A Writer In the Dark

They/them pronouns please and thanks! I write super slow, so please be patient with me. AO3 is awriterinthedark

[willgrahamscock]

“I would die for my kids” your children want an apology

[willgrahamscock]

your made up scenario isn’t real (shocker) and makes no difference when your kids are starving for your acknowledgment of the pain you caused them. you’re only performing the role of a good parent, without having to actually do any heavy lifting

[willgrahamscock]

[emfyre]

[photo id: a screenshot of tags

#you'll die for me. awesome. will you break a habit for me? will you learn something new for me? will you fix your mistakes for me? #dying for me is surprisingly easy - it's often passive and instantaneous and you only need to do it once #will you do the hard thing of constantly and consistently putting in the work again and again and again?

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[musiicpix3l]

Yes yes i know love is love. But they are still killing CHILDREN. over this.

[theunfortunate-author]

my daily affirmation as an author

[rederiswrites]

Just watched Adam Conover (of Adam Ruins Everything) make such a solid point that I think we should spread far and wide. Yes, having AI write your emails is lazy, sure, but people love being lazy. We need to really emphasize that sending AI emails (or using AI responses on social media, or publishing AI flyers, or or or) is rude.

It's rude. You're making someone take their time to read something you couldn't bother to write. You're telling them they were so unimportant you couldn't be bothered to actually take the time to say something yourself. And frankly, you're lying about it while you're at it.

It's rude.

[anistarrose]

if you are a parent, or may become one, or you are otherwise likely to arrive in the situation of caring for a child while they eat, promise me this: if a child doesn't like a certain food or food group, you will ask them WHY. and specifically, you will pay attention to either confirming or ruling out "it makes my mouth itch" or "it makes my stomach hurt," both of which are medically important info that children may not provide unprompted. which i know because this PSA has been brought to you by "i spent my entire childhood and much of my early teens eating peas and lentils while wondering why everyone else liked the Violently Itchy Mouth Sensation so much, like were they a bunch of legume masochists or something, before i finally realized that Violently Itchy Mouth Sensation was in fact a sinister demon appearing only to me, and her true demonic name was: Legume Allergy"

[brainrockets]

Do not let your child suffer from spicy bananas!

[should-be-sleeping]

You are 60% water and every lake, river, pond, swamp, creek, and ocean you encounter wants to reclaim it desperately. Be careful out there.

[should-be-sleeping]

[should-be-sleeping]

Good, I hope it haunts everyone about to enter a body of water so bad that they wear a life jacket. 🙌

[should-be-sleeping]

Every single person I knew (past tense) who has drowned was "a strong swimmer." Water in the wild does not care how good you are at swimming.

[should-be-sleeping]

I mean this with all due respect:

You are not going to pass a skillcheck against a rip current once it has you.

Waves will not bow to your physical prowess no matter how impressive.

Shock does not care that you used to be on your school swim team.

If you hit your head, being good at swimming isn't going to turn you face-up while you're unconscious.

You may be unable to return to shore. Rescue may be unable to find you quickly.

[joanthreatt]

Scheduling this for when weather starts warming up. Be careful swimming this summer

[bill-blake-fans-anonymous]

I think strange horrible things should stop befalling my friends

[catastrophespouse]

I think strange wonderful things should start befalling my friends

[cipheramnesia]

This is a notification to say

We have leaked

the personal data

that we collected

without your knowledge or consent

and which was

probably illegal

not saved

securely

Update your passwords

it will happen again

we regret

any inconvenience

[planeposting]

I dreamed there was a PSA where a guy is impatiently waiting for the plane to take off and it like "Ugh I wish they'd just hurry up and take off already" and then the plane immediately starts taking off without warning, climbs steeply, pitches down unrecoverably, and crashes into a populated area. Then we see a very badly injured and burned version of that guy being interviewed on a talk show as like "survivor of flight ___" and he turns to the camera and goes "Y'know, it's usually best to just trust the professionals to do their job. Sometimes it's better to be a little bit late."

I don't know what this was a PSA for, other than "shut the fuck up," but I was quite the fan

[nerdygaymormon]

[dunkthebiscuit]

This is why Pride is not just a party. It's a joyful celebration, but it's also a pointed and colourful two-finger salute to a world that stood back whilst so many of us died. And we'll never go quietly, never again.

[moonpaw]

"one piece only starts getting good around-" shut up!!! monkey d. luffy is right there in episode one!!

[djbodyhorror]

obtuse is such a good word. Bro that was so thoughtless it's triangle

[some-teeth-in-a-trench-coat]

everyone stop stigmatizing wanting attention and to be admired and loved right now and that includes all you self loathers you are not exempt from deserving your social needs met

[some-teeth-in-a-trench-coat]

"they're just doing it for attention" oh yeah? you think? I say "hello" for attention I don't see anyone calling me a self centered ass for greeting them

[teaboot]

I just want everyone to eat well and get old

[teaboot]

every single one of us should have the chance to get old and bald and wrinkly and fat. I mean that sincerely

[zylahbee]

sexism in medicine kills people. racism in medicine kills people. fatphobia in medicine kills people. queerphobia in medicine kills people. classism in medicine kills people. ableism in medicine kills people.

do not downplay people’s fears about being mistreated because they are a part of a marginalised group. it is a matter of life and death and you should be angry about it.

[homunculus-argument]

Tsundere this, yandere that. I'm a wandere. You took your eyes off me for two seconds and I've already fucked off. Saw something cool glint on the other side of the continent and I'm on my way to check it out.

[songthecloudsings]

[boringkate]

Watermelon pulp being 92% water sounds like a lot, but is actually kinda embarassing. Gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers.

Cucumbers are like 96% water AND you'd never guess it because they're like really crunchy! They're like super crunchy! It's like ridiculous that something can be that crunchy while containing that much water! You'd expect something that's 96% water to be mushy and gushy.

I mean without being ice. Obviously ice can be basically entirely water and is stupidly crunchy, but that's cheating. Ice cheats at crunching by using performance enhancing temperatures.