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[teaboot]

I just reada really good fic but halfway through I realized "oh shit this is really familiar.... didn't I write something like this once?" And as I kept reading I kept predicting what happened next and the further I went the more convinced I was that they'd ripped off my story-

like, copied the ENTIRE plot and re-written it, just better than I had? The characters were more fleshed-out than mine were, and the POV was more interesting, and the pace made more sense- but it was MY STORY?

So close to the end I was like "holy shit.. do I message them? Ask if my story inspired theirs? Should I be angry? Flattered?" Cause their tags and description didn't mention me AT ALL, which, sure, it's fanfiction to begin with, but if you're using my work than at least credit me as inspo, right? Just to be courteous?

But I get to the end of the final chapter, and it's not finished, and I'm kind of disappointed cause I never finished my story and I was really immersed in their version now and had been looking forwards to seeing how they tied up my loose ends- so I scroll to the bottom to leave a comment, and.

It's MY URL.

IT WAS MY STORY THE WHOLE TIME.

THE ONE *I WROTE*.

In *2013*.

And FORGOT ABOUT

BECAUSE I WAS SO INSECURE ABOUT MY SLOPPY, SHALLOW, AMETEUR WRITING

And I'm just sitting here now staring into space thinking about every shitty story I've ever written now like

IT WAS ALL GOOD?

IT WAS GOOD THIS WHOLE DAMN TIME??

I'M A GOOD WRITER?????

[damienns]

[worldsavinggenius]

[goldensunset]

what they don’t tell you about making art is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! AAAAAAAAAAHH!!!

[apolladay]

There's a stereotype that USAmericans tolerate very long car rides.

USAmericans, can you easily tolerate driving in a car for an hour?

No, usually I cannot tolerate driving at all

No, usually I can only tolerate 5-15 minutes

No, usually I can only tolerate 15-30 minutes

No, usually I can only tolerate 30-45 minutes

No, usually I can only tolerate 45-55 minutes

Yes, but usually around 1 hour it stops being tolerable

Yes, but usually around 1.5 hours it stops being tolerable

Yes, and it usually takes 2 hours or more to stop being tolerable

Nuance

Not USAmerican

Voting ended onOct 4, 2024

[mollyjames]

op I think you may have wildly underestimated american's car tolerance

[femaleheroes]

Gifset with Cat playing match-maker? Giving a pep talk to Kara about her feelings for Lena?

“There is freedom waiting for you, On the breezes of the sky, And you ask "What if I fall?" Oh but my darling, What if you fly?” ― Erin Hanson

[stevenrogered]

Dame Maggie Smith as Muriel Donnelly The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

[sp00kyisland]

it's the lack of casual closeness in long distance friendships that kills me. we can't take a walk together, down the road or in a park. can't window shop or run errands. we can't see each other's reactions as we make fun little small talk. that's all i want

[farmside-deactivated20251226]

watched this for the first time when i was 14 i think? it saved me

[papergardener]

Knew what this was before I clicked and had to watch the whole thing again.

If you haven’t seen it, now’s your chance!

[modmad]

ten years later still get shook

[andisupreme]

The universal urge--young and old--to pretend you're the one conducting

[becabeale143]

[isa-ah]

it should be illegal to take a nap and still have a headache when you wake up. like no i shut it off and back on again why are you still here

[penandinkprincess]

me normally: i love!! acquiring objects!!

me packing: who the FUCK acquired this many OBJECTS

[ashstfu]

remember what’s really truly important in life : local bookstore

[kosmogrl]

[literal-bot-account]

picking up litter is worth it!!

individual environmentalism gets a lot of flak in the face of corporate pollution but picking up litter makes a significant, noticeable impact. I spend about an hour a week picking up litter from around my dorm complex and I'm literally outpacing my community's litter production. Just an hour a week from one person is enough to offset nearly 200 people's worth of littering.

it would take less than 100 man-hours of labor per week to keep my whole college campus entirely litter-free. If you got two classrooms' worth of people to spend two hours per week each picking up litter, the whole campus would end up spotless and they'd straight up fucking run out of things to pick up.

If you're looking for some way to make a noticeable and positive impact on the world around you, go pick up some litter.

[reckless-blossoms-deactivated20]

Here's a good video on getting started and what to do. Yes, it's fully legal, just don't trespass on private property. All you need are gloves and a bag.

I've been litter picking in the background of my walks and I've removed several bags of trash from the area. The other day, children were playing in the creek that I litter pick at a lot. They were jumping into the water and swimming, right in the spot where I pulled torn up cans out of the riverbed and where I removed nearly-buried fishing wire that still had hooks on the ends. Just one person with a sharps container made it safer for those kids to go out and have fun.

That was the most direct cause and effect thing I've had with litter picking after just a little while of doing it, but even aside from that it's just. Good to do. It makes your area cleaner and safer and removes plastic from the environment. Plus, people are less likely to litter in clean areas, and litter can not be subconsciously normalized in people's minds in a litter-free area.

It's also fulfilling instant gratification. You get to go out and do something with your hands and then look and see for yourself that an hour or two of picking shit up has made an instant tangible difference in the world.

[crowley-anthony]

#started from the bottom and now we're here

[insanityisdivine]

So true

[tundrakatiebean]

@thebibliosphere

[thebibliosphere]

I'm doing my best!