Moron Nonce said he won't post again after the previous thread.
So...

Um, I need a question now, don't I?

Just because i think it is right to move the "Don't make us travel" Travellers on from Dale Farm I got called a NIMBY.

I take offence at that, I am not a NIMBY and I hate them. In fact, I'd hate to have one live near me.

What's the worst thing you've been called?
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 17:58, 184 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Old

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:02, Reply)

Aw, you're not old!
(Are you old? You may be old. I just thought that "You're not old" was the right thing to say to a woman who thought she was old...)
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:11, Reply)

I'm old enough.

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:27, Reply)

+ to know better, but young enough not to care.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:33, Reply)

Thanks for that Jeff.

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:34, Reply)

*senses angry Blousie*

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:35, Reply)

Nope!

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:36, Reply)

In which case... Yay!
I'm going to the supermarket. Want owt?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:36, Reply)

Wrinkle cream.

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:37, Reply)

r
( thealternativefact, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:38, Reply)

Hehe!

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:39, Reply)

*Adds to the list*

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:39, Reply)

people keep calling me Welsh

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:06, Reply)

There's lovely.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:09, Reply)

Made me laugh.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:38, Reply)

Recently, fat
that annoyed me a bit because it was so rude
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:17, Reply)

Was that me?
I was only kidding when I made that joke the other day
(Bazongaloid, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:23, Reply)

No some child in the street
two or three months ago.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:27, Reply)

Children don't count.
When I had very short hair and my nephew was a toddler, he used to think I was a man.
( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:28, Reply)

Wait, what?
*deals with new information*
( thealternativefact, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:29, Reply)

I say child
the little scrote was about 11 or 12. He didn't reckon on my six foot three brother chasing after him though.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:29, Reply)

I was once called 'the most handsome man in Aberdeen'.
I took offence at the geographical limitation.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:17, Reply)

and the lack of competition, I would imagine.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:18, Reply)

Indeed.
It was like taking gold at the special olympics.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:19, Reply)

Win or lose, you're still a mong!

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:22, Reply)

Win or lose
The car park is free.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:22, Reply)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vaO5oTDwY4
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:24, Reply)

I fucking love that song!
CSI Ambleside is a great, great album.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:26, Reply)

Ambleside is indeed a top album.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:31, Reply)

I want to get divorced
just so I can say that I am going to feed our children non organic food and with the money saved take them to the zoo.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:35, Reply)

I think that's the 5th grounds for divorce
in the UK
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:40, Reply)

The kids I went to school with used to call me jellybelly
particularly unkind as I wasn't actually that fat at school; I became much more so after leaving. When my dad found out, he started calling it me as well.

Cuntishness off kids, whilst not being entirely accepted, can be expected and tolerated. Cuntishness of that magnitude from ones parents cannot.
(berk, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:21, Reply)

Evening berk.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:21, Reply)

Maybe he was talking about your thinggy on top of your thinggy? It would be quite a cute nickname in that respect... I mean, if it didn't come from your dad or other children.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:29, Reply)

Cute for a girl, discuridging for a bloke.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:30, Reply)

Erm...

( thealternativefact, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:33, Reply)

Sometimes words leave my fingers/head before my head as filtered it.
Sometimes I need to learn to say "Hello, how are you?".
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:34, Reply)

NEVER FILTER
You're fine just the way you are.
( thealternativefact, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:36, Reply)

^this

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:38, Reply)

I'm actually quite glad that I'm not entirely sure what you're on about here Gonz.

(berk, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:36, Reply)

You were going to send me that link remember??

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:37, Reply)

Oh yes
I'll do that now.
(berk, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:39, Reply)

Let's back away slowly, smiling.

( thealternativefact, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:37, Reply)

I honestly believe this is for the best.
How are you doing Berk ? I've perfected how to cook steaks now, like, absolutly perfect. I had a ribeye last night and I couldn't tell between eating the fat and eating the meat. I don't think I ever thought once while eating it "Hmm, I'm chewing more than I should be".

Do you like steaks?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:39, Reply)

Oh god, I can't read this stuff anymore.
My mascara has smudged.
( thealternativefact, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:40, Reply)

Every girl likes a good bit of meat, Gonz.

(berk, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:45, Reply)

Well, that's good. I was in Al's Sainsburies today (sainsburys? What's the ploral? Do you ploral it? I donno. Isn't it "Sainsbury's Supermarket" because it belongs to someone, there are no squggly lines on that one).
and I got 3 ribeyes so I could do the same thing as last night and freeze too. They're in the fridge at the moment, and it's up to you, I can put two in the freezer, or one of them. I also have a whole butternut squash and will struggle to eat the whole thing, so it would be a big favour to me if you want some of that too. Otherwise, I'll cook half of it and then look at the other half and think to myself "Oh gonz, it's a saturday, why are you all alone on this night? Why should this night be different from all others?" and get morose.... or I'll roast all of it and I can have half tomo with a bit of pasta.

I'm not bothered, getting clinicly depressed for an evening or having it with a bit of pasta tomorow instead, eaither way is good for me. I think I'd rather not get clinicly depressed, I was last saturday night and it wasn't very nice, I ended up having half an uncelebratory banoffee pie.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:54, Reply)

Or if you fancy making it a threesome, I don't have to freeze any of them.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:55, Reply)

I'm sorry, but I didn't get past the first line without laughing, so I have no idea what you said.
Hang on and I'll try again.

I like you Gonz!
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:56, Reply)

Oh god!
The last line is even funnier than the first. You're a superstar, sir.

Don't get clinically depressed again, please.

Watch Dr Who and smile.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:58, Reply)

Thank you Scarpe, I'll try not to.
I can't really get into Dr Who, I'm too young to remember it from childhood and too old to remember it from the new ones. I'm the black hole of Dr Who'ism, really.

Although you've reminded me that I had some downloads in my download folder, I got that Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes film downloaded in watchable quality. I'll watch that, I like monkeys, they make me laugh.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 19:05, Reply)

Rise of the Planet of the Pugs
HOW FUCKING AWESOME WOULD THAT BE ?!?!?!?!
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 19:06, Reply)

That's really harsh
mind you my parents loved winding me up into a rage as well
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:30, Reply)

It was nothing to do with winding me up
and everything to do with being an insensitive, evil cunt.
(berk, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:33, Reply)

Dave
I mean, who the hell is called Dave?
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:23, Reply)

I think dave is

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:26, Reply)

and Dave is too.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:27, Reply)

And his friend Dave too.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:27, Reply)

Bastards, the lot of them

( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:27, Reply)

And Rodney.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:27, Reply)

hahaha
I wish I'd thought of that
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:28, Reply)

There is an album out on monday that I'm looking forward too, "Distraction Pieces" by Scroobius Pip.
Thing is though, I can't find a copy online, there is a few passworded fakes, but none where I can hear the music =( I'l have to wait 'till midnight on sunday. Ho Hum, I've been waiting ages and ages for it. In the mean time, I really like a lot (but not all) of Will Young's new album, and the new Example one too.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:27, Reply)

OH MAN, MIDNIGHT TONIGHT !

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:34, Reply)

Canadian

( thealternativefact, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:27, Reply)

You'll have to stop wearing those check shirts.

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:31, Reply)

Canadian, eh?

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:37, Reply)

I didn't start this thread with the intention of telling this story.
But I just remembered it.

I got called a cunt by John Hannah.

Techincally, what he said was "are you a Spurs fan?, because you are acting like one", but I knew what he meant.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:31, Reply)

Creepy.
Because smiling doesn't suit my face at all.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:49, Reply)

My step-dad got his teeth done recently because they were so bad.
I never realised how bad because he never smiles.
( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:57, Reply)

Oh for fuck's sake!
He wasn't a nonce and he was no stupider than your average 16 year-old. I may not have liked the little tosser but will this place be more entertaining without him?

No it fucking won't.

Well fucking done guys.

/pointless indignation.

Right off to put my son to bed back later.

PS, not pissed off at anyone in particular but it's all a bit stupid and it annoys me.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:00, Reply)

there's something in the air, everyone keeps floucing or leaving
perhaps it's time we all took a long hard look at ourselves

*looks*

*has nightmares*
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:03, Reply)

He'll be back.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:09, Reply)

They all come back for some Blousie loving.

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:12, Reply)

Do you get your son up everytime you post something?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:17, Reply)

*giggles*

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:17, Reply)

I'm going to the pub for a couple of hours.
Catch ya later.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:18, Reply)

Bye!!

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:19, Reply)

i'm going to watch dr who
It looks like a scary one, so you better all be here when I've scared myself too much to go downstairs*

*not in a rude way
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:21, Reply)

I'm going to iplayer it tomorrow with The Boy as we forgot it was on and missed it.
I'm tempted to have a sneaky peek now, but I'll be good.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:33, Reply)

not as scary as I thought
won't tell you any more though
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:12, Reply)

I don't think anyone drove him away
the fact no-one agreed with him or thought he was brilliant was what drove him away
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:21, Reply)

Whatever made him come here in the first place?

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:22, Reply)

Me.
I'm awesome innit.
( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:23, Reply)

You may be right.
And it may well be insults to his intelligence that were the final straw. But the constant cries of "Nonce! Nonce! Burn the which!" have become a bug bear of mine of late, as has the how, holier than thou judgemental attitude I've seen in response to some QOTW answers.

Again not pissed at anyone in particular.

It's probably just my time of the month.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:37, Reply)

*proffers chocolate*

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:38, Reply)

*eats choclate*
*wants cigarette*
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:49, Reply)

Besides, it's only the kids of scummy, negligent parents that allegedly get nonced up.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:43, Reply)

*fears for my son*

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:49, Reply)

An unprecedented sign of self-awareness.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:44, Reply)

I've eaten so much
that I don't think I can move off the sofa
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:42, Reply)

Not even a waffer thin mint.

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:43, Reply)

This feels like a quote
but I'm too bloated to even think. I haven't eaten that much actual food, but it's the first full big meal in ages
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:48, Reply)

Mr Creosote from the Meaning of Life.

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:50, Reply)

Mindpiss!

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:50, Reply)

I <3 chevrons

( G/PP &#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:57, Reply)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlK62rjQWLk
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:51, Reply)

I'd forgotten how disgusting that sketch was
and how funny. Sorry about your chevron Gonz.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:00, Reply)

Ahhh should've guessed that

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:06, Reply)

Monty Python, Meaning of Life
Mr Creosote
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:50, Reply)

Chevron

( G/PP &#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:57, Reply)

Amberl, it's a good thing you didn't come over for dinner tonight, I forgot to put the blue cheese on the steak until i was half way through eating it !
What a silly muggins I can be, I was sitting there eating it wondering why it isn't so nice when I thought to myself "I wonder what BGB's thighs looks like" and then it hit me, BLUE CHEESE !
( G/PP &#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:57, Reply)

Hahahahaha!

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:00, Reply)

While I'm sure it wasn't meant that way...
I suspect Blousie may not like her thighs being compared to blue chese
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:01, Reply)

Of course, I could be wrong....

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:01, Reply)

I'm sure he meant they were only for those of a more discerning palate.

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:03, Reply)

Well, this is of course true.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:03, Reply)

Naturally I'm not talking about those vains that old women get, but the pailness between them.

( G/PP &#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:11, Reply)

Ahhh! the milky white skin.

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:12, Reply)

I thought berk was coming over?

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:06, Reply)

knowing gonz he was hoping for a threesome.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:08, Reply)

She didn't let me know in time ! Silly girl, she's missed out, it's a real treat.

( G/PP &#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:17, Reply)

An actual answer to the question, not a rant.
Hmmm.

I think being told I was going through a mid-life crisis insulted me quite a bit.

I used to get called a hippy when I had long hair, or a Goth when I dyed it black, didn't like either of those.

Worst thing I've ever been called was a waste of breath, a waste of time and a waste of skin by some guy who'd only just met me, that was a bit harsh
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 20:47, Reply)

I used to get called Bombshell
at school, allegedly because I was so fat, when I jumped in the swimming pool, all the water jumped out.

In retrospect, had I known that whole blonde bombshell thing, I'd have been less insulted by it
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:19, Reply)

OH FUCK YEAH TOTALLY TALKING TO SCROOBIUS PIP ON FACEBOOK =DDDDDD

( G/PP &#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:16, Reply)

he's just a singer

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:17, Reply)

Was Dr. Who awesome?

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:18, Reply)

it was pretty good
i liked last week's better
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:20, Reply)

Yes, last week was good.
But then I like Amy as a character, nice to see here have a decent episode more or less to her self.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:21, Reply)

she gets a surprising amount of them
i suspect it's because boys all fancy her

one day I will be the assistant
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:22, Reply)

This may be the case.
However I like her character, so it's OK by me, one of the few assistants I've not hated.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:24, Reply)

I actually preferred Billy Piper believe it or not.

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:25, Reply)

I disliked her far less than I expected to, in fact she was quite good.
I think I prefer Amy though.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:26, Reply)

I don't like Amy. I can't put my finger on why but I do.

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:28, Reply)

Rampant gingerism.
that's what it is. Plus you want Matt Smith to your self.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:28, Reply)

Nah! he's too skinny for me.
I'd rather have Tom Baker.
( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:30, Reply)

i wouldn't turn him down
but I'd be thinking of david Tennant the whole time
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:31, Reply)

I prefered Dadid tennant
who is, if anything skinnier.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:31, Reply)

Speaking of gingerism
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/denmark/8768598/Sperm-bank-turns-down-redheads.html
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:32, Reply)

Oh dear!
We can't let the redheads die out.
( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:34, Reply)

i may ahve said this before many times
but I always wanted to be ginger
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:36, Reply)

Why?

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:37, Reply)

it looks cool
and my best mate when I was about 5 had bright orange-ginger hair, so of course i was jealous
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:38, Reply)

Amy & Rory are both great
and even david Walliams couldn't ruin today's episode for me.

And,by the way, I didn't really think that other bloke was a nonce. I actually doubt there are any genuine nonces on B3ta, at least among the ones that have posted nonce like stories. I suspect that people that way inclined wouldn't be dumb enough to write about it.

I did think that bloke was a fucking idiot, mind, but also I may have been a bit grumpy this afternoon I think. I probably should have ignored him, rather than give him shit though.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:36, Reply)

i think I'm in a minority for actually liking Donna
but I never watched whatserface's comedy series, which seems to be a reason lots of people disliked her character. I just liked how she was properly a strong character without being all cool as sassy
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:25, Reply)

SHe wasn't bad at all
and I connot stand Catherine Tate, but she was alright. Not disliked and of the assistants in the news stuff, well Rory is a bit wet.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:28, Reply)

there is a bad habit of the current run to make
male characters a bit pathetic. Done once or twice, fine, but it always seem to happen that they are (at least at first) a bit crap
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:30, Reply)

Except Captain Jack.
Good point though, it's not just Dr Who, it's society as a whole, not sure why but men being portrayed as strong, competent or anything other than a bit weak and helpless is getting increasingly uncommon.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:33, Reply)

I don't think that's exactly true
we're just moving away a bit from the idea that all men should be strong and rescue weak women.

edit: I accept I am the lone voice of my kind of feminism here though :P
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:35, Reply)

Maybe not exclusively true, but there's a strain of it.
Probably a reaction, I agree. I prefer strong characters, be they male or female, but i'd rather the one wasn't at the expense of the other.

fuck it if I carry this on I'll probably come across as a sexist and I'm really not.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:39, Reply)

You always make me do the washing up when I visit : (

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:40, Reply)

ANd the housework.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:43, Reply)

Yeah well
I think if you totted it up, the number of women abused, raped and helpless in films as compared to men will still probably FAR outnumber men. We're just not used to seeing those roles reversed so it sticks in your mind more than the countless examples of strong competent men and weak women.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:41, Reply)

while your point is true
I think the newer tendency to make up for it by making men look crap and women cool helps no one. I want the right to be crap sometimes, too
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:44, Reply)

I'd rather it was that way round myself, than the other.
though the best solution would be to have strong men and women, but try and avoid gender stereotyping, so you don't always have a sweet female doctor masquerading as being of actual use.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:45, Reply)

I think better would be to think of
characters not necessarily as strong or weak, but as rounded. I'm crap at a lot of things, I need to see faults in characters before I can identify.

I think making female characters without flaws (which is something which does keep cropping up, along with the fact they have to be skinny and pretty) makes them more alien and actual demonstrates an idealised male gaze...blah blah blah..boring myself now
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:50, Reply)

Yes, you are of course totally right.
I don't know what I was on about. I'll shut up now.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:44, Reply)

I have a strong feeling you don't agree
but that's okay. Like I said above I have my own specific brand of feminism
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:46, Reply)

call it Post-feminism
there are enough versions of that that one's bound to fit and if it doesn't, just claim everyone else has misunderstood the meaning of post feminism
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:48, Reply)

it's not a winnable argument
and nothing to be gained from rerunning it again. Me apologies.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:49, Reply)

it's a valid discussion
there are no winners in contemporary cultural theory
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:51, Reply)

Better you have it than me then
We pretty much agree, but you articulate better and there's less chance you will be assumed to be biased.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:54, Reply)

oh i absolutely don't
I'm well aware that the points I'm making just aren't clear enough when I'm typing. I either need a month to write it up in or the person right in front of me so I can rant until they get tired and just agree with me
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:58, Reply)

I didn't say you were good, just better than me.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:59, Reply)

The problem is that it's very difficult to let go of feminist rants when there are still so many women suffering at the hands of patriachal socities.
Until they have caught up to the western world, (and we still have a way to go), it's difficult to sit back and relax a little.
( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:59, Reply)

this is true, has been for a while
i suspect a part of it is a complete misreading of feminism by a shit load of people. Especially since it's so hard to find clumsy women on TV, now - they have to be pretty, sassy and cool to be a character. I feel sidelined.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:36, Reply)

On a related note.
I was listening to a singer the other night she had a jolly little ditty about her boyfriend being in a coma and her preferring it that way. I was finding it mildly amusing until I swapped the genders in my head and realised that if is was a bloke singing about how he liked it that his girl friend was just a lump of meat and he didn't have to put up with her whining it'd be horrific.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:42, Reply)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5b_V68mQ9k
( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:44, Reply)

I think something like that
and our reactions to it have to be read in the context of all media so far. Still, seems mean on the poor unconscious guy
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:45, Reply)

Finally found it.
just wanted to link it as I think I failed to describe it well.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFm-OyY1LlA
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 22:04, Reply)

Did she dump him?

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 22:15, Reply)

pulled the plug
see link above for details.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 22:16, Reply)

I blame the female hormones in the plastic food containers.

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:36, Reply)

and contrails

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:36, Reply)

And the Conservatives.

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:38, Reply)

But Rory isn't weak
I think that's the point of his character arc. He seems weak at first but when push comes to shove he will stand up to anyone. The way he confronted The Doctor last week was fantastic.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:38, Reply)

this ^
also, there have been some great moments which show how him and Amy work well as a couple
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:39, Reply)

^ this
he's a character who isn't traditionally strong, but manages to generally do the right thing and stick to his beliefs
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:39, Reply)

You're right.
Maybe it's just that he's someone I'd not get on with, because he is too nice. this is my personality flaw, not his.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:46, Reply)

Catherine Tate is better at acting than writing.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 22:18, Reply)

SO it would seem

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 22:23, Reply)

The thing is though, some of the stuff he's written, without sounding like a teenager, really strikes a cord with me.

( G/PP &#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:20, Reply)

it was a reference to that tune, gonz
you know that '..just a band' one
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:21, Reply)

Ahh, I thought so =)

( G/PP &#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:31, Reply)

Tell him I said hi.

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:17, Reply)

Ooh, I've been called allsorts lately...
Especially since the start of this weeks QOTW.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:44, Reply)

Well, this is evidently because you are a totally evil scumbag.
/someone how has not been around long enough to know the history and does not care about it.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:47, Reply)

ASDATEEF

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 22:11, Reply)

earlier on I left the room to get booxe
while in the kitchen the pigs squeaked at me to get them carrot. I returned with carrot and completely forgot the booxe
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:55, Reply)

THis show's the true balance of power.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 22:00, Reply)

Or she has guinea pigs that can do mind control.

( girlinthehole, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 22:01, Reply)

perhaps the power of the two of them together
is greater than my own psychic defences. This is probably right, actually :(
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 22:02, Reply)

Come and play with us Cavy...
forever and ever and ever
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 22:05, Reply)

must...eat...dandelion...leaves

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 22:07, Reply)

run, run now
while you still can.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 17 Sep 2011, 22:05, Reply)