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If your modern Javert Derailed AU doesn’t feature him downloading the Reddit app in a fugue state and posting, unedited, the longest and most controversial inquiry r/AmItheAsshole has ever seen, dni

le-loup-et-lion

This is the funniest Les Mis shitpost I've seen in a while

kamikazequail

Why is this not on the post itself???

Im crying rn

youllneverseemerelax

#someone funnier than me needs to come up with the post title

“AITA for pledging myself to the law?” and then you see the post preview & the first sentence is like “The criminal fugitive (62M) who for 17 years has evaded justice and hounded my (52M) existence has just saved me from being executed by college students”

wangxianficrecs

The Usefulness of Bunnies as Messengers is Strictly Dependant on the Bunny in Question by theskyandsea

The Usefulness of Bunnies as Messengers is Strictly Dependant on the Bunny in Question

by theskyandsea

G, 3k, wangxian

Summary: Wei Wuxian is quarantined in an apartment with Jiang Cheng and it’s going about as well as one would expect. Which is to say, the second Wei Wuxian discovers just how hot his across-the-street neighbour is he jumps at the opportunity to talk to someone else.

Even if that talking is through the medium of messenger bunnies.

My comments: This was a sweet little quarantine morsel, and now I’ve got a vivid image of a narrow street filled with wandering white buns, one of which is wearing a forehead ribbon and munching on a purple carrot.

modern au, quarantine fic, lockdown, crack, humor, using wild bunnies as messengers, getting to know each other, getting together, fluff, bunnies, first kiss, lan sizhui is a rabbit, self-isolation, pining, jiang cheng needs a hug, and for wei wuxian to leave him alone, POV wei wuxian, tiny bit of hurt/comfort, @theskyandsea

(You may wish to REBLOG as a signal boost for this author if you like – or think others might like – this story.)

theskyandsea

This one’s mine!!!

wangxianficrecs

what if I practiced radical self love... and repped my own fic... and you got to read about love, wangxian, and tiny bunny sizhui in a time of covid (gentle into the pandemic we went, unaware how long it would last). can't link, so here are the details: ao3, title: The Usefulness of Bunnies as Messengers is Strictly Dependant on the Bunny in Question by: theskyandsea (thank you for running this blog, I've been living in Yiling and Gusu lately)

I approve of your new self care regimen!

The Usefulness of Bunnies as Messengers is Strictly Dependant on the Bunny in Question

by theskyandsea

G, 3k, wangxian

Summary: For Lockdown Fest 2020

Wei Wuxian is quarantined in an apartment with Jiang Cheng and it's going about as well as one would expect. Which is to say, the second Wei Wuxian discovers just how hot his across-the-street neighbour is he jumps at the opportunity to talk to someone else.

Even if that talking is through the medium of messenger bunnies.

theskyandsea

Yes, nothing but self love in 2021!

#my fic

robertmitchum

one-time-i-dreamt

Have people lost their minds completely???

mouchefska

Imagine choosing “we should stop caring about poor people” as the hill you’re willing to die on. IN FRONT OF THE POPE.

mysticwayfinder

podencos

I thought this was a joke but it’s not and I wish it were

la-laborista-republiko

Hell world

desperate-acts-of-capitalism

Whoops I appear to have left my extremely powerful rare earth magnet on top of Amazon alexa

afro-evolutionary-astrology

Fear is knowing a new Alexa product is being developed.

Terror is knowing that it’s for landlords to control their units remotely, while being to see and hear everything in the rented space.

Horror is understanding that if a family is a few days late for rent/electricity/gas, this product will most likely cut off the services they may need to survive like WiFi access, stove/oven/microwave/fridge appliances having power, lights, medical devices that require electricity to function, etc.

800-dick-pics

deep horror is knowing that these devices will probably be set to unlock doors remotely allowing cops and abusers into the homes of marginalized people, these devices will probably have sensors to check how many people live in the home vs on the lease, probably will have some way or reporting that the residents are “breaking the lease” ie: loud music, having overnight guests, parties, or just people doing normal human shit and having it seen as a “violation”

desperate-acts-of-capitalism

Hope is knowing these things have the network security equivalent of a sign that says "please do not hack me" over an open door.

aceofaces20

If your landlord ever tries to force you to use Alexa, and you have little to no technical or programming expertise, it’s time to make your very own Faraday cage.

“What is a Faraday cage?” you might ask. “How will it help me defeat Big Sister Alexa?”

Easy answer: a Faraday cage blocks EM waves. WiFi, the thing Alexa needs to do anything of use at all? That’s a type of EM wave.

I know, I know, “Faraday cage” sounds like it’ll take 47727372 hours with a welder, right? Wrong!

A simple Faraday cage that anyone can make is as easy as a cardboard box with as many layers of heavy-duty aluminum foil as you can stand to coat the box with. I usually do about 5 layers because that number is easy to remember, but if you’re paranoid or simply need more layers you are more than welcome to add as many layers as necessary to keep Alexa at bay. I think the average is about 4-6 layers.

Hilariously, I actually learned this technique from those crazy prepper types. Which, ironically, is why I know it works. (Not to mention I tested it myself by wrapping my phone in foil and seeing if my roommate could call or message me.)

If your landlord notices, they will not receive any warning or notification that you tampered with Alexa- because you didn’t. All they will notice is that they can’t communicate with that particular Alexa device (because it will be “offline”, aka not sending or receiving signals).

A box is also easily hideable in case of surprise visits from the landlord or anyone else who might report you to your landlord, accidentally or on purpose. Just pop the bitch out, restart it (or don’t, this just clears any other hitches from the system) and it should behave normally.

Additionally, most landlords have the general tech expertise of an orangutan with a headset, so technical hitches are relatively easy to handwave with a good ol’ “Fire is scary and Edison and Tesla were witches”. Basically, if they question you about why Alexa suddenly is or isn’t working, shrug and say that it must have suddenly either just gone out or come back (depending on the situation), but that you didn’t do anything to it because you don’t know anything about that sort of tech and that you didn’t want to mess with it out of fear you would break it.

Note: Remember, Big Sister is always listening! If you wish to put the bitch in a Faraday cage, remember not to discuss it where Big Sister can hear you!

#tech #important

glumshoe

Shopping for laptops fucking sucks ‘cause I don’t know shit about computers. I’ve never had a computer with a functional webcam or microphone or the ability to play computer games made later than 2005 or a speaker that could play anything loud enough to hear from more than a foot away. How the hell should I know what I want?!

glumshoe

wow that would be such useful advice if only desktop PCs were small and portable and did not require desk tops on which to place them and I could take them with me when I traveled

eamhhair

I know this is a haha funny post, but for anyone who needs it, here's a quick-and-dirty of what you're most likely going to see while shopping for a computer/laptop (w/Examples)!

Cores/Intel Cores (Ex. i3, i5, i9)= Processing Speed= how fast your internet and other programs run. More cores is better.

Hard [Disk] Drive(HDD)/Solid State Drive(SSD) (Ex. 250GB, 480GB, 2TB)= How much you can store on your computer (files and apps and programs). A Terabyte(TB) is 1,000 Gigabytes.

*HDD is cheaper and more storage while SSD is faster, more durable, and uses less energy.

Memory/RAM(Random Access Memory) (Ex. 4GB, 8GB, 16GB) = How many different things your computer can do At The Same Time.

Ex. A computer with 4GB of RAM will probably shit itself if you try to play a game with with the internet open.

Video/Graphics Cards (Ex. NVIDIA, Intel HD Graphics, AMD) = How much visual complexity your computer can handle without throwing a tantrum. Only important if you play video games, do digital art, or watch a lot of movies on your computer. (When you're watching a video and it pixelates and lags when the action stuff happens, that's a bad/small graphics card)

ralfmaximus

Also the “avoid refurbished computers” tip is dead wrong.

‘Refurbished’ means it’s been in a technician’s hands recently and can’t be sold as new. That’s it. That’s all. In the US the FTC makes it illegal to sell something new if it’s been sold to an end user, so by definition a lot of perfect, ready-to-go hardware must be ‘refurbished’ in order to sell it again, no matter the circumstances.

Reasons a machine might be a refurb:

- Customer bought the item, decided they didn’t like the color, and returned it

- Customer bought the item, couldn’t figure out how to turn it on, and returned it

- Retailer opened the box for some reason and lost some of what gets shipped inside (manuals, cables, charger) and returned it

- Company bought 100 computers but went out of business before they could be installed or used

- Customer got a replacement for a damaged computer under warranty, and the manufacturer fixed what was wrong with the old machine and is now selling it as a refurb

I HAVE PERSONALLY WITNESSED ALL OF THESE SCENARIOS

Bottom line: ‘refurbished’ hardware has been repaired, tested, cleaned, and renewed back to original specifications by a trained technician. If anything, it’s probably MORE reliable now that it’s been doubly-tested.

All responsibly refurbished equipment comes with a factory warranty... the only refurbs I would avoid are items sold ‘as-is’ without warranty. That’s dangerous unless you know what you’re doing, like buying stuff for parts.

A lot of my most reliable hardware -- servers, laptops, tablets -- were bought as refurbished goods at huge savings. When I go shopping for a new thing I always look at the refurbished options first.

tl;dr: Refurbished is great!

ahh-fxck

To all of my mutuals who write fic: I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. I see your fics on my feed and it makes me happy! Every single one of them makes me happy! I don’t always have the brains or the time to read them all the way through, but every time I see one my heart gets all warm. I’m like oh man, you go, you funky little mutual! You’re the best! You’ve Written A Thing! I love! Keep going ily <3

lilcowgirl7-deactivated20210223

placethemoonatmyeyes

stop making shows about americans in europe… try europeans in america instead. the outrage of not knowing exactly what something costs at a store,, no public transport,, everyone smiling in your face and waiters scaring you by constantly popping up at your table… ice in your water for some reason,, the kind of culture clash i want to see!!

dingdongyouarewrong

you can explain why it’s important for aspiring authors to read published books and not just fanfiction without condescending to fanfiction authors/readers and implying it’s inherently of lesser quality

dingdongyouarewrong

like a lot of fanfiction is genuinely good and well-written! there’s some amazing work there! there is absolutely fanfiction out there that’s the same quality as well-written published works. being like ‘well, it’s cute, but it’s not real writing’ is just dismissive and frankly completely untrue.

but, at the same time, there are a lot of reasons it’s important to also read published works, and those reasons aren’t just ‘it’s better’. for one, a lot of writing original fiction involves introducing one’s own characters and setting to an audience who knows nothing about the characters or worldbuilding, which is generally not something you’re going to learn how to do by only reading stories where you already know the world and characters. that doesn’t mean the work isn’t good; it just means it doesn’t teach all of the skills you’ll need to know when writing

roach-works

im a lifelong fanfic writer, but one thing fanfic won’t teach you is how to end a story. or how to structure one, really. fanfic is itself a continuation of a story, it’s a transformative work, and… it’s kind of rare for long, chaptered fic to actually be complete. it’s awesome when it is! but you do kind of get used to reading fanfic as a big nebulous cloud of what-ifs, and furthermores, and so ons, and etc.

published fiction pretty much always has to have a start, middle, and ending. you can’t really learn formal anatomy from fanfiction. you can learn a lot of creative stuff that published fiction rarely has the freedom to engage in–aus and remixes, for instance–but fanfic really isn’t where you’re going to be able to study structure and discipline.

kingesstropolis

See, as someone who writes fanfic and orginal fic, I really think this depends a lot on the kind of fanfic you write, because I’d say that the one thing fic won’t teach you is how to start a story. You’re working a pre-existing universe, with characters and setting that the reader is already familiar with. You don’t have to learn to introduce characters and setting in the same way you do in an original story.

I can see how you wouldn’t learn a lot of that story-anatomy and structure when you’re writing one-shots or vignettes or even just shorter multi-chapter fics, but you also won’t learn that kind of novel-length structure from writing original short stories, either, even if they are traditionally published. And yes, fanfic does tend to be in the shorter range, but as someone with multiple novel-length fics under my belt, I know they exist. I know they teach you things about story-structure and finishing a lengthy story because I’ve been there. I’ve done that.

My biggest issues from switching between fanfic and original fiction has been learning how to introduce information and character in an organic way and also just figuring out like…what a commercial plot is and how to pace it correctly, because in my experience, fanfic readers don’t care if you’ve got an incredibly tight-knit plot or pacing, because they’re there for the characters.

So yeah, you totes need to read published fiction if you want to write published fiction. You’d probably also benefit from reading some books or articles about story structure, plot, and pacing and that kind of thing, but I think the particular things you’ll struggle with switching from fanfic to original fic will be much more individual based on your particular habits, quirks, and interests as a writer.

#writing

wild-aloof-rebel

Do you think David is sexually attracted or in love with Patrick or do you think he settled on Patrick because he was nice and someone different in town.

a man who clearly has just settled...

liberalsarecool

White *conservative* woman.

whitepeopletwitter

skullsmuldon

A little video we all should take a moment to watch and think about.

Instead of thinking about what divides us we should think about what we have in common…

cantgetanygayerthanthat

I’ve reblogged this on every account I have.

actuallyclintbarton

This is simplistic and intended to tug on heartstrings and all that shit but guys I really needed to see something about people not being dicks so if you needed that too please watch this.

Thanks for this, Denmark.

jumpingjacktrash

i think maybe we could all use a little simple heartstring-tugging right about now. <3

official-lucifers-child

when that one person walked up and was alone and then the caption came on i just broke, i just started sobbing

i think we all need to watch this

thatspectacularpigeon

I’m not crying at all..

dothepropaganda

hey it’s october so i just thought i’d let you guys know i’ll never post jump scares and am extremely anti-screamer or anything else along those lines. i hope you’re all ok and stay safe this month

autisticchangeling

[image is a banner showing a cartoon ghost on the left and the words “this account is jumpscare free” on the right. End]

bobertlutece

this whole thing is way too good to be giffed you need to expirience it

lizatonix

There are so many things that are TOP quality about this. The business with the mic rope. The bounding across the stage like an excited puppy or a newsie. The Voice™️ that is so synonymous with John, you know, the voice of a guy who sells ice cream at the soda fountain in the 50’s. The analogy itself.

It’s all so beautiful, such peak humor and content.