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do you know where "no beta we die like x" comes from and how it is used?

The term "beta" in this context is short for "beta reader" - a person who reads a fic while it's still in the editing stage and helps the writer get it ready to post. Some betas check grammar. Some check canon compliance. Some are sensitivity readers. There are lots of things that betas can do.

So functionally, saying "no beta" means that the writer didn't get this checked by a second person before they posted it. It's a warning that there might be errors or typos etc. It's mostly used when an author has written something quickly and is posting without doing a lot of (or any) edits first.

As for where it comes from? It all started with a bumper sticker.

This image was an internet meme at one point, and it got meme'd on in the form of "no ___ we ___ like men"

Here on tumblr, one of the versions that got really popular was from now-deleted user @grec1a who created this version:

From there, it migrated to AO3 as the "no beta we die like men" tag, and very often the word men is replaced by the name of a character who dies in canon.

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i think we should all consider getting emotional over this xkcd. as a group. let's get emotional about it

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i dont know where i am but anyways

#relistening to w359 and uhhhh #eiffel/hera #w359 #the way I can hear this in their voices

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Ivory taffeta gown, 1900-1907

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the science bitch urge to correct all common misinformation when it appears vs the knowledge that people hate that bitch actually

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blows my mind that i have little online friends who mildly care about me. it’s really nice

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brutalist candy cane

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Neither romantic nor sexual nor platonic but a secret fourth thing (bonded like stray cats who cannot be adopted separately)

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My latest Guardian Books cartoon.

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A friend once told me that when they are struggling with getting laundry done, she pretends it is her sworn duty to smuggle the young prince out of the castle to safety, disguised in a laundry hamper.

Now, when I am struggling with hygiene, I pretend I am part of a village with an annual festival, and I get one day a year to spend luxuriously at a bathhouse in preparation.

What my friend imparted on me was the skill of turning mundane tasks into fantastical adventures to make them more compelling and bearable.

So next time you need to go on a mental health walk, maybe consider doing reconnaissance for a secret underground organisation.

Next time cooking is too much of a chore, consider you ability to turn space station rations into a feast to the delight of your crewmates.

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spock on theremin what is he playing

#star trek tos

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amok time

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“do you realize… i - i would have gone through life half-awake… if you’d had the decency to leave me alone?”

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Investigating where cashmere comes from

English added by me :)

Also, since it frequently gets commented on in other posts: the choice of bgm is because Jingle Bell Rock doesn't necessarily have the same cultural significance in China (or at least not to OP) so it's not particularly recognized as a holiday/winter song

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I AM THAT IS

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Bothering the beast

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The Beast that Bothers