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24!!! It/Its He/Him. The most annoying manthing in the world! I'm Lemon (NotALemon on Ao3) Come for the fanfiction, stay for the 'tism. Avatar from Maddel.

[lemonous-snake]

Drunk with my Peachfuzz plushie trying to find a movie to watch

[lemonous-snake]

Peacfhuzz and I are watching That Thang together!

[fwizard]

all i need is a sweet treat. and six thousand dollars

[lemonous-snake]

Drunk with my Peachfuzz plushie trying to find a movie to watch

[tyrantisterror]

If a beautiful woman invited me into her home only to reveal she could stretch her neck out to python lengths like some sort of human slinky I would simply vibe with her about it instead of running out screaming like an asshole.

[tyrantisterror]

If a beautiful woman loved me and married me and made me promise not to touch the green ribbon she conspicuously wears on her neck literally all the time I would simply respect her wishes and not discover that she was actually some sort of dullahan in disguise.

[tyrantisterror]

If a beautiful woman invited me into her home only to reveal she was a giant spider from the waist down and wanted to inject digestive enzymes into my body that melt all my organs into an easily consumed slurry I would merely nod and thank her for making my last moments as pleasant as possible.

[tyrantisterror]

If a beautiful woman loved me and married me and one day was taking a bath and I needed something from the bathroom and asked if I could come in only to find out she was part sea-serpent and couldn't hide that fact while submerged in water, I'd tell her I still love her and also figure out how we could go swimming without other people seeing her because jokes on you folklore I'm into that shit.

[tyrantisterror]

If I wandered into a beautiful woman's dilapidated temple home on the banks of the river styx and looked at her lovely face only to notice her hair was actually several dozen writhing snakes I'd

[st-hedge]

Well happy pride month to this anon and the terrible pun

[argumate]

I keep thinking this! very frustrating

[argumate]

fuck!

[cbk1000]

As a society, we need to go back to understanding that strangers on the internet are, you know, strangers. I feel lately that I'm seeing a rise in 'An author I love blocked me because they took my comment the wrong way' posts on the ao3 subreddit, and then the comment is them calling the author a fucking bitch or something like that.

Don't do this. Tone doesn't translate well in text, and if you don't have a rapport with that author, they are not going to interpret, 'You're a fucking bitch' as, 'Author I hate you for being so talented and making me feel so keenly.' They're going to interpret it as you being an asshole. You can shit talk with your friends because you have an established relationship with them and can distinguish between playful banter and genuine anger. You do not have this with a stranger, no matter how much you like their fics. You will have a much more pleasant time in fandom and not get cockblocked from interacting with your favorite writers if you remember this.

[mama-qwerty]

Also keep in mind that you don't know if the author is familiar with slang or the meaning of net speak terminology. That can sometimes move really fast, and some term that you think "everyone" knows may be completely new to the author. (And the author may also not be from where you are, so that could be a wall between understanding, too.)

Generally speaking, when you're talking to someone you do not know (and no, just because you follow someone on socials or read their fics, you don't know them) you use language that is clear and easy to understand. "I love this, it really made me feel for MC" is much more clear than "I HATE YOU HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME???"

Be polite. Be clear. Be friendly. Take a moment and think if you'd tell some stranger on a bus whatever it is you're about to send in a comment. If you couldn't say it to a stranger in real life, then don't say it to a stranger on the internet. It's really not that hard.

Not everyone's your friend, not everyone understands your 'playful' insults. Err on the side of caution, and just say it clearly.

[battlecrazed-axe-mage]

We've all gotten just a bit too comfortable being jerks to strangers on the internet I think

[battlecrazed-axe-mage]

So I've hidden this reply, both because it's obnoxious and because I don't want the person who wrote it being harassed for it, but I need you to understand: I don't know you. We are not friends. This is not fun or cute, we are not sharing a charming joke together. You are just being an asshole.

[battlecrazed-axe-mage]

literally that is what the post is about, I am saying people should be less eager to jump on any chance to be snarky and rude to total strangers on the internet

[sidedere]

DID THE JOURNAL FACTORY FUCKING EXPLODE???

you said it yourself: you're looking to vent it LITERALLY ANYWHERE

so vent it somewhere private. or at least not literally aimed AT another person, a total stranger at that

Like, this reblogger sounds so insanely self centered in their reblog. notice how both options focus on how being rude would affect THEM. "B has no consequences for me so it's perfectly fine to do"

(the only reason I didn't show their username in the screenshot is because, given how self victimizing they sound in their reblog, I believe that, if I did show their username, suddenly online stuff wouldn't seem so inconsequential to them and they'd accuse me of sending harrassment their way and putting them in danger)

[battlecrazed-axe-mage]

You said it better than I could. Of all the inane and ridiculous things I've seen in my notes because of this post, "I NEED to say fuck you to strangers or I will literally die" is certainly one of them

[subwaybug]

More people should get into poly shipping. Both because polyamory is awesome and because it's really fun to make complicated ass diagrams

[pangur-and-grim]

two “cats” interacting

[fausphorus]

Got possessed in the middle of my work shift.

[wulfhalls]

forever grateful i was simply too lazy to let the makeup industrial complex get its hooks in me. I was just like im not doing all of that. in fact. im doing none of that

[cumaeansibyl]

yeah I have political reasons for it now but my original and still most powerful reason is "I am not getting out of this bed one single second before I have to"

[aromanticduck]

[siegfriedandroy]

asexual nicki minaj moodboard

[depsidase]

[catchymemes]

MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE

[manuciruja]

awww the like button turns into a rainbow when you press it! that's so cute...hey staff what's with all the trans women you keep nuking?

[manuciruja]

i think we should be ridiculing them more for this. you don't get to try and go all "queer website" when your staff likes to go on nuking sprees targeting the trans fem users

[smadsel]

would be remiss not to mention that the rainbow notably straight up just removed the trans flag colors from it. like they’re gone. it’s the progress flag minus the trans flag colors.

[smadsel]

that’s not the whole flag, now is it

[manuciruja]

hey staff what the fuck

[villainessbian]

hey staff don't you think you're being too on-the-nose

[shrodingers-catgirl]

HEY STAFF DONT YOU THINK YOU'RE BEING TOO ON-THE-NOSE

[tiktoks-i-enjoyed]

Clip of Lucy Dacus on the Las Culturistas podcast.

[mildmayfoxe]

1) any stretching is better than no stretching

2) any vegetable is better than no vegetable

3) statistically you will never be the worst person at anything, there is always someone in the world who is worse at stuff than you are