#Reddit and Quora

[mollywog]

Before I found tumblr I used to do my read-alongs with my BFFs shmoop, cliffnotes, sparknotes, litcharts, Gradesaver, and Wikipedia

[okbutwhy-rebooted]

[fromtheseventhhell]

Unlocked a new piece of "Arya can't control herself' lore and, apparently, people think her ability to control herself comes from her pretending to be someone else. So it isn't Arya who has self-control, it's Arry/Weasel/Nan/etc. and that's why she wouldn't be able to control herself in KL, cause she couldn't handle being "Arya". I am fascinated by people twisting themselves into pretzels to deny Arya's capabilities, at this point it's an unhealthy compulsion 😭

[txttletale]

why are native american names so often translated literally? i.e. why is it common practice to refer to the historical figure as 'sitting bull'? obviously these people were colonized and had the english language forced upon them but so were e.g. the mexica and, for example, moctezuma isn't referred to as 'he is angry like a lord' in either spanish or english

[rachymarie]

Tryna get advice for anything to do with your own schizospec disorder on Google be like:

"tHe 4 SuBtYpEs:" "PaRaNoiD sChiZoPhReNiA" "Healthline" "WebMd" "My schizophrenic mother was an abusive a-hole so now i will NEVER trust another schizospec again"

We get that you are hurting but we are not your mum and we are hurting too!

[guardianspirits13]

Genuine shoutout to all the unsung internet volunteers- Wikipedia writers, subtitle and closed caption transcribers, alt text and image captioners, people who answer those super specific reddit and quora requests, people who share code to get past paywalls and links to alternative programs.

Y'all are the real heroes and I owe so much of my academic, professional, and leisure success to you <3

[deleahtarte]

This is the reassurance I needed to make me know I in fact did not make Kyle too emotional in Stan’s Guide.

[insomniac-arrest]

If Reddit goes quiet, how're we going to find answers from real people anymore?? Most search engines are unusable due to SEO grifts. Quora is an annoying hellscape with a distracting layout. Yahoo Answers, Yahoo Answers . . . *starts weeping openly on her grave*

Humanity has been removed from our virtual human playground.

[wheelerapologist]

Just a reminder that Calypso being cursed to fall in love with whoever shows up on the island only exists in Percy Jackson. That was a creation of Rick Riordan. That is not true of Calypso in Greek mythology.

[lizardmonet]

i need reddit to stay alive because i have to go to google dot com and type “very specific question reddit” almost daily

[johannepetereric]

With the help of Google, here’s how I just washed dog poop out of the rug:

Pour a decent mixture of vinegar and water into a bucket/bowl to act as soap (I used rice vinegar cuz I couldn’t find regular vinegar)

Wipe it off with paper towels until it’s just poop smudges

Pressure-clean the shit out of it with the garden hose until you think it’s all gone (sprinkling another layer of vinegar is optional)

I’m rn leaving it out to dry in the sun of the patio to see if that helps

[nooooough]

”The Creature” and ”Christian Baby” give me the same vibes

[fromtheseventhhell]

You know it is so fucking tiring to try your best and explain to people why so many of the arya fan arts are criticized by us but you have them pretend like we are screaming our heads off for no particular reason. They see nothing, they hear nothing, they try to tell you that no you are just seeing things that aren't there and ruining it for everyone. That it is nothing but some olive tonned skin and not as if the character is being made a whole different race. At the end of it all you are just another angry woc screaming at them in hopes they will listen.

The gaslighting is truly on another level and it doesn't matter how clear we are with our points, they refuse to listen to anything we say. The same people who pat themselves on the back for regurgitating faux-progressive talking points won't even let us have these conversations in peace or amongst ourselves. Like I've said before, their only interest in discussing racism is when they can use characters of color to make a character they hate look bad. Otherwise, they don't care and they have no problem talking over, or talking down to, fans of color. We're supposed to tiptoe around fandoms nonsense guidelines for misogyny ( which only really pertain to one character) but the second we broach the topic in a way that isn't to prop up a character, we're the problem. This is why I try not to give them any attention because in the long run, they're not worth the time or effort.

[atopvisenyashill]

i hate rhaegar and tywin fans so much omg. we think TYWIN who pisses people off so much his own son whacked him while he was shitting on the toilet, wouldn’t help Rhaegar’s prophecy obsessed ass turn Westeros into Police State 2 Electric Boogaloo and cause massive unrest in the smallfolk and lords alike when Rhaegar inevitably starts making eyes at whoever he wants to be the baby mama of his third head of the dragon?????

[sarishim]

some different versions of gabe's handwriting. hebrew, gujarati, arabic & roman alphabets. not very straight-lined / uniform / neat, tends to have a bit of a slant depending on which way he's writing.

[madame-helen]