but now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye

[musesfool]

Meh. I woke up from one of those deeply vivid and long anxiety dreams this morning and it was fucking with my head. Part of it is PMS, but part of it is being unable to shake that anxious yet groggy feeling of helplessness. Ugh. I went for a walk at lunch and got some kettle cooked chips and an iced latte, and I feel better now, but man, that was a

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[spectralbovine]

Hee, I use != all the time. Oh, C++.

I have never seen this "Latin@s" business. It looks like it should be read as "Latinats." Maybe they're all members of a band called the Latin Gnats!

[musesfool]

I like !=. It's is very succinct and attention getting.

I have never seen this "Latin@s" business. It looks like it should be read as "Latinats." Maybe they're all members of a band called the Latin Gnats!

hee!

I don't remember where I first saw it, but I find it an interesting construction and a pretty neat way to make the term gender-neutral in print. I don't know how you'd pronounce it, though.

[wisdomeagle]

I first heard and saw it from a Latina prof I had in grad school; I didn't get any impression about when or where she'd picked it up. She pronounced it "Latinoa"

[tzikeh]

I was thinking of doing a "!=" post myself recently, over several "Dear internets" (though in my case, more specifically, "dear fandom") problems.

I wonder if we could start a community called !=

(probably not; no punctuation in usernames, right?)

[musesfool]

I've seen both "hun" and "chic" in non-fannish settings, but yeah, you should.

I wonder if we could start a community called !=

It couldn't be the actual user name, but that could be does-not-equal and the journal name could be !=.

[tzikeh]

I've seen both "hun" and "chic" in non-fannish settings

Oh, yes. If I see "per say" one more time....

Fandom-specific stuff is often actors' names (Ian McKellen, Ian McKellen, Ian McKELLEN. He has his own BLOG at ianmckellen.com for Christ's sake!), or show-specific terms that, apparently, nobody can take the thirty seconds out of their day to look up on the internet (U.S. Marshals has ONE FUCKING "L", White Collar fandom. "Marshalls" is a department store).

The problem, of course, is that the people who would need to read the community wouldn't bother, and the people who don't need to read it would be the ones who were already there because they would be the contributors.

It would have to be a bitch community.

Probably a bad idea.

members-only, maybe? *g*

[musesfool]

Per say! Gah! That's another one! If you don't know how to spell it, don't use it!

The problem, of course, is that the people who would need to read the community wouldn't bother, and the people who don't need to read it would be the ones who were already there because they would be the contributors.

Very true.

It would have to be a bitch community.

Probably a bad idea.

Yeah, that rarely ends well.

[fox1013]

Every time I see the "hun" typo, I imagine a really exciting version of Mulan.

[musesfool]

Hee! I mean, it's sweet, you know? I don't mind being called honey by internet or offline friends, but "hun" always makes me twitch a little with the wrongness.

[thistlerose]

Thank you for the PSA! I never complain about endearments - when they're directed at me - but "hun" makes me twitchy. I'm not trying to invade your border.

[musesfool]

Yes. Exactly. I would never say it when someone was trying to be sweet to me, but it does make me twitchy whenever I see it.

[musesfool]

I hate to break it to you... but just a smidge, yeah.

[musesfool]

I know! I was trying to be amusing back!