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A discussion of a dream between Daeron and Aerion

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it’s a pet peeve of mine, just like some people correct you’re vs your or their vs there vs they’re.

there are people genuinely fighting me in the replies. one even said the post itself “defeats the purpose of whimsy” and i had to tell them you can be both *whimsical* and literate. another one commented that language isn’t real and to just say whatever you want….. is this really what we’ve come to as a society? are we that anti intellectual? or has chatgpt fired your brains that much? the literacy rates alone here in the US among teens and young adults is CRAZY, then you have genuine corn balls online telling people to not correct their grammar. i’m sorry? since when has being stupid become so normalized?

i can’t say how many times i have come across replies to those that completely dismiss it with bullshit like “it’s not that deep”, no it IS that deep. it IS imperative because you look dumb when you can’t tell the difference between contractions and possessives. you look illiterate. (i also see confusion on “women” and “woman”, and also “man” and “men”, like “look at those woman over there”)

and the literacy rates here in the states are not just crazy, they’re genuinely frightening: something like 50% of grown-ass adults can’t read at a 6th grade level, you have 8th graders who can’t write, you have literal college students who can’t do remedial math and have never even read a book, you have 1st graders who can’t even spell 3-letter words, and a literal pandemic of arrogance and lack of critical thinking (looking at you, tumblr)—imo, it’s a combination of having the importance™️ of test scores absolutely shoved down our throats for decades (coupled with the stripping away of things that enrich you like art and music) in junction with over-reliance on technology in absolutely every facet of life and systemic failure of the education system to stimulate a love of learning.

it’s a pet peeve of mine, just like some people correct you’re vs your or their vs there vs they’re.

there are people genuinely fighting me in the replies. one even said the post itself “defeats the purpose of whimsy” and i had to tell them you can be both *whimsical* and literate. another one commented that language isn’t real and to just say whatever you want….. is this really what we’ve come to as a society? are we that anti intellectual? or has chatgpt fired your brains that much? the literacy rates alone here in the US among teens and young adults is CRAZY, then you have genuine corn balls online telling people to not correct their grammar. i’m sorry? since when has being stupid become so normalized?

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Then Queen Alicent removed her own crown and placed it upon the head of her daughter, Helaena, the wife and sister of King Aegon II.

“My Queen,” Alicent said, and kissed her cheeks. Then she knelt before her daughter.

“Your Grace.”

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Jena Dondarrion