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Discussion in 'Your Bijou Blogette' started by HonestlyVan, Feb 16, 2020.

  1. HonestlyVan

    HonestlyVan a very funny person who never tells jokes

    I have some reflector shoelaces that are too short for all of my shoes that have laces so I guess I gotta find a tutorial for turning this thing into a reflector for my bag which currently doesn't have one :|c
     
  2. HonestlyVan

    HonestlyVan a very funny person who never tells jokes

    Uhhhhhh so SOMETHING sure just happened to Tumblr
     
  3. HonestlyVan

    HonestlyVan a very funny person who never tells jokes

    FD Signifier's new video fixed me.
     
  4. HonestlyVan

    HonestlyVan a very funny person who never tells jokes

    TIL the US has had multiple Idolatry Parks.
     
  5. HonestlyVan

    HonestlyVan a very funny person who never tells jokes

    Do not look at the comments on PM Weekes' latest video.
     
  6. HonestlyVan

    HonestlyVan a very funny person who never tells jokes

    Hmm.

    "I see the problem with this thing being that people include X Features And Concepts without thinking about their implications further than 'this is how they work for me' and it makes for worse discussions all around"

    "Well, I like including those things and I don't want to be convinced out of liking them."

    .... yes? I think we're talking past each other, but okay.
     
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  7. HonestlyVan

    HonestlyVan a very funny person who never tells jokes

    Like I'm not sure how you got "I don't want people to like this thing" out of me saying "the way people write this thing is frustrating because people don't think about the implications you were discussing before"
     
  8. HonestlyVan

    HonestlyVan a very funny person who never tells jokes

    I'm not coming for your right to feel a strong personal connection to a thing because I dislike the way most people do it.
     
  9. HonestlyVan

    HonestlyVan a very funny person who never tells jokes

    Chatting with my friend and once again stunned and surprised about how much Canada/Quebec is just Finland But Over There.
     
  10. keltena

    keltena putting the fun in executive dysfunction

    I'm curious in what ways you mean, if you feel like elaborating!
     
  11. HonestlyVan

    HonestlyVan a very funny person who never tells jokes

    • Northeners
    • similar climate
    • lingistically separated from their geographic neighbours (monolingualism is a social statement)
    • A majority population present as a minority in the society
    • Xenophobic for reasons that track historically but in the present just result in hostility towards brown people for no fucking reason
    • Project an outward appearance of secularity while still having a strong unexamined streak of Conservative Christian values (Catholic over there, Lutheran over here)
    • hockey
    • swearing!!!!
     
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  12. HonestlyVan

    HonestlyVan a very funny person who never tells jokes

    Also I was gonna say "politics that are in conflict with the social values of the culture thanks to the aforementioned xenophobia" but like... almost everywhere puts some level of emphasis on getting-along and hospitality and almost everywhere is undergoing a bit of a Moment Of Right-Wing Agitation against strangers who have done jack nor shit to us.

    Also technically subjects and victims of imperialism while also being the beneficiaries of our own colonialism and trying to act like we were totally only ever independent victims of the selfsame. This comparison is also weaker because while French-Quebecois aren't native to North America, Finns are native to the Finnish peninsula, even if there are other peoples native to this region that we frankly can't stop getting our fucking colonialism on at.
     
  13. HonestlyVan

    HonestlyVan a very funny person who never tells jokes

    Someone tell me I'm being ridiculous, it's been five years since the Xenofandom let me down and I am an entirely different level of writer now + I don't care whether a single person likes my meta if the girl I'm flirting with calls me clever for it.
     
  14. HonestlyVan

    HonestlyVan a very funny person who never tells jokes

    I guess I just can't get over the fear of "if there's even one person in the fandom who found me kind of annoying, seeing me get popular off my current efforts, they could easily arrange a harassment campaign based on just the fact that I used to be even more mentally ill than I am right now", even over the "this fandom thinks I'm annoying because I don't really go for character drama and care more about the wild worldbuilding potential"
     
  15. HonestlyVan

    HonestlyVan a very funny person who never tells jokes

    I was reminded of this by remembering just who it was that decided that four years ago soursoppi's life needed to be ruined for the crime of being popular and having a sense of humour.
     
  16. HonestlyVan

    HonestlyVan a very funny person who never tells jokes

    *BANGS TABLE*

    I WANNA DO MORE FOR REKUDO AND EVERY TIME I GET NOTES ON IT WHERE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF ENGAGING WITH WRITERS AND ARTISTS IT MAKES ME WANT TO DO MORE MORE
     
  17. HonestlyVan

    HonestlyVan a very funny person who never tells jokes

    Like how??? How did it get this bad?? Why are people in fandom *this* afraid of talking to each other???
     
  18. HonestlyVan

    HonestlyVan a very funny person who never tells jokes

    Like yeah I'm also rapidly losing respect for people who I honestly think have a point in that "this is is a second kudos" or "I'm rereading" is not a substantial comment, because apparently they're LOUD ENOUGH ABOUT THAT to genuinely be putting the fear of not suitably impressing the writer with their comment in the hearts of people who have NEVER LEFT COMMENTS BEFORE IN THEIR LIFE
     
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  19. HonestlyVan

    HonestlyVan a very funny person who never tells jokes

    I am so upset I am going to start throwing plates at walls.
     
  20. HonestlyVan

    HonestlyVan a very funny person who never tells jokes

    Unfortunately I know I can't code my way out of other people having social anxiety and our websites being built to incentivise high-volume low-commitment engagement.

    Well, I *could* code my way out of that latter one. Or try, at least. But the former one I am just SOL with
     
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