Oddities

[commodorified]

Because I've never registered an age with LJ and I don't plan to now, I get a lot of "warning cuts".

And because I have a lot of poly/queer/kinky/slasher/just plain slightly unusual friends who

a) are quite reasonably cautious about running afoul of Ther Man, and so have flagged their ljs
b) lead Decadent Glamorous Orgy-Strewn Civilisation-Destroying Alternative Lifestyles much like my own,

I see a lot of

Subject: Teething, again, plus an excellent cookie recipe, an update on the roof repair, and two pictures of my dog being ridiculously cute.

(You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors).[1]

It's sort of a pain in the neck, but it does make me laugh.

[1] This, unlike the links to another journal that people in fic communities used for some reason to label "fake cuts"? Actually IS A Fake Cut. It's not broken. There is no cut. It's all font style settings.

Comments

[cleverthylacine]

I don't know about LJ, but I'm pretty sure DW has a setting where you can tell it not to do that.

[commodorified]

They both do. But it requires you to register an age, see above. I haven't edited my profile since before lj required an age and now I am too stubborn.

[ratcreature]

I used to have no age registered on LJ, but eventually I caved because this was just too annoying. You'd think that eventually they'd at least figure your account to be over 18, simply because iirc you had to confirm to be over 13 when signing up even before you needed a birthday, and that was well over five years ago...

[commodorified]

Well, it does mean that if someone's on lj and dw I'm going to have them friended there and not here, but I love my friends here ETA: THERE too much to give up totally and, well, I am the heel-digging, rock-headed type.

[thefourthvine]

I am quite tired, and also just did a Distressing but Necessary Household Task, and also in the middle of reading this I was interrupted by the earthling. So my reading comprehension was not quite up to snuff when I read this:

And because I have a lot of poly/queer/kinky/slasher/just plain slightly unusual friends who

a) are quite reasonably cautious about running afoul of Ther Man, and so have flagged their ljs

And thought you'd said "Their Man." Instantly my brain suggested that you have a lot of poly/queer/kinky/slasher/unusual friends who have all clubbed together to hire a man who comes to their houses unscheduled and yells at them. "ARE YOU CLEANING BEHIND THE REFRIGERATOR? ARE YOU REMEMBERING TO HANG UP YOUR COAT? ARE YOU APPROPRIATELY FLAGGING YOUR JOURNAL?" I assume if you run afoul of this man, he makes you do laps or something. Maybe some flogging.

It gave me quite a turn, is all I'm saying.

[commodorified]

*fans you and prepares a Soothing Iced *coffcoff* Herbal Tisane*

No. Though now that you mention it, if you know such a man he should get me a c.v. as there is a fair chance I could get him a solid 30 hours/week worth of work here and there. :-)

[princessofgeeks]

i've seen that "fake cut" notation around, and i have always wondered WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

[indywind]

It's a fake cut when it's not actually a cut but a hyperlink to a different url, made to look like a cut. Which used to be more done where fics were too long to fit in a post, and/or comms just didn't want to host fics and required authors to.


::proud to know a thing, however silly and little::

[trixtah]

What I don't understand is the people who universally rate their own journals as "adults-only" and whatever the other is. Ok, perhaps some porn comms and the like, but the individuals I know who rate their journals that way by FAR post innocuous material (by which I mean no graphic descriptions of sex/kink/violence) the majority of the time.

[commodorified]

Well, I haven't really delved but I think for a lot of them it's just that it makes them generally unreadable by (declared) minors and they just feel happier that way. I really am not sure how such a journal displays to whom and don't want to add an age to find out.