Dead but Delicious

there's this weird thing people fall into online a lot, where people assume that if the [perceived-to-be-inferior] version of [activity] is discouraged then people will, naturally, do [perceived-to-be-superior] version of [activity] instead. When really it's just as (or more) likely that if [perceived-to-be-inferior] version of [activity] is discouraged people just won't do it at all.

audiobook listeners are not necessarily people who would otherwise do a lot of traditional reading if audiobooks did not exist, many are people who simply would experience zero books. Booktok romance readers would not necessarily be reading the classics if booktok did not exist, many of them would simply not read. Fanfiction writers would not necessarily be novelists if fanfic wasn't an option, many would just be people who didn't write. You know?

[through tears] yeah i remain whimsical

Don’t start hyping up these Bethesda projects while people are protesting right now. We’re not doing that. I don’t give a fuck about these stupid fucking games when there’s hundreds of people out of a job because of cutting corners. I am not hyping up these games and I am not supporting them and I’m not going to give them any positive attention until they acknowledge the damage they’ve done.

teamwork makes the dream work. and dreamwork. makes shrek

Paleontologists recently unearthed the largest tibia ever recorded. Of course, they threw a party to celebrate at the site, and I hear it was quite a shindig.