This is my shame...

[evilhippo]

Someone linked this image (do click on it first, otherwise it's not as fun) in scans_daily. I snickered a bit like the internets geek I am, then stared at it, and stared at it, and couldn't figure out what the word was actually supposed to be (what on earth could have a b and two t's and an x and not be, well... buttsex). I didn't think that the internets had hurt my brain so badly, but when it comes to being able to tell when a word should be "subtext" and not being able to see it... there's probably a problem. Let this stand as a warning to all travelers of the internet's vast expanse.

Comments

[euthymic.livejournal.com]

HAHAHA, I SAW 'BUTTSEX' TOO!
and i couldn't see anything else....
>_

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

I should know better! But I kept entertaining the thought of some devious writer. (Which may have been the case, but not with "buttsex" being the only intended word.) Oh dearie me. What are we to do, with the devious internet playing tricks in our brains?

[flutingfrenzy.livejournal.com]

I only knew what it was supposed to be because of that one icon where "subtext" gets scrambled into "buttsex"; otherwise I don't know if I'd have figured it out, either.

The question is, of course, whether "buttsex" is in the official Scrabble dictionary.

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

This is why I'm ashamed of myself. In my early fandom days, one of my favourite fic-writers had that icon, and so I saw it a lot.

Buttsex should be in the official Scrabble dictionary. We should start a petition.