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August 30, 2018 at 03:54AM
The personal blog of Jay Garmon: professional geek, Web entrepreneur, and occasional science fiction writer.
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there’s only three ways to win d&d
— Alana 🌻 (@darlingicarus) August 30, 2018
- getting the whole table to cry
- pausing play for at least five minutes because everyone’s laughing too hard
- the DM actually says “OH SHIT” when you describe your plan
Regular drop: Plot ideas
— John Wiswell (@Wiswell) August 29, 2018
Rare drop: Finished manuscripts https://t.co/7AwfbIHwr7
interviewer: what experience do you have with big data
— Jodi Beggs (@jodiecongirl) August 30, 2018
me: *mumbles minimally acceptable response*
inner monologue: IT'S JUST REGULAR DATA BUT BIGGER WHEN CAN WE STOP THIS CHARADE
if I say goodnight and an hour later you see me online it's not that I lied it's just that I failed
— grandmother slime (@artyintheuk) August 29, 2018
All of Pixar's rules of storytelling are awesome and amazing, but for plot and pacing, this one is one of my favorites. pic.twitter.com/8x8TDQVlFv
— Sam Sykes (@SamSykesSwears) August 25, 2018
The most cyberpunk thing you can do is just be kind and respectful online.
— John Kane (@gritfish) August 21, 2018
Hooters but the employees are earnest and heartfelt about their favorite fictional characters
— Leah Williams (@mymonsterischic) August 23, 2018
As is typically the case, @edsbs is right and right with a serrated edge. https://t.co/FUlW2xIRMT pic.twitter.com/rsRrLZUiYl
— Mark Ennis (@MarkEnnis) August 23, 2018
Medicare for All is still such a radical, extreme left wing idea that it is...supported by a majority of Republicans. https://t.co/JWzjCV0wN6
— Joe Dunman (@JoeDunman) August 23, 2018
every day that spiders have not grown wings is a good day
— Sam Sykes (@SamSykesSwears) August 22, 2018
Which of these books do you own? pic.twitter.com/LhzNN34YI0
— Rohit 🤯 (@romiem) August 17, 2018
{THREAD} Call me Ishmael. Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. 1/6923
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) August 18, 2018
Yes the ACME Corporation made terrible products, but their shipping was incredible. Wile E. Coyote just got stuff sent to "wherever I am in the desert."
— Sean Thomason (@TheThomason) August 17, 2018
A street artist has been improving Facebook billboards across London.
— James Herring (@itsjamesherring) August 17, 2018
h/t @protestencil pic.twitter.com/rqsH9An3V2
I dunno, maybe our baseline for making the world a better place should be "Let's make it so anyone* could time travel to this period and feel safe."
— Donna Dickens (@MildlyAmused) August 18, 2018
*No Nazis
this needs to be a case in every experimental design course...yeah, you, sitting there like your intervention isn't completely transparent https://t.co/GTWhpgDvXZ
— Jodi Beggs (@jodiecongirl) August 18, 2018
RPG thoughts:
— Law Dog: RPG Historian (@LawDogStrikes) August 16, 2018
Your typical campaign seems akin to a television show. It goes on, sometimes with varying quality.
Short Campaigns are more like miniseries. They have a planned resolution.
Oneshots are the movies. And allow for bigger actions and consequences.
All are good.
Random writing advice: If you're building a cast of characters and you think of one as 'the normal one', that's an incomplete character. A cardboard cut-out. A blank space. They're not real unless they're multidimensional and distinct, with their own flaws and strengths.
— Delilah S. Dawson (@DelilahSDawson) August 16, 2018
Best explanation of Bitcoin so far:https://t.co/y7fKJHMftK
— 𝚗𝚒𝚋𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚛 (@nblr) August 17, 2018
Social media is toxic because society is toxic and no new alternative to Twitter is gonna change that
— Dawn (@502eire) August 16, 2018
Your periodic reminder that people erroneously believe that the world is much more dangerous than it actually is. Where do they obtain this false image? pic.twitter.com/1SwCnkbMWy
— From Classroom to Newsroom (@fc2nshow) August 16, 2018
TUESDAY. The day you realize that nothing can stop you, because you are a MAGIC SKELETON packed with MEAT and animated with ELECTRICITY and IMAGINATION. You have a cave in your face full of sharp bones and five tentacles at the end of each arm. YOU CAN DO ANYTHING, MAGIC SKELETON
— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) August 14, 2018
One of the hardest part of being a pro writer is rarely discussed: how the timing works against your mental health. In many cases, the deal comes first, and you get giddy celebration and attention. When it's time for the hard work, you toil away alone. The high precedes the work.
— Delilah S. Dawson (@DelilahSDawson) August 14, 2018
Gemini: Today you will gain strength from a six-demon bag filled with wind, fire, all that kind of thing.
— Stephen Blackmoore (@sblackmoore) August 13, 2018
That said, 10 years ago when I started drawing for hire I made some rules that I’ve stuck to with varying degrees of success:
— Jason Latour (@jasonlatour) August 12, 2018
1. Sleep when you're tired.
2. Any exercise is better than none.
3. Eat healthier when you’re stressed.
4. Sometimes pants.
I saw this post on tumblr that said “self care is creating a life you dont routinely have to escape from” and I can’t stop thinking about it
— G ✨🇳🇬 (@ganeeyahh) August 11, 2018
The best replacement for Twitter would be, essentially a rip-off redesign of Twitter with more hands-on curation from a staff of customer service safety people instead of the arbitrary algorithmic Nazi-hole this place occasionally is. https://t.co/Zzm0Nc8Rsa
— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) August 13, 2018
It's trickery. Don't get all inspired because the racists were outnumbered at the rally. The racist we need to worry about are the ones that didn't go because they have to work in the morning at public schools, hospitals, courtrooms, congress and banks.
— Tiq (@TheMrMilan) August 13, 2018
It's weird that ppl interpret the moral of The Pied Piper story as "Don't trust strangers" when really it's "Always pay freelancers"
— Meagan (@meagantrott) August 12, 2018
No one has seen you look worse than the gas station closest to your house.
— Johnny Crash (@Ryanfc706) August 10, 2018
so twitter is literally afraid of twitter https://t.co/fhdjxFsQ0o
— Claire Willett (@clairewillett) August 11, 2018
I just found out about this bit of Tony Bourdain fanfic. It's called "NO RESERVATIONS: NARNIA," and it's fucking fantastic. https://t.co/I2GVDcNkRG https://t.co/upz6tHqiJL
— Scott Lynch (@scottlynch78) August 12, 2018
There is no greater determination or viciousness than that of a man who’s been embarrassed by a woman.
— feminist next door (@emrazz) August 11, 2018
Etymology: "debate" comes from words meaning "to beat down."
— Alan Revering (@AlanRevering) August 10, 2018
"Converse" from words meaning "to turn toward," or even "to take a turn with" i.e. dance with.
Apropos of absolutely no contrived controversies here on Twitter dot com, over the last few years I've been coming to the conclusion that we will never advance as a society until we disabuse ourselves of the notion that DEBATE is the best way to judge ideas and refine knowledge.
— Mike Duncan (@mikeduncan) August 10, 2018
If you love a place where you are in total control, nothing ever changes, everyone looks like you and speaks your language, and it’s illegal for anyone to enter no matter how badly they need your help, you don’t love America, you love your house.
— Wendy Molyneux (@WendyMolyneux) August 10, 2018
"Nice library. Is one of these a trick book?"
— A Small Fiction (@ASmallFiction) August 10, 2018
"How so?
"Like you pull it off the shelf and a hidden door opens."
"Oh. Yeah, all of them."
Remember that "debate me!" is the alt-right weenie way to say "notice me, senpai!"
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) August 10, 2018
Unpopular Opinion (at least on Twitter): Sometimes people say the “wrong” thing in an attempt to connect and there should be grace for that.
— Rachel Held Evans (@rachelheldevans) August 10, 2018
Subway map of Louisville if every @SUBWAY in Louisville was a subway station. h/t Reddit user: 1map_dude1 pic.twitter.com/Y6nnkmYJD8
— Michael Moeller (@michaeldmoeller) August 9, 2018
HUGE plot hole in reality: every person carries around a device with access to the totality of human knowledge and yet people are constantly wrong about everything.
— Dice Funk (@austinyorski) August 7, 2018
Every character you write should have a motive for what they do. You don't need to explore them all. The audience might never learn them. But YOU need to know.
— Sam Sykes (@SamSykesSwears) August 6, 2018
Just realized that since we read serial nineteenth-century novels only as whole books, we are basically bingewatching the nineteenth century.
— a monstruous regiment of women (@KHandozo) August 5, 2018
{Pixar Meet & Greet}
— The Great Stoned Dragon (@KickSumHunibuns) August 3, 2018
Buzz Lightyear: I'm a talking toy
Dory: I'm a talking fish
Lightning McQueen: I'm a talking car
Guy from UP: My wife died
Everyone:
Dory: I'm a talking fish
It’s been a rough week, and I’ve been thinking a lot about things I’ve learned as a caregiver/support person to a spouse with a debilitating chronic illness (myalgic encephalomyelitis, in our case). So here’s a thread:
— James L. Sutter (@jameslsutter) August 3, 2018
Picard, his stabbed heart explained.
— Scott Lynch (@scottlynch78) August 1, 2018
Sisko, in the fifties, dreaming.
Khan, his long nap ended.
Honorable mention:
Never give up, never surrender. https://t.co/iN71ocwpsk
This wins. pic.twitter.com/M6GGz6JzvB
— Jay Kuo (@nycjayjay) August 1, 2018
Nazi: "I'm a Nazi & what I want is to hurt minorities"
— Scam Harris (@AltRightDel) July 31, 2018
Anti-fascist: "fuck you, over my dead body"
Centrist: "i can't tell who's worse here"
Classical liberal: "hey anti-fascist, not everyone u disagree with is a Nazi, he's actually an ethnonationalist who supports genocide"
How many cis men are friends with women because of the care and support women bring to them (aka- emotional labor) vs their friendships with other men, where they are friends because of common interests or mutual respect? (rhetorical question)
— Lara Witt (@Femmefeministe) July 30, 2018
Undergrads make popcorn, frustrate warmongers https://t.co/BUdhL6aYIF
— Jay Garmon (@jaygarmon) July 31, 2018