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me @ my mutuals

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hey, can we talk for a second? it’s about your girlfriend. yeah, she’s great. no, yeah, I agree. It’s just that… she seems really devoted to you? Like really devoted. Almost as if you were the sole, fragile line mooring her to the shores of humanity. No, that’s not romant—ugh. Listen. Me and the girls, we’re worried you might be the last good thing to happen to her and that were some tragedy to inevitably befall you, she would tear the gods from their thrones and dye the infinite western seas wine-dark with their ichor. Do you think you could introduce her to a new hobby or something? we don’t want to have to argue over what color “wine-dark” is supposed to be

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Der Mädchenlichtgasburgfriedtorwächter

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Older people will casually drop something that will shatter your heart

My elderly neighbor asked if I would stay at home during Easter because the noise would make her feel less alone.

An older Ukrainian man who had recently moved here because of the war asked for my help shopping for groceries and told me in broken English that "in a new country, we’re all like children".

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thinking about posting this on reddit… wish me luck

Juniper Berry Crostata from Skyrim’s Hearthfire DLC

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sygol framed poll (handle with care), 2024 mixed media on tumblr post

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The day that you understand that fanfiction has no literary/value difference to published literature and writing is the day you will understand exactly why readers and authors need a symbiotic relationship in fanfiction media just as much as the published author and their reader.

Right now, you have unlimited access to free literature.

I don't think a lot of you fully grasp the actual, true meaning of that. You are accessing literally as much content as you want, that you have had to do absolutely nothing for, for free. And often on a single website that you are also accessing for free, and don't need a hundred and one different kinds of log-ins or passwords or paid subscriptions to access.

If I want to read a specific type of story, I don't have to spend gas money to go to the bookstore that might not have the story I want, or funnel money into a blood corporation like Amazon to access it. I don't even have to pay someone for the time and effort and skill it took for them to write it.

I can go to my search bar. I can type in 'AO3' and I can access 141 variants of the same story for free and all in less time than it takes for my morning coffee to brew.

I am accessing content that cost these authors literal hours of their lives. Their time, their skills, their research, all for free, and I have to do absolutely nothing in return for it.

We take this kind of freedom and resource for granted, and even more so the people who actually enable us to have it in the first place.

Writers who talk about wanting engagement aren't being greedy, needy or selfish. They're not writing just for the 'clout' or whatever kind of half-cocked accusation you want to make. They're asking because engagement is what fuels more content. More community fulfilment. More productivity.

A lot of writers write for themselves, but they also write because its something they want to share with other people. Its a contribution to a shared interest. Its longevity to the enjoyment you experience within that space. Its a continuity of a limited source.

So many people sneer at fanfiction authors who offer commissions and it genuinely makes me want to rattle them all like a marble in a bean can.

Because you pay for books. Because someone took the time to write it. You don't sneer at the rows and rows of books in stores. You don't demean the authors who spent literal hours, sometimes even decades of their lives writing them.

People who write fanfiction are still authors.

Fanfiction is still literature.

Fanfiction's existence depends entirely on the authors.

Appreciate what you have. Understand the value in what you are being given.

Basic gratitude and respect is by far the absolutely minimum you should be giving in exchange for quite literally all the free literature you could ever want, on demand.

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cat jpeg made me emotional so i drew it

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LED street lights are less aesthetic BUT here are some pros.

• Fewer emissions. LED street lights consume far less energy than conventional equivalents and generate fewer emissions. By replacing outdoor lighting with LED lighting in the US we could reduce carbon emissions by the equivalent of taking 8.5 million cars off the road for a year.

• Longer lifespan. LED street lights are more durable and last three to five times longer than fluorescent lights and 30 times longer than incandescent ones.

• High color rendering. The high color presents colors more realistically. This helps drivers and pedestrians better identify objects at night, improving traffic safety and road conditions.

• Quick start. LED lights only take tens of nanoseconds to start up, there is no waiting time to restart and they can work normally in a continuous on/off state. Incandescent lamps take about 0.1 to 0.2 seconds to light up. Gas discharge lamps, such as high-pressure sodium lamps and metal halide lamps, take anywhere from tens of seconds to 10 minutes to reach a stable light output. After being turned off, they take 3-6 minutes to cool down before restarting.

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Our city has recently replaced a big chunk of the street lights on my way home and honestly… I feel safer going out at night, especially when it comes to crossing the road to my bus stop.

Aesthetics are great. But safety is more important.

perhaps some will disagree, but i think the world got worse when we changed the colour of the night

#led lights #aesthetic

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I always used to hate bread as a kid because we only ever really had Graubrot (literally "grey bread") and then I started baking and I’ve been obsessed with sourdough ever since.

see, when i think of bread, i first and foremost imagine something like this

#bread #Brot #sauerteig #sourdoughbread #sourdough #baking #german stuff

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It's scawy 👉👈

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Vegetable Soup

Weight 0.5 Value 5

Restore 1 point of Health per second for 720 seconds. Restore 1 point of Stamina per second for 720 seconds.

#skyrim #skyrim aesthetic #medieval aesthetic #medieval #the elder scrolls 5 #the elder scrolls #elder scrolls #cooking #fandom cooking #soup #goulash #vikings #viking #ren faire #tavern

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she's 25? she should be in her bed on her phone

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Juniper Berry Crostata from Skyrim’s Hearthfire DLC

#skyrim aesthetic #Skyrim #bethesda #aesthetic #medieval aesthetic #medieval #ren faire #baking #tarte #the elder scrolls 5 #the elder scrolls #elder scrolls #vikings #viking