screams

This is my main tumblr. Lighthearted, generally SFW, and centered around cosplay and geek culture. More importantly, PLEASE look at my CUTE PETS. thx I'm a Georgia-based (infrequent) cosplayer. Con Schedule: ???

[plumbewb]

hear me out…

[punkrock-bottom]

“Hear me out” and it’s the most conventionally attractive alien father figure you’ve ever seen

[lazydelusions]

[peachdoxie]

[molabuddy]

one of my favourite genres of character is , specifically a doctor or scientist who is So deeply evil coded but they're a member of the good guy team & actively helping. & theyre not even a reformed villain theyre just like that. going hehehehehee in their dark scary lab while developing an device that will actually help a lot of people

[cassettefuturism]

[anti-des]

[ampervadasz]

Unmute !

[spoonwizardd]

gender is a performance and im getting heckled by those old gay muppets

[milkflys]

[moonlights-shadow-warrior]

[charlesoberonn]

Courtesy of r/CuratedTumblr

[eagle-writes]

Text: Gender is a performance and I'm getting heckled by those old gay muppets

Ink: Diamine Noble Fir

[wildemoth]

Gender is a performance and it’s time to play the music it’s time to light the lights it’s time to meet the muppets on the muppets show tonight

[teratomarty]

[athelind]

Guy & Brad Gilchrist, 1984

[programmedbeasts]

I'm fucking dying at this page someone shared on Bluesky.

Behold, the Embroidery Trouble Shooting Guide that forgot to close its <h3> tags.

[lesbiantomservo]

[prokopetz]

Not to be a technical writer on main, but I've been bumping into the idea lately that the only reason explaining yourself in more detail never seems to work is because neurotypical people are misunderstanding you on purpose, or because they have short attention spans, or because they just hate listening to you talk – and sure, occasionally that's even true, but most of the time the problem you're running into is more fundamental.

Every time you add more detail, you're running the risk of tripping over a bad assumption on your part about the listener's prior knowledge, or hitting the tipping point where they become overwhelmed with new information (and remember that you don't know which parts of what you're saying will be new information for them), or making a leap of logic that isn't as self-evident as you think it is, or any of a dozen other potential snags which, by definition, you will not see coming until it's too late to correct course.

Basically, every piece of information you add multiplies the odds of you getting blindsided by some vector of misunderstanding you didn't anticipate, even as it addresses the ones you did anticipate. The point of diminishing returns where continuing to elaborate increases the odds of unexpected miscommunication more than it decreases the odds of expected miscommunication is much nearer than you'd like.

The most effective act of communication is not the one which contains the most possible information, but the one which contains the smallest amount of information it possibly can while still getting its point across. It sucks, but it's the reality of the situation. People far more autistic than you have been trying for hundreds of years to invent a way of communicating which doesn't work this way, without success.

All of which is to say that "getting to the damn point" is legitimately a communication skill, not just an accommodation for people who aren't paying attention. If it's any consolation, it's something neurotypical people struggle with just as much as anyone else – if it was easy, technical writers wouldn't have jobs!

[prokopetz]

@pomrania replied:

...so you're saying that the 200-word RPG thing counts as "developing important life skills"? (For people who aren't intending to make a living writing RPGs, that is.)

I mean, yes. To the extent that exercises like the 200-word RPG challenge have any productive purpose at all, it's to encourage folks to shift focus and work on their skills as an editor and technical writer – and those skills are transferable!

[prokopetz]

A couple of folks in the notes have asked "what about two-way conversations rather than explanations?" and let me tell you: there's a whole family of overexplaining-related pitfalls that basically boil down to failing to recognise that conversation is a two-way dialogue.

To pose an example, one common type of overexplaining is trying to anticipate what your listener might need clarification about, and to pre-emptively provide that clarification.

How can this go wrong?

Well, for starters, you might guess wrong about where clarification is needed, and now you're talking down to them for no reason. (This can, and often does, tie into bad assumptions on your part about the listener's prior knowledge; see above.)

Worse, you might correctly identify where clarification is needed, but guess wrong about the specific type of clarification your listener needs, which can go wrong in one of two ways. Either they allow that opportunity for dialogue to be closed off, and muddle on without the needed clarification; or they bite the bullet and ask anyway, and now you think they clearly weren't paying attention to what you're saying, because God, you already explained that, and you're too much in your own head to notice that the type of clarification you pre-emptively provided is not the type of clarification they actually need.

And of course, you may not react this way at all, but they may anticipate that you'll think they're not paying attention if they push back, and refrain from asking because they don't want to risk your disapproval.

Paradoxically, in an active dialogue, under-explaining often produces greater clarity than over-explaining, since it leaves the the floor open for the listener to guide you to where they need more information.

[prokopetz]

(And of course there are dipsticks in the notes reading this whole thing and going "and that's why talking to neurotypicals sucks" like, no, buddy – it's everyone. You think autistic people never feel like they're being treated like an idiot and get pissy about it when you underestimate their prior knowledge? You think people with ADHD never get overwhelmed and shut down when asked to take in too much new information too quickly? Be serious.)

[pocketss]

houseplant type friend

[violentoffender]

[televisionenjoyer]

[cononeillbreastingboobily]

[only-tiktoks]

[blattaro-moved]

[mybigfatgaylife]

The new Hellraiser movie looks great

[rpepperpotshipssciencebros]

Trio for Harmonica, Rubber Duck, and Belt in D Minor

[vaspider]

The children of the night, what beautiful music they make...

[sonofshu]

upstairs neighbor behavior

[kwacpe]

[skull-bearer]

I love how all the comments at once as completely accurate but still cannot encapsulate what the fuck is going on here.

[janetfraiser]

so I’m filling out pediatrician intake forms for my newborn son and I get to the demographic section and I was already chuckling about putting a marital status…

yes hello my 3 day old son responds to only Old English, thank you

[reluctanttree]

oof. no need to call me out so hard with this Pterry

[tadpole-art]

It has social anxiety okay ;-;

[strandnreyes]

“I don’t like this song because I can’t relate to it” skill issue. I’m mad at my husband I love my girlfriend I’m a lone cowboy I’m growing old I’m growing up I’m depressed I love my friends I’m perpetually horny I’m drunk at the club I love my husband again

[strandnreyes]

this is exactly what I’m talking about