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PSA: Don't use Open Office

I keep seeing people recommending Open Office as an alternative to Word, and uh... look, it is, technically, an open source alternative to Word. And it can do a lot of what Word can, genuinely! But it is also an abandoned project that hasn't been updated in nine years, and there's an active fork of it which is still receiving updates, and that fork is called LibreOffice, and it's fantastic.

Seriously, if you think that your choices are either "grit your teeth and pay Microsoft for a subscription" or "support free software but have a kind of subpar office suite experience", I guarantee that it's because you're working with outdated information, or outdated software. Most people I know who have used the latest version of LibreOffice prefer it to Word. I even know a handful of people who prefer it to Scrivener.

Open Office was the original project, and so it has the most name recognition, and as far as I can tell, that's really the only reason people are still recommending it. It's kind of like if people were saying "hey, the iPhone 14 isn't your only smart phone option!" but then were only ever recommending the Samsung Galaxy S5 as an alternative. LibreOffice is literally a version of the same exact program as Open Office that's just newer and better – please don't get locked into using a worse tool just because the updated version of the program has a different name!

#advice #college help #thank you

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Me, a dumbass: Yeah Socrates was a piece of shit. I don't know shit either and you don't see me going around telling everybody that.

Socrates' ghost: Hell yeah, you funky little man!

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I might've added the BG3 Art Book to my dnd assets stash

It' 100% does not have things like the 5e players' handbook + 5e’s character sheet, several gm guides, critical role's explorer's guide to wildmount, baldur's gate and waterdeep city encounters, 101 potions and their effects, volo's guide to monsters, both of xanathar's guides, a bunch of other encounters, one shots, and class builds

In no way are there any pdf’s relating to any wizard who may or may not be residing on any coast

(Edit that I’ve moved the folder to the new link above! So if you catch a different version of this post that link won’t work anymore!)

#dnd #ttrpg #amazing #solidariety against mega corporations #fuck you wotc and your lack of pt-br translations

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Eldest’s Privilege (dp x dc)

“My brother got into a fist-fight with our mayor,” Jazz stated loudly, as she gestured with her cocktail glass, unbothered by the stares of the other patrons.

“My brother has bitten more than three socialites in the last month,” The equally inebriated man, who’d introduced himself as Dick, retorted at a similar volume.

“Well, my sister tried to kill my brother within the first three days of meeting him,” Jazz snipped back.

“My brother’s first murder attempt on his sibling was within the first three minutes of meeting him,” Dick answered primly as he stirred his drink.

The redhead narrowed her eyes as she grabbed the little decorative umbrella from her glass. She pointed it at Dick and retorted: “My sister went on a year-long solo trip to explore the world.”

The man squinted in return before he smirked, “My sister has been living in Hong Kong for two years now.”

“Well, my sister was twelve,” Jazz said triumphantly.

Dick blinked before he tilted his head consideringly. “Yeah, ok. You win this one.”

Jazz let out a victory cheer before downing the drink in her hand. Dick gave her a congratulatory pat and chugged his own drink

“What’s the score?” Jazz asked as she twirled the umbrella between her fingers, her head held up by her hand.

Dick frowned. “I forgot,” he said before fishing an ice-cube out of his glass and munching on it.

Jazz frowned too, before her face cleared and she perked up “A tie-breaker!” She exclaimed. “Whoever does the most shots wins by default.”

Dick’s eyes gained a competitive glint and he smirked. “Oh, you are so going down.”

#Danny Phantom #That can't be a good conversation starter #But is Gotham #Everybody has that crazy family member that has tried to kill them before

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You idea is mega valid, since he can swim walk and fly and do a shitty job at it. But also hera me out

Goose Danny

Hear me out...

Duck danny

#danny phantom #goose danny #agent of chaos meet powers of chaos #God nerfed geese not giving them ghost powers #well Danny is about to show him how he does

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Honestly it happens the same shit with me. Even more so when I'm the one writing.

Sometimes its weird Reading a Fic from Luffy’s POV and realizing that Luffy Is Having thoughts. Cuz in the Anime we dont really Get To see what He’s thinking so it’s Kinda unusual. Not that it’s Bad, just Unusual. is that Just me or

#one piece #monkey d luffy #boy has never had a single thought inside his head #one piece fanfiction

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Thank you!

Dummy’s First Html (for Ao3 users)

Ba pa paaaaa anyway if you use or intend to use ao3 to post and you need the most basic help with adding images, gifs, hyperlinks and such, like if you have heard of html but haven’t really encountered it beyond the most basic <i>italicization</i>, there are lots of sites like this that break down what html tags do and how to play around with them.

If you want to play around with html tags without feeling the pressure to test it out directly on your story, I suggest opening the above website on half your screen and a live-editing site like Liveweave on the other, which lets you poke around with html and CSS and lets you see if your efforts pay off in real time. It’s free to make an account if you want to save something for later, but also you don’t need one to play around with it.

The things I use the most when posting fic are:

img (adds images to a post)

hyperlink (just send the suckers straight there!)

and, of course, trusty <b>bold</b> and <i>italicised</i>

I genuinely will just search ‘html img’ tag, go into one of the websites with the sample code, copy-paste the code and adjust it for my own purposes whenever I want to, say, add a reaction gif to an ao3 comment.

There are obviously fancier things you can do with html than add a “look at the fields in which I grow my fucks, Anakin” prequels gif (I’m very fond of this hover-text effect for additional languages in a fic), but if you’re scared of coding or have never encountered it before, here’s some easy first HTML for newbies. I learned a lot of things in my master’s level web development course, but ao3 is probably all I will use it for lol. Enjoy!

#seriously #i cant believe it took me so long to find a guide on html

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Bon motherfucking chan is the goat. Oda didn't let them join the crew because he knew the Strawhat Pirates would be too powerful.

Let me guess luffy is not going to remember him once they meet again

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This sounds great! Thanks!

Did I daydream this, or was there a website for writers with like. A ridiculous quantity of descriptive aid. Like I remember clicking on " inside a cinema " or something like that. Then, BAM. Here's a list of smell and sounds. I can't remember it for the life of me, but if someone else can, help a bitch out <3

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#a man amidst boys #a true masterpiece

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Oooooohhhhh! Makes sense honestly. But to me doesn’t really matter how long it takes to be real witchu. Like I said I just hope they aren’t being forced like pack mules, like a certain company, *cough*Disney*cough*, does.

Reminder that for season 1 they said it took an animator one day to do one second of footage.

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Wait Arcane Season 2 is for 2024?! Hell yeah!!!

I was giving it at least 2026-27. You fell me? Give the animators and writers time to create something as special as Season 2.

But 2024?! I just hope they aren't overworking the poor workers.

Reminder that for season 1 they said it took an animator one day to do one second of footage.

#but we all know they are #being overworked as all hell #cuz we can't have nice things without someone nearly dying for them

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Thank you for the recommendation. I be sure to try when I find the time!

Oh my gosh. I just found this website that walks you though creating a believable society. It breaks each facet down into individual questions and makes it so simple! It seems really helpful for worldbuilding!

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I'm always a slut for "comfortable gaming" AKA "do whatever makes you comfortable without stepping unto other people's comfort zone" AKA "this bullshit ain't Critical Role" AKA "Sam Riegel is a God among men the pinnacle of bardry to imitate him is to embark in a foolish mission" AKA "no seriously just do what you are comfortable with. Sing if you want to sing. Do a speech if you want to do a speech. Just tell them if you want to tell them."

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I don’t like this post as I had that same discussion with my drunker buddies and we actually built a tier list with every single we could take on a fight. We went to google and searched a list of every single animal ever discovered and we started filtering, like bugs and stuff (wouldn’t be fair). We took 4 days, and 33 bottles of hard alcohol but we catalogued every single animal we found. We were so proud of it that we scanned as it was written in hundreds upon hundreds of napkins and digitalized everything.

#fight #animals #dumb things we do when drunk #I did some solid introspection if I could fight a dog to the death #I figured that physically? Yeah I would absolutely demolish a dog #but emotionally? I would be wrecked beyond belief #but who wouldn't amirite?

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Sex Empowerment and Omnipotence. I'm literally a Sex God. Bow before my pansexuality

Click on it twice. These are your two super powers.

#I'm thinking something like Tom Ellis Lucifer meets Mollymauk #But always remember I'm a God of Love and Sexuality #And CONSENT is the sexiest thing in the world