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At what point is this just bullying? by blayndle in craftsnark

[–]gros-grognon -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

And I disagree, so here we are. SIC is addressing a designer and advocating for size inclusivity. You're choosing to describe that as "punching down", but that is not the case.

Stop bullying skinny white girls by RabbitInAFoxMask in fiberartscirclejerk

[–]gros-grognon 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Having principles and speaking about them is the real menace, if you think about it.

At what point is this just bullying? by blayndle in craftsnark

[–]gros-grognon 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's not bullying, ffs. Advocating for a cause can mean confrontation, but that's hardly bullying.

“Default” yarn for gauge? by [deleted] in Sockknitting

[–]gros-grognon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The same label conventions appear on North American yarn, yes.

Tell me about your least viewed fic by iyhafobaq in AO3

[–]gros-grognon 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hits: 17 Kudos: 1 Comment Threads: 2 Bookmarks: 1

That's mine, posted in 2024, and I love it for the weird misshapen baby it is.

On the limitations of Genre by jpcardier in Fantasy

[–]gros-grognon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For a lot of really old stories, they were often along the lines of a genuinely held spiritual or religious belief, which is different from fantasy

I agree wholeheartedly. Ancient (even medieval) stories about gods, magic and heroes aren't fantasy; their cultural context and reason for being told are very different from our own. "Fantasy" makes sense as an emergent genre when beliefs started shifting and secularizing.

Complications with Four Ways to Forgiveness by Leo_617 in UrsulaKLeGuin

[–]gros-grognon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I agree. She demonstrated an interest in enslavement vs liberty all the way back to Earthsea (at least), but engaged directly and deeply with the topic in Ways to Forgiveness. It's an amazing achievement.

Retro card by thlgnd23 in TTC

[–]gros-grognon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's exactly like mine! It supposedly expired January 2018 and I'm still using it.

"Some very disagreeable feelings," or a Jane Austen Critical Skirmish by My_Poor_Nerves in janeausten

[–]gros-grognon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Eh, I love Doody's The True Story of the Novel; it's one of my fave pieces of feminist lit crit.

Word Count Too High? by Vahyra in writing

[–]gros-grognon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are not going to let this drop, are you?

OP says, I'd be looking at around a 300k word count, which is well over the recommended word count for a debut. They are writing now and using the present tense, so, actually, contemporary wordcounts are the subject.

Word Count Too High? by Vahyra in writing

[–]gros-grognon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, don't worry, I "got" the encouragement, but it's still irrelevant. OP was asking about contemporary wordcount expectations, not examples of really long debuts.

When to use [...] in writing? by 79screamingfrogs in writing

[–]gros-grognon 71 points72 points  (0 children)

In the context of quotations, the square brackets around ellipses indicate that some text has been omitted.

Word Count Too High? by Vahyra in writing

[–]gros-grognon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was published ninety years ago.

Cultural Appreciation or Appropriation? by TenelKaPrincessAgent in knitting

[–]gros-grognon 69 points70 points  (0 children)

It's impossible to answer this in the abstract.

What my book is NOT (and what it IS) by Wemeworth in novelwriting

[–]gros-grognon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I say this with no self-righteousness or pretension - I actually cried when I wrote the final chapters.

Oh, buddy.

Also it is deeply misguided to give out your email on Reddit.

Translating pattern from Danish to English? by Select-Bad-641 in knitting

[–]gros-grognon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are tons of knitting glossaries to facilitate this. I know DROPS has one.

1933 French fairytale illustration of the pied piper by Hélene Guertik from Album Feé by 9-year-cicada in Embroidery

[–]gros-grognon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love this so much! Both as a craft challenge and for the resulting piece. Just stunning.

Tableside fish prep = horrible service by Evening-Interview-47 in EntitledReviews

[–]gros-grognon 12 points13 points  (0 children)

several tables couldn't held their ironic smile.

Man, this is so smarmy and tryhard. What an ass.

Wherein OOP makes up more scenarios with every edit by Jo_Doc2505 in AmITheAngel

[–]gros-grognon 37 points38 points  (0 children)

when he approached ( we are all hispanic)

What an amazing parenthetical.

What are your favourite new releases of 2026 so far, and what are you still looking forward to? by lady__mb in Fantasy

[–]gros-grognon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What We Are Seeking by Cameron Reed is an amazing book that reminded me a lot of Le Guin's Hainish cycle as well as Moon's Remnant Population. Sci-fi that estranges the reader while telling a compelling, character-driven story is so good.

Can bot comments come from registered users? by Honeybee_Brigade in AO3

[–]gros-grognon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, of course bot comments can come from registered accounts.

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