Not actually today's post

[jlh]

To my fellow Manhattanites: The mayor just gave a press conference and thinks that the smell is more likely the chemical that makes natural gas smell, than the natural gas itself, as there is no evidence of a gas leak. I thought it smelled more like heating oil, myself, though it has dissipated from my neighborhood at this point.

In other news, the non-fandom wank that makes you feel oh so much less crazy, just in case you haven't seen it yet.

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[pinkfinity.livejournal.com]

Are there any icons from that wank yet?

[evil-erato.livejournal.com]

Oh Clio - did you have to use the cowboy icon with that wank link? :)) *dies*

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Yes, but only because I don't still have any of seamus_f's Leigheas icons.

[mahoni.livejournal.com]

The wank: oh my. *fascinated* Can those people possibly be for real?

[jlh.livejournal.com]

The thing I always love about wanks is the way people have accepted the Big Crazy Thing and are just fighting over Some Small Point, and an outsider looks at it and says, but, what about the Big Crazy Thing? I mean, this woman doesn't even care that he sleeps with his horses; she just wants him to be a little more affectionate and not get jealous when she has other lovers. Just taking that furry thing a little too far, man.

On the poly's wank thread there's all these links to other crazy shit this guy has said and what amazes me is people who like to constantly talk as though they are a horse and put things like, "stomps foot and shakes mane* into their comments. Like, wow, this is a whole lifestyle for you, isn't it?

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

That's the most amazing wank I've seen in...ever, I think.

[greyandgrey.livejournal.com]

The best part is that it's actually not all that wanky, especially compared to wanks that go on in fandom. For the most part, it's a very civilized discussion and nobody but that callmesilver character got insulting.

Siriusly, we can't keep civil when someone suggests that our OTP is OOC and these people are having a rational debate about the implications of a guy fucking his horse on his Polyamorous identity.

It's like the less sane the topic, the more sane the discussion.

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

That's a great point. It really highlights where the crazy is. Nobody's exaggerating or trying to make it worse than it is. Their reasonableness speaks louder than any wank.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

In that way it reminds me of that old ST:TNG vs. the furries wank, where the ST:TNG RPS'ers were really nice, but confused by the furries trying to take over their RPG. Like, why would Data be a furry? It was excellent.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Maybe because everyone can agree on what is or is not crazy. Wank usually comes from one bunch of people going, "Damn, you crazy" and that bunch saying back, "Excuse me, YOU crazy."

[dizzledee.livejournal.com]

WAH.

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

OMG.

[piperki.livejournal.com]

Oh my god. That is really disturbing, even if it is all made up. Yeesh.

[nmalfoy.livejournal.com]

His wife is a horse?

His wife is a horse?

His wife is a horse? His "soul mate" is a HORSE?

I just can't wrap my brain around it all. I did find it amusing that he posted about wanting "her" to be monagamous. Then he mentions she might be pregnant. News flash, dude: It isn't yours.

Maybe he was Catherine the Great in a past life.

His wife is a horse. *shakes head* This will never make sense to me, as long as I live.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

What's odd is what a selfish asshole he is, really, because he sleeps with these horses, and here is this totally accepting woman, who wants to be with him, and all she wants is to be with others as well, and that's got him all pissy. Also, that these people are playing out their relationship on LJ which is always sort of gross.

Oh, and then on top of that the vague but still polite bafflement of the polys.

[nmalfoy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I love how it's okay for *him* to share the love, but not her. I can't imagine what kind of woman would be happy being second to a horse, but she must be an amazing person to put up with an assmunch like that.

And yes, it's interesting how the polys are actually sort of British about the whole thing.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

No, I think she actually has a relatively low opinion of herself to put up with his shit for longer than ten seconds, even without the horses, because he is a DICK.

I have no time for those people who are all, "animals don't expect anything from you, they're love is pure." And it's like, no, their love is based on your feeding and caring for them, really. THAT's what they expect from you. And saying that people suck just because they want to be treated well is obnoxious; if YOU can't handle human contact then maybe YOU are the one with the problems.

You know, the internet is sadly making me lose my sympathy for people who have social issues, rather than gain it.