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#It's funny how Dan is the type of partner who probably hears either the question #How do I look in this?#Or #Do you notice anything different?#And if the answer is not completely positive and sincere he just goes #Uh well... It's uuuuuh... The color uh... It's not bad... It's probably a good item for you generally?#Dan Howell #Phil Lester #Phan

aletheyass

always remember that adhesive labels can sense your fear and hesitation when you are removing them

#Just like how printers can also sense your fear #Like you have 20 minutes to print out these documents and it goes #Hahaha sike!

catchymemes

#sometimes I lowkey wish dating would lead somewhere #but the issue is often that the other person likes me well enough and my feelings are #eh whatever 🤷‍♀️#it doesn't feel right to keep leading someone on #and waiting for feelings or attraction to appear #even though it probably won't #that's why it's so devastating for me when me and another person mutually like each other and it doesn't work out #due to long distance/ different goals etc #because it's so rare for me to be attracted to people

fionn-o-nassus

#the solution is you have to it a tiny bit or a smaller part of it while being scared #if public speaking terrifies you - practice speaking or presenting in front of only a few people you feel comfortable with #if you break it up to small chunks or just do it in a much more relaxed or low-key way #do that first #then afterwards your brain will be like #oh actually that wasn't as bad as I expected #and then it will be easier next time

sshannonauthor

What is your opinion on using ChatGPT to help you write? I myself use it for moral boosters and when I'm doubting myself and ask it if something makes sense, nothing more as I'd never want a word of my novel to not be my own. But I've seen some hate online recently from writers saying that anyone who uses it at all isn't a writer? Which does make me awfully sad

It's not hate – we're scared and frustrated. Not just for ourselves, because AI is a genuine threat to our livelihoods, but also for the next generation of writers, like you. It's going to be a lot harder to get discovered or published with AI-generated content flooding the Internet and the book market.

Earlier this year, it was revealed that Meta trained Llama 3 on a massive body of pirated work. You can read more about it here. Meta employees knew this was morally wrong, but they did it anyway, because (1) they didn't want to pay anyone for the use of copyrighted work, and (2) they knew they could get away with it, and they have. They took our stories, born of real human experiences, and used them to feed something that's designed to be able to replace us. There are other reasons writers may be anti-AI, like the impact on the environment, but hopefully that gives you some context for why writers, specifically, are reacting to this so strongly.

You've said you wouldn't use ChatGPT to write your novel, which is great to hear. If you did, I would tell you that you weren't, in my opinion, a writer – just as I would never claim to be an artist if I used ChatGPT to create images, or a musician if I used it to generate a song. But I would also gently question why you feel like you need it to give you morale boosters or tell you if something makes sense. ChatGPT is not a human reader; unless you specifically instruct it not to flatter you, it will say what you want to hear. It isn't reacting to you, or to your story, with a human gut or a human heart. To me, any praise or encouragement it offers is empty. There's nobody and nothing behind it.

As for asking it to help you work out if something makes sense: I really do understand the temptation. I'm chronically ill, so I write at a slower pace than a lot of my colleagues, and it might help me churn out books faster if I asked ChatGPT to help me unpick a knot in the narrative, or fix a plot hole. But I don't want to surrender the ability to think and problem-solve for myself, and I would caution you against doing that – not just for the sake of your writing, but for everyday life. In this era of disinformation and propaganda, our ability to think, interrogate and analyse the world around us is more important than ever.

I can't stop you from using AI. But ask yourself: what would you have done before ChatGPT? Could you have figured out for yourself if something about your story makes sense? I think you definitely could have. It might have taken a bit longer, but you would have worked it out. I would encourage you to hold on to that ability. Cherish and nurture it. Rather than relying on artificial intelligence, trust your own.

#agree with everything

lordradquad

Can we talk about how "women bring up old shit" and "women don't let things go" is often just men purposefully avoiding accountability because they know if they dodge a conversation long enough the woman will look like the crazy one by bringing it up again

They say women cling to things for too long but they purposefully don't allow us to discuss things at the times that they happen.

They play it off as some innocent thing that they just don't remember, but it's not: it's a purposeful manipulation technique to make women feel ridiculous for standing up to mistreatment.

#it's often just that the woman is pointing out a pattern #like you have had the same conversation 7 times before #the dude did absolutely nothing to improve or change his behavior and did the same thing again #but to escape responsibility he just accuses her of digging up old arguments

farfelue

King Shrewd's internal politics could be named "Family Planning". He should play CK3, he would be a natural at it.

I really like how I represented Verity's skill : it is dumb, simple and silly. Perfect.

I couldn't decide which combination of the f word to use for the last panel so here it is. Nothing can be better than something.

The proof with this alternative version of the same comic with one

*hum*small*hum* difference.

#both fitz and the fool look so cute here uwu #love Fitz's indignant expression #and also how Verity is straight up just like #hell nah I'm busy protecting the kingdom using my draining addictive mind control/ telepathy magic #king shrewd #regal #verity farseer #FitzChivalry farseer #the fool #is that chade with the knife?#rote #realm of the elderlings

wizardnaturalist

you know something crazy that I forgot about until my reread with my friend. at the end of ass apprentice, verity calls fitz "fitzchivalry" for the first time, and tells him thats how hes always thought about him and how he recorded his name on the first night they met. man then why did you wait a decade to call this kid by his name!!

#in Verity's defense he did say - 'I thought you knew already' and Burrich did start calling him Fitz at some point #so maybe he had asked/ expected Burrich to explain it at some point but it's still hysterical #and he should have noticed that people just kept calling him boy either way 😭#but the funniest thing is that - If I remember correctly - that Fitz then proceeds to do the same thing to his adopted son lmao #rote #realm of the elderlings #FitzChivalry Farseer #Verity Farseer

cyberphuck

I should not find this as funny as I do, but what do you want, it’s a long way ‘till August.

#i love this trend of comparing skilling to zoom calls or desktop messages #I also remember how I was a bit curious reading this if Verity was actually desperately in need of help or #if it was more like #i must ensure that my beloved nephew doesn't get himself killed in a suicide mission #I think it was actually a combo of both #rote #realm of the elderlings #verity farseer #FitzChivalry farseer

neosatsuma

“Boy, stop this insanity. Get out of there. Come to me. I cannot. It’s too late. There’s no escape. Let go of me, you only reveal yourself to them. Reveal myself? Verity’s Skill boomed suddenly in my mind, like thunder on a summer night, like storm waves shaking a shale cliff.[…] Study this revelation, you nest of adders! My king let forth his wrath.”