Eighth Post!

[hoisinsauce]

It's one thing if mankind is hunted to extinction by ChatGPT, but I really do object to being executed by Bing.

(https://secretfanspace.dreamwidth.org/2511.html?thread=3169743#cmt3169743 )

Welcome back! Fandom chat, misc creativity, internet weirdness, books, films, anything! Tell meme about it so we can get to the next post title!

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Comments

Books

[(Anonymous)]

Reading anything? Planning to read anything? Threw anything you were reading away in a rage? Tell meme!

Re: Books

[(Anonymous)]

Just repeating from old post in case it got lost in the shuffle: bookshop.org are doing free shipping until midnight. Assume it's only for UK nonnies, though didn't actually check.

Writing

[(Anonymous)]

Tell us what you're up to, share meta on writing, procrastinate here, etc.

Re: Writing

[(Anonymous)]

https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/588201.html?thread=3598092457#cmt3598092457

Fandom Things

[(Anonymous)]

Thread for fandom chat!

Re: Fandom Things

[(Anonymous)]

Just catching up on ffa oshiro wank, since it had been a while. There's been some wanky wank!

https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/593412.html?thread=3632631300#cmt363

*mutters about snakes and tails*

Wonder if he's got a sock making a showing.

All the people straight-facedly referring to him as they/them are making me giggle. Saw someone call Mardoll "he" on another thread. I'm glad I'm far enough out of those circles that this now just reads as really funny and odd.

TV

[(Anonymous)]

Seen anything good? Bad? Blah?

Re: TV

[(Anonymous)]

Watching the netflix documentary on people who perform professionally as mermaids. It's a very good advert against Mermaids.

Films

[(Anonymous)]

Anything you've seen or want to see? Discuss with meme!

Re: Films

[(Anonymous)]

Saw Joy Ride with a friend. It was absolutely hilarious and if you appreciate raunchy comedies I recommend it 200%.

trigger warning for giving the non gender conforming female character they/them pronouns but it's only in the finale scene so it doesn't mar the movie watching experience too much.

(Although it does mar talking about the movie with your friend afterwards as she falls over herself to "correct" her pronoun usage and you avoid all pronouns like a caveman.)

But don't let that hold you back from seeing it because they way it treats female (heterosexual) sexuality was surprisingly open and refreshing and really, really funny. And it also made me sob in the theater and think about my mother. Full spectrum of emotions.

Games

[(Anonymous)]

Playing anything good? What's on the wishlist?

Re: Games

[(Anonymous)]

Was gonna get hogwarts legacy but forgot that all new(ish) games were like a bazillion gold coins these days. Guess it'll go down eventually, right? ...Right?

How's Life?

[(Anonymous)]

Chat about any and all miscellany here!

Re: How's Life?

[(Anonymous)]

Sometimes I look out of the window, just to check that the sky is still there.

Funny Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

Funny, mildly amusing, share it all here. :)

Re: Funny Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Advice/comments/14i79q2/stupid_but_i_have_a_problem_with_a_seagull_at_work/

Interesting Things

[(Anonymous)]

Expand meme's horizons with fascinating artifacts, wherever you find them.

Re: Interesting Things

[(Anonymous)]

https://twitter.com/70sscifi/status/1672571560933171200

Internet Weirdness

[(Anonymous)]

Befuddle meme with strangeness within.

Re: Internet Weirdness

[(Anonymous)]

I guess this is either venting or weirdness. I don't understand why the Big O finds men in dresses problematic. Like ok I get the bit about not wanting to be some dude's fetish prop, but at the same time that feels like reverse TRA territory to me. It's like telling TERFs to DNI or not to enjoy whatever. Like you legit can't stop people. Maybe you can legally enforce egregious cases but trying to police people's internal states is just Tumblr fandom stupidity to me and I really wish we'd stop engaging in it just because the other side is doing it.

Stuff You're Pleased About

[(Anonymous)]

Celebration thread!

Re: Stuff You're Pleased About

[(Anonymous)]

I just saw a pretty coaster on a chair and was reminded that my house is so full of beautiful things I am so happy and so lucky. :)

Random Internet Misc

[(Anonymous)]

Hellsites, journalism and more. Anything from the net.

Re: Random Internet Misc

[(Anonymous)]

Graun slowwwwwly shifting its stance toward reality:

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jun/25/the-tavistock-the-clinic-review-an-admirably-unsensational-look-at-one-of-the-nhss-most-controversial-institutions

Music

[(Anonymous)]

Performing anything? Listening to anything? Any other music-based discussion welcome!

Re: Music

[(Anonymous)]

Have listened to the p4 theme a million times, but never until now noticed the cool chromatic bassline!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul0sp782hIQ

Coding

[(Anonymous)]

Nerd, nerrrrrrrrrrrrrrd. Tech discussion. Also fine to talk about the tech world more generally.

Re: Coding

[(Anonymous)]

I'm still not over the fucking CEO of Microsoft smugly announcing that he'd partnered with the dudely CEO of L'Oreal to make women 'camera ready' via virtual makeup on Teams.

Gardening

[(Anonymous)]

Blue skies, sunshine, how are the plants? :)

Re: Gardening

[(Anonymous)]

Scented plants are scenting things!

I tried to plant lots of bright flowers this year. For some reason, the only things that have come up have been pastel-colored delicate things. It looks pretty, but it's almost the opposite of what I was going for. Howwwww...

Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

Ask stupid questions, get stupid answers.

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

Less about how to peak someone but I was having a discussion at work related to workplace policy. I think the other colleague understands the potential for TRA abuse if we basically mainline TRA demands here. She just refuses to accept that TRA institutional takeover is so significant we don't hear of cases of abuse or dissent and considers reduxx to be biased.

Interested in how meme would approach this. I'm arguing that the risks of abuse are pertinent and ignoring the "institutions can't all be completely taken over" argument. But I do think that's pretty much the reality here, as insane as it sounds. How does one even become convinced of this?

Manga And Anime

[(Anonymous)]

Weebles wobble but they don't fall down!

Re: Manga And Anime

[(Anonymous)]

Just saw an anime recommended: "I want to eat your pancreas". I'm glad anime titles haven't got any less weird in my lifetime.

Clothes

[(Anonymous)]

Dazzling the paparazzi? Show off to meme!

Re: Clothes

[(Anonymous)]

Linen skirt I mentioned wanting to buy last meme post finally came in!

It's burgundy, because I'm boring. I'm not used to wearing long skirts, but I don't look as stubby as I expected in it and I'm looking forward to wearing it outside once I wash it and iron out the wrinkles.

Seals in Hats

[hoisinsauce]

Meme style discussion, meta, etc.

Re: Seals in Hats

[(Anonymous)]

The moment the new post went up, fetch failed errors started showing up all over the place. Is this another example of our flavorful overlord's brilliant timing, or the start of yet another mysterious umami conspiracy? Find out in the next post of Seals in Hats!

Puzzles

[(Anonymous)]

Puzzlehunts, CTFs, crosswords, whatever! Any puzzles, share them!

Re: Puzzles

[(Anonymous)]

https://g4.glyph.wtf/

Glyph is a two-day puzzle hunt with somewhat odd rules - they release a set of puzzles each day, so you basically get a forced break + slate reset in the middle. I don't think I've done this hunt before and the Discord recommendation makes me antsy, but I might try to solo a few puzzles this weekend.

Fooooooooooooooooooood

[(Anonymous)]

Meme is a hungry hungry caterpillar and MUST BE SATISFIED. Share your culinary exploits! Or, if you've had something nasty in a restaurant, tell us all about it! Feel free to share amusing reviews here, too.

Re: Fooooooooooooooooooood

[(Anonymous)]

Bought a "charcuterie" plate at a restaurant. Turned out to be literally 16 slices of pepperoni for £8. That's 50p per slice. It tasted like any other pepperoni. Ffs.

Recommendations

[(Anonymous)]

Recommend things here.

Art

[(Anonymous)]

Share beautiful things here.

Re: Art

[(Anonymous)]

These are cute:

https://www.tumblr.com/tkingfisher/722938791081525248/i-have-been-doodling-a-lot-on-my-ipad-mini-these

Best Spammail

[(Anonymous)]

Got any good ones?

Re: Best Spammail

[(Anonymous)]

Am currently getting stood up by a guy next to a sign that says 'We're searching for the most bored person in America.'

The QR code asking if I'm the one isn't working, so I guess I don't qualify.

Poetry

[(Anonymous)]

Give meme a poem; it's good luck!

Re: Poetry - Fragment (断章) by Bian Zhilin (卞之琳)

[(Anonymous)]

你站在桥上看风景，
you stand on a bridge, watching the sights.
看风景人在楼上看你。
upstairs, the sightseers are watching you.
明月装饰了你的窗子，
the bright moon adorns your window;
你装饰了别人的梦。
you adorn someone else's dream.

A while back, I solved a puzzle in P&KU2 that involved reassembling well-known modern Chinese poems. Well, they're well-known to someone. Definitely not to me, because I never even got past the Tragedy of Gao Wenzhong lessons in Chinese school.

Anyways, I thought I'd share a few. This one is titled 'Fragment' because it was allegedly written as part of a longer poem, but the rest of it was scrapped, leaving only these few elegant and melancholy lines. You are as much a part of the world as you are an observer of it.