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If nobody ever explained this to you, if someone you see a lot does something you like and you never ever tell them that, they might think you don’t like them or don’t like the things they do for you.

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met a woman today whose original real actual given-at-birth first name is "Vendetta." ma'am are you aware you are a videogame protagonist and/or a character in a skullduggery pleasant novel. real quick sorry to bother you miss but who exactly were your parents expecting you to avenge in their name

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HIDEO KOJIMA REPOSTED?!

that's him

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I love that people just screenshot tiktoks. Fuck videos

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why would you ever outsource fun to chatgpt? are you stupid? you can make mediocre shit by yourself too.

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As a fat person, there is nuance here. There is a difference between someone who knows that you don't exercise telling you "Maybe some exercise would be good for you"

and some stranger (or worse a doctor) who tells you "You are fat which obviously proves to me that you never eat vegetables or move your body. If you do these things, you will no longer be fat and all your problems in life will be solved".

Nobody complains when people who know you, suggest you exercise and eat healthy when it comes from a place of love. That is usually not what happens. Fat people are not ridiculously unreasonable for being sensitive about that.

Someone telling you to exercise because they believe you're too stupid to think of the obvious solution IS fatphobic.

The funny thing is that I can fully see where a lot of very dumb discourse on this site came from but it doesnt make it any less perplexing

"Weight is most often determined by genetics rather than lifestyle choices, and the connection to health is not as black and white as TLC would have you believe": yeah, im with you.

"A person's health is not in any way connected to their worth as a person, and its not any of your business how healthy someone is to begin with, nor is it fair to demand fat people bend over backwards to perform health for you in a way you never ask of skinny people": absolutely. Completely agree with you.

"Saying that vegetables and exercise are good for you is fatphobic": okay what the hell happened here

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GO TO YOUR FAVORITE SEARCH ENGINE AND TYPE "PUPPIES" AND GO TO THE IMAGES TAB TRUST ME!!!

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𝑺𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆?? 😭

Rolan's beautiful skin, Dammon's smile, the tails wagging at the end.. I'm sick, I'm weak, I'm never getting over them 😭😭

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🍖 How to Build a Culture Without Just Inventing Spices and Necklaces

(a worldbuilding roast. with love.)

So. You’re building a fantasy world, and you’ve just invented: → Three types of ceremonial jewelry → A spice that tastes like cinnamon if it were bitter and cursed → A holiday where everyone wears gold and screams at dawn

Cute. But that’s not culture. That’s aesthetics.

And if your worldbuilding is all outfits, dances, and spice blends with vaguely mystical names, your story’s probably going to feel like a cosplay convention held inside a Pinterest board.

Here’s how to fix that—aka: how to build a real, functioning culture that shapes your story, not just its vibes.

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🔗 Culture Is Built on Power, Not Just Style

Ask yourself: → Who’s in charge, and why? → Who has land? Who doesn’t? → What’s considered taboo, sacred, or punishable by death?

Culture is shaped by who gets to make the rules and who gets crushed by them. That’s where things like religion, family structure, class divisions, gender roles, and social expectations actually come from.

Start there. Not at the embroidery.

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2.🪓 Culture Comes From Conflict

Did this society evolve peacefully? Was it colonized? Did it colonize? Was it rebuilt after a war? Is it still in one?

→ What was destroyed and mythologized? → What do the survivors still whisper about? → What do children get taught in school that’s… suspiciously sanitized?

No culture is neutral. Every tradition has a history, and that history should taste like blood, loss, or propaganda.

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3.🧠 Belief Systems > Customs Lists

Sure, rituals and holidays are cool. But what do people believe about: → Death? → Love? → Time? → The natural world? → Justice?

Example: A society that believes time is cyclical vs. one that sees time as linear will approach everything—from prison sentences to grief—completely differently.

You don’t need to invent 80 gods. You need to know what those gods mean to the people who pray to them.

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4.🫀 Culture Controls Behavior (Quietly)

Culture shows up in: → What people apologize for → What insults cut deepest → What people are embarrassed about → What’s praised publicly vs. what’s hidden privately

For instance: → A culture obsessed with stoicism won’t say “I love you.” They’ll say “Have you eaten?” → A culture built on legacy might prioritize ancestor veneration, archival writing, name inheritance.

This stuff? Way more immersive than giving everyone matching earrings.

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5. 🏠 Culture = Daily Life, Not Just Festivals

Sure, your MC might attend a funeral where people paint their faces blue. But what about: → Breakfast routines? → How people greet each other on the street? → Who cooks, and who eats first? → What’s considered “clean” or “proper”? → How is parenting handled? Divorce?

Culture is what happens between plot points. It should shape your character’s assumptions, language, fears, and habits—whether or not a festival is going on.

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6. 💬 Let Your Characters Disagree With Their Own Culture

A culture isn’t a monolith.

Even in deeply traditional societies, people: → Rebel → Question → Break rules → Misinterpret laws → Mock sacred things → Act hypocritically → Weaponize or resist what’s expected

Let your characters wrestle with the culture around them. That’s where realism (and tension) lives.

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7.🧼 Beware the “Pretty = Good” Trap

Worldbuilding gets boring fast when: → The protagonist’s homeland is beautiful and pure → The enemy’s culture is dark and “barbaric” → Every detail just reinforces who the reader should like

You can—and should—challenge the aesthetic hierarchy. → Let ugly things be beloved. → Let beautiful things be corrupt. → Let your MC romanticize their culture and then get disillusioned by it later.

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📍 TL;DR (but like, spicy): → Culture is not food and jewelry. → Culture is power, fear, memory, contradiction. → Stop inventing spices until you know who starved last winter. → Let your world feel lived in, not curated.

The best cultural worldbuilding doesn’t look like a list. It feels like a system. A pressure. A presence your characters can’t escape—even if they try.

Now go. Build something real. (You can add spices later.)

—rin t. // writing advice for worldbuilders with rage and range // thewriteadviceforwriters

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Love seeing little pawprints. So fucking magical. There was a little guy here.

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I'm taking a bath with lights off and a lit scented candle, I thought it would be a nice relaxing experience but I feel like a draugr in a skyrim dungeon

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If a character truly regrets what they have done, they should stay alive to make amends. Them dying helps nobody and most of the time their last stand "heroic sacrifice" doesn't even solve the problem at hand.

I know that it's a convenient way to get rid of your villain at the end of the story but trust me having them survive, take accountability and face the consequences of their actions willingly will make the redemption stick.

The only way to truly redeem your villain is to give them the time to truly regret their actions and time to do better.

i love when characters don't get to die

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20 bucks AND a creature? 😍

you get 20$ but the creature is unleashed

yeah or nyeah

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I got the words "jacuzzi" and "Yakuza" mixed up 

Now I'm in hot water with the Japanese Mafia.

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The fact that ChatGPT wastes a fuck ton of energy and is bad for the planet should be reason enough not to use it. The lack of empathy and morals is troubling.

“But I just use it for fanfic” fuck you, fuck you.

“I just need help with an essay” you’re a cunt, use google or the library.

“It helps me write emails” hope u get fired

I have no empathy for AI users, they’ve none for the earth.