Showing posts with label Reddit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reddit. Show all posts

Would You Look At The Way This Gen X Reddit MOD Talked To Me?

Would You Look At The Way This Gen X Reddit MOD Talked To Me? So you know my last post, about latchkey kids ? I made the mistake of posting it to the Gen X subreddit, with a link back to the blog, without getting permission to do so.  I shouldn't have done that, but apparently this is an offense so egregious as to permanently ban me from the subreddit! I was stunned. I replied to the MOD, and they get to hide behind anonymity mind you, that I didn't realize I was in violation of the rules? I tried to…

Reddit Deleted My Post About Amanda Palmer's Eyebrows But I Don't Need Reddit When I Have This Blog

Reddit Deleted My Post About Amanda Palmer's Eyebrows But I Don't Need Reddit When I Have This Blog I posted in the /whybrows subreddit the other day, which is a hilarious collection of truly astonishing eyebrow decisions from around the web. I tried to read the rules for the subreddit first, but there was nothing written under Rules. My post sparked a lively discussion about Amanda and the current state of affairs on that topic, and got 50 upvotes before they took it down. Obviously we were enjoying it. And it imparted some new info for peopl…

Books: The Night Circus (part 1?)

Books: The Night Circus (part 1?) I got a bunch of books for holing up and reading this winter, and the first one I picked from the TBR pile was The Night Circus. Ninety pages in, I put it down, thought a minute, then Googled “I hated the Night Circus.” Found a Reddit thread. And a Goodreads thread. And a Facebook thread . All asking basically the same question: WTF? Well. I’m glad it’s not just me. I had a stroke two years ago and some of my, I guess you could say, taste…