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trump 2 was always going to be bad. trump 1 ran as a guy. trump 2 ran as the republican party. you don't want a party, you want a guy

#clinton was a guy‚ biden was a guy‚ bush was a guy but a really dumb one #obama was a party. the thing you thought was a guy was an empty suit with a checkbox

vulkiri

flowers artfight for @vinqou ^^

almost stepped on a pigeon. who stood exactly in place while giving me a look more irritated than i realized birds were capable of. further evidence that they have the cat-nature?

kata4a

i do a little bit believe that SAD is one of those made up afflictions that people just meme themselves into having

0player

Idk about afflictions but the experience of living at the Black Sea and then on the latitude of Finland surely does affect me. Witnessing sun does make one happier it seems; when I was more miserable as a baseline, the absence was noticeable.

vriskakinnieaynrand

i didn't mind the dark winter until i moved to european latitudes. but now i get it

toskarin

can't stop laughing at the idea of someone going on tumblr and searching "deformed erotic visage" hoping to find porn

lickingandsuckingchristmascoins

come over

#coca less bad than sodas is correct

viscerate

2011

contemplating a future where i get into idle flirtations with the AI on my phone while i wait for the AI on my workstation. a dire vision indeed, i think. tho i assume this is a reality for many

vaticanrust

Punks in Japan, 1980s

nonexistent-triangle

the irredeemable pervert is generally well regarded among their friends for their insightful thoughts and all around pleasant demeanour

vriskakinnieaynrand

someday i shall tire of blogging and pivot to posting bizarre and offputting takes in the form of thirst traps. lewd anime wizard getup w some kind of lace cape dick fully out and i've taken fluorescent body paint and written DIVINE RIGHT MONARCHY IS THE ONLY VALID POLITICAL SYSTEM on it

vriskakinnieaynrand

i've forged my manifesto into a silicone obelisk. subscribe to my OnlyCultists for more

someday i shall tire of blogging and pivot to posting bizarre and offputting takes in the form of thirst traps. lewd anime wizard getup w some kind of lace cape dick fully out and i've taken fluorescent body paint and written DIVINE RIGHT MONARCHY IS THE ONLY VALID POLITICAL SYSTEM on it

cbk1000

So, I lurk in some writer subreddits, and a frequent topic of discussion is prose: what constitutes good prose, how do you write it, how do you improve it, etc. And yesterday I stumbled across one topic about the difference between good descriptive prose, and purple prose. OP asks people to share some of their favourite authors who they think write beautiful prose without tipping into purple. No problem; people are happy to oblige.

One person says that Steinbeck is one of their favourite authors for prose, and then they share an example of what they would consider purple prose. It is so violetly awful that I think the poster must have written it themselves as a kind of parody of purple prose. Other people assumed the same.

But as it turns out, they are quoting from a book written by a YouTuber whose channel ia dedicated to talking about writing (namely, their own writing, which is genius, but often not comprehensible to the drooling plebs).

Naturally, I read the free sample of their book in awe and horror, and I'd like to share some screenshots with you. If you also have trouble defining or understanding what purple prose is, it's this.

Yes, every single fucking page is written like this.

cbk1000

Reading some more of the preview for this book, and I realise this is by far not the biggest problem, but I'm begging this guy to just use 'shadow' instead of 'umbra'. I promise I will not accuse you of being a philistine.

cbk1000