"Hope for the Best,Thirst for the Worst"

Charismatic microfauna from the cold north. Has a spouse, two cats, a pharmacy degree, several diagnoses and a temper. Is nominally an adult and sometimes talks about adult things. Probably fans characters you hate; live with it.

[mummer]

literally

[shamebats]

[imsfire2]

Meanwhile those of us who grew up in a family full of very full-on very seriously angry arguments will be cowering in a corner thinking "please stop arguing, please stop, you're giving me flashbacks!" and fighting the urge to agree with everything the trademark Happy Arguer says just to get them to stop being so (to us) ferociously aggressive.

[cakeisnotpie]

And people who grew up in families that always told then they were wrong or not smart or not good enough will take it as being told their opinions are wrong, that you know better and they’re just a failure because every time they state how they feel you argue with them.

[doomhamster]

And everyone - I mean EVERY. SINGLE. FUCKING. ONE - of the people I've known who were like leahsgotlistings? Totally failed to understand that no, most people do NOT want to "logically consider" whether they or their friends really count as human.

[pastimperfection]

And everyone - I mean EVERY. SINGLE. FUCKING. ONE - of the people I've known who were like leahsgotlistings? Totally failed to understand that no, most people do NOT want to "logically consider" whether they or their friends really count as human.

This is an example of the point the OP was making about cultural bias. Why do you think the only people you've met who love to argue are also people who are insensitive and unkind? It's because you all internalized a set of social norms that define arguing as disrespectful, so no one who values sensitivity and kindness enjoys arguing. That includes self-styled devil's advocates who enjoy arguing because they enjoy being disrespectful. It's not unusual to have a community where people love to argue and care very deeply about ethical concerns. Ask Molly Crabapple. It's also not difficult to find communities where everyone is peaceful and unethical behavior is rampant. Ask the Amish.

[doomhamster]

...leeeeet me guess. You love to argue.

[nyasm]

[shamebats]

[imsfire2]

Meanwhile those of us who grew up in a family full of very full-on very seriously angry arguments will be cowering in a corner thinking "please stop arguing, please stop, you're giving me flashbacks!" and fighting the urge to agree with everything the trademark Happy Arguer says just to get them to stop being so (to us) ferociously aggressive.

[cakeisnotpie]

And people who grew up in families that always told then they were wrong or not smart or not good enough will take it as being told their opinions are wrong, that you know better and they’re just a failure because every time they state how they feel you argue with them.

[doomhamster]

And everyone - I mean EVERY. SINGLE. FUCKING. ONE - of the people I've known who were like leahsgotlistings? Totally failed to understand that no, most people do NOT want to "logically consider" whether they or their friends really count as human.

[charlesoberonn]

Necessary and sufficient

[charlesoberonn]

[charlesoberonn]

Adding a second lock was not necessary.

[charlesoberonn]

Understanding the difference between necessary and sufficient is necessary, but not sufficient to earn a math degree.

[charlesoberonn]

Part 2

[charlesoberonn]

Gladly!

[charlesoberonn]

A bit more complicated, but sure!

[h4ganah]

"What have pro-Palestine activists in Sweden been up to recently?" some of you might be wondering.

They are extremely shocked and appalled that their completely normal and innocuous ""demonstration prop"" was confiscated by the cops. Their "free speech" was apparently thoroughly and devastatingly violated 💔

I mean to be fair, I am also shocked that the police took it from them. But I'd guess we're not exactly shocked for the same reasons.

[challenge-of-wheels-and-words]

The Challenge of Wheels and Words

Round 2!

This is a fest where all fic titles follow the popular format of "A/The ____ of ____ and ____."

To participate, spin the wheels bellow to get your title. Then, write a fic inspired by that title.

Fics can be any fandom (including original works), any pairing, any genre, any rating, and any length. Have fun with it!

Spin this wheel for your first word.

Spin this wheel twice for your second and third words.

Submit your fic to the AO3 collection!

Posting Dates: August 15th - 22nd

The collection will remain open indefinitely but the majority of community activity will be during the dates above.

Rules

You can spin as many times as you want.

You can submit as many fics as you want.

Fics of any fandom, pairing, genre, rating, and length are welcome.

Fics do not need to be completed by the posting period.

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If you just want to spin and don't want to write, you can send us your favorite titles as asks and we'll post them for others to grab!

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[mariacallous]

[creamsicle-art]

me when therse apple slices at the function

[lookninjas]

@into-the-weeds

[indolentjellyfish]

bee nice to her

[milowing]

sometimes u headcanon a character as a sexuality but then also ship things that contradict that. sometimes you ship things you would NEVER EVER want in canon. this is because these things are fun and silly and not legally binding.

[captainclickycat]

Yeah I don't know where some people got this idea that fanfic is always like, auditioning to replace canon or being posited as "better" than canon, as opposed to people just borrowing the characters to play with in the sandpit for a while before putting them back in their box

[doomhamster]

Same place they got the idea that fanfic has to be a moral manifesto.

[ad-astra-per-aspera-1389]

there's a specific type of frustration that results from disliking a perfectly fine ship that just got too popular

[phynali]

for me, it's seldom solely just about the popularity of the ship. sometimes that's all it is, but most of the time, it's what that popularity comes with. which is to say, it's not the ship, it's the shippers.

[daughterofscotland]

100% that. Extreme Shippers ruined quite a few ships for me over the years.

[thebiscuiteternal]

Especially if it's a full-on fandom battleship that keeps picking fights with pool floatie-sized ones for the "crime" of just existing.

[ad-astra-per-aspera-1389]

there's a specific type of frustration that results from disliking a perfectly fine ship that just got too popular

[phynali]

for me, it's seldom solely just about the popularity of the ship. sometimes that's all it is, but most of the time, it's what that popularity comes with. which is to say, it's not the ship, it's the shippers.

[daughterofscotland]

100% that. Extreme Shippers ruined quite a few ships for me over the years.

[blackwatersinkingship]

When I finish this whale shark lamp all 4 of you are gonna be So I'm pressed

[blackwatersinkingship]

She glows now, just so you know, and she's full of string deliciöusee string

[god-sent-gender-bent]

Are you gonna show us the lamp? 👀

[blackwatersinkingship]

Good news! Whäle shark lämp 🥰

[hollyevolving]

A lot more than 4 of us are impressed

[helenvaughans]

[rhinco]

i understand that it's unreasonable to expect a band on world tour to play in every country in the world but i do think they should only be allowed to call it a world tour if they play in every continent. we need to make it embarrassing to say world tour and then not even step foot in africa

[banrionceallach]

You know, that Mythbusters post legitimately changed my life. Before seeing it, I had exponentially more guilt and stress about not being able to sleep, which of course, further exacerbated my inability to sleep.

Now, every time I wake up about three am, knowing I have to get up at 6.45, instead of stressing and panicking about how my day is going to be sleep deprived and miserable, I just tell myself 'Time to activate Mythbusters Protocol' and lie there with my eyes closed safe in the knowledge that I am measurably reducing later feelings of exhaustion.

And when this happens, about 70% of the time the reduction of guilt and stress means I actually do fall back asleep, so all in all instead of getting only three or four hours sleep, I get five to six and a half.

Which y'know, major improvement in health and energy.

[catgirlthecrazy]

On a related note, that post also opened up the world of naps for me. I used to think that napping was mostly pointless for me, because I'm pretty much incapable of falling fully asleep in the middle of the day. But when I redefined naps to include "lying down with my eyes shut for an hour," even if I just spent the whole time brainstorming fanfiction, that was often enough to get me from "exhausted and running on 4 hours of sleep" to energized and refreshed