Sixth Post!

[hoisinsauce]

"The thing about illegally breeding fire-breathing possums is that you gotta keep a bucket of water handy."

*Those fools! Fire-breathing possums are greasy; water will only feed the flames! Oh, if only I could tell them of my empire...*

(Context: https://secretfanspace.dreamwidth.org/1839.html?thread=2678831#cmt2678831)

Talk fandom! Making things! Reading, writing, drawing, whatever! Miscellaneous life chatter! Meme's happy to see you again!

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Comments

Books

[(Anonymous)]

Things with words in them! Reading any? Meaning to read any? Recently thrown any in the incinerator? Discuss!

Re: Books

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not a very active poetry writer, but I'm reading Ted Kooser's The Poetry Home Repair Manual and I'm enjoying how he talks about poetry and the examples he includes. (I think he includes about roughly equal numbers of female poets as examples, which is RARE.) He's mostly very kind and humanistic in his approach but he also has no problem calling out features of modern poetry that annoy him.

>> Taken any dozen ... collections of verse and you'll quickly observe how many poems are merely plainspoken anecdotes tricked out in lines of verse. ... The comic Bob Newhart, with his deadpan delivery, could make it big on the university poetry circuit today.

Writing

[(Anonymous)]

Put any words on the page? Get distracted here!

Re: Writing

[(Anonymous)]

wOw what AmAzINg aDViCe:

https://blog.nanowrimo.org/post/699201838815264768/step-up-your-character-game-character-building

i lost braincells reading it.

Fandom Things

[(Anonymous)]

Vents, raves, misc. Though probably mostly vents.

Re: Fandom Things

[(Anonymous)]

I forgot how captured the Doctor Who fandom is.

Can't go a page without them screaming about trans representation and how the UK is now transphobic as feck.

TV

[(Anonymous)]

Watching anything?

Re: TV

[(Anonymous)]

Film: I started watching “The Fuzz” because Amazon kept recommending it. Film about a muppet cop in a world with muppets/puppets living alongside humans, all very Roger Rabbit. Except, they’ve really committed, and I think it’s probably actually quite well done, and so I don’t think I can keep watching.

Both because the horror of the puppets’ situation feels too bleak, and because they’ve really committed to the puppets having Sesame Street style personalities, and not appearing to be able to help comedy movements and sound-effects, and it’s making me feel panicky and sad for them. It’s a bit too close to the NSPCC anti-child-abuse ad from years back.

Yuletide

[(Anonymous)]

Bumping to front page because it's that time o' year!

Films

[(Anonymous)]

Is there anything worth watching? Anything worth avoiding?

Re: Films

[(Anonymous)]

Watched Titus (Titus Andronicus adaptation, stars Anthony Hopkins as titus). This is a ridiculous, fun film. Not seen the play before; the original must be dark/tragedy and there's a bit of that here, but they also made the film pretty campy, and it's v entertaining. It's in bad taste, it knows it, it revels in it. The actors look like they're having a good time. Plus the guy playing Saturninus looks quite a lot like my old boss who transitioned so I also laughed my head off at that.

Games

[(Anonymous)]

Games thread, now on page 1! Share any fun things with meme.

Re: Games

[(Anonymous)]

In my period of addiction to the google halloween google, I found out it was a reboot of a 2018 version, that's still accessible. https://www.google.com/doodles/halloween-2018 The 2018 version is better, imo, because the new map for the 2022 version is awkward and less fun to play. You don't get the collectibles in the 2018 version, though, so if you like collecting a variety of hats, be warned.

How's Life?

[(Anonymous)]

Chat thread.

Re: How's Life?

[(Anonymous)]

Feeling a weird mix of blank and pissed off for no reason. I'm probably missing some kind of nutrition.

Funny Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

If it causes some measure of amusement, share it here.

Re: Funny Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

https://youtu.be/Gt3gjgZpOVY

Interesting Things

[(Anonymous)]

Stuff that makes you go "Hm!"

Re: Interesting Things

[(Anonymous)]

https://bestiary.ca/

Internet Weirdness

[(Anonymous)]

Stuff that makes you go "Wuh?"

Re: Internet Weirdness

[(Anonymous)]

Although this was on r/mtf I'm not really sharing it for anything specific to that, I just thought 'what peculiar life goals' and had to share:

https://old.reddit.com/r/MtF/comments/z1pkqd/i_feel_devastated_got_in_an_accident_and_i_dont/

Stuff You're Pleased About

[(Anonymous)]

Celebration thread!

Re: Stuff You're Pleased About

[(Anonymous)]

Won £125 on premium bonds! Daresay that's £1.25 in last week's money, but whatever, still better than the interest rates on my accounts.

Random Internet Misc

[(Anonymous)]

Hellsites and more. If it's on the internet, share it.

Re: Random Internet Misc

[(Anonymous)]

A while back, mentioned fanspace and someone asked for the url. Their name was similar to a troll from a while back, so I held off a bit to see how they acted. Just checked now, 'account deleted', hrm.

Music

[(Anonymous)]

Listening? Share hits here! Playing? Procrastinate from practicing here!

Re: Music

[(Anonymous)]

This does unfortunately imply that those playing are not producing hits.

Coding

[(Anonymous)]

if fanspace_users == nerds:
return "Busy thread!"

Re: Coding

[(Anonymous)]

else:
return "losers, go back to instagram"

Gardening

[(Anonymous)]

Plants! What are you growing? Or, if you're a plant, what's growing you?

Re: Gardening

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, it's November, but if my grandma says we can still plant bulbs, then I guess we can still plant bulbs...

Art

[(Anonymous)]

Meme's a rubbish place to share images, but post them here anyway! Fill meme with beautiful things!

Re: Art

[(Anonymous)]

https://media.spinster.xyz/f5726cf7770bd0bd4c4b43a8bf86df4b100e58bab852cdbd97b4369d52c2cbd4.png

Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

Ask meme all your most important questions, and hopefully you'll get to take some bad advice home with you!

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

Does a bereavement 10+ years ago make a person more or less likely to believe in ghosts? I figure in the short term someone would be more likely to because of the effects of grief. But longer term, I wonder if there are studies?

Puzzles

[(Anonymous)]

Anything from crosswords to CTFs! And anything outside those boundaries, if it's puzzling! Share it all!

Re: Puzzles - CMU

[(Anonymous)]

https://puzzlehunt.club.cc.cmu.edu/hunt/current/

CMU Puzzle Hunt is next week (November 19-20). It's usually about 25 puzzles and doable in a weekend, but I probably won't be participating this year because my usual team is all very busy.

Manga and Anime

[(Anonymous)]

Do you gel your hair into spikes because that's how your dad wore his hair before he disappeared when you were a child?

You're in the right place!

Re: Manga and Anime

[(Anonymous)]

>nii-san
>anija
>aniki
>onii-san
>onii-chan
I'm going to go insane coming up with different translations for the exact same concept. English speakers don't even refer to people by familial relationship like the Japanese do.

Clothes

[(Anonymous)]

Meme's a trendsetter. Set trends here.

Re: Clothes

[(Anonymous)]

Considering getting a fleecy aviator jacket. Suspect these look better in my head than they would in reality. Otoh, WARM.

TIFU

[(Anonymous)]

Enjoyed this last time, so it's back! :D Failed at anything recently? You're in the right place!

Re: TIFU

[(Anonymous)]

> Look up slow cooker recipe
> Prep a bunch of ingredients
> Set it to cook and feel accomplished
> Leave slow cooker unplugged for two hours

ಠ_ಠ

Fooooooooooooood

[(Anonymous)]

Hungry? Made anything good? Plz tell the very hungry caterpillars of meme.

Re: Fooooooooooooood

[(Anonymous)]

Into Army and Navy sweets atm. Tasty and weirdly filling; am wondering if liquorice or aniseed is an appetite suppressant.

Seals in Hats

[hoisinsauce]

Meme style discussion, meta, etc.

Re: Seals in Hats

[hoisinsauce]

Completely failing at giving the seal an updated wardrobe, but it's still on the todo list.

Recommendations

[(Anonymous)]

Catch-all thread for recommendations that don't fit neatly anywhere else!

Re: Recommendations

[(Anonymous)]

Gilette clear gel deodorant is fun. The gel comes up like little snakes of spaghetti, wibble wibble