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[crownmemes]

Advice Sentences

(Sentences to send to muses that need a little advice. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Life never turns out the way you think it will."

"There's no such thing as forgiveness. People just have short memories."

"It never hurts to try and see ourselves as others do."

"If you insist on living a dream, you may be taken for mad."

"There are always repercussions for failing; the key is to adapt before they arrive."

"To kill the snake, you have to cut off its head."

"You must strive to find your own voice, because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all."

"Do as I say, not as I do."

"There's a thin line between obligation and obsession."

"No game is worth playing if you can't win."

"If you make a mess on your own doorstep, you're bound to slip on it."

"None of us go on forever."

"You can't win them all."

"There are always unintended consequences to everything we do."

"No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world."

"If there's one thing I've learnt, it's you can't run away from your own life."

"A lie is most convincingly hidden between two truths."

"Every choice you make has a consequence in the future. One wrong choice and you lose."

"We all have a great need for acceptance, but you must trust that your beliefs are unique - your own - even though others may think them odd or unpopular."

"You were out of line today."

"Don't do anything rash."

"There's a time for daring, and there's a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for."

"Don't ask a question you don't want to know the answer to."

"Eccentrics are only tolerated so long as they come up with the goods."

"There's no point in fighting battles you can't win."

"Nothing makes a smart man stupid like a thirst for vengeance."

"Nobody gets rich on their own money."

"My advice? Don't dwell on that man's petty deceptions."

"You want my advice? Never sleep with someone you work with."

"Just a quick tip; you never want to block a punch with your face."

"To truly defeat an enemy, you must know him better than yourself."

"Your reputation won't last if you don't do your job!"

"If you live the lie long enough, you become the lie."

"Sucking the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone."

"Out of order is no good to anyone. Out of step is much better. That way, you tread on the bits the other people miss."

[her0-se7en]

Concerned Ape knows what's up

[titleofpersonage-p01]

[ithappensoffstage]

I am genuinely so worried for all the young horny dykes going into adulthood thinking there's something "problematic" / "wrong" with them for being horny because fucking tiktok lesbians think any horny dyke content is "male gaze fetishitic"

[dooldebob]

some of your goofy asses for the past 20 years

[dyscomancer]

[runawaymarbles]

The midjourney stuff just reminds of when we were trying to find a new platform to host the ao3 donation form, and companies kept trying to tell me about all their "ai" features that would track donor engagement, and figure out the optimal pattern to email individual donors asking for follow up donations, and all the ways they suggest we manipulate people into staying on our websites. It was a great way to filter out who either wasn't listening to us when we described our ethics and donor base, or just didn't believe us.

Now granted ao3 is a unique case based on a) the amount of page views we get in any given time period and b) the fact that most donors absolutely do Not want to be identified as such anywhere, (the default "list of recent donors" module got nuked Immediately) but it surprised me some that the concept of "donors who value their privacy and would be furious at even the whiff of AI" is unique. Some of us really are just existing in different worlds.

[pocket-dragon]

POV you ate shit during the family drama hour and your adopted peepaw needed your dogs help finding the Temple

[catmask]

its true that romance amd friendship will not solve everything but. objectively speaking its very hard to get sad when you can say 'lets go get cake tomorrow okay' and someone will go get cake with you. like there is some good at least. you know

[glitter-stained]

Random goon: Hey boss, were you the one to pick that name as an alias? And why this one?

Red Hood : I used to have another name, before... A long time ago. But that person is dead now. I get to choose for myself now, they can't take that from me. I won't let them.

Goon: Huh.

***

Random Goon: Say boss, why do you never take off your shirt in front of us?

Red Hood: Well uh, I actually have that really fucked scar on my chest and I'm not comfortable with...

Random Goon: Don't worry boss, we get it, you don't have to explain yourself to us.

***

Red Hood, high on some toxin: God, I wish my family...

Random Goon (on boss-sitting duty): why not try reaching out to them?

Red Hood: They would never accept me as I am now... They wouldn't agree with my so-called "life choices". Besides, they don't miss me, they miss the person they think I used to be... I wasn't even a man when I last saw them.

Random Goon: Damn boss, that sucks.

***

And then the goons throw the Red Hood a party on trans visibility day and Jason is so confused he straight up cries.

[crownmemes]

Concerned Sentences, Vol. 6

(Concerned sentences from various sources. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"You’re miserable, and you’re afraid to face yourself!"

"I had to do what I thought was right."

"I think you should confess. I think you should come clean."

"Like it or not, you are a person."

"We know too much about each other."

"I've seen this before, and it only ends one way."

"Whatever this is, it won't end how you think."

"You live under the delusion that you can fix everything that isn’t perfect."

"What makes you think I’m so much better than you?"

"You hide behind your intelligence."

"You can't keep letting other people define you!"

"Why are you so worked up over this?"

"What exactly are you looking for?"

"I don't mean to pry, but is something troubling you?"

"You're going to die pretty soon if you don't stop picking fights."

"Listen to me, you can't keep going like this. Something has to change."

"Are you thinking of doing something that has an outcome you can't live with?"

"Why do you want so badly not to be human?"

"You've got a big 'keep out' sign stapled on your forehead."

"Doesn't this seem a little bit obsessive?"

"I know you don't like questions, but why are you doing this?"

"If you would consider going to a shrink, I would pay for it myself."

"You always find some tiny, little flaw to push people away."

"I've known you long enough to know you're not devoid of emotion."

"Guilt does a lot of damage."

"What happened to your face?"

"Don't do anything rash."

"I have to tell you some news that's pretty bad..."

"Can I ask what he's done to deserve your loyalty?"

"You're better than this."

"You're not responsible for your brother."

"You don't want to rush into things. You can't undo them later."

"You're destroying your entire life! You can't go back from this!"

"You choose yourself over everybody else over and over again, because that's just who you are."

"Why are you doing this?"

"You don't think that's a little paranoid?"

"Why don't you sleep on it and make the decision in the morning?"

"Can you please be a human being for one minute and talk to me?"

"I know you have trouble losing people."

"You're not ready for this."

"You make jokes because you’re afraid to take anything seriously - because if you take things seriously, they matter."

"You've done this before, right?"

"You're good, I know you are, but you're not strong enough."

[b-andherbooks]

all of the seasoned stardew valley players starting a fresh, year 1 farm today for the 1.6 upgrade

[pirateprincessjess]

What’s everybody’s most useless skill? If you show me any picture of Godzilla I can tell you exactly which Godzilla suit it is and who was wearing it.

[hollandwhore]

concernedape thank you for continuing to love and work hard on your game!

[puraiuddo]

FanFiction.net is not gone.

Right now it's a victim of DNS (Domain Name Service) spoofing. This means that a malicious party is trying to steal traffic from FFn by purchasing a very similar domain.

Correction:

The new "fake" site that people are seeing still belongs to FanFiction.net—they just misconfigured their servers and are not redirecting traffic from the bare fanfiction.net to the main site at www.fanfiction.net. There is likely no malicious agent. Didn't mean to scare anyone! Just wanted to let people know the site wasn't deleted!

So if you want to read fanfiction and not see leaves, you have have to type out "www.fanfiction.net".

Please share so people stop panicking.

[notbecauseofvictories]

I don't know how strictly accurate this is, but one of the things I find shocking about watching historical dramas is how many people there are around all the time---according to Madame de... (1953) a well-off French household in the Belle Epoque maintains a workforce of at least 3, and the glittering opera has staff just to open doors. According to Shogun (2024) you can expect a deep bench just to mind your household, and again, people who exist to open doors.

Could people....not open doors in the past? Were doors tricky, before the standardization of hinges? Because otherwise, the wealthy used to pay a whole bunch of people to do it for them in multiple contexts, and I find myself baffled.