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I'm Red, in my 30's, genderflux and genderfluid (Nádúrán and woman). Aroace, polyamorous, kinky lil' spitfire. Intolerant of intolerants shnits. Love is Love is Love.

[natequarter]

not only are most people completely unaware of the devastation of indigenous languages in the americas, most people are completely unaware of the devastation of indigenous languages in europe. never mind occitan, they don't know about basque! it's wild! bleak! existentially horrifying!!!

[natequarter]

the last few centuries of french history involved, amongst other things, a concerted effort to establish "french" as a legitimate country and cultural identity, and crucially as a language, which sounds like an absurd statement if you know nothing about the languages of france. french is a language, yes; it exists and existed in the late eighteenth century. but it was limited primarily to the north of france and was certainly not spoken or even understood across the country. other languages within france were banned and french was enforced following the french revolution and even to this day other languages indigenous to france have very little legal protection and are not recognised as official languages.

that's just one country in europe. one. and many people straight up have no idea about any of this!

[natequarter]

did you know france has celtic languages? breton is the only celtic language spoken outside of the british isles. did you know france has germanic languages? alsatian, for example, is spoken in the east of france, unsurprisingly in alsace. it's not even the only french germanic language. did you know france has a number of languages and dialects known as langues d'oïl closely related to french? norman and picard, for example, are spoken in the north of france. did you know that france has gallo-romance languages? franco-provençal (which has a number of dialects) is spoken in the east of france, as well as parts of switzerland and italy. did you know that france has a language most closely related to catalan, the langues d'oc? occitan is spoken in the south of france and has a rich literary history. did you know france is home to basque, or rather euskara, a language isolate which predates indo-european languages? romani dialects! corsican! so much more than just french! there are even extinct jewish dialects of occitan! extinct langues d'oïl like angevin! so much linguistic diversity and all anyone talks about is french.

[hppjmxrgosg]

"going out to get milk" is a common turn of phrase used to describe a man abandoning his family.

the "milkman" is a common figure in stories depicting a woman's infidelity and adulterous affair.

this implies that the ability to provide milk would both decrease the likelihood of a man abandoning his wife and children, as it would eliminate the need for leaving to get milk AND would secure that man's marriage, as his wife would have no need to seek milk from an extraneous source.

therefore, all men should produce milk, through various means such as:

- being a cow

- being an almond

- being a woman

- being a coconut

- being in the omegaverse

- being an oat

(list is exemplary and not finite)

in this essay, i will redefine the nuclear family and explain the seductive and inflammatory nature of the 1993 "Got Milk?" commercials.

[hppjmxrgosg]

you shut your mouth.

[cykelops]

chatgpt is a threat to the symbiotic relationship between fanfic writers and their betas. we are losing our traditions. eradicate the soulless machine and ask your friend who has a full time job and 3 kids to annotate your omegaverse fanfiction like any other responsible adult.

[umber-cinders]

It's so interesting. One AI writing tell that I notice immediately? That weird comparison prose that AI likes to use that says something like:

"It was hot. The kind of hot that falls and doesn't melt."

Or

"It wasn't just cold, it was kind of cold that doesn't ask for much, but gives it anyway."

Or

"The light was bright. The kind of light that shines but doesn't hide. It just glows like a sun."

Like 😭 the prose don't even be making no damn sense most times when you look at it and read it back. And that's because ai likes comparisons like that to sound more dramatic, BUT IT CAN'T FUCKING WRITE. And I noticed it in quite a few popular fanfics I see on my dash.

"The kind of BLANK that BLANKS." and "It doesn't XYZ, it ABCs."

Idk 😶 I'm just. If you're a baby writer, please don't think that's how prose works. You're copying people who probably use ai to supplement their stories.

Prose is supposed to make sense, even when it's poetic.

[umber-cinders]

Because I was asked, I will give examples of what I mean. AI using constant (usually redundant or nonsensical) comparisons is a common tell:

And I know what you're thinking. You let the AI answer about AI? And yeah, I did. Cause it sourced where it got it from and I clicked the links to see if they were credible lol.

One of the first things I saw:

I actually agree with most of this stance, especially the last parts, so I'll link it here. But this is a literal example of someone who uses AI and sees the patterns too. It's not the phrase "the kind of" in of itself, it's the way it's being used and how often.

There's even a Reddit Post where people who use AI compile all the obvious tells to try and avoid them lol That one I will not be linking. I'm not trying to give people ideas on how to trick others.

And the people who openly write with AI will always confirm the pattern

I'm not a pro, but I have friends who are doctors, in residency that have to see AI everyday because people use it to write up reports.

The ones I notice the most in storytelling are stuff like what's listed above.

Making a bunch of short sentences that sound like they're supposed to be for emphasis. But AI does it ALL THE TIME. It's spammed constantly throughout the story where they had AI write it with a prompt. And it's usually where there should just be a comma or other punctuation:

Like this. No commas. No thought. Only mindless vibes. They say something. Then it there's a period. Always.

The spamming of rhetorical questions that get answered immediately✨

That girl? She ran. She ran far away. But that boy? He stayed put. Always looking around. And the man with the gun? Tall. Smiling. With intent.

^^"With intent" and "with intention" is a trickier one, but it's also a common tell.

AI doesn't know the difference between intention and purpose (some people don't either so grain of salt added). But in general AI will use it, trying to be descriptive, and it ends up not making sense:

"She walked into the room with intent."

The intent to do what exactly?? 🤷🏾‍♀️

"He moved slowly, methodically, with intention."

Again, with the intention to do what?? If you have to ask, it's not used correctly lol. I'll give the example I gave to a friend. Imagine you ask someone: "Did you see where that man went went?" And they responds with: "I don't know, but he moved with intent."

Does that make sense to you? The word intent/intention/intentional, when used the normal human, way goes more like this:

See how the word intent is in subtext to the word murderous here?

And here, the intention is stated as meaning to ask a question:

Here, the word intentional is used in reference to an action that was just performed:

Pretty sure this one is self-explanatory now lol

I would get into how AI stories have plots that go no where because it had no sense of the idea of "Show, Don't Tell", but I think this enough.

Again, this not about seeing these words or tactics together and saying "IT'S AI". It's about seeing them in a common pattern throughout stories and recognizing it as something that doesn't quite match the flow of how humans actually speak and tell stories.

[umber-cinders]

Got a few asks wondering what post I was talking about the other day. It’s this one lol And adding on to what I put in the black fanfic community tab. These are actual examples of ChatGPT writing flow:

Those constant, stacked, short, tiny sentences ✌🏾for emphasis✌🏾Usually in threes lol:

“It’s not just not just X, it’s Y!” Formula only a different variation. In this case “It’s XYZ, but never ABC.” Also not sure why CGPT is so obsessed with saying something hasn’t been “earned” or is/isn’t “loud” and “announcing itself” lol Then, the constant rhetorical question with the immediate answers to describe things without showing it:

Here’s the “loud” thing again, and the excessive nonsensical purple prose. Still not sure what surveillance socks are or why they blinked in morse code, but I digress. Sentences that “announce” or tell you things constantly and should honestly have a comma between them lmao I don’t think CGPT know what resonance means either. Like…it’s a descriptive noun. It’s just like the whole “with intent” thing. And once again with the need to nonsensically describe things as some kind of sound or announcement because it thinks that’s a good description of “quiet power”.

The descriptive and comparison metaphors are always the most egregious. And most times, once you see a buzz phrase, you can search the text and find it several times over and over used throughout the work in strange ways.

I've even seen that one tell with people using bullet-point lists randomly in stories or comments to list objects that characters are interacting with or random traits 💀

And if you need more tells, I got you:

"They (do)don't XYZ." "Didn't need to." or alternatively "Always does/was/have."

And:

"A BLANK doesn't 123, it XYZs." Or any variation of those phrases. Usually but not always as short little sentences.

Or more popularly the list comparison formula:

"Not XYZ." "Not ABC." "Not 123." "Just/Only/But BLANK." Followed up by some one word sentences as adjectives or verbs like "Steady, sure, quiet, stillness, intent" that may or may not make sense.

And alllll of these were taken from separate examples by multiple different people and…I honestly cry a little every time because I can't NOT see these things.

And no, I do not care that people will read this, recognize exactly what I’m talking about, and scroll by and pretend they don’t see it. You probably gonna see it again down the line LMAO Feel free to “announce yourself” so I can block you.

Pumping this hot doodoo garbage into people’s fandoms and fun hobbies because you want to back-pats for a skill that you don’t have, or didn’t earn, is bird-brain behavior✨

2026 is the year of finding out when you fuck around and violate creative spaces for me.

[umber-cinders]

If you noticed these consistent patterns, NO YOU ARE NOT CRAZY lol

[hatosyhoesinc]

Its actually really disheartening to see so many AI fanfics and how many people support them. As someone who has been writing fic for over a decade, its so easy to tell and it makes me even more determined to write even if it isnt the best I can do. These newer fandoms are full of great idea but they aren't honing their writing skills.

[thevulturesquadron]

text: [ “Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5000 years.” ]

[rudjedet]

And they're absolutely specifically pushing it, make no mistake. It's not just a matter of "it's there, it's convenient, so people are going to take the path of the least resistance", it is a legitimate and concerted effort on the part of these companies to get people to outsource all these things to their models.

They're preying on insecurities to do it. Yes, you can write an essay - but can you write a good essay, they ask you. Do you not want to improve your output? Do you not want people to think of you as competent and very clever? Why go through the mortifying process of failing and failing and failing until you succeed if you can just skip the "learning" part of doing, and simply generate a ready-made product?

I'm preaching to the choir here obviously but it's a concerning thing to witness nonetheless. My kid is 6 next week and I've been teaching her that failing at things is morally neutral and in fact necessary even before the advent of AI, but it's becoming ever more important that we teach the kids that criticism and failure and discomfort aren't necessarily bad things, but just a part of the growth process.

AI companies are heavily invested in making themselves relevant. They want people to believe they can't do the things they have done unaided before and to make them become reliant on the AI models, so the AI models' existence is artificially justified.

[theartofmadeline]

happy pride to the gay people in my computer <3

lets have phone sex over walkie talkies

[rninor-blog]

“bend over” “bend what? over”

[striderofthen0rth]

I hate this place

[badatbeingimmortal]

I love this place 🤣

[fishtank-thinktank]

Who made the art for the Sudbury Kid sports report? It’s so fucking good 

[vash-the-trans-catboy]

Cute little rainbow heart for pride month tumblr but how about you stop disproportionally banning trans women and marking sfw queer posts as mature

[calciumcryptid]

I feel like a lot of people get "All Art is Political" confused with "All Art is made with Political Intentions" which is not the same.

[the-eldritch-it-gay]

“but shrouded black figures are scary!” not when ur muslim. its the funniest fucking thing. this is labeled on pinterest under shit like “classic horror” “scary phone wallpaper”

but that LITERALLY just looks like a niqabi or someone in a jilbab. Like Look at this pic of me (from a self photoshoot, now w/o the dramatic lighting and dark background)

or this pic of me

or this pic of me

like its so funny i can’t be scared of shrouded figures it just looks like me.

[the-eldritch-it-gay]

if i saw this i would just be like “Assalam alaikum sister, dope sword you got there”

[ultmateragnarok]

I mean I think a part of the ‘scary background’ bit is the thing where the individual in question is staring directly at the viewer from a foggy pond in a dense forest. And also the literal burning halo

[the-eldritch-it-gay]

sounds like a normal Friday night. if a sister wants to go on a walk in the evening who am i to stop her. if she has a burning halo that’s the will of god.

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

everyone!!! i may be generally full of sadness! but!!!

look at my mfucking LOAF OF BREAD

I am writing the version of the resippy i used today since I make tiny adjustments each time, so hold your horses it's comin!

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

Equipment and Time Considerations

You will need a pullman's loaf pan, which is a bread pan with a lid. the reason just tinfoiling a regular cake loaf pan doesn't work is because a pullman's is also considerably deeper and longer that a regular loaf pan, it can fit about a store-sized loaf of bread. which. which it's where the sizing actually comes from, historically.

This is a sourdough recipe so you have to remember to keep your starter well fed AND that the proofing takes considerably longer than anything with instant yeast.

I've modified a bunch of timings throughout the recipe. While your average sourdough boule takes an overnight final proof (making it a 2-day loaf) and your average pullman's loaf recipe takes about an afternoon, this will take about a day's (little under 12 hours give or take) worth of time.

Also note that it is currently around 19C/66F so I've been using my lightly heated oven to keep the dough at decent proofing temps (idk like 70 to 85ish degrees fahrenheit? whatever the equivalent of a sunny window day is). You'll need to figure out your equivalent

Ingredients

Levain -50ish g active, full hydration starter -35g whole wheat flour -35g AP or bread flour -70g/mL water, lukewarm

Remaining Ingredients (Not doing an autolyse for this one) -500g/mL water, lukewarm -35g sugar -550g AP or bread flour -200g whole wheat flour -15-20g salt -65g butter or margarine, plus some reserved

Method

Prepare the levain by mixing all ingredients together in a glass jar (i reuse an old jam jar), covering top with cling wrap, and leaving somewhere warm-ish for about 4 hours. You'll know it's ready when it's doubled in size and has just begun to fall

If you're using a stand mixer, pour your active levain into it. (any other large bowl will do if you're doing hand mixing). Add the sugar and the water to the levain, mixing together.

Let sit for 15-20 min. (I do this to encourage a bit of rapid growth in the yeast, it ups the culture's concentration and takes a bit of the acrid sour out of the flavour profile)

mix in remainder of the ingredients, flours, salt, butter/margarine. If you're using a stand mixer, have it go for about 5 min on the lowest setting. I run mine longer, but I'm using my roommate's old model so the lowest setting is slower. If kneading by hand I would say about 10 minutes or so, and since this is a wet dough, the slap and fold method is probably the way to go.

transfer back to the bowl and cover with plastic wrap, place in a proofer/warm area.

Now it's time for initial proofing and series of stretch and folds. Wait a half hour, then do a stretch and fold. Repeat this cycle three times so you're stretching and folding a total of 3 times. (30min>S&F>30min>S&F>30min>S&F>30min)

Take your pullman's loaf pan and butter/margarine the bottom and sides

heavily flour a surface of choice. Scrape the dough out and let the dough rest on the counter for about 20 minutes

using a floured bench scraper,burrito fold the dough into a loaf shape (roll in sides first, then roll the long way) and transfer to the buttered loaf pan.

Let that rest in the pan for 10 minutes, then preheat the oven on bake at about 375F. The loaf should be out in the open with no lid for at least 20 minutes, otherwise it'll be too wet for the bread lame to score. (You also have the option of fridging the entire pan with a rice flour coated dish towel to get the same drying effect, but idk what the timeline'd look like for that)

lightly sprinkle some more flour onto the top of the loaf and score bread to your liking.

bake with the lid on for 40 minutes, then slide the lid off, raise temp to 425F and swap to broil setting (we want the heat coming from up top now) for about 15 minutes

cool bread off on rack and enjoy!!!!!!!

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

AH FUCK I RECORDED A DETAIL WRONG

it's 550g in AP flour not 450, I just edited it. the total flour to water volume is supposed to be 750:500 since it's a 3:2 ratio

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

baked this at a friends' board game night, have received at least one proposal of sorts upon the first cut/first bites of said bread

these are the sort of credentials I wish I could put on my culinary resume

[badatbeingimmortal]

"baked this at a friends' board game night" love this 🤣

[loo-nuh-tik]

The biggest red flag: men who think periods are disgusting.

[masturbatress]

Extremely red!

[loo-nuh-tik]

P.s. every time I'm dating the man we NEED to watch 'Anatomy of Hell' by Catherine Breillat and I'm fucking filming his reaction to that extreme period sex scene 👌

[badatbeingimmortal]

THIS!!

I'm hijacking this post.

Plus, the fact that menstrual blood heals wounds twice as fast according to recent studies? And we've been taught that it's 'dirty'? Women have been — and still are in some tribes around the world — forced to exclude themselves because they were seen as dirty while in their week. The food they cook/cooked is/was then dirty too, etc.

And the fact that period blood is the fucking lining of the uterus leaving our body? Do you know what it's supposed to be used for? Do you know why it's discarded by the body? And you "ew" it? Really? Reaaally?

Womb to wounds: menstrual fluid could repair damaged skin

Scientists are demonstrating how the womb’s unique ability to rapidly rebuild itself could be harnessed to heal difficult chronic wounds.

[ooppo]

The beginning of the end for every digital artist

[beguilingcorpse]

[vergess]

A fun bonus fact for you: those No Longer Buyable DVDs?

They're the ONLY surviving NONDAMAGED form of the show. In the late 90s, the masters from which the show is printed were damaged with a red-pink hazy filter.

So. Good luck buying them even if you find them. They're some of the most valuable collector's items in the entire franchise.

Without piracy, there would be NO UNDAMAGED COPIES OF SAILOR MOON AVAILABLE TO ANYONE ANYWHERE, PERIOD.

Piracy Is Preservation.

[justarandomgirly]

How do fanfic writers feel knowing that people might have been masturbating to their work?

[starfieldcanvas]

do you think we write hardcore erotica by accident