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Artist of terms, sometimes a seller of sentences.
The artist was not thinking about Luigi's neck when drawing his neck... π
The courtroom sketch artist doing Luigi this dirty is the real crime here.
September 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The artist was not thinking about Luigi's neck when drawing his neck... π
Teaching fact-based classes with AI is easy to get right. Tell the students to generate an AI essay; they only get credit for correctly marking up what the AI got wrong/right.
Fiction is tougher, unless they can't tell you the meaning of half of the words they used.
Fiction is tougher, unless they can't tell you the meaning of half of the words they used.
September 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Teaching fact-based classes with AI is easy to get right. Tell the students to generate an AI essay; they only get credit for correctly marking up what the AI got wrong/right.
Fiction is tougher, unless they can't tell you the meaning of half of the words they used.
Fiction is tougher, unless they can't tell you the meaning of half of the words they used.
Apparently, so is the Flying Spaghetti Monster version of "The Creation of Adam"...
August 31, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Apparently, so is the Flying Spaghetti Monster version of "The Creation of Adam"...
It's still my belief they picked JD to normalize somebody with a beard so Jr. would be palatable afterward.
While Trump obviously hates Obama, he's had a grudge against the Bush Dynasty ever since he asked to be on H.W.'s ticket and got the response, "Who the hell's Donald Trump?"
While Trump obviously hates Obama, he's had a grudge against the Bush Dynasty ever since he asked to be on H.W.'s ticket and got the response, "Who the hell's Donald Trump?"
August 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
It's still my belief they picked JD to normalize somebody with a beard so Jr. would be palatable afterward.
While Trump obviously hates Obama, he's had a grudge against the Bush Dynasty ever since he asked to be on H.W.'s ticket and got the response, "Who the hell's Donald Trump?"
While Trump obviously hates Obama, he's had a grudge against the Bush Dynasty ever since he asked to be on H.W.'s ticket and got the response, "Who the hell's Donald Trump?"
Trump himself said the other day, "Well, I guess JD would be the heir apparent to MAGA."
August 30, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Trump himself said the other day, "Well, I guess JD would be the heir apparent to MAGA."
D.C., September 1, 2025, almost 3 years after Queen Elizabeth II dies, the White House admits on Labor Day that Trump's been dead for an entire weekend and they wanted to limit the celebration time before people went back to the office.
August 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
D.C., September 1, 2025, almost 3 years after Queen Elizabeth II dies, the White House admits on Labor Day that Trump's been dead for an entire weekend and they wanted to limit the celebration time before people went back to the office.
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Whereas, the former GOP is the sole Party of protecting guns while blaming all other "causes" of these tragedies, and wields all three branches of Government,
I, the Omega and Future Inevitable 48th POTUS, approve, until further notice: "mass shooting" shall be called "Republican Endorsed Killings".
I, the Omega and Future Inevitable 48th POTUS, approve, until further notice: "mass shooting" shall be called "Republican Endorsed Killings".
August 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Whereas, the former GOP is the sole Party of protecting guns while blaming all other "causes" of these tragedies, and wields all three branches of Government,
I, the Omega and Future Inevitable 48th POTUS, approve, until further notice: "mass shooting" shall be called "Republican Endorsed Killings".
I, the Omega and Future Inevitable 48th POTUS, approve, until further notice: "mass shooting" shall be called "Republican Endorsed Killings".
"Nothing we can do to prevent this," says only country where this still regularly happens. (The Onion.)
Works for RoboCop, too.
Works for RoboCop, too.
August 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"Nothing we can do to prevent this," says only country where this still regularly happens. (The Onion.)
Works for RoboCop, too.
Works for RoboCop, too.
No, the last two posts are not contradictory. Read them again.
August 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
No, the last two posts are not contradictory. Read them again.
Loving more authors = Deeper pool of ripping each other off = Impossibility of anyone claiming that you've ripped off any one person ("Spartacus Effect")
"Good authors copy, great authors steal."
-- Unknown (and suspected stolen by T.S. Eliot)
"Good authors copy, great authors steal."
-- Unknown (and suspected stolen by T.S. Eliot)
August 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Loving more authors = Deeper pool of ripping each other off = Impossibility of anyone claiming that you've ripped off any one person ("Spartacus Effect")
"Good authors copy, great authors steal."
-- Unknown (and suspected stolen by T.S. Eliot)
"Good authors copy, great authors steal."
-- Unknown (and suspected stolen by T.S. Eliot)
"Haz sum?"
"Smell it ... ... LIKE FOOD???"
"Smell it ... ... LIKE FOOD???"
August 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"Haz sum?"
"Smell it ... ... LIKE FOOD???"
"Smell it ... ... LIKE FOOD???"
Never worry about originality. Nobody's had an original thought since at least 1948, maybe longer. That's why some people have such a strong existential crisis over "needing" to be original that "AI" becomes the scapegoat. Still, don't outright steal...
August 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Never worry about originality. Nobody's had an original thought since at least 1948, maybe longer. That's why some people have such a strong existential crisis over "needing" to be original that "AI" becomes the scapegoat. Still, don't outright steal...
I mean...yeah. The same wealth greases the wheels of both parties, and then both parties make as much theatre as possible about having only one option if you hate the one in charge.
Reminds me that our only "Era of Good Feelings" is named for the only time without parties. Scrap them all.
Reminds me that our only "Era of Good Feelings" is named for the only time without parties. Scrap them all.
August 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I mean...yeah. The same wealth greases the wheels of both parties, and then both parties make as much theatre as possible about having only one option if you hate the one in charge.
Reminds me that our only "Era of Good Feelings" is named for the only time without parties. Scrap them all.
Reminds me that our only "Era of Good Feelings" is named for the only time without parties. Scrap them all.
I accepted.
I flew.
"He died."
I flew.
"He died."
August 21, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I accepted.
I flew.
"He died."
I flew.
"He died."
Simply the best advice. Also the mantra ("Just write!") of the parody writing subreddit (r/writingcirclejerk). I suppose: In comoedia, veritas.
August 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Simply the best advice. Also the mantra ("Just write!") of the parody writing subreddit (r/writingcirclejerk). I suppose: In comoedia, veritas.
Samuel "Foghorn Leghorn" Clemens may have trolled and he may have done it very well for the 19th Century, but the OG American troll was Benjamin Franklin. You cannot read "A Letter to a Royal Academy: Fart Proudly" and tell me any different.
August 21, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Samuel "Foghorn Leghorn" Clemens may have trolled and he may have done it very well for the 19th Century, but the OG American troll was Benjamin Franklin. You cannot read "A Letter to a Royal Academy: Fart Proudly" and tell me any different.
Seems easier to hack the software of an electronic voting machine, to activate at a specific date/time and flip the opposing party's votes after they cross a certain threshold. Bonus ease if your side has "eccentric" billionaire tech bros "inspect" the machines. No paper trail. #ElectionRigging101
August 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Seems easier to hack the software of an electronic voting machine, to activate at a specific date/time and flip the opposing party's votes after they cross a certain threshold. Bonus ease if your side has "eccentric" billionaire tech bros "inspect" the machines. No paper trail. #ElectionRigging101
Stubborn calf.
Once nudged.
Forever cold.
Once nudged.
Forever cold.
August 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Stubborn calf.
Once nudged.
Forever cold.
Once nudged.
Forever cold.
Reaching a reader's heart depends on character strength. If you're not using a strong enough character--and the movies ignore this when making chest holes--you may need a rib spreader.
August 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Reaching a reader's heart depends on character strength. If you're not using a strong enough character--and the movies ignore this when making chest holes--you may need a rib spreader.
#Writers, think beyond just retelling Animal Farm. Are you doing it because you have a "What if..." scenario or because you want to inject your own political message? Or do you just want to write about talking animals?
August 18, 2025 at 4:07 AM
#Writers, think beyond just retelling Animal Farm. Are you doing it because you have a "What if..." scenario or because you want to inject your own political message? Or do you just want to write about talking animals?
I see what you did there....
August 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I see what you did there....
Don't worry about having a portfolio. Some authors have bibliographies that could wrap around the world but only have one piece that's any good. I'd say you can't ask Bram Stoker anymore, but you might catch him after the sun goes down--take garlic.
August 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Don't worry about having a portfolio. Some authors have bibliographies that could wrap around the world but only have one piece that's any good. I'd say you can't ask Bram Stoker anymore, but you might catch him after the sun goes down--take garlic.
Great tip. Granted, I sometimes procrastinate more with this one, so I'll go for a run and start a new writing session when I get back, instead of letting life catch up throughout the day.
August 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Great tip. Granted, I sometimes procrastinate more with this one, so I'll go for a run and start a new writing session when I get back, instead of letting life catch up throughout the day.
Artificial Intelligence won't replace #writers. Ever. Not because it canβt write, that's not the point. #AI simply doesnβt understand the crushing guilt of opening a WIP for the first time in six months and realizing it still hates Chapter 3. That's what leads to progress - only you can make that.
August 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Artificial Intelligence won't replace #writers. Ever. Not because it canβt write, that's not the point. #AI simply doesnβt understand the crushing guilt of opening a WIP for the first time in six months and realizing it still hates Chapter 3. That's what leads to progress - only you can make that.
The focus on "plot" risks you "telling" me what's going on. Say it with me, "There is no such thing as plot." Great. Now go show me the characters interacting in scenes pulled from a hat - seeking advice from a mentor, getting information from an unseen figure, failing with the love interest, etc.
August 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The focus on "plot" risks you "telling" me what's going on. Say it with me, "There is no such thing as plot." Great. Now go show me the characters interacting in scenes pulled from a hat - seeking advice from a mentor, getting information from an unseen figure, failing with the love interest, etc.