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brucebocchi

whydidisavethistomyphone

Tactical reloading of things that don’t need tactical reloads

taraljc

I lost it at the toaster and couldn't make it past the smoke detector before reblogging

h0ped3lusion

This is so satisfying to watch—

therobotmonster

This should be the core mechanic of a real game. Tons of weapons, none of them actual weapons, delivering incredibly dumb kills to a batch of badguys who are equally incongruous.

msnihilist

@therobotmonster You just described an episode of Codename: Kids Next Door.

mariogolf-deactivated20160726

slowly approaching bear

zaof-deactivated20140807

the bears will be in eventually

ww-swagabond

Bear will arrive sooner than thought.

gravegospel

BEAR IS APPROACHING AT ALARMING SPEEDS

BEAR IS GO FAST LOSING TRACK OF BEAR

BEAR HAS REACHED MACH ONE

WE HAVE LOST VISUAL ON BEAR

australian-frog-cakes-deactivat

He nyooms

wistful-pigeon

valtsv

girls go to college to get more knowledge. men go to svalbard to die in the polar night.

valtsv

wait fr

oh my god

valtsv

men when they die in svalbard

loyalshipper

valtsv

and waste fresh meat???

beepost-generator

I didn't think that it would be more wild, but it is. Terrifying.

seidmadr-secrets

Oh yes. The graveyard is quarantined.

Longyearbyen has some other nice laws, such as it being illegal to lock the doors of houses and cars (so that people can escape polar bears), or it being illegal to leave the town without firearms (so that people can defend themselves from polar bears.)

Is a pretty cool place.

britcision

So it’s not illegal to die there they just firmly prefer you try not to

mooncustafer

Sounds like you are also legally obligated to try to not die from the polar bears

teapartyasian

Is there a word that’s a mix between angry and sad

cacen

malcontented, disgruntled, miserable, desolated

smattenhove

smad.

samirows-blog

there are two types of people

itmepercy-deactivated20161220

i’ve only seen this legendary post in screenshots

roger-reblogs

It’s always so cool when you find these legendary posts and the OPs are not deactivated. It’s like, the gods still walk among us.

tobiasbones

@hellsite-hall-of-fame

fabiansociety

i really want people to stop writing scientists as awkward, stilted conversationalists who don't understand idioms or emotions and start writing them as depressed alcoholics who swear like sailors unless they're in a specifically academic situation

#as someone who's seen fair share of scientists - yup #can't forget about this one professor whose OHS was 'If I ever come drunk to the lab and you need help look for mr. glasses down the hall'

ckret2

some of the best writing advice I’ve ever received: always put the punch line at the end of the sentence.

it doesn’t have to be a “punch line” as in the end of a joke. It could be the part that punches you in the gut. The most exciting, juicy, shocking info goes at the end of the sentence. Two different examples that show the difference it makes:

doing it wrong:

She saw her brother’s dead body when she caught the smell of something rotting, thought it was coming from the fridge, and followed it into the kitchen.

doing it right:

Catching the smell of something rotten wafting from the kitchen—probably from the fridge, she thought—she followed the smell into the kitchen, and saw her brother’s dead body.

Periods are where you stop to process the sentence. Put the dead body at the start of the sentence and by the time you reach the end of the sentence, you’ve piled a whole kitchen and a weird fridge smell on top of it, and THEN you have to process the body, and it’s buried so much it barely has an impact. Put the dead body at the end, and it’s like an emotional exclamation point. Everything’s normal and then BAM, her brother’s dead.

This rule doesn’t just apply to sentences: structuring lists or paragraphs like this, by putting the important info at the end, increases their punch too. It’s why in tropes like Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking or Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick, the odd item out comes at the end of the list.

Subverting this rule can also be used to manipulate reader’s emotional reactions or tell them how shocking they SHOULD find a piece of information in the context of a story. For example, a more conventional sentence that follows this rule:

She opened the pantry door, looking for a jar of grape jelly, but the view of the shelves was blocked by a ghost.

Oh! There’s a ghost! That’s shocking! Probably the character in our sentence doesn’t even care about the jelly anymore because the spirit of a dead person has suddenly appeared inside her pantry, and that’s obviously a much higher priority. But, subvert the rule:

She opened the pantry door, found a ghost blocking her view of the shelves, and couldn’t see past it to where the grape jelly was supposed to be.

Because the ghost is in the middle of the sentence, it’s presented like it’s a mere shelf-blocking pest, and thus less important than the REAL goal of this sentence: the grape jelly. The ghost is diminished, and now you get the impression that the character is probably not too surprised by ghosts in her pantry. Maybe it lives there. Maybe she sees a dozen ghosts a day. In any case, it’s not a big deal. Even though both sentences convey the exact same information, they set up the reader to regard the presence of ghosts very differently in this story.

alabaster-moon

@megamindfandombookclub

#important #i need this here

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?????

seven-oh-four

you didn't ONCE think to check the url?

teaboot

I WANTED TO FINISH READING IT FIRST

annaplexis

How I join skeins

muppetk

Cleeeeeveeer!

jeanjauthor

It's good to learn, remember, and share stuff like this.

heroineimages

When my mom or her sisters did crochet growing up, their dickhead older brothers thought it was hilarious to snip the yarn somewhere in the middle of the bundle. I suspect mom would've found a trick like this really handy.

guiltyidealist

Could you maybe reblog this post if you think respecting trans peoples' names and identities is a basic right and not a political opinion?

No pressure. Just seeking some validation of my sentiment. Due to some. people

guiltyidealist

everybody go home the best tag on this post just dropped

boycritter

thinking about anastasia trusova paintings again

boycritter

CAN ANYONE HEAR ME

#art

meatmite

"if you see someone shoplifting, no you didn't" no but like. i really didn't. i have never in my life seen someone shoplifting because i'm not watching anyone else in the grocery store..? how are y'all noticing things like that. my only goals are enter the store, survive, exit the store

partywithponies

Lady Gaga herself could be cutting about Tesco in her meat dress and I wouldn't notice.

napitali

If I'm shopping for cheese, I don't want people - I want cheese

#once the terminal beeps I'm outta there

knightofleo

t-...to-...toasty s'more mushrooms.....

unashamedly-enthusiastic

Well I think that gif is being a bit over dramatic... Oh, oh no actually I agree

axziom13

ahamkaracature

Gamer moment

twinkenjoyer-deactivated2023071

true gamers are equal opportunity haters

kira-serialfaggot

I used an enby pride flag in league (which gives you a little flag trail behind your character) and someone said to me:

"What are your pronouns so I can insult you properly"

pipdepop

Every time AO3 makes an update, there’s a chorus of ‘and can we please please please be able to leave kudos on each chapter pleeeeease?!?!’

In theory, this is a nice idea. We’ve all smashed the kudos button on our favourite fics, bemoaning the fact we can’t give them all the love.

But ya’ll, kudos per chapter would absolutely fucking suck.

For readers, it would suck because it would compound the existing problem of making it hard to find fics that are good and not just long - not that a fic can’t be both! But there are plenty of Pulitzer-worthy one-shots out there that are buried way way down the list when ranked by number of kudos, because they’re beneath a bunch of 50/? fics where the author lost sight of where the hell the story was going 30 chapters ago, but their fic has had 50x the chances to be viewed so has more kudos. It would encourage authors to release their fics in lots of little chapters instead of a few longer ones/one-shots as they might otherwise have done (and as might otherwise suit the story).

And for authors it would especially suck, as it would compound the existing problem of people not commenting. Kudos are very much appreciated, but comments make an author’s day; but so few people bother, and frankly, it’s disheartening. Let people just click a button to show their appreciation for each new chapter? The hits:kudos:comments ratio would get even worse than it already is.

You can already ‘give kudos’ for each chapter of a fic on AO3 - by commenting. Hell you can literally write ‘kudos!’ It will make the author smile, I promise.