Writing workshops are so cultish and weird. I have taken a few and they always creep me out. It was very mantra focused and vibes focused, rather than like… actually talking about how words create meaning. They never seem to actually want to demand any effort or provide any useful critical feedback. They feel like I’m in a kindergarten class. And the feedback I get is often… useless because it’s so bland and vague and complimentary rather than being thoughtful and critical or suggesting I try something different.
I ended up doing some research on the issue, and it turns out it’s because writing workshop programs in America were basically funded by the CIA in the 50s and 60s and this is why professional writers have these cult-like mentalities and mantras and it was basically a way to promote ‘american’ writing. The whole MFA program thing is incredibly weird and insular.
I wish I could find a writing workshop in USA that was run by a European author, I bet it would be a lot different. Also I am so sick of reading weird emo stories that these writing workshops all assign as examples of good writing.
Your Frog is off. You ever see that Tenet movie backwards?
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I’m an envirgined person
“Touch my breast.”
like not cheap sand tho you ever get that real expensive sand?
[>] responds to this comment by making a 4chan thread complaining about her instead of just smiling and asking “what makes you say that? Would you have written it differently?” like chad would do.
Groupwork gotta groupwork. It might not have been an insult
Self-reflection, empathy, and humility are not based! Clearly the world is better off by being a narcissistic sociopath that doubles down on every action and opinion.
You’re a virgin, aren’t you? 🤪
Fyi, you can write greentext-like text by writing a backslash before the greater-than character:
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\\> This is how the previous line looks like as I’m writing this
\\\\> ditto… all of this assuming your client renders my comment correctly.
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Can’t triforce smh
The only good thing about reddit is that everyone’s client rendered everything the same. Now if I wanna spoiler tag something I gotta go
Like this
Like >!this!<
And I’m still not sure everyone’s client handles it right
I’ve used 3 different clients (web IF included), so far the only thing that I’ve found not to be rendered consistently is the ^superscript^ syntax - on the web interface I have to wrap every word with the superscript thing, otherwise
, but one mobile client I’ve used does/did render it like you’d expect it to.
> It works, thanks :)
this is likely something they are ashamed of and they would like to keep it private
they don’t know their “condition” is painfully obvious to most people with minimal interaction required.
owning it is the only way, no need for shame either
but if they knew how to sell themselves better, they wouldn’t be in that situation in the frist place
“Sell themselves better.”
I dunno if my asexual is showing, but why would someone need to treat their heart like a commodity to find love?
It’s not treating your heart like a commodity, it’s more treating your whole self as something that others won’t automatically see the value in. And you have to do it because they don’t. Every human is unique and of immeasurable value and all that, but also nobody is bothering checking everyone when looking for new people. So you have to put your best and most desirable qualities forward, make people interested enough to see more and so when they start to see your worse qualities they have better qualities to make them feel like you’re still worth their interest.
If I’m out at a bar, dressed in something attractive, putting out some playful charm, engaging in interesting discussions, and generally being fun to be around, people are going to be thinking about me as a hot chick who they might be interested in. Alternatively, if I’m sitting in the corner, too awkward to talk much, overly focused on unpleasant topics, and kinda a slob, the fact that people deserve love isn’t going to make anyone interested in giving it to me.
they don’t know their “condition” is painfully obvious to most people with minimal interaction required
Because he’s insecure about it? Or do you have a virgin-radar
the radar is easy: insecure timid straight men overwhelmingly don’t get laid.
for some reason presenting confidence is the main enabler. some physical features reduce the pool, but never entirely. think of all the short fat bald men with beautiful partners. they are never ever insecure and shy
If he had that kind of charisma and confidence, he wouldn’t be a virgin.
Gotta tell my coworker today that his code is absolute dogshit and that me and one other guy are going to rewrite the whole thing. He is such a nice person though, I hope I won’t break his heart.
If i was a coder and my code was dogshit i would want to know so i can improve upon it. It’s chill. Frame it as “here’s what I want you to bear in mind when programming something in future”
Ayyy Anon used the term “Woman” instead of “feeeeemale”
Anon respects women
Let’s not get too hasty
Dude, anon, that is her flirting with you so she can de-virginize you. Now’s your chance, big king!
Like, maybe? She could also just be a jerk. It is hard to know without social cues on context.
It wouldn’t be too difficult to figure out. Ask her what it is about the writing makes her think that, and the tone of her response will at least confirm or rule out jerk. If jerk is ruled out, fess up to it and see what happens.
That’s how I lost mine. Was at a small gathering and we were playing, “Never have I ever.” The question came up and I took a drink. Later a girl who tagged along with another friend got her friend to give her my number and later asked if it was true.
I said yes, and she asked, “would you like to change that?”
And I was a skinny lanky socially awkward white kid who could barely talk to girls.
Ouch, poor dude.
Eh, depends on the context. If the dude is the classic, painfully obvious neckbeard I don’t feel too bad. If they’re mostly a regular Joe with low confidence, yeah the lady should have worded it better
I don’t think it’s the wording that’s the problem, that doesn’t come off as a malicious comment at all to me.
