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[fairycosmos]

no one is coming to save you its true its true someone might be coming to hang outttttttttt though. someday

[aokozaki]

"Rationalism" is up there with "Objectivism" in terms of "definitionally funny things to call your own belief system".

[aokozaki]

"Yeah man I've been doing some thinking and philosophy and I've come up with a framework called Being Right"

[charlesoberonn]

Check out my new philosophy called Correctism. It includes all of the correct and true ideas and rejects the wrong ones.

[terraswallows]

Girls will be like "I love my dog" and it's just a whole lesbian.

[tpwrtrmnky]

sometimes it occurs to me that while "get bottom surgery and then use a strapon" is an obvious course of action for many trans lesbians, a lot of cis people would be extremely confused by the suggestion that someone would do this.

[duchessvongooseberg]

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[desk-drawerr]

He eat a nemon

[underwhelmingalchemist]

I'm so tired

[elegiczny]

Whenever I post something that's important to me no one gaf but that's ok

I wanted to write some deep motivational quote here but as I thought about it, I couldn't come up with anything that would speak to me. Whenever I stumbled opon these types of quotes online they all feel either fake or invalidating to me and overall make me feel worse. So I settled on it's ok because I think it's ok

[dappermouth]

You dream, some nights, of a labyrinth deep underground, where you’ve learned to fear halogen lights and distant booming sounds.

[shirozen]

Stealth mode failed

[sioltach]

Person in the grocery store had amazon rainforest sounds blasting on their phone as they shopped and I think that's a beautiful use of free will

[sioltach]

"people who don't wear headphones in public are a nuisance" except this one. I respect their indomitable human spirit

[redstonedust]

"i know this show was made for children but i enjoy it too." > awesome and cool. watch whatever you want forever.

"i know it LOOKS like it was made for children but its SECRETLY for us. calling it a kids show is an insult cause kids could never understand these THEMES and EMOTIONS. we're the TRUE fans." > i dont think i trust your opinions. you seem lame as fuck.

[jadewolf-writes]

Check out this twenty mule team, pulling some absolutely gargantuan freight wagons!

This is from the Mule Days parade this morning in Bishop, California. It's the culmination of a week long celebration of mules! It's one of the largest gathering of mules from all over the country!

Mules have a long, proud history in the Eastern Sierra. From the 20 mule teams that hauled borax and other minerals from mines across Owens and Death Valley to the mule packers who hauled supplies high into the Sierra Nevada mountains, mules have been an integral part of this region and its history.

Mules are still in use today across much of the Eastern Sierra, too!

There are still several mule pack stations that run supplies into the mountains, as well as leading multi-day recreational camping/fishing expeditions. Some even act as a delivery service for hikers on the PCT needing resupply.

The forestry service uses them trail maintenance, as well as for bringing supplies to wildland fire fighters when working on active fire lines!

The military still uses mules out here. These are from the Mountain Warfare Training Center up in Bridgeport and are used to train Marines how to use pack animals in mountain terrain, where mechanized vehicles cannot navigate.

Inyo County's Search & Rescue team is another group that still uses mules to navigate the backcountry!

Even the Mayor of Bishop can ride a mule!

We love our mules in this part of the world!

[kittenhurricane-sso]

AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

[ktchewy]

[dirt-secret]

a fun batch of sketches for folks on my patreon.

if you would like to help support me and my work through hard times and see exclusive and early art check out my patreon and subscribestar! https://linktr.ee/dirtsecret

[pangur-and-grim]

I won't publish the ask (they asked me not to), but I thought I'd still answer it publicly!

no, royalties are not a significant source of income for most authors. if you wrote something like Project Hail Mary, then absolutely, the royalties would be substantial! but that's like winning the lottery. Ryan Gosling is not starring in the movie adaption of most books.

when you sell a book to a publisher, you get what's called 'an advance against royalties'. it's usually split into multiple parts, so you might get one third for the initial sale, one third for the final revised manuscript, and one third on the publishing date.

an advance against royalties is the publisher saying "we believe you will eventually make X amount in royalties, so here it is ahead of time." and then you don't actually see any money from royalties until the advance is paid off. most books do not make enough in royalties to pay off the advance (I have two children's books and one fiction book, and have yet to see royalties for any of them).

advances are still great, but you need to make them stretch! for instance, last year my net income was about 30k Canadian (21k USD), which is fantastic when you consider that I mostly made it through writing. but I'm definitely not a millionaire. I can live off my writing (not trying to undersell that!) but I'll probably remain in a low income bracket for the foreseeable future.

this isn't meant to discourage anyone from seeking out writing as a career! however, there is a reason that many authors have alternate jobs with writing on the side. or, you know, rich spouses.

[pangur-and-grim]

this isn't me making a fuss about pirating (I've pirated way too many shows to run my mouth on that lmao), but there IS actually a financial incentive to having people buy your books!

buying books shows the publisher that they can make money off you, which means they're more likely to give you advances for future books. and advances are what authors live off (if they don't have a side job). that's why I always push pre-orders so hard! you have to be a racehorse worth betting on, or else they send you to the glue factory....

if I can offer one alternative to pirating: asking your library to stock the book also helps authors, and doesn't cost anything. the only downside is the patience required.

[pangur-and-grim]

OOPS yes, @stjohnstarling makes a good point! everything I'm saying is from the perspective of traditional publishing, but it's a very different game if you're a self-published author

[gollancz]

I will also add that this is why pre-orders can make a HUGE difference to authors - because if there's enough hype, publishers can pull more levers to build that momentum and reach more readers to help authors earn out their advance faster.

[systembomb]

TBH this whole thing is also about why we *need* to be pushing back against "write from the heart, wanting to get paid is clout chasing/immoral/scamming/whatever" takes.

[lesbianbreadwhore]

diet culture is so evil like. an older woman friend said to me (in response to me saying my gf isn't really into chocolate) "i WISH i didn't like chocolate" like. do you wish you didn't have skin to feel a summer breeze. do you wish you didn't have eyes to see the sunrise