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Still trying to keep up with Agents of SHIELD and constantly freaking out over the Darkhold. Kinda wishing I could shove a bunch of Marvel comics from our world documenting all the catastrophes it's caused into their faces and go, "SEE? This is what happens when you screw with the Darkhold!" FYI, I just watched the episode "The Laws of Inferno Dynamics."

When you start thinking about the blood disorder hemophilia but your brain insists on calling it hemalurgy.

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I can believe that. I love New England style clam chowder, but I refuse to eat it if it comes out of a can, so it makes sense that there would be a similar phenomenon with chili. I've tried like at least a dozen different recipes at restaurants, chili cookoffs, church activities and whatnot, and I have yet to taste one that I don't like. Wendy's has good chili too.

I think it might benefit from more varied sentence lengths. Most of the sentences are medium-short, about 9-16 words (a count I got from the second paragraph), and I think an easy way to keep readers'/graders' interest levels high might be to shorten some sentences and lengthen/combine others. I also noticed a bit of repetition that was slightly distracting. The phrase "embraced the new technology" appears three times total, with the first two quite close together (first paragraph and beginning of the second). Changing the wording slightly in one or two of those places could be beneficial. In other places, I think you might be able to cut out a few words here and there that contain information already found nearby. Take the first paragraph for example: The yellow-highlighted phrases are very similar, and they might not all three be necessary. Obviously you want to keep the first one since it sets up your topic, but cutting one of the others might be beneficial. In the same vein of "tightening" your writing, you might want to go through and see if any of the prepositional phrases can be swapped out for more direct or more natural ways of saying things. Take this bit from the second paragraph for example: There are a lot of "of"s here that tend to draw attention to themselves when they're clustered like that. What if the wording were tweaked like so? I hope you find my comments helpful. =)

@Silverblade5 I think that's a very well written essay, especially considering that the prompt was rather vague. Your ideas flowed logically from one thought to the next: I liked how after introducing your chosen angle, you talked first about people who accepted technology in both empires, and then about those who rejected it. I think the last sentence of the 2nd paragraph ("Because this history was government sponsored, it had to have had a positive reception") could possibly be a little clearer. The way it's currently worded, I kinda got the impression that it was impossible for the government to do anything that displeased the people simply because they were the government, but I have a hunch that you probably meant that the report had to put a positive spin on things in order to please the government who commissioned it. IMO the essay definitely shows that you are a skilled and thoughtful writer who can read between the lines and make deductions from the subcontext. Well done!

Re: steak, I also abhor overdone steak, but I do like it a little more cooked than y'all apparently do. Medium is how I usually like it. I've never cooked it myself--just ordered it at restaurants or reaped the benefits of friends' or relatives' grilling--so sometimes it's a game of trial and error to figure out what to tell different restaurants in order for it to come out how I like it.

@Hemalurgic_Headshot In my experience, there is no such thing as bad chili.

Jazz

What. I was just going through old photos on my phone and deleting some that no longer have any relevance, and found a photo of a goose in the water next to the Statue of Liberty from when my high school marching band took a trip there... (This is a photo from Google, not mine, just for ease of uploading.) Looks kinda like a regular Canada Goose at first glance, right? It's called a Brant, and I'm like 95% sure that trip to New York was the only time I've ever seen one. And I had completely forgotten about it until I came across the picture in my phone! XD Surprise life bird!

Here, have a LOL:

Aww @Kaymyth I'm so sorry to hear that Obi-wan passed away. I've lost pets too, and it sucks. *hugs* There's a nice poem by Steve and Diane Bodofsky called The Rainbow Bridge that I like to share in this type of situation: By the edge of a woods, at the foot of a hill, Is a lush, green meadow where time stands still. Where the friends of man and woman do run, When their time on earth is over and done. For here, between this world and the next, Is a place where each beloved creature finds rest. On this golden land, they wait and they play, Till the Rainbow Bridge they cross over one day. No more do they suffer, in pain or in sadness, For here they are whole, their lives filled with gladness. Their limbs are restored, their health renewed, Their bodies have healed, with strength imbued. They romp through the grass, without even a care, Until one day they start, and sniff at the air. All ears prick forward, eyes dart front and back, Then all of a sudden, one breaks from the pack. For just at that instant, their eyes have met; Together again, both person and pet. So they run to each other, these friends from long past, The time of their parting is over at last. The sadness they felt while they were apart, Has turned into joy once more in each heart. They embrace with a love that will last forever, And then, side-by-side, they cross over… together.

Fall Out Boy

@Mistbornwithakitty I love berry-type scents, and not just for candles. Shampoo, air freshener, chapstick, you name it! XD What's your favorite ice cream bar?

@Shqueeves Pretty sure they only got the name Cobalt Guard after leaving Bridge 4.

I think emerald is GORGEOUS. (May's birthstone) What is your favorite animal hybrid? Like, if you took two real-life animals (humans are an option for this) and combined them. Doesn't have to be a traditional fantasy creature.

I think activity (on any site, not just this one) ebbs and flows. I don't have as much time to be online right now because my semester is HOLY STORMFATHER busy, and other people have obligations IRL too, I'm sure.

Def Leppard

This is the kind of thing I think about when playing hashtag games on Twitter...

I just broke out laughing like a loon, alone in my basement, at midnight... Thank you for these hilarious screenshots!

One other trend in women's clothing that bugs me is calling anything larger than size 12 "plus size." Thank you for making every woman who's not model-thin feel fat.

You consider 5'5" tall for a girl? I'm 5'5" and a half and people have always told me that's about average. Then again, I've gotten as tall as I'm going to get; I'm 22. Maybe you've still got some growing to do, if you're still a teenager. If that's the case, then yeah, you're going to end up on the tall side. =) (Totally jealous over here, BTW! I hate being short.)

Mine are always getting caught on my belt, of all things. How??