Certified Gay Disasters

[Verdance he/him]

1 minute ago, Usseewa said:

vro college is da bombbb

wait are u the utoronto 60k/yr person?

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh that's not the same. also college = way diff from HS

College is quite awesome, I have heard. I am looking forward to it

but there is something about high school. Better than middle school, at leadt

[Usseewa ✾ She♡Her ✾]

6 minutes ago, Verdance said:

College is quite awesome, I have heard. I am looking forward to it

but there is something about high school. Better than middle school, at leadt

ugh

i never wanna go back to 

bro why is everyone so quiet 

 

ohno he's back

quick, hide the--

Edited February 26 by Usseewa

[Verdance he/him]

5 minutes ago, Usseewa said:

ugh

i never wanna go back to 

bro why is everyone so quiet 

Idk

 

Rank stages of life so far:

A tier: high school

B tier: elementary school

C tier: too tiny for memories

F tier: middle school

[Usseewa ✾ She♡Her ✾]

2 minutes ago, Verdance said:

Idk

 

Rank stages of life so far:

A tier: high school

B tier: elementary school

C tier: too tiny for memories

F tier: middle school

uhhh idk for me lol

 

acutally:

A+ tier: A month or so ago onward

F- tier: My life before that

 

guys i feel like Chaos is typing up a mean reprimand

also why the heck does the font look so weird nowwwww

my EYEESSSS

Edited February 26 by Usseewa

[Verdance he/him]

2 minutes ago, Usseewa said:

uhhh idk for me lol

 

acutally:

A+ tier: A month or so ago onward

F- tier: My life before that

 

guys i feel like Chaos is typing up a mean reprimand

also why the heck does the font look so weird nowwwww

my EYEESSSS

Wdym the font looks weird

When was the last time you slept

[Usseewa ✾ She♡Her ✾]

Just now, Verdance said:

When was the last time you slept

y do u ask :3

Just now, Verdance said:

Wdym the font looks weird

it just DOESSS

like... it looks almost like if a regular serif font had some distance Comic Sans ancestry

[Verdance he/him]

Just now, Usseewa said:

y do u ask :3

it just DOESSS

like... it looks almost like if a regular serif font had some distance Comic Sans ancestry

Because I think u r doin a    h a l u c i n a s h i n

ya uh idk imma visit Sleep now wish me luck on my pilgrimage into the darker corners of the Congnitive Realm

[Usseewa ✾ She♡Her ✾]

Just now, Verdance said:

Because I think u r doin a    h a l u c i n a s h i n

ya uh idk imma visit Sleep now wish me luck on my pilgrimage into the darker corners of the Congnitive Realm

heyyyy dont use that word porfa

 

bai bai baby boy

[Verdance he/him]

Just now, Usseewa said:

heyyyy dont use that word porfa

 

bai bai baby boy

I object! Fully grown (okay,) of age adult, here!

Alr gn everyone

[Usseewa ✾ She♡Her ✾]

Just now, Verdance said:

I object! Fully grown (okay,) of age adult, here!

Alr gn everyone

ya ya sureeeeee

gn Verd

 

wait omg

Verde

NICKNAME UNLOCKEEDDDDDDD

(verde = green en espanol)

Edited February 26 by Usseewa

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 hour ago, Usseewa said:

Oh nice i didn't know u could quote that.

Also chaos: https://www.17thshard.com/profile/1-chaos/?status=7949&type=status

TEN YEARS AGO

wow

2016 was wild bro

 

 

 

hiiiii guys :D:D

[Chaos he/him]

25 minutes ago, Usseewa said:

i like pselling bad on prupose :3

*giggles*

Lol I love acronyms'n'abbrs.'n'stuff

Sometimes I try to make new ones.

:ShallanOhNo:

Okay, I promise I'm not trying to sound mean. This is just my personal vibes, rather than having the mod hat on. This... is actually painful to read. Maybe that's the point, that you don't want the old people to read (though I will note, I thought this same thing when I was a teenager). I'm just saying, maybe someone might look at your silly posts sixteen years from now and you might want to make sure they are something you won't be embarrassed by at that point. 

I don't know. Of course, you can do what you want. I would just point out that this is a forum for an author, where people read millions of words. I do think there's a sizeable proportion of the population who would look at this and absolutely judge this negatively and not want to engage with you as much. I do enjoy conversing with you, but this is painful, and I don't want to engage with this. At all. Again, if this is your style, and there are good reasons for it, sure. It's not against the rules. I guess I'd just hope on a forum based off books that people would... care. 

And of course, this is a chill thread, rather than a more serious book discussion topic, so does it really matter? Not really, but... Might just be me. I know you're capable of using your words and sentences. 

19 minutes ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Android is so much better

iPhones are just pricier and not that much better

I mean, flagship Android phones are about the same. I realize most people probably buy midrange phones, and they are pretty good these days, but this completely depends on what phones you're comparing, rather than a general rule. 

24 minutes ago, Verdance said:

Idk man, spelling is subjective and shows personality 

storm autocorrect. Storm it so much

I mean, you can argue that language and spelling is descriptive rather than prescriptive, sure. But words do mean things, words are spelled certain ways. If you have to mispell things to get across tone, that sounds like more of a skill issue? You can get across a huge array of tones and feelings with words spelled correctly and grammar done correctly, like every author ever does. You shouldn't even need emotes or emoji, for example. 

I was certainly a physical keyboard phone person (give me that Droid) because I knew I could always spell correctly and I didn't need a computer to tell me what was correct, but good autocorrect is absolutely essential to have a virtual keyboard work. I can't say I have a lot of sympathy if you just want to write worse xD As far as the crimes of big tech go, that's not one I'm worried about  

That said, GBoard's autocorrect is absolutely getting worse, so hey. 

Large tangent: It is also possible my desire for precision and correctness is because I am a math professor. I'm currently grading exams, and people are making notation mistakes. Do I know what they intend? Sure. I know exactly what they could write to make it correct, and I have told my students this. Many get the right answer. 

I still take off points.

The end result doesn't matter. It's how we think about things. Our logic, our problem solving abilities. (I also know that particularly in this class I'm teaching, I have to be a jerk about notation because they must have good habits when they get to the much harder part of the class.) The way we write things shapes our thoughts and ideas themselves. It clarifies, it solidifies them. Language is exactly the same way. Writing anything correctly means you are practicing your craft of writing text, even being here! I always aspired to be an author, so that was always important to me, but you will still write paragraphs, no matter what field you are in. Everyone will have to write something important where you have to communicate the exactly right tone, and getting it wrong will matter. You are practicing with every word typed.

Imagine you have a crush way out of your league. He/she/they are incredible. Beautiful, brilliant, well-educated. Charismatic. Just a stunning person, intimidatingly so. You match in a dating app, or you have their number. This is your time to take a shot. It better be a damn, damn good one. Because you know what? You may just have that special something they are looking for. 

"But Eric," you say, "of course I'll write properly then, when it matters." I don't know. My students tell me this when they work on their math homework in my math tutoring center. "I'll write it correctly on the exam." Yes, I'm sure in the stressful environment you'll totally do it perfectly... I personally think it might be better to practice to be ready for when it matters.

Of course, this is a chill forum thread, and it doesn't really matter. I'm sure many of you do write correctly in plenty of spaces, and maybe just want to chill. Sure. But I don't know. Every sentence you type makes you better at communicating  

[Argenti he/him]

2 hours ago, Usseewa said:

wait are u the utoronto 60k/yr person?

yes

 

1 hour ago, Chaos said:

Okay, I promise I'm not trying to sound mean. This is just my personal vibes, rather than having the mod hat on. This... is actually painful to read. Maybe that's the point, that you don't want the old people to read (though I will note, I thought this same thing when I was a teenager). I'm just saying, maybe someone might look at your silly posts sixteen years from now and you might want to make sure they are something you won't be embarrassed by at that point. 

I do feel like your writing style is a reflection of who you are and what you value, much like hand writing. My handwriting is typically illegible, fast, and messy, prone to spelling errors and muddled numbers. In contrast, when I'm typing, I aim for precision and intresting writing. That is, in part, because I've never hand written a single thing I care about; I do care how I present online significantly more than I present to say, my teachers, and my style reflects that. 

I do agree with Chaos in that the whole ":3, ur so silly omg!!! uwu" style of text causes a visceral level of pain deep within my gut. I look back on the things I wrote years ago, be they forum posts, worldbuilding or messages, and I utterly despise them. I suppose it's part of growing up. If, Light willing, I'm still on the shard in 16 years, I want whoever sends me my old posts to see something the future me can be at least somewhat proud of.

There's a thousand more things I could say on this, but this is neither the time nor place for many of them.

Spoiler

I like androids more because I can get a bottom tier phone that barely functions without the concern apple is going to slime me out because I didn't buy iWhateverthetrendis. It's also an ego thing. 

 

Also yay!! Double posting. Sorry chaos.

 

[Honors Spectral Image She/her]

10 hours ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

I hate it as well

It's just like half of teen spelling now though

what r u talkin bout, I write totes good allll da time

10 hours ago, Chaos said:

Just imagine me at 13 or 14 and doing a hostile takeover of a Yugioh forum. (That did happen.)

That is WAY more recent than I imagined I would use the status updates. Wild. 

I guess it makes sense. My forum time decreased a huge amount once we did the Discord server.

See actually that I do see

10 hours ago, Hmmm lies said:

It was funny to know you mostly for your "stern admin" persona and then see your video on the Cosmere adaptations and just see you super hyped and stuff.

Heh, talking to gay people is also one of my favorite ways of procrastinating.

Omg sameeee

 

10 hours ago, Argenti said:

There's no way you're older than.... 16

Agreedddd

@Usseewa I was gonna say college age but then the other day you mentioned something abt 15 being a young age to date people which means either your 13 or 14 ish and even then I find it hard to believe, homeschooled, private schooled, or just insanely INSANELYYY oblivious bc there is NO way you went to alll those years of school and didn’t see people around the age of fifteen dating

[Akimikoisthecutest]

15 hours ago, KnightSkye Reforged said:

LGBTQIA+

It's also not that long. SAGA just doesn't have the same feeling to it. It feels too new, or corporate.

Oh also, I'm pretty sure I'm a lesbian. Like 90% sure.

But

Spoiler

 

[Shatter He/Him]

18 hours ago, SpartanBrigade said:

Idk
I like LGBTQ+
5 letters isn't 3 billion and that just lumps everyone together without recognizing individuality while still being in the community
There's decades of history, activism, and overcome oppression behind LGBTQ+
For example look up why the L is before the G

16 hours ago, KnightSkye Reforged said:

I mean lets be fair, LGBTQ+ Still doesn't include a ton of things. 

The history is a good point tho.

I also just love the word saga.

fair.

it is individual to some, but leaves out a bunch only having the + and the full version is kinda long: LGBTQIA+

Good points, but graphic design is something we can change.

 

7 minutes ago, Akimikoisthecutest said:

It's also not that long. SAGA just doesn't have the same feeling to it. It feels too new, or corporate.

here in Canada, it's 2SLGBTQIA+

2S - Two-Spirit (a culturally specific identity used by some Indigenous peoples in North America
L - Lesbian
G - Gay
B - Bisexual
T - Transgender
Q - Queer or Questioning
I - Intersex
A - Asexual/Aromantic/Agender
+ - Other identities not explicitly listed

because it's so long, people just shorten it to LGBTQ or just gay or queer.

Edited February 26 by Shatter

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

12 minutes ago, Akimikoisthecutest said:

It's also not that long. SAGA just doesn't have the same feeling to it. It feels too new, or corporate.

Oh also, I'm pretty sure I'm a lesbian. Like 90% sure.

But

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...

Y'know

Those two statements kinda contradict

Just saying

7 minutes ago, Shatter said:

here in Canada, it's 2SLGBTQIA+

2S - Two-Spirit (a culturally specific identity used by some Indigenous peoples in North America
L - Lesbian
G - Gay
B - Bisexual
T - Transgender
Q - Queer or Questioning
I - Intersex
A - Asexual/Aromantic/Agender
+ - Other identities not explicitly listed

because it's so long, people just shorten it to LGBTQ or just gay or queer.

There's a reason I use gay or queer

Plus, I just find LGBTQ...(Add what you will) unwieldy to say

[Shatter He/Him]

Just now, Kansas Stormcursed said:

...

Y'know

Those two statements kinda contradict

Just saying

There's a reason I use gay or queer

Plus, I just find LGBTQ...(Add what you will) unwieldy to say

I just say queer because it's easy :3

[Akimikoisthecutest]

3 minutes ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

...

Y'know

Those two statements kinda contradict

Just saying

yeah, I know but, like, it's just some anime men. WHY ARE THEY SO HOT SOMETIMES???

[Hmmm lies she/her]

Just now, Akimikoisthecutest said:

yeah, I know but, like, it's just some anime men. WHY ARE THEY SO HOT SOMETIMES???

I know a transfem who's pretty much only into women, but is into some fictional male characters.

[KnightSkye Reforged They/Them]

24 minutes ago, Akimikoisthecutest said:

It's also not that long. SAGA just doesn't have the same feeling to it. It feels too new, or corporate.

Oh also, I'm pretty sure I'm a lesbian. Like 90% sure.

But

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Yeah that's a fair point, and I shared the meme mostly just as that, a meme, and because I like the word in general. 

Also yeah Kyojuro Rengoku is hot (pun intended)

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

42 minutes ago, Shatter said:

I just say queer because it's easy :3

Gay is easiest and most fun to say

Especially if you say it like "ur gay"

39 minutes ago, Akimikoisthecutest said:

yeah, I know but, like, it's just some anime men. WHY ARE THEY SO HOT SOMETIMES???

Because it's anime

That's what they're designed for

[Akimikoisthecutest]

9 minutes ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Because it's anime

That's what they're designed for

I guess that's true. It makes straight people gay, and gay people straight.

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Just now, Akimikoisthecutest said:

I guess that's true. It makes straight people gay, and gay people straight.

Nahh, just makes gay people more gay

[Aeoryi she/her]

Just now, Akimikoisthecutest said:

I guess that's true. It makes straight people gay, and gay people straight.

Spoiler

It doesn't turn you bi you'd be bi for them

also I've never really gotten anime crushes or really understood crushes on boys. I just don't see what other people see, as it turns out. (All of my fictional crushes were on girl characters)