KimBEARablyKute

I will forever wish we got more of this trio.

You know, when I've remarked that a lot of the responses to my posts feel like people are just plucking out keywords they think they recognise based on the shape of them and replying to what they imagine the post says based on that, the possibility never occurred to me that this is actually how many American schools are currently teaching kids to read.

Like, my assumption this whole time has been that when folks go "I misunderstood this post that says [thing] as saying [unrelated thing] because I mistook [word] for [completely different word that happens to start with the same letter]", that was a bit. What do you mean they're teaching kids a reading method that's tailored to produce this exact error?

THE BOTTOM IS A PAINTING????

also does a really good job reminding the view just how much air quality has improved since we stopped burning coal in every building lol

I WANT TO WRITE MY STORIES!!!!!!!!!!!! -> continues doing literally Anything Else besides writing

I read Narnia to myself at 7 after my dad read me the books as bedtime stories. By age 9 I was reading 300 page books in about an hour (Black stallion, one of the sequels, I don't remember which ones) The Hobbit and LotR were age 8-ish, maybe earlier. I was reading adult books at that point as well. My library stack was usually 10-15 books and I would read them all in the allotted time. As an adult, I mostly read fanfic, but a million words a week is pretty typical for me. I've read more, sometimes less. I started reading around age 3 or 4, so chapter books at age 7 isn't that wild. What actually taught me reading was books on tape. My parents were exhausted with my endless demands for books so they got me cassette tapes that had books, fairy tales, and they would beep when it was time to turn the page and I hated being surprised by the beep so learning to read helped me predict the beep so I wouldn't be startled. (This is where I turn to the camera and say, with deepest sarcasm, "But I wasn't autistic.")

I love being alone in my room, I love not having to be a person

the authors barely disguised longing for acceptance

I think 90% of conspiracy theorists would be a lot happier if they just bit the bullet and got into creative writing

it's so fun in here you can make up all the aliens and funky-shaped planets you want without also inventing new ways to be antisemitic about it

I think it would be easier to read if you wrote in contrasting colors for the different directions.

Can't understand people talking on TV for shit without subtitles, but I can hear that electronic devices are powered and whether water being poured is hot or cold