eric.sadbutbuildingworlds.blog
Pen name (or call me Eric, it's fine)
Beleaguered PhD student and fledgling author; not remotely my academic/professional account. Also into history, travel, cooking, film, photography, cats, more.
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Run a brick & mortar store or know someone who does? We're doing a RETAILER FIVE PACK - five copies of the book at 50% cost! 🏬
We will request proof of being a retailer, naturally, and these books can be signed or left unsigned per your preference. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
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#plug! Informed/Insane!
www.etsy.com/listing/1748...
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(Also, promoting a creative endeavor I can feel enthusiasm for feels far better than doomscrolling through real-world updates that only fill me with dread. So, there's that.)
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OED dates 'monkfish' to the late 16th century, so perhaps it was a common enough term to show up in wordplay and visual gags?
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Understandable! I'm just trying spread the word, I suppose :)
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I see we're posting Sickos meme remixes
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Do you know why copyright sucks? It's bc artists live in constant financial precarity and often have no choice but to sign over their life's work to Michael Mouse for a fraction of what it's worth. You know what would be worse than that? If Copyright didn't exist and Michael didn't have to pay shit
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Good points. I understand monks often brewed their own beer, and not once did they get into a prolonged armed standoff with the FBI.
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"you have npc energy" oh you mean I'm well written? Fully voiced by a professional actor, while you express yourself entirely through grunts and mouse clicks? That's what I thought.
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www.avclub.com/bradley-whit...
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This is also how you can tell that the "it learns like we do" horseshit is horseshit. A human is no more likely to learn perfect grammar without developing a sense of style than they are to learn perfect rendering techniques without figuring out what actually looks good in a picture.
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Because I bet for sure this particular quip was in one of the rough drafts of Get Out
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Putting in my word of agreement here:
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Although why did OP write Midwest in the alt text? 🤔🤔🤔
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Good to know that Chicago is the confirmed present location of Fight Club (not that we're supposed to talk about it)
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As one who's more or less read the Silmarillion (I recall having glossed over several parts), this is the correct take