Moments of Permanence - The extraction of poisoned barbs

From: smillaraaq.livejournal.com Date: May 16th, 2009 03:40 pm (UTC) (Link)

Grrrr. I'm sorry you had to deal with that idiot. And noting his size and appearance is perfectly relevant, since while his comments would be every bit as presumptuous and offensive coming from someone slim and toned, in this case they're coming along with an added level of eye-rolling hypocrisy and double standards.

(And good on you for squelching the DST nonsense! That's one thing I will never, ever get used to after growing up in a state that ignores it, and no, more than a decade now of living under that sleep-disrupting headache has not overcome my resistance in the slightest -- if anything, I'd say I hate it more and more with each passing year.)

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From: sami Date: May 17th, 2009 02:50 am (UTC) (Link)

I know. I have this element of "well, I may be fat, but you know what - I've showered recently" going. *cough*

I only realised afterwards the degree to which I usually feel physically threatened by guys like that (which used not to bother me, since I could handle myself in a fight, but since being debilitated by chronic pain I've lost that confidence), but didn't at all then - because I was with my brother-out-law, who is deceptively strong, very fast, and protective of me. It's this forcefield of "I know you can't touch me, because my big brother will TAKE YOU DOWN if you try." So ultimately it's a giant relief that Chas was with me, at least.

As for DST: Yeah, it's stupid. Western Australia has *always* ignored it, and people keep agitating for it, so every few years we have a referendum, and people vote against it. (Which is why many of us were extremely pissed off at the forced observance for three years as a means of trying to overcome resistance.) The biggest whine tends to come from people who have to do business with the Eastern States, and object to the increased time difference during summer. The strongest objections tend to come from farmers.

There was an article in one of our newspapers (which had a distinctly anti-DST editorial slant) featuring interviews with stockbrokers who complained that they had to be at work really really early during summer without it.

My sympathy was not evoked.

Things are looking good - over 70% of the vote counted before they knocked off for the night, and we've got about 55% no. It's more-or-less guaranteed it's been shot down again. Hopefully the fact that the margin is *bigger* than before this time means this topic can finally die in this state... but sadly, I doubt it.

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From: smillaraaq.livejournal.com Date: May 17th, 2009 01:59 pm (UTC) (Link)

There was an article in one of our newspapers (which had a distinctly anti-DST editorial slant) featuring interviews with stockbrokers who complained that they had to be at work really really early during summer without it.

My sympathy was not evoked.

Oh, cry me a river. Do the folks doing business internationally want to shove the time adjustment around even higher while they're at it, just so they don't have to be the only ones shifting their alarm clocks about? Pathetic.

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