EVERYONE MOVE OVER I FOUND THE BEST AI GENERATED RESULTS
James Patterson books are an invasive species humans brought into library shelf environments because we wanted fast-reproducing, easily-digestible food. But at the time, we didn't know as much about their natural airport environment, which has very few available nutrients. This environment greatly favours the genericalist species like Patterson, so there's very little bibliodiversity compared to the more specialized library or bookstore environment. This means that each species in an airport has an enormously expanded niche compared to just about anywhere else books can thrive - in their natural habitat, Patterson books may be one of only 3 or 4 species competing for available nutrients. In these low-density, low-nutrient environments, Patterson books occupy vast swathes of territory without bothering other species. This history makes it extremely easy for them to outcompete the more specialized inhabitants of the library shelf, who have often been carefully selected to fill ultraspecific subgenre niches.
Left unweeded, Patterson books will expand their territory over multiple book bays, crowding out or even straight-up eliminating space for competitors and sending contributor-author runners out to other shelves. Contained to a single, planned set of shelves and kept strictly pruned, Patterson books can contribute to a healthy ecosystem. But many curators don't know or don't care to do the planning and maintenance, leading to the nightmare of overcrowding and loss of circulation.
You got through the days you worried most about, you got through the weeks you were anxious about, and you got through the months you felt at your worst. Take a moment to be proud of yourself for that, and maybe even reward yourself. I believe in you for going through and doing well in the moments you still have ahead of you.
this will never not make me laugh
why you gotta be funnier than me on my own post
One of my favorite parts of the Hunger Games was how, in the beginning, Katniss was jealous amd resentful of the townies for not having to work in the coal mines. Then, over time, she realizes they aren't the true enemy. Then she sees the other district kids as so much better off than she is, because at least they don't come from district 12. But then she realizes they aren't the enemy either. And then she hates the other victors, before realizing they have all been exploited just as much as she has. So the enemy must be the Capitol citizens, who benefit from the exploitation of the districts, right? Wrong again. They are just uninformed and pampered people who have been kept in the dark about the true horrors faced by the rest of the country. Most of them, when push comes to shove, are perfectly willing to help the war efforts.
And slowly, over the three books, all theses separate factions of downtrodden people start to see each other as allies instead of enemies, and that is what propells them to eventual victory over the true enemy, the government that tried to pit them against each other. Just fun, totally fictional things to think about that have nothing whatsoever to do with our current life.
Are you ANGRY??
Are you FULL OF RAGE???
Then you might enjoy LOOKING UP INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES IN YOUR AREA and BRUTALLY MURDERING THEM
me, attacking the bush honeysuckle and wintercreeper in my back yard: rip tear shred tear kill maim slaughter
are plant assassin guilds a thing
STOP! are you operating on an arbitrary set of terms and rules known only to you? have you created an ultimatum or specific if/then scenario for someone else without communicating it to them? have you considered making a decision and calculated all the consequences and potential reactions to those consequences and consequences for those reactions before you actually made the decision? it may be time to say some words out loud to another person!
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So I reopened my dating apps because my tarot deck said to
And then I matched this guy
So I was like "Ok I GOTTA message him"
THE RING WRAITH SAID TRANS RIGHTS
I think I'm in love.
I'll try to keep you updated, but if I stop posting I've run off to Mordor.
Small update:
He replies pretty slowly, but that's OK, I think I've got him.
I don't think he knows what to make of me
villainous-queer-deactivated202
I’m so invested in this romcom OP plEASE keep us posted.
It's been really slow
GUYS IM SWOONING
How the fuck do you have this much chemistry with a nazgul
I'm a BARD
"Because my tarot deck said you" do you think they were just like, "you gotta see this out, it's hilarious"?
To it's credit, I've also met a guy I really like. That just isn't funny.
GUYS
I THINK WE'RE GONNA DO THIS THING
Also I told him about you. Also I have cut out some parts of the Convo, but all the fun parts are here.
GUYS THIS IS HAPPENING
What do I WEAR?!
I could cry.
I have to announce a tragedy.
Naz Gûl was kicked from Tinder before I got his number. I'm heartbroken. :(
HE FOUND ME!!!!!!!
Update: the date is set!
OK COOL BUT DID YOU GET TO HANG OUT??? HOW WAS IT
I NEED AN UPDATE, OH-NAZGUL-CHARMER
Working on it! :)
So we moved on over.
I apologize for the lack of updates, but this update has us to the present finally!
We have a schedule. Both our lives have been ABSURD over the duration of this story, and there's a lot of me and him in here.
A lot of folks seem to think that this is a romantic date? Pretty early on, Naz said that he wasn't looking for romance. And I am VERY Polyamorous, but not really looking for new folks right now.
Still! We're going to do this thing! We're going to meet, and we're going to take pictures (maybe even a video or two?) And you'll get to see it!
Today's the day
We opted for a coffee shop because of the rain, but I am here with coffee waiting.
Why am I so nervous? This isn't even a DATE date. We're bros. It's gonna be cool.
Any car could be Him, and I keep looking up at each one. Is he gonna show up in the costume? Is the weather cool for that? Is it in the wash?
Thankfully I did think of a cool line to say when he gets here.
Gotta be honest, I wish I had done a "Tap To See More" on this post all those months ago, scrolling is a pain.
There's a girl outside having an ANIMATED conversation about someone who wronged her friend and she is big mad. I am living for her. I want the best for her life. I will never speak to her.
Oh god oh fuck oh shit he's here, he pulled up. How do I look? Is there anything in my teeth? Act cool, Guin, act cool
Holy fucking shit
Something I like about Tumblr is that the science tumblrites are fucking to-the-wall feral and the writers are strange kitchen witches but the computer enthusiasts are polite helpful anarchists and the artists are mostly sensible people who teach you to do hand stretches and enjoy a short walk. It's like I'm in a best timeline AU where someone took my high school and inverted it.
This is how things should be. A gremlin biologist teaching a fantasy novelist about the Ancient Terrifying Cornfields while a graphic designer uses a friend's homebrewed tablet to draw a nice picture of a nearby horse.
as a writer i suddenly need to hear about Ancient Terrifying Cornfields because my gremlin mind went 'ooooh new stuff to hear about' like it hasn't already latched on the mythology behind Harlequin and the Wild Hunt
Well I’m not a Gremlin Biologist but I am a fantasy novelist, technically speaking, and I can tell you if you want a Terrifying Cornhole to go down, google “feldgeister” and/or “kornwolf”. If you’re a fan of the Wild Hunt the Feldgeister should be right up your street.
This time of year is always very nostalgic for me bc I used to be the Token Gentile at an office and every few months there'd be a Jewish holiday and my friend would be like "Hey, I need you to do Gentile things for us" and I'd be like hell yes dude. Gentile Things often meant I'd sign things in exchange for a few dollars on venmo but Pesach was a special time for me because it meant everyone gave me boxes of pasta, cereal, and other baked goods. The first time my friends were like "Hey for reasons we won't bother getting into we're going to give you all of our bread" I was like, it is a powerful responsibility but as an Ally I cannot refuse. Best time of the year, frankly
Reminds me of the year I spent in a house with a Muslim housemate, and he ate nothing during the day throughout Ramadan - then of course he would be hungry af and buy a fuckload of food as soon as he got off work in the evening. Around midnight, he’d realize he just couldn’t eat everything he’d bought on his own, and come knock at my door to ask if I felt like having dinner again.
I always felt like having dinner again.
Some Jewish kids go to Narnia and the White Witch is endlessly frustrated because she wants to make it always winter but never Hanukkah, but she doesn’t follow the Hebrew calendar so she can’t accurately predict when it’s supposed to be.
I was going to scroll past this but then I stopped to think about it and now I just have to ask:
would Elijah show up in this version of the story to give the kids swords and wine?
“But why won’t you give me a weapon?” asked Lucy. “I’m sure I could fight if I needed to.”
“Because you have not yet reached the age of bat mitzvah,” said the prophet. “I would not place such responsibility upon you before our laws count you as ready.”
The creature that wants to kill you will not growl.
The function of a growl is as a warning. It is a communication that violence is available as a tool, but is not preferred. Other outcomes, besides your death, are available and should be considered.
But the creature that wants to kill you will not growl.
If your death is the goal, then growling will only serve as a delay and may result in your escape, which runs counter to the goal. There will be no growl, no warning. There will be no snarl or hiss or bluster. The creature that bares its teeth with the intent to kill only does so to bring closer its fangs to your demise.
The creature that growls does not want to kill you, but will if it must.
I advise you to appreciate the warning. You may not receive another.
Please enjoy this updated meme:
Aw yeah! The complete set!
[ID mostly by @seven-saffodils : Three Pillsbury Doughboys, the first two facing each other and the third facing the viewer. The left third of the image has a purple background and a watermark for “mrdavid.com,” while the middle has a white background and the right third a darker purple. The doughboy on the left is the normal white doughboy and the text above him reads, “He is risen!” The text below him reads, “Happy Easter!” The doughboy in the center has matzah for a body rather than dough and a Star of David on his hat instead of the Pillsbury logo, and the text above him reads, “He is not!” The text below him reads, “Happy Passover!” The doughboy on the right is also the normal white doughboy; the text above him reads "He is off limits until sundown!" and the text below him reads "Happy Ramadan!" /end ID]
Happy holidays!