Brinens and Things

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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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[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.

There is a blanket [cw: illness] on the rest of this post.

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Comments on my own posts:

[fairly mild cw: what it says on the tin] I have an exam in an hour [two comments *if* you count the new-post notification]

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Comments on other people's posts:

[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by wolffyluna) Exam creation.

[Tumblr; Wayback] (OP by overlordtulip) Some people have one hand for precision and one for brute strength, while others have a single hand dominate both aspects.

[arguably cw: scrupulosity] [Tumblr; Wayback] (OP by maryellencarter) Customers that do not want to be helped, and staff who are contractually obligated to be helpful.

[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by wolffyluna) Busman's holidays from university.

[cw: food] [Tumblr; Wayback] (OP by maryellencarter) Pork-rind flavourings.

[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by contrarianarchon) Making email addresses robust against providers shutting down or kicking you out. [two comments]

[cw: food] [Tumblr; Wayback] (OP by rustingbridges; partially in response to maryellencarter) What to call various Thanksgivings; also, pumpkin pie. [two comments]

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[cw: amnesia, arguably illness and murder] [Tumblr; Wayback] (by benepla; h/t itsbenedict) On our previous roundup, we had ex nihilo fandom memes. This time, we have a story told *through* memes (plus the occasional social-media epistolary).

[WordPress; Wayback] (by Cat DeSpira; h/t textfiles) The reason behind the characteristic wear patterns on Pac-Man arcade cabinets.