Hey, me too man. Mind if I ask what field? Librarian here, my official title is Cataloging and Metadata Specialist, although that’s a bit funny because really I’m more specialized in Marc-21 and RDA, which are library centric metadata and standards. Still a neophyte with DublinCore, METS, XML Schemas and the like.

Nice…

I don’t disagree with you at all, unless you’re using the words to appear superior or impress. I’d say that actually “dumbing down” language is rude as hell to both yourself and company in a lot of conversations. It assumes the recipients need dumbing down to, or are unable to keep up.

Know your audience, choose your…

Hell, here’s a better base principle.

If you have to *try* to use it, you probably shouldn’t. Even if its the technical jargon of your field. Once you’re knee deep in it for long enough, you don’t have to try, that shit seeps our your pores.

Here’s my take: your vocabulary should often reflect the context and community you’re using it in. Talking among to a classroom full of first-graders, then you shouldn’t use these. Talking to colleagues, maybe some are okay depending on your field (curate, utilization are used daily in this field). Talking among…

Rock Bottom Remainders, unless I miss my mark.

I have tried them both, and I prefer the spicy version quite a bit. It’s got the right amount of heat to make the sandwich pop. Mind you the classic is not bad at all, I just need a little kick to it.

I told people that movie was going to be awful. I told all my friends, co-workers, family, and anyone else that would listen. I read each and every one of the books, and while entertaining in some ways they were trite and two-dimensional and would never be bettered on celluloid.

Joking aside though, possible with…

Maybe. The problem with this though is that they did specifically name the markings as made by serrated teeth. Livyaatan had teeth that were sharp but primarily for piercing/crushing, not slicing as serrated teeth.

Fascinating all the same, Livyatan has been one of my favorite recent discoveries.

I just had one about thirty minutes ago. It’s my fourth one in the last two weeks, so you might say I like em. This is the first time I’ve been though where Popeye’s drive through had traffic backed up into the street, and stayed that way the entire hour of my lunch break. Bear in mind this is a town of about 70k…

Uplay password? I can’t even remember the account email I signed up with. I’ve got like the entire damned Might and Magic collection on it, and I’ve been wanting to try For Honor. I legitimately thought it was one of two accounts, and been waiting on that password reset for over an hour. 

Sure. Whether this changes or not remains to be seen though. I suspect it’s a lot more stagnant than folks think, right or wrong.

I will say that I’ve seen this a lot more among some of my older family, who were generally subsistence farmers and animals were there to do specific jobs. They weren’t pets, the didn’t live in your house, and the ate slop or whatever they managed to hunt that wasn’t also a farm animal. I’ve got some pretty callous…

Naw, that’s literally you. Come from poverty and still manage to care about both humans and dogs, and absolutely would not abuse one. Maybe it’s regional, or cultural, or -al I can’t think of off the top of my head. Not trying to make you feel bad or anything here, just don’t want to be lumped in that.

But it’s not a…

Not gonna lie, Inheritance is pretty awful to start and doesn’t build speed well. I like it and will reread it probably next year, but it’s an awful entry point to Jemisin’s work. Don’t let it stop you though, here Dreamblood Duology is my favorite with Broken Earth coming in a close second.

I know folks like that, especially co-workers. I’m just too big of an addict to ever stick to that.

Plus, if you read the series early on and it takes 10 years to finish being written, it’s a damned good excuse to read the entire thing again from the start.

Yeah. We can see how that’s worked out with a few authors now that people are still waiting on for half a decade or more. What’s that saying about not counting your chickens before they hatch?

I can see the other side of this too, which is why I can wait patiently (also probably shit memory). I can see where people’s…

That’s fair, and I’m not dissing his writing at all. I’ve enjoyed what I’ve read. But I think it’s not a name most folks know very well today.

Jemisin is a gift that keeps on giving. People love her for Broken Earth, and they should, then go backward and read Inheritance or her Dreamblood duology. She’s a superb author with a catalog that’s just all around excellent, and she keeps breaking boundaries and winning awards with everything she writes.

She’s one…

Damned good article. I haven’t the time right now to give it the depth it deserves, but I promise you it’s bookmarked and will be finished today at least once.

My only quibble is this: is Scott Lynch really one of fantasy’s most popular authors? I’ve read his books, I liked them mostly, and I like him as a person a…

Omg, we have a crazy dude in my town that haunts Topix like this too.

Last time responding here: If it may not be unethical, then it may be ethical, by direct implication. One of those P v ~P situations my man (more like ~~P=P really, so tautogical), although there could be a middle neutral ground to avoid false…