Posts by Lilith __
Last ←Newer Page 1 2 3 4 5 Older→ First
-
Capture: Autumn lite, in reply to Nora Leggs,
Nora, your "ideal house" reminded me of this one, our former City Council building.
-
More snow patterns.
-
Snow melting in the this morning’s sunshine.
-
A particular NZ child-rapist claimed his 8-y.o. victims were consenting. He didn't "force" them.
While I agree that underage sex is not necessarily exploitative, in some cases it sure is.
-
Hard News: The Messenger God, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
I am still disconcerted by people seemingly talking (loudly) to no one in particular in public.
Handsfree technology makes it nearly impossible to tell who's mad and who's just on the phone. ;-)
-
Hard News: The Messenger God, in reply to Graham Dunster,
My experience of pre-mobile-phone public transport is people staring into space without making eye contact. Not much of a loss.
Cross words.
Who's cross? Just an observation. It's what most people will do if stuck at close quarters with strangers.
-
Hard News: The Messenger God, in reply to Augusta Grayson,
I was talking to a friend last night who was lamenting the days when people would talk to each other on a train ride, instead of all staring intently at their mobile screens.
My experience of pre-mobile-phone public transport is people staring into space without making eye contact. Not much of a loss.
I do wonder how much always checking a phone absents you from your surroundings, though. I intentionally have my phone set up for voice and txt only, so I'm not tempted to carry the internet around with me.
-
I think we're still figuring out conversational norms and etiquette for the internet.
It's not like we don't shoot our mouths off sometimes in face-to-face conversation. There's no preview and no delete! Although apologies, retractions or explanations can be immediate, rather than days-long.
-
Great stuff. Look forward to seeing the book.
-
OnPoint: What Andrew Geddis Said, But…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
I have a hope that Key and cronies’ ‘Anchor Projects’ in Chchch (amongst other equally egregious decisions) will eventually deep six them next election…
Something’s got to give!This article caused me to shout at my computer today. Yes, the big expensive civic projects CERA is insisting we must have (the covered stadium, the convention centre, etc.) must be paid for by selling our local council’s assets.
Chch ppl don’t want these white elephants, and we can’t afford them. We DO want our democracy back. We have a right to self-determination.
Not meaning to threadjack, but.
