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So it turns out that if you drink caffeine since you were a young kid and have been addicted for over 10 years and consume 3-4 coffees with 3-4 lucozade energy drinks a day and you quit it turns out that it makes you REALLLLYYY double depressed. Time feels real. I feel real. I feel like I woke up from a coma or a fake reality. And it feels really fucking weird and oh god if I can’t mask my depression anymore, I might actually have to do something about it. The horror.

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Me going through fnaf lore videos in 2024 as if I didn’t give up on trying to understand the lore after SB released: Uh-huh, interesting. Yes this ChicaDCI MichaelMCI ScraptrapDuo ElizabethHell ShatterDoug GamesGames MsAftonConvicted Henry=MsAfton DougVictim 3afterFFPS BlobPhoneGuy BrazilCanonEnding BV82 CB1960 ShadowBonnie46 ToyFreddyBite WillMound OmniMCIDCI PigtailMike RalphGlitchtrap TCTTC 15th April 1865 UCNReal VanessaVengeful theory is the smartest thing I’ve ever heard.

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My second book has been “almost done” for over a year now. The thing is that proofreading is so boring. Like, I love writing. I even enjoy editing. I love all that shit, love it. But proofreading… MAN. I proofread my first book like 20 times (though I should’ve edited it like 100 extra times lol that thing is um. Not my proudest work.) and by the 20th time I was like “fuck this, if a typo or two slips by, I am beyond caring.”

Now, for my current book, I am approaching that phase. Currently, I’m planning on doing one proofread with a text to speech app on my computer (a really unintuitive one that bores me to tears), planning an extra proofread and then I’ll order proof copies, proofread that once or twice, and then I’m fucking done.

First world problems, at the end of the day. I guess I’ve been struggling because I’m recovering from burnout, dealing with the worst depression (mentally, anyway) I’ve ever had and losing my passion for anything and everything. But, er, you don’t need the details. I think the worst part is when you’ve proofread the fucking thing over and over, and you find a really obvious typo! One I found today was “What kind of questions is that?”

*facepalm* Agh. Pain in the ass. Genuinely.

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Well that’s one way to trap the MC I suppose.

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I’m editing something and listening to music, right? So I use the ‘narrator’ tool to spellcheck while I edit, and MAN IT CAN BE SUCH A BUZZKILL. Like, I was listening to The Tempest by Pendulum, and when it got to the main bit (I know, my musical terminology knowledge is amazing. /s I just dunno if drop is the word.) ALL I COULD HEAR WAS “NO AUTOMATION PEER WINDOW. YOUTUBE. AUDIO PLAYING.” Thanks, really enhances the experience.

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Me: okay, attempting to rig my wrapped for the memes ruined it for me. I shouldn’t do it again.

Also me: what if I tried making He Will Mock you by the Annoying Orange my most listened to song next year?

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Does anyone else listen to Kevin Macleod when writing? I mean, I also listen to soundtracks in general but I grew up on LPStube videos where At Rest would be put over ridiculously serious scenes I couldn’t take seriously in the modern day (they’re LPS toys), so idk, the songs from that era of YouTube are writing material.

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heyo. there was a term you coined (or just thought about coining) a while ago called idemic. it was something i related to but it looks like your coining post is gone. did you rename the term? change your mind?

Oh, wow, I completely forgot about that term. Okay, so, the short answer is that I did change the name (I forgot what to, I’m sorry. I changed it because the term already existed) but I also deleted the post.

I don’t remember why I deleted the post itself, and I don’t remember what I even defined the term as, but I was going through heavy identity issues back then (depersonalisation/dissociation), so I think I might’ve deleted it because it was making things worse for me. That being said, I understand others might find the concept useful/helpful for them, and that’s cool. I’m sorry I don’t have the original post anymore but people can do what they wanna with the term/concept. So yeah, basically just personal shit and the fact the term already existed (I don’t remember what the other idemic meant, though)

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This specific Kevin Macleod song feels slightly Umineko soundtrack coded.

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I don’t think I’m gonna be posting the rest of my wrapped it only gets weirder

(The Danny Gonzalez song, btw)

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Yeah I think you’re underestimating a bit

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PSA: Fake AI Scams on Amazon, Dangerous Pet Products

As an author that uses Amazon to self-publish, it was greatly disheartening to see that my mom had fallen for a scam. I recently went vegan, and when I went downstairs, I saw this. I was immediately suspicious, as I looked at the cover. I had a gut feeling something was off. I had watched this video a few months ago, but even if I hadn’t, I think I would’ve been able to tell.

The pages were full of recipes with zero context, just bullet points and clearly AI generated information. The table of contents was a mess, the formatting just looked… bad. And the cover? It was a bunch of stock images with the words “vegan” and “vegetarian” used interchangeably. So many red flags, and I was immediately pissed.

Now, there are things up on Amazon, with zero consequence that piss me off MORE, such as dangerous animal products for your pets. (Search about the cat litter box Amazon controversy, I can’t add the video) But this pissed me off as an author. I’ve never been too bothered by AI, as I always believed people would choose real, authentic stories over this bullshit. What I didn’t realise was how scummy people would abuse this to straight up lie. If the book was sold as an “AI generated cookbook” I wouldn’t have as much of an issue. Lazy? Sure. It’s lazy. But it would be HONEST. This is dishonest. This is scamming, and you take away from ACTUAL AUTHORS WHO PUT EFFORT INTO THEIR RECIPES.

I’m not a cookbook author. I’ve only released one book, that I was never happy about, that I’ve moved on from. But I put hard work into it. While I don’t believe any work I’ve produced, published or not, is amazing writing, I know I put hard work into it. While cookbooks are less literature, and more recipe, I can acknowledge the thought and time that went into each recipe. It’s unfair to actual fucking cookbook authors.

If you want some advice on spotting AI bullshit on Amazon, it’s easy to spot; weird stock image covers, weird formatting, bad reviews, inconsistencies, ChatGPT sounding text; just go with your gut.

As for actual vegan cookbooks? Oh, wait, tumblr won’t let me use links. That’s great.

Does that work? Idk, but there’s a thread with a lot of suggestions. You can rb/comment some of your own.

You can also find recipes online, and there are vegan YouTube recipes.

Also, there are dangerous pet products on Amazon. https://youtu.be/xepC3-Ia9ho?si=GQoeFNthcFyTwcV0

I strongly recommend being careful what you buy from Amazon, just in general. Fuck fake bullshit.

Also, make sure to warn older people about these things, or people in general. My mom’s in her 40’s, but I’m sure younger/older people fall for this who aren’t educated on how Amazon works. The products sold are by third party sellers, meaning there’s no guarantee they’re safe. Amazon has a safeguarding system… I’d assume, but things slip through the cracks. Please do your research on who you’re buying from. In the case of litter boxes, buy from reputable sources. You could be endangering your animals. This goes for any animal product, especially involving technology.

(Edit: links not working.)

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Fuck zodiac signs, which one of these did you have growing up?

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Gen alpha will never know what growing up on MLG was like.

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Is it real

No.

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No, no, I need to stop getting angry publicly. Peace and love.

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I haven’t used Twitter in months but is Bluesky like, legit? Or is it just gonna be another Threads? People migrate, the site dies, they run back to twitter (for whatever reason. Then again, people with the absolute worst pay ever defend their bosses, poor people defend billionaires)

I just don’t wanna get involved with something that’ll die in a month.