No idiocy past this point, please

ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ Ao3 is crossdressingdeath!

[storm-of-feathers]

EVERYONE STOP TELLING ME HOW OLD YOU WERE IN 2008 I DONT WANNA HEAR THAT SHIT

[mysterypuppys]

when you’re already in a bad mood and then you see a man with a stupid fucking mustache

[claireverlasting]

this sucks so bad i need to [remembers suicide jokes only worsen my mental health] go join my friends on the barricade

[crossdressingdeath]

So many emotions in this thing for a WIP that has *checks ellipsus* 516 words.

[matumnaples]

Before June I have to share one of my favorite tiktoks

[boringkate]

Murder is scary bc a lot of video games are about doing murders, so if someone does murders irl then it could lead to them becoming a gamer. You're literally becoming desensitized to gaming when you do murders.

[crossdressingdeath]

I was thinking about Morgan living in people's heads in general and especially when she's stressed and. now I'm considering the relative merits of her occasionally panicking and getting stuck in her own head, leading to more panic because she just gets static and it of course reminds her of the Farm. Hm... tasty suffering for my girl...

[juliedillon]

A watercolor painting of a swimmer encoutering some sapphic mermaids, edited slightly for tumblr. (The titty-out version is over on my bluesky at juliedillon.bsky.social )

[crossdressingdeath]

Me: Morgan and Danny being cute and laughing about almost falling out of bed during sex... I could write this... it would be fun... Me: Me, opening a new doc: Angst.

[evenmorecrows]

fuck it. go my gifs

[muirmarie]

something i find really interesting about (some) people who don't write is the way they'll elevate plot over execution? it's the way you'll sometimes see people who think they have a best-selling book idea, and they want someone to write it for them while thinking they should get the lion's share of the imaginary profits, because it's their idea. and don't get me wrong, ideas are important! plots are important!

but there are so many stories i've read over the years that could be summarized into a few sentences of bland-sounding plot, and it's the execution that matters. it's the writing. it's the writing!

a talented writer can turn a bland plot into a story you want to devour. and someone who only cares about ideas can take the most interesting idea ever conceived and make it unreadable/unwatchable.

like it does feel like there are a Lot of people in this world who don't view writing as a skill that deserves respect, and who think that really it's all about coming up with shiny ideas. and it does feel like that's uhhh infected a LOT of different things in the modern world. tbh.

[spiteswallow]

I humbly suggest that true crime freaks should get into learning about scammers instead of serial killers. I LOVE reading about fraud and grifts and pyramid schemes. true crime ppl have all this paranoid energy about murder, which is rare in the grand scheme of things.....maybe instead that could be channeled into some productive rage toward capitalism.

[spiteswallow]

And u know a side effect of learning about scam artists is that you start to understand certain things about economics, and just how STUPID these systems are and how easily they are taken advantage of....and I'd much rather people gained a passing familiarity with economics than whatever armchair psychologist shit these true crimers get on. We need fewer people who think they're experts on "sociopaths" and more people who understand how people like Elizabeth Holmes and the WeWork guy were able to do what they did

[lindstromm]

Here are some of my favorite books about financial scams:

The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust by Diana B. Henriques.

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis (about the 2008 stock market collapse).

The Caesar's Palace Coup: How a Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Corruption of the Private Equity Industry by Max Frumes and Sujeet Indap. (I admit I've never finished this one; the writing is hard to read.)

The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute, by Zac Bissonette. I bought this book because of the subtitle and I have never regretted it. You must read it.

Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale. They turned this one into a movie! The book was very different and is worth reading.

The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion, by Elliot Brown and Maureen Farrell. I haven't read this one yet, but it's on my tbr pile!

Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy Inside the Catholic Church, by Gareth Gore. I'm reading this one right now. The author is a financial journalist who stumbled onto this story by unraveling a bank failure in Spain.

And here's a list of more non-fiction books about fraud and financial scams. The first book on this list is about Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes, which I also haven't read yet.

Enjoy!

[mossdftba]

Atomic Shrimp on youtube is a fun watch to learn about different kinds of scams!

[toytulini]

Scam Goddess

Scam Goddess is an award-winning comedy podcast dedicated to fraud and all those who practice it. Every episode, the Scam Goddess herself La

theres even podcasts!

https://pca.st/podcast/05a4a460-b5dc-0137-faef-0acc26574db2

[hussyknee]

The most basic, intractable fact about mental illnesses is that you simply cannot willpower your way out of them. The only exceptions to this rule are the ones I have, which continue to disable me due to lack of determination and other grave personal flaws

[oxypill]

going missing soon if uall need anything

[iamafatvagina101]

OK I WILL BECOME PERFECT STARTING NOW

[crossdressingdeath]

Y'know, sex scenes are really difficult to write and I'd need more practice before giving it a real shot, but also I am haunted by the thought of Morgan and Danny's first time including Morgan going to flip them over so she can be on top and accidentally rolling them right off the side of the bed, forcing Danny to catch them both in midair. It would just be fun.

[calellon]

subtle hinting is OVER i want open and direct ravenous thirsting