Okay, this is why I don't watch 24

[taste_is_sweet]

The hero Jack Bauer is giving one of his cohorts--Bill, I think--a pep talk so he can go torture somebody.

Apparently, not actually being willing to shock someone with so much electricity that they bleed from the ears and are at risk of being paralyzed is not only weak, but un-American.

Um.

Things that make me wish I still had my own study, instead of the house having a guest room. (By which I mean that I had somewhere else I could hide when my darling husband watches shows like this, instead of the bedroom.)

Comments

[lalalaleigha.livejournal.com]

But, Jack Bauer is the absolute embodiment of America! He's tough. He doesn't put up with bullshit. He survives when he logically shouldn't. And what's more, this is justice we're talking about here, and there is no country more just than America. Of course disobeying an order from Jack is un-American -- the man is America. If it's good enough for Jack, it's good enough for you and me.

/unfair implications

Is it plausible to one corner of the guest room into a study?

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Alas, no. There might have been if there wasn't my--::cough::--shelf full of Stargate: Atlantis and Stargate: SG1 action figures. But I appreciate the suggestion. :)

I'll need to look this up to make sure I'm not just spreading rumor, here, but Dom (my husband) told me that Kiefer Sutherland actually made a public service announcement to US troops to remind them that what he did was fictional, and don't try this on the prisoners, kids!

Well, I honestly don't like what this implies about what is considered properly heroic in the US--and elsewhere in the world where the show is popular.

[dungeonwriter.livejournal.com]

I find that show to be pornographic violence. Watching an actor graphically portray torture just hits my buttons and makes me feel voyeuristic and defiled. My personal views on torture aside, I get no enjoyment from watching other people suffer.

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

I've never liked that show for mostly the type of reason that you state above, but I think once I heard that it was Cheney's favorite show and...well...'nuff said! :)

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

WORD.

I really have no idea why my husband likes this stuff, but he likes graphic horror movies too. He's also one of the gentlest human beings I've ever met. Go figure.

Okay, since he's sitting over on the couch I just asked him. He said he enjoyed it a lot more in the early seasons when it was still innovative and he wanted to watch each week to find out how Bauer could possibly survive. Now he finds the plots so ridiculous that he doesn't enjoy it nearly as much, but he's still curious enough to tune in every week.

Oh--I edited this to add that I asked him about the violence and torture, and he shrugged and said, 'I know it's just television'.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha! Yes, definitely not a reason to start watching it!

[innana88.livejournal.com]

You are such a dork and I LOVE YOU FOR IT!

I only watched one season of 24 and then it became ridiculous.

Also, I've told my friends and family that I'm more than willing to marry, but I need to have my own house specifically for this very reason, or at the minimum, a garage that I've souped up into being a potential separate residence with office, tv, bed, and workbench. :D My partner and I can be next-door neighbors!

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

I don't get 24. Really, I don't. But then I don't get a lot of the obsession with a lone hero single-handedly saving the world with his faithful dog, either, and that seems to be roughly the same category.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

No, no no. I'm not a dork, I'm a geek. Dorks are geeks who won't admit it. I've come to terms with myself long ago. Heh. But I won't refuse the love!

Hee. That sounds like a pretty good idea, actually, though all you really need is a large enough house for you to have the basement rec-room. I actually had a friend who did that. His shelf o' toys was epic.

On a related note, I think it's really funny that my preschooler son thinks its perfectly natural for everyone to have toys. He's just a little miffed that I won't let him play with mine. :)

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Roughly, indeed. I kind of wish Bauer had a dog--it might lighten things up a little. On the other hand, all his friends/loved ones die, so the dog would be toast in the first twenty minutes.

I don't really get those things, either. I don't like James Bond all that much for the same reason. And the sexism, of course.

more than you wanted to know

[innana88.livejournal.com]

True, only a geek would get all huffy about the distinction between these terms. :D

http://helloquizzy.okcupid.com/tests/the-nerd-geek-or-dork-test

I scored 96% Nerd, 59% Geek, and 39% Dork.

I actually think I need a separate building. I don't know that a rec room would cut it. It's too close. :D I love to socialize with people. I love to be around people, but I can only stand to be around other people if I have regular doses of my own private space and time, too. I'm really weird about it. I like keeping touch with people online because I can decide when to reply. Phone calls and people stopping by can feel like an invasion, if my mood is just right. I know I don't have to pick up the phone, but it is ringing, for real. There's really someone on the other end. I usually leave my ringer off.

I don't think I was always quite this bad, but I've been flying solo for the last few years and while it overall has been good for me, I think it has warped me a bit.

I don't think most people sense this about me. I pull off well-adjusted quite well, but yeah, I'm a bit nutty.

Re: more than you wanted to know

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Apparently a nerd would know the distinction between those terms. ::g:: But I was right in that I'm not a dork. :D

I am a COOL NERD. (65%) That's right, baby! I have a lifelong passion for learning and being smart, which slightly edged out being passionate about some particular area or subject (61%), which would make me a Geek. Which might be certain fandoms, but I'm not saying anything.

I actually hear you about the privacy thing. My way to cope with the occasionally desperate need to be alone is to stay up much later than my son or husband. My bliss is in the cool night hours when I can be alone with my thoughts and lovely, lovely computer.

I can also pass for normal if I try hard enough. I hardly ever quote from movies or television for example. Really. :)

Re: more than you wanted to know

[innana88.livejournal.com]

A nerd would know, but a PURE NERD, such as myself has more worthy conundrums to consider than such trifling distinctions as these. ;)

Okay, maybe you don't quote from movies or tv, instead you just rewrite them. :P

Re: more than you wanted to know

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Pure Nerd, wow. I bow to your intellectual awesomeness. And then offer to tuck in your shirt.

You are probably lucky in truth that you never got into fanfiction (it can be a huge time-killer), but honestly, the cultures and sub-cultures, jargon and tropes that abound in the fandom communities online are astounding, fantastic and endlessly fascinating. If I were ever to actually do a Masters, I'd want to write my thesis on some aspect of such online communities.