Superformative

like what stupid frenchman saw this:

You should have seen the puzzled look on his face when I described something similar to the post above.

“Why so humble?!” He laughed. “You know you’re talented, right? You could aspire to a lot more than that for sure.”

Ninety-year-old Freddie Oversteegen was one of the few women that were active in the Dutch resistance during WWII – along with her sister Truus and the famous Hannie Schaft, who was killed just before the end of the war. When Freddie was 14 years old, a gentleman visited her family home to ask her mother if she would allow her daughters to join the resistance – no one would suspect two young girls of being resistance fighters, he argued.

I also want to add, although it’s pretty commonly misinterpreted (I’m looking at you, high school English teachers) as being about the human condition, the point that LotF is trying to make is that young, privileged boys were awful. It was written in direct response to a popular series of ‘Robinson and Crusoe’ type of books where they’re all super civilised and whatever. And William Golding read it and was like “this is bullshit, did you even go to boarding school? They’re goddamn savages.”

Hi all, your favorite fruit bat here, needing a little help with the rent money this month! As such I’m doing a flash sale on my Darkeye book series and opening up three slots for writing commissions. See details below:

Darkeye is a trilogy of books about an intelligent African wild dog, Mhumhi, who tries to protect two human children in a city that has been overrun with vicious beasts. Described by one reader as “a cross between Watership Down and The Hunger Games” and by another as “fascinating and unsettling in the best possible way,” all three books as well as the omnibus bundle are on sale for 50% off on Gumroad if you click the link below!

GUMROAD SALE

If you’d rather have hard copies than eBooks, you can use the following code to get 10% off the hardcover versions and free shipping at Lulu.com. Just enter MAYSHIP10 into the promo code box when you check out! (This code is only valid until midnight tonight!)

HARD COPIES FOUND HERE

As well as a book sale, I’m opening up three slots for writing commissions. These can be short stories with original characters, fanfiction, even nonfiction essays (within reason). You can view some short stories I’ve written here if you’d like to see samples of my work.

You may choose your preferred story length, and the prices will be as follows:

>2,000 words: $15

2,000-4,000 words: $25

4,000-6,000 words: $35

6,000-9,000 words: $50

I will write most things, though I reserve the right to refuse any request I am uncomfortable with, without explanation. Fantasy and sci-fi are my preferred genres, but I’m willing to branch out. Commissions are taken on a first-come, first serve basis. You can either shoot me an ask/fanmail or email me at koryoswrites [at] gmail.com.

Thank you to everyone who helps me to get through another month of expenses and buy treats for my gerbils!

“i’m gay for anyone how can fill the void left by leafs”

“i don’t care about boys who disobey the plague” 

How dog breeders have “improved” breeds over the past 100 years. 

The basset hound never used to sit so low. The dog has suffered changes to his rear leg structure, has excessive skin, vertebrae problems, droopy eyes that are prone to ectropion and entropion, and excessively large ears. 

The bull terrier used to be an athletic dog, but over the years his snout was mutated to be oversized and bending downwards, leading to respiratory issues. Many bull terriers have supernumerary teeth and are compulsive tail chasers and air biters owing to brain deformities. 

The boxer now has a much shorter face with an extremely short snout. The hindquarters are also lower. Like all brachycephalic dogs, the boxer has difficulty controlling his temperature in hot weather, meaning they are prone to overheating and collapsing in the summer. The boxer also has one of the highest cancer rates among dog breeds and many modern day boxers suffer from seizures. 

The english bulldog has evolved into a creature that suffers from almost every known disease. A kennel club survey conducted in 2004 found that they die on average at only 6 years and 4 months old. They cannot mate without human intervention, and cannot give birth naturally due to their giant heads. There is no such thing as a truly healthy bulldog. 

The dachshund, at one time, used to have functional legs and necks for their size. Their backs and legs have gotten longer, chest jutted forward, and legs have shrunk to such proportions that there is barely any clearance between their chest and the floor. Obese dachshunds usually have to actually drag their bellies across the ground. Their risk for intervertebral disc disease - which can result in paralysis - is extremely high. They are also prone to achrondoplastic related pathologies, progressive retinal apathy, and problems with their legs and joints. 

Pugs are the most inbred breed of dog in existence - an investigation carried out found that amongst the 10,000 pugs found in the UK are so inbred, the gene pool consists of the equivalent of only 50 individuals.  They are extremely brachycephalic, and suffer severely from all the associated problems - the folds in their face frequently get infected, they struggle to breathe (making snoring/snorting/huffing noises even without moving), they have high blood pressure, low oxygenation, often collapse and die in the summer or if allowed to overheat, dentition problems due to their skulls being so curled in, and perhaps most shocking - their double curled tail is actually a genetic defect, and in its most serious forms leads to paralysis and many dogs needed a wheelchair or being euthanised if this progresses. These dogs are usually culled if they fail to produce this ‘attractive’ trait. 

Healthy puppies that do not succumb to these ridiculous modern day breed standards are usually culled. One very heartbreaking example is the rhodesian ridgeback. The ridge is actually a genetic deformity - a mild form of spinal bifida - and puppies born without this ridge are healthy - but since the ridge is their namesake, healthy puppies are normally culled at birth and only those with noticeable ridges are bred from, thus passing the disability down to future dogs. Below is a ridgeback alongside a healthy, ridgeless dog.

3 to 4 million dogs and cats are killed every year because shelters are too full…. people are choosing to buy from breeders or shops instead of offering them a home. 

Homeless animals outnumber homeless people by 5:1. 

Only 1 in 10 dogs will ever find a permanent home. 

25 PER CENT OF DOGS THAT ENTER SHELTERS ARE PUREBREEDS. 

like, someone makes a post going “my abusive parents yelled at me for not having a job and relying on their money” and some anti-sjw screencaps it and goes LMAO PRIVILEGED TUMBLRINA THINKS ITS ABUSE TO NOT BE ALLOWED TO SIT ON HER ASS ALL DAY XDD but then if you go through the person’s blog you find out that their parents are like, violently abusive and frequently lash out viciously at their child and have a history of blatant physical and/or emotional abuse and this was just the abuse victim making one single post about a specific incident

or someone makes a post like “my abusive ex would purposely be kin of characters i was uncomfy with” and anti-sjws are like “looool special snowflake otherkin drama is now ‘’’abuse’’’ these SJWs dont know anything about REAL abuse just this stupid made up stuff!!” but it turns out that the abuser was also sexually abusive and often emotionally manipulated them and belittled them and again, the victim was just recounting one single thing that they would do.

Like honestly, I’ve seen it tons now, and it’s so fucking despicable. Not everything abusers do have to be The Worst Thing Ever. The levels of abuse varies, an abuser might be sexually abusing their victim but also might do things that in a healthier relationship you could work through, like have some temper issues or something. But when someone is AN ABUSER it ADDS UP. 

Personal example: My abuser did shitty things to me that out of context don’t sound abusive (still shitty, but not outright abuse). They said that my name didn’t “fit me” when I came out as trans and refused to use my pronouns. That’s extremely shitty, but it’s not exactly an Abusive Relationship. They told me they got anxious and even felt like they were being cheated on when I wrote fanfictions for fandoms they weren’t in. Again, pretty shitty, but it’s something that could probably be discussed and worked through in a healthy relationship. But when you take into account that they also repeatedly sexually abused me when I was 14 all the way up until I was 16 while they were a legal adult, suddenly the situation becomes a whole lot fucking different.