Fourth Post!

[hoisinsauce]

btw feel free to suggest/nominate post titles

Post about fandom! Or whatever! Whether it's a rave about some obscure series, or an essay dissecting every last reason why some internet-famous author should rethink their career, someone will probably read it at some point! We also just chat about life.

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Comments

BOOKS

[(Anonymous)]

Read anything good? Or anything dreadful?

Re: BOOKS

[(Anonymous)]

Or anything else but realistically I'm here for the 'dreadful'.

Writing

[(Anonymous)]

*Written* anything? Good? Dreadful? Indescribable? Or just wanna procrastinate, uh, I mean, discuss the writing process?

Re: Writing - Plotbunnies

[(Anonymous)]

Got any ideas that just won't leave you alone?

Films

[(Anonymous)]

Seen anything great, bizarre, or otherwise?

Re: Films - Om Shanti Om

[(Anonymous)]

Watched Om Shanti Om (2007) and had a great time (it's on Netflix). It's sorta... gothic Bollywood? Trying not to spoil it too much tho it's super famous so guessing this is one of those films that everyone else has seen already. Suppose they coulda paced it better but that's not the point. Watch if you <3 sheer melodrama.

Gardening

[(Anonymous)]

Nice to see a pleasant garden near the top of meme. Share all things plants!

Re: Gardening

[(Anonymous)]

I made a halfassed attempt to plant my garden in suffragette colors (mostly since I had a bunch of purple plant seeds lying around), because this is clearly v v valuable activism. The plants have come up more pink than expected so it's a lot cutesier than I'd intended.

How's life?

[(Anonymous)]

Chat about life!

Re: How's life? - just some silliness I saw on twitter

[(Anonymous)]

twitter ppl: ugh $twitterfeminist is a narcissist

*me thinking*: aw she's a bit self-righteous and annoying but she says reasonable things sometimes and she's sincere

$twitterfeminist: there is an outpouring of support for helen joyce right now but not for me in my twitter fight with another feminist, and the cause of this discrepancy is clearly prejudice against people from my background

*me thinking*: oh okay maybe they have a point; the *cause* is that almost nobody knows who you are or who your opponent is and you have literally no footprint beyond twitter, while joyce is relatively famous and has been writing for The Economist for 15+ years, plus you were much less badly defamed than joyce was anyway, so bit nuts to think the same response would be reasonable.

Food

[(Anonymous)]

Tips, recipes, questions, whatever.

Re: Food - American snackbox

[(Anonymous)]

Friend bought me one as a gift! It's full of American sweets! I should admit right away that I am very prejudiced against these; they always seem to either taste bad or make me ill, or both, but will try to keep an open mind, and tbf I love Nerds.

Today's snack: Airheads. Started here since the name of this one intrigued friend, who couldn't imagine what it would look like; this variant is called "White Mystery". Sounds like the sort of thing a racist convict might choose as his name on Tinder before inviting you out for a night of watching him compete in illegal MMA fights. Idk if this is what they were going for or not.

The bar has a smiley balloon on the packet, and once unwrapped, it looks like a refreshers bar, but in an eerie shade of white, which I normally associate with things that are milk flavour (ew) or plain flavour. I suspect it will be different this time. I am not sure how my brain will cope with something that looks like it should taste of nothing having a strong taste.

Bite in, expecting refreshers texture, and it's kinda similar but also grainy. Taste is briefly ok, then aftertaste hits, like stale carpet. It's an almost-nice sweet. Sweet and a little sour... and stale carpet. I can't work out if it's emulating some kinda fruit and I'm not going to try.

You nearly did it! 🇺🇸 Maybe next time.

Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Because we wouldn't need meme if our fandoms could get it together!

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Another subscription to a completed fic. I'm not sure if I should interpret it as 'please write more with this character' or 'I click buttons at random'.

Manga and Anime

[(Anonymous)]

The Gateway to Depravity swings open...

Re: Manga and Anime

[(Anonymous)]

I've had moderate fun with Spy x Family. It's a cute premise (father, mother, daughter of a makeshift family are all keeping war-relevant secrets from one another) but it's kinda wasted on satirizing elite schools and on the protagonist's man-worry. I'll probably watch the rest of the season once it comes out but it's not a top priority.

Funny Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

Anything that makes you laugh. Can be stuff you find around the net or can be anecdotes, whatever.

Re: Funny Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

Possum broccoli

https://i.imgur.com/4mINvpi.png

Interesting Things

[(Anonymous)]

For any stuff that makes you go 'hm!'

Re: Interesting Things

[(Anonymous)]

https://nypost.com/2022/06/12/snoop-doggs-blunt-roller-gets-a-pay-raise-thanks-to-inflation/

Music

[(Anonymous)]

Tralalalalaa~

Re: Music

[(Anonymous)]

Tried to play a couple of pieces by ear today. Was playing from memory, in e minor so one sharp, going ok, decided to listen to get the right key. Both are actually in F minor, ffffuuu. Can no longer play a thing. :P

TV

[(Anonymous)]

Whatcha watching?

Re: TV

[(Anonymous)]

The person playing Homelander in ‘The Boys’ is called Antony Starr. Which means he is Tony Star.

That is all.

Puzzles

[(Anonymous)]

Puzzles, quizzes, puzzlehunts, ctf; recommend here! (or set some if you want :P)

Re: Puzzles - Huntinality

[(Anonymous)]

I'll be doing Huntinality 2.0 (run by Team Cardinality) later this month! https://www.huntinality.com/

Laughed a bit at the intentionally shitty startup vibe they have for their theme. This one's built for teams of eight people (team size raised due to hunt difficulty), but there's a casual track that might make it fairly accessible for soloists and new puzzle hunters. As usual, I'll (hopefully) do a writeup after the hunt finishes.

Random Internet Things

[(Anonymous)]

For when there's some stupid drama on twitter or reddit or something that doesn't fit anywhere else and needs sharing.

Re: Random Internet Things

[(Anonymous)]

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jun/05/i-am-80-and-a-needy-widower-is-pursuing-me

Was surprised at how patronising the reply was. Nice to see a few comments pointing it out. (Plus if she's 80, then she was a young woman in the *60s*, not the 40s-50s lololol. Surprised the answerer doesn't seem to know anyone that age.)

Coding

[(Anonymous)]

Questions, news, sharing projects, other-things-I-haven't-thought-of; here's the thread!

Re: Coding

[(Anonymous)]

Just updated a bunch of servers I 'maintain'. Reminder to all to update any servers you 'maintain'.

Games

[(Anonymous)]

Playing anything fun?

Re: Games

[(Anonymous)]

I've been playing and enjoying FF15, but have been refraining from making threads in order to avoid spoilers. :P It's a lot better than FF13 and I think much of the online hate is performative crowd-following, though I'm not that far in so maybe it'll jump off a cliff in a bit.

Stuff You're Pleased About

[(Anonymous)]

Celebration thread! :D :D :D

Re: Stuff You're Pleased About

[(Anonymous)]

WE FINALLY GOT A FOURTH POST!!!

Beautiful seals!

[hoisinsauce]

For meme style discussion and other meta/suggestions.

Re: Beautiful seals!

[hoisinsauce]

I actually like threads better capped at around 1000 comments; easier to find stuff. May just keep doing that unless people complain.

Art thread

[(Anonymous)]

Nobody ever posts much on this but it's still going on the front page in the hopes that it makes meme pretty.

Re: Art thread

[(Anonymous)]

A meme can dream.

Internet Weirdness

[(Anonymous)]

Weird, weird wtfery, that you probably encounter in a sleepless daze in the early hours of the morning.

Re: Internet Weirdness

[(Anonymous)]

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/may/08/monique-roffey-trinidad-parents-marriage

> "As well as being a sexy duo, my parents drank tea and played Scrabble together every day."

> "sexy duo"

> "my parents"

WTF fic moments

[(Anonymous)]

Stuff you see in fic that makes you go 'wtf?'

Best Spammail

[(Anonymous)]

Share the hilights!

Re: Best Spammail

[(Anonymous)]

https://maxread.substack.com/p/whats-the-deal-with-all-those-weird

Not my own spammail, but an interesting article on 'pig-butchering' scams that often start with someone pretending to be a rich young (Asian) woman who texted the wrong number and also just happens to want to give you crypto investing advice.

Clothes

[(Anonymous)]

~I feel pretty~

Re: Clothes

[(Anonymous)]

I hate buying shoes. Does anyone have recommendations for reasonably cute sandals that will stand up to a little (3-4 miles a day) of city walking? Nisolo has some really cute shoes but I've heard bad things about their fit and don't want to deal with returns, and I haven't had the time to make a trip out to REI to try on Tevas or Chacos.

I have bought all my shoes at Target for the past few years and things have worked out surprisingly well. Maybe I should just go back to Target.

Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

Ask a bunch of anons on the internet all your most pressing questions; what could go wrong? Find out with meme! =D

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

Bf bought a tshirt with "ASGARD" on it with a bunch of norse imagery and runes. He just likes mythology but I feel awkward bc I can't help but think it'll make him look like a neonazi and I wouldn't be surprised if the seller was into that shit and it just went over bf's head lmao. I'm not like "don't wear it", it just makes me anxious. Am I being an oversensitive overonline dumbass or is this what everyone else thinks when they see that stuff? My friends irl always act like I'm mental for being wary of dudes who like their norse paraphernalia but istg this is a meme and my friends are just living under a rock. But maybe I'm the anomaly. Over to meme.

Creative Things

[(Anonymous)]

Making anything cool? Or supremely *un*cool? Meme would like to hear about it, either way!

Re: Creative Things

[(Anonymous)]

An idea I had which is maybe mental or maybe has been done before: make an elaborate RP by making a forum for a fictional sprawling evil business, a forum that we all pretend is the new "company collaboration" platform. Players take some kind of role in the organisation by applying for a "job" and we let the chaos unfold organically. No actual buying or selling of goods should take place of course, but people are free to build a "training materials portal" or whatever else and populate it as they see fit...