Brinens and Things

Comments on my own posts:

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Comments on other people's posts:

[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by yvannairie) In which we are all uncomfortable with the word "simp", though not all for the same initial reasons.

[cw: food, poison, medical stuff] [Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by mindstalk; partly in response to marycatelli) On drug-grapefruit interactions. [three comments]

[mild cw: war, apocalypse] [AO3; Wayback] (OP by nostalgebraist) Very belated Almost Nowhere reactionblogging.

[WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by invertedporcupine) What are the boundaries of "several"? Also, what are the boundaries of "the other day"?

[WordPress part 1 (Tumblr part 1); WordPress part 2 (Tumblr part 2)] (OP by voxette-vk; in response to rustingbridges) The etymology of the name "Ontario" makes it an especially bad choice to be stolen by a town in the California desert. [two or three comments, depending on how you count]

[cw: homophobia, discourse, amnesia, (arguably) politics] [Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by feotakahari; partly in response to wingedcatgirl) Can we *please* not double-down on that rotten-to-the-core "born this way" argument? Especially not in this Minitrue way? [two comments]

[cw: violence, amnesia] [AO3; Wayback] (OP by Benedict_SC) Even more belated The Bleeding Heart of the Oborozuka Vampire theorising, now that I speak Umineko and therefore have *some* idea of what is going on.

[WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by dagny-hashtaggart) Jules Verne and teaboos. [two comments]

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Links:

Laugh rule:
[Rock Paper Shotgun; Wayback] (by Nate Crowley)

But for me, it was the classic multiplayer combat experience: radio silence on my side (except the occasional amiable Frenchman, mumbling in short bursts from the heart of a collapsing crisp factory), and a pitiless raptor squad of born killers on the other side, functioning with the lethal efficiency of a hive mind.

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Now that my WordPress is in usable condition, Tumblr comments will have their primary link be to WordPress, with the original Tumblr version in parentheses. I won't explicitly include Wayback links for these, just as I don't explicitly include Wayback links for links to my own Dreamwidth: they'll go into the Wayback Machine in a few weeks when I upload that month's posts.


Comments on my own posts:

Ask me about my special interests [two comments]

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Comments on other people's posts:

[cw: amnesia, (fairly mild) drugs] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by slatestarscratchpad; also in response to how-about-a-nice-game-of-chess) The moral relevance of dreaming selves.

[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by lydamorehouse) Unlike Facebook, Dreamwidth-based image hosting works on Firefox by default.

[WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by rustingbridges) Grumbling about Google CAPTCHAs. [two comments]

[cw: amnesia] [Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by contrarianarchon) What falling asleep feels like.

[cw: nsfw text (and arguably images) in the link] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by asexualactivities) On setting up a sex-education website in a manner friendly to sex-repulsed people. (With test subject: a masturbation sleeve review.)

[cw: amnesia] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by staff) An update on how to handle Tumblr's latest wave of censorship: tumblr-utils needs some tweaks in order to continue functioning. [two comments, one of which is new]

[arguably cw: fire] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by ultrastimpaks) Do you sleep with your door open, or closed?

[cw: poverty] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by siderea; in response to etirabys) More on the importance of storage space and stable housing.

[WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by transgenderer; in response to sigmaleph and pedanther) Even in the age of smartphones, wristwatches are still useful. Even and perhaps especially dumbwatches. [two comments]

[cw: Pyrebound spoilers] [WordPress; Wayback] (OP by theredsheep) Today on Pyrebound reactionblogging: population estimates.

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[cw: medical, self-harm (ego-dystonic), death] [New Yorker; Wayback crawling forbidden, but paywall is of the type easily circumvented by hitting ctrl-a ctrl-c before it pops up, then pasting into the word processor of your choice] (by Richard Preston; h/t GeneralDisarray) An article about Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, a rare genetic disorder which I had not heard of before.

Two laugh-rule entries:
[arguably cw: nsfw text] [The Register; Wayback] (by Richard Speed; h/t compusever)

the software has been taken up by clients seeking to hand over control of their computer to someone else in exchange for a fee and a promise not to email their partner. The prospect and thrill of the loss of control is apparently an enticing one.
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The Register reckons that same effect could be achieved by putting an unpatched version of Windows XP on an open internet connection for a few minutes.

[cw: murder] [Tumblr; Wayback] (by ficklefackle; h/t consumptivesphinx) That knife was from *what*?!



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Comments on my own posts:

Interesting Fact Meme [five comments, one of which is new]

[cw: death] seven-year-old me is screaming and covering her ears [two comments]

[cw: food] The pumpkin-spice one

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Comments on other people's posts:

[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by yvannairie) Social norms around blog archive-binging. [two comments]

[arguably cw: nsfw text] [Tumblr; Wayback] (OP by asexualactivities) A post I wrote a while back about asexual fetishism becomes relevant again.

[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by wolffyluna) Automated transcription is untrustworthy. (Also, neat rock facts.)

[cw: nsfw text] [Tumblr; Wayback] (OP by asexualactivities) "If you’re an ace who masturbates regularly, what happens if you don’t?"

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Links:

[Tumblr; Wayback] (by 0ct0pus; h/t consumptive-sphinx) The burrowing octopus.

[cw: food] [Atlas Obscura; Wayback] (by Tal McThenia) An Arctic exploration team's supply cache accidentally becomes an experiment in long-term food preservation.

[WordPress; Wayback] (by Randall Munroe) Randall Munroe holds a competition to write something using only book titles. Some of the entries are delightfully loophole-y.