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Me: I hate gossip

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The WHAT

SEND ME THE POST, I NEED TO WITNESS IT

oops. the ratios are a tad different than i remember. also i thought that op made the actual pasta, but i guess the logic worm wiggled into their brain and whispered horrendous, responsible ideas to them.

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Being single forever and never experiencing romance is only sad for someone who actually wants to have those things.

When an aromantic person says they’ll be single forever, that’s not “sad.” That’s just a statement of what they want out of their life.

Imagine if I responded to someone calling their partner their other half with “that’s actually kind of sad. Are you saying you’re not a whole person on your own? Why would you want to be trapped with someone who makes you feel like you’re incomplete without them? Are you okay? Do you need help?” They would probably be annoyed with me and I can’t blame them. But that’s coming from the fact that they’re not viewing it the way I am; they’re actually happier with the person.

Personally, as an aromantic, I’ve never felt more broken than when I’ve tried to force myself to date and be alloromantic like everyone else. I would be miserable in a relationship no matter how healthy it was because I wouldn’t feel any of those feelings they’re feeling and I’d feel stuck either being honest and hurting them or playing the part for their sake and feeling even worse. And a major reason for all that is cause I don’t even actually want any of that. I’ve just also felt like I didn’t get a choice because before I discovered the aro community, as far as I could see, nobody was willing to entertain the idea of someone being single because they wanted to. You see characters in media that say “I don’t do romance” and they’re always paired up with someone in the end and always portrayed as happier for it. You see characters that actually stay single forever and they’re shown as having something so wrong with them nobody would willingly date them. You step outside of fiction and you talk to people and it’s never if you’ll get married, it’s always when. When you go to prom. When you have your first kiss. When you start dating. When you fall in love. When. When. When. Never if. Because god forbid we consider the possibility you won’t. God forbid we consider you might not even want to. And if they don’t, then we start dragging out the godforsaken yet. I don’t get crushes… yet. I don’t date… yet. I don’t want romance in my life… yet. When did you get your first crush? I’m 28. When will I be old enough for you to stop saying yet? And if this sounds romance negative, sorry, I’m just sharing how I’m feeling about it. But if you don’t want more aros as angry and sad about it all as me, maybe do us a favor and stop treating romance like something as inevitable as death and taxes.

I initially planned for this post to be way shorter but I don’t think I could find a shorter way to express the gravity of how insufferable it is to be told “that’s so sad” when I say I want to stay single. Cause if I’m being real, it isn’t fully comparable to any annoying thing I can say to an alloromantic. It won’t have the same weight. Throwing salt at someone’s face might lead to it getting in their eyes, but it won’t sting like it would if you did it to someone covered head to toe in paper cuts.

I don’t feel like I’m asking for much. Just entertain the notion that someone can be happy without a romantic partner. That being single, temporarily or for life, isn’t a sad fate.

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and if i say robin swift

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If a worker who isn't the owner says ANYTHING similar to "I'm not really supposed to do this but-" and then does something that helps you, under no circumstances inform the business, including through reviews. You tell them that the worker was polite, professional, the very model of customer service and why you like to go there. You do not breathe a word of the rulebreaking.

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If a worker who isn't the owner says ANYTHING similar to "I'm not really supposed to do this but-" and then does something that helps you, under no circumstances inform the business, including through reviews. You tell them that the worker was polite, professional, the very model of customer service and why you like to go there. You do not breathe a word of the rulebreaking.

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a summary of the consequences of my life because I read percy jackson

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Grasshopper's Dream Cafe Located: Jeongseon, South Korea

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Tumblr flagged this post as sexually explicit and it's literally just a trans dude in high fantasy art.

Make it make sense.

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Reblog to hug prev poster (they need a hug)

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im going to start compiling all the shitty booktok videos i find except theyre on reels bc i suck

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Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”