okay so, guy at work, who i find out afterwards is famous at this place for being a sex pest, comes up and starts with what i also learn is his favorite opener to conversations where he’s going to be a sex pest, namely: “Do you know where the term ‘blow job’ comes from?”
and here he made his first fatal error. his moment of hubristic sex pesting. because of course i know where the term blow job comes from, i love learning about sex and the history of sexual terms! i know so much about oral sex that i could write a book on it!
his second error: approaching a little autistic freak with what he intended to be an uncomfortable sex question that would make me feel weird and gross. Friends, Romans, Countrymen, I Have Never Misjudged A Man’s Intentions So Incredibly In My Life. because i did not realize he was trying to harass me. because i love talking about sex facts, albeit not usually at work. unless. someone prompts me. my coworkers are the kind of people who are generally online enough to know terms, but not exactly what they mean, and they realized they could ask me a while back and get good answers without the resulting awkwardness because i do not experience shame. i am primed to answer questions like the one he has proposed.
So I Answered It.
and well, really, what happened is that I began answering it, then realized the answer required a bit more context. I mean, you can’t just say “oh, well, the term first appears in writing in the 1940s” without first explaining that ‘blow’ by itself already had sexual connotations for centuries, and then, really, are we talking about the origin of the term or the origin of the act. and well we have a ton of literature and art depicting fellatio throughout human history, did you know a lot of it was men performing it on other men? oh, that reminds me, there are a multitude of latin words for oral sex performed on penises, and hold on let me quote you the entirety of catullus 16 from memory and explain it’s fascinating insights into the roman world of homosexuality-
i do not know how to turn any of this ^ off, by the way. i’m sure some people out there have a switch that disables their infodumping mid-speech. i do not. and i also didn’t realize he wasn’t looking for a real answer until my other coworker explained so hours later. he could not excuse himself from the conversation he started, and i made a conservative man at least 30 years older than me to listen to my catullus recitation. i will sodomize and facefuck you, indeed.
anyway, i think i got a bad grade in being sexually harassed. my pro tip is maybe don’t start with what a very autistic individual will misconstrue as you earnestly asking them to explain sex to you. the special interest shield will cause splashback damage.
This comment was left on a post about making the most of the Libby app. "Excessive use of generous lending policies" is the most absurd phrase I've ever seen anyone use to discuss libraries.
Yes, please, particularly in the UK and Ireland where I get remunerated through the Public Lending Right scheme, set up by activist lesbian socialists to make sure writers earn money when their texts are borrowed from libraries.
Hey. If people aren't aware, Microsoft admitted they know who you and where you are at all times and will give your info to the police.
They have a Global Device Identifier (GDID) Tracker that functions as a fingerprint for your PC that can surpass VPNs, proxy servers and countries. Although it can't survive a clean reinstall of Windows (it can survive updates), because Microsoft forces you to go to the internet and log in into a Microsoft account, they will be able to get to you.
Microsoft kept it secret and it was only found out when the FBI tracked a hacker thanks to the information Microsoft gave them.
You should be paying attention to this, and possibly consider moving away from Windows. If a government, especially the US government, doesn't like you for some reason, this could be seriously concerning.
This article specifically notes:
For journalism, activism, or domestic abuse situations, skip Windows and use Linux routed through Tor instead of a commercial VPN. A GDID doesn’t care which VPN you use, only that it’s still the same Windows installation.
GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.
Other important quotes:
What has researchers uneasy is everything else the case reveals. Costin Raiu, a well-known malware researcher, asked on the Three Buddy Problem podcast how much of this exists on other platforms, and whether it is linked more permanently to hardware. Matthew Hickey, another security researcher, called Windows “surveillance software”.
Two things back that up:
There’s no consent screen. A GDID gets assigned when you sign into a Microsoft Account. Apple’s advertising identifier needs an App Tracking Transparency prompt and a visible reset; Android’s works the same way. GDID has neither, and a Windows reinstall only gets you a new number Microsoft can still get back to the same account.
Then there’s activation. Massgrave, the group behind Microsoft Activation Scripts, notes that Windows setup sends hardware info to Microsoft and gets identifiers back, the same tokens later used for Store access and licensing: “It’s impossible to prevent Windows from getting a GDID without breaking activation and UWP app[s].” Anyone who lost a license after swapping a motherboard has already met a smaller version of this.
Here's the complaint filed to the court, the primary source for the case mentioned in the article. You can find mentions of GDID on page 30 of the document or 34 of the PDF.
You can get and use windows 11 without logging in with a microsoft account, as of five days ago. I am a local user on my computer. Don't ask me how to do it, because my computer repair guy did it when he reinstalled windows, but there are tutorials out there. Refuse to connect to internet until you're set up and can use the computer freely.
Refusing to connect to the internet doesn't help. You have to open a Command Prompt (Shift+F10) and typing start ms-cxh:localonly (and pressing enter) during installation when you get to the sign in/create stupid ms account screen
For comprehensive deets, tomshardware explains
Maintain only a local account on your Windows 11 PC.
Unless there's really really specific reasons to subject yourself to windows, please consider installing linux mint instead.
Women can write m/m. Men can write f/f. Asexuals can write filthy smut. Lesbians and gay men can write m/f. It's all arbitrary anyway. Who give a shit.
"Oh but they don't have an experience of-" I don't have any experience committing or solving murders either but that's still mostly what I read and write about.
Yk Miyuki has the air of loneliness and awkwardness to him that speaks of how he just had JUST ENOUGH social interaction and deep bonds to not make him into an utterly sad and friendless mean idiot
Like he had Mei and Chris and Baseball and his Dad (although mostly absent and tired and probably drunk) and those four bonds literally kept him above water.
Like baseball was the main reason he held on together and didnt break down(well at least visibly), found the power in himself to smile through the next day. Idt the beatings were a recurring occurrence or at least a commonly recurring occurrence, i dont think they’ve stopped at one and i dont think Kazuya told his dad about it at day one, im sure mei and chris do not know but his dad def does, at least to a degree.
I think this is also where this keep everything to himself bit comes from, aside from yk growing up mostly alone and taking care of a house in tandem with yourself that makes u HATE relying on others, esp the position of a pitcher where u literally function as a machine, rather than the intelligence part.
I know, as we’ve been told how a battery is so much more than that and how it works so much better when the pitcher isnt a mindless machine but a thinking one and how THEY must know the most about baseball and yaddi yadda but geh..
I just love his character, how he is JUST vulnerable enough to be captain but still csving under those responsibilities and expectations and losing his desires within a little bit as his time with highschool baseball comes to an end. Im sure, not of that Terajima-sensei intended for such to happen, his feelings towards eijun had to do with it
Like you can see them develop into something new and not known to the audience as they start spending more and more time together off-screen, seem to become a set even almost, in okumura’s eyes which i think represnts many first years’ broad and less dramatized view of them..
the "came back wrong" trope except like... they didnt. like this mad scientists wife died, and so he studied necromancy, brought her back, and she came back and it all worked. like she came back exactly the same as she was before with literally no difference. but the scientist guy is like "oh no... what have i done.... shes Different now!!!! she came back Wrong!!!!" and shes just like. chilling. reading a book. cooking dinner. shes just so so normal but in the guys mind hes like "oh shes soooo weird" but shes just normal
Terajima-sensei’s comment on Miyuki, Chris and Sawamura
Okay, here comes the B.E.S.T part of Terajima’s interview.
Interviewer: Even though Sawamura entered Seidou because he was drawn to Miyuki, I think it’s safe to say that his rapid development as a pitcher in the earlier chapters was all thanks to Chris. Was the story planned like that from the outset?
Terajima: Chris was meant to have several roles. For one, he’s the representative of “the 3rd years who couldn’t make it to the first string” and also an “obstacle” between Sawamura and Miyuki since the story wouldn’t be interesting if they were able to form a battery easily.
At first Sawamura and Chris clashed with each other but when Sawamura heard about Chris’ injury and apologized to him, things began to change. It was the moment when the “[obedient] *kouhai” side of Sawamura -who has been rather cheeky- came to light. The way how the guy who used to be the leader [of the beaseball team] in middle school gradually became a “kouhai character” and how Sawamura’s positivity made Chris open his heart to him, was interesting for me as author, too. As a result, their bond developed completely beyond my expectation. The scene sequence in which Chris shouts “Let’s go!!” but his voice cracks which Sawamura then points out and Chris gets embarassed and says “Shut up” symbolizes their strong bond and it’s my favourite scene. […]
Me as hardcore Miyusawa shipper:
“Chris was meant to be an “obstacle” between Sawamura and Miyuki since the story wouldn’t be interesting if they were able to form a battery easily.“
Also me as hardcore Chrisawa shipper:
“Sawamura’s positivity made Chris open his heart to him”
“their bond developed completely beyond my expectation“
“it symbolizes their strong bond and it’s my favourite scene”
The official Miyusawa / Chrisawa guide book I got this interview from really is a treasure box, I definitely recommend everyone to buy it.
Btw, the official title of this book is “Anime Daiya no Ace Official Fan Book -The bond at the distance of 18.44m- The story behind the great success of Seidou baseball club: the strong bond between Samura and the two genius catchers that is clearer than the blue sky!” [*Note: 18.44m is the distance from the mound to the home plate]
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