Random Rants 61

[choxorn]

It will help people get some élan, alright.

 

[Antilogic]

Well what do you expect to do with them? Putting them outside kills them too.

Let them hunt other pests?

This is why spiders and cats are awesome.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Cats try to eat your food. This is why you turn THEM into food. Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, all that.

 

[bhavv]

Let them hunt other pests?

This is why spiders and cats are awesome.

So just leave them to breed into the hundreds and thousands in your home?

 

[Takhisis]

Well, pardon my French.

 

[sophie]

Let them hunt other pests?

This is why spiders and cats are awesome.

If by awesome you mean "the most ecologically destructive species after man" then I agree. Don't let your cats outside people. The damage done to bird species in the west, particularly in the US has been nothing short of catastrophic.

 

[gay_Aleks]

The most ecologically species after man is also, coincidentally, man's pet. That doesn't say much nice about us.

 

[Antilogic]

If by awesome you mean "the most ecologically destructive species after man" then I agree. Don't let your cats outside people. The damage done to bird species in the west, particularly in the US has been nothing short of catastrophic.

A-duh! Man is awesome, and we have screwed up this planet's ecosystem to the max. Therefore, cats are also awesome.

 

[Takhisis]

The most ecologically species after man is also, coincidentally, man's pet. That doesn't say much nice about us.

The most ecologically what, Mr. Tolni? Destructive… or awesome?

 

[Phrossack]

If by awesome you mean "the most ecologically destructive species after man" then I agree. Don't let your cats outside people. The damage done to bird species in the west, particularly in the US has been nothing short of catastrophic.

Do cats approach the level of boar and pigs in general, though?

 

[Snerk]

Cats try to eat your food. This is why you turn THEM into food. Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, all that.

You eat cat food Tolni?

If by awesome you mean "the most ecologically destructive species after man" then I agree. Don't let your cats outside people. The damage done to bird species in the west, particularly in the US has been nothing short of catastrophic.

Or fix a collar with a small bell to your cat and any impact on the local wildlife will be greatly reduced.

 

[madviking]

today i got rejection emails to jobs i applied to in august. AUGUST.

WTH is wrong with hr nowadays

 

[Borachio]

Never - I said, never - let an old woman with poor eyesight and shaky hands cut your hair for you.

I don't think I shall go outside for a month. Or if I do, I shall keep my back to the wall wherever I go.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

I am 0 for 19 on short story submissions this year for publication/journals/contests and my latest submission just got ravaged by review. I think that when I get to like 0 for 50 I will just call it quits and live a despondent life in a cubicle, which is what I already do now anyways.

 

[Commodore]

I am 0 for 19 on short story submissions this year for publication/journals/contests and my latest submission just got ravaged by review. I think that when I get to like 0 for 50 I will just call it quits and live a despondent life in a cubicle, which is what I already do now anyways.

At least you have the courage to submit your writing. I have written several stories that my wife thinks are good and she's always trying to convince me to submit them, but I can never work up the nerve to actually do it.

 

[Hygro]

I have a friend who was a full time writer and his publication rate was in the single digits.

 

[jackelgull]

I have a friend who was a full time writer and his publication rate was in the single digits.

You don't need a lot of published works, just that one book or series that sells well.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

At least you have the courage to submit your writing. I have written several stories that my wife thinks are good and she's always trying to convince me to submit them, but I can never work up the nerve to actually do it.

You should do it, the vast majority of times you just get a robo email politely declining your story, and it's pretty painless relatively speaking. Are they short stories or novel length? The route towards publication is vastly different for the two.

I have a friend who was a full time writer and his publication rate was in the single digits.

Yeah but your friend probably has talent whereas I don't.

 

[Mango Elephant]

today i got rejection emails to jobs i applied to in august. AUGUST.

WTH is wrong with hr nowadays

What's your major?

 

[Hygro]

Sure he's talented, but he wrote 4,000 words a day pretty well every day, hoping something would stick.