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this is going to sound like such a little sibling ass take but i genuinely believe that being a little bit annoying is actually a greater sign of maturity and self awareness than being universally likeable and on good terms with everyone

#meta rule #nifty rule

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probably shitty worldbuilding idea: fantasy world that keeps going

#no wait I love this

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picture this, i give you a glass bottle and tell you to open it, but bottle openers are forbidden, how do you do it?

#I’ve done it with my nail before #or a rock

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They will destroy nature and call it saving the planet.

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one weird thing I only noticed after starting classic who is that the nuwho companions never eat. like, ever. name any instances you have of nuwho companions eating, a few of them have one (1) scene or one borderline scene, no more

classic who companions be getting a meal every serial fr

adric alone has probably eaten more food on screen than every nuwho companion combined. and he's only in one (1) season

#yeah #I got the 'start the story when the action starts' advice when - idk I guess I was in a mental state to listen to it? #and that screwed up my writing for a solid year or more #there's some people who DO write like that very effectively. but then there's others (me lol. and jirt) who tell a story #by starting you two chapters before the inciting incident. and I found I HATED trying to start at the inciting incident to the point #I'd just go run instead of trying to write. but this is advice that's easy to give and makes sense on a surface level so I keep getting it #when I show my writing to people who've taken writers courses. and the fact that I prefer a different approach doesn't mean the writing's #bad. or at least it is usually bad but for other reasons #and this post right here just nails the discrepancy. and that's really cool actually how classic who and nu!who can exist #as an experiment in showing this advice. I think also classic who was written before the writers' class got truly professionalized #and that plays into it too. in a vaguer less clear way. #anyawy this is rambling the point is fantastic observation OP

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not to sound like a high school english teacher, but i actually think it's really interesting looking into authors backgrounds and seeing how their past has influenced their storytelling, especially as a scifi/fantasy reader. like, it makes so much sense that leguin was an anthropologist and arkady martine has a doctorate in comparative history and seth dickinson did research on racial bias in policing. just look at what they made!!

#I don't think you can separate Shogun from the first half of the 20th century and Clavel's time as a Japanese POW #to use a recent example #and I think it's interesting to examine his writing with awareness of who he was

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Please know if you ever want to gush about your worldbuilding to me I am ALWAYS delighted to be tagged in long posts or dm'd. Everyone here is so creative and I LOVE hearing the joy in your voice as you talk about your ideas!

#genuine offer #just like tag me or sneak into my dms #I'm not super into gore or horror but aside from that please know my ear is always open

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@just-mushroom-thoughts YO that's fascinating and if you ever want to put up a lore post or a worldbuilding post explaining more, I would LOVE to be tagged in it so I could read it! Necromancy normally isn't my personal jam but using the undead as manual laborers has so many fascinating possibilities to explore. If you ever want to talk more about what you've set up I am all ears! 😁

Casually asks ‘who domesticated grain in your fantasy world?’ but while ripping her shirt off with a WWE stage and a roaring crowd just behind and slightly to the left. 

#I love hearing about other peoples' worldbuilding! #also I do genuinely love everyone tagging this with enthusiasm about your own personal ideas #haven't been able to keep up for the last few days but please know I'm reading your notes and my heart is growing three sizes

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Tolkien Tolkien Tolkien Tolkien i'm begging of you please don't kill my man

#laugh rule #thank you so much for tagging me #this is fantastic

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everytime dungeon meshi focuses on characters outside of the touden party you can really feel the looming horror of the dungeon,, only the touden party is having a silly fun time by virtue of eating the horrors

#this is the way #look growing up with blood sugar issues I think can actually be a boon later in life #is my mood flatling for no apparent reason? kay lemme eat and drink some half strength gatorade. give me fifteen then I’ll be back at it

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#omg #that's huge

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I need everyone to see this

#can't wait for him to write the declaration of independence

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I've come to a decision. I'd like to spend some time as a petted and adored courtesan showered with all the pretty things by an older, wealthier, yet still attractive and well-built patron who brings me their complex political problems to air their grivances while their head lays on my lap

not long mind. just as a vacation for a few weeks. I wouldn't want to dress up for much longer than that

#I need a break from mundanity #just a break then a return to reality please #but like a nice break that's key

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"why is the kendrick/drake feud trending on tumblr?" is a fair question to ask given that this site isn't usually known for being big into hip hop, but I ask you to consider that I still regularly see posts doing numbers about how hbomberguy murdered tommy tallarico. tumblr, first and foremost, is the bread and circus website.

#also the thing about rap beef is a lot of it tends not to be autobiographical #a lot of these guys are playing personas #I'll let our honored and esteemed colleague Usher elaborate on that if you'd like to hear more #but there's just So Much of what's currently going on that the latent instinct in all of us #that activates in some to turn them into Swifties is now screaming #i.e. with all this smoke surely there's some embers at least and debating who is holding onto what is entertaining #in the same way that us peasants always debate about the sordid details of the latest feud that'll have the uppercrust on the dueling field #at dawn

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#soft rule

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Explain your reasoning plzzz

#one time payout #it'd take about 27 years for the 1k a day to reach 10 million true but that 1k won't be worth what it is today due to inflation #for illustrative purposes (and assuming the daily income doesn't grow with inflation) #1k today was worth about 512 in March 1997 #now that's working backwards yes but we can propose that if current trends hold out #then 1k today will be worth about half what it's currently valued at in 2051 #so you'd be getting 1k a day in 27 years but receiving about half the value by the end #whereas if you get the lump sum today then you can chose to spend it OR #if you invest it then you turn the power of compound interest into working for you. so lets take that 10 million #invest it somewhere we anticipate a 7% interest rate annually for 27 years and then use a calculator from investor.gov #in 27 years we can expect to have about 62 million in the bank #ok but lets say you want 1k a day for life and you're reading this on your 21st birthday #and you expect to live to - lets say 81. so another 60 years #i.e. another lets make the math easy 22000 days #so if you're reading this on your 21st birthday and you expect to die a bit after your 81st birthday then if you pick 1k a day #you're going to expect to see about 22 million dollars by the time you die. in 60 years. meaning you've made a third of the 62 million #the investor made in slightly over half the time. since the investor made that in 62 million in 27 years. which means that #if you and the investor both made this choice on your shared 21st birthday by the time YOU have gotten the 10 million the investor #got in one lump sum the investor will have 62 million in the bank 27 years later #the investor will have made 6x as much as you have. and you'll only make 22 million dollars by the time you die on your 81st birthday #when the investor will have approx. 580 million in the bank on your mutual 81st birthdays. assuming the investor never touches the account #if you take the daily payment and don't invest it you make dramatically less and also have to deal with inflation on the back end

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when i say i like hiking, i don’t mean “eight mile backpacking trip with special gear and an emergency beacon” sort of hiking, i mean a three mile loop to go look at pretty things and then a huge brunch after.

#I spent my high school years going on ranger hiking trips once or twice a month with adults I quite liked and other kids #who ran track and in no way appreciated my slow self hanging around #the concept of hobbit hikes when I discovered them in my 20's was revolutionary