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[general_jinjur]

okay, what the hell?

yes, i keep meaning to post actual posts, but then something like this happens and i get all sidetracked.

via woodburner

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[zabira]

okay, i should be pissed, and really i am, though i prefer to just let it walk. on. by. most days, but i couldn't pay adequate attention because:

ZOMG, CHUNGKING EXPRESS!!!!!!!!!!!!

you have an ICON from the film i've seen eleventy-billion times that no one else seems to have even heard of!!!!!!!!!!

[general_jinjur]

i have two. it's also in my interests lists, assuming no string of letters that is included in those two words has been marked objectionable yet.

even the dumb shit lj has done before now, i thought they had at least thought about. not thought about well, or considered consequences, but at least i could kind of see where they were coming from. this, however, is seriously messed up.

eesh-not really sure what to think-i'm sure it's due to rampant litigiousness ?

[workroom]

crackers?!
i mean what else do you have with soup?

i mean, other than equal servings of beaners and kiddiesluts of course

Re: eesh-not really sure what to think-i'm sure it's due to rampant litigiousness ?

[general_jinjur]

for some reason, they still seem stuck on the idea that interests = likes.

also, this is SO easy to bypass. i mean, throw an underscore in to break the character string, and you're set. and as soon as more than one person uses it that way, it's searchable. all i see really happening as a result of this is that the interests search becomes completely useless, and people use google instead. whatever. damn it i *liked* the interests search.

[workroom]

i just see it as typical big corporate/legal arse_covering...
(well, and also i've never used interests search, i have a hard enough time keeping up with my fl as is)
and
you know, all those crazy russians and all with their broken english
they search for genocide when really all they want is a recipe for a gin based sidecar recipe...
which, btw is:

2 Gordon's Gin
1 lemon juice
1 Cointreau
Shake and strain.

[general_jinjur]

do you keep your gin cold, or shake it with ice? or serve at room temp? and are sidecars not usually gin? (whoops. i see the "and strain" part now. so, ice.)

i have to admit that i am distressed by the de-ginnification of many drinks. if i order a gimlet, i shouldn't have to stipulate that it's a gin drink. also, vodka makes me nauseated.

see, i use interests mainly for stalking people who i know in rl. and interest-building is entertaining. but i know it *can* be useful. oh, actually, i do use it for fannish reasons, to find communities and track content. which is a topic i was going to discuss in the post that was sidelined by this (and also sidelined by my procrastinatory nature). hmmm.

hey, gordon's because it's a gordon's recipe, or do you actually have a preference?

[woodburner]

What's that song everyone likes to quote... "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss," or something like that...

[general_jinjur]

this is happening too soon to have not been put into development during/after strikethrough. so still the actual old boss, i'm thinking.

not that your sentiment isn't likely still valid.

[woodburner]

Eh, I'm thinking even if it was Six Apart's idea originally, if SUP didn't intend to keep up the same trends, it wouldn't be happening now.

[general_jinjur]

that's likely true.

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[aphelant]

Okay - what the fuck is a porch monkey? That is the funniest derogatory term I have ever seen. Probably because I don't know what it means?

Now I'm picturing these elderly monkeys on porch rockers, knitting and heckling the neighbours. This is what that term brings to mind. Am I going to hell?

(also, is it wrong that I find the 'crackers' one hilarious? when I was in high school, our special ed program ran a restaurant called 'Crackers: The Bistro', which we always opined was a truly unfortunate name. so now, of course, I couldn't put that restaurant in my interests list. if ever I wanted to, of course. OPPRESSION, THY NAME IS CRACKERS!)

(help, help! I'm being oppressed!)

Re: this comment is approved by john mcclane

[general_jinjur]

hahahahahaha okay, i suck, because i saw this comment in my email last night and totally didn't register who mcclane is.

heh. yes. this is the problem with trying to censor 'inflammatory' terms in the english language. EVERYTHING has more than one meaning, usually more than two. also, it totally disallows the ability for people to reclaim or redeem terms.

that said, i hereby send you to urban dictionary, for all of your derogatory term looking-up needs. it's unfortunate that many such terms are whimsical-sounding, when they are actually so insidiously malicious.

WHAT ABOUT FANS OF THE SHOW cracker????? or the band????? they are the real victims, here.

Re: this comment is approved by john mcclane

[aphelant]

John McClane is my hero.

Okay, that's what I kind of thought that term was going to mean, but what the fuck. Seriously. Urban Dictionary is so full of crack, though. It's awesome. I could read that thing all day. Some of those definitions are so horrendously appalling that you can't help but laugh at them. They're like caricatures of the true meanings.

It's true! Poor Cracker fans! :( *hands them biscuits, because they seem to be far more innocuous*

Re: this comment is approved by john mcclane

[general_jinjur]

i am currently annoyed with urban dictionary for not including a decent definition for bso. because i point people at work toward the site all the time and i may have been talking at work about mckay as a bso the other day and damn it i would prefer having a website explain jargon rather than explaining it myself.

mmmmmmm biscuits.

[boobirdsfly]

dfsdfsdogshdgoaisdgasdfhR$&%&%$^$^&%&*^(&@@@!!!

seriously.

[general_jinjur]

yeah, that's pretty much my reaction.

unannounced changes: a hugely bad sign.