Best. Community. Ever.

[rachelmanija]

little_details, for writers to ask research questions. I-- well, actually telophase-- used it for this purpose when I needed an up-to-date slang term for computer hacker.

But mostly I love it because of entries like this:

"I need a car malady that would cause a car to not start (I need to know if it would grind and turn over, or what, when it didn't start) and that will take about a full day to fix." (Details omitted.) "I slash, so problems that require bending over the hood are better than problems that require scooting under the car."

ETA: And today's question of the day:

"If someone's head is cut off, and hits a tiled floor, what kind of sound is it going to make? And how long will it be before the body falls over?"

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[faithhopetricks.livejournal.com]

Isn't that great? There was another comm, also directed at writers and details, called weird stuff or something like that, but I've lost it.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

XD I love this sort of thing - I was on a mailing list for a while called STUMPERS-L, which is primarily for reference librarians (and interested others) who had questions they couldn't find the answers to. You'd get a bunch of random questions coming across the list every day, from the Ming dynasty to Hepplewhite chairs. For people like my, who thrive on knowing useless information, it was great to lurk on.

But no slash-specific requirements, as far as I can remember. :)

[majinkarp.livejournal.com]

While we're sharing info communities, there's also one called drop_the_u, specifically meant for people writing in American fandoms (or original works set in America?) so that they can ask questions concerning American life, expressions, etc.