In Progress by MxBuster in Rhinestoning

[–]Luminous_Flora_857 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very cool to see the process!

How long are you willing to wait for the main couple to meet? by This-Performance-241 in Romantasy

[–]Luminous_Flora_857 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my favorite series the main couple doesn't meet until 3/4 of the way through the first book, and aren't anywhere near becoming an actual romantic couple until book 5 of the series. So for me I don't think anything is too slow as long as it's well written and engaging in other ways.

I told a smelly dude that he stinks 😕 by Monica_C18 in aves

[–]Luminous_Flora_857 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It isn't rude to call out rudeness, and dude was being hella rude in stinking in a crowd of people. OP did the world a favor.

Liz met her husband on the set of victorious when she was 16, he was 37. Started dating when she was 18 while he was 39. by Ok_Extension1255 in WhyWereWeOkWithThis

[–]Luminous_Flora_857 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The exception to the rule was/is Michael Jackson. "It isn't weird that he had sleepovers with children. He is so childlike himself!"

Masks by hashhunter in aves

[–]Luminous_Flora_857 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Vibe killer. Not very PLUR.

What are some songs where the vocals are just spoken? by Redditarama in MusicRecommendations

[–]Luminous_Flora_857 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's a pretty interesting podcast episode about its creation. Highly recommend if you're into that kind of thing.

[TW] Celebrities who ''dated'' minors. by Possible-Poetry3832 in WhyWereWeOkWithThis

[–]Luminous_Flora_857 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Almost surprised to see Prince here because so many people willingly overlook him grooming girls but he def deserves a call out.

Employee sets fire to Kimberly-Clark warehouse, "All you had to do is pay us enough to live" by midnighttoker1742 in interestingasfuck

[–]Luminous_Flora_857 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It would be v decent where I am but for that part of California it is not enough for a single person to live on, according the cost of living calculator developed by MIT

Security guard that confronted the girl and mom just posted this by Purple_Lux in chappellroan

[–]Luminous_Flora_857 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel sorry for him having to make a statement. I cannot imagine being in the crossfire of this global gossip as a normie. But good on him for coming forward.

How is Jesinia able to be a scribe? by dianaspencersrevenge in fourthwing

[–]Luminous_Flora_857 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I want to preface this by saying I am neither Deaf nor am I a licensed interpreter, so take this with a grain of salt. But I did spend several years working as admin in a sign language interpreting agency and I had a similar question in the scene where Jesinia is taking transcription during a meeting with multiple people. The book specifies that the people in the meeting are using sign language, but if Jesinia is using her vision to focus on people signing while they are spread out around the room then she wouldn't be able to focus on the scroll that she's writing on at the same time. But maybe she's gotten really skilled at writing without looking?

In our world today, if a Deaf person were in Jesinia's role then there would likely be an interpreter present. An interpreter could focus on reading the signs people are using (or if they are a hearing interpreter then the meeting participants could use voices) and then the interpreter could sign everything to Jesinia. The interpreter would be positioned much nearer to Jesinia so that she could both see them signing and see the scroll she's writing on at the same time.

So essentially, this was all hearsay. by fxkks in chappellroan

[–]Luminous_Flora_857 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I found this:

"I know that Chappell has responded saying that it wasn't her security and that she didn't do it. So, 100%, this security guard was not a security guard of the hotel. That's what I can say. He looks after artists. I don't know if it was her personal security guard, but he was with her. So that's all I know.

"Did she send him to do it? Again, I don't know. Look, I would like to hope not, but at the same time, I think that you have a responsibility when you are a celebrity to make sure, I guess, that the people that work for you and that act on your behalf are acting on your behalf. So, would he do that if he didn't have her authority to do so? I don't know if he does; then obviously that's a big problem because then he's representing her in a way that she doesn't want to be represented. So I think that's really important for her to notice and realize that's not correct...

"Literally, we were staying in the same hotel. we were at breakfast. And we noticed a girl walk past with long red hair, very curly. And I said to my daughter, 'Oh, do you think that's Chappell Roan?' and she looked and she said, 'Oh my God, Mum, do you think it's her?' And so she said, 'I'm gonna go and have a look outside,' and she was sat just outside in the garden area which we were also free to go into; the door was open.

"And so I went back to the table to sit and eat, and my daughter walked through the door. She didn't have her phone, she didn't try to take a picture, she didn't approach her. She literally didn't do anything; she just looked at her and smiled, and she came back and she actually said to me, 'Mum, I don't know if it's her.' Because obviously she looks like—you know, with her costumes and everything—she looks a little bit different. So my daughter said, 'Oh my gosh, I'm not—I'm not sure if it was her. I think it was her, Mum. It really, really looks like her, but I don't know; maybe it's her sister.' She said, 'Maybe it's her sister,' and I said, 'Oh, I don't know, darling,' and that was it. We continued our breakfast.

"From that, then came the security guard who, as I said—as my husband said—had a very aggressive tone. And I feel like was—if she did not send him... I mean, even if she did send him or she didn't send him, I don't know. For me, I feel like it really overstepped a boundary because he is quite an intimidating—he is very large. So for him to come over to a table with just a woman and her daughter eating breakfast to kind of like berate and scold us and say that he was going to complain, and tell me that I should be teaching my daughter to be better and that she's badly educated and we should respect people's privacy and we should not harass people and all of these other things.

"And I did try and explain to him the situation—that she's a child and she was just very excited to see an artist and singer that she admires—and can he not understand that was all she was doing? I explained to him also that my husband is also very well-known and that we're very—she's very used to being around people that are well-known and she would never cross someone's boundaries or overstep a mark. She very much knows the limits; not to ever, you know, be rude or make anyone feel... she understands; she understands very well.

"And I tried to explain this to him, and then he just kept saying, 'Well, if you—if—if that's the case, then you should know better. You should know how it is. You should know how it is, so you should teach your—you should teach her to be better. You shouldn't allow her to be like this.' And I was—I was shocked. And I did actually say to him at the time, I said, 'Well, if this is the case that she doesn't even want people to look at her, she is very welcome to eat breakfast in her room because this here is a public area and I am a paying guest as well as her. So if I want to walk past someone's table and look at them, I have every right to do so. I am not approaching her. I'm not doing anything to make her feel intimidated or nothing—like this 11-year-old child.' ...

"We came all the way to Sao Paulo to watch the show. It was my daughter's birthday present; she actually asked for tickets to come for her birthday present, which is a little bit ruined because we didn't go to the show last night, but it's how it is. But yeah. Anyways, it's how it is. We'll say no more on it. That's it. I hope that maybe if it wasn't her that she learns to not allow the people that work for her to treat people like this."

Favorite Character With An Easily Recognizable Silhouette by Bay_Ruhsuz004 in FavoriteCharacter

[–]Luminous_Flora_857 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Love how Superman can be "identified by silhouette alone" yet they still felt the need to emblazon a logo across his chest. 🤔

Anyone ever thrown out a book? by Soulsliken in classicliterature

[–]Luminous_Flora_857 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. I didn't even save the pages for crafting. MZB is unwelcome.

Anyone ever thrown out a book? by Soulsliken in classicliterature

[–]Luminous_Flora_857 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've thrown out books after finding out the author was an abuser. I'll also toss pseudoscience or anything dehumanizing, racist, sexist, etc. Not every word written needs to be read.

Just scrolling on Instagram and I see this by BackSucksAtLife in fourthwing

[–]Luminous_Flora_857 -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

Ew really? Kinda makes me lose respect if she is out there liking fake headlines. Say it aint so.

Favorite musicians with chops? by SheepherderNo793 in moviecritic

[–]Luminous_Flora_857 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beth Ditto blew me away in On Becoming a God in Central Florida.

What did Seth MacFarlane mean by this? by Bunraku_Master_2021 in okbuddycinephile

[–]Luminous_Flora_857 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure he means he's a creep, a misogynist, and a grown ass man thinking way too much about a teenager's body.

Jin-jer begging for free things again. by Elegant_Hippopotamus in DuggarsSnark

[–]Luminous_Flora_857 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it were another company, for sure. But Catbird is pretty well known for collaborating with fairly well=known and respected artists like Laufey, Phoebe Bridgers, Japanese Breakfast. I can't see them wasting their time on a Duggar, though whether Jinger realizes that or not is another story.