http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080705/ap_on_go_su_co/benefit_battles

Basically, an employee was paying for $400,000 in life insurance, and the company screwed him over.

Bad Spherion...no cookie...

Small stupid. I promise I am not butthurt, I just think it's kind of stupid.

fine_clarity posts to polyamory plugging her community, social_liberals. I've been a member for quite sometime, after seeing her plug several weeks ago in intactparenting.

The comments in the post in polyamory made me check the user info again and her description of what a social liberal was pretty false. wight1984 points how bizarre the idea of her community, because in order to join you have to agree with all of her ideals, saying: So, basically, in order to join this group I would have to agree with all your particular political stances? I'm afraid I don't predict that you're going to have much luck with populating that group

So I made this comment to her in social_liberals:

I joined this group without really reading that list and now that I have, I realize how poorly you've described a social liberal.

She responds to me:

You want to leave? Very well, Amanda. Adieu.

...and bans me. How very socially liberal of her to respect another person's opinion!

And another comment sent to me after my banananation:

BTW, it goes without saying that it is not appropriate for you to use this community to undermine social liberalism by saying that it is not social liberalism.

Also, by the sounds of the comments in the polyamory thread, some people have been banned without even joining the community, but for commenting in disagreement.


A socially liberal mod nazi.

WHAT

The setting: a mailing list I'm on.

The background: Woman A has just discovered she's 'poly', zomg. And, oops, she may have acted on her interest in someone else without her husband knowing. But wait, there's more, because she's met someone else new...

[Scene opens]

Woman A: I just met a new sweetie, and I'm so excited and filled with anticipatory stuff for our first date, whee!

Chorus: Oh huzzah for new sweetie! you go grrl!

Lone voice: Er, did you talk to your husband yet about being poly? Or mention your new 'friend' to him?

Woman A: Why do you have to be so MEAN. I'm getting to it, and I'm totally reading The Ethical Slut next week.

...

Yeah, but you know what? You're lacking the Ethical.



[I'm a firm believer in slut being a word with no negative connotations, but man, she made me so freaking cranky with her lack of consideration for the other person she happens to be married to. Grr.]

Just what polyamoury needs, a community dedicated to people who like playing games.

what is a good way to explain to white people who are lgbt activists/supporters and who have never really examined their privilege that the mainstream lgbt community has a lot of racism in it that needs examination? I'm already getting the old "but hip-hop culture is homophobic" arguments and I don't know how to word things without creating a huge scene (this is on an off-lj forum by the way).

How on earth did no one (including myself) not realise social_liberals was created by the same fellow as poly_atheists? If nothing else the lame icons and the "research scientist" background should have rung some bells.

In this post
the idiots have really come out to play..


like omg there is a community dedicated to drama with diapers? oh noes that soooooo weird.. like.. that many people get ripped off? it must just be a wankfest.


Because when people STEAL YOUR FUCKING MONEY you should yaknow..just get over it

Because you got scammed by a 19 year old it's obviously your own fault

Did you know everyone who does business online is silly? Someone better tell the hundreds of b/s/t communities/websites.


The point is the bitch is stupid. She stole people's money and still has the nerve to show her face all over LJ. It doesn't matter that it was in a diaper community.. it matters that she is a thief who steals in the name of charity. So get the fuck over the fact that what the money was for and who it came from.. that isn't the point.
Oh and before it even comes up.. no I wasn't one of the moms who got scammed.. but considering that community does dozens of b/s/t transactions a week and this has been the first issue in months.. Yea I think it is fair people be upset and not expect this to happen.

I think I'd rather be a social conservative, thanks.

(Seriously. Get out of my social orientation.)

Black people, always messin' up the star spangled banner