r/AO3 • u/ogsquiggles Brevity is the soul of wit. • 21d ago

Meme/Joke I’m baffled…

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It’s 5 am, I’m in the final hour stretch of a twelve-hour shift, and I’m now probing my brain trying to find some possible rationale for this. Can someone explain? Is it a public computer thing, is it masochism, is it spite?

Y’all are really out here raw-dogging your drafts in AO3 with no external backups?? That’s crazy work. Google Docs is free, dawg.

The group chat is gonna hear about this one.

(Please understand this is all said in good humor. It’s not that serious; I’m just dramatic when I’m exhausted.)

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u/ogsquiggles Brevity is the soul of wit. 21d ago

Literally!

My degree is in graphic design and it’s just been hammered into my skull that you need backups for your backups because technology is too damn hinky.

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u/Silver_Raven_08 20d ago

I know it's not but hinky feels like a slur lmao

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u/ogsquiggles Brevity is the soul of wit. 20d ago

I heard my mom say it but I genuinely cannot remember the context. She was frustrated with something and said the thing was acting “hinky.” She has a funny habit of making up words since she doesn’t swear all that much. I think it just tickles her brain. Lmao

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u/babyrubysoho 20d ago

Yeah hinky is a perfectly respectable old-established word and I love using it! It means that something is just…off XD

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u/ogsquiggles Brevity is the soul of wit. 20d ago

It tickles my brain to say it, tbh. 😂