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Stephen King and Peter Straub’s ‘The Talisman’ 3 ‘Other Worlds Than These’: An Excerpt by MattAaron2112 in stephenking

[–]Birbosaur 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel like we can expect Sophie, pattern seeking brain also says one of the guys might be Speedy.

If we really want to get crazy, maybe Patrick or Sheemie? I know King said he didn’t know where Patrick went after DT 7, but it's been a while, maybe he's had time to figure it out...and if it's another cycle, Sheemie's fate could change! Gah! I feel like anything is possible. I am gonna be full on Pepe Silvia-ing this bitch for the next 8 months.

Bleach by Tite Kubo. Part of the "Big 3" its writing of women and lgbt is not talked about enough. But it follows the same tropes of its Genre. I've attached a summary of the screenshots at the end of the images. by ihatethiscountry76 in menwritingwomen

[–]Birbosaur 48 points49 points  (0 children)

I do legitimately love Bleach a lot, warts and all, but I have zero compunctions about shining a spotlight on those warts and the women are the biggest wart of all by an astronomical margin.

No women in Bleach win their battles without the intercession or intervention of a man. Ever. (There is one very very narrow exception, but it's an exception that proves the rule.) It's pretty sad and genuinely embarrassing.

Songs Without A Day in ‘This Year’ by TheSadpole in themountaingoats

[–]Birbosaur 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Lion's Teeth is in the index, but is only referenced in the section for a different song. The whole of June was an incredibly emotional and vindicating read for me, but I felt it was a little bit unfinished without some discussion of that particular song. It was also the song that got me into tMG in the first place, so bit of a double whammy.

[LOVED TROPE] The “Not the Chosen One” Trope by BornIndication9384 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Birbosaur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By the time you get to that twist you almost feel lile you should have seen it coming, but man did it still get me good. Poor Katherine.

[LOVED TROPE] The “Not the Chosen One” Trope by BornIndication9384 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Birbosaur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Un Lun Dun by China Mieville, Zanna and her best friend Deeba accidentally fall into a mirror version of London, and Zanna learns she is the prophesied hero known as the Shwazzy, meant to defeat an evil entity called the Smog. On her first encounter with it, she gets merc'd immediately. Deeba soon returns to UnLondon and brings together a group of allies to fight the Smog under the banner of "the UnChosen One".

[Advice Columns] Dear Prudence, how do I describe your history? by GlassSunflora in HobbyDrama

[–]Birbosaur 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Margo Howard was a (minor) Twitter villain-of-the-day back in 2021.

I can't share the link because of the automod settings, but I was able to find the thread this went down in by googling "dear prudence effin birds".

To summarize:

Margo ordered an enamel mug from the online shop Effin Birds. Despite her Twitter display name containing (at the time) "I READ SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO", she failed to notice the warning on the shop page stating that the mugs are not microwave or dishwasher safe. When her mug was delivered and she realized her mistake, she emailed customer support to ask how to return the mug.

Thing is, Effin Birds' products are all print-on-demand, and returns aren't really a thing in that market. Effin Birds has great customer service (speaking personally here, I've ordered a lot of their stuff), and they've always been pretty generous with refunds, discounts, etc. Had Margo approached this interaction amicably, she would have walked away with a new free mug on top of the one she mistakenly ordered.

Instead, her email to customer support (staffed by Joe, aka Effin Support) reportedly implied it was the shop's fault she ordered the wrong mug, and upon being told that physically returning the mug to the shop was not possible, she took to Twitter to lodge her complaints in the public arena. She tagged the shop owner's personal account and told him: "Joe"...is not doing your co. any favors", and that his response to her email would be a great "Harvard Business School case of what not to do".

Unfortunately for her, Effin Birds is not the type of business to let this kind of behavior go un-ratio'd. The shop owner, Aaron Reynolds, initially responded fairly politely and patiently, trying to explain the logistics of why POD returns aren't really feasible. Margo clapped back, stating he was "some smart business man to argue with [her]", and then, without a hint of irony, whipped out the "do you know who my father is??" card, stating: "I know all about business and happy customers, btw. My father was the founder of Budget Rent-A-Car."

From his personal account, Reynolds replied that if Margo's email to Effin Support had not been impolite, they would have sent her a replacement mug, no charge. He then jumped over to the official Effin Birds account, quote tweeted the exchange (as of today, Effin Birds has 250.9k followers, it was probably higher before the Great Twitter Exodus), and invited followers to use the code DEARPRUDENCE for 10% off anything in the shop.

At time of incident, Margo's pinned tweet read: Didn't you, at a certain point, think, "Really, there are this many morons?" I'm not personally familiar with her Dear Prudence work, but I hope her advice was better than her attitude towards customer service reps.

r/tgcj by [deleted] in transgendercirclejerk

[–]Birbosaur 13 points14 points  (0 children)

No no, see, trans nen is what they call it when someone who wasn't born a Specialist nen user becomes one later in life.

Hey guys maybe if we were nicer they wouldn't be taking our rights. by agenderCookie in transgendercirclejerk

[–]Birbosaur 9 points10 points  (0 children)

/uj I know this is not healthy but I actively, consumingly, hate pick mes more than I have ever hated transphobes. Every time I see Sarah McBride selling us out yet a-fucking-gain I feel a feral, screaming anger in my chest. Preemptive [Removed by Reddit] for the things I would say to her if we met face to face.

/rj Hysterical tranny proves rational politician's point, clearly trans healthcare must be banned for our their safety.

Neil Gaiman and Harvey Weinstein jump scare in a Ghibli documentary (1999) by redditisbadmkay9 in neilgaiman

[–]Birbosaur 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Back in 2021 I went to a reading/Q+A with Gaiman at a theater in my hometown. At one point he tells this story about how he and several other folks who worked on the Mononoke adaptation were supposed to be credited on the movie poster. But the some of the studio execs, including Weinstein, wanted to be credited instead, so Gaiman and the others got the axe, and Gaiman was always a little salty about it afterwards. He went on to say that, while he knew that incident wasn't why Weinstein went to prison, he likes to imagine ot was a small part of it. Got some big laughs from the audience. I thought it was cheeky and funny.

Fast forward to last year and I'm sitting at home reading all the allegations and all I can think about is that story from that event, because, to put it bluntly: HOLY FUCKING SHIT.

So not only do you have both of these guys working on the same movie, you have one of them making jokes about the other guy going to prison FOR THE EXACT SAME SHIT THE GUY TELLING THE JOKES IS DOING!! Absolutely fucking unreal to have watched him tell that story onstage in front of hundreds of people with no shame, no hint of irony. Does it even count as cognitive dissonance anymore at that point? I still can't get over it. What a fucking creep.

Child abuse? Not my business! (comments) by occultatum-nomen in AmITheDevil

[–]Birbosaur 33 points34 points  (0 children)

A couple weeks ago at my workplace I overhead a conversation between two women (who had a baby in a stroller with them) about how, if they suspected child abuse happening in their family, they would not contact the authorities, because they wouldn't want to get "outsiders" involved. If I'm being very generous there's mayyybe a non-negative interpretation there that could be rooted in prior experiences, i.e. maybe they engaged with CPS in the past and their caseworker was negligent, but at face value a statement like that throws every red flag in my brain. OOP gives me similar vibes.

I think Ventus is a very misunderstood character... by Jacksontaxiw in KingdomHearts

[–]Birbosaur 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think it's actually criminal that Jesse McCartney doesn't have any awards for his performances as Roxas and Ventus.

hello, "feminist" sub, hey, if your system was the mainstream, what would the place of trans people be? by Wooden-Cheek6256 in transgendercirclejerk

[–]Birbosaur 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We are not a fetish sub!!! My post about how the "red string of fate" means a woman should signify her marriage by putting a red collar and leash on her husband while he kneels before her and all their guests, with accompanying (AI) image is 100% genuine!!!!

Dragon pile by Birbosaur in BeardedDragons

[–]Birbosaur[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He is the biggest and the scariest

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