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@BESW Authors who depict social media well in their books, or authors who are active on social media in real life? VTC as unclear!

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@BESW I can't stop laughing at the naked TARDIS party.

1:28 AM

Spike Milligan once jokingly sent a telegram to his paranoid friend, Peter Sellers. It read, "IGNORE FIRST TELEGRAM."

Tweeted by LettersOfNote on February 27, 2012 at 10:48 AM

It’s that time of year again. Best of luck to those participating in Nano Rhino in November.

Tweeted by scottjohnson on November 7, 2017 at 2:04 PM

@Bookworm ah, I remember why I took a break from the site

2:05 AM

It's almost as if this community is determined to make asking questions as difficult and as frustrating as possible.

You do tend to push the known edges of the site's tolerances. It's not surprising you'll get conflicting and dramatic feedback on those kinds of questions.

And, well. I take it as a sign of growth that the site didn't just close your Kevin Spacey question for no research.

@BESW hehe I guess

and lol another downvote for what is actually a really interesting question

It was kind of like someone with a "Superman" user name asking why Christopher Nolan chose to make Bruce Wayne an orphan.

@BESW yep

My first response is going to be "You're trolling."

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2:14 AM

I know nothing about shakespeare btw

The answer to your Olivier question is that Olivier was a stickler for historical accuracy but didn't have any proper consultants on set, and Shakespeare's character assassination was so thorough that it's actually difficult for the layperson to track down Richard's real history --and even then if you're putting on Shakespeare's Richard III you're going to have to do SOMETHING to acknowledge/justify/subvert the king's motivation.

@BESW the hope is if I do all the pushing now then maybe things will be easier for actual experts

But I don't have the citations at hand to make that a proper answer anyway.

@BESW feel free to edit that question to make it not about Kevin Spacey

That'd make it a completely different question and invalidate its existing answers.

(This is why we should vote to close fast and hard.)

Q: Should we bowdlerise obscenities in question titles?

2:20 AM

@BESW I think your answer would still work.

well, this has been enough Stack Exchange for me. Changed my password to something I don't remember, see you all later

DVK-on-Ahch-To

> В школе по литературе на дом было задано провести анализ какого-нибудь стиха. Забыв выполнить это домашнее задание в течении следующего урока сам сочинил стих и произвёл его же анализ. Получил 4 с пометкой "не достаточно раскрыт замысел автора".

Rough translation:

> At school in literature class had a homework to analyze any poem. I forgot to do the homework, so improvised during class: composed a poem and analyzed it myself. I got a "B" grade, with the note "the author's intention is not sufficiently illuminated."

DVK-on-Ahch-To

2:38 AM

Also:

> ... ну написал мне Валентин Петрович сочинение, заданное в школе на тему «Образ главного героя в повести Катаева „Белеет парус одинокий“». Самое интересное, что он получил за него тройку и потом дико хохотал, изучая мою тетрадь, всю испещренную красными замечаниями, начинавшимися со слов «В. П. Катаев хотел сказать…" Из автобиографии Дарьи Донцовой

> ... well, Valentin Petrovich {{Katayev -famous Soviet author}} wrote an school essay for me; on the topic of "The image of the protagonist in Kataev's story 'The lone sail is whiting'". The most interesting thing is that he got a "C" grade for it and then laughed wildly, studying my notebook, all covered with red markups, beginning with the words "V. P. Katayev wanted to say ... " - From the autobiography of Daria Dontsova

Librarian

6:59 AM

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For example, In "Fuck Blocher", why does Bligg say he speaks for the swiss youth and secondos? - should the title say "Fuck Blocher" or "F*** Blocher"? Arguments for F***: it avoids displaying NSFW language on anyone's screen unless they actually click on the question; it decreases the likeliho...

A: Is profanity allowed on RPG.SE?

7:30 AM

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After discussion, the mods believe we should stick to the standard SE "no expletives" policy to promote a friendlier and more civil site. As on English.SE, exceptions can be made for actual technical terms. If, as seems oddly likely, there is "An Apocalypse World move called Fuckbunny" then tha...

Q: What are the parallels between The Odyssey and The Time Traveller's Wife?

9:46 AM

@Hamlet The figures would seem to suggest that people in general find answering questions more daunting than asking questions. (Which of course is true in general, but especially so on this site where the total numbers of questions and of answers are almost the same.)

b_jonas

12:31 PM

I see Rand posted his story-id question now

Shokhet

5:06 PM

@BESW Oops. @Mithrandir

Bookworm

5:26 PM

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Author Audry Niffenegger chose to include an excerpt from The Odyssey at the end of her debut novel The Time Traveller's Wife. Now from his breast into his eyes the ache Of longing mounted, and he wept at last, His dear wife, clear and faithful, in his arms, Longed for As the sunwarme...

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