Another Angry Woman
Really feel like we need to bring the 00s fandom use of "wank" back into use; 90% of discourse is, in fact, wank and it should be named as such.
Feb 2, 2023 at 10:10amWeb
Show threadAnother Angry WomanFeb 2, 2023
Other 00s fandom conventions that would serve us well to revive include:
"don't like, don't read": got no idea why that one fell from favour but people just keep reading things they don't like and flaming the author anyway.
"flaming": I used it correctly just there. It's the thing that every Not Online Pundit calls trolling.
"squick": no moral judgment implied, just something you find icky and you don't need to explain further.
Show threadPipKazanFeb 2, 2023
@stavvers Please make it so.
Show threadAnother Angry WomanFeb 2, 2023
@pipkazan we all have our role to play in insistently and insufferably using these terms correctly until it sticks.
Show threadPipKazanFeb 2, 2023
@stavvers At your service.
Show threadTomFeb 2, 2023
@stavvers Twitter celebs definitely need to be made to understand the difference between flaming, trolling and valid criticism.
Show threadTirialFeb 3, 2023
@stavvers I love using squick. It's a one word description of why I can't watch things like Everything's Sunny in Philadelphia.
Show threadJan ThieFeb 4, 2023
@stavvers
... and apart from anything else, these 'critiques' hardly ever rise above the 'Person X is not funny' level.
Show threadnone gender with left politics Feb 4, 2023
@stavvers @digifox I still use the term squick sometimes. And yeah, wow, people sure have overbroadened what trolling means to conflate way too many terms together.
Show threadAlex, the Hearth FireFeb 4, 2023

@stavvers "squick" has served me well over the years

it's got great sound symbolism too

Show threadCognitive DissidenceFeb 4, 2023
@stavvers
Hear, hear, especially as regards the much-misused term "troll".
Show threadKrupoFeb 5, 2023
@stavvers I suppose hate read / hate watch are the replacements for DLDR
Show threadEms FIMechE (she/her)Feb 2, 2023
@stavvers I agree.
Show threadAngelaFeb 2, 2023
@GayrollerCEng @stavvers Thirded. Motion carried.
Show threadBen CurthoysFeb 2, 2023
@stavvers self-indulgent wank, no less.
Show threadEastbaynianFeb 5, 2023
@bencurthoys @stavvers The best kind.
Show threadAmbigram ArtFeb 2, 2023

@stavvers

My usual reply to anyone is 'it's a bit wank, innit'

Show threadDavid Erik Nelson🪬Feb 2, 2023
@stavvers amen!
Show threadFiona CraigFeb 2, 2023
@stavvers Shit. You mean people stopped using it that way?
But most of SM is just a pile of wank and if you don't recognise that you end up with... oh.
Show threadAnother Angry WomanFeb 2, 2023
@FionaCraig yep, you end up with Discourse and thinkpieces about giving your neighbours chilli.
Show threadFiona CraigFeb 2, 2023
@stavvers It all feels like:
Once more into the chasm of sarc
And let us fill it with our shitposting dead
Show threadAdam BeltaineFeb 2, 2023
@stavvers I'm still a frequent user of "wank" as a descriptive, but I've recently gotten very fond of "dogshit" as well. It's got a satisfying feel to say.
Show threadRaj ACFeb 2, 2023

@stavvers
One of my friends was explaining his frustration at that there's no longer a differentiation between flaming and trolling.

Trolling in its previous guise was, when executed properly, an art form.

Show threaddagnymolFeb 2, 2023
@rajacexplains @stavvers The problem is that like all art forms, trolling has been highly commercialized, making authentic efforts difficult to distinguish.
Show threadBoringFeb 2, 2023
@stavvers does this have any connection to the British insult 'wanker'?
Seems apropos.
Show threadAlexanderFeb 3, 2023
@stavvers This brings back many memories of the "fandom wank" community on LJ...
Show threadBill SeitzFeb 4, 2023
@stavvers http://webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/WankIng
Wanking

Wanking

WebSeitz
Show threadTim BrayFeb 4, 2023
@stavvers Well, and of course, Sturgeon’s Law applies: “90% of everything is crap”.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law
Sturgeon's law - Wikipedia

Show threadFiery ChordFeb 4, 2023

@stavvers Ah, journalfen. Sometimes I really miss it.

(Why, yes, I WAS a member of Fandom Wank back in the 1950s!)