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@potato-with-gay-intent Yep, she already hates giving people privacy.
This big void cat knows no privacy. š¢šāā¬šāā¬
Elated lad
I donāt know exactly how but my cats pushed the mosquito net out of the way and fell out the window again. They are indoor cats as there are coyotes where I live that will eat them. Here they are after their baths,
Iām so fucking sick of AI
someone on twitter is trying to claim that use of an em-dash is an indication of AI-generated writing because itās ārelatively rareā for actual humans to use it. skill issue
Got reminded again of my old coworker who was a massive misogynist but also trans inclusive. Told me he believed trans women are indeed women because "only women would be stupid enough to want to be women"
I wonder what he's doing now
some of the best writing advice Iāve ever received: always put the punch line at the end of the sentence.
it doesnāt have to be a āpunch lineā as in the end of a joke. It could be the part that punches you in the gut. The most exciting, juicy, shocking info goes at the end of the sentence. Two different examples that show the difference it makes:
doing it wrong:
She saw her brotherās dead body when she caught the smell of something rotting, thought it was coming from the fridge, and followed it into the kitchen.
doing it right:
Catching the smell of something rotten wafting from the kitchenāprobably from the fridge, she thoughtāshe followed the smell into the kitchen, and saw her brotherās dead body.
Periods are where you stop to process the sentence. Put the dead body at the start of the sentence and by the time you reach the end of the sentence, youāve piled a whole kitchen and a weird fridge smell on top of it, and THEN you have to process the body, and itās buried so much it barely has an impact. Put the dead body at the end, and itās like an emotional exclamation point. Everythingās normal and then BAM, her brotherās dead.
This rule doesnāt just apply to sentences: structuring lists or paragraphs like this, by putting the important info at the end, increases their punch too. Itās why in tropes like Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking or Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick, the odd item out comes at the end of the list.
Subverting this rule can also be used to manipulate readerās emotional reactions or tell them how shocking they SHOULD find a piece of information in the context of a story. For example, a more conventional sentence that follows this rule:
She opened the pantry door, looking for a jar of grape jelly, but the view of the shelves was blocked by a ghost.
Oh! Thereās a ghost! Thatās shocking! Probably the character in our sentence doesnāt even care about the jelly anymore because the spirit of a dead person has suddenly appeared inside her pantry, and thatās obviously a much higher priority. But, subvert the rule:
She opened the pantry door, found a ghost blocking her view of the shelves, and couldnāt see past it to where the grape jelly was supposed to be.
Because the ghost is in the middle of the sentence, itās presented like itās a mere shelf-blocking pest, and thus less important than the REAL goal of this sentence: the grape jelly. The ghost is diminished, and now you get the impression that the character is probably not too surprised by ghosts in her pantry. Maybe it lives there. Maybe she sees a dozen ghosts a day. In any case, itās not a big deal. Even though both sentences convey the exact same information, they set up the reader to regard the presence of ghosts very differently in this story.
Do it for the meme. http://blinkingguy.com
How are you on my fyp so much qwq
The first 7 posts were consecutibely you, just your posts
And out of like 20, you were like 13 of em
How are you doing that qwq
I have no idea why that's happening. I get like five "why are you all over my goddamn dash" posts every single day. I legit don't know what's doing that.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but when you start nitpicking the metaphor, neurotypical people interpret it as you disagreeing with the point that they're making. If someone says "there's no more reason to do that to a child than there'd be reason to do that to a horse", and you go "actually, in extremely rare singular case circumstances, it's okay to do that to a horse", they assume that you also mean that there are extremely rare singular case circumstances where you think it' be ok to do that to a child.
They interpret you nitpicking the way they worded what they say as you disagreeing with what they're saying.
Uk peeps!! Letās get this going! š³ļøāā§ļøš¬š§
As an alternative to 'sugar, spice, and everything nice'
I present: 'salt, vinegar, and everything sinister'
Honestly I should talk about the ace experience more. I donāt see enough. Likeāobviously itās dehumanizing to be repeatedly compared to robots or aliens but uhā¦sometimes it feels like that??Ā
My husband will get all horny while Iām, I donāt know, changing out of sweaty gardening clothes. And Iāll be like,Ā āBut we have to make lunch?? I stink? Now is not a good time?? Logic?ā And clearly itās not about logic to him. He is experiencing the entire scenario very differently. And Iām here like,Ā
Or the times where you realize that like, having an actual physiological reaction to attractive people is not some enculturated metaphor, and people are actually doing that all around you all the time, and youāre like, Ah, clearly my studies of human culture have been incomplete. I have missed a critical psychosocial component. Many things now appear in a different light. *takes notes on holopad*
Shout out to the ten primate species, four bat species, elephant shrews, and the Cairo spiny mouse. Nobody else gets it
The happy lil tail š„¹šš
sexual activity
how you dress
stealing my foodĀ
stealing my lemons
my cat likes you more than me
Today hasn't been very good. Reblog to cover prev in blankets and tell them everything is going to be okay and they're loved.
I want my gay rights now! - Marsha P. Johnson (NYC Pride Parade, 1973)
Quietly losing my mind over the fact that Elon Musk has straight up orchestrated a coup of our executive branch and like....I don't even know what, if any, system we have in place to fix this. Like... He's just taken control of the money and locked out the actual appointed officials. What the fuck.
your teeth are a gift from god and you can sink them into other people's flesh btw
iāve never actually talked to 95% of my mutuals but that doesnāt stop me from automatically thinking āfriend!!ā whenever their icons pop up in my feed
My cat really likes watching Markiplier play Endoparasitic, I think he thinks Cynte is a bug.
Need urgent help to my family survive š šµšø
Hello Everyone,
I am Momen Al Madhoun, 35 years old, a graphic design from gaza, my wife Nour Al Madhoun 30 years old, a computer engineer, We are two self-made people united by a love of work, ambition, and self-development. We used to work remotely in programming and design. We had a cozy home that we built hand by hand, stone by stone.
Ezzdeen my big son was 7 when the war started now he is 8 years old and suffering from huge weight loss because he is very picky in his food, we try to buy him the food he accept but it is hard in our situations, Ameer my little son was 5 and now he is 6, he supposed to be at his first year at school now but what he forced to live is very diffirent!
Today after a whole year of displacement and the harsh suffering we are still living in this genocide in Gaza.
After our many attempts to survive, we actually survived, but it was only the survival of the body, the soul and the psychological health for me, my husband and my two children did not survive! Even the body survived apparently, but it is very weak due to the famine and the suffering in obtaining food and drink.
As the conflict escalates, our access to food, clean water, and basic necessities has dwindled. Everyday here is like a battle, not just with death surrounding us everywhere, but against huner and despair.
Today, after more than a year of living under the genocide, losing everything in our lives. More than a year of patience on famine and suffering and trying to overcome difficulties to survive, A whole year full of WHERE DO WE GO? what is our fault? what is our kids fault?
We are exhausted and need your help, I came to you today after all this patience with a heavy heart, asking for help! My family needs your help to survive