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[amthsts-remade-deactivated20191]

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[greek-lovers]

Zoë Lianne

[alanqar-nader]

If my father dies, I will never forgive anyone, because I begged the whole world to help me save him. His condition worsened, and he was taken back to the hospital.

[alanqar-nader]

Unfortunately, my father was taken to the hospital after we discovered he was bleeding heavily. He urgently needs to stay and receive the medical care he deserves, but the amount needed is too much for us to afford. Please help us and donate.

[alanqar-nader]

I have no other recourse but to ask for help and donations to save my father. Please don't let me down, don't leave me alone, and give me whatever you can. His treatment and hospital stay in Gaza are extremely expensive, and I cannot afford it all. Please donate now.

[alanqar-nader]

Donations have stopped for a while now, and there's very little money left, not even enough to buy my father's medicine. Please donate now; save his life before it's too late.

[socalgal]

Nader's father needs pain relief. Donate what you can. This is campaign number 4 on the @gazavetters account. I personally assure you that your donations will go directly to Nader, his family, and his ailing father.

[alanqar-nader]

Nearly 100 posts and no one has donated, while we desperately need help. Please donate now and don't ignore us. Please, please donate now.

[unstablecryptid]

idk how many more "higher temperature is expected today"s i got left in me

[viejospellejos]

Típico de belgas malinois

[ceruinus]

Good video showcasing exactly why these dogs are not suited to 99 percent of households.

They've gotten very popular recently and I suspect theyre also being dumped in shelters at a high rate

[ultramarineblues]

I can confirm they are.

Which is one of the reasons I reblogged this, I vaguely hope it might make someone somewhere reconsider their choices

[petitworld]

Juniper Springs, Ocala National Forest, Florida, USA by Matt Taylor

[armandyke]

buddy read going about as normal as you'd expect

[aaaaaarchive]

[segamascott]

omg let's all forgive ourselves 😻

[capacity2]

I need to be punished

[sforzzz]

im gonna make it big someday just you watch

[sforzzz]

*goes back to jerkin it*

[sforzzz]

waaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitt

[yumykon]

"I woke up thinking I should take it slow"

[pankendev]

by all means. but also by all niceys

[alanqar-nader]

If my father dies, I will never forgive anyone, because I begged the whole world to help me save him. His condition worsened, and he was taken back to the hospital.

[alanqar-nader]

Unfortunately, my father was taken to the hospital after we discovered he was bleeding heavily. He urgently needs to stay and receive the medical care he deserves, but the amount needed is too much for us to afford. Please help us and donate.

[alanqar-nader]

I have no other recourse but to ask for help and donations to save my father. Please don't let me down, don't leave me alone, and give me whatever you can. His treatment and hospital stay in Gaza are extremely expensive, and I cannot afford it all. Please donate now.

[alanqar-nader]

Donations have stopped for a while now, and there's very little money left, not even enough to buy my father's medicine. Please donate now; save his life before it's too late.

[socalgal]

Nader's father needs pain relief. Donate what you can. This is campaign number 4 on the @gazavetters account. I personally assure you that your donations will go directly to Nader, his family, and his ailing father.

[alanqar-nader]

Nearly 100 posts and no one has donated, while we desperately need help. Please donate now and don't ignore us. Please, please donate now.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

minor nuisance about being an atheist is when you or a loved one is sick, you can't say "keep us in your prayers." maybe "keep us in your thoughts" is better but it has a major meh factor. the best i can come up with is "KEEP OUR MISERIES IN MIND"

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

Let my tribulations haunt your thoughts

[louisegluckpdf]

i think every publisher should have to institute a ban on books that fail what i’m calling the “little life” and “what else?” tests

[louisegluckpdf]

for reference.

[tothewhirlwind]

I don't like this as general advice because it's basically uninterpretable outside of its context. What on earth is actually wrong with writing about your dead sister or your life? We don't know. Morrison's and Glück's students had more than we get here. Glück's student knows her own piece, has an easier time figuring out what weaknesses Glück saw in it, and probably got to talk more about it; Morrison's students had a lot more background statements to read her comments against. So the specific audiences of these remarks could make something useful out of it. But anyone reading this in Post Form is just going to project whatever they think Glück or Morrison meant (in the best case scenario they've read the authors' works but many won't have). So people aren't even really going to take away any good writing guidance except what they already thought, mutated by these memeified remarks.

[tsarina-anadyomene]

Well I think there is a recognizable tendency of young writers, the kind you would find in a creative writing class to write sad stories about their lives and to present them in as "raw" a fashion as possible. And they're all really, really boring and they really suck to grade. And I think "no one cares" is just a useful tool for producing better writing from your students and the people trying to submit to your shitty literary journal. It's fine. The memefied form is fine.

[adam-is-adam]

Has this post successfully made a point? Dare we read the notes and find out? Here are the types of responses I've spotted:

You want to ban books. Like the nazis did.

Books about small, trivial aspects of your life can be beautiful! Why are you saying they can never be?

I have no idea what this writing advice means. You never outlined an actual test. You never clarified what to do or even, really, what not to do.

You people are all idiots. The advice is obviously that you should write things you haven't experienced.

You people are all idiots. The advice is obviously that you should only write what you have personally experienced.

You people are all idiots. The advice is obviously that you should add more detail in your writing.

You people are all idiots. The advice is obviously that you should add less detail in your writing.

You people are all idiots. The advice is obviously that there needs to be a plot.

You people are all idiots. The advice is obviously criticizing the specific person that really annoyed me in my writing class.

Well done everyone!

[honeybeeofficial]

like the point is eurydice signs the contract so that she can survive. she's hungry and cold. and hades promises food, shelter, safety, even comfort. but she still doesn't get what she's after because it kills her. we submit to the capitalism machine because we need food, we need somewhere to lay our head in order to be people, but it strips away our personhood anyway.

[snekysonjr]

The waiters