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coalie ([personal profile] coalcube) wrote in [community profile] coaltide2021-12-24 07:37 pm
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Don't Stop Coal Now!

Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real coal time
I feel alive
And the exchange I'll turn it inside out, yeah
I'm floating around in agony
So, (don't stop me now)
(Don't stop me)
'Cause I'm having a coal time, having a coal time~


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Re: Who Got Coal

(Anonymous) 2021-12-26 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
AYRT I'm going to accept that this is a personal cringe of mine. I do wish that there were, as another coalie suggested, a way to hide a fic from your gift list without also sending a "You suck" message to the writer. For me -- and, again, feelings are not facts -- "Reject Gift" is the cut direct of AO3.

In my family, you never, ever tell Aunt Babs you didn't like her gift. The rule is that gifts are expressions of affection, and you accept those, period. It helps that I don't have the sort of family that gives passive-aggressive self-improvement gifts.

Re: Who Got Coal

(Anonymous) 2021-12-26 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Telling family members that their gift is not ideal is probably not helpful in case of passive-aggressive self-improvement gifts anyway, it only helps in case of well-meant but completely misguided gifts. Like if your Aunt Babs thinks you're still into knitting because you had a phase five years ago and now gives you yarn every year, or if she missed that you outgrew the dinosaur kid phrase when you were 12. I always think it's better to be more honest there rather than lie to their face and let them keep giving you terrible gifts until one of you dies, and fortunately all my family has a no nonsense attitude about that where we can discuss these things and share a laugh about it afterwards.

Re: Who Got Coal

(Anonymous) 2021-12-27 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
DC

I use AO3 Savior. I thank them for the ugly sweater, add the story title to my block list, and ask the mods of subsequent exchanges not to match us.
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