particularly grates

That's an anagram of this:

's particularly great

And thus do I sum up the central difficulty of Metafilter.

bingo cortex. you're right, of course.

there's a lot of stuff i think about that first post that i can't quite articulate, which i think reflects upon my status as a pretty much sheltered middle class american woman. i don't think much about feminist issues, generally, beyond taking offence to troglodytes and being alarmed at well-meaning liberal females who get militant about certain issues.

but then, where are my core values when i admit to having been jealous of the trampoline girls in the 'Man Show'... fuckitall, *I* wanna be able to bounce around on a trampoline, jiggling my goodies on TV for money like that... but then, what does that ultimately say about me and my stance on women's rights?

i know one thing for certain. it scares the living fuck out of me that by sheer accident of birth i'm living where i do, when i could just as easily have been a dowry casualty in India, or a subhuman *thing* to be used for sexual gratification by some saharan culture.

in particular, i wonder what occhiblu, scody and Miko might have to say. i hope i find out, because i'm pretty certain it'd be valuable.

*I* wanna be able to bounce around on a trampoline, jiggling my goodies on TV for money like that... but then, what does that ultimately say about me and my stance on women's rights?

that you have a sense of humor, you're comfortable with yourself and don't take yourself too seriously?

I wish I had a trampoline. Not necessarily to jiggle my goodies for money; I just think it would be fun.

All you need to know about trampolines (trabampolines?) you can learn about here. The homage to 'Gone with the Wind' is priceless.

in particular, i wonder what occhiblu, scody and Miko might have to say. i hope i find out, because i'm pretty certain it'd be valuable.

I've been totally avoiding the blue part of MetaFilter for months, because I got sick of those conversations there. People were so fucking nasty and clueless, which is not a combination I find endearing. So in order not to lose respect for the entirety of the human race, I just avoid that entire part of the site.

So I have nothing to say about the MeFi conversation. About the case itself, I've only seen the quick blurbs about it, and mostly I just find it hard to believe that with things like this happening, people still try to argue that women, as a class, have achieved equality.