Tag: this is extremely accurate

deans-prostate:

shadowen:

all-the-ships-from-all-the-shows:

realhunterswearplaid:

just-like-we-dreamed-it:

licoriceplease:

angelmojo:

do you ever notice how like, we have our own language for fanfic that only readers understand?

for example

“36k wip destiel hs au on ao3”

I can’t believe I understood all those words

oh my god

this is so legit

there’s only one real word in that sentence.

Fun story! 

My friend and I once did a presentation in a linguistics class about language in fandom. There was a question about a particular concept, and we turned to each other for a second to discuss it in fannish terms before we could explain. When we turned back, the class was sort of staring at us like 0_0. The teacher just said, “And there’s a good example of code switching.”

“Code Switching” is when speakers who share fluency in different languages flip between the languages during conversation, thus confusing the hell out of everyone else.

I’m sorry but the funniest part is that the “one real word” in the line is “on”

captain-snark:

Basically fan fiction is amazing. Like on an anthropological level or some shit. Cos it’s like writing for the sake of telling a story. It’s know from the inception to completion it is part of a culture and is going right back into it. It’s like an intellectual property shared by dozens, hundreds, thousands of people. 

And the kind of collaboration that happens just naturally. Prompt posts and fills and snippets of things that aren’t even ‘real’ stories but move you anyway. 

Fan fiction is fucking awesome okay. 

thetruesora:

woodenaxe:

mosspvnk:

theverge:

Google Translate can now read signs for you in real time, which is just completely insane

!!!

learn the language. this is so horribly lazy.

Going to a foreign country for a short visit? Learn the entire language you lazy american! Going to multiple foreign countries? Too bad learn every single one. Just stopping in a foreign country? Learn the language you piece of shit. How dare you translate Russian, a language that looks nothing like your native tongue. Why didnt you learn the entirety of Russian fluently? Durr hburr technology is bad fire is scary and Thomas Edison was a witch.

Source: theverge

what I hear each sign say a lot

lameasstrology:

(based on everyday encounters)

aries – DUDE WHERE ARE YOU YOU NEVER ANSWER MY TEXTS

taurus – come over i’m lonely

gemini – …why isn’t anyone listening to me

cancer – I’m not good at art

leo – you’re all SUFFOCATING me I need to BREATHE just move aWAY

virgo – can we compare answers?? also you need to be more punctual

libra – I’m going to the bathroom do you want to come

scorpio – Nice, but uh… *slowly maneuvers topic of conversation back to them*

sagittarius – Look at the bright side, at least you’re not flunking out of school

capricorn – That reminds me of that one time… *tells the same story at least once a week*

aquarius – See, I don’t know if that’s correct though. I think my answer would fit better? Haha, but we can talk it out.

pisces – Wait can you repeat that I’m so confused

andercas:

I feel like when you’re writing, organizing chapters and dialogue is easy

but jfc, the amount of time it takes to constantly keep people moving and make sure they’re in the right spaces and trying to come up with wording for it is always such a shock. 

Like, fuck, I made you pick up a coffee cup, you need to put it down at some point. also I can’t remember what I dressed you in, can you push up your sleeves? I don’t remember if you even have your shirt on.

and YOU. YOU OVER THERE, you got out of your chair earlier, but did you come back yet? Are you coming back? Where did you even go and why’d you get up? Fuck, I can’t make you sit down again already, you just stood up, go…over there. go get more coffee. Did you bring your mug with you? fine. bring the pot to the table and—wait, wasn’t the coffee pot already over here? shit, hold on, I need to go back and re-read and re-write