Couch 220: Second To None!

LonesomeTonight · Oct 23, 2020 at 05:33 PM

H put our ballots in a ballot box a week ago. Got an email confirmation that they were received.

susannahsays · Oct 23, 2020 at 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by SlumberKitty

Possible trigger:

I am Southern Baptist but my Church is a bit renegade. We don't even like to advertise that we are Southern Baptist.

Interesting. The church I grew up in is also Southern Baptist, but sounds a lot different! However, my church was kicked out of the Southern Baptist Conference because of some differences in belief and practices around homosexuality, so I think we just did our own thing in general. I remember one time we got picketed by Westboro Baptist Church. It was horrible.

daisydid · Oct 23, 2020 at 06:51 PM

Am I bad for waiting until Election Day? I can’t be bothered to figure out where early voting takes place.

ElectricManatee · Oct 23, 2020 at 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Poll on what SD wears underneath her graduation regalia:

Another set of regalia

atisketatasket · Oct 23, 2020 at 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Google catio. Theyre so awesome!!!

My cousin with all the fosters had one custom made for her house. She’s in the running for Minion of the Year.

ArtieTheSequal · Oct 23, 2020 at 07:13 PM

I looked up those catios. Very cool!!

atisketatasket · Oct 23, 2020 at 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by SlumberKitty

Maybe it's about respect or ???? I don't know. stopdog, @@ you all are smart, do you know where that tradition came from?

It’s as old as universities, so 12th century. Early universities were founded by clergy, and they wore hoods and gowns. And there’s all kinds of semi-secret meanings in it—like the shape of a sleeve can tell you master or doctor.

As for what we wear underneath...I’ll never tell!

NP_Complete · Oct 23, 2020 at 09:19 PM

When I graduated high school, all the girls had to wear white robes while the boys wore a dark color. I never understood the need to segregrate us based on gender.

unaluna · Oct 23, 2020 at 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by NP_Complete

When I graduated high school, all the girls had to wear white robes while the boys wore a dark color. I never understood the need to segregrate us based on gender.

I went to public school, we all wore a dark color. But the catholic school girls, whether co-ed or girls only schools, wore white. Probably to prove they were still pure and innocent. /s

atisketatasket · Oct 23, 2020 at 09:38 PM

I guess I ate gluten accidentally, because dinner just came back up on me.

I feel like crap.

NP_Complete · Oct 23, 2020 at 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

I went to public school, we all wore a dark color. But the catholic school girls, whether co-ed or girls only schools, wore white. Probably to prove they were still pure and innocent. /s

I was wondering if "purity" had something to do with it. If I recall, we even had to wear a white dress under our gowns. This was Tennessee in the very late 80's, but a quick google search indicates this still might be a thing. In 2020, SMH. I can definitively state that I was not "pure" by their definition when I graduated high school no matter what color dress/gown I wore.

unaluna · Oct 23, 2020 at 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

I guess I ate gluten accidentally, because dinner just came back up on me.

I feel like crap.

I hate when that happens.

Still, imagine how crappy you were always feeling before?

NP_Complete · Oct 23, 2020 at 09:47 PM

It must suck to have problems with something that's so ubiquitous. I'm sorry you have to deal with that @@.

unaluna · Oct 23, 2020 at 10:39 PM

Ive gotten hooked on watching Kitchen Nightmares every night. 2 episodes in a row. Its very emotional, the kitchens and food are disgusting, and then everything gets cleaned up, people start acting right, and then everybody is happy. Then they check back 4 months later and see if the changes stuck.

Its like therapy.

chihirochild · Oct 24, 2020 at 06:24 AM

Working on getting myself up to go for a run but my bed is just so cozy...

Sent T an email last night about the longing I have for him to take care of me. I hate that longing so much—it feels pathetic to want that from a therapist (even though I *know* it is super common and would never judge anyone else for feeling that way) and it really hurts to so desperately want something I can never have. It feels like a primal need transferred on to him, something about my mom, maybe. But regardless of the etiology, it feels deep and scary and the hope of having it fulfilled is so enticing, feels like it’d fix everything that was ever wrong with me.

He won’t ever fulfill it, I know that. But I don’t know what to do with the enormous craggy pile of feelings.

LonesomeTonight · Oct 24, 2020 at 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by daisydid

Am I bad for waiting until Election Day? I can’t be bothered to figure out where early voting takes place.

It's not bad--I would just worry about really long lines.

LonesomeTonight · Oct 24, 2020 at 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

I guess I ate gluten accidentally, because dinner just came back up on me.

I feel like crap.

Ugh, hope you feel better soon.

LonesomeTonight · Oct 24, 2020 at 07:04 AM

I went to a public high school and graduated in the mid-'90s--same with us, with girls wearing white and guys black. Now I'm trying to remember what color I wore in college...I have more pics from high school graduation, so they stand out more in my mind.

ElectricManatee · Oct 24, 2020 at 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

It's not bad--I would just worry about really long lines.

But maybe they won't be very long because of the record-setting early voting and absentee voting? I guess it just depends on the number of polls in your area.

atisketatasket · Oct 24, 2020 at 07:57 AM

Around here mail-in and early voting are both popular, even before this year, so I’ve never seen a long line at my polling place even on Election Day.

I’ve been getting annoying texts from a state candidate’s campaign at least once a day. I don’t know why because this isn’t the party I’m registered with and I’ve never given any politician a donation so they didn’t get my name from a list. Finally a couple days ago I texted back “Please take me off your ****ing text list. Thank you.” And it worked.

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LonesomeTonight Always in This Twilight Member Since Feb 2015 Location: US Posts: 20,845 (SuperPoster!) 9 75.1k hugs given	Oct 23, 2020 at 05:33 PM #601 H put our ballots in a ballot box a week ago. Got an email confirmation that they were received.

daisydid Member Member Since Oct 2018 Location: the astral plane Posts: 493 5 375 hugs given	Oct 23, 2020 at 06:51 PM #603 Am I bad for waiting until Election Day? I can’t be bothered to figure out where early voting takes place.

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,309 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,794 hugs given	Oct 23, 2020 at 07:13 PM #606 I looked up those catios. Very cool!!

NP_Complete Grand Magnate Member Since Feb 2017 Location: the upside down Posts: 3,816 7 6,364 hugs given	Oct 23, 2020 at 09:19 PM #608 When I graduated high school, all the girls had to wear white robes while the boys wore a dark color. I never understood the need to segregrate us based on gender.

atisketatasket Child of a lesser god Member Since Jun 2015 Location: Tartarus Posts: 19,170 (SuperPoster!) 8 12.4k hugs given	Oct 23, 2020 at 09:38 PM #610 I guess I ate gluten accidentally, because dinner just came back up on me. I feel like crap.

NP_Complete Grand Magnate Member Since Feb 2017 Location: the upside down Posts: 3,816 7 6,364 hugs given	Oct 23, 2020 at 09:47 PM #613 It must suck to have problems with something that's so ubiquitous. I'm sorry you have to deal with that @@.

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,035 (SuperPoster!) 12 66.8k hugs given	Oct 23, 2020 at 10:39 PM #614 Ive gotten hooked on watching Kitchen Nightmares every night. 2 episodes in a row. Its very emotional, the kitchens and food are disgusting, and then everything gets cleaned up, people start acting right, and then everybody is happy. Then they check back 4 months later and see if the changes stuck. Its like therapy.

LonesomeTonight Always in This Twilight Member Since Feb 2015 Location: US Posts: 20,845 (SuperPoster!) 9 75.1k hugs given	Oct 24, 2020 at 07:04 AM #618 I went to a public high school and graduated in the mid-'90s--same with us, with girls wearing white and guys black. Now I'm trying to remember what color I wore in college...I have more pics from high school graduation, so they stand out more in my mind.