Note:@ilzolende thought I proposed that we deal with the first-degree ask bug by having the OP write their answer in a reblog rather than the “”actual”” answer section. I never actually said that*, but I think I like it, so I’m going to try adopting it. (I will be tagging these “”actual”” answers “zeroth degree asks”, for ease of blacklisting if they start cluttering up the dashboard.)
*I proposed a norm that placed the onus on the reblogger rather than the OP, which we can still resort to for OPs that aren’t formatted this way.
*looks up maidenhair ferns on Google Images*
*considers maidenhair fern in misty forest*
Yeah, I can totally see that.
Thank you for answering!
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Relatedly, this is the first image ever associated with Brin, which my current icon deliberately echoes:
(holy crap, why is this picture so hard to find, it should not be this difficult)
(okay, got it; accidentally ran into an old argument along the way, but I got out of there without having to relive it too much)
(It’s one of the Typepad default commenter icons. If the commenter doesn’t override their icon, Typepad assigns them one: the assignment is random, but consistent between posts by the same person.)
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#ask meme #tales from the askbox
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