shannoneichorn

shannoneichorn, 23 days ago

@mishellbaker thank you for this.

shannoneichorn, 7 months ago

@AnnaAnthro wtf. whyyyyy

shannoneichorn, 7 months ago

@mishellbaker virtual hug offer. A good cry can be helpful.

shannoneichorn, 7 months ago

While I've got that stuck in my head, I'm thinking back to something I saw online ages ago about comfy jammy grammar. An author was getting criticized about not using proper grammar and spelling online and responded that just because she knows how doesn't mean she wants to put effort into using it all the time. 2/6

shannoneichorn, 7 months ago

But what I really like about that pay was that it emphasized a new register that had developed online. Sure, there's a formal register you see in legal/official documents, maybe a slightly less formal register for business emails to people you don't know. A kind of standard register, what you use around family, what you use around friends...

And way down at the bottom, this new super goofy, informal register was developing online. 3/6

shannoneichorn, 7 months ago

Maybe I'm not using "register" right. I only know enough to be dangerous. 4/6

shannoneichorn, 7 months ago

But there was/is value to online meme speak, where the grammar points don't matter, and allusions are plentiful but not quite universal. (Thanks for existing, KnowYourMeme.) It made space to communicate widely without the classish/snobbish judgment that usually comes with being allowed to communicate widely. 5/6

shannoneichorn, 7 months ago

I'm not going anywhere in particular with this. It was just cool to watch language evolve with the internet. Fin/6

shannoneichorn, 7 months ago

@mishellbaker Clearly I need to!

shannoneichorn, 8 months ago

THE TUNA TORTURE

shannoneichorn, 8 months ago

The INFAMOUS tuna torture

shannoneichorn, 8 months ago

"What will become of us? Where will we go now?"
"Home."

Guys, you have an entire batch of obsessive, loyal young men trained to work with the SGC. Surely, you can find ways to give them some helpful options.

shannoneichorn, 8 months ago

Tonight's Stargate commentary is about "Forever in a Day." I dislike this episode. I always skip it. Let's see if I have new opinions 20 years later.
#SESG1Opinions #SESG1

shannoneichorn, 8 months ago

They are taking heavy losses because of Daniel.

shannoneichorn, 8 months ago

Husband reminds me I have a lot of politics to try not to think about until Sunday. This makes watching Sha're's death sound better.

shannoneichorn, 8 months ago

Ooh Amonet totally knows that Daniel wouldn't shoot her. Still clinging tight to that "host can't have influence" propaganda.

shannoneichorn, 8 months ago

Pretty sure this is one of the only ways to make Daniel hateful and irrational. Everyone made good decisions except him.

shannoneichorn, 8 months ago

Okay, but Daniel is right. Ballpoint pens are really cool. THEY RELY ON THE VISCOUS PROPERTIES OF THE INK TO FUNCTION. And using the ball keeps the ink inside from drying out. It's just so cool! #SESG1 #NotionalUnderstanding

shannoneichorn, 8 months ago

But also, calling a ballpoint pen simple... I mean, it's not a large machine, but it would take a lot of design work or trial and error for someone to figure it out from scratch and make it reliable. I think. Not my field. Ask me about jet engines.

shannoneichorn, 8 months ago

Ugh. Steeaming on Prime stutters where the segments of the DVD cuts transition. And the subtitles are inaccurate. If I were less lazy, I'd have a better viewing experience on DVD.

shannoneichorn, 8 months ago

@veronica Ooh that's disconcerting that the upscale didn't go well. Especially odd for the early seasons that were on real film. You'd think they could reimage them. (I guess not when they were digitally edited. Ugh.)
I'm glad for the regular DVDs, then, so I can blame any fuzziness on old tech, not that I've ever noticed it.

shannoneichorn, 8 months ago

@veronica oooh yeah fair! Big difference!