often you will see things online where you just have to be like "what a strange thing to say" or "i don't think that's true :)" to yourself and try to move on or you will lose your mind

look at us. blogging

thank you ao3 for being an archive and not an algorithm. thank you for letting me like things without consequences, thank you for being free with no ads, thank you for having lawyers to defend our freedom of speech. thank you tag wranglers. thank you to all authors and thank you ao3

I think we all know the reason the fanfiction sweet spot is essentially mediocre franchise writing, which is that fanfic happens when you’re craving catharsis that the original story doesn’t give you. This is a weird paradox if you’re a writer coming out of fan spaces and wanting to write your own original fiction because if you’re aware of this, then you know that if you make your story complete, there’s less to talk about, and if you’re in fan spaces you’re aware that fanfic is good marketing, so there’s almost a perverse incentive to make your story less complete. Or maybe I’m overthinking it and no one else has bothered to notice this

You definitely aren't overthinking it. I wouldn't say that mediocrity is a requirement per se, but one way to drive fan engagement is for a work to raise more questions than it answers. It's easy for a mediocre work to do that by raising questions that seem really interesting, then moving on without ever answering them. But a well-crafted story can accomplish the same by creating a sense that the world and/or characters have more going on beyond what the reader/viewer sees.

Yes absolutely thank you you completed my thought lol

Also just a handy, DIY air filter in general, if a bit bulky. For a less bulky and cheaper (but also less effective) solution, you can simply tape one filter to the fan, cut a shroud if you'd like.

just FYI, this is quite literally what the climate scientists at my work who specialized in wildfire smoke impacts recommend. it works great, it's cheap to make, and it will make a noticeable impact on your air quality.

i have asthma & keep one of these running in my room perpetually. after I set it up the difference in my sleep quality was pretty much night and day. Dont waste your time on proprietary air filters; SIMPLY bust out the duct tape

I live a very balanced life of noticing things nobody else does and not noticing the things that literally everybody notices

why do cherries have to be sexual & strawberries get to be all innocent. why are we slut shaming fruit. what is the sexual valence of a blueberry

our idiotic ancestors used to believe stuff that's not true but luckily we've now figured out all the true things to believe in

truly nothing funnier than having an archive of when you first started getting into a media that has since consumed your entire life

rebecca black was right. It’s Friday