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[itjammy]

i dropped everything at work just so i could make this

[luujjvi]

Wish there was a tag filter in Tumblr just like AO3 does. Y'all smut writers are high-key overpopulated, one can't find a good fic of an over sexualized character without having to scroll pass a bunch of (mediocre written) smut

[frownyalfred]

today I am god's favorite, a fic that hasn't updated in 6 months finally posted a chapter AND when I opened the email it said the chapter was NINE THOUSAND WORDS long. NINE THOUSAND.

[frownyalfred]

THEY UPDATED AGAIN!!!

SEVEN THOUSAND WORDSSSSS

[enormousgrapefruit]

five mins into Superman (2025)

Supes: “Golly.”

Me:

[rhiannon-uwu]

i miss my wife (ao3) so much. amor come home the kids miss you...

[txtssera]

whoever was selling copies of peetas games which caused op to delete it off of ao3 your moms a hoe

[rhiannon-uwu]

y'all are pissing me off so hard why the fuck are people like this thinking selling someone else's hardwork, and something they did out of passion and love FOR FREE MIND YOU, would ever be okay?

[spirulin4]

what ppl defending kids on ipads don’t seem to understand is that there are other ways to keep kids occupied. my mom had a whole bag full of little toys and games for me to play with while waiting in lines at disney world. once your kid is like 7 or 8 they can read a book. they can color. or they can literally just sit there and imagine things. i did that a lot as a kid.

[spirulin4]

thanks for putting your wrong and bad commentary in the tags where i still have to read all of it. most of what you said is untrue.

[imyselfamstrange]

OP: giving children too young to process things so much access to ipads isn’t good for them maybe.

People in the notes: So you hate moms??? You’re ableist?? You think we should go back to the Dark Ages?? (My personal favorite because it makes no sense) you’re poor shaming??

Why is it so difficult to explain that children not developing fine motor skills and losing their attention spans is bad actually??

[purplesweetpotatoes]

also children can end up being entertained by just about anything. I remember building "bird nests" with sticks in the backyard when I was like 7 years old. That was it. It took up my whole afternoon and I was entertained the entire time.

[atomicjellycat]

I worked at a kindergarten for a year, and Jesus Christ these kids are falling behind on so many milestones

Everyone knows who the iPad kids are

I've seen it all from kids who don't know how to use scissors, and can't perform the motions right compared to other kids in that age group, to kids who can't write the alphabet or spell their names (the older ones)

And one of the most startling thing I encountered was every now and then we have a country day, where we choose a country, color in the country's flag in the colors and watch a little film about said country.

And I was overseeing the coloring, and one boy just refusing to color

It happens, stubbornness, bad days, 'just don't wanna' s happen, but I sit with him and continue to try and encourage him and figure out why he doesn't want to

And he keeps saying he doesn't know how to color

And I'm like ??? Just pick up the pencil and put it on the paper buddy, cmon

So I'm showing him how, and he refuses to try over and over

So then I try like, coloring while guiding his hand, and again this is a flag were coloring it's a giant rectangle, not much precision is needed

And I realize while I'm helping him, literally moving his hand to color for him, he's CLEARLY never colored before. He's 4, there is no excuse for this when kids start coloring at like, 2 maybe younger.

By 4-5 kids can generally color inside the lines well enough and draw recognizable figures like people and landscapes and pets

Eventually he got into it, understood how to do it and requested to continue on by himself, which was great! I told him I was proud of him and we continued on with our day but it absolutely shocked me that these iPad kids are so beyond stunted like jesus

He didn't know how to grip a pencil, he didn't know the wrist movements and motions, he didn't understand the pressure control, he had no control over where or how he was coloring like, these kids NEED TO learn these things it's STARTLING how many kids don't have these milestones and are just not developing these fine motor skills

Ask any kindergarten attendant and they'll tell you the same thing-

The best thing you can do for a kid is buy them a shitton of construction paper, decorative child-safe scissors, and coloring books

Please please please kids need to cut paper up and color. It helps them develop so many fine motor skils

Now don't be mistaken, the percentage of these kids are low, for now. It's definitely not every kid, and thankfully not the majority but it is still a problem

[betterbemeta]

Even if a parent SAYS, 'this is my son's iPad,' it's not his. it's an expensive piece of electronics with opaque rules, it has other functions than play, it needs to be charged, maybe it's parental-locked, and the parents control access to it at all. In the past, 'computer time' was different from 'play time', however much privacy a kid HAD using the computer because:

Toys, on the other hand, belong to the child. A specifically nasty parent may say otherwise, but children experience toys as their own. As stated above, anything can become a toy in a pinch, beyond the parents' control. Even if we just discuss electronic toys there's a serious difference in dynamic between "my son's gameboy" and "my son's iPad."

Even if we aren't talking about 'motor skills' and 'imagination', replacing toys with an ipad definitely sounds bad for kids because it pretty much eliminates the agency of 'my things!' and changes it to 'thing my mom lets me have/use!'

And compared to a desktop computer and even to a laptop, an iPad is REALLY easy to revoke, you don't even need to say 'no more computer time!' You can simply take it away, physically. It's hard to take EVERY TOY away from a kid unless you go to extremes.

And also, an iPad is a computer that doesn't teach any computer skills while using it.

This all seems like a good prep for being an eternal renter of all things, though.

[punkrorschach]

i'm still mad about that post thats like "humans USED to be able to memoriize long epic poems, but we no longer have Bards so our memories arent as good" boy shut the fuck up. a good chunk of people i went to high school with had the entirety of hamilton memorized for fun and they weren't even autistic.

[sleepy-bear-tm]

Everdeen sisters

[noodles-and-tea]

Your battinson with baby Dick,,,, 🥹🥹🥹💕✨💖✨💕✨💕 Every time I see them, my life span increases by three years. Absolutely ADORABLE!!!!

I am SO soft for Batman being a dad ESPECIALLY battinson are you joKING

[rhiannon-uwu]

THIS IS SO PRECIOUS HES SO SMOL AND LOOK AT BRUCE I-KCWEFAWJLX

[lady-corrine]

How it feels lately 😭

[electrictouchfob]

I expect Peeta to serve Katniss a plate full of cheese buns and birthday candles today.

Happy birthday, Katniss! 💚🏹

[mollypaup]

im still losing it over the "how did high schoolers write 600 word essays before chatgpt" post. 600 words. that is nothing. that is so few words what do you mean you can't write 600 words. 600 words. this post right here is 45 words.

[rhiannon-uwu]

like i have no sympathy for those that whine about having to write 600 word essays. one year in middle school our english teacher had us writing a new essay every day so that we’d get practice in writing in essay structure and how to better our analysis skills.

i have no sympathy for you idiots that think ai is the solution because it’s so hard to sit with something for more than five minutes and just write.

[ssweeterthanfiction]

THATS NOT FUNNY

[rhiannon-uwu]

i did not need this

[bribun96]

AO3 has been scraped, once again.

As of the time of this post, AO3 has been scraped by yet another shady individual looking to make a quick buck off the backs of hardworking hobby writers. This Reddit post here has all the details and the most current information. In short, if your fic URL ends in a number between 1 and 63,200,000 (inclusive), AND is not archive locked, your fic has been scraped and added to this database.

I have been trying to hold off on archive locking my fics for as long as possible, and I've managed to get by unscathed up to now. Unfortunately, my luck has run out and I am archive locking all of my current and future stories. I'm sorry to my lovelies who read and comment without an account; I love you all. But I have to do what is best for me and my work. Thank you for your understanding.

[rhiannon-uwu]

im honestly so sick and tired of seeing creatives, who make works for free because they love to create and add to fandom or what have you, having to deal with this slop

[solrookera]

PSA

Just a heads up, there are bots going around on AO3 accusing people of using AI. Considering the timing, this is likely AI bros' retaliation for AO3 users calling them out for scraping their work. Examples of what you might be sent:

Screenshots from here.

If you get a comment like this, just report for spam and delete.

[talonsin]

hey, did you know that the world is a better place because of your creations and art and writing, no matter how niche or how many people see it