Whatever.

[austin_tycho]

I hereby resolve to try not to ever let the W word escape my lips if I'm having a serious argument with someone I love, or in front of people I respect. It almost always means "I am going to stop arguing, but I still disagree and think you're an idiot." I still reserve the right to use it in discussions of, say, movies or music. But I just got in a big slug-fest over the fled Texas Democrats (does it matter to anyone that I don't even consider myself a Democrat?!) and had it thrown at me. Which is ironic, because it smacks of leaving rather than putting up with stupid shit- just like the Dems did. HA!

I should know better than to get into arguments over politics online. I definitely woke up on the wrong side of bed this morning. Perhaps it had to do with the dream I had where I looked into my 55g tank and saw that the black mollies and the black neon tetras had reproduced until there were about 100 fish each (I have 5 and 10 of each now, respectively), and they had eaten all the plants down to the roots.

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Amen.

[ossuarian.livejournal.com]

I absolutely hate hearing this word from someone I care about in almost any context. I didn't realize what an incredibly negative word it was until I was in an improv class (the Heroes of Comedy thing), and I used it in an exercize. In some contexts, it's nastier than a curse, because it's so aggressively apathetic.

The Democrat walkout was a poltical tactic rather than a means of dropping an argument. You can argue whether it's a justifiable tactic in this case (I think it was), but the people who think of it as a tantrum are missing the point.

I've been trying to analyze the dreams I hear about. I feel very productive of my fish (much good it does them, I'm down to few), and I hate my bad fish dreams. If I had this dream, it would be about fear of responsibility. I don't know your attitude toward you fish or your current life situation, so I don't know what it means to you.

Re: Amen.

[mielikki.livejournal.com]

...aggressively apathetic.

Exactly. Good description. I find myself using it when I am really frustrated. So I'm using it as an exclamation, more than as a means of communication.

but the people who think of it as a tantrum are missing the point.

THANK you. If I had a nickel for every bozo that called them cowards, I'd have enough nickels to put in a sock and beat them senseless with. Which I would never do, because that is wrong. but I may think of it still

One of my black neon tetras looks really fat, to the point where it's having to bust it's ass just to drift with the school. I can't tell if it's pregnant or has some sort of horrible tumor, and I've been wanting it hurry up and dump a load of babies (even if they just get eaten) so I'll know it's okay. Watching it struggle so much is painful. I don't doubt part of the dream came from this minor anxiety, but with most dreams I think a lot of it's also about being afraid of losing control of a situation, like the ones where your teeth all fall out.