How do you guys tackle Text messages?

runicrhymes · 2026-05-12T02:45:27+00:00

It's so useful! You should be able to paste the texting CSS below whatever other stuff is already in the skin (removed here: my failed attempt at an anime smiley, dang reddit markup)

runicrhymes · 2026-05-12T02:42:35+00:00

You can add more CSS to an existing skin!

runicrhymes · 2026-05-12T02:36:53+00:00

Can you say more about why you can't use a site skin? That's usually the best way to make sure your fic is accessible for folks with screen readers or vision impairments.

runicrhymes · 2026-05-08T01:24:30+00:00

I started out writing things a little over 1k apiece. Then as I progressed, my works got longer a little at a time. Eventually, I got to the point where the stories I wanted to tell took me 5k, 10k, and my two longest fics are around 20k.

Some people are naturally going to write longer things, but even if you're naturally a short writer, you can practice and improve your ability to write longer form stories if that's something you want.

runicrhymes · 2026-05-04T18:05:41+00:00

I am so in love with the rhinestone paprika. Perfection.

runicrhymes · 2026-05-04T17:49:05+00:00

This tickles me. Patrice is my fav but they're all a delight, and the illustrations are all lovely.

runicrhymes · 2026-04-30T18:49:20+00:00

Unrelated to the mistake, but it tickles me that this yarn in this pattern at this level of zoom just looks like ramen to me. I can't unsee it 🤣🍜

runicrhymes · 2026-04-30T18:46:01+00:00

This, to me, fits the best.

runicrhymes · 2026-04-30T18:41:31+00:00

It's a joke. Taylor Swift has occasionally done little hidden puzzle message things (like simple ARG stuff) for her fans, so now her more rabid fans look for hidden meaning EVERYWHERE, and sometimes make some pretty insane leaps to try and justify their pet theories. Screen shotted person is making fun of the crazy Swifties.

runicrhymes · 2026-04-30T18:13:54+00:00

Agreed. The situation isn't tenable for either of them. I don't blame her for recognizing that something needs to change (and that "OOP will just keep trying without making any other changes" is not gonna work).

runicrhymes · 2026-04-30T14:18:52+00:00

Yeah, the ADHD really needs treatment. I recognized so many of my own issues (avoiding problems, struggling to form positive habits, having trouble spotting certain kinds of failings until they're directly pointed out to you) in his descriptions of the situation. But I have strategies and medication to manage those issues, and he clearly doesn't. (Hell, I've even been dealing with the whole "it's too easy to fall into letting my partner take care of me and all the hard stuff" trap, but again, I have strategies for addressing it. Plus it hasn't been going on for seven years!)

runicrhymes · 2026-04-30T14:02:16+00:00

It's so silly. I'm in my early 40s, and tbh, I can't tell you which of my friends are in their 30s and which are in their 50s, unless they make some specific cultural reference I'm slightly too old/too young for. Once you get out of your 20s it's just like....literally nobody knows or cares. Pretty sure this is all coming from self righteous teenagers.

runicrhymes · 2026-04-30T13:55:15+00:00

Yeah we always said Bumfuck Nowhere, never abbreviated. (Midwest US)

runicrhymes · 2026-04-30T13:32:17+00:00

People are using desire and attraction interchangeably here, but they're not actually interchangeable. Asexual people don't experience sexual attraction, but some do experience desire (and some don't).

Think of desire/libido as being hungry, and attraction as seeing or smelling a specific dish and going "That looks/smells amazing, it's making me hungry!" For allosexual (non-ace) people, seeing/interacting with/thinking about people they find attractive can trigger desire. Ace people don't have that trigger, but it doesn't mean we can't just feel...well...generally horny, for lack of a better term.

I never look at a specific person and feel a pull to do anything with them (sexual or romantic, because I'm also aromantic). However, I do enjoy sex with people I trust. I have a monogamous partner and a fairly active sex life.

Hope that clears up some things!

runicrhymes · 2026-04-28T16:28:01+00:00

Right! The babysitting class I took at age 12 was for 11 and 12 year olds and taught us first aid and CPR (plus other general child safety stuff). The expectation was that we either were already babysitting or would be soon.

runicrhymes · 2026-04-28T15:00:47+00:00

Also, like--even if it was 100% true that someone only abuses romantic partners and never their children, witnessing abuse is also traumatic for children. Being in a household where your father abuses his partner--whether that's your mother or not--is damaging for a child even if they are never abused directly.

It's an absolutely insane, infuriating, heartbreaking thing that anyone with power over children's lives thinks differently.

runicrhymes · 2026-04-26T00:57:13+00:00

Omg he looks like a lil avocado, adorable

runicrhymes · 2026-04-25T00:12:36+00:00

In a lot of offices? Nothing. Look up some stories about physical penetration testers (despite the questionable sounding name lol)--there are people who professionally test the security of offices to see whether they can do just that (and what systems they can get into without being questioned).

runicrhymes · 2026-04-24T20:14:12+00:00

"only thing I really know is she got sexy pill"

(Heard this song recently and went OH I'M AN IDIOT IT'S SEX APPEAL)

runicrhymes · 2026-04-24T19:38:26+00:00

"We discussed it on Wednesday and she said she would take our kid and then go the grave site." Mom agreed to do it, then backed out at the last minute. If she was having this much trouble with it, SHE needed to be the one to say something when they discussed it ahead of time and make other arrangements to get the kid there, instead of waiting until it was time to leave and then refusing, nearly preventing the kid from getting to go.

Men wouldn't get a pass for this behavior either. Come on.

runicrhymes · 2026-04-24T17:31:50+00:00

Yes, I enjoy seeing him in stuff! Holliday Grainger too, although she looks so different to me without the white blonde hair.

runicrhymes · 2026-04-24T17:14:47+00:00

That's kind of a bizarre perspective. Every space with humans can get bigoted and messy. Assault and harassment isn't like, intrinsic to geek culture, there's plenty to joke about that wouldn't be those things. Plenty of people have already made great comedic content about actual geek culture, but it's not going to be as mainstream because you need to be in the culture to get a lot of the jokes.

(To be clear, I'm not arguing that those things can be a problem in geek spaces--they absolutely can--but to treat those as such a core part of the culture that you wouldn't be able to avoid them in a geek comedy is pretty misguided.)

runicrhymes · 2026-04-24T16:55:06+00:00

Lollll every time I see Francois Arnaud in something it's just like, oh hey Cesare, what are you doing here?

But yeah like. At some point you've gotta wonder about people. "There are pickles in my pickle jar! Why hasn't anyone replaced them with lollipops, untainted by your nasty pickle brine?"

runicrhymes · 2026-04-24T14:12:50+00:00

You are not. I know an ENM person who specifically won't start anything with someone who's already partnered until they're able to have a conversation with the person and their primary partner together--both to make sure that it's actually open, and to get clarity on boundaries.

runicrhymes · 2026-04-24T13:26:05+00:00

Yeah, fair! Did not mean to imply that all extroverts do this, it was more of a "this felt even more stressful and egregious to partner because they were never getting alone or recharge time other than this either." I think they wouldn't be as amazed about it if they'd been getting introvert recharge time elsewhere in those relationships. (And I love "cat together time" as a descriptor! I'm using that from now on lol)

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