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dimitripetrenko replied to your post: my laptop is buzzing whenever I scroll, which is a...

take your laptop off the bed/pillow/your lap if it’s on it and put it on a desk. the cpu’s trying to keep up with the scrolling, it’s heating up, the fan’s trying to cool it down and if it’s blocked it’ll buzz. lift it up for a few seconds too

you are a smart person wow

it was already on a desk, so I lifted it up, it seems to have stopped now

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dimitripetrenko replied to your post: dimitripetrenko answered your question: ...

i mean saying “oh she’s so queer” could be taken as meaning lgbt-queer but saying “she had a queer feeling that they were being watched” doesn’t mean she’s having gay feelings about being watched ya feel me

right ok, I hoped so

*is relieved*

thanks

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dimitripetrenko answered your question: Question:

make sure the context is clear enough, but of course you can

but if I’m writing and a character uses it as an adjective? I can’t just put in brackets “I don’t mean gay, by the way”

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Question:

are we still allowed to use the word "queer" with it's old meaning?

queer |kwi(ə)r| adjective

strange; odd: she had a queer feeling that they were being watched.

I grew up on Enid Blyton and I still use it in my head with that meaning. What do you (including [but not limited to] people I'm tagging because they're more in touch with that sort of thing than I am) think?

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dimitripetrenko replied to your post “trying to sort out my departmental timetables for comm is ridiculous i...”

oh my god same the uom/jc websites are so fucking roundabout it's ridiculous and i at least wish it had half the info it's supposed to (like you'd expect there to be a list of staff but nOOOOO (talkin jc bit, idk about uom))

ugh no the websites are practically the same and they're freaking ridiculous and poorly updated but at least the staff at jc are super helpful when you need something, literally the only answer i got from the secretaries when i went to  the faculty office was 'check the website' .-. like i would even be there if what i needed was on the gosh darn website 

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Tagged by peterpandyke

The Rules:

Always post the rules.

Answer the questions the person tagged you in and write 11 new ones.

Tag 11 people and link them to this post. (psh)

Let them know you tagged them.

Do you prefer going to the cinema or watching films at home Home. My favourite type of film is action/adventure, but I can’t stand how loud explosions are in cinemas. At home you can adjust the volume and rewind if you miss things.

What are 3 items you’d take to a desert island? The most powerful radio possible, to get help, a survival guide and food

What song is currently your favourite? Jeez. Happy Vibes by Steve Winwood, probably

Do you like poetry? Any favourites? Not really a poetry fan, but I love this one: 'Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that caught the cycling craze; He turned away the good old horse that served him many days; He dressed himself in cycling clothes, resplendent to be seen; He hurried off to town and bought a shining new machine; And as he wheeled it through the door, with air of lordly pride, The grinning shop assistant said, "Excuse me, can you ride?"  "See here, young man," said Mulga Bill, "from Walgett to the sea, From Conroy's Gap to Castlereagh, there's none can ride like me. I'm good all round at everything as everybody knows, Although I'm not the one to talk - I hate a man that blows. But riding is my special gift, my chiefest, sole delight; Just ask a wild duck can it swim, a wildcat can it fight. There's nothing clothed in hair or hide, or built of flesh or steel, There's nothing walks or jumps, or runs, on axle, hoof, or wheel, But what I'll sit, while hide will hold and girths and straps are tight: I'll ride this here two-wheeled concern right straight away at sight."  'Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that sought his own abode, That perched above Dead Man's Creek, beside the mountain road. He turned the cycle down the hill and mounted for the fray, But 'ere he'd gone a dozen yards it bolted clean away. It left the track, and through the trees, just like a silver steak, It whistled down the awful slope towards the Dead Man's Creek.   It shaved a stump by half an inch, it dodged a big white-box: The very wallaroos in fright went scrambling up the rocks, The wombats hiding in their caves dug deeper underground, As Mulga Bill, as white as chalk, sat tight to every bound. It struck a stone and gave a spring that cleared a fallen tree, It raced beside a precipice as close as close could be; And then as Mulga Bill let out one last despairing shriek It made a leap of twenty feet into the Dean Man's Creek.  'Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that slowly swam ashore: He said, "I've had some narrer shaves and lively rides before; I've rode a wild bull round a yard to win a five-pound bet, But this was the most awful ride that I've encountered yet. I'll give that two-wheeled outlaw best; it's shaken all my nerve To feel it whistle through the air and plunge and buck and swerve. It's safe at rest in Dead Man's Creek, we'll leave it lying still; A horse's back is good enough henceforth for Mulga Bill." Mulga Bill’s Bicycle by Banjo Patterson

Do you have any tattoos? No

Would you rather be a pirate or a ninja? (I’m sorry, I’m running out of questions.) Ninja, as pirate is illegal and I don’t fancy being on a boat 90% of the time

What’s the last book you’ve read? Goldfinger

Do you have any pets? A mongrel-terrier called Rusty. Bonus points if you can guess what colour he is

Tea, coffee or chocolate? Or none of the above? Chocolate, hands down

Do you prefer big cities or small towns? Ugh, that’s hard, because I don’t really think I like either. I prefer the suburbs

What’s your favourite scent? I don’t like scents

My questions:

What is one stereotype about where you live/your home country that is complete rubbish?

What is one stereotype about where you live/your home country that is actually true?

Favourite TV show that hasn’t got a plot (comedy shows, game shows etc)?

Why did you join tumblr?

Would you ever shave your head?

When I say “Tower of London,” what’s the first thing you think of?

Favourite weather?

More word association: I say Kansas, you say...?

If you had could step into any alternate universe for a day, which would you choose?

The Truman Show or Nineteen Eighty Four, and why?

What is the last thing someone said to you?

I tag: lstu, dimitripetrenko, winchesterbadassery, thegrimmgrimm, herrholmes, hopelesslybenaddicted

But only if you want to!

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dimitripetrenko replied to your post “its funny how malta doesn’t even show up on the map on the euro coin...”

it seems that it only shows up on euro coins of 2008 and later. like thanks, thanks for only acknowledging us when we accepted your currency, (contrasted to how the UK is non-euro but is still on the coin)

the UK is one of the founding states of the EU tho so although its classist as fuck i understand the liberty they're given with certain membership privileges like not having to adopt the currency. but its pretty damn infuriating when we're treated as second rate for non valid reasons and made a mockery of us  just because we're small. i remember how offended our first delegates were when one of them wanted to give a speech in maltese, just after the first maltese translators went up to brussels, and pretty much the majority of parliament complained about it. i'm sorry but they would have not dared had it been any other country wanting to give a speech in their native language