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Yeah, I guess the shortbreads are okay... but Lorna Doones are about the same, just without that plastic-y glaze on 'em. I just don't get the enthusiasm and excitement so many people have when they appear. (Also, they're made by Kellogg's these days, and screw Kellogg's for perpetrating crimes against humanity like Special K. )

Aside: made some soft spice cookies on Thursday, with the odd name of "Tijuanas," and they turned out pretty well. You were supposed to finish them with a vanilla glaze and pecans, but I didn't bother. They were fine as-is.

Speaking only for myself, though I imagine a lot of people would concur, part of the reason I get excited is simply because I think it's so cute to see how happy and grateful the little girls are when I buy a box.



LOL Yeah, Special K is even worse than Hershey's Special Dark chocolate, and that's saying a lot!

I'm sure the cookies are also so celebrated because they are only sold for a short time every year. If they were always available, no one would give a ****!

I personally don't care. The quality is questionable. The boxes are small. The prices are high. I don't usually buy things under those circumstances, so why make exceptions with Girl Scouts?

Because I'm a sentimental fool?

Having ruminated for a couple minutes, if someone had asked me 10 years ago if sentiment was an overrated concept, my answer would have been an unconditional "YES."

But today? I dunno, I guess my blood has changed to syrup. Really, I'm such a softie these days, sometimes I worry I'll end up melting into a pile of sugary goo.

...and that was the Secret Origin of Confection Queen! Next on LW TV "My Favourite Crowd" with WalkswithCrowds...

ROTFLMAO

thoth lad, you totally should draw/write some fandom stuff for Confection Queen! This is hilarious.

Overrated Concept: Bacchanal Buffet. It looks very overpriced to me from the reviews I have seen. I think the buffet at Aria is better (it is also cheaper).

Thoth, I'll second what Emily suggested.

Overrated Concept: Comics as Art (I know, I know, more of a Gym'll's forum thing, but the coffee's just kicking in.)

My classmates and I were discussing over lunch, but overly-perfect partners. You know, the ones with gorgeous model bodies and perfect faces, and some amazing career (math teacher, lawyer, consultant, doctor...) Like, everything seems effortless for them and they are so perfect, and it might be really tough to keep up with them in a relationship.

I definitely found Art Adams overrated when I first saw his stuff. Same with Paul Smith. They heralded what, for me, was the beginning of my disenchantment with shininess, slickness, and tons of rendering in comics art. I stopped feeling any emotional attachment, especially as regards the faces, which always just seemed flat and cold. My immersion in alternative comics like Los Bros Hernandez was just around the corner.

LOL

Oh, Cle...don't ever change.

Moving on to the animation greats, I find Art Davis as underrated as Chuck Jones is overrated.

Definitely agree about Davis, oh and McKimson, too. I don't think he gets enough credit for some of the cool things he did, either.

Jones had some great moments, so I totally forgive him for the number of Road Runner cartoons he perpetrated.

Getting drunk. I mean, I like drinking a little alcohol to loosen up, but I hate getting drunk and having a hangover...

But getting drunk and NOT getting a hangover is amazing!

Happy, zesty people after you've had a night out and a hangover are very overated.

You're safe with me, thoth. I've been 95% sober for a year now, and not for one day's worth have I been accused by anyone of being happy and/or zesty.

Living together before marriage... Studies show that couples who do that are more likely to break up...

I think allotting each couple enough money for a duplex where they each get one floor to themselves could turn this situation around.

I would take the top floor, since mr_cleome has a bad knee. I'm nothing if not generous.

Anyway, you know what else is overrated? Social media that's not set up like Legion World. I'm just too much of a stick in the mud to enjoy the newer stuff as much as I do old-fashioned boards.

And it feels decidedly weird to type "old-fashioned" in conjunction with the internet, but there ya' go.

Going to the beach.

Hot pavement, filthy restrooms, creepy people screaming at their kids, getting salt water in your hair, eyes and mouth, and getting sand in every pore of your body. And, as the coup de grace, showers that don't work.

This post turned out to be prophetic for me.

Fun in the surf with friends is cool but even better a quiet peaceful beach where you can sit and watch the waves forever.

Mmm that sounds lovely, stile86.

Having many admirers. It can be tiring getting attention from too many people who think they own you and your time.

What is NOT overrated though... is cuddling can be nice just holding someone who holds you back...

Overrated?

Mornings. As the saying goes, I wouldn't mind them so much, if they didn't come so early in the day.

I don't have my shit together until noon. Don't even attempt to converse with me before then, and don't blame me if what I do say makes no sense...

Also super-overrated?

Morning people who are all like 'it's 6 AM, why are you still in bed? Are you going to sleep the whole day away? I've already done X and Y and been to the gym!' Ugh. Go back to the gym, already and let me sleep some more!