quoth the raven, "fuck."

you are not immune to inventing an arbitrary set of rules that only you have to adhere to

Ok. What you're gonna want to do is chop up a cucumber and put it in a bowl. Then you're gonna sprinkle a generous portion of salt on top. Then you're gonna drizzle them with a balsamic vinaigrette and gently shake to combine, leaving you with a cool and refreshing summer snack. In 15 seconds dangerous and burly men are going to drag me away to an unknown second location. Remember everything I've taught you. I love you

not using AI genuinely feels like the rest of the world is experiencing some kind of mass amnesia. if someone says they never use it, the immediate response is that can't be true because "everyone" uses it to write their emails or answer their questions. saw a comment suggesting that not using chatgpt to write an essay is "like the 90s". girl I graduated in 2021 and we weren't doing that! how is it that everyone has suddenly forgotten that they were entirely capable of doing these things all by themselves for their entire lives up until the past few years!! am I going crazy!!!

the only thing that could top that clip is that story

there be some hyper fixations out there

I love someone who knows what the fuck they're about

Another storytelling rule I think people should remember is the law of diminishing returns. If you keep on ramping up the stakes higher and higher and higher, after a point it gets to where the audience can’t really care anymore.

I think this is also connected to what I have no idea whether there's a word for it but you know how in The Lord of the Rings (the books) there are all those moments when no action happens and they're basically resting somewhere nice, the hobbits are enjoying some food and banter, or the narration stops to admire the scenery? Yeah, those are there for contrast, to make the action count, and remind you why you should care for the characters and their fighting and questing to save the world. You don't get the saving-the-world high stakes of that story just from bigger and bigger battles.

I think more non binary characters should be fat

fat and black and brown 👍🏾

doing things at the right age is literally a made up concept. you can start/pursue anything at any age. btw.