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working with kids and one of them says “you know you eat 8 spiders a night on average right?” and another goes “no no no those statistics are actually skewed by people who like eat spiders recreationally for fun and stuff” and my head snapped up like a fucking sleeper agent
There is absolutely a platonic explanation for that
But I will also entertain the non platonic for my own edification do u understand
Late for an appointment this morning because my beautiful son child stole a wrapped and bagged bologna sandwich containing roughly 300% his maximum safe sodium intake out of the lunch box in my backpack while I was on the shitter and refused to spit it out
⬆️ Documented evidence of my sweet and perfect and beautiful firstborn son furiously defending his hard-won right to shit his brains out
Had to draw
When you meet Edward Elric he gives off the impression that he's the short-tempered hot-headed "violence is the answer to all life's questions" kind of protagonist, and it's in fact incredible character craft that he's actually the character who ends the series with a negative-3 kill count.
people killed: 0
direct orders of "you really really need to kill this guy" ignored: 1
ongoing murders being committed by Ed's own friends/colleagues that Ed got in the way of to specifically stop that murder from happening: 2
God's worst soldier Edward Elric. Showed up as the youngest member of the Amestrian army, took millions of dollars from them, never followed a single order, helped dismantle their fascist regime, left with a lower kill count than he arrived with, then fucked off to go be a house-husband. Character of all time.
sometimes i worry that my fujoshıïsm is stunting my intellectual ability but then i remember im literally enlightened
Do i at least get to think about it?
IT MADE IT INTO THE ANIME!!!
Also... This is just cruel...
okay
I won't publish the ask (they asked me not to), but I thought I'd still answer it publicly!
no, royalties are not a significant source of income for most authors. if you wrote something like Project Hail Mary, then absolutely, the royalties would be substantial! but that's like winning the lottery. Ryan Gosling is not starring in the movie adaption of most books.
when you sell a book to a publisher, you get what's called 'an advance against royalties'. it's usually split into multiple parts, so you might get one third for the initial sale, one third for the final revised manuscript, and one third on the publishing date.
an advance against royalties is the publisher saying "we believe you will eventually make X amount in royalties, so here it is ahead of time." and then you don't actually see any money from royalties until the advance is paid off. most books do not make enough in royalties to pay off the advance (I have two children's books and one fiction book, and have yet to see royalties for any of them).
advances are still great, but you need to make them stretch! for instance, last year my net income was about 30k Canadian (21k USD), which is fantastic when you consider that I mostly made it through writing. but I'm definitely not a millionaire. I can live off my writing (not trying to undersell that!) but I'll probably remain in a low income bracket for the foreseeable future.
this isn't meant to discourage anyone from seeking out writing as a career! however, there is a reason that many authors have alternate jobs with writing on the side. or, you know, rich spouses.
this isn't me making a fuss about pirating (I've pirated way too many shows to run my mouth on that lmao), but there IS actually a financial incentive to having people buy your books!
buying books shows the publisher that they can make money off you, which means they're more likely to give you advances for future books. and advances are what authors live off (if they don't have a side job). that's why I always push pre-orders so hard! you have to be a racehorse worth betting on, or else they send you to the glue factory....
if I can offer one alternative to pirating: asking your library to stock the book also helps authors, and doesn't cost anything. the only downside is the patience required.
OOPS yes, @stjohnstarling makes a good point! everything I'm saying is from the perspective of traditional publishing, but it's a very different game if you're a self-published author
the funniest man on the planet
Since we are on the topic of alchol. Two an a half years ago when I was still dating my ex their tio visited from Panama and brought this special Panamanian rum that paired exceptionally well with honey crisp apple juice and a a little salt and a lime and while I don't remember the name of it I really enjoyed the flavor profile quite a lot and would have a small glass of it on the weekend when I didn't have trade school. My ex always used to get upset that I liked alcohol even though I drank responsibly and never actually got drunk. It was disappointing for me because I've always been someone who likes to explore flavor when it comes to food or drinks and it always made me sad the huge disconnect we had on things. Onetime I brought home chicken tikka masala and they barely even tried it and I was devastated because it's one of my favorite foods and I wanted to share it with them 😭 sometimes you don't really realize until later that someone you are with who doesn't want to try things that you love or spend time with you doesn't actually like you, they just like the idea of you and that was one of the hardest pills to swallow once I realized it. If you like and love something your partner should support you in it and take joy in the fact that it makes you happy. While that relationship was a disaster and we both had our own faults it taught me that I never want to settle for the bare minimum when it comes to effort and I want a partner that is happy that I'm happy. I think about how when I graduated as one of the top in my class at trade school and I gave a speech at graduation, my friend had to get my ex clap for me because they didn't even care. It was my big moment that I had worked extremely hard for and they wouldn't even clap for me. Only settle when you have someone who gives you a shoulder to cry on during the difficult times and when they clap for you in your big moments. Never settle for someone who wants to dim your joy
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(Yoinked this from LinkedIn, genuinely interested in seeing how responses align with demographics) (so far it’s those of us over 35 being indignant but I wanna see how those fully plays out) (it’s cultural and technological history/memory, bruh)
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