Hmm

[clevermanka]

Is anyone else getting a Content Encoding Error when they open a new post? I click the Try Again button and I get the HTML view. If I click the Rich Text tab, nothing happens. Please someone say this isn't just me.

Guardian/adjacent:
Fanart: Kunlun and Prof. Shen. I don't even ship this (Shen Wei/Ye Zun) but damn. Chibi paper dolls. So graceful!
"This is the first scene you're shooting together, don't make it too gay" *BY looks into camera like he's on The Office*
Zhu Yilong being ethereally beautiful, nbd.
Luo Fei continues to be peak Bai Yu for me.

Untamed/adjacent:
Good for your parents, kid.

A couple people expressed amusement at my considering this hair "short " which--understandable! I really did have Actually Short Hair once upon a time (pic from December, 2004).

Ugh, Co-Star Astrology needs to quit coming for me, already (Aquarius).

Going back through old Tumbr posts I was reminded in a better universe, we got a Callum Keith Rennie as John Constantine. I mean come on.

In Duolingo, does anyone else try answers just to see if the system will accept them? Like "server" instead of "waiter?" I'm sure I miss a lot of my points doing that. Also, I sometimes test to see if it will accept a verb conjugation it hasn't shown, yet. I'm annoyed that questions in English occasionally use gerunds (action in motion, like "eating" instead of "eat") but when I use that conjugation it tells me it's not accurate. Also, "carro" is apparently acceptable for "car" now? When I was learning Spanish the first time (in the 80s), we were taught that "carro" was a false cognate and only meant a cart or carriage thing. We used "coche" or "auto" but Duolingo uses "carro" pretty much exclusively. Ah, language learning!

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[trobadora]

"This is the first scene you're shooting together, don't make it too gay" *BY looks into camera like he's on The Office*

Hee! Too true. And my eye keeps getting drawn to Zhu Yilongs slight smirk ...

(Sorry I can't help with the error - I've never used the Rich Text editor.)

[clevermanka]

Zhu Yilong is giving A LOOK.

The error happens as soon as the post window comes up. I take it that's not happening for you?

[trobadora]

No, it opens normally for me (to the html editor).

[clevermanka]

sighhhhhhhhhhhhh

[calystarose]

jfc you're gorgeous, no hyperbole

I ADORE that tweet-screencap about lsz LOL that was my very own reaction! :D

the kunlun/prof shen art is exquisite!

CKR as Constantine *breathy sigh* yes

Duolingo will not let me use contractions for Hindi-to-English. When I was doing the Spanish course I could turn: Ella no esta aqui. into She isn't here. But in Hindi it makes me turn: वह यहां नहीं है। into She is not here. It's weird.

[clevermanka]

Aw, thanks, bb. I got a lucky genetic dice roll in the looks department.

Argh that contractions thing is annoying! Especially when it works for different languages.

[minoanmiss]

Callum Keith Rennie as John Constantine -- oh YES.

[clevermanka]

So! Perfect!

[goss]

Callum Keith Rennie as John Constantine

Oh wow. YES.

[clevermanka]

WE COULD'VE HAD IT ALLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[glymr]

You're not the only one having problems! sherlockianonfire_91 and cyberbrain both mentioned that they were having posting issues after the latest code push, and I just tried opening a new post and couldn't get to the Rich Text tab, either. Even switching to a different browser didn't help! So it's not just you.

That short-haired pic of you has very strong fanon!Zhu Hong energy. HOT!

[clevermanka]

Thank you so much for letting me know! I was beginning to fret. I won't bother contacting the help folks for a couple days, see if it gets ironed out.

Ahhhhhhhh thank you, bb! That almost makes me want my super short hair back!

[naye]

I totally reported "my answer should have been accepted" when I wrote mobile phone rather than cellphone just to be contrary. (Look I'm keeping dual vocabulary in my head for a lot of stuff and sometimes I don't remember if the owl wants me to pretend to be American or British and it's unfair to fail me on this!)

And yeah, I just went to edit a post and nothing happened when I clicked the Rich Text Editor?

[clevermanka]

I've reported a few answers on stuff like that, too. I wonder if they really pay attention to those, though? I agree that sort of national colloquialism is something they should pay better attention to.

Well at least I'm glad this coding thing isn't just me. yay.

[starandrea]

Ugh, Co-Star Astrology needs to quit coming for me, already (Aquarius).

Ha ha, same. "Staying six feet away from... the drama, so they can eavesdrop in the bushes." My life.

[clevermanka]

*fistbump*

[solo]

Loving the 'Good for your parents' thing. :D

That short hair looked good!

In Duolingo, does anyone else try answers just to see if the system will accept them? Like "server" instead of "waiter?"

Yes, all the time. Often to see if it takes short forms: I might be given 'My mother is looking for her cell phone' and I try 'My mom is looking for her phone'. Or contractions. Or... well, anything else really that sounds better to me than the version I was first offered. I'm quite surprised how often it accepts it.

[clevermanka]

I did enjoy my short hair while I had it. Very easy to deal with! Although I did have to get it cut a LOT more often. Short hair is expensive to maintain unless you're cutting it yourself!

Love how many of us care more about let's see if this works than how many points can I score.

[tinny]

Wooot! Old pic! <3

I agree about Luo Fei. It really brings out everything good in him.

[clevermanka]

I LOOK SO YOUNG 😂

Yeah, seriously re: Luo Fei. I love that hair on him, and those old fashioned clothes do fantastic things for his frame.