#strixus

[copperbadge]

Cheese, pumpkins, and gender

nefersitra replied to your photo “tienriu: I… I have no words. @levynite, @copperbadge I was kind of...”

I would have said "Philistines. Philistines do wine shots" but I've just learnt that Philistine is comes from the same root word as Palestinian and so that's not cool to associate a lack of culture and refinement with an ethnic grouping. Also, the Philistines might actually be the Sea Peoples and/or the Hyksos who caused so many problems for the Ancient Egyptians.

Yeah, most words for someone we consider classless come from “that foreigner” in the end -- I was going to suggest the Greek barbaroi, which is where we get “barbarian” from and which generally is considered to be a catch-all for “anyone who doesn’t act like the Greeks”, but I double-checked and sure enough the Greeks took it from the way they thought Anatolians sounded when they talked (”Bar bar bar”). 

ameliahcrowley replied to your photo “tienriu: I… I have no words. @levynite, @copperbadge I was kind of...”

Also, how are you meant to eat them? Do you bit into them, letting the wine spill everywhere? Or do you drink the wine, then eat the misshapen, oily, and now *wet* and mildly tannic cheese? Is the cheese just there for presentation and tainting your otherwise reasonable, moderately-priced wine?

All exceptional questions for which I have no answers. Some cheeses are enhanced by soaking in wine during their aging phase, but I don’t think anything can save pre-melted cheese. 

nefersitra replied to your photo “Free GIGANTIC pumpkins to good home.  (This is the infamous Free Stuff...”

Sam, I am curious - are they actual vegetable/fruit pumpkins or fake ones? A friend's granddad grows giant produce for competitions and he says the ones bred for size tend to have the taste bred out.

Yep, they are realio trulio plants. My building has a wide economic range of residents and especially on the upper floors there are people who are just...the kind of people who can drop a lot of money on a giant pumpkin as a decoration and then discard it when the season is over. 

The Free Stuff Table doubles as the “this won’t fit in the dumpster” table, literally -- if you ask the building maintenance guys what to do with something that won’t fit, they say “put it on the free stuff table, I’ll deal with it on trash day”. 

onlysilentawe replied to your photo “Free GIGANTIC pumpkins to good home.  (This is the infamous Free Stuff...”

I will send you a roll of tape if you will promise to tape down the edges of those signs. Just knowing they exist like that, no matter how far away they are, is driving me bananas.

If it’s any comfort, they get replaced every few months, and those are probably due to be replaced soon. It just happens -- the wall isn’t a good surface for taping on and the room isn’t insulated (plus the big cargo doors are often open) so the paper curls no matter what we do. 

seniorvpofscrewit replied to your post “Wait, are you a guy? Sorry for the awkward question, but I kind of...”

I always assumed you were a guy, but at the same time I kind of think of copperbadge as a genderless internet phantom sharing some knowledge haha

I am honored to be considered a genderless phantom librarian! 

pantone2955c replied to your post “Wait, are you a guy? Sorry for the awkward question, but I kind of...”

I... never realized that I headcanoned you as a woman. My bad.

I’m not bothered! It happens all the time and it’s a rational assumption to make given how heavily fandom skews female.  

strixus replied to your post “Wait, are you a guy? Sorry for the awkward question, but I kind of...”

I now really want the cross over fic of Bucky somehow ending up at the Weasley's during Yule.

“I don’t know who brought him, Mum, maybe he’s one of Charlie’s weird coworkers. You’ve never minded when Harry visited for the holidays!”

“Harry's a friend! I had to knit a sweater overnight just to make sure the poor thing had a present and he hasn’t taken it off since. I don’t mind feeding him and he’s been a lamb, but I’d like a little warning, Bill!”

“Well, don’t look at me. He looks like an Auror type, maybe he’s one of Ron’s friends.”

“Oh Merlin, there goes your father.”

“Dad, no, don’t ask him about the arm, that’s rude!” 

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ameliahcrowley replied to your photo “Ah yes, the two levels in every multistory building: Intellectual...”

I think you'll find the top right button is actually for the "So who would win in a fight: Captain America or Superman?" floor. (Obviously, when you get there it's just a couple of guys hanging out and maybe discussing politics, because who cares about power levels -there's no reason those two would ever fight).

I like to think it’s Cap and Supes having a nice lunch and a cup of coffee and talking just, ALL THE SHIT about each other while meaning none of it. 

Bruce Wayne is there too but he’s busy on his laptop (liveblogging everything). 

solidork replied to your photo “Ah yes, the two levels in every multistory building: Intellectual...”

I kinda wanna know what the braille on the S stands for

I’m not an expert but it looks like three characters -- it looks like MA* or M1* but that makes even less sense than *S.  

strixus reblogged your photo and added:

I think the S is Street level.

Oh, that could be. Strictly speaking it’s not Street level -- I was on street level -- but it is on a level with the top of the parking garage and the street slopes up, so I could see how they would get there. 

voyageboots replied to your photo “Ah yes, the two levels in every multistory building: Intellectual...”

Ok Wayne Towers

I like the idea that both Bruce Wayne and Lex Luthor just have a “superman” floor but for very different purposes. 

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strixus replied to your photo: Me in recovery from my partial foot...

Here’s to the path up being the path down. Two years ago I was regularly having pain days so bad I couldn’t get out of bed, my facial pain so bad some days I was thinking of taking pliers to all my teeth, and a scalpel to my ear. In the last six months I have only had one pain day so bad I couldn’t get out of bed. One of my docs started a treatment that my insurance wouldn’t cover, but doesn’t charge me any more than an office visit because he knew how much it helps me

Indeed. Congratulations that things are better for you. Bad pain days are..well, you know...

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strixus reblogged your post: akamine-chan: ecstaticunicorns: ...

Reasons I rent: I do not want a lawn.

Oh, we’re still renting this place.

Actually, it’s how I shuffle along those salesmen: “Sorry, we rent, have to talk to our landlord, byeeeeee.”

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strixus replied to your post “strixus replied to your post “Spoonie Squad: Looking for new...”

And I love how your reaction is "hey, making a safe space is hard work, maybe if you want your own safe space go do it yourself". That is a little gross, honestly.

What is gross is an adult not understanding why they can’t hang out in a space where there are possible teenagers. 

What is also gross is not respecting the time and energy other people VOLUNTEER and being so entitled that you think that every space should include you. 

I’ll make this easy for you and just block your from our blog since you can’t seem to be respectful to our other followers or to me.

Admin J

PS my OVER 30 friends are having an actual chat right now about how gross you are for not understanding that people over 30 should not be demanding access to safe spaces for young people.  Maybe the reason you are having trouble finding a place to fit in isn’t your age.  Maybe it’s your inability to respect others, their boundaries and their expressed limitations.

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strixus replied to your post “strixus replied to your post “Spoonie Squad: Looking for new...”

My objection was to the seemingly arbitrary age cut off and the increasing trend I've seen in spoonie communities as a whole to view those past 30 as being unwelcome in a lot of spaces. The same way I increasingly find it hard to find help as a spoonie who is under 60, I now no longer can find places that want spoonies above a particular - and bloody arbitrary - age. But I already spoke with the organizer of the group, and discussed my objection, and they understood.

Great.  I’m glad you two were able to discuss it.  But I had no way of knowing that.  You left a public reply to one of our posts.  And the only way for this blog to respond is publicly.

And again, there is no harm in recognizing that young people need safe spaces away from adults.  And we have the general policy here of respecting boundaries set by other Spoonies and trusting that they have their reasons why. 

Maybe it’s because I moderate this blog and understand exactly what it takes to create spaces like this.  Again, if you feel that there is a demographic not being met in the Spoonie community, you are always welcome to create it.  And we will promo it here to help others find it.

But I find it incredibly disrespectful that instead you would make demands of others who are volunteering their limited time and energy.  Spoonies all have their limitations.  And those limitations should always be respected, whether you personally understand it or not.

Admin J

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strixus replied to your post “Spoonie Squad: Looking for new friends!”

Why is 27 the cut off? Do those of us in our early 30s somehow no longer need support?

Because the organizer is creating a safe space for young people to participate in.  Because creating support groups is exhausting.  Because moderating safe spaces is extremely difficult if the number of people is not limited.  And one way to limit the number is to put an age cap.

Because sometimes you need to connect with people your own age because they are more likely to have similar life experiences. Just like I often wish I could find a group for Spoonies over the age of 40 so I could discuss things that are happening at this stage of life that intersect with the troubles I face as a Spoonie. 

If you would like to start a group for older people or people of all ages, feel free.  No one is limiting your ability to create a space tailored specifically to your needs.  But I, as a 43 year old, respect the specific needs of this particular age group.

And I would ask that you do the same.

Admin J

[jezunya]

strixus replied to your post “You know what I really love? When profs look over my list of...”

ANY time a prof says this to you, REPORT IT TO YOUR OFFICE OF DISABILITY ASAP. THIS SHIT IS NOT COOL, AND IS SPECIFICALLY AGAINST THE REGULATIONS THAT GOVERN THIS.

Yeah, I definitely will if they continue to give me a hard time about it. Usually, it’s in the very first meeting of the semester when I’m going over my accommodations with them & they just don’t understand what the accommodation in question actually means yet. 

The most common one that people seem to have an issue with is that I get an extra 50% time on any timed quizzes, tests, etc. (anything in class basically, not homework stuff) A lot of profs will look at that and go ‘oh well it’s only a 5/10min quiz, that’s not hard/strenuous [FOR AN ABLED STUDENT], so you don’t really need extra time, right?’ and I have to explain to them that uh, yes, actually, I do. Between aphasia, hand pain, brainfog, etc. I can’t do as much in 5 mins as abled students can, especially if it’s like actually writing out an analytical response that can easily go to half a page or more. 

I’ve only had one instructor a couple of years ago actually continue to resist after I explained all that (and you better believe I reported her ass to DS). I just wish they wouldn’t all have that knee-jerk assumption that my disability can’t possibly be that bad and I don’t really need all of these accommodations :P

(On the plus side, me complaining at home about this sort of shit helps my dad, who is a professor at my university, tho in a different department than where I’m studying, better understand how to interact with disabled students, and he helps pass along a good attitude to his fellow faculty ;) )