One Wank After Another

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A blank assignment is a funny thing, isn't it? When you have it, you don't appreciate it, and when you miss it, it's gone.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Another coalie mentioned this but you're not even allowed to give unrequested mediums as treats. I really don't know what the point of that rule is.

[(Anonymous)]

In a way, I get it. I'm glad not to have to DNW or awkwardly reject podfic, crosstitch patterns, recipes, and whatever. But I think if people opt in to treats in any medium, the mods shouldn't say that people can't give those treats, since they're obviously deep-reading signups anyway.

[(Anonymous)]

+10000

[(Anonymous)]

I would much rather prefer having to awkwardly reject a cross-stitch pattern treat once in a while if it meant people were allowed to get a bit more experimental with their treat mediums.

Or FIAB could do a ToT and add a 'You can ignore my medium opt-ins for treats' feature.

[(Anonymous)]

Some people are deaf and obviously can't listen to podfic.It would be really shitty to gift a deaf person a podfic they didn't want and can't hear.

[(Anonymous)]

I can see how it's pointless, but I don't see how it's shitty, because it doesn't take away any of their actual tailored gifts, nor would they necessarily be "expected" to comment on it. Some exchanges, like Bulletproof, have a more "Reject a gift that doesn't work for you at your own leisure" system and do fine.

[(Anonymous)]

They already deal with an entire world that assumes they can hear and has inadequate accommodations for anyone who can't. It'd be nice if their purported gifts didn't make those exact same assumptions.

[(Anonymous)]

+1

"here is a gift! it is, in fact, my arrogant assumptions about you"

It's not the worst thing ever obviously. But it fails the basic criteria of a gift, something the giver should take reasonable care to ensure it will be pleasant to receive.