*cue maniacal laughter*

Not blaming the Chinese! More talking about the worldwide proliferation of surveillance techniques that are specifically being used by the Chinese government.

Whole-heartedly BEGGING writers to unlearn everything schools taught you about how long a paragraph is. If theres a new subject, INCLUDING ACTIONS, theres a new paragraph. A paragraph can be a single word too btw stop making things unreadable

It’s also important to vary paragraph length, the same way it’s important to vary sentence length. It breaks up your reading mind, speeds it up and slows it down, and helps you highlight on what’s important.

Characters who are absolute trashfires have their virtues, but there’s also something to be said for a character who’s competent, collected, and has their life thoroughly together, and also has one specific thing that’s deeply wrong with them.

#my personal favorite #(largely for projecting reasons) #are those who are competent collected and on top of it #and then the more you peel back#the more you realize they are held together with duct tape#and a sheer unwillingness to lose to The Forces That Be (via @curiosity-killed)

sorry i was so weird but you invoked a topic i am incapable of being normal about

In terms of how Wentworth behaves towards Anne over the course of the novel, Persuasion is 99% “I’m so over you. Do you see how over you I am? I’m going to flirt with this girl I have absolutely no feelings for right in front of your face, just to show you how over you I am. I may just end up marrying her solely in order to make it clear that you are no longer on my mind”. And then segues immediately to “you pierce my soul. I have loved none but you.” There is no middle ground between these two states. At no point do they pause on friendship. I’m not even sure they have a conversation before Wentworth gives up the act. Never, in the history of literature, have two people more obviously been Not Friends.

No because pride and prejudice isn't "I changed myself for you so you would love me back." It's "your blatant rejection and disdain for me made me realize things about myself no one had ever been bold enough to tell me so I sat down and evaluated all my behavior patterns and why they came about and came to the realization myself that I had to work on myself. Also I don't expect you to love me now that I'm a work in progress, so I'm just going to do nice things for you because I don't like seeing you hurt." No wonder P&P fans refuse to settle.

It’s been over 200 years and we are still Shook

Yasss joining the meme crew, I feel cool!!

it is SO FUNNY when you’re watching a show with horses in it and within the plot of the show the horses are “”””upset””” but the way they communicate this is by placing a nervous nickering sound bite over what is clearly a calm horse placidly performing a practiced trick

like clearly this is the correct and humane way to pretend a horse is upset and unhappy but it’s soooo funny like this guys ears aren’t even pinned back!!! he’s just vibing!!! dude did the least amount of rearing to get his apple treats and he can see his handler right behind the camera already reaching into the treat bag!! he’s getting a good grade in being a good little boy and his mommy is going to be so proud

Horse version of *growling dog with its tail wagging with sheer pleasure from being a Good Boy About To Get A Treat*

lord the women you put on earth to enjoy media are being forced to log in to outlook and microsoft teams