[ SECRET POST #1959 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1959 ⌋

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 085 secrets from Secret Submission Post #280.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom.livejournal.com]

General comments:

[(Anonymous)]

Okayyy...question. As I know the F!S crowd is fairly mixed. Has anyone ever done the genetic testing thing to know what your heritage/ethnicity is? I have like family stories, but I'm basically not sure where my family originally comes from and I'd really like to know. But, how precise are those things? Are they reliable? Anyone with experience?

[(Anonymous)]

Johnny Depp, is that you?

[(Anonymous)]

No experience as of yet, but I'm of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage and will have to get the blood panel to test for extremely scary genetic diseases soon, if I can find a private testing company (damn insurance doesn't consider "Being of Ashkenazi Jewish descent" a good enough reason to test for the Tay-Sachs gene.)

I do know the blood panel for these genes is supposed to be very accurate. But of course that's not exactly what you're talking about. Sorry I can't be of help.

[oroburos69.livejournal.com]

My grandparents got the National Geographic genetic test. Turns out that in distant past, my grandfather had a Japanese ancestor. And by distant, I mean in the last 300ish years. That was a bit of a surprise. Other than that, though, I think it just gave us a general "mostly Western European" label.

If you don't know, I think it's a pretty good (and fun!) idea. The test wasn't that expensive--under 200 dollars, I think?

[childings.livejournal.com]

If you're talking about that DNA thing that National Geographic is doing, it doesn't really tell you what your ethnicity is, it just traces your DNA back to your oldest ancestor, which can be a lot different than your recent ethnic heritage (recent being like, within the last thousand years)

I've always heard that if you want to find out anything about your ancestry that the Mormons have a lot of genealogical information on EVERYONE (in fact I've heard from Jewish people that they're basically your best bet for researching maternal ancestry)

[kryss-labryn.livejournal.com]

Never done it myself but I do know someone who had one done several years ago (not sure what company she used though, sorry), and it not only confirmed a lot of the family history she did know, it showed a Spanish ancestor about 500 years back that the family had NO idea had been in there.

Hope that helps? :-)

[kateshort.livejournal.com]

Depends on the type of test you get done. Generally, men can get the Y-chromosome test to trace their male lineage way back, and men and women can both get the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) test to trace their female lineage way back. What the exact test is depends on which company you have do it.

https://www.23andme.com/ancestry/techniques/ lists four different techniques that can be done, depending on your gender:

"One, Maternal Ancestry, traces your maternal lineage back through time from you to your mother, her mother, and all the way to the mother of all humans. Paternal Ancestry does the same for your paternal* lineage, tracing from you back to the father of all fathers. A third, Ancestry Painting, tells you where in the world each stretch along each of your 22 autosomal pairs is likely to have come from. The last, Global Similarity, assesses your relatedness to 10 regions that include more than 50 populations worldwide, as measured by the similarity of your DNA to people from those groups.

[snip]

* Paternal lineage information can only be obtained from male DNA. A female can learn about her paternal lineage from a male relative who shares that lineage and has been genotyped."


http://africanancestry.com/matriclan.html talks about one of two tests: "The MatriClan Test traces maternal ancestry by analyzing the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) women and men inherit exclusively from their mothers. We use the Hypervariable Segment 1 (HVS1)."

http://africanancestry.com/patriclan.html talks about the male test: "The PatriClan Test traces paternal ancestry by analyzing the Y-chromosome men inherit exclusively from their fathers. We use nine markers including the YAP.

Since only men carry a Y-chromosome, women CANNOT take the PatriClan Test. But luckily, women may trace their paternal lineage by having a male relative with their father’s last name take the test for them.

We find African ancestry for approximately 65% of the paternal lineages we test. The remaining 35% of the lineages we test typically indicate European ancestry. If our tests indicate that you are not of African descent, we will identify your continent of origin."

Both of the above sites have been featured on the PBS series "Finding Your Roots" which is really cool for discovering celebs' genealogical history.


https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/participate.html allows you to choose either of the two tests if you're a man, and the maternal test if you're a woman: "*Kits that are marked "maternal lineage" receive the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) test to reveal direct maternal ancestry. We test the Hypervariable Region 1 (HVR1: 16001 to 16569) and compares your results to the Cambridge Reference Sequence.

*Kits marked "paternal" receive the Y-chromosome test to reveal direct paternal ancestry. (Males only.) This is a 12-marker test. Additional testing such as a SNP test may be run on a Y-chromosome sample if analysis of the 12 STR values does not conclusively indicate a Haplogroup assignment."

Finally, http://dna.ancestry.com/ purports to have an updated test that looks at more than just the maternal or paternal lines: "Our new AncestryDNA test uses some of the latest DNA autosomal testing technology as a more comprehensive way to find family across all lines in your family tree. So one test covers both sides—maternal and paternal—and is equally effective for both men and women."

I haven't gotten any of these tests, but I think I'd like to at some point.

[jessicamariek.livejournal.com]

My family did one this winter, actually - we had my brother do it, to test out the idea of "Is the man my grandpa called grandpa REALLY my ancestor or were the gossips right?" that's been floating around family lore for the last few generations. Turns out great-great-grandma had a few secrets she didn't tell us... :P

Far as I could tell, they're pretty accurate. But then, we already knew roughly where it was gonna end up, so.

[natural-blue-26.livejournal.com]

My fiance's father was never in the picture- as in his uncle saw his father once in passing nearly twenty years ago and my fiance's mother died in a car crash when he was three years old without ever telling anyone his dad's name- so just to be safe there will be a whole barrage of tests done (in case there's anything we need to look out/prepare for) before we have kids.

...The likelihood of us having twins naturally I'm already aware of. (At least I'll never be 'surprised' by that, I suppose.)

Other than this, I support researching your heritage anon- my future sister-in-law has been studying this as part of her anthropology degree, and it's really amazing what they've been able to do.

Related, Genghis Khan (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/12/descendant-of-genghis-khan-sequenced/) really got around (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/02/0214_030214_genghis.html) and they have the research to prove it (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/08/1-in-200-men-direct-descendants-of-genghis-khan/).

[graziaplena.livejournal.com]

This is such a long-shot question, but I have to ask...

Maybe 3-4 years ago, there was a secret submitted that used this vintage black and white photograph of two women from the 1920s-1940s. The woman on the left had short dark hair and was dressed in a military uniform with a cap, possibly smoking a cigarette, looking very hot and butch. She had her arm around the woman on the right, who looked sort of like Jean Harlowe (very feminine, bobbed wavy blonde hair). They were both looking at the camera, and that was all that was in the photograph. It was really classy and hot, and I remember it got a big reaction here, and I'm hoping that someone saved it to their computer and can post it here again. :)

Does anyone either have the photo or remember what I'm talking about and might be able to help me find it?

[(Anonymous)]

This isn't probably it, but might as well post this.



Also, a hot woman in an uniform.



Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

[(Anonymous)]

I can't think of anywhere else to ask this because I feel really fucking stupid even saying it. But you all seem to be awesome about this kind of stuff, so...IDK.

Long story short is I informed someone on DevArt that they're breaking ToS because half their gallery is explicit porn. They responded with a comment that I would do well not to speak to them anymore because they're good with computers, I've been warned, etc. Then they posted the results of an IP trace of the comment page (which led to DevArt's servers in California, natch), and then a name, address, and phone number of some other person who shares my first initial and last name but isn't me, because I've never lived at that address (it's not even in the same city I live in now) or ever had that phone number. The comments are now "hidden by owner." I never messaged him again and I don't intend to.

I filed an abuse report with DevArt before he hid the comments. I'm 99% sure the dude is just being a creeper and posting this shit to intimidate me and get his jollies from it, but now I'm extremely creeped out and paranoid that he'll pull something in retaliation if/when DevArt gets around to banning him. My Facebook has always been locked down tighter than Fort Knox (literally nothing on my profile or wall is visible to the public, and I never filled out most of it anyway). I've removed my RL address/phone number/etc. from the white pages, and I used Pipl.com to track every online account I've ever had to try and scour it for any sensitive info (zip code, city, etc.).

So...uh...1) how worried should I be about his claim to be "good with computers", and 2) is there anything else I can do to protect myself?

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly I would worry more about the person he THINKS is you. He will probably harass them first.

[(Anonymous)]

lolol why do you give a fuck if their gallery is too explicit? you sound annoying

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly, if he didn't get your real name/address/phone number right the first time, I wouldn't worry about his "computer skills". On top of that, he sounds really immature.

Right, so onto the next part.

is there anything else I can do to protect myself?

Honestly? Just make sure to clear your cache/cookies. If you're really worried about your Facebook account, stop using it.

[ascend.livejournal.com]

a lot of people try to pull this shit in order to intimidate others. a few years back on ljsecret someone got hella pressed over something i said and claimed they were a "certified microsoft employee" and could turn my entire journal into pictures of dicks. it doesn't take a genius to realise a microsoft employee has absolutely zero power over anything on livejournal and a microsoft employee is actually really easy to become (you take an expensive class that teaches you about microsoft products and how to use them [excel, word, etc.]). so long story short it was a pathetic attempt at intimidation and meant nothing re: my journal's integrity.

it sounds like the guy used a program or script that catches ip addresses of visitors. there are a ton of sites that will do this for you and usually only give out the ip address and the location the ip was caught from (normally a city name). sounds like the guy had something a little different, but i'm assuming he either 1) faked the irl address/phone number to scare you, or 2) the person whose information he had has said information public in whatever program he was using (for instance, they might have an account for the program, or otherwise have filled in their own details somewhere).

there is pretty much no other way he could have gotten that information from an ip search, and he won't have your info, so i wouldn't worry. so to answer your questions:
1) he's BSing, and
2) you've done everything you'd need to.

also the guy needs to get a fucking life because lol christ

[(Anonymous)]

To wash out the taste from that anti-LGBT video yesterday, here are a couple other citizens' speeches at the same public meeting (one of whom was the woman behind the speaker in yesterday's vid who seemed to be comparing notes with the epic eyeroll guy):

[intrigueing.livejournal.com]

Aaaaaaand here come the deluge of Avengers secrets! *does the dance of joy*

[(Anonymous)]

This is a long-shot, but:

Does anyone know any communities, or books, or just general advice, for how to stand up to verbal abuse that's coming from a family member? At work I'm able to hold my own and stand up for myself very well when I need to, but when I come home and my (much older) brother starts up with the assault, I'm unable to even speak to my defense, let alone tell him off to stop being such an ass I'm so terrified of him.

This isn't 'oh grow a thicker akin, anon' this is 'I cry myself to sleep and get panic attacks because of the shit he constantly tells me about 'myself' that is 'true'' Like I'm fat when I eat, I'm stupid when I don't agree with his point of view, I'm retarded when I don't do things 'his way'. I've tried talking to my mom about it, and she just thinks I'm 'overreacting' and that, because he doesn't hit me, it's not abuse.

[imati-lau.livejournal.com]

Fandom question:

I've recently rejoined one of my old fandoms and has starting reading a lot of old fanfics. A lot of them were last updated or completed five or more years ago. I want to leave reviews since a lot of them are pretty good, but I'm a little insecure about leaving review in something maybe the author doesn't care anymore, and in which the last review dates from several years ago.

What should I do?

[hunter-san.livejournal.com]

Joining the crowd of people asking random questions.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a decent feminist LJ com? I've got questions and things I've been thinking about and want to ask people who can explain it to me - but the few I've glanced over remind me of the childfree coms - all ranting/venting/hatred over the 'other' side (understandable for the vents, but makes me feel very uncomfortable and not want to post)

Thanks

[cuteanimalpics.livejournal.com]

Sorry there aren't any pictures today. I was at the doctor's about an asthma problem, and now I really need to go to bed now.

[(Anonymous)]

Ok, who the hell does this guy sound like? I know I've never heard of him before my friend sent me these links half an hour ago but his voice sounds SO familiar to me for some reason, and it's driving me nuts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTlt_TJnkh0&feature=endscreen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTPc4cXo_xQ&feature=plcp

[kryss-labryn.livejournal.com]

Is anyone else having problems replying to comments suddenly? It's not too long (I've tried cutting it in half even); I get no error messages; but when I hit the "Post comment" button nothing happens. There's a brief flash of "Waiting for..." and "Connected to..." at the bottom of my screen that LOOKS like it's trying to do something, but nothing happens. Been trying for several hours to get this stupid reply to an Anon posted. But then I could reply to Cuteanimalpics just fine, but still not to the Anon! I even tried replying to my own comment and it still failed.

Was doing fine this afternoon and then bam, can't reply. And now it's midnight here and I STILL can't. Grr.

Is Livejournal being sucky again? Will this even go through? Will there be 50 copies of my exact same reply here tomorrow? >:( *is frustrated*