idk y'all this is a Mess

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[kaliune]

🌺🌻summer🌻🌺

[prokopetz]

Getting real tired of RPGs – both computer and tabletop – where willingness to fuck very inhuman things is a signpost of how morally bankrupt a character is, or at the very least of how much they're willing to Sacrifice For The Greater Good. I wanna see an RPG where getting it on with the Pulsating Mass is treated no differently from fucking an elf.

[zaprowsdower27]

You say that now. Wait until you've seen some of the things Pulsating Mass has posted on mainstream social media sites.

[prokopetz]

No contest – I've been on Elf Twitter.

[prokopetz]

If I had a nickel for every critically acclaimed narrative precision platformer with a female protagonist iconically associated with the colour red whose lead developer came out as trans within a year of its release, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but etc.

[beemovieerotica]

please say sike

[atwoodsfemalefantasy]

hey so! if you only read the dialogue in a book, WATCH A MOVIE OR READ A SCREENPLAY!!!! if you only WRITE dialogue in a book, WRITE A SCREENPLAY!!!!! YOU ARE NOT READERS!! it's not "literary gatekeeping", it's HOW BOOKS WORK. also. there's legitimately no way to "prioritize plot" if you only write dialogue. THATS NOT HOW THAT WORKS!!!!!!

[queen-mayhem]

I know everybody's focusing on the people openly admitting they're skim-reading but I want to point out that the OP thinks reading "30+ books a year" is insane and unachievable and only possible if you're skim-reading.

Most genre fiction (which is what dominates booktok - mostly romance and psychological thrillers) clocks in at around 60-80k words. That is the length of the first Harry Potter book. Even the longest of booktok's favorites usually clock in at around 100k words, which is about the length of the third Harry Potter book. These are not big books. And let's be real, they're not exactly dense, challenging reads either.

So what kind of tiktok-addled, attention span-rotted, illiterate bullshit is this conversation? Even a slow reader who doesn't have a lot of uninterrupted reading time should be able to finish a book in the span of a week or two. These people claim to like reading. Is it really so insane to imagine that a person who likes reading would, um, read?

[maknaasfalti]

I mean even the shortest books are usually above 6 hours long in audio format. Like, you do have to take a day of work to finish that. Where do you get a 100 completely free days a year?

[queen-mayhem]

Do you feel the need to listen to an entire audiobook in a single sitting while also not doing anything else? I used to put away an audiobook a week during my commute alone.

[maknaasfalti]

That works moderately well for audio books, though I do find it dilutes the medium, can't really feel emotional catharsis and wonder and fascination as well if I'm also washing my dishes at the same time.

Which brings me to what this post actually was about - really reading a book, there is no other way to read a book than to do nothing else while doing so completely uninterrupted. And you do have to do this until you at least reach the end of the chapter, an act if you have more than an hour. So if you ration your book like this, you'll have to take at least a few days , and I don't think then you'll be able to read 100 books in a short time, even with a lot of free time. So yes, I think then it's fair to assume that such people probably skip a lot.

[queen-mayhem]

Huh? Where are you getting "100 books?" The original post is acting like it's crazy to read 30 books a year, and that's what this post is about.

An average adult reading speed is 200-300 words per minute, depending on the education level of the adult and density of the text. An 80-100k word book should take around 5-6 hours to read, maybe up to 8 hours if you're a slower reader. Which makes 30+ books a year very realistic for someone who actually likes to read.

[maknaasfalti]

Buddy, congratulations, if you can't find a book worth attention or interesting - that means you can't fucking read that damn book. It doesn't matter how fast you could potentially read it. That's what not being able to read actually means, losing motivation, getting distracted, etc.

Also, you can't read while you do other things. Reading is like driving, your hands and your eyes and your brain have to be occupied with the same thing. What else is left? Legs? Cock? What the hell do you do with them?

[queen-mayhem]

I mean there are only so many books that are truly "un-put-down-able," dude. Reading a book isn't a box to check off. It's an activity I enjoy, and the amount of time I'm willing to dedicate to that activity depends on how much I'm enjoying the book.

And yeah actually, I can do other stuff while reading. Kindles make it even easier, because I don't necessarily need a hand to hold the book open. I just need an occasional free body part to tap the screen to turn the page. It's definitely a skill, but I can read while doing a lot of stuff. If you can do it while watching Tiktok, I can do it while reading.

[maybe-you-need-this]

[zxid]

collection

[fishlung8877]

[phantomrose96]

Hey kids, you need to start worrying a little less about getting “#mogged” and a little more about getting “#smogged”. This is an Air Quality Index public service announcement.

[bulletcreep-deactivated20250911]

here are the bats. if you were curious

[caezavio]

beast

[neverniko101]

who up perceiving and reacting to stimulus

[briannyssey]

Oh easy mistake. Yearning actually rises from the floor and longing hangs from the ceiling

[briannyssey]

🥺🥺

[shamebats]

Emos & scene kids got this close to abolishing gender for real. I try not to think about it too much.

[shamebats]

The idea of a popular teenage subculture where girl & boys pretty much all dress the same feels impossible now but for a while it was reality and it was beautiful.

[taliabhattwrites]

Tumblr users will say "queer history" and mean "midcentury archival records from a specific US-American city that I have extrapolated into a universal mythos" and not even blink

[taliabhattwrites]

"learn your queer history" I am from fucking INDIA

[taliabhattwrites]

Maybe your queer elders fictional or otherwise were also influenced by the biases and contradictions of their own circumstances, time and place, and I am no more beholden to their ideas and ways of doing things than I am to any other form of tradition trying to constrain me.

Perhaps history is a conversation and not an edict.

[taliabhattwrites]

I fucking snortled

[regiisciteronelmao]

hey there lil spider

[ursaspecter]

🐺 moon-moon4w00 Follow

Friendly reminder that asking your lycan partner to turn you is incredibly insensitive! Seriously can we retire this trope already? Not only is it just offensive, but no one would ever actually choose this life! Lycanthropy is a curse. Full stop.

🐾 superhowllock69 Follow

Ok user "moon-moon" as if that original meme wasn't created to mock pack nomenclature 🙄

Anyway I'm not gonna touch that internalized lycanphobia with a ten foot pole. Being turned by your partner is something that can be incredibly intimate as long as both parties are consenting and the one being turned is 100% sure they want it. Literally the only downside to transforming once a month is the pain, but midol works just fine. No one with these "lycanthropy bad" takes ever wants to discuss the legitimate positives that come with this "curse" lmao.

🐺 moon-moon4w00 Follow

I'm literally reclaiming moon moon but go off I guess. Anyways turning your partner is absolutely disgusting and morally reprehensible and anyone who does it should be muzzled permanently.

🌜 impawssible Follow

lmao my wife literally saved my life when she turned me but i guess she should be muzzled huh? we run through the woods hunting deer together and can each haul in groceries in one trip now, but nooo she's obviously a danger to society because she cares enough about me to help me when insurance wouldn't cover my medicine

also it was confirmed that the creator of that meme literally makes and sells silver bullets so if you still wanna use moon moon for yourself that certainly is a choice. source: (X)

🦴 pupperoni Follow

I love that instead of naming the more common benefits of lycanthropy, you mentioned that you and your wife can carry all the groceries in one trip. I think that's definitely a positive that gets overlooked far too often and I commend you for speaking your truth, sir

🌜 impawssible Follow

lol thanks but I'm a woman 😅

🦴 pupperoni Follow

🦇 count-fuckula Follow

Plus werewolf blood tastes way better and is as filling as 10 humans 👍

🐺 moon-moon4w00 Follow

Oh my GOD you vampblr freaks will just flock to anything. It clearly says "vamps DNI" in my bio!

🐾 superhowllock Follow

lmaoooo of course you're a vampire exclusionist

🌕 daddy-fenris Follow

wasn't OP the same guy who said fursuits were offensive to lycanthropes and doxxed a werewolf fursuiter?

🐺 moon-moon4w00 Follow

They ARE offensive and harmful to this community and I'm tired of pretending they're not. They perpetuate harmful depictions of what a humanoid wolf is actually like.

🌜 impawssible Follow

me when I dox someone for making candy colored animal costumes that look nothing like what a real werewolf does

🦴 pupperoni Follow

K

🌕 daddy-fenris Follow

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[tenno-aster]

You know, Baby Lotus is kinda Jimothy-shaped.

Need art of that.

[ryebreadgf]

once I snorted a fat line of nuance and everything started depending. watch out