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Albino CAPY!!!

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im still losing it over the "how did high schoolers write 600 word essays before chatgpt" post. 600 words. that is nothing. that is so few words what do you mean you can't write 600 words. 600 words. this post right here is 45 words.

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it is genuinely bewildering to me that adult human beings do not know this but if you are mean to people they will not like you. like tbh they are probably also not going to like you if you are mean to other people but they are definitely not going to like you if you are mean to them. it doesn’t matter if you are funny or if you can use r/aita rules to prove that you are in the right. people simply do not enjoy being treated like shit.

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Okay, darlings. This fandom has managed to drive an author from it and they went out with a nuke. All of their work, gone. So it's time to have a talk. I'd love to think none of you were involved in it, so hopefully this is more a reminder to reblog than to have to apply, but it's time to have a talk.

First off, I'm not going to name the author. Their story is theirs. I'm just going to talk generally.

You DO NOT tell an author to kill themselves (kys) or threaten to harm them or that you'll find them or that they're writing their story wrong. YOU JUST DON'T.

"Well that's how I joke with my friends--" Stop. Authors are not your friends. They are at best acquaintances and more likely strangers. They might be friendly with you. I'm friendly with many of you because I see you often in comments/replies and such. And some of you have become friends. But the average author is not your friend, they are a stranger. And if you're the type of person who would tell a stranger to kill themselves, you need professional help in dealing with something deep inside you and I hope you find it.

Authors are out here writing entertainment and sharing it for free. You respect that and be kind. If you can't be kind, you leave. The back button is right there.

This is not an airport, you do not need to announce your departure. If a fic goes a way that you do not like, you unsubscribe and hit that back button. If it turns too angsty or sappy or violent, back button. If their characterization bothers you, back button. You do not need to tell as stranger providing free effort that you hate what they are producing. This fandom is so damn prolific, there's something out there for you, it doesn't have to be that fic.

Please just be kind. The world is horrible enough right now. And if you can't be kind, back button.

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fyi things like insulin, hearing aids, wheelchairs, glasses costing money at all is a form of structural ableism

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Just saw a poll about school hours and I noticed that nobody specified the hours for Wednesdays (as they're half days), so I started wondering if Wednesday being a half day is not a universal experience...

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my fav genre of fanfic is "ship i have not ever considered but the author is insane abt it in a way that intrigues me immensely"

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reblogs appreciated for greater sample size

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pick your fighter

the ‘$1000 to go to Hawaii’ bride, the ‘I bought a $99 polygraph on amazon’ lady, or the ‘why was $200 so huge’ birthday girl

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reasonable people: the drop in fertility rates is at least partially due to the economic circumstances we are living in. perhaps more people under 30 WOULD be interested in having children if there were resources like universal healthcare and universal childcare, making it more financially feasible to start a family at-

unreasonable people: no. wrong. we need to ban abortion and also bring back teen pregnancy in a big way.

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The biggest compliment ever is when someone sees your creative work and says that they’re now inspired to go out and create something, too

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It's okay if your ship is not yet canon!

It's okay if your ship never becomes canon!

It's okay if your ship was canon and has since broken up!

It's okay if the members of your ship have literally never spoken to each other!

It's okay if the members of your ship hate each other's guts!

It's okay if the members of your ship are in completely different media!

It's all okay! Ship what you want! Let other people ship what they want! Ship and let ship, and all that good stuff!

Enjoy canon for what it is, and have fun in the sandbox that is fandom when canon doesn't provide what you're looking for.

Half your ship died? Not in fanfic they didn't.

A character left the show? In my mind, they're on vacation.

People keep tearing each other to pieces over whether or not their ship exists in the source material. Like... when did that become relevant? Of the twenty ships I currently have saved as faves on Ao3, only 3 were ever canon. No one used to care. And now suddenly everyone does.

Let's go back to not caring. Fandom was more fun back then, I promise.

Like, sure. It's fun when your ships set sail, but it's not some moral failing on your part if they don't or never will.

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with due respect business insider I think that millennial fandom moms have been this site's strongest warriors for the past 15+ years

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when people like your OCs it is truly one of the best feelings ever. but when they also UNDERSTAND your OCs??? When they say or do something that just makes you go "oh they get it." UNBEATABLE.

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new doctor who tommorow. And I it’s honour- Here’s this Very Important Post