Random Relevant Ramblings

I've been known elseweb as "fannishnej", "jennythereader" and "bookwormjen", with a few minor spelling variations. I won't give my exact age, but I will say I've been an actual legal adult for the entire 21st century

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

Have you seen Death on the Nile (1978)?

Yes

No

Haven’t even heard of this movie

Remaining time: 6 days 8 hours

[crafterreader]

Watch it if you haven't already, and watch it again if you have. It's one of the best Agatha Christie adaptations.

[foxes-in-love]

[crafterreader]

I don't like either temperature extreme, but if I were ever forced to choose one I would pick too cold every single time.

You can always add another layer of garments and/or blankets (although moving gets tricky eventually), but there is an upper limit to the number of layers you can take off.

[janmisali]

oh I know how to make a poll's results look like the letter E watch this

what is the rightmost digit of the number of responses this poll has right now? (it should be visible before you vote.)

0, 1, or 2

3

4 or 5

6

7, 8, or 9

Remaining time: 3 days 10 hours

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

we gotta get back into revolving bookcases i'm begging

truly we allow the pinnacles of human achievement to wither and collapse into ashes in the wind

[anablepsian]

These are the most fuckable bookshelves I’ve ever seen

[crafterreader]

Don't forget bookwheels, the original multi-tab browsers:

Bookwheel - Wikipedia

[indigosfindings]

how do you pronounce the honourific "Ms." in english

"miss"

"miz"

other

unsure/see results

Voting ended onMay 21

[mortalityplays]

really good "shocking number of people are confidently objectively demonstrably completely wrong" poll

[3liza]

i am losing my fucking mind

[avocado-moon]

#we dont use honorifics in my first language so whenever i have to select options (usually for flights) im always so confused#like what is actually the difference between miss and ms#i like miss bc it sounds more historical and im a historian so

"Miss" means an unmarried woman. "Mrs." means a married woman. (both of these have origins in the word "mistress" as in "mistress of the house".)

"Ms." - prounounced MIZ, btw - is a third option popularized by gloria steinem in the 70s - mainly through her feminist magazine Ms. - which is meant to be a neutral term, usable for any and all women regardless of marital status (hence the soul destroying irony of the tags above). it gained wider general acceptance when geraldine ferraro, the first woman to be nominated as VP on a national major party ticket, started using it widely to avoid confusion, since she was married but used her maiden name professionally. eventually over the years it came into common use though i do think the brits are a little more critical of it than americans (as far as i'm aware lol)

[avocado-moon]

"obscure facts only a tumblr user would know" and it's one of the most influential institutions of second wave american feminism. PLEASE open the schools

[onbearfeet]

Hi. I'm an unmarried woman in her forties. I use Ms. and pronounce it "miz", though I don't correct people who accidentally use a soft S. I use Ms. because it's no one's business but my own whether I'm married, to a man or anyone else, and that's what Ms. means. It means fuck off, my marital status is irrelevant, just as it is for every man who uses Mr.

I've had people (usually children) ask me at work if I'm a missus or a miss. I have replied that I am a miz, full stop. And when they pressed for which one I was REALLY, I have replied, "Why? Are you going to treat me differently depending on whether there's a ring somewhere?"

That's what Ms. is for. That is its linguistic function. It says, "This is an adult woman," and nothing else. Nothing else is necessary, and in my case, nothing else is desired.

I also use miz for other women unless and until they express a preference for something else because I don't magically know everyone else's marital status when I meet them. That's a courtesy—I'm declining to assume marital status and allowing them to decide whether they wish to declare it.

Also, I've taught English and worked as an editor for twenty years. I am quite literally the grammar police. This use of Ms. is a standard construction. If you didn't learn it in school, someone failed you.

[squeeful]

“Obscure facts” Boo boo I was taught it in elementary school. One with a state standardized curriculum.

Ms. is marriage-neutral and it’s pronounced Miz. It is deliberately different from Miss.

[crafterreader]

I'm one of youngest members of Gen X.

I have used Ms. (when I had to use something) since I was about 15.

I used it when I was single. When I was dating. When I was engaged. When I was married. And now that I'm divorced.

Because my marital status should not affect what respectful title people use for me.

[the-depressed-comedic-relief]

Gandalf during the Hobbit: good god I wish Bilbo was more naturally in tune with his Took side I feel like I have to force it out of him

Gandalf during Lord of the Rings: TOO MUCH TOOK FUCK FUCK FUCK WHAT IS WRONG WITH PIPPIN

[crafterreader]

This made me literally laugh out loud at work.

[crafterreader]

This PSA brought to you by yet another Game of Thrones fic where the author doesn't seem to understand homonyms.

Naval refers to ships, especially related to a navy.

Navel is a bellybutton.

Please, please, for the love of God, do not confuse them!

[redstonedust]

we all know adult humans dont get enough enrichment but the other day i was walkin home past an empty playground and impulsively ran over to spin myself on this zipline merry-go-round contraption for a few minutes and it really did feel like it unlocked some neglected part of my brain. like damn we really should all go outside and play more. fuck. they werent kidding with this play time thing. have you guys heard about play time. it could be huge.

[crafterreader]

Playgrounds designed for adult heights and weights would be amazing.

[moveslikekeithrichards]

cars need extra signals that mean specific things like "i did not mean to do that" or "the cop is gone now can you please pick up the fucking pace"

[crafterreader]

Drivers need a way to communicate "I am going to be driving somewhat unpredictably. Please allow me extra space."

I propose a purple light in the middle of the roof (because that color doesn't already mean anything). You turn it on when you are driving under the influence of an unhappy small child, trying to follow directions in an unfamiliar area, or doing anything else that might make you change speed or direction abruptly.

[crafterreader]

This PSA brought to you by an otherwise enjoyable fic:

To pore means to study or examine intently

To pour means to cause to flow in a stream

Before posting, please make sure you've used the one you intended to.

[crafterreader]

I run into this one over and over again in Game of Thrones fic.

The author will be intending to show someone trying to squeeze every last detail out of a map or text, and all I can picture is the character dumping a pitcher of wine over the parchment.

[annoyinglandmagazine]

Which Spark in Girl Genius has the most atrociously illegible handwriting?

Agatha

Gil

Tarvek

Colette

Martellus

Klaus

Lucrezia

Trelawney

Theo

Sleipnir

Other

Voting ended onMay 3

[leletha-jann]

Voted my first instinct, was delighted to find that I am substantially agreed with.

[crafterreader]

I think the second place result is pretty amusing too, especially combined with the first.

[midsomercaps]

Midsomer Murders, season 7 - Bad Tidings

[crafterreader]

They're playing cribbage. I have played it, but not in a really long time. So rather than my bad explanation, here's the Wikipedia page:

Cribbage - Wikipedia

[derry-rain]

mary bennet just having the best time.

[crafterreader]

The only way to beat that scene in the 1995 Pride and Prejudice.

[kosmogrl]

this is so cool!!

[kosmogrl]

[bundibird]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. We need a "This is absolutely NOT mature content" feedback button on posts. You can report a post as missing a community label. We should also be able to report posts as having a community label when they dont fucking need one.

[afemalesebastian]

"Sewing is a gateway drug to thinking through complex problems. It seems really simple; culturally, we make it women's work. Let me tell you: real sewing at any kind of level of proficiency is a bloody magic trick. Sewing, like mold making, involves mental frames that require one to think inside out and backwards. It requires one to work on an order of operations that is often taking into account the reverse. It's a really, really important skill, and if you learn how to sew, you're mostly on your way to carpentry and welding and sheet metal work. I'm not kidding: these are planar forms meeting under rules and conditions. And if you can make a sleeve work, I swear to God, you could build a house."

--Adam Savage

[crafterreader]

This one is important enough that I reblogged it on both this blog, and on the side blog I use for things I want to show my kid.

[kingcatnine]

the thing about nonfiction is you come out of it with several more books to put on your to be read list and it's only gonna branch out from there so really the only solution is to read every book in human history starting at the beginning

[crafterreader]

Fiction can add to your reading list too!

There's the "by the same author" list, the books it gets compared to in the blurbs, and if you're lucky titles the author admits to being influenced by or having used for research.

So yeah, the only answer is to read everything ever written.