i hope cnn gets swine flu. and twitter, too.

[rone]

<rude_epiphany> http://xkcd.com/574/
<palecur> rude_epiphany: Error 509 funny not found
<ronebofh> palecur: see, that's what penny arcade is like for me all the time.
<rude_epiphany> error 305: postee doesn't give a fuck.
<rone> if anything, it runs right up with that inane CNN headline. ["Swine flu creates controversy on Twitter"]
<palecur> next on cnn: SUSAN BOYLE MAY HAVE SWINE FLU...DEVELOPING...
<rone> CAYLEE HAD SWINE FLU BEFORE SHE WAS ABDUCTED
<rone> NEW OBAMA PUPPY MAY HAVE SWINE FLU
<rone> AHMEDINAJAD DENIES HOLOCAUST, SWINE FLU
<rone> NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES SWINE FLU MISSILE
***rude_epiphany motions with his hand, "this is not the swine flu you seek."

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[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary." — Peter da Silva

[dagbrown.livejournal.com]

Peter da Silva

You misspelled "James Nicoll".

[tomscud.livejournal.com]

Or, if you like, james_nicoll

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Bah.

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

Actually, James Nicoll wrote that. He also coined the term "Brain Eater", to describe the mysterious animal that sucks away the talant and sanity of elder science fiction writers.

He may be most notorious for his long list of near-death experiences, the Nicoll Events: http://dd-b.net/NicollEvents/

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I first ran into "brain eater" to describe the behavioral change in ostensibly sane people who became paranoid xenophobes after 9/11.

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

It was in common use in rec.arts.sf.written in the mid 90s.

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

It still is, among the half-dozen or so survivors who grimly cling to rasf.written.

Admittedly, usenet had some really nice elements that say, livejournal doesn't have, but it's only a matter of time before usenet goes completely under.

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, there's a pretty decent overlap between the two categories.