I'm normal about lord Atraides and all his male friends and teachers
I’m normal about
lord Atraides and all his
male friends and teachers
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
Fanfic tiktok is wild... I see so many people saying shit like "I could never read anything below 60k!!", or "What story can you even tell in under 5k words?" or "A oneshot below 10k isn't even a story!" or "I always filter completed fics by 100k< only!"
And I'm like...
A) which fandoms are you reading fics for where you have this kind of offerings on the regular?
B) have you heard of short stories? If you truly think every story NEEDS to be longform to connect with people, I sincerely feel sorry for you.
C) Average novel length is between 50k to 100k. I'm sorry, but CONSISTENTLY demanding fic writers to push out fics of that length is insane. Just think about it: YOU DEMAND AUTHORS TO PUT OUT FICS THAT COMPARE TO COMMERCIAL NOVELS IN LENGTH (AND QUALITY) AS A BASELINE.
Yall are wilding.
I fucking hate when people say stuff like this. Especially when it's on a generally good post with valuable information. On the one hand I want to share that information because it could genuinely help someone; on the other, I don't want to spread this type of guilt-tripping and shaming and potentially trigger someone else like me. It's a lose-lose situation. No matter what I do, I am going to feel guilty. No matter what I do, I will feel like a terrible person. It sucks and I just wish people would stop doing this. I know it's shocking, but it is actually possible to make an important and useful post without guilting everyone that sees it into sharing.
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My communications teacher told me this, and I think it applies here:
“If you accuse someone, expect that they will immediately retaliate. We’re wired to growl back if someone growls first.”
When posts say, “you have no excuse,” the most common first thought will be something along the lines of “well maybe I do!” By framing the need to reblog as an accusation if one doesn’t, it actually drives away the otherwise passive audience that would’ve reblogged the post.
A much more successful addition to a post is something along the lines of “It would really help me/the cause out if you reblogged!” With this phrasing, it makes the passive audience feel more inclined to reblog because they will feel like they are helping you/the cause. So, it benefits both the audience and the cause
“If you accuse someone, expect that they will immediately retaliate. We’re wired to growl back if someone growls first.”
THIS THIS THIS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW THIS!
If you start with fighting words, don't be surprised when you get a fight.
attention joann's shoppers. there is a freak in the yarn aisle buildinf a nest
i have a tasty dark lunch but like.
it doesnt LOOK appetizing it's chili with melted cheese on top it looks like a chili should, like red-orange slop
do yall want the pic anyway???
I swear all the most delicious foods- Risotto, Chili, etc. Look AWFUL when photographed.
SLOP! SLOP! SLOP! SLOP!
okay so like this
has the exact energy of
(sorry for the quality im working with a semi-busted mouse in ms paint)
lmao @ghostchilismoothie and @hexfruit im glad yall enjoy your tiny lil greachure selves getting at the slop
...ok but your chili photographs extremely well.
People think being self aware cancels out mental illness. That when you realise your thoughts or behaviours are irrational you just stop having/doing them
Instead what happens if you're extremely self aware and mentally ill is that you just think in a resigned kind of way "I'm being really fucking crazy right now" while being very loudly mentally ill
Sometimes you are able to tell the people around you "oh, you can ignore me rn. I'm just being extremely mentally ill rn. It will eventually pass" and then continue your erratic behaviour. But mostly it's just privately thinking: "well this is embarrassing but I can't turn it off so just gotta deal with it I guess."
It's infuriating honestly
An ode to my weird recurring dream in which an unnaturally tall wave towers over me.