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im really bad at texting or talking And really communication in general

this could be one of the saddest things I’ve ever said but I have yet to have a day in 2026 so far that’s better than january 10 when the chibi arch enemies day off video dropped

juniorsailmakermattcruse

It’s been 6 months and this hasn’t changed

#they should drop another video like that. that would be epic #honestly my birthday was pretty good but still it didn't match waking up to a perryshmirtz date video

cbk1000

So, I lurk in some writer subreddits, and a frequent topic of discussion is prose: what constitutes good prose, how do you write it, how do you improve it, etc. And yesterday I stumbled across one topic about the difference between good descriptive prose, and purple prose. OP asks people to share some of their favourite authors who they think write beautiful prose without tipping into purple. No problem; people are happy to oblige.

One person says that Steinbeck is one of their favourite authors for prose, and then they share an example of what they would consider purple prose. It is so violetly awful that I think the poster must have written it themselves as a kind of parody of purple prose. Other people assumed the same.

But as it turns out, they are quoting from a book written by a YouTuber whose channel ia dedicated to talking about writing (namely, their own writing, which is genius, but often not comprehensible to the drooling plebs).

Naturally, I read the free sample of their book in awe and horror, and I'd like to share some screenshots with you. If you also have trouble defining or understanding what purple prose is, it's this.

Yes, every single fucking page is written like this.

cbk1000

Reading some more of the preview for this book, and I realise this is by far not the biggest problem, but I'm begging this guy to just use 'shadow' instead of 'umbra'. I promise I will not accuse you of being a philistine.

cbk1000

'Noctilucent orbs'. Even fanfic written by a 14-year-old wouldn't dare.

The author is a man in his 30s, btw.

the-pen-pot

*throws this in the face of everyone who has ever accused me of writing purple prose*

neverwalka1one

I thought the Amelia Peabody series was purple. I owe the author an apology. Uffda

#this isn't just purple prose it's prose that's a shade of purple previously only reserved for roman emperors #this prose is a deep intense shade of violet #what the fuck. there's nothing BUT purple prose

coern

seeing plushies of a character you like that you dont have and cant get will inspire feelings of greed and envy in you only described in ancient stories about gods smiting people into slugs for experiencing desire

weepingchoir

Brits live in 3 Sadness Stroll and Americans live in 958571995720&5 Northeast E West

creekfiend

what if I never got a fucking migraine ever again

#I wish

gabrielagresteofficial

What is your opinion on child neglect? Specifically in regards to your son

he has three whole pinball machines and i don’t even make him work for me anymore. what else could he possibly need

#this is just tommy the who

fairycosmos

t shirt that just says WHATEVER YOU’RE READING INTO MY FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND BODY LANGUAGE YOU’RE MISINTERPRETING

someone left comments spamming the same picture of a cassowary on a bunch of posts on my perry pics instagram I’m so confused

#anyway I blocked them

nyancrimew

mutuals do this

#floofie

btw I say 7 months which is true but the last chapter only took me 5 days because I finally started writing daily for once. apparently that's a thing you can do

You may think writing about an episode of a show that's already made and clearly plotted out for you wouldn't take long at all. No. Seven months

#I finally finished writing about dude we're getting the band back together #the thing is due to being a perfectionist I have to go back and literally look at every fucking frame for details*#I have analyzed this episode like very few others have #now on to the next one idk what it'll be I guess I'll find out #*in this case just the b plot but I have also watched this episode about 20 trillion times anyway

doof said "who's diabolical?" one (1) time after he told a whale in his terrible version of whale song that it's fat and has barnacle breath and the people who make pnf merch were like oh my god... that's his catchphrase... we should put this line on every piece of doof merch for the next 17 years

#phineas and ferb #post inspired by my new hat which has this line written on the back #I don't get it

I just saw a car that had a bumper sticker that said “mothman is real and he stole my catalytic converter” and another one that was the hitchhiker’s guide thumbs up logo and then on the side they had a sticker of the little brother from over the garden wall hugging a frog. I just know this person is on here somewhere

#haha nerd #I took a pic of the mothman one and sent it to my mom #they also had another sticker that I think was a reference to arrested development or something idk

bobbole

Masao Maeda, Black Cat

fuckass-bird-blog

ddeck

there's like a thousand ways for a shower to work and you wouldn't even imagine half of them until you have to take a shower at a new place

#I swear every shower I've ever been in in my life has been different

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