thelittlemermage

[thelittlemermage]

No, no. This is the correct amount of dedication.

started writing a patb analysis post two hours ago, ended up here. i think i'm overdoing it, just a little bit?

#pinky and the brain #One time I forced my friend to watch patb with me and he wrote a 15 page analysis on why they are gay #it's just the effect the mice have on people

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So I just saw a post by a random personal blog that said “don’t follow me if we never even had a conversation before” and?????? Not to be rude but literally what the fuck??????????

I’ve had people (non-pornbots) try to strike conversation out of nowhere in my DMs recently, and now I’m wondering if they were doing that because they wanted to follow me and thought they needed to interact first. I feel compelled to say, just in case, that it’s totally okay to follow this blog (or my side blog, for that matter) even if we’ve never talked before.

Also, I’m legit confused. Is this how follow culture works right now? It was worded like it’s common sense but is that really a thing?

#that's so weird #you do not need to be my friend or even know me to follow me #you just have to vibe with my posts #that's how the hellsite works

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when i was 5 i wanted to watch The Lion King every day but i would cry miserably about Mufasa every time, and when my mom would try to comfort me i'd get embarrassed and tell her i wasn't crying, my eyes just hurt, and she'd be like "your eyes always seem to hurt at this part" and i was like "yes...because of my...mysterious disease..."

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#😭

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there sure is just a whole type of guy out there huh

#this is just the final stage of the average fandom person who sees fiction as realer than reality

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#humans in this economy

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Alright, to ao3's soon to be arriving Wattpad Refugees, a basic guide to general user culture:

1.) Unlike Wattpads vote system that let's you like each chapter, the ao3 equivalent kudos only allows one per work. Everyone is generally quietly annoyed about this. To engage with each chapter, you're heavily encouraged to comment. Trust me, it makes people's day.

2.) Ao3 has no algorithm. By default it's latest updated work first. You can find things to your taste through searches, filters and tags.

3.) 'No archive warnings apply' and 'user has chosen not to use archive warnings' mean two very different things. No archives warnings means the work is free from any content that could require a warning tag (character death, graphic depictions of violence, non-con, etc). User has chosen not to use archive warnings means it could contain any of the warning content, be it hasn't been explicitly tagged. Treat it like an allergen. No archive warnings apply is allergen free. User has chosen not to use archive warnings, may contain traces or whole chunks of the allergen. If you're likely to have a bad reaction, maybe don't take the risk.

4.) Speaking of warnings, ao3 has very few restrictions on the type of work that's allowed. Whatever your personal thoughts or feelings on that are, thats how the site is. You're likely to run across some dark subject matters and a lot of people are uncomfortable with reading that. You're well within your rights not like these works and have your opinion on whether they should be allowed, but harassing the authors of such works (or any works) is more likely to come back on you than them. Ao3 operates on a strong policy of 'don't like, don't read'. Use the tagging system to your full advantage to only engage with the kind of works you want to see.

We look forward to welcoming you all and seeing the fantastic works you create. Happy writing!

#if you see tags you don't like and read the fic anyway and then complain about it #people have the right to publicly ridicule you btw

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craziest phenomenon on the internet lately is people who will be like “cringe culture is DEAD be WEIRD be FREE have FUN cringe is DEAD do WHATEVER YOU WANT FOREVER!” and then immediately crucify anyone who is queer in a way they don’t like. or wants to kiss a fictional character. or thinks the computer is hot. like ohhh i get it you’re only okay with weird people you personally can tolerate. you are a tar pit

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No see results option, I'm forcing you to perceive yourself. rb for more results plus

#online #so like. just imagine how bad I must be irl

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I honestly think the original ah lads not again post is the funniest

#fav

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the fact that we need 8 hours of sleep is ridiculous we should only need 4 and the other 4 should be used to be cozy in your bed and rub your legs together like a cricket and listen to music and think about your little scenarios

#this is what it is like if you are bad at sleeping

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it's literally just me n my loser blog against the world

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I thought I beat the real estate portion of Yakuza 0 but instead I just unlocked more real estate

#I said I would finish the hostess club and real estate mini games before I started another yakuza game #which for me will be kiwami 2 because I already beat kiwami #but I'm already done with the hostesses so now it's oops all real estate #which is......kinda tedious #also I want to unlock all the telephone cards but. at this point I think I need to finish what I'm doing to get the last ones lol

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#pinky

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just compiling my looney tunes au(looney teens...i know the title kinda lame but oh well) artworks.never thought it already this much tbh TTUTT a and yeah guess the genre... . .

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u guess it,it has some supernatural shits there

and some…bonus doodle

#yea I'd watch that

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About the AO3 "No Guest Comments for a while" warning

If you're not following any of AO3's social media accounts you might be in the dark as to what kind of "spam comments" have engendered this banner at the top of the site:

These spam comments have been posted about a great deal on the AO3 subreddit for the past couple of days. Initially they comprised a bunch of guest (logged out users) bot comments that insulted authors by suggesting they were using AI and not writing their own fics. Some examples, from the subreddit:

But it then escalated to outright graphic porn images and gifs being posted in comments, again by logged out 'Guest' accounts. Obviously, I'm not going to give examples of those, but between these two bot infestations, AO3 has clearly decided to act and has temporarily closed the ability to post comments for users who are not logged in with an AO3 account.

Unfortunately, this means that genuine readers who don't have an AO3 account won't be able to leave comments on fics that they enjoy.

If you are a genuine reader who doesn't yet have an AO3 account, I strongly suggest getting yourself on the waiting list for one. More and more AO3 authors are now locking their fics down to registered users only - either due to these bot comments or concerns about AI scraping their work - which means you're probably missing out on a lot of great stuff.

Hopefully guest commenting will be enabled again at some point soon, but I suggest not waiting until then. Get yourself on that list.

Wait times are going to be longer than usual at the moment, due to the current Wattpad purge [info on Fanlore | Wattpad subreddit thread], but if you're in line, then your invite will come through eventually.

Update: There's now a Megathread about this on the AO3 subreddit.

#ugh. that's annoying

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Bugs: Yeah I dont really like to box myself in with labels, but I like the word 'genderqueer'. I actually have a friend who I'm talking about using she/her pronouns with! I dont think im a woman per se, not that I don't love trans girls, but I am a queen.

Daffy: My mother alwayth called me a faggot. I don't know what it meanth, but I like the pizzaz.