For those discussions and thread that don’t fit specifically in any of the other categories
Even if we don’t appear to be interesting people, more than likely each of us has an interesting fact about ourselves to share (even if it is how banal our lives might be in comparison to others). Share a fact … Continue reading Share Something Interesting About Yourself
Scenes From a Hat! Those who’ve seen Whose Line is it Anyway should be familiar with this fun little improv game, but either way, here’s how we play it here: A person creates a sub-thread with a setup for funny … Continue reading Scenes from a Hat # 2
Instructions! Ask questions about anything that might require a bit of thought or research. The OTs and PTs fly by so quick not many eyeballs might catch your query. Put them here and they last all week. Check back to … Continue reading Avocado Pop Culture and More Reference Desk – 10
Some guidelines to help this space be a positive experience for everyone: ☮ As always with the Avocado, don’t feel compelled to share beyond your comfort level. ☮ Anyone who identifies as female, or who was socialized female/AFAB/otherwise has firsthand experience with … Continue reading The Women+ Thread is Open To All Today!
It’s time for the Introduce yourself thread. There are a few new members of the community here and WELCOME! There are also some people who have been around a bit but I, Miss Rim, can’t sort out the changing usernames. … Continue reading Introduce Yourself!
Boogiepop and Others is a light novel in the Boogiepop series about a series of mysterious disappearances at a Japanese high school. The teachers say the missing kids are just runaways, but the students suspect something more sinister and supernatural. … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (January 23rd, 2019)
Have at it, folks! Continue reading Tolerable Discussions 1.23.2019
A place for “serious” discussions. Continue reading “In All Seriousness” Thread — 01/22/2019
Welcome! The purpose of this thread is to talk about all things related to the wonderful world of musical theatre. Each week (or so) I will post a thread with a topic/question for everyone to respond to. This is also … Continue reading Musicals Thread (Looking Ahead)
This is the space for our members to discuss and share their creative projects, ranging from written works to drawings, photography, and even craft projects such as knitting and woodworking. Self promotion is welcome (websites where we can view and/or … Continue reading Creative Endeavors Is Full Of Egrets
Here is this week’s History Thread. Post what you will, I’m not sure how much I’ll be contributing to. Continue reading The Last Second History Thread
Bumblebee being a good movie has made me less embarrassed to admit that I really love Transformers. Michael Bay’s movies somehow managed to make a shitty cartoon from the 80s designed to sell toys seem LESS sophisticated and more of … Continue reading The Toybox: The Transformers Thread
Pod People is back! A discussion of all things podcast related from throughout the week. Featured Podcast: We Hate Movies 400 – The Love Guru WHM celebrates 400 episodes with one of the worst films they’ve ever done. The best … Continue reading Pod People 1.21.19
The header image just about sums up my weekend. First person to name the movie shown in the image gets a special prize*. What did you do this weekend? (*okay, the special prize is an upvote from me.) Continue reading What Did You Do This Weekend?
The prediction of yet another Snowmageddon® for the weekend lead to reports of people mobbing local grocery stores on Friday. I waited until the snow was over Saturday and then went shopping and had the store pretty much all to … Continue reading Snow Day! Sunday Food Thread 1/20
Share your pets here! We love them! Continue reading The Pet Thread Is Prepared
Hello, my name is Amy Adams the linguist and welcome to Chinese 101… No, this is Platformula. LibraryLass proposed a question the other day, asking about if people who read Simplified Chinese can read Traditional Chinese, and vice versa. Like … Continue reading Ask-a-Chinese: Drawing the Characters
Hello friends, sepia-toned childhood memories home movie! I’m fascinated by childhood memories. I’m fascinated mostly by other people’s, because I have so few of my own. For whatever reason, my life before 18 is almost entirely obscured thick fog, save … Continue reading Childhood Memories Thread
Hey, so this discussion won the Pits Award for “Favorite Thread That Doesn’t Reoccur Enough“! So, thanks! … and here, have another! Tell us about a fact that you discovered embarrassingly late in life! Or something obscure that you just … Continue reading Things You Didn’t Know
Hey, all; Happy Friday- So, for all of you keeping score at home, we are now in day 27 of the longest shutdown in our nation’s history, with depressingly no end in-sight. While I gave them a shout-out … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 1/18/2019 – Still Shutdown
Instructions! Ask questions about anything that might require a bit of thought or research. The OTs and PTs fly by so quick not many eyeballs might catch your query. Put them here and they last all week. Check back to … Continue reading Avocado Pop Culture and More Reference Desk – 9
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