Wumbologist

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Anyone else grow up hearing about that one crazy, estranged aunt/uncle who cut ties with the family years prior, only to eventually understand, then become them?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The monkey's paw curls. Your sweat is forever sealed within the shoes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Right, the point of a missing person sign is to get help finding a person. You put them up in places where the victim is likely to be so the people who see the sign can identify them.

These are 100% not that.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Agreed, the paper-like screen is non-negotiable for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I don't see this reflected in the question at all.

All being related to your hobby.

The way I read it, this last line suggests the opposite. OP wants people to recommend resources specific to their own hobbies.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Isn't this the point of the OP, to get info from a few people who actually are doing the hobby?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

And you are young and life is long

And there is time to kill today

And then one day you find

Ten years have got behind you

No one told you when to run

You missed the starting gun

Pink Floyd, Time

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'll Make a Man Out of You from Mulan is one of my go-tos. Just over 3 minutes, basically all singing, and it's just verse-chorus-verse-chorus-chorus

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Breaking the "show, don't tell" rule. In a similar vein, exposition dumps bug me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I think it comes down to different approaches to writing. One is to only keep what's absolutely necessary to the plot. Done well, this can result in a tight narrative, but done poorly it can be way too predictable.

Another is to add little details that, while not necessary to the plot, may make the world/characters feel more real. Done well you can get some believably human characters, but done poorly it just feels bloated.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Somewhat related: kids that are clearly written by someone who has never spoken to a child in their life

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