may fortune favor the foolish

things in fic I’m used to people kind of faking their way through writing about:

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:03:46 -0500

headspace-hotel:
wildehacked:
things in fic I’m used to people kind of faking their way through writing about:
the city of los angeles
the city of new york
sex
how drinking alcohol works
how getting high works
how a child of any age speaks
how nuclear physics work
how [my job] works
how debilitating being shot in the shoulder is
how hypothermia works
things I have never before seen someone fake their way through writing about, until today:
what french toast is
read through the notes on this one trust me
Here’s some of the notes, starting with the things multiple people brought up:
SHRIMP COCKTAIL:
banahbanah: #flashback to that one fic where Peter Parker frets about drinking shrimp cocktail because of the alcohol
generaldeliciousness: adding: what a prawn/shrimp cocktail is
#why is your character turning it down because they’re under 21 #do you think prawn cocktail is a cocktail #this lives in my brain rent-free constantly #the rest of the fic was so normal #and good enough that i’ll still re-read it #but bro
And then many, MANY, people wondering if this was actually authour mistake, since Peter really would do this!
POMEGRANATES:
zhajhassa: #haha where’s that post that was like someone describing someone eating a pomegranate but they ate it like an apple
thornhands: #once someone wrote persephone biting into a whole Pomegranate #had to stop and stare at a wall for a minute
sungsingsanguine: I once saw someone very confidently write about a character eating slices of pomegranate.
FRUIT TREES:
zagreuses-toast: #given a very endearing glimpse into a writers blindspots by seeing them describe someone sitting under a “pineapple tree”
salatrash: I remember something about picking watermelons… OF A FUCKING TREE
baander: #cranberry trees
DOUGH/BATTER:
maycelium: #I’m a chef so I’m really used to people not accurately describing how to cook food #But I was surprisingly flabbergasted when someone was writing making a cake and was kneading it. Which uh #Not necessary for cake. It was interesting for sure but just bizarre
livebloggingmydescentintomadness: #the one that drove me nuts was when a character set aside a batch of PASTA DOUGH ‘to rise’ #pasta doesn’t have yeast!! #it does need to REST but it will never RISE #you do not want an airy crumb on your noodles
lovesodeepandwideandwell: #THE ONE WHERE THEY MADE COOKIES BY LADLING BATTER INTO A TRAY
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we’re all learning about apium together 💚

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:15:36 -0500

we’re all learning about apium together 💚

Bred this imp/ridgeback pair for the first time in like 3 years and they gave me their first imp in…

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:07:57 -0500

stories-in-the-wind:

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Bred this imp/ridgeback pair for the first time in like 3 years and they gave me their first imp in the absolute best colours so I was inspired to draw something for her.
She’s found a new home :)

From the Nashville Zoo’s fb page! Here’s the petition, please please please take a moment to add…

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:44:46 -0500

muttsandmustelidae:

muttsandmustelidae:
From the Nashville Zoo’s fb page! Here’s the petition, please please please take a moment to add your name (even if you’re not from Nashville!). If you are from Tennessee, contact your representatives and make it clear that the people do not want this data center. This is an AZA accredited zoo which is home to several species of critically endangered animals, we NEED to protect it. Make your voice heard!
Because people will pay attention to cute animals, here are some of the critically endangered/endangered species housed at the Nashville Zoo!
The Amur Leopard and Clouded Leopard (which recently celebrated its 50th cub born at the zoo!)
The Sumatran Tiger
The Red Ruffed Lemur and Ring-Tailed Lemur
The Cotton-Top Tamarin and White-Cheeked Gibbon
The Colobus Monkey and De Brazza’s Monkey
And the Mexican Spider Monkey!
Look at them!!!! Look at them and fight like hell to save them!!!!

“We’ll know immediately if the symbols are incorrect” ok but like… if you can do that why the fuck…

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:48:57 -0500

“We’ll know immediately if the symbols are incorrect” ok but like… if you can do that why the fuck did you need to resort to kidnapping?? just brute force the translation?? this is stupit and the NID is annoying

Random reminder that if you want your local Barnes & noble/books a million/mom & pop bookstore to…

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:58:42 -0500

samglyph:

Random reminder that if you want your local Barnes & noble/books a million/mom & pop bookstore to carry queer books you should go to your aforementioned bookstore and ask them to order books for you. If they see that it sells they will get more, and it’s good for authors who might reach a new audience by having another store carry their books. Just saw someone say that they didn’t see any queer books at their local b&n so they’d only be ordering from amazon from now on, and so many comments were agreeing with them, saying that independent stores were the same, and while it’s true a lot of indie books are only available on Amazon, I promise you you have the power to make a positive impact at the bookstores you go to (and there are a lot of queer booksellers who would love to introduce you to their favorites!) And, if you are dead set on never entering a bookstore again, you should go to bookshop.org! Almost all of their proceeds go to supporting independent book stores.

wait, imagine the absolute nightmare scenario if a goa’uld took a fell as a host. like basically…

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:56:26 -0500

wait, imagine the absolute nightmare scenario if a goa’uld took a fell as a host. like basically anything but a dakti is going to be a disaster for literally everyone and a dakti would still be pretty bad!

goa’uld the size of a kethel? bad!

goa’uld with the mind-altering abilities of a ruler? bad!

goa’uld with a progenitor’s control over a whole flight? bad!

even more phm + textposts with stratt (and grace)

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:46:08 -0500

catgirlwerewolf:

drizzly-bear:
even more phm + textposts with stratt (and grace)
ID: Pictures of Eva Stratt (and Ryland Grace) from Project Hail Mary with tumblr posts over them.
1: Stratt looking out of a window having Grace tranquilised + “affirmations: you are not real, you don’t have feelings, you don’t want anything, this will be over soon”
2: Stratt watching Grace run away + “fuuuuck my pet peve got loose”
3: Stratt after telling Grace he has to be replacement science officer + “*bottles up emotions* this coping shits easy*”
4: The two of them looking at eachother + “matching best friends t-shirts that say ‘the wound they will carry for the rest of their life ➡️’ and the other. just says '⬅️best friend’.” The 1st points from Stratt, and the second from Grace.
5: Stratt in Grace’s classroom + “you’ve heard of the man, the myth, the legend. Now get ready for the woman, the omen, the portent”
6 & 7: Stratt smiling at Grace + “Grace is one of the most classic things to fall from”, and Grace looking back at her + “that and monkey barrrsssss” /end ID.

I needed to complain about work, so I wrote a Murderbot fic titled Promotion. (4100 words)

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:24:17 -0500

penna-nomen:

I needed to complain about work, so I wrote a Murderbot fic titled Promotion. (4100 words)
Read it and laugh with me about how ridiculous the process is to get a promotion.
And now that I got that out of my system, hopefully I can bring my attention back to the fics I’m supposed to be writing for three different events this summer.

ohtamtaro: musicproblems: musicalmelody: ladyallowyn: OH MY...

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:10:21 -0500

ohtamtaro:

musicproblems:

musicalmelody:

ladyallowyn:

OH MY FUCKING HOLY FUCKING WHAT FUCK WHAT AM I LISTENING TO FUCK

WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE

This proves that anything can be an instrument.

I wake up, go onto tumblr, and find the greatest things the internet can offer.

chickenfarmersan:

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:04:41 -0500

chickenfarmersan:

“what is this BABY doing in space!???”

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:52:13 -0500

twiggy-boy:

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“what is this BABY doing in space!???”
-Rocky, probably

you, reading this. you’re a creature now. reblog to creature your followers

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:01:05 -0500

pikadxrat:

you, reading this. you’re a creature now. reblog to creature your followers

Yeeeessssssssss, it’s so funny! Man knows nothing about being in a Raksuran court, but he’s…

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:59:44 -0500

abigailspinach:

abigailspinach:
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@cappurrccino I feel you would get me here. I love Moon being the only one who went to Economics class. Appoint him Exchequer of the Giant Tree. He’s bad at being princess consort.

Yeeeessssssssss, it’s so funny! Man knows nothing about being in a Raksuran court, but he’s basically got a PhD in Interacting With The Entire Rest Of The World and is constantly flabbergasted at how little every other Raksura knows

Teal’c plays Doom???

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:59:22 -0500

Teal’c plays Doom???

Daniel Jackson is some writer’s poor little meow meow. These writers put him through the wringer as…

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:59:54 -0500

Daniel Jackson is some writer’s poor little meow meow. These writers put him through the wringer as often as they possibly can shdkfhskfhskd

alright I’ve got to do some quick math to explain attitudes towards AI to my boss.

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:57:44 -0500

odyver:

odyver:
odyver:
alright I’ve got to do some quick math to explain attitudes towards AI to my boss.
we’re looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)
please rb for larger sample size!
Question 1/3
What is your age, and do you feel AI is a net positive or net negative in our lives today?
under 18, AI is a net positive
under 18, AI is a net negative
18-29, AI is a net positive
18-29, AI is a net negative
30-45, AI is a net positive
30-45, AI is a net negative
46-60, AI is a net positive
46-60, AI is a net negative
over 60, AI is a net postive
over 60, AI is a net negative
Question 2/3
How often do you visit or interact with museums/archives (whether in person or online)?
Frequently (multiple times per month)
Often (multiple times per year)
Occasionally (a couple times per year)
Rarely (once every couple of years)
Never :(
Question 3/3
If you saw a museum was using AI in exhibits, marketing, research, etc., would you be more or less inclined to visit that museum?
under 18, more inclined
under 18, less inclined
18-29, more inclined
18-29, less inclined
30-45, more inclined
30-45, less inclined
46-60, more inclined
46-60, less inclined
over 60, more inclined
over 60, less inclined
Thank you for helping with this data collection. Please rb for as big a sample as possible!
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ok, now THIS is one of those blah blah blah episodes I could have skipped

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:52:21 -0500

ok, now THIS is one of those blah blah blah episodes I could have skipped

things I need counts for over the whole of SG1:

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:21:13 -0500

things I need counts for over the whole of SG1:

the number of times the base is set to self destruct
the number of times daniel wakes up in a new weird life

ok, they didn’t do that (booo) but there were sufficient other shenanigans and it wasn’t the sort of…

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:17:38 -0500

cappurrccino:

cappurrccino:
cappurrccino:
cappurrccino:
this feels like it’s going to be a politics and espionage episode (boring, would love to skip) but I really don’t remember S8 and the other plot line might be interesting
actually now I’m looking forward to this C-plot involving the alien plant. this should be the A-plot instead
the plant debacle is proving even better than I had hoped
OOOHHH WHAT IF THEY DO A TROUBLE EITH TRIBBLES THING WITH THE PLANT AND BAAL

ok, they didn’t do that (booo) but there were sufficient other shenanigans and it wasn’t the sort of political tomfoolery I was dreading! not bad!