Gah, I meant, I don't starve myself to offset the calories in my alcohol. Oh fuck it, you know what I meant.
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Thursday, 28 May 2009 16:52 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm scared of an Al Queida attack now. remember the summer before 2001, everyone was freaking out about SHARKS. maybe it's
THE SUMMER OF THE HUG.
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 28 May 2009 16:53 (fifteen years ago) link
DADS ARE THE NEW MOMS
plz plz plz plz confirm that this is not a childbirth article
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 28 May 2009 16:54 (fifteen years ago) link
you'll have to click and find out
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 28 May 2009 16:54 (fifteen years ago) link
fwiw, i def know a dude who is a drunkorexic---like, "no I didn't eat lunch today, but I am going to have a million beers" and is very upfront about it. it's weird?
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Thursday, 28 May 2009 16:55 (fifteen years ago) link
ok lol in the sidebar on the DRUNKOREXIA article:
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/05/13/theater/Critics600.jpg
Find the one that's different!
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 28 May 2009 16:57 (fifteen years ago) link
DRUNKOREXIA HAS MANY FORMS
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 28 May 2009 16:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I am starting to think Geoffrey Rush has a "silly facial prosthetic" clause in his contract, similar to Samuel L. Jackson's "fucked-up hair" clause.
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:01 (fifteen years ago) link
dont know if its been mentioned enough that this was a front-page story for the new york times
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Va. School's No-Contact Rule Is a Touchy Subject
Fairfax County middle school student Hal Beaulieu hopped up from his lunch table one day a few months ago, sat next to his girlfriend and slipped his arm around her shoulder. That landed him a trip to the school office.
Among his crimes: hugging.
Connecticut School Bans Physical Contact
East Shore M.S. Outlaws "High-Fives," "Hugging" And Horseplay Of Any Kind; Violators May Face ExpulsionMILFORD, Conn. (CBS) ―
A Connecticut middle school principal has laid down the law: You put your hands on someone -- anyone -- in any way, you're going to pay.
G-20 Gossip: No Touching, Please
According to video of the Obamas visit to Buckingham Place today, the First Lady briefly touched Queen Elizabeth on the back during a reception there for G-20 leaders, and that is, apparently, a huge social no-no. We just turned on SkyNews, which was airing a panel on the apparent faux pas. “You don’t touch the queen!” one red-face analyst insisted. “You don’t touch her!”
― Derelict, Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:10 (fifteen years ago) link
"Hugging. How ethnic."
― caek, Thursday, May 28, 2009 6:40 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
"what is this, the italian parliament?"
― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:13 (fifteen years ago) link
god help us all that this merits trend pieces
― Beatrix Kiddo, Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:15 (fifteen years ago) link
and i thought UK newspapers had the market cornered on dumbass moral panics
― Vokuhila (latebloomer), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:16 (fifteen years ago) link
http://gentlepony.com/pics/nuclear-arms3_green.gif
― would you ask tom petty that? (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:30 (fifteen years ago) link
(anything you can't accomplish with nuclear arms is obv kinda suspect)
http://www.photobasement.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/huglife.jpg
― would you ask tom petty that? (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:31 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^^^^^ "know" the person with that, BTW
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:31 (fifteen years ago) link
do you hug her?
― would you ask tom petty that? (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:34 (fifteen years ago) link
nnnooooooooooo
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:35 (fifteen years ago) link
The hipster bandanna and the green waist/fanny-pack take it from mostly lol to kinda sad.
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:36 (fifteen years ago) link
A friend in response to the hug story:
"So this is what happens as the New York Times dies? The travel budget doesn't allow them to go and cover real stories, so the farthest they can go is Montvale, NJ?"
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:38 (fifteen years ago) link
by 'know' i mean that she is an 'active member of the chicago cycling community, so we've maybe met'
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:42 (fifteen years ago) link
i like the existence of this article. i've been noticing something with regard to hugs -- i generally like them a lot but i'm also a fan of knowing when you just don't have to.
― Surmounter, Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha, this article totally made my morning, actually. My favorite bit is the mother's complaint:
“I hug people I’m close to. But now you’re hugging people you don’t even know. Hugging used to mean something.”
HUGGING USED TO MEAN SOMETHING
― nabisco, Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Yah gbx, I was hoping you meant "biblically", but it seemed unlikely, so...
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:46 (fifteen years ago) link
xp lol straight out of the "society is in the gutter" thread
― Is because I think a lot of the music you like is flowery? (call all destroyer), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:46 (fifteen years ago) link
WHEN I WAS YOUNG HUGGING WAS A SPECIAL, PRIVATE THING YOU DID WITH YOUR HUSBAND OR GRANDPARENTS
WHY BUY THE COW WHEN YOU CAN HUG IT FOR FREE
― nabisco, Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:46 (fifteen years ago) link
lol too good
― Surmounter, Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:47 (fifteen years ago) link
http://rlv.zcache.com/cow_hugger_customized_tshirt-p235980188855609446ncgq_210.jpg
― Chaki Demus & Pliers (ENBB), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:49 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, def not laurel, as the lady in question is actually trans-gendered iirc
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:49 (fifteen years ago) link
> “Bromance,” which is now a widely used term for affection between straight male friends.
Easily as widely used as "man-date"!
― Subtlest Fart Joke (Oilyrags), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
MOST POPULAR
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― would you ask tom petty that? (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:07 (fifteen years ago) link
poll
― pimpagon (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:08 (fifteen years ago) link
#4 was actually kind of good. It trailed off when the auth had to decide what point he was making, but it didn't suck.
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:22 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought the internet was going to put an end to human contact
― bnw, Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:40 (fifteen years ago) link
actually thought this article was interesting. I grew up in jersey, where eye contact with strangers was considered verboten and acquaintances who wanted to hug you were to be eyed with deep distrust and suspicion. the point made about the virtual world causing an unusual overcompensation in the physical world is an interesting one, as is the point about parental overprotection and playgroups encouraging trust among youth. interesting enough that I wish there were more exploration of the implications than the standard "kids say no big d, parents freaked", and maybe some examples from somewhere else besides montclair and manhattan (nyt travel budget haw).
glad you guys are wringing lols out of it tho
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:42 (fifteen years ago) link
edward you sound kinda bummed about this, maybe you need a hug
― dulce est desipere in loco (Euler), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
touch me and I'll shiv you
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Hugging - the new "electronica"
― the next grozart, Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:47 (fifteen years ago) link
thinking about my own social circle, I hang with people ranging from early 20s to early 40s and I have to say hugging is much more predominant among those on the younger end
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:49 (fifteen years ago) link
also more predominant among the drunks
So that's everyone then.
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:50 (fifteen years ago) link
drunks with hugs
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:50 (fifteen years ago) link
I mean everyone I know.
While social mores may shift rapidly in our modern "hookup culture," etiquette dictates that hugging is the preferred method of greeting at a "rainbow party"
― nabisco, Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
At a more formal "pharm party," however, you should simply introduce yourself via text
actually laurel I classify my friends as the drinkies, the drinkers, and the drunks
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
drunks are a very special and rarefied breed
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:53 (fifteen years ago) link
tbh i find it genuinely disturbing that ANYBODY is getting worked up about hugging
― Vokuhila (latebloomer), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:55 (fifteen years ago) link
what if yr having a particularly intense hug w/someone you kinda "like"
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 28 May 2009 19:03 (fifteen years ago) link
right, well if the nyt wants to aim for page hits above uh, fact-based articles, they can do a lot better than this
― iatee, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 00:14 (fifteen years ago) link
they're usually spottable insofar as their tone's just weaselly and anecdotal and question-filled, like "could these uncertain indicators and observations maybe suggest that possibly X? Bob Abernathy thinks so, though he admits that statistics are vague; here is an interesting story about some guy that does X and says all his friends do too"
― nabisco, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 00:15 (fifteen years ago) link
(the Heffernan absolutely does that, but I've always felt like a magazine column is the main spot that's acceptable)
― nabisco, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 00:16 (fifteen years ago) link
in the print copy, it's pretty obv that there's a difference between the magazine and the newspaper, but the website doesn't particularly highlight that difference. I mean, it says 'magazine' on top, but I imagine 50% of the people who read this don't even know what the nyt magazine refers to.
― iatee, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 00:19 (fifteen years ago) link
but I imagine 50% of the people who read this don't even know what the nyt magazine refers to.
You don't?
― what happened? i am confused. (sarahel), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 00:35 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.xtcian.com/RonJodiIan2VAWed(bl).jpg
The walls between realities must be getting thin, bowtie guy is clearly alt-world Greg Kinnear.
― brookedel, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 08:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Ladies and gentlemen
In her debut column, Virginia Heffernan writes about a series that explores both coal-mining narratives and reality TV.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/03/mining-reality/
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Monday, 4 April 2011 13:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Welcome Back Virginia! A wonderful writer that truly understands the digital culture as well as the pop one, i followed 'Screens' & 'The Medium' , and was pleased to see your pic and news of this 'debut' column. Your voice has been missed in it's own space.
― the pinefox, Monday, 4 April 2011 13:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Perhaps the paywall went up so these people, including commenters, could be more readily isolated and contained.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 4 April 2011 13:47 (thirteen years ago) link
this seems vaguely relevant here
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/the-other-side/william-duncan-state-school-bans-children-from-rolling-up-sleeves-on-jumpers/story-e6frfhk6-1226107452535
― Who? Well, I've never heard of Mogwai. (electricsound), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 22:54 (thirteen years ago) link
amazing picture with that story
― om nom nom nnamdi asomugha (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 23:30 (thirteen years ago) link