what if we all became terrorists and bombed automakers administrative buildings all over the world?
i think we should uninstall the ford apps on the phones of whoever came up with this
Continuing list of stuff from the 1920's I didn't ask to repeat: car makers trying to increase sales by victim-blaming pedestrians. (cf:invention of jaywalking)
Before anything else, we need spreadsheets. This is quite the endeavor, so if you want to help, I'd be much appreciative! (Please don't just start a sheet on your own. There's a method I've got going.)
The plan is to give each genre its own spreadsheet document--so anime will have one, books will have one, TV shows will have one, and so on and so forth. Within these, each genre will have 28 tabs: one for each letter of the alphabet, one for titles beginning with a number or punctuation mark, and one for fandoms over 100 works long. Why 100? Because that's about the point I estimate we'll have to start breaking a fandom down into chunks for people to save. Obviously you can save as many as you want, but you'll be limited to claiming chunks of 100 at a time.
Here's why I'm asking for help with this part of the project: in the anime/manga section, the letter A alone has easily 100 titles. And that's just one letter, in just one section. The letter S looks to be three times that. You can imagine having to do this for nine separate genres. So if a couple of people could help me, I can grant access to the master sheets and get examples filled in. All you'd have to do is copy the template and start copy/pasting titles. It's time-consuming, but easy.
Please respond TO THIS POST by 21 September 2022 if you're interested in helping with this stage of the project! I'd like to be able to start collecting an actual archive of saved material by 30 September, and the more hands onboard the less we all have to do to make that happen. Please do not indicate your interest by DM or asks--while I appreciate the people who've reached out to me that way to get started, it's really hard to keep track of.
Let's get moving!
I'll do a save down. Has it been decided how that will be done? are we just saving works or also comments? any preferences for software/format
I don’t think so, but my parents had me pretty late in life. My mom was 40 when I was born, so if any of my great-grandmas were still alive by then, I have no memory of them.
Not only did I meet my great grandmother (and know her as well as a 10 year old can know a 80 year old) my I have documented proof that my great grand father (same parent, different grand parent) met and knew and lived in the same house as his grandmother.
Direct byproduct of being neurodivergent and growing up isolated from your peergroup is having no idea when it's appropriate to define someone as your friend
Is this person I met yesterday my friend? What about this person I've been talking to every day for three months? What about this person I've known since middle school? Is friend a title I have to earn? What are the limits of friendship? Is it a static state, make-or-break, or is it some endless dance-dance-revolution style cavalcade of prompts and challenges and social cues I have to hit perfectly to keep it up? Does it bend? Does it break? I don't fucking know man I just work here.
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I wonder if AO3 will start telling us not to link to our tumblrs now...
Pass, please don't tip me. I have no interest in comercialising my leisure
I'm a huge fan of your Flash/Legends fics, and I've been wanting to check out MDZS so I can read more of your work. (Obviously if I don't like it, I won't continue, but yes, your fics are the deciding factor in what story I want to check out next.) The thing is, I'm not really sure where to start. There's a book, and a couple shows, so I figured I'd ask what you would recommend. Thanks! :)
Ooooh, a difficult question! Personally, at this point, I would say to start with the donghua (animated cartoon version), and I personally prefer the version on gogoanime or whatnot rather than the Youtube version that butchers the subtitles terribly. The donghua has some of the most gorgeous art, a really good grasp on the emotional underpinnings, and condenses some things from the novel quite well. If you're not that familiar with Chinese cultivation novels, the donghua is a good place to start, since the visual explanations do a lot of the work of explaining the universe that you don't always get from other sources.
Normally, I'd say to start with the novel, but sadly exiledrebels took down their excellent translation (rough at some points, but truly joyful and enthusiastic - very fun to read) and from everything I've heard, the published version isn't quite as catchy, and anyway is only a single volume so far, so not the best way to get caught up on the whole thing.
The Untamed (live action show on Viki) is not my preferred way to start since it is in many ways an AU (different relationships, different ages, different plots), but a LOT of people got into it that way, so if that's the easiest way, go with that.
Just to warn you that you absolutely should not use archive.org and type https://exiledrebelsscanlations.com/grandmaster-of-demonic-cultivation/ into the wayback machine.
The translator took their work down and we absolutely should not keep circulating the tapes.
(Probably SHOULD buy the offical English translation to support the author if you enjoy it, but as a quick and dirty resource)
Also, don't the wayback machine if you want to get around nytimes, washington post and other newspaper paywalls too.
#us coal mining is a fun bit of cultural connection with us over in wales#ultimately we both got fucked#and had to fight tooth and nail for unions#ironically thanks to tectonic plates we were essentially mining the same mountain range#thousands of miles apart#what you call blue ridge mountains#we call Yr wyddfa#west viginia and all the coal towns are siblings as far as im concerned#we were raised on the same stone#that makes us kin Via: @scottish-valkyrie
Wings!wwx lives free in my head, and that oh shit moment where lxc realized that jgy thought it was lwj who'd gone to lanling and seen evidence of his crimes.
And, and! The Quiet Room chapter where he Realizes despite his mental gymnastics. Xd
you, like everyone else who sent asks, have excellent taste. If I could art, I would 100% draw or animate that scene from the wingfic, whereas the LXC moment of Oh Shit is really just one of those moments that is best in text :)
How did I forget that? Which fic is the Oh Shit moment in again? For research purposes?
Thank you. Definately an Oh Shit moment
Wings!wwx lives free in my head, and that oh shit moment where lxc realized that jgy thought it was lwj who'd gone to lanling and seen evidence of his crimes.
And, and! The Quiet Room chapter where he Realizes despite his mental gymnastics. Xd
you, like everyone else who sent asks, have excellent taste. If I could art, I would 100% draw or animate that scene from the wingfic, whereas the LXC moment of Oh Shit is really just one of those moments that is best in text :)
How did I forget that? Which fic is the Oh Shit moment in again? For research purposes?
My absolute fav scene was XXC misunderstanding that being a prostitute is an insult and insinuated that JGS got all his riches from being a prostitute. That part had me howling
man, I don't even remember what fic that was! which one was it?
recovery horror: where the process of healing from something reveals previously unknown levels of damage
seeing a smudge on the wall and realizing it’s mildew. examining the mildew and realizing it’s black mold. peeling back the wallpaper and seeing it’s eaten the entire house. going into the basement for a flashlight and realizing it’s flooded. spending every last bit of money at your disposal on fixing all of these things, only to move the box covering the trap door that leads to the seven hundred mile obsidian tunnel that leads directly to the gates of hell.
where exactly every individual’s collapsing point is located. where they stop in that process of uncovering and why.
the conflicts that arise from knowing FULL WELL about the tunnel to the gates of hell, but you’re stuck with somebody who has only just found out about the mildew.
pretending to care about the mildew. speaking with them calmly and compassionately about how mildew is definitely a real problem that people ought to take seriously, and waiting for them to take a good hard look at what’s really crawling up the walls.
@thebibliosphere your house
@thebibliosphere your health
writers envy but evil
do you ever see a banger concept executed a way you dont like and cup its face in your hands and tell it 'i can fix you'
I think Columbo is the only good contemporary detective serial for a lot of reasons but mostly because you never really see a weird little gremlin man who causes problems on purpose and annoys rich people into accidentally confessing to murder anymore
Shows like Dragnet and Law & Order et al are unconscionable pro-police propaganda. Columbo is pro-"weird guy who's just sort of here" propaganda
I don't think he ever actually joined the police force I think he just showed up one day and wouldn't leave
I think it works out because Columbo is only a cop because that’s the quickest and easiest way to explain why he’s always showing up at crime scenes. He doesn’t carry a gun, his dog is absolutely not a police dog, he has no partner, and he seemingly never tackles a case unless it’s a rich person who has committed a murder. We learn nearly nothing about the police force or other cops on the show. Even in the episode where he’s solving a murder committed by a police commissioner, it barely comes up. He has more in common with with the ‘faerie disguised as humble beggar’ trope than with ‘good guy cop’ trope. I would absolutely believe it if it turned out that he was literally some kind of supernatural being, and he uses his limited magical abilities to convince everyone that he’s a detective for the sake of convenience and that’s about it.
You. You get it.
It works because Columbo goes after the only category of person more aggravating than cops, which is rich people
Also he’s played by a fallen angel. That probably helps.
Sidenote that I learned recently, Lack of Columbo nearly caused a revolution in Communist Romania
that is the face of a man worried he will be next
Sorry, he WHAT? Imagine being this man's boss and having to sit him down like. Listen. Brian. We need you to fuck the bird. You have to act like you're excited about it.
crane husband.....
this is the diametric opposite of all those awful swan wife stories and i love it.
(WalWaPo makes you jump through like three separate hoops before you can read the article, so I will share some of the highlights:
Legit cannot pick the funniest part of this
she has not been PROVEN to have killed her exes, but there is a PERSISTENT RUMOR (really officers she's simply DEVASTATED, she sobs, wearing a new feather boa unfortunately resembling her most recent deceased husband)
His name is Chris CROWE. (Mrs. Walnut Crane-Crowe?)
the mental images of a whole human man learning and performing the crane mating dance, and "sitting" on artificial eggs so she thinks he's performing his duties as a husband and father (and apparently OBJECTS if he does not?)
"chris, buddy, you gotta marry the possibly-murderous crane lady for the GOOD OF THE SPECIES." (alternately: "chris, my man! good news! we found you a very interested lady! She's 36, she's very spirited and independent, she holds a very important and rare status in her society! ...Is there a downside? WELL...")
chris sits any potential human partners down, like "my love, you must understand before we wed,,, i am already... Attached" (camera drifts wistfully to the above photo) "Lady Walnut and I have an,, Understanding... the relationship is open, but very committed"
just had to explain this post to my father bc he thought my stifled laughter was a signal of illness.
well done, everyone, good game. hit the showers.
Not only is he 'married' to walnut, this has apparently happened SEVERAL times, so he has MULTIPLE crane wives, none of which know about any of his other crane wives. This man is, for some unknown reason, irresistible to cranes
The top photo is also flagged. 🙄
kurdish: “my story went to other homes, god bless the mothers and fathers of its listeners” (Çîroka min çû diyaran, rehmet li dê û bavê guhdaran.)
greek: “and they lived well, and we lived better” (και ζήσανε αυτοί καλά και εμείς καλύτερα)
afrikaans: “whistle whistle, the story is done” (fluit fluit, die storie is uit)
goemai: “my tale has finished, (it) has returned to go (and) come home.” (tamtis noe lat / dok ba muaan yi wa)
amharic: “return my story and feed me bread” (ተረቴን መልሱ አፌን በዳቦ አብሱ::)
bengali: “my story ends and the spinach is eaten by the goat” (aamaar kothati furolo; Notey gaachhti murolo) *means something is irreversibly ended because goats eats herbs from the root
norwegian: “snip snap snout, the tale is finished” (snipp snapp snute, så er eventyret ute”
polish: “and i was there [at the wedding] too, and drank mead and wine.” (a ja tam byłem, miód i wino piłem.)
georgian: “disaster there, feast here… bran there, flour here…” (ჭირი – იქა, ლხინი – აქა, ქატო – იქა, ფქვილი – აქა)
hungarian: “this is the end, run away with it” (itt a vége, fuss el véle)
turkish: “lastly, three apples fell from the sky; one for our story’s heroes, one for the person who told their tale, and one for those who listened and promise to share. And with that, they all achieved their hearts’ desires. Let us now step up and settle into their thrones.” (Gökten üç elma düşmüş; biri onların, biri anlatanın, diğeri de dinleyenlerin başına. Onlar ermiş muradına, biz çıkalım kerevetine.)
spanish: and they lived happily and ate partridges (y vivieron felices y comieron perdices)
also: red goldfinch, this story has finished (colorín colorado, este cuento se ha acabado)
german: and if they haven’t died yet, then they’re still alive today (und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind, dann leben sie noch heute)
Icelandic: köttur úti í mýri, setti upp á sig stýri, úti er ævintýri (a cat in a swamp raised its tail, the adventure is done)
Irish: they had children by basketfuls, rocked them by cradlefuls and if they didn't live happily, I wish you and I may
yknow sometimes you just gotta load up your mashed potato on dairy because your love for lactose exceeds your fear of god
*Irish-Lactose-Tolerant Laughter and hoots of encouragment*
So what all have you put in your potatoes?
My favorite combo is twice-baked potatoes with butter, milk, sour cream and cheddar cheese in them.
Loading up potatoes with dairy is actually a pretty smart thing. With enough of both foods you end up with all your nutritional needs for both calories, vitamins and minerals apart from molybdenum.
