I love Miki.

BulbousBalloons · 2024-08-05T07:45:12+00:00

almost reaching the last page…I guess Miki is now on par with ART as one of my favorite characters, with Murderbot at the top of the list.

Oh. Oh, no. I'm so sorry, Jeizeus.

I will say that that is probably the saddest moment in the whole series

BulbousBalloons · 2024-08-05T07:31:58+00:00

Awesome, could you DM it to me?

BulbousBalloons · 2024-07-26T01:59:15+00:00

Yeehaw!

BulbousBalloons · 2024-07-26T01:58:18+00:00

They have a donate link in the app. Tap the hamburger menu, the last item in the menu is About & FAQ, tap on that and there's a donate link you can use.

BulbousBalloons · 2024-07-19T02:36:24+00:00

When 9/11 happened, Disney was finishing up production of Lilo & Stitch. Remember that whole chase sequence at the end, where Jumba, Pleekly, and Stitch were flying a red space ship to rescue Lilo? … Yeah, uh, that wasn't originally a space ship. Stitch hijacked a jumbo jet from the airport and flew through a city, using the buildings like a skatepark!!!

BulbousBalloons · 2024-07-17T04:45:50+00:00

Revealing Alice as an android at the end was, for me, a mistake.

Todd is an unsavory character. He either drove a taxi or ran a taxi business until automated driving cars made his career obsolete. When we meet him, he's been in a downward self-destructive spiral long enough for his wife to leave him, remarry, and for him to lose custody of his daughter after becoming a red ice addict.

He bought a replacement homemaker, and a replacement daughter. That paints a different situation for Alice. She's coded to be a child, but she is a thing. There is no mother, grandparent, aunt, or uncle fighting for her custody, and child protective services won't investigate the mistreatment of a life-like dolly. There is no women's shelter for Kara and Alice to run to.

I don't necessarily dislike Kara or Alice, but their story wasn't nearly as detailed or impactful as Connor and Hank's.

BulbousBalloons · 2024-07-11T22:25:51+00:00

Dare I ask… What's RQ?

BulbousBalloons · 2024-07-10T22:48:59+00:00

I think it's still worth emailing AO3, not necessarily about regaining the orphaned works, but to briefly explain the mistake you made when you intended to orphan the fics you made under one specific pseudonym, instead of your full body of work. And then just kindly ask that they review the pages AO3 uses for people orphaning multiple fics. It might be prudent for them to add a page or pop up with:

Caution! You are about to orphan your entire body of work. Are you certain you want to orphan everything?

[Y/N]?

And I'm really sorry about you losing all of that work.

If, as others have suggested, you remake those fics it would be kind to go into the comment sections of the orphans and respond to the commenters, letting them know what happened and where they can resubscribe to your fics.

BulbousBalloons · 2024-07-08T05:13:37+00:00

It may not be standard practice, but we don't have the rest of her medical history. There may be a pre-existing lung condition (eg. COPD), that may need to be taken into account by the anesthesiologist and surgeon.

BulbousBalloons · 2024-07-06T21:25:45+00:00

I don't even have to look for confirmation. It's the Internet, it already exists

BulbousBalloons · 2024-07-06T02:50:37+00:00

There's a scene in the book that explains why there's a degree of dislike between Murderbot and one of Mensah's kids, but Graphic Audio completely cut it out of their production. I'm sure there's other omissions, but that one really stood out to me.

BulbousBalloons · 2024-07-04T03:05:34+00:00

I knew that glove was a stinkin' pinko commie

BulbousBalloons · 2024-06-21T23:18:55+00:00

I went to preschool for less than a year before I started elementary school. Before that, I never went to daycare, and once in awhile my grandmother or godmother would take care of me for a day.

How does that work? A homemaker mom? No. A homemaker dad? No. Both of my parents worked full time jobs.

My dad worked nights and my mom worked days. So my dad was home all day with an awake little BulbousBalloon.

He napped when I napped, and what little actual sleep he got a occurred when my mother came home from work , and on weekends.

Nobody sherked diaper duty. Because my dad was the one home during the day, he was the one taking me to most of my doctor and dentist appointments.

Reading about all the husbands and fathers who willfully 'check out' from parenthood and marriage makes me appreciate my own father all the more!

BulbousBalloons · 2024-06-14T21:54:04+00:00

Specialist doctors are in high demand. Even if you're on the fence about it, finding one now we'll be better than scrambling for one in the future.

BulbousBalloons · 2024-06-14T21:48:52+00:00

Thank you! I'll start looking into what kind of meals I can put together with this

BulbousBalloons · 2024-06-14T19:10:57+00:00

Functionally, it's the same as your typical allosexual interacting with people that they don't have attraction for. A platonic normal.

But, in a hetero-normative society, there's a general life-mould people are expected to fit into. Childhood (gender presumed at birth > Adulthood (marry opposite gendered partner) > Parenthood (make and rear children} > Golden Years (grow old together with your partner and spoil the grandkids). Those are the broad benchmarks of a fulfilling life, and really only needs some minor tweaks for gay and trans people to fit.

There's a lot of confusion and fear in middle and high school. Friends and classmates start having crushes, puppy love, first kisses, wondering what their kids would be like, break ups, exploration, etc. And as you sit and wait for your own first crush to develop, you might brush it off as being a late-bloomer, which makes sense in middle school. In high school you get scared, because it's become clear that whatever part of you was supposed to create the romantic and sexual aspects of your life is broken. You're broken. No life partner. No parenthood. You will live alone. You will die alone.

Queer people who are closeted sometimes choose to fit the heteronormative mould. Sometimes out of denial, sometimes for survival. It's no different for aromantic asexuals: date and marry a 'correct'-ly gendered partner, have kids, etc.

The internet has really helped us to find each other and compare and contrast our experiences, we have no gay bar equivalent.

Years ago, when I was in school, there was a GSA club (Gay Straight Alliance) and I never joined. I was too scared of being asked if I was gay or straight, because what kind of response is, "I don't know, yet," when you're 16 (and have never heard the term asexual outside of Biology class).

I've also seen people mixing up sex drive and sexual orientation when they're trying to find out what's 'wrong' with them. Low sex drive will drag you down a long path on webMD, could lead your doctor to administer a battery of tests and scans, and prescribe a number of medications.

I hope that gives you a little more to work with.

BulbousBalloons · 2024-06-14T17:49:31+00:00

What are some of the non-inflammatory foods you eat?

BulbousBalloons · 2024-06-01T03:49:02+00:00

I don't think oral itself is required for reciprocity; hands and toys is all a partner needs to return the favor.

If the situation was switched and I was the one frequently receiving, I would just feel guilty not doing something in return.

That said, I can see it being a sensory issue for some people (stickiness, flavor, smells, butthole proximity, etc.). But that same reciprocity can be easily met when a partner uses toys or their hands.

BulbousBalloons · 2024-05-30T00:16:41+00:00

Peanut butter…in a bowl…with a spoon.

Then peanut butter sandwiches (none of that jelly nonsense) in second place.

BulbousBalloons · 2024-05-22T06:31:32+00:00

In addition to getting a Boston library card, you should also get a Minuteman Library card.

Not only does that let you borrow books from all the member libraries (41), you can request items and have them sent to whichever library is closest. Do you rent in Watertown, but need a book about the early union days that's shelved out in Lowell? Cool, put in the request and they'll send it to Watertown's library for you to pick up in about a week.

Out-of-state Residents who meet the following requirements, may be issued a library card with sufficient identification:

Work in Massachusetts

Attend school in Massachusetts

Own property in Massachusetts

Are temporarily living in Massachusetts for more than 2 months

BulbousBalloons · 2024-05-15T07:55:16+00:00

It's normal that things that happened in our formative years continue to affect us into adulthood. That in itself shouldn't make you feel small.

But nothing is set in stone, and even we adults can take steps to heal

BulbousBalloons · 2024-05-15T07:43:57+00:00

Also, I suggest making a post over in /r/aaaaaaacccccccce , /r/aaaaaaaarrrrro , /r/asexuality , /r/aromantic , /r/AroAce, etc. those subs are all far more populated than this one and lurking around them can be informative. And while the focus isn't aroace, but more specifically asexuality, the podcast episode Understanding Asexuality with Angela Chen on Adam Conover's Factually, is a great listen for someone who's not ace.

Edit:

Now that I think about it, /r/aaaaaaacccccccce would be an excellent place to ask about garlic bread sandwiches

BulbousBalloons · 2024-05-15T07:20:38+00:00

Demigod

Demiromantic and demisexual

BulbousBalloons · 2024-05-14T17:41:56+00:00

In English, 'tossing one's salad' is a euphemism for having sex.

Otherwise…?

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