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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

I was like... 2.5.

And yes I absolutely remember reading it. I was on the double bed that my brother and I slept on before he moved in to his own room and I got my "big girl" bed at 5.

My first "real" book? (Like. Not picture, pretty much all words, etc)

Charlotte's Web. I was 5.

I found my love of sci-fi/fantasy by 2nd grade. At which point Dad literally dropped LotR on me (his paperback boxed set. It hurt) and said I should read it. Meaning I should read it *someday*.

I thought he meant *now*.

So at 7 years old, I plowed through all of LotR. And loved it.

This may explain why I was able to get through all 14 books of the Wheel of Time series in less than 4 months.

I'm dumb in so so many ways. But I am a voracious, and fast, reader.

What's the first book you remember reading?

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I wrote a research brief during my masters. It was MAXIMUM 1200 words, 10 references, and one chart or graph. And when I tell you that was the hardest thing I've ever written because my first draft was 1600 words, 15 references, and 4 graphs.....

It took me (outside of the research, literature search and review, coding etc. just the writing) maybe an hour for the first draft. And then a good 3-4 hours to figure out how to CUT OUT 400 words, 5 references, and condense 4 graphs into the one most important.

I've written a 600 word INTRODUCTION to a research paper. That had to get pared back to 300-400.

Please tell me this person isn't the majority. Please don't make me lose faith in the future of humanity while also losing faith in its present.

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Describing Terry Pratchett’s books is difficult. Someone asked me what the book I was reading was about, and I had to tell them it was about banking and the gold standard, but like in a cool way with golems and action. 

 I don’t think they believed me.

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H-how are Texans saying "Deep In The Heart of Texas" or "Yellow Rose of Texas" are the state song?

It's "Texas Our Texas".

Seriously.

I had to learn that in elementary school. Along with the pledge of allegiance to both the American flag and the Lutheran/Christian one. (Look. We were members of the church so tuition was like $100 a year. And my brother couldn't do addition or subtraction by 2nd grade in the public elementary school he went to until then. So my parents decided private school couldn't be worse.)

(And $100 back then wasn't like $10,000 today. I'm not THAT fuckin old)

But yeah. It's fucking "Texas Our Texas"

All hail that mighty state.

And now fuck you because it's stuck in my head.

Wait do people in the lower 48 not learn your state songs in school??

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I am planning to move to northeast Maine in the near future....

does mint grow really easily? i’m always stingy with using them for dishes so i can use them for as many dishes as possible since it’s kind of expensive lol. Unfortunately the soil where i live is kind of sandy though and water just sits on top of it when i water plants

mint grows like. DANGEROUSLY easily lol.

you HAVE to contain it to a pot unless you want it to take over your yard as a leafy dictator, and it is a wildly forgiving plant. i've been negligent and thought i've killed it off for sure before, but a little water and some sun and it pops back to life.

honestly, if you have no experience with growing stuff, mint is a pretty safe entry plant. it'll put up with a lot and give you a HUGE return on investment. you can trim it down to like. an inch. and it'll be trying to bust out of its pot again within the month.

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Unless it's me.

I *intentionally* put mint in the ground so it would live.

It did not. I killed it somehow.

I have killed a blackberry bush. In Georgia. Where they grow wild on the side of highways.

I have the brownest of brown thumbs.

I have killed so many succulents I've lost count. Because people keep giving them to me because *surely* I can keep a succulent alive! They barely need any care!

Nope. Dead.

I've killed a cactus by lack of watering. When it was outside. In Georgia where it actually rains on occasion.

It died in *summer*.

If you want a plant dead, tell me to take care of it. Leave me detailed instructions, too. Tell me exactly how much and when to water. When to cover. When to bring in. When to leave out. I'll follow them *to the letter*.

And it will die.

It's almost a gift.

Except I have a dream of a little garden and little orchard where I go and get my own fresh herbs and fruits and veggies like a good little homesteader.

And I know if I ever do much as set foot in a garden center, every plant will die just from being in my presence.

does mint grow really easily? i’m always stingy with using them for dishes so i can use them for as many dishes as possible since it’s kind of expensive lol. Unfortunately the soil where i live is kind of sandy though and water just sits on top of it when i water plants

mint grows like. DANGEROUSLY easily lol.

you HAVE to contain it to a pot unless you want it to take over your yard as a leafy dictator, and it is a wildly forgiving plant. i've been negligent and thought i've killed it off for sure before, but a little water and some sun and it pops back to life.

honestly, if you have no experience with growing stuff, mint is a pretty safe entry plant. it'll put up with a lot and give you a HUGE return on investment. you can trim it down to like. an inch. and it'll be trying to bust out of its pot again within the month.

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East India

go to this random coordinates generator and say in the tags how you would fare if you were dropped where it generates without warning. i’ll go first i’d be dropped in the middle of the fucking south atlantic ocean and perish

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1. Ensnaring strike

Neat, I guess. I figure I can use it against asshole drivers. Like the ones that zoom up the shoulder or the like. Also probably good fur hunting when the supply chain collapses and we're all back to hunter-gatherer levels.

2. Cordon of Arrows

Ok. Now their car is getting absolutely perforated. Also, I could take down so many birds for food. But knowing me I'd try it on a moose and just piss it off.

The Randomizer

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Hugely curious about the stats of this. I'm testing a theory. Elaborate in the tags if you please.

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