[tevivinter]

Writer friends, I discovered a fun website today. It’s called “I Write Like” and here’s the description: Check which famous writer you write like with this statistical analysis tool, which analyzes your word choice and writing style and compares them with those of the famous writers.  Let me know which autor you got! 

[tevivinter]

…I guess that’s it then 😂

[quiiescenza]

[esperata]

I am happy with that comparison

[miss-olivia-cellophane]

I guess I should read some Agatha Christie!

[miss-olivia-cellophane]

I didn’t have any particular expectations going in, but afterward, I thought about which writer I would aspire to write like and thought of Philip Pullman. 

He wasn’t one of the writers this website’s algorithm compares you to so I decided to paste a few pages of The Golden Compass in to see who it would compare him to and he got Agatha Christie!

So I guess I kind of have a Philip Pullman style after all! 

[tevivinter]

Writer friends, I discovered a fun website today. It’s called “I Write Like” and here’s the description: Check which famous writer you write like with this statistical analysis tool, which analyzes your word choice and writing style and compares them with those of the famous writers.  Let me know which autor you got! 

[tevivinter]

…I guess that’s it then 😂

[quiiescenza]

[esperata]

I am happy with that comparison

[miss-olivia-cellophane]

I guess I should read some Agatha Christie!

[morgwens-deactivated20200606]

I spent my freshman year majoring in "environmental and sustainability studies" because I thought it was useful to the world (and I do still care a lot about the environment), but I changed my major to English and that's where I fuckin belong mate. You might do a minor in biology (or even double major if you think you have time) if you want, but life's too FUCKIN short?? To spend it catering to what other people want from your life? Fockin do it, I felt amazing when I switched to English. U go

VERY SIMILAR HAT im currently an ecology & evolutionary biology major for the exact same reasons and like same I still care deeply about it but it’s like,, not My career path u know? im glad u found a path u like better!! im a junior though so its like,, im gonna be here for a while if I switch majors drastically now but such is life

[miss-olivia-cellophane]

You definitely shouldn't spend time or money on a degree you don't want. But if you want a career in the arts you might want to consider dropping out and taking the money you would have spent on an arts degree to further your actual career. 

It depends a lot on what exactly you want to do. (If you want an Arts Administration job, like an office job at a theater company or museum, then a degree is really useful. But if you want to be a performer or work in the film industry, then spending your money on private lessons/equipment, and just starting to audition/apply for PA jobs may be the better way to go. 

In the arts, at the end of the day, it's your skillset and bankability that bring success not a piece of paper. Most liberal arts college programs aren’t the most economical way to build your skillset. If you really want to get a college degree in the arts as a performer/filmmaker/artist/etc. Then you usually want to go to a conservatory (like Julliard, Oberlin, or Cornell), or very prestigious program at a specific liberal arts school (like those at NYU, UCLA, USC, or Chapman).

[redbloodedamerica]

[miss-olivia-cellophane]

The most underrated amendment in the Bill of Rights. 

[cherrymanderingg]

been fucking around w meme templates trying to make some sweet relatable add content but forgot i was in the middle of one and then i came back to

whatever idea i had, it can’t be better than this

[greenwithenby-deactivated201609]

People who prefer hot weather: Snow and ice are a pain, and the cold is just kind of uncomfortable even when you wrap up, you know?

People who prefer cold weather: MY SKIN LITERALLY MELTS OFF EVERY SUMMER I AM A FUCKING HUMAN SOUP AS WE SPEAK

[greenwithenby-deactivated201609]

you wouldn’t believe how many people reblogged this to whine about hot weather in the tags.

[nucleic-friend-deactivated20171]

too cold? put on another layer!

too hot? change into thinner clothes!

still too cold? put on another layer!

still too hot? uh, get naked I guess?

still too cold? put on another layer!

still too hot? Ţ̡̜̮̗̟̯͘ͅA̛͈͎̤͙̳̦̱̜̺̪K̢̻̥̥̥̪̙̜̩̗̼̤̻̻͖͍̜͈͉͠ͅE̟͕̩͔̪͓͔̥̦͇̣͇̳͕͉͜ͅ ̠̝̥̖̭̦̼́͝O̩̦͓̠͉̲̲̱̪̹̻̼̭̯͎͈̕͢F̷̸̢̛̙͇͔̜̙̮̗̲̤͇̯͡F̧̨̱̤̲̫͕͔̼̭͙̠̙͙̹̻ͅ ҉̫̠͓̙̠͔̕͜͠Y͡҉̴̘̭̬̳́O̶̶̧͚̞̣̯̩̫̜̩͉̤͎͖̖͟ͅU̶̵̺̠̪̘̱̮̮̙̻͈̣̦̭͠͝͞R̨҉̦̺͓̩̺͖̘̪̥̺͚̱͚͔̪͓̖̰ ̷̸̺͇̳͇̖̥̻̳͚̗̥͙̪̣́S̡̞̳͖̭̯͉̻̠͔̥̹̫̣̼̹͇͜K͏̧͍̪̗̖̜̫̙̱̫͈̟̝̮͈̻̺̯̟̠̀Į̧̙͙͔̠͖̟̕͝Ǹ͖͎̳͍̪̱̞͇̺̘̩͘͜͠

[the-mighty-birdy-deactivated202]

The cold is easily shut out, the heat is inescapable hell

[dashuramode]

THE TRUTH COMES OUT.

Avoidance techniques for the cold:

-more coats, fire, hot food and drink, stay inside, fuzzy sweaters, ear muffs, become a burrito

Avoidance techniques for heat:

-die, I guess.

[isharaytaoshay-deactivated20180]

FUCK. HEAT.

[miss-olivia-cellophane]

Also, worst comes to worst if you’re cold you can exercise your way into feeling warm. Hop from foot to foot! rub your hands together! Still cold? Jog! Bike! So cold it’s snowing? Go sledding! Skate down the road in your boots!

Too hot? Lie on a tile floor in front of a fan in your underwear. Still too hot? Perish.

[libertarirynn-deactivated202006]

I’ll never understand that weird Bible belt mentality where jumping into bed with someone on the first date is frowned upon but jumping into marriage with the first person you’ve ever had a relationship with is treated like it’s normal and basically the only acceptable way to do things.

[miss-olivia-cellophane]

#or the demonization of dating#like it’s literally just... getting to know people?

Yeah, I think hook-up culture can be really damaging. If you’re sleeping with a new person at least once a week or so and then never or only rarely seeing any of them again, that can have a negative impact on a lot of people’s psyches.

 But “courting” has been a staple of finding a partner for centuries (if not all of human existence) for a good reason. 

[everythingfox]

“Scared cat gets saved by two French guys”

(Source)

[faded-coat-of-blue]

This is so adorable:

1) those two guys don’t know each other at all, they both stopped independently when they saw the kitten

2) they both come to the conclusion that it was abandoned, and seem really distraught and concerned as to how it ended up there

3) the biker says he’d take the kitten home himself, but he’s allergic, so the pink and grey shirt guy agrees to look after it instead

[faded-coat-of-blue]

OK, since people are asking, here’s an extremely rough translation:

Moto: No! There’s a little kitten in the road! You’re kidding!

Pinkgrey: *something unintelligible*

M: Yeah, yeah!

P (in English, to an oncoming driver): Stop!

M (to the kitten): No! Come here, you. *kissing noises* C’mon. Little one, what are you doing here? No, little one.

P: *unintelligible*

M: I don’t know. I’d take him, but unfortunately I’m allergic. But, y’know, can’t leave him here. ??? little one, c’mon. Lost, someone abandoned him. How did he end up here?

P: Give him to me.

M: Are you gonna take him? Oh, thank you so much. ???, fortunately.

P: *unintelligible*

M: But it’s so weird that he was here, in the middle of the road. Oh, he’s so cute.

*cut*

M: Alright, thank you very much. No, of course - have a nice day, goodbye!

[everythingfox]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[a-random-fandom-friend]

I feel like it’s important that yall know he doesn’t just say “little one”, he says “p’tit loulou” which can translate to “lil darling” or “lil sweety” which is litteraly the cutest thing ever

[okayysophia]

[miss-olivia-cellophane]

Given for free by who? The people who make those products need to be compensated for their labor. 

(Also condoms are sold? So why the comparison?)

[zoromance]

so has anybody’s dad ever actually apologized to them, or is that just an urban legend

[miss-olivia-cellophane]

Sure, but he doesn’t have to very often because he’s pretty awesome. Maybe once every couple months? Depends on what you count as “an apology” and what you count as “just a tiny ‘I’m sorry’ because of an every-day little mistake”.

[morgwens-deactivated20200606]

every time ive done research into adhd/autism im always like "oh this is really me/this explains a LOT of things I do/say/think" or "oh this is a Thing? I thought it was 'normal'" but im 20 years old so im pretty sure it would be near impossible for me to get a diagnosis now

[miss-olivia-cellophane]

It could be that you have undiagnosed autism or adhd. 

But I will point out I read a post by someone studying psychology that said during their unit on autism the professor asked students to raise their hands if during the unit they had thought they might have autism. Almost everyone raised their hands. 

The professor said that was normal because most autism symptoms are things everyone feels, just more extreme, but that once they started interacting with real patients with autism later in the quarter, they would understand the difference.

So...???

[autumnal-thunder]

No tragedy, no matter how great, justifies taking away individual rights from innocent people.

[d3monicas]

which doll u liked and what it says about u

barbie: bimbo

bratz: hot baddie

monster high: unhinged emo kid

littlest pet shop: furry

american girl: very robbable

polly pocket: stupid

baby alive: ill fucking kill u

[miss-olivia-cellophane]

Okay, but what if you liked American Girl dolls but couldn’t afford them, so you just cut out pictures of them from the catalogs and played with those?

What does that say about you?

[the-right-writing]

Things almost every author needs to research

How bodies decompose

Wilderness survival skills

Mob mentality

Other cultures

What it takes for a human to die in a given situation

Common tropes in your genre

Average weather for your setting

[clevergirlhelps]

yoooo

How bodies decompose

Wilderness survival skills

Mob mentality

Other cultures

What it takes for a human to die in a given situation

Common tropes for your genre

Average weather for your setting

[candy-m-s-deactivated20180720]

Where has this been when I needed it???

[ren-of-rationality]

Good resources (definitely the last two are important) but how many people are writing about getting murdered by a group of people in the wilderness of a foreign land?

[oldtimeronovertime]

Literally just had to look the top one up last week when I wrote my latest Theonsa fic. Lol.

[ancap-curt]

[spaceorphan18]

I wonder where the phrase ‘I will die on this hill’ came from. 

[ckerouac]

So, the origins of ‘I will die on this hill’ - it’s a reference to a military tactic. It’s really difficult to take the high ground from an army already occupying it. This makes hills rather important in ground warfare. So if you were to want to take your army up a hill and try to take the high ground from an army already there, your army would most likely suffer massive casualties. Massive. And a very slim chance of success.

This is where you get the question ‘is this the hill you want to die on?’ Is this a fight worth fighting even though your chance of success is slim and your chance of defeat great?

Which them becomes ‘this isn’t a hill I’m going to die on’ - it’s not worth the fight so I will retreat and live to fight another day - and ‘I will die on this hill’ - success is irrelevant because this is a fight I’m going to fight regardless of outcome and nothing will change my mind.

[spaceorphan18]

Oh this is really interesting - thanks RB, I’m glad I know this now :D 

[miss-olivia-cellophane]

I thought this was probably the origin, but nice to have it confirmed.

[fucktheflagandfuckyou]

i’m sorry but this is the funniest fucking thing i’ve seen all week

[miss-olivia-cellophane]

I would buy it.