A Fine Line

[star seed 7]

Drugs?

[Mrs. Gooch]

Did chum put that in here because he thinks it was sexual assault?

[everyone shut up]

Two consenting adults went on a date and banged after. Literally happens every day all over the world. Thankfully she didn't accuse him of rape and ruin his life.

[chum1]

Did chum put that in here because he thinks it was sexual assault?

Nope.

[chum1]

People's responses to it seem to be pretty revealing, though.

[star seed 7]

But where were the cats?

[catastrophe]

I too was expecting cats. There was enough foreshadowing of it.

[everyone shut up]

I think it's implied the cats watched

[catastrophe]

Viral short story.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/11/cat-person

Why did I read that

I has the same feeling. One of those things like: well I made it this far surely it’s almost over.

Are you fools serious?

I am legit curious as to why you are so incredulous about this. What were your thoughts?

FTR, I thought it was very well written.

[mocat]

I too was expecting cats. There was enough foreshadowing of it.

i think the title implies she was putting out fire with gasoline

[8manpick]

Idk, this just seems obnoxiously bad to me:

Not so cute that she would have, say, gone up to him at a party, but cute enough that she could have drummed up an imaginary crush on him if he’d sat across from her during a dull class—though she was pretty sure that he was out of college, in his mid-twenties at least.

[catastrophe]

You gotta give some license to fiction writing. It’s trying to convey a feeling just as much as an idea.

[Dugout DickStone]

Cute couple

[catastrophe]

Except for the very end it’s pretty easy to imagine this as a romantic comedy starring Seth Rogan.

[michigancat]

Idk, this just seems obnoxiously bad to me:

Not so cute that she would have, say, gone up to him at a party, but cute enough that she could have drummed up an imaginary crush on him if he’d sat across from her during a dull class—though she was pretty sure that he was out of college, in his mid-twenties at least.

I think that sentence conveys a ton of information about both characters - you get a decent feel for how the guy looks, but more importantly, it establishes her mindset as a shy girl who still gets crushes in class.

[michigancat]

Viral short story.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/11/cat-person

Why did I read that

I has the same feeling. One of those things like: well I made it this far surely it’s almost over.

Are you fools serious?

I am legit curious as to why you are so incredulous about this. What were your thoughts?

FTR, I thought it was very well written.

I thought it was great, but I really like short stories. As for reasons to read it:

1) Um, you said yourself it was well written
2) A lot of women said it was important to them
3) It's a freaking viral short story, it's good to experience that type of pop culture IMO

Also worth a quick read (if you can get over the goddam vox headline with a comma before explained):

https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/12/12/16762062/cat-person-explained-new-yorker-kristen-roupenian-short-story

[Trim]

I'd seen it lambasted by pvegs on twitter, tweeted w/o comment by a Hot 97 DJamer and then finally posted in this thread.  I was distracted the whole way trying to figure out why it was viral.

[Dugout DickStone]

No clue why it's viral but I like vodka sodas so maybe let's not assume it's all true.

[mocat]

I was distracted the whole way trying to figure out why it was viral.

yeah this is me also.
if i came across it in a book of short stories i would have loved it. but i got there from the pit so i was confused the whole time

[chum1]

If you read the pit, you should maybe have a better understanding of why it went viral than if you didn't.

[Institutional Control]

I was confused at what Red Vines were and I why I have never of it before.

[star seed 7]

I was confused at what Red Vines were and I why I have never of it before.

Not a chronicles of Narnia fan?

[Institutional Control]

I have not seen the film or read the book.

[star seed 7]

[youtube]https://youtu.be/sRhTeaa_B98[/youtube]

[Dugout DickStone]

between Wayne's World and the SNL short as well as being an american grown up I find it astonishing you've never heard of that candy