vashti

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[–] vashti@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

... Have you honestly, genuinely never heard of test tube babies? Do you not realise we've had them since the 70s?

Think about that, then realise we had all this shit about "but the poor children" back then, for that, and none of it ever materialised because nobody gives a shit or ever knows the difference or cares at all.

It's no different than giving birth by c-section, or indeed vaginally. There is no difference.

[–] vashti@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Who the hell is getting bullied for being a test-tube baby?

We had all this shit in the 70s before the first IVF baby, and to the best of my knowledge, bullying over it has simply never been a thing.

[–] vashti@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, I'd never use Notepad. Download Notepad++, it's better in literally every way.

[–] vashti@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Doesn't have formatting, unless Notepad has got really adventurous at some point in the last decade or two.

[–] vashti@feddit.uk 44 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Slightly annoyed about this, as I do use Wordpad (it's lightweight and useful for quick notes that I want to mark up with bold and italic). I don't always want to watch Word or Libreoffice load for twenty to thirty seconds.

Shitty decision, happy to be Wordpad's one fan.

[–] vashti@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

So are Irish conditions different from conditions over the sea in Wales, or...?

[–] vashti@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From what I can tell, the secret is rubber boots.

[–] vashti@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

...for entertainment. For fun.

I don't think many of us would come here if it wasn't fun.

[–] vashti@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wasn't the issue with this one that money was changing hands in exchange for a printed, physical book? Like, I know the team wasn't making money, but it's understood in fanfic circles that this is a Bad Idea and this was a very high profile (and, sadly, professional-looking) project.

The work is now on AO3 alongside countless other Star Trek fanfics that exist with no trouble. If they'd done that all along, I suspect there would never have been an issue.

[–] vashti@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Linehan being attached to something isn't a plus these days...

[–] vashti@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Just cook the chicken and eat it. You won't notice the feathers.

[–] vashti@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I keep bookmarks whenever I get them, also picture postcards etc. I have some that I've bought, others I've made (e.g. knitted or embroidered). Mainly I use strips of thin white card that I razor off an A4 sheet.

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