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liberalsarecool

Intellectual property laws used to mean something when it targeted the consumer.

Now the venture capitalist steals the IP to make derivative AI bullshit.

souls4polls

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hanleialuke

5 things your character can't do while speaking

Choke. Just think about it, seriously. Think about what choking is and imagine speaking while it’s happening. That would fuckin’ hurt, man.

Hiss. Look, it’s just not possible, okay? No matter how “evil” you want your character to seem.

Snarl. Animals snarls. The Beast from Beauty and the Beast snarls. The Hulk snarls. You know who doesn’t snarl? PEOPLE WHEN THEY’RE SPEAKING.

Shriek. Come on, 99% of the time, “shriek” is not the word you want.Let’s face it: if you put an exclamation point at the end of the sentence, your reader gets the picture. Don’t bring to mind banshees and screaming toddlers.

Sneer. I’m not even going to bother explaining this one. “SNEER” ISN’T EVEN A SOUND.

phrux

Choked is not meant to be taken literally, an obstruction in the throat. It means they’re having difficultly speaking, they’re forcing the words out with difficulty. Often used when the character is convulsed in tears or laughter.

Hiss is a low, threatening whisper. Raw, guttural, vicious. It is NOT a literal hiss like an animal, it is a tone of voice that serves the same function. Someone will hiss that they’re going to cut your throat- a message from one person to the other.

Snarl is the same kind of thing. Not literal, it’s a tone of voice that serves the same function. It’s raw and gutteral like a hiss, but more savage than vicious. It’s loud, it’s showy, it’s intimidating. It’s very alpha male, big man, look at how fucking dangerous I am. I’ll take ALL of you on. Even if they’re snarling at one person in particular, nobody better back them up or they’re gonna get fucked up too.

Shriek. Come on, seriously? We’ve all heard people shriek either in fear or outrage. High pitched, loud, out of control, feminine. Men can shriek, but it’s funny and emasculating. Think angry italian women throwing pots and pans or ladies on tables who just saw a mouse.

Sneering is contempt whether it’s a facial expression or a tone of voice or both. There are a hundred different ways to sneer with your voice, but it all adds up to the same thing.

carnivoredeer

How descriptive words work 101

susspirria

Op radiating cinema sins energy with that list lol

neopet-euthanization

OP tagging this as “reasons they stop reading a book in ch 1” yet not grasping like the most basic form of figurative language is… something

flipocrite

motherfucker-somewhat-limited

tiktoks with vine energy pt. 22

tahthetrickster

just so we’re clear if you’ve never actually seen a cybertruck in person and have only seen photos of them i cannot stress enough how much worse they look in real life. like i honestly don’t know how it’s possible. most things look basically the same in pictures and in real life. but as stupid and ugly as cybertrucks look in photos, every person i’ve spoken to who has seen one in real life agrees that they somehow look even worse in person. and i know you’re thinking to yourself “tah they already look so bad in photos, how can they possibly look even worse in person?” I DONT KNOW. the first time i saw one on the road i was on a phone call and i literally cut myself off in the middle of a sentence just to be like “oh my GOD.” just an incredibly, laughably, unbelievably bad vehicle. i’ve never experienced anything like it. they’re just so bad

slopgirlier

a lot of them have noticeable brown tints now because they can't be washed

pitbolshevik

the first time i saw one in person it drove by while i was walking my dog and a nearby group of 13 year olds loudly pointed and laughed at it

elegantheartdaze

I was walking to my son's school for pick up and thought I saw a cybertruck out of the corner of my eye. Now, what you need to know is that they are ILLEGAL, completely and utterly, in Europe. Teslas are also all over the place, cut cybertrucks are fully and completely verboten because the do not meet European Union road safety requirements. So seeing one had me literally STOPPED in my tracks and thinking I was hallucinating. We already do double-takes when we see things like big gaudy American trucks and such because they aren't sold here, but they *can* be are allowed here, and I usually I assume they're owned by USAmericans whose jobs will paid for auto relocation. But a cybertruck? HOW the fuck? And then, I realized it was a dumpster. Not hyperbole, not exaggeration. It was so funny I took a picture.

#the STUPIDEST FUCKING VEHICLE EVER BUILT OH MY GOD #LITERALLY look like dumpsters #And drive like them too

racistspiderman

More women

sevey6

Thank god they decided to make more

somesaypoetry

Wow

Dolly Parton has really been hard at work

cumbacon

But In doing so…she created her biggest enemy…Jolene

ichikun

worldheritagepostorganization

World Heritage Post

This campaign defies censorship in social media to raise awareness for early detection of breast cancer

iamanemotionaltimebomb

this is actually super fucking smartass of them

snake-lady

Reblogging as this is so important everyone! My mum had breast cancer and that shit is not nice so please check yourself ladies and gents! 💕💕💕

tkthegoddess

Always a reblog. 💋

lyra-invisa

I will forever reblog this when I see it because its so important

il9vemyputer

everyone on replies is terrified of this fact but i just think it's so sweet and heartwarming. she's holding our hand and leading us somewhere secret and we're both giggling like kids. i love her

solowinged

let’s travel through the vast unknown with mama

omnybus

Space chickens

maggotsandcream

Something I do find lovely about the first 4 Murderbot Diaries books (can’t yet speak on all of them) is:

Murderbot chronically finding new scientists/travellers to claim as “clients” (whether paid or not) like one of those sheepless herding dogs that goes around finding sheep (or anything else they can herd like a flock of sheep). Like it clearly has a protect humans instinct and a desperate need for enrichment.

Given its general lack of self awareness and unreliable narrator status, there’s no way in hell Murderbot is aware it’s doing this.

silas-lehnsherr

Murderbot: I just want to be left alone to watch my shows. I care nothing for these humans. I hate having clients.

Also Murderbot: *noticing unaccompanied humans that have nothing to do with it at all* Oh look, clients.

#the murderbot diaries #tmbd #murderbot

derinthescarletpescatarian

Murderbot in Network Effect is so funny. It’s like “my friend is dead this is the WORST and LIFE IS PAIN” and then rescues ART and immediately pivots to “I can’t BELIEVE you kidnapped me and dragged me out here just to save your useless fucking life, I hate you.”

derinthescarletpescatarian

MB when it thinks ART is dead: Life is PAIN I am SO SAD I’m gonna save my client of course but also SULK the whole time

ART when it thinks MB is dead/certain to die: Oh. Well I suppose I have to kill absolutely everyone on the planet that took it now.

kactusnz

murderbot is the asshole and asshole research transport is the murderbot

deadpowol

tilthat

TIL “Yankee Doodle” was written by the British to mock americans. “Doodle” is thought to come from the German “dödel”, meaning “fool” or “simpleton” and “macaroni,” a flamboyantly stylish type of dress, painting the Yankees as morons who thought placing a feather in one’s cap made them a “dandy.”

via reddit.com

toastpotent-deactivated20250619

so you’re telling me that “stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni” would be like saying “wrote a G on his belt and called it gucci”

beggars-opera

that’s…a pretty good analogy actually

ti-bae-rius

US moron came to town

Hunting for some coochie

Wrote a G up on his belt

And this bitch called it Gucci

ti-bae-rius

Seeing my notifications get flooded with this every July 4th is the only thing I respect about America

bob-artist

Yes this is a serious, sobering story and I am an extremely big fan of leaving viral famous animals the f alone so that they don't end up getting killed or euthanized.

But also, this is the best article I've ever read.