15 September 2012 @ 04:57 pm
Helpers Helping the Helplessly Helped  
There is nothing that I dislike more than not knowing how to do something. Like tying my shoes. For years (and I was a slow learner so we are truly talking years), I had to wear velcro shoes because I couldn't tie my own shoe laces. It was horrid. And then one day, a nice person finally showed me something that clicked and VOILA! I could get shoes with laces again!

This community seems to have become a sort of gateway into LJ from the larger interwebz around us and there are things that some of us take for granted because we've been here a really long time. At one time, we didn't know how to do certain things. None of us is born with this knowledge in our brains. It doesn't happen overnight. Unfortunately, it needs to be learned.

So I've decided to make a post where questions can be asked (anon or not) and answered. Not necessarily by me but by EVERYONE in this cool bar! If you see a question that you have an answer to, please feel free to answer it! We are a surprisingly intelligent group of people when you come right down to it!

This is a place for all the questions that have ever kept you up at night! They can be related to canon (How old is Natasha? What is her real hair color? What is that specific line from the movie that I want to use in fic but can't because I know I'm not getting it right.) or fandom (What came first - Harry Potter or Star Trek? If I want to make a Clint cosplay costume, should I have sleeves or no sleeves?) or technical (How do I make an LJ cut? What is the correct story header to use for most every community? Where are good places to post my fic?) or anything else that hits you.

Come here to ask questions. Come here to answer questions.

To help everyone's brains out, if you are asking a question, please put QUESTION in the subject line. Conversely, if you are offering up an answer, please put ANSWER in the subject line. Clear as mud?
 
 
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[identity profile] workerbee73.livejournal.com on September 16th, 2012 01:13 am (UTC)
Re: I hereby wish to lodge a complaint (but not really).
I KNEW IT.

I MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE THIS TO THE IMAGINARY GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE.

(shit-- i need an emoticon for "i can't type this with a straight face." lol)
[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_samalander/ on September 16th, 2012 01:18 am (UTC)
Re: I hereby wish to lodge a complaint (but not really).
So at work we have a giant whiteboard on the wall of the main office which we use to keep track of equipment and appointments. About halfway through the summer, when we were getting so tired of each other's faces, the full-time staff turned it into a "GRIEVANCES" board - all of our names were up there, and we kept track of things that were annoying us about each other, like "IS A DIFFICULT PERSON" and "SNEEZES TOO MUCH" and, in my case, "SASSY MOUTH". It was a race to the bottom, and then we started over.

...I felt you needed to know that I have a Grievance Committee in my real life, and I can add "NOT EVEN SORRY" under my name on Monday. (So far, from the last reset, all I have is "TRIPPED OVER A CURB AND THEN TRIPPED AGAIN GETTING BACK UP" which is not a good grievance.)
[identity profile] workerbee73.livejournal.com on September 16th, 2012 01:34 am (UTC)
Re: I hereby wish to lodge a complaint (but not really).
LMAO, that's awesome. And yes-- I insist that you add this on Monday. :D
http://lar_laughs.livejournal.com/: Marvel - Fucking Stark! (it's a thing)[identity profile] lar_laughs.livejournal.com on September 16th, 2012 02:37 am (UTC)
Re: I hereby wish to lodge a complaint (but not really).
We need to help you come up with some good grievances so you can have some street cred in the office!