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Oh yeah there's a part 2 of the horse desensitizing that I love.

🐎: Hey what's with that tiny predator, the one you're hold- WOAH WHAT THE FUCK WHY IS IT UP SO HIGH

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Taisiia Onofriichuk from Ukraine performs her hoop routine to the sound of "Thriller" by Michael Jackson at the 2024 Paris Olympics Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual Qualifiers

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I used to rewrite board game rulebooks as a hobby. I rewrote about 20 different rulebooks as practice in technical writing. I thought I was getting pretty good at it, but something still felt wrong about my rulebooks.

Then I took grad school classes in technical writing and communication.

And then I started to hate all rulebooks.

I hated rulebooks so much that I drafted an outline for an essay about it. I spent months looking up lectures and columns about technical writing in multiple genres. By the time I had finished, that "essay" had stretched to about 90 page of material. It started to feel like my graduate thesis.

This essay includes:

Writing advice from editors, teachers, and writers in different disciplines

Examinations of scientific evidence about learning styles and memory

Case studies into the rulebooks from On Mars, Keyflower, Stardew Valley, Acquire, and Teotihuacan

A prototype model rulebook for Stardew Valley: the Board Game that suggests a new rulebook model based on textbooks or tutorials

Plenty of quotes from people complaining about the mind-numbing awfulness of board game rulebooks

I tried to write this document in a casual tone for a general audience. I've started a discussion thread on BoardGameGeek, and I'm asking around for feedback. I'm a grad student trying to critique an entire genre of technical writing, and I assume that this concept will need testing and iteration. I appreciate your feedback!

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Whenever someone says that She Hulk or some Star Wars show is the worst show on TV, I instantly know that they don't actually watch TV. You would be amazed at the bland schlocky copaganda that gets millions of viewers every night on primetime network TV.

this is my favorite exchange in all of twitter

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https://x.com/trtworld/status/1785959608168731091

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NYT has a bias.

Look what they did in 2016 to Hillary.

NYT is racing to the bottom with conservative owners and push to platform bad faith opinions.

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More Far Side Blender Recreations

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the best birthday gift of all. hanamusa

please follow the link and look at the full thing it's the CUTEST

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DUNGEON MESHI OST ART I OWE YOU MY LIFE

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why is this the hottest thing i've ever seen

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i wish i was famous in the 70s so i coulda gone on the muppet show and flirted with the muppets

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Another new illustration! I've been wanting to do another Minotaur painting for a while now.

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> “mannish features”

> look inside

> literally just common physical traits among women of colour