I have a hunch that it's the message rating system that's been slowing things down, so as a test I've turned it off. Message rating is currently disabled, and we'll see if the site stops hiccuping.
Pointy-down to Rimesume for ******** about tbe pointy-thingies! And Usagichan for mentioning Asylum favoritism without making a thread in the OOT about it! And IN for down-pointing Dana! And Dana for disabling the pointy-thingies!
...Waaaait a minute!
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