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#literature #this is.... yeah.

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i know an engineer-type dude who said fiction bored him, because fiction is mostly-formulaic and tropey, and you can generally guess what’s gonna happen next, and yada yada

so his solution for this problem was… to solely read serial web novels in languages that (1) he did not speak, and (2) for which there was no actual translation, fan or otherwise

apparently, the combined forces of “trying to figure out WTF is going on via the power of Google Translate" + “cultural differences in storytelling conventions” + “the inherent randomness of where the hell amateur authors are gonna take their plots”—those all mashed up to make stories that were unpredictable enough to keep him guessing all the time

then he described to me this totally batshit-sounding Hungarian story he’d been obsessively reading once a week for years

and god i think about him all the time.  like.  that is the most wild way to process fiction that i have ever heard of, but also, i’ve gotta admire the sheer chaos energy of it

#that's so funny omfg

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Maysia 2: new year

#art

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My anthro professor has three forbidden words for his essays: problematic, interesting, and large. Point being they’re all filler words, he wants you to just skip straight to why it’s interesting or why it’s problematic. But anyway, any time I disagree with him in class I say to him “mm, interesting, but largely problematic.”

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i think there's something wrong with my new landlord

#haven’t even read this book just love this art #LOOVE

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international catholics: omg can’t believe our woke pope has used a slur… i feel so betrayed

italians:

#I’ve been crying laughing about this #religion

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#marvel

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#very interesting post #glasses hurt my ears cause I got Bad Skin

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🩸Bloody Dean Every Episode🩸 ↳ 5x18 || Point of No Return Part 2

#oh s5 i miss you quite dearly #supernatural

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hello my name is Very tiny flying insect i see you’ve got an uncovered beverage outdoors. Can i fall into it and kill myself please please please please please please please please please please

#no little friend please go somewhere else. #animals

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you're laughing. pope francis just called catholic priests a bunch of faggots in front of his bishops and you're laughing

#you’re right I AM laughing #religion

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le domande che si pongono i seminaristi l'un l'altro via papa francy

#yeah man why else would I be Catholic #religion

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deans making them rewatch re-animator yet again

#supernatural

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#love u lil baby #animals

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I wanted to make gifs of my villagers cooking.

#idk why but the way theyre in sync made me lose it #animal crossing

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they're really just telling us off for ever imagining benedict could be queer lmao this is the equivalent of spraying us with a spray bottle

#bridgerton #I am so sad rn

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also eloise bridgerton is conceptually the most hilarious character on the whole show. claims to be a feminist but every time her fellow women talk about their artistic pursuits or hobbies or interests or ambitions she’s like ugh you all fucking suck. not me though. i’m different. i want to be like my brothers. and then she has no real talents of her own. she’s not a feminist she’s still a reactionary turbohater AND a girlfailure. what she’s trying and failing to articulate is that she’s a lesbian.

#THIS IS ALMOST WORD FOR WORD WHAT I SAID IM CRYING LAUGHING #eloise I have much hope for you but rn. my god😭 #bridgerton