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Not to be a Boomer but your social media should be your own space, not something employers are allowed to look at to judge you beyond the qualifications stated in your resume and cover letter

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THE END IS NEVER THE END IS NEVER THE END IS NEVER THE END

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The best part was it was a mash-up of two different books, the authors of which have both turned out to be deeply unpleasant, and the fanfic excited me even more than the original books.

Also this phenomenon both excites and scares me because if I ever finish my own stories then I know it's when not if a fanfiction writer is going to writer a better story based in my world or with my characters than I ever could have and on the one hand I'm thinking it would suck to no longer be the best writer of my own creations, but on the other hand I would want to read that fic so bad.

reblog if you’ve read fanfictions that are more professional, better written than some actual novels. I’m trying to see something

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You have no idea how much I needed this XD I'm part way through turning a shelf into a retirement lounge for dolls and the last thing I'm missing is a desk like these so that the writer doll has somewhere to put her typewriter and the magpie has somewhere to build a nest.

You don't understand, I want — no, I need one of these. My life will only be complete when I'll have a big, dramatic wooden desk.

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what a kind and thoughtful review from library journal i appreciate this very much buckaroos. that is now three STARRED REVIEWS (others in booklist and publishers weekly) dang sounds like a PRETTY GOOD BOOK WORTH PREORDERING. LOVE IS REAL

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at some point you have to realize that you actually have to read to understand the nuance of anything. we as a society are obsessed with summarization, likely as a result of the speed demanded by capital. from headlines to social media (twitter being especially egregious with the character limit), people take in fragments of knowledge and run with them, twisting their meaning into a kaleidoscope that dilutes the message into nothing. yes, brevity is good, but sometimes the message, even when communicated with utmost brevity, requires a 300 page book. sorry.

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“One word after another. That’s the only way that novels get written.” — Neil Gaiman

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Imagine you came up with a pithy critique of another philosopher only for people to still be finding it funny millennia afterwards

Shocking how many people don’t know that hens lay non-fertilized eggs and think the yolk they’re eating is a baby chicken

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Y'all, the world is sleeping on what NASA just pulled off with Voyager 1

The probe has been sending gibberish science data back to Earth, and scientists feared it was just the probe finally dying. You know, after working for 50 GODDAMN YEARS and LEAVING THE GODDAMN SOLAR SYSTEM and STILL CHURNING OUT GODDAMN DATA.

So they analyzed the gibberish and realized that in it was a total readout of EVERYTHING ON THE PROBE. Data, the programming, hardware specs and status, everything. They realized that one of the chips was malfunctioning.

So what do you do when your probe is 22 Billion km away and needs a fix? Why, you just REPROGRAM THAT ENTIRE GODDAMN THING. Told it to avoid the bad chip, store the data elsewhere.

Sent the new code on April 18th. Got a response on April 20th - yeah, it's so far away that it took that long just to transmit.

And the probe is working again.

From a programmer's perspective, that may be the most fucking impressive thing I have ever heard.

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Ten years ago I was playing a TTRPG based on an honour system and samurai and one of the optional items for your character to carry was a lucky cricket so I had to make one of course. That typo still bugs me though.

Ha, bugs.

I was pleased with my instructive haiku on the box too :D

In trouble? Be calm. In case of emergency Enclosed: one cricket

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i think that people should start using “in poor taste” as a descriptor again given it is often the most applicable and clearest phrase when discoursing about media and analysis; sometimes a piece of art isn’t actually THE most problematic thing of all time is is. ​just in poor taste (not JUST in poor taste as a reductive take on potential harm but/and as in regardless of intent the impact is this was an offensive or stupid take/choice)

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What the internet is for <3

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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I'm gonna say it.

It's unhinged to assume that someone's taste in fiction equates to what they believe is moral or good, or is something they want to see or experience in real life.

That is a bonkers assumption to make.

I'm tired of humoring people with long arguments about it when the simple fact is it is a totally fucking absurd reach to accuse someone who enjoys something in fiction of being in favor of it in real life.

I'm tired of pretending like this is a legitimate position to hold-- that they should be afraid of fiction's dire influence on a reader's moral decay or that it's a sign of what the author secretly wants for realsies in real life.

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ME: Why did you wake me up at 3am?

ANXIETY: To see if you needed anything.

ME: Yeah, I need to sleep.

ANXIETY: Besides that.