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what-iz-life

i’m a very observant person, so if you think i didn’t notice, i did. i just decided to keep quiet.

homoluigi

Lol

childofgears

you’re just gonna leave this in the tags?

decision

wooteena

are you telling me americans have stores that open up SPECIFICALLY for halloween and just. dont exist any other time of the year. you people are insane

offishly

Imagine an empty storefront. Some business that closed years ago. The building stands empty, unused for literal months. And then boom. Fall comes around and there’s a Spirit Halloween. There’s no escape.

what the fuck 😁

Yeah this is a thing

Are you serious

Yes and they are divine gifts of beauty and cheap plastic lawn decorations.

cheeseanonioncrisps

… I honestly assumed that the existence of Halloween stores was just a running joke in American TV shows.

what-even-is-thiss

No they’re very real

bisexualredactedenergy

Can confirm this phenomenon also occurs in Canada

fan-enby-anonymous

It’s fun

what-even-is-thiss

Oh, it’s a blast.

moonybyte

Wait, so during non-halloween they are just empty? Like, they don’t switch between seasonal decorations (like christmas, easter, etc), they just…close and wait for next year???

strawberrydragon

Yeah, it’s not a permanent store. A company will rent an empty building for the 2-3 months before halloween, sell halloween stuff, and then clean everything up and disappear until the following year. And they’ll usually set up in different buildings from year to year. They just find any good-sized empty store space that will give them a cheap, short-term lease.

It’s so temporary that the halloween stores don’t even have a real sign, they just hang up a banner outside:

wheeled-jack

So you’re telling me that every year for a month or two the Spirit of Halloween possesses a dead building then disappears?

velvety-vixen

that is exactly what we’re telling you

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

Ok this wikipedia article is pissing me off so much

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

yeah i’m gonna re-write this fucker

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

goddamn. there is so much bias in the first paragraph alone:

this is an EXCELLENT example of the way word choice and tone can be used to create bias and transform the truth to suit the writer’s purposes.

Here’s my re-write:

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

i got rid of the passive tone (which distances Profumo from his actions), and changed the photo. notice how the original writer chose a photo taken before the scandal, portraying Profumo in a respected position of power, a powerful man seated at a desk. I chose a photo taken in the aftermath. Which would you say more accurately reflects the context?

some other changes:

“denied impropriety” like he’s some maiden aunt clutching at pearls. No, what he actually did was:

oh, and he wasn’t

he was, in fact

after lying through his teeth. now here’s my favorite bit:

what does that MEAN? what the hell does that MEAN??? oh boo hoo hooey the Prime Minister’s self-confidence was damaged, how dreadful for the poor dear. the poor sweet man…

fuck that. in fact, Profumo’s actions

of the government, and rightly so.

oh, and the young woman in question was a model, not a “would-be” model. But ultimately her profession has no relevance here–what is relevant is that a middle-aged man in a position of power slept with a 19-year-old. I wonder what motive the original author could have had, to choose to emphasize her career over the fact she was still a teenager…

Words can be used to bend anything. Pay attention to tone. Pay attention to authorial intent. Pay attention to what is included and what isn’t. Question everything. But especially question the language used to describe historical and current events. Every writer has an agenda–look for it. Above all:

Read critically.

ko-fi / paypal

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

#this is not a commissioned post (it’s a ‘fuck you you bastard’ post) but i wish it was #Someone gimme 4 bucks I spent a spite-fueled 80 minutes writing to this

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

#spite is a renewable resource #I am absolutely flooded with spite #my spite runneth over

aeshnacyanea2000

You inspired me to try my hand at a cross stitch pattern. Free to use for anyone who wants it.

ineloquent-tumbling

HERE. THIS TOOK TWO WEEKS OF FULL TIME LABOR, AND I ENCOUNTERED SO MANY OBSTACLES AND SETBACKS THAT IT CIRCLED BACK AROUND FROM FRUSTRATING TO HOPELESSLY FUNNY. THIS IS A WORK OF HUBRIS, AND THE ONLY REASON I MANAGED TO FINISH IT IS…

SHEER SPITE.

I hope all of you are pleased with yourselves.

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

HOLY SHIT

thewritingrealm

If you're reading this...

go write three sentences on your current writing project.

ezzydean

# my favourite part about this post # is that nowhere does it say to reblog this # but we’re all reblogging it # because if we have to suffer # so do other writers

bringhimdown

Important for those who need to pay their hospital bills.

perfectfeelings

“Please tell me I meant something.”

—

toastbutteregg

0ut-of-my-head

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And would you have stopped him from ripping out her memories? Diana saved herself. And now she’ll have to live with the consequences. Won’t she? Lives will be lost because of your union.

requested by @bishmontgirl