I would always stop and see what I can do. I wouldn't sleep well if i didn't.
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Originally posted by Zeek:
So, this came up cause my friend read an article about a cat that got run over and it called it a "hit and run". She said there can be no such thing cause it's the owner's responsibility to keep their pets off the road. She also says that if she hit a pet she'd just keep on going cause it's not her fault.
"Hit and run?" Not so much. Legally, it is the owner's responsibility to keep their animals out of the road. Your dog gets loose and causes a car accident? You can be in deep doo-doo.
Morally, if you hit an animal you should do want you can to check on it, take it to a pet emergency, etc. Don't just leave it laying there suffering. If you're on a highway...well, there's not a lot you can safely do in the situation.
If you are driving and an animal runs out...you really shouldn't swerve too much unless you are on the road alone. Injuring/killing the animal is unfortunately secondary to not causing an accident in which humans can be hurt or killed.
If the animal is a rodent, there is no moral responsiblity. It makes me sad to hit a squirrel...and I do my best to avoid them by yell at them to get them out of the road or whatevs...but if I hit it, I'm not stopping. There is one road...heading to my gym that I call "Squirrel Alley." Freaks me out when I'm riding on my scooter because those little speed bumps are going to cause me to crash with their "I'm gonna go. No, wait. I'm gonna stay. Sratch that, I'm going" decision making. They bring it on themselves.
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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw
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