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this is the best type of character

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Saw this on Twitter and I obligatory need to share it

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truly nothing funnier than having an archive of when you first started getting into a media that has since consumed your entire life

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CEO of Gumroad apparently now works at DOGE, saved up loads of money 'cause he fired everyone and replaced them with AI

abandon GR if you haven't already. fuck capitalism.

@copperbadge @thebibliosphere

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I think one of the funniest things about kids is how they'll be very observant and lack context for anything. Like imagine someone having to explain their small kids that some other adult in the grocery store was acting absolutely horrid because some grownups aren't real adults, they're just kids in adult bodies trying to pretend to be grownups, and some of them are bad at it. Real grownups don't throw tantrums in grocery stores.

And three weeks later one of the kids sees a trainee at the daycare fuck up something that the other daycare workers have no problem doing, and observes "you're just a kid trying to pretend to be an adult, aren't you?" and this whole-ass young adult will have to process that they were just read for fucking filth by somebody who was born in 2021.

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you don’t gotta tell me to boycott the Nintendo prices by not buying bc i don’t have the money to get them anyways

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NOWAY!!!!

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This tweet is just... Odd. Very odd.

Like... You live like this? You write like this? You think like this??

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ah. right. no need to panic

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Love having a typical "romantic potential" scenario and its still gonna be a ship scenario but its just. Chaos.

Bandage up your wounds? Well sure but injured person is violently yelling arguing and getting lightheaded from bloodloss as person trying to bandage them is ACTIVELY in mild distress and also arguing trying to bandage them as they finally calm down by giving up

cooking with someone? person a thinks its gonna be romantic and like how the movies show it or whatever and then person b is a neat freak and NEEDS to be in control of the kitchen or they will explode, incredibly bossy and its really just kinda stressful and person a quickly gets cooking rights taken away

Realizing i may just enjoy the humor of the ideas tbh

Events that Could be seen as romantic but the twist on the characters instead of making it full of romantic tension it is full of The Horrors tension but in a funny nonthreatening way

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I love the new trouble lines for the Octotrio because they imply that Azul yells at Floyd and straight socks Jade.

Any time Jade goes too far Azul doesn’t even try to reason with him, he justs -

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Here’s a good one

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So my problem with most ‘get to know your character’ questioneers is that they’re full of questions that just aren’t that important (what color eyes do they have) too hard to answer right away (what is their greatest fear) or are just impossible to answer (what is their favorite movie.)  Like no one has one single favorite movie. And even if they do the answer changes.

If I’m doing this exercise, I want 7-10 questions to get the character feeling real in my head. So I thought I’d share the ones that get me (and my students) good results: 

What is the character’s go-to drink order? (this one gets into how do they like to be publicly perceived, because there is always some level of theatricality to ordering drinks at a bar/resturant)

What is their grooming routine? (how do they treat themselves in private)

What was their most expensive purchase/where does their disposable income go? (Gets you thinking about socio-economic class, values, and how they spend their leisure time)

Do they have any scars or tattoos? (good way to get into literal backstory) 

What was the last time they cried, and under what circumstances? (Good way to get some *emotional* backstory in.) 

Are they an oldest, middle, youngest or only child? (This one might be a me thing, because I LOVE writing/reading about family dynamics, but knowing what kinds of things were ‘normal’ for them growing up is important.)

Describe the shoes they’re wearing. (This is a big catch all, gets into money, taste, practicality, level of wear, level of repair, literally what kind of shoes they require to live their life.)

Describe the place where they sleep. (ie what does their safe space look like. How much (or how little) care / decoration / personal touch goes into it.)

What is their favorite holiday? (How do they relate to their culture/outside world. Also fun is least favorite holiday.) 

What objects do they always carry around with them? (What do they need for their normal, day-to-day routine? What does ‘normal’ even look like for them.) 

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stop using chat gpt. i can also feed you misinformation when you ask me questions and also im beautiful

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idk where all of this weed-smoke discourse erupted from, but “weed is fine and you shouldn’t be a snitch about it” and “don’t burn plant matter in public spaces where someone you don’t know might have, like, a lung condition” are two sentiments that can and do coexist. i have asthma and i hang out with stoners pretty much constantly. i’ve never felt the urge to snitch and no one has ever blatantly disrespected my avoidance of smoke. they’re always eager to help keep it away from me when needed, which isn’t difficult to do. i hate to say this, but my only takeaway from a hypothetical scenario in which a stoner is blasting weed smoke in public like a dragon and an asthmatic feels the need to involve the cops is that both individuals are unpleasant and i don’t want to be around either of them lmao