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Post a comment with the name of a Ship that you've never come around on (it's not your cup of tea, you never really got the appeal, etc.) but that you're willing to come around on. Then, other people can recommend a fic that they think could Change Your View of the ship.

If, in your comment, you would like to provide further context to what kind of fics or dynamics you typically like so that those making the recommendations might have a higher chance of success, feel free to do so. In this regard, you could also include context for dynamics that rub you the wrong way about the ship in question, but please remember to keep things respectful. This isn't

Between Conspiracy and Twilight, I've been thinking about Disavowal. Guilt, shame, responsibility and accountability. Privilege and victimhood.

There's this constant theme lately of people refusing to take responsibility for harm. Or even, sometimes, what is perceived as harm. Maybe it's not even lately, maybe it's always been the human condition. No one wants to be the bad guy. Maybe a cool anti-hero, but never the villain.

Conservatives do it, as reviewed in Conspiracy.

But I've seen it in my own political community as well. I do not mean to stir up a lot of the old, well tread conversations around leftist infighting or other means of expending energy ineffectively. But I see some of t

I'm a ciswoman so I didn't know. But I just saw a tweet calling the Ford F150 "luxury gender affirming care" (context being that it's gender affirming care for cis men) and I thought... "Huh. I wonder..."

I think it's pretty normal/typical to worry that you're not living up to societal expectations of masculinity/feminity from time to time. I remember going through a "I'm too tall to wear high heels" phase (you don't need to comfort me about this, I'm long over it haha)

And I just wonder if you guys ever see cisgender anxiety about this stuff and feel any validation or comradery with us? Or do you feel like the cis struggle to conform to gender and the trans struggle to conform to gender a

It takes place in the 80s but there's only one kid named Mike

Pretty much what it says in the title.

If you're a fan that's been active in the Stranger Things fandom through multiple seasons, tell us about fan theories you remember that were later disproven by season releases.

It doesn't have to be your favorite, exactly. Feel free to also tell us about:

• Theories you simply liked

• Theories that you think would have been interesting, if the show would have gone that route.

• Theories that annoyed you at the time, but now that you've got some distance on and it's disproven anyway, they have a certain charm to them

• Theories that are funny in hindsight

• Disproven theories you just want to share, for whatever reason

Just looking to take

My mom is a lovely person. She's kind and generous with her time and generally a good listener. She's also very domestic - she cooks and bakes and hosts and can hospital sterilize a bathroom in ten minutes.

I live in a studio apartment that doesn't have a proper oven. This wasn't a problem for me. It has a stove top and a microwave and that's all I really need. I cook, but cook for survival. I'm not one to look up new recipes or bake pies or host dinner parties or anything like that. I make chicken stir fry 3 nights a week and am happy with that. So, understandably, I had no qualms with the paltry kitchen size.

Two of my friends [30sf - couple] got me a housewarming gift of a very nice t

"Has anyone ever finished the phrase, 'I wouldn't have minded, but' in such a way that the person listening doesn't immediately think 'oh yes you would. Of course you minded. The whole point of this story is that somebody did a big thing that you minded, but also did a small thing that you also minded.' Sure the small extra bad thing will have rubbed salt into the wound of the large main bad thing. But let's not forget that although salt rubbing is bad, it's not as bad as making a wound. Indeed if the wound wasn't there the salt rubbing would be at worst just weird and at best some sort of exotic massage. Or the preliminary to cooking a delicious roast chicken who would not then be right in

I haven't felt sexual attraction for over a year. Before reddit doctors come in:

1. I'm seeing a therapist
2. Depression has been ruled out
3. Not on any medications

I could get into the weeds with my own issues but ... What I mostly want to know is if anyone else is dealing with this issue? I keep trying to date hoping something shakes loose, but so far nothing has. I miss being in a relationship, though. I've seen people that define themselves as asexual or demi sexual chime in on this sub from time to time. Y'all wanna talk about your experiences? What has worked/ doesn't work for you?