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no more going to horny jail, ok? we're not christian.

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A survey to assess what non sex workers think about sex work!

This survey is for people who have not done sex work themselves, to gauge both your opinions on sex work and how much you know about it! Click here to take it.

Please share to get as much of a range in respondents as possible.

You are encouraged to answer these questions no matter your current level of knowledge or how strongly you hold to your positions. While you might feel compelled to look things up when answering these questions, it's ideal that you respond without doing so - you can always do some research after if these questions spark your interest.

Questions in this survey will also have an additional focus on trans and/or intersex sex workers, because information collected will be used to inform the themes for Transactional Intercourse, an anthology of trans and intersex sex workers' writing. Some parts of the anthology will be aimed at correcting misconceptions and addressing topics which are the most controversial, and to do that we need to have a clear idea of what those are.

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Maybe if people updated more we wouldn't turn to ai

You’re a pathetic, impatient loser. Fanfic writers owe you nothing, and their writing is their own, not yours to do with as you choose, you entitled brat.

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Please think of Western North Carolina (and everyone in the South) this week as we recover from horrifying flooding, mudslides, road destruction, etc. from Hurricane Helene last week. Entire communities were swept away.

People lost their homes, businesses, & lives to this & there are many people still in danger. There are people stuck at their homes because the only access roads were washed away. Resources like water, food, gas, etc. are in short supply in some areas.

Cell towers, power lines, & fiber optics were damaged or destroyed so communications have been hard to get out. As people come back online there will be more pictures and stories to tell. A lot of our smaller towns were hardest hit like Marshall, Chimney Rock, Hot Springs, Cruso, and many others.

If you can donate please do so, otherwise please share as much information as you can.

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Please think of Western North Carolina (and everyone in the South) this week as we recover from horrifying flooding, mudslides, road destruction, etc. from Hurricane Helene last week. Entire communities were swept away.

People lost their homes, businesses, & lives to this & there are many people still in danger. There are people stuck at their homes because the only access roads were washed away. Resources like water, food, gas, etc. are in short supply in some areas.

Cell towers, power lines, & fiber optics were damaged or destroyed so communications have been hard to get out. As people come back online there will be more pictures and stories to tell. A lot of our smaller towns were hardest hit like Marshall, Chimney Rock, Hot Springs, Cruso, and many others.

If you can donate please do so, otherwise please share as much information as you can.

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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.

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I am a(n):

⚪ Male

⚪ Female

🔘 Writer

Looking for

⚪ Boyfriend

⚪ Girlfriend

🔘 An incredibly specific word that I can't remember

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As we're now hours away from season 2 I wanted to quickly show off the AMAZING gift my friend made me for my birthday last year! Thanks again @themoonwouldnotcooperate <3

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siken saw his words being twisted and he’s having none of it god bless

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telling a fic writer their characterization is good is the god tier of compliments, and the fastest way to find someone who will commit murder for you

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Part 1 for under 450

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Did I daydream this, or was there a website for writers with like. A ridiculous quantity of descriptive aid. Like I remember clicking on " inside a cinema " or something like that. Then, BAM. Here's a list of smell and sounds. I can't remember it for the life of me, but if someone else can, help a bitch out <3

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New season out tomorrow, 12 May 2023, on Netflix.

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Giveaway

I have once again bought some humble bundles & have some overlap in the games I own. 

Whoever messages me about the one game you want, gets first dibs (I’ll go ahead & say System Shock 1 & 2 will come together if you want both). If you ask about a game that’s still available I will give you the gift link or code. You do not need to be following me to receive a game. Good luck!

112 Operator

Armello

System Shock: Enhanced Edition

System Shock 2

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IT’S NOT ‘PEEKED’ MY INTEREST

OR ‘PEAKED’

BUT PIQUED

‘PIQUED MY INTEREST’

THIS HAS BEEN A CAPSLOCK PSA

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me: i wanna write

someone: then… write?

me: