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Igel

(37,204 posts)
19. Meh. Drivel, first class.
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 10:36 PM
Sunday

"He mooted the idea, and is to moot is to promise!"

No, not it isn't. "Hey, maybe if we can swing it, we can go to Kauai next summer."

I lose my job. No Kauai. "You promised!"

Yeah, ignore the front matter, the logical contingency, "IF ..."

Hey, what's said is shit, what's heard or believed to be heard is gold.

And that's also granting extreme privilege. To which I say, "you can't talk reasonably, you can't talk, so stop your mewling."

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