If You Only Listen With Your Ears, I Can't Get In
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Woah. Timothy Zahn, are you me?
I often hear the argument that having major characters die is more realistic than having them always come through unscathed. Of course it is. But I personally don’t want my fiction to necessarily be “realistic” – I want my fiction to be entertaining. For me, that means watching engaging characters I care about get into and out of dangerous predicaments, working and thinking together in order to defeat the bad guys. While some authors (and readers) like the tension of wondering who will live and who will die, I prefer the tension of seeing how the heroes are going to think or work their ways out of each difficult or impossible situation they find themselves in. If I want realism and the deaths of people I care about, I can turn on the news.
–Timothy Zahn, interviewed by TheForce.Net, 2008
Tim Zahn just summed up my entire issue with adult movies and fiction
I do not want to get invested in a character just to have them die or be violated or whatever, I don’t care that it’s dramatic. It’s not fun, it just leaves me angry and frustrated that I wasted my time on this media.
Lookin’ at you, Infinity Wars.
This is why Attack on Titan got so damned boring, though. There’s no such thing as tension or danger when you can always see the meta safety net
Now compare that to Jojo’s, namely the final chapters of part 3
If you think you “wasted your time” because a character you like died then maybe that form of media isn’t for you.
If you can’t handle the death of a character then FICTION is not for you.
There is a difference between arbitrary ‘realistic’ death and idealized, fictional death. Game of Thrones and Attack on Titan both use the former, where characters can (and do) go out like real life, in an awful, quick, pointless manner that often leaves their character unfulfilled.
Compare that to Boromir, who died heroically. Or Lilly in Dresden Files, who died in a shocking and awful manner to progress the story. Or Severus Snape, who died at a pivotal moment and was fully realized in that death.
Being incapable of accepting the death of a fictional character is infantile and it inherently hampers storytelling. Despite my criticisms of the Mass Effect series, Mordin’s death culminated the character’s arc AND the entire level AND the storyline of the Krogan. The game would’ve been lesser without it (or the option for him to die in it).
There’s a difference between a character dying because a Titan caught them and they were eaten, screaming and crying, and there’s no reason for it and a heroic sacrifice, shocking swerve or the logical end for a character.
True, and that’s my issue with those types of media too, and the fact that the “safe” character become clear pretty easily,
but Tim is right. sometimes i prefer to see fiction where they forgo any false pretense if the characters being in danger, and the tension being on “how” and not “will”Also, you can just watch a different type of show if you literally cannot handle a character dying.
As much as I hate it when my faves die, it doesn’t make it bad writing or lame just because the character is dead. Whenever someone’s fave die they cry bad writing, meaningless, pointless, etc. regardless of how it was set up or explained narratively simply because they didn’t want the character to die.
If you literally despise anytime a character dies, watch a slice of life or a series like Fairy Tail where very few characters including villains actually die. But hten people would complain that no one dies.
You literally cant win with these people.
Just because you don’t like realistic fiction doesn’t mean it’s bad or done wrong. You can personally dislike certain fiction while understanding others can and will like it.
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photo of me writing this blog
Neopets was fun until the Scientologists took over.
Again, Neopets was never designed or managed or run by scientologists.
The people who owned/financed the website were scientologists, which wasn’t immediately known by The Neopets Team, who later made sure not an ounce of the ideals made it onto the site.
From an AMA with one of the original Neopets co-creators:
“We found out about it about 6 months after we started working there and started googling all the employees and they were all Scientologists,” Powell, who left the company alongside Williams shortly after Viacom took over because of creative differences, explained. “It was weird, we just didn’t mention it until they hired this lady who wanted to bring Scientology onto the site. We fought that as hard as we could and they got rid of her.” Williams likewise stated in her AMA: “At one time there was some talk about putting Scientology education on the site, but we killed that idea pretty sharpish. Adam and I made sure that it never made its way onto anything site related. Religion and politics were two big no nos for us as far as site content went. Can’t say the discussions we had to keep it that way were [sic] much fun though!”
People love being like “omg neopets was scientology propaganda!!!” But rest assured it was just a fun site that people worked really hard on!
It was the sale to Viacom that really began its end.
*shrug* whenever neocash started and getting banned for talking about your page design elements abutting… because you said butt.
The fall of Troy
me writing about neopets history
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I noticed the other day that girls usually adapt to their bfs hobbies like if they enjoy idk surfing the girls will start learning facts about it and buying cute things related to it for them and being so proud of their bf like they’re a star even if they aren’t that great at surfing just out of pure love and joy ….. But men never fucking adapt to their gf’s interests like they can’t possibly care less about makeup for example or they’ll just complain about them taking too long to get ready instead of sharing the passion for it and watching them create something beautiful and being interested in why is it that it makes her feel better to do her makeup. Men are so used to not trying at all fuck that tbh!!!!
yall are just dating the wrong fucking people lmao
Seriously, you ARE dating the wrong people. I work in a makeup store and the sheer amount of guys that are fully engaged in what their girlfriends/wives are doing with makeup surprised me. Yes there’s a lot of guys who scoff and roll their eyes about being in the PRESENCE of makeup, but there’s sooooo many that are consistently engaged, looking at colours wanting to help (even when they’re visibly confused and you can see they want to help but don’t know how). My boyfriend even knows more than I thought just from listening to me talk.
Find better quality guys that take interest in your interests and stop settling for assholes.
the person you’re dating should be your best friend. Not as in, date your best friend, but as in if your partner doesn’t engage with you at the same level as a best friend (or even just a friend), there is something wrong. It’s not long term material.
Couples that act like men and women are ‘opposite’ sides in the relationship game are such a weird concept for me. ‘Oh, we’re married, my wife is basically an obstacle to me getting a nice night out with my friends haha’ or ‘oh my boyfriend doesn’t do any of the housework ahahaha boys am I right?“
like, ?????? you,re not supposed to be on opposite sides, both pulling to get what you want. You’re supposed to be a TEAM. that’s, like, the whole point of a relationship.
Like, not only does my boyfriend know and care about my interests, even the ones I rant about that know bore him a little (and vice versa - I now know a lot about Eve Online and he knows more than he has probably ever wanted to know about star wars fanfiction), he also knows about my day to day stuff. Like, I’ll ask him to do the laundry and he’ll answer “okay but where’s the little net bag you put your bras in so they don’t get stretched in the washer?” because he fucking LISTENED when I bought it and told him what it was for.
like I said. You’re a team, conquering adult life together. That goes for everything, from getting excited and calling him over when I spot a simulator game on sale at the store (even though wtf simulator games I will never get the point of them) to figuring out the most efficient way to keep the living room clean.
*high fives my boyfriend, cartwheels out of the house*It’s sad because I’ve seen what OP is talking about with my mom, my sister, and my friends. I don’t think people need to love all of one another’s hobbies, but they should make and effort to take an interest. I know that. It all guys are like this, kudos to those of you who really participate in your relationships.
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“Ice Cave” by Georgia O’Keeffe and a photograph of an ice cave.
yeah Georgia? that’s an ice cave ? that’s a god damn ice cave? that’s the only thing you intended to paint? that’s it? just an ice cave?
all of georgia okeefes art is like this dont act surprised
It Really Is.
Staff seeing this:
i hate to ruin everyone’s fun BUT you guys are so annoying. georgia o’keeffe very specifically stated how much she hated it when people, especially men, sexualized her art. male art critics pushed the interpretation of her artwork as sexual onto her and it upset her VERY deeply:
“When people read erotic symbols into my paintings they’re really talking about their own affairs,” O’Keeffe said. Still, the sexualized misconceptions of her work devastated her. “I almost wept,” she wrote of one review in 1921.
http://nymag.com/arts/art/reviews/59249/
now, because of some immature dudes in the art community, her work has been sexualized forever, and her paintings are now sexual objects. so like…making pussy jokes about her artwork isn’t just annoying, it’s disrespectful to everything she worked for, and it’s like rubbing her legacy in her face.
also “all of her paintings are like that” is just plain wrong. she did a series of extreme close ups of flowers (which is where these paintings come from) but that was just one series of paintings
she also loved painting landscapes, and was particularly inspired by desert landscapes in new mexico:
she also painted bones, particularly skulls. like flowers, she was inspired by the abstract shapes that bones make:
her artwork is extremely cool and she deserves to have a legacy other than “flowers”
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He’s shaking the table and I’m asking the lord to protect him.
goals
No really protect him
Srsly because ppl like him have been turning up dead.
^^^ In Ferguson? They sure have. Y’all need to put yo heads on swivel & keep eyes on this man’s 6 O’clock, out thata’way. Don’t just pray for his safety, Insure it.
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I feel like a lot of people would have a much better fandom experience if they realized that you don’t have to accept canon at face value. Don’t like that something happened? Good news! You can pretend it didn’t! Think a ship would be cool but has basically no chance of happening in canon? Ship it anyway!
Like, you don’t even have to write fanfic or draw fanart to have your own personal canon. Literally all of fiction is made up, and the audience is meant to have their own interpretation of it. Don’t let anybody who insists otherwise stop you from engaging with something in a way that makes you happy.
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this guy would survive in movies
girl i hope you appreciate your boyfriend. he just stood practically on top of a horror movie monster so you could get out of the elevator first. he loves you.
are we going to ignore the actress who got kicked in the face
well thats the price you pay for fucking terrifying someone
This whole post is GOLD
Yea, if you’re an actor and you deliberately try to freak people out then you need to be aware it’s flight or FIGHT. There’s a chance that someone will run away screaming but someone could also square up and try to kick your creepy ass.
By deciding to be a creepy bastard you are accepting the possibility that you might end up getting hurt and I do not feel sorry for you.
But a quick reminder: if you go to a haunted house, DONT GO if you know you react to fear with violence. You’re paying to be scared by these actors; they’re doing their jobs. They don’t deserve to be punched for something you signed off on.
But if you’re an actor or prankster who’s picking targets who didn’t consent ahead of time, be warned, you might get punched.
Every discussion point on this post is gold
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Is it just me or is everyone forgetting about bi boys with this whole 20biteen thing? people are calling it wlw solidarity with 20dyketeen but y'all!!! bi boys exist and they’re valid as fuck so this lesbian sees and appreciates bi boys and enbys as well as bi girls, 20biteen is for ALL bisexuals.
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So I was just sent this. Thought y’all might wanna take a looksie.
Yeah, it’s actually there at https://discordapp.com/terms
By uploading, distributing, transmitting or otherwise using Your Content with the Service, you grant to us a perpetual, nonexclusive, transferable, royalty-free, sublicensable, and worldwide license to use, host, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display Your Content in connection with operating and providing the Service.
you…. you do realize they NEED these terms…… so that they can host images……. and let ppl see what you send……… right…………
Incapable of holding all knowledge, I did not! I was hopeful someone might be clear it up but I was also hopeful that it was possible to be polite about such things. Can’t win all the time, I guess!
perpetual - So they don’t have to set up some sort of content expiration scheme.
nonexclusive - so you can post it elsewhere and potentially sell it. If anyone asks for exclusive access be very very sure you are getting paid.
transferable - If they get bought by another company they don’t have to wipe all content.
royalty-free - They are not paying you to use their service to host your content
sublicensable - so they can have a 3rd party (like Amazon EC2) do the actual hosting, or provide another service with that content, like chat bots, giphy, etc.
worldwide license - They don’t have to geolock it
to use - Blanket right to use in their app
to host - Otherwise everything has to be externally linked
reproduce, publish, translate, distribute, perform, and display - Every time someone views the content it is being reproduced because that is the nature of the web.
modify, adapt, create derivative works from - Resize, transcode, change formatting, make thumbnails, etc.
in connection with operating and providing the Service. - Limits these abilities for the sole purposes of being used in the app. Excludes their use in advertising, selling their own copy of stuff, or claiming any sort of ownership outside of the Discord app.
I hope that helps. Legalese can be a little bit daunting but if you know what to look for, like nonexclusive and “ in connection with operating and providing the Service“ you can put your concerns to rest.
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English: A dog
Swedish: What
English: The dog
English: Two dogs
Swedish:
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Swedish: En hund, hunden
Swedish: Två hundar, hundarna
German:
English: No, go away
Swedish: No one invited you
German: Der Hund
English: I said go away
German: Ein Hund, zwei Hunde
Swedish: Stop it
German: Den Hund, einen Hund, dem Hund, einem Hund, des Hundes, eines Hundes, den Hunden, der Hunden
Turkish:
English: Wait
Swedish: I don’t like where this is going
German: No, don’t even think about that
Turkish: Köpek, köpeği, köpeğe, köpekte, köpekten, köpeğim, köpeğin, köpeğimiz, köpeğiniz, köpeğimin, köpeğinin, köpeğimizin, köpeğimizin, köpeklerinin, köpeğime, köpeğine, köpeğimize, köpeğinize, köpeğimi, köpeğinizi, köpeğini, köpeğimizi, köpeğinizi, köpeğimde, köpeğinde, köpeğimizde, köpeğinizde, köpeğimden, köpeğinden, köpeğimizden, köpeğinizden, köpekle, köpeğimle, köpeğinle, köpeğiyle, köpeklerimle, köpeklerinle, köpekleriyle, köpeğiminki, köpeğininki, köpeğinki, köpekle, köpeksiz
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Turkish: Plural forms. Köpekler, köpekleri, köpeklerimi, köpeklerini, köpeklerimizi, köpeklerinizi, köpeklere, köpeklerime, köpeklerine, köpeklerimize, köpeklerinize, köpeklerde, köpeklerimde, köpeklerinde, köpeklerimizde, köpeklerinizde, köpeklerden, köpeklerimden, köpeklerinden, köpeklerimizden, köpeklerinizden, köpeklerim, köpeklerinin, köpeklerin, köpeklerimizin, köpeklerinizin, köpekleriminki, köpeklerininki, köpeklerimizinki, köpeklerinizinki, köpeklerinki, köpeğiminkiler, köpeğininkiler, köpeğinkiler, köpeklerimizinkiler, köpeklerinizinkiler, köpeklerinkiler, köpeklersiz, köpeklerimle, köpeklerinle, köpekleriyle, köpeklerimizle, köpeklerinizle, köpeklerle
Finnish: Sup
English: NO
Swedish: NO
German: NO
Turkish: NO
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Finnish: Koira, koiran, koiraa, koiran again, koirassa, koirasta, koiraan, koiralla, koiralta, koiralle, koirana, koiraksi, koiratta, koirineen, koirin
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Finnish: Aaaand… koirasi, koirani, koiransa, koiramme, koiranne, koiraani, koiraasi, koiraansa, koiraamme, koiraanne, koirassani, koirassasi, koirassansa, koirassamme, koirassanne, koirastani, koirastasi, koirastansa, koirastamme, koirastanne, koirallani, koirallasi, koirallansa, koirallamme, koirallanne, koiranani, koiranasi, koiranansa, koiranamme, koirananne, koirakseni, koiraksesi, koiraksensa, koiraksemme, koiraksenne, koirattani, koirattasi, koirattansa, koirattamme, koirattanne, koirineni, koirinesi, koirinensa, koirinemme, koirinenne
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Finnish: Wait! then theres koirakaan, koirankaan, koiraakaan, koirassakaan, koirastakaan, koiraankaan, koirallakaan, koiraltakaan, koirallekaan, koiranakaan, koiraksikaan, koirattakaan, koirineenkaan, koirinkaan, koirako, koiranko, koiraako, koirassako, koirastako, koiraanko, koirallako, koiraltako, koiralleko, koiranako, koiraksiko, koirattako, koirineenko, koirinko, koirasikaan, koiranikaan, koiransakaan, koirammekaan, koirannekaan, koiraanikaan, koiraasikaan, koiraansakaan, koiraammekaan, koiraannekaan, koirassanikaan, koirassasikaan, koirassansakaan, koirassammekaan, koirassannekaan, koirastanikaan, koirastasikaan, koirastansakaan, koirastammekaan, koirastannekaan, koirallanikaan, koirallasikaan, koirallansakaan, koirallammekaan, koirallannekaan, koirananikaan, koiranasikaan, koiranansakaan, koiranammekaan, koiranannekaan, koiraksenikaan, koiraksesikaan, koiraksensakaan, koiraksemmekaan, koiraksennekaan, koirattanikaan, koirattasikaan, koirattansakaan, koirattammekaan, koirattannekaan, koirinenikaan, koirinesikaan, koirinensakaan, koirinemmekaan, koirinennekaan, koirasiko, koiraniko, koiransako, koirammeko, koiranneko, koiraaniko, koiraasiko, koiraansako, koiraammeko, koiraanneko, koirassaniko, koirassasiko, koirassansako, koirassammeko, koirassanneko, koirastaniko, koirastasiko, koirastansako, koirastammeko, koirastanneko, koirallaniko, koirallasiko, koirallansako, koirallammeko, koirallanneko, koirananiko, koiranasiko, koiranansako, koiranammeko, koirananneko, koirakseniko, koiraksesiko, koiraksensako, koiraksemmeko, koiraksenneko, koirattaniko, koirattasiko, koirattansako, koirattammeko, koirattanneko, koirineniko, koirinesiko, koirinensako, koirinemmeko, koirinenneko, koirasikaanko, koiranikaanko, koiransakaanko, koirammekaanko, koirannekaanko, koiraanikaanko, koiraasikaanko, koiraansakaanko, koiraammekaanko, koiraannekaanko, koirassanikaanko, koirassasikaanko, koirassansakaanko, koirassammekaanko, koirassannekaanko, koirastanikaanko, koirastasikaanko, koirastansakaanko, koirastammekaanko, koirastannekaanko, koirallanikaanko, koirallasikaanko, koirallansakaanko, koirallammekaanko, koirallannekaanko, koirananikaanko, koiranasikaanko, koiranansakaanko, koiranammekaanko, koiranannekaanko, koiraksenikaanko, koiraksesikaanko, koiraksensakaanko, koiraksemmekaanko, koiraksennekaanko, koirattanikaanko, koirattasikaanko, koirattansakaanko, koirattammekaanko, koirattannekaanko, koirinenikaanko, koirinesikaanko, koirinensakaanko, koirinemmekaanko, koirinennekaanko, koirasikokaan, koiranikokaan, koiransakokaan, koirammekokaan, koirannekokaan, koiraanikokaan, koiraasikokaan, koiraansakokaan, koiraammekokaan, koiraannekokaan, koirassanikokaan, koirassasikokaan, koirassansakokaan, koirassammekokaan, koirassannekokaan, koirastanikokaan, koirastasikokaan, koirastansakokaan, koirastammekokaan, koirastannekokaan, koirallanikokaan, koirallasikokaan, koirallansakokaan, koirallammekokaan, koirallannekokaan, koirananikokaan, koiranasikokaan, koiranansakokaan, koiranammekokaan, koiranannekokaan, koiraksenikokaan, koiraksesikokaan, koiraksensakokaan, koiraksemmekokaan, koiraksennekokaan, koirattanikokaan, koirattasikokaan, koirattansakokaan, koirattammekokaan, koirattannekokaan, koirinenikokaan, koirinesikokaan, koirinensakokaan, koirinemmekokaan, koirinennekokaan
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English: Okay, now you’re just making things up!
Finnish:
Finnish: And now the plural forms…where is the Hungarian…?
Hungarian: kutya, kutyább, kutyát, kutyának, kutyával, kutyáért, kutyában, kutyán, kutyánál, kutyába, kutyára, kutyához, kutyából, kutyáról, kutyától, kutyáig, kutyaként, kutyául, kutyaképpen, kutyástul, kutyásan, kutyailag, kutyaé, kutyáébb, kutyáét, kutyáénak, kutyáéval, kutyáéért, kutyáéban, kutyáén, kutyáénál, kutyáéba, kutyáéra, kutyáéhoz, kutyáéból, kutyáéról, kutyáétól, kutyáéig, kutyáéként, kutyáéképpen, kutyáéstul, kutyáésan, kutyáésilag, kutyás, kutyásabb, kutyásnak, kutyással, kutyásért, kutyásé, kutyásban, kutyáson, kutyásnál, kutyásba, kutyásra, kutyáshoz, kutyásból, kutyásról, kutyástól, kutyásig, kutyásként, kutyásul, kutyásképpen, kutyásilag, kutyásé, kutyásébb, kutyásénak, kutyáséval, kutyáséban, kutyásén, kutyásénál, kutyáséba, kutyáséra, kutyáséhez, kutyáséból, kutyáséról, kutyásétől, kutyáséig, kutyáséként, kutyáséképpen, kutyáséilag, kutyátlan, kutyátlanabb, kutyátlannak, kutyátlannal, kutyátlanért, kutyátlanban, kutyátlanon, kutyátlannál, kutyátlanba, kutyátlanra, 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Swedish:
German:
Turkish:
English: WTF, you have relatives?
Finnish: That’s my brother!Hungarian: And now the plural forms.
Kötre
why
Anyone want to call english a hard language now?
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learning that most trees do not derive from a single lineage but actually only look and function superficially similarly due to convergent evolution is one of the most fucked up things i’ve ever learned and i will never be the same person as i was before i learned that
Oak trees are quite a bit more closely related to roses than they are to pine trees.
So are apple and cherry and pear trees! But palm trees are basically grass
Like many animal lines have gotten Huge and Lumpy in the ocean, so have plants gotten Tall and Woody in the sunlight.
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One reason why I love anime. The emotion of the voice acting is too strong
did
did this anime waifu just tear down the edgy pretentious pseudointellectual facades we construct for ourselves as an obfuscating substitute for actual worth of character and accuse us of being so wrapped up in our own insular self-validating atrophied emotional comfort zones that we can only relate to others through pop culture allusions and mental dominance contests instead of a genuine emotional connection between two human beings
what the hell man
at first i read the above explanation thinking it was just a bunch of long thrown in words meant to make something simple complicated….but that is the perfect explanation for what I just watched
It’s been mentioned many times before, but the voice actress did this in a SINGLE take… makes it all the more impressive
I reblogged this yesterday with no comment, but after watching the clip again… no. No, that response up there with all the big words?
That’s exactly what the character was telling her counterpart to knock off. Big words. Big words with the assumption that everybody listening or reading will understand or have the energy and means to research what they don’t. Big words that communicate a big ego and little consideration for others.
She’s telling him to come off his pedestal and talk to her as himself, with his own words - words she can understand, because no, she’s not a walking dictionary or thesaurus or history book or anything like that, and unlike him she also doesn’t pretend to be, even though she’s arguably just as “exposed” to all these things by way of his presence in her life as he is by way of his presence on the internet.
What is “obfuscating”? What is “insular”? What is “pseudointellectual”? Fine that you seem to know their definitions, but you aren’t addressing an audience that can or should be expected to know those things. For god’s sake, I do know those things and I still had to keep stopping to figure out what the hell was being said.
She doesn’t understand these things because he never tries to help her understand. She doesn’t understand why he thinks he’s educated and edgy just because he talks about blood and knows a little bit about this religion and that world issue. She very clearly wants to understand, but he’s so busy being clever that all she gets out of him is, “It’s really cool, but you wouldn’t understand it.”
So no, that… big jumble of words up there is not what’s going on. What’s going on is that an anime character just called the internet age on its bullshit.
And while she was at it, she threw some damn heavy shade at everybody who uses their entire stock of big words in casual settings without stopping to read the room and consider their audience.
^
this right here is so fucking important. As someone with ADHD, I struggled with having to decipher this bullcrap in my Liberal Arts classes or any time I needed to read shit for essays and it felt like pulling teeth. I would always think. “DUDE you’re talking about art!! Fuck off with the big words and just tell why I should give a shit about this damn painting!!” I’m not saying if you use big words fuck you I’m saying if you ONLY use big words fuck you. Especially when you’re to talking down to me about something I should understand. It’s a social wall that will leave you feeling cold and lonely up on your high horse. and If you do this and want to knock it off:
Don't always say: pseudointellectual
Try to say: pretentious or full-of-it
Don’t always say: insular
Try to say: ignorant or a don’t know don’t care attitude
Don’t always say: obfuscating
Try to say: Confusing or messed up
Soon you’ll find that people with actually wanna talk to you/ read what you write if they can understand what fuck you’re even on about!
If you want to use big words–which is awesome, because big words are fun–there are ways to do it without being pretentious and inaccessible.
English has some super specific words that mean VERY precise things (for example: we have a single word that means ‘to throw out the window.’ Defenestrate. How hilarious is that??), and it’s really neat to have those words at your disposal. I don’t blame anyone who would rather use obfuscate than “confuse” because it’s a delightful word. It’s got great texture. It’s fun to say and it means something very specific. Someone could make something ‘confused’ by accident, but if someone is obfuscating, they’re doing it deliberately. It’s a more precise word with a more precise meaning.
But good writing should give the reader enough context clues to get that meaning, not jump right into another bewildering word that also needs context clues to be understood.
A perfect example of this is in the musical Hamilton. When James Madison and Thomas Jefferson are bitching about Aaron Burr’s political ideology in the song, The Election of 1800, the lines go like this:
Jefferson: He’s not very forthcoming on any particular stances
Madison: Ask him a question, it glances off, he obfuscates, he dances
Jefferson: And they say I’m a Francophile–at least they know I know where France is.Obfuscate is the perfect word right there, and not just because it rhymes, but because it means precisely what Madison (or Miranda, if you prefer) intends it to mean. And there are context clues all around. In the line before, we’re told he’s not forthcoming on stances, so we know he doesn’t share his beliefs freely. In the same line as the word itself: “it glances off” “he dances” –the picture of someone deliberately eluding a question. And in the line after, with Jefferson expressing frustration about the fact that people complain about him but at least he’s transparent about the things he knows and believes.
Even if you’ve never heard the word before, you can get a feel for what it means in this context, and suddenly, there’s a new word in your vocabulary that you understand well enough to infer its meaning and use fairly well. Next time someone is evading answering your question, you can say, “You’re obfuscating” and you’ll be right.
Introducing big words into the common dialogue is not a bad thing. And hating on people who use them (who often are not neurotypical, and whose decision to use the words may have far more to do with that than any sense of pretentiousness) is just as much of a problem as using them to obscure your meaning and feel superior.
What the girl is complaining about is not that the boy is using big words. It’s that he’s being deliberately obscure in order to stay out of her reach. He’ll give her just enough information to get her interested, then brush off her requests for further explanations in order to appear mysterious and aloof (when in reality he likely just doesn’t know any more than she does). That’s the real problem here. Not that he knows things and isn’t saying, but that he’s pretending he knows more than she does and using it to make himself seem superior–and that his own preferences for things like violence and chaos and war are somehow more desirable than her preferences for joy and happiness and peace (a problem that is more deeply rooted in misogyny than intellectual elitism).
Did the paragraph above challenge me? Yes. Was it a little more obscure and complicated than it probably needed to be? Sure. Does that mean we should NEVER use ANY of those words, though?
It really, really doesn’t. It just means we should work to SHARE them with each other, instead of trying to use them to one-up each other.
Big words are neat. Pass them on.
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Ok but as a dysphoric trans man the whole ‘you need dysphoria to be trans’ actually baffles me because even tho I’ve always had severe dysphoria, it didn’t actually help me figure out my gender at all. I usually dismissed my dysphoria as ‘internalized misogyny’ or just not being feminine enough, which actually just caused me worse dysphoria.
You know what made me figure out that I’m trans though? Gender euphoria. The minute I got called a ‘sir’ is the moment that I realized, “shit this feels right.” And at that point I realized that I could no longer deny the fact that I’m not a woman and that I couldn’t keep living as one.
Here’s a hot take: maybe being trans isn’t so much about how uncomfortable you can be in your DGAB, but rather how much more comfortable you can be.
Trans woman chiming in to second this.
I was dysphoric since at least the onset of puberty, but it took me until age 36 to realize I was trans, and it wasn’t the dysphoria that made me realize it. I even knew that what I felt sounded exactly like what dysphoric trans people described. But I dismissed it as self-loathing, depression, unhappiness with my body type.
And just like OP, the dysphoria isn’t how I realized I was trans. That feeling of “this is right, this is what I want” is how I realized I was trans. The realization that wanting to be trans and being trans are the same thing. Only then did it become clear. Only then was I able to start transitioning. And only then did my dysphoria begin to break.
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i feel like counter-trolling is an essential skill that kids online aren’t learning and it’s kinda worrying
like back in my day, the day of online forums, learning how to trick someone in to getting themselves banned was an essential skill. if you could tell someone was a chud, you would ask them short, leading questions and watch them get frustrated and post longer and longer rants until they said something that would catch a mod’s attention and get them banned and/or at least publicly humiliated.
and guess what? that’s the exact same tactics the alt-right use now. these people are exclusively acting in bad faith. every interaction these people post online is done with the intention of getting someone to respond to them so they can screenshot the massive paragraphs of text and laugh
so, what’s the solution?
dare ‘em to post dick pics.
don’t acknowledge the content of the stuff they post. if you see someone trying to engage you in bad faith just dare them to post pictures of their penis until they either get frustrated and leave or get frustrated and do it. either way they lose.
this is the tactic used by the fans of a podcast (that i haven’t listened to) called the Chapo Trap House, and 4chan’s /pol/ users fucking HATE them. they hate Chapo Trap House and think they’re crazy because Chapo Trap House fans refuse to engage in meaningful debate and repeatedly demand dick pics. they get frustrated and leave. it works.
Some of you never used your position as a mod on an a series of unfortunate events forum to get a racist troll to post evidence of their tax fraud and it shows
…that second comment is oddly specific and I’m a little scared
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