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	angel_dust 2003-08-18 06:55 pm UTC (link)
	I love the part where theslut said "you had to go all white girl!" I forgot that all white people should be ashamed of that fact and do their damnest to "act" as if they're part of some other race (which would, naturally, invite just as much mocking). =P Methinks theslut doth live in a roach-infested hovel. (Reply to this)(Thread)

sorchar
2003-08-19 01:54 am UTC (link)

Eyah, I noticed that too. Because disliking roaches is something only a white person would do. So really, that's insulting people of other races, by saying that they're quite comfortable with them.

And ya know, it's not like it was just ONE bug or something. I got the creeps just reading the entry, and I've lived with roaches before. Despite my race, which should apparently have entitled me to a bug-free life, I had to put up with them a lot while growing up, because the climate was just perfect for them and we lived in apartments. Yeah, seeing one or two roaches run for cover when you turn on the light is no big deal, but that poor girl had a fucking invasion going on.

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sidewinder
2003-08-19 02:21 am UTC (link)

Yeah, I was reminded of my aunt's old Manhattan shithole apartment--there were roaches everywhere; you couldn't leave a bag of food sitting unwatched for more than a few minutes before it would be crawling with the suckers.

I once had to spend the night sleeping there and the whole time I kept imagining (or maybe not) the little buggers crawling all over me. It was horrid. So I totally understood that gal's misery.

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	Re: sorchar 2003-08-19 02:57 am UTC (link)
	I had one crawl up on my leg while I was in the bathtub once. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fandom_bitch 2003-08-19 07:43 am UTC (link)
	You know, I should NOT come back to this post and read the comments. I'm getting all wiggy now and am currently watching all areas of my apartment for fear of seeing the huge honking godzilla sized roaches I'm sure will jump out and molest my person. Brrrrr.... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	har soy_latte 2003-08-18 07:25 pm UTC (link)
	"f.x.ing" ... that's a f*king new one. Anyway, that bugs* the hell out of me. Either type the word without censoring it or don't use it at all. We all still know what you are really saying. Although, I am fond of the word farking, myself. Just cause it's funny. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: har tempslut 2003-08-18 10:35 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe she meant faxing! As in, "Today, The pimp faxed me, then made me go to McDonald's to get him a Quarter Pounder!" It works both ways! (Reply to this)(Parent)

Gittin' all serious now...

fandom_bitch
2003-08-18 10:48 pm UTC (link)

Ew, ew, ew and EWWWWWWWWWW!

The ONLY bug I'm afraid of is a cockroach (I'm not afraid of much else in the animal kingdom, not even snakes or spiders). Given the choice of putting up with a cockroach or George Bush I'd definitely take...er...no, bad example because it's actually illegal to exterminate Bush and not so with roaches, but yeah, I have a really big phobia about roaches and when I'm apartment hunting I grill property managers on when the last time the place had been sprayed for them, how long ago was there an infestation, how do they treat infestations now...and man, if there's been a roach present in the last five years - I don't move in. I'm really afraid of them.

It's also the reason I have THREE, count 'em THREE cats. My cats love bugs and other critters very much so I'm safe from da roaches.

Other bugs don't bother me one bit.

Anyway, "the slut" is a creepy little troll and yeah, I'd get all "white girl" when I see a roach too, but I'd like to know what her insignificant phobias are so I can take a stab at them. Better yet, dangle them in front of her face. Yeah, I'd enjoy that. Bitch.

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Re: Gittin' all serious now...

eljuno
2003-08-20 09:47 pm UTC (link)

I'm not afraid of roaches, but for some reason this certain kind of turnstile we have on the way out of some subway stations (at least around here) scares me so badly I can't walk through them. Seriously. I mean, the things are, basically, a set of iron bars, with a different set that they spin past and...argh.

So I know what it's like to have a really strong phobia in response to a pretty typical facet of city life (me and several hundred long-suffering MBTA cops who have unlocked gates so I don't have a panic attack going through the turnstile things...) and it's completely uncontrollable.

Now, go ahead and make fun of my turnstile phobia.

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Re: Gittin' all serious now...

fandom_bitch
2003-08-21 01:44 am UTC (link)

Hey, I'm not going to make fun of your phobia...to be perfectly honest, the only time I get on someone's case about a phobia is when they act all stupid like the_slut. Then I want to rub their face in it, just so they can see what it's like. Even then, I'm reluctant. My reactions to cockroaches is pretty "dramatic", if you will and I wouldn't with that on anyone.

Still, however insignificant someone's phobias seem to a person, it's still not appropriate or nice to tell that person to get over it, or grow up, or tell them what a "white girl" they are about it. (And trust me, this "white girl" puts up with a lot of stuff most tough grown men find scary and doesn't flinch, so in a sense, this "insult" is way out there.)

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