Another Angry WomanFeb 2, 2023
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.
tamaranth 🐀🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🙀Feb 4, 2023
Show threadAnother Angry Woman
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.
Feb 2, 2023 at 10:15amWeb
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