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Cake day: December 31st, 2023

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  • you’re just completely fucked because they (generally) follow the Mark Twain model of pay per word so once a story gets popular that shit absolutely gets milked into the ground.

    This is a legit problem for web novels and wuxia (which get written and released chapter by chapter).

    Lot’s of random plot arcs that go nowhere, and a lot of recycled story structure.

    I stopped reading Tales of Demons and Gods halfway through, because the main character gains the ability to pause time and “power up” whenever he wants. I was already quite tired of it, but that was the “fuck this book” moment

    I shall seal the heavens and The Desolate Era are some of my favorites (although TDE has some severe plot meandering syndrome)





  • It might be your phone getting a notification, and sending that to the BT speaker, which then takes precedent over the laptop

    I usually just disable BT on my phone when stuff like that happens (on android, you can change the playback device without disconnecting, and that should also prevent the phone from stealing your headphones)



  • I think most people make the assumption that the current owner has always been the owner, and therefore they’re the cause of obesity

    It also doesn’t help that the human obesity epidemic, and “body positivity” movement tend to normalize obesity in people’s minds. I think some of the comments (mine included) are a response to this

    Also, some owners just don’t realize that they are overfeeding their pets, nor the damage that does to their pets

    But that doesn’t mean rude, insulting, or assumptive comments are justified


    I would suggest mentioning your efforts at weight loss whenever you post pics, just to head off the stream of comments about the subject. That way, people can see you’re both cognizant and proactive with the issue