AonEne

*thinking emoji*

I will remember those who have been forgotten, and I will listen to those who have been ignored. They’re very simple concepts, but people get a lot of flak for doing them. And they shouldn’t. Because more people need to listen in this world.

WELCOME TO SHARK BUTT THE BRANDON SANDERSON PODCAST aaaaah

There’s never enough chocolate.

Welcome to the Shard! You chose to join on the tenth anniversary of the Shard; there’s a giant awesome Shardcast livestream going on on Twitch sometime today which you might enjoy. And yessss, Jasnah is great! I also want that novella.

Iirc police work isn’t even top ten most dangerous jobs in the world. No one is saying that there aren’t some good cops, but there are more right now who are either doing morally wrong things or who are at least not fight against the morally wrong things. And yes, I’m sure there are a few opportunists in the crowds, and few people who want chaos, but for the most part everyone is peaceful up until the police show up and start hurting them. People should not be rioting and looting...but to me, property damage is nothing compared to death and pain and everything they’re doing to stop the peaceful protests.

Killing and arresting innocents is not “extra snappy”. I’ll elaborate in a minute, if the mods let the conversation keep going but I’m gonna give them the opportunity to stop. Always happy to elaborate in a PM too. Yes, what Natty said.

Like a wooden post, I assume.

I’m always hungry for cake, no worries. I like chocolate cake with raspberry filling

That may or may not be one of the points of life, but my point still stands - it’s hard to tell, so you can’t really say that people all know.

Sorry, I know you are

Thanks Josh, and everyone else too, I know we’re all trying here. A tip, maybe edit the quotes of the full post out of people quoting it too?

Oh I’m not actually crying, just in the sense that I’m slightly amused at what I said before, and also sad about it all. What’s everyone’s favorite type of cake?

I think politics may, just may, have been here before that post. Oof wow lol hidden already. Good job, that was a fast one.

I am very, very sorry you feel that way. I promise you it’s normally better than this, and if you ever do require a safe place, my PM doors are always open. I’d love it if you stayed, but if you do go, take care, friend.

It’s only been six hours and I can say that THIS POST DID NOT AGE WELL *crying-laughing face, with actual crying* Mmm, I want some cheesecake.

Sorry if I came off as patronizing you or something, that definitely wasn’t my intention - I know you know, I was saying it for the whole thread and quoting you because that was the post I was going off of.

Yes, but they’re both coming from something deep within you that tells you you’re doing wrong. My point was that it’s hard to tell what that feeling really is.

The mods have a responsibility to deescalate the situation and try to placate everyone, regardless of personal opinions. They do do a bunch that we don’t see in PMs, so it is possible that more action is being taken on that front. (I would hope so, but that’s up to them.)

I’m personally concerned with what Edonidd said, and their tone makes me worry, but it’s possible that it’s just a misunderstanding.

Today marks the ten-year anniversary of the 17th Shard! I don’t want to steal the news post’s thunder, so I won’t go into how awesome this place is or how much work the incredible mod team puts into it, so just know that it’s a lot for both of those. The point of this thread is for you to share your favorite times on the Shard. That conversation that went even more off the rails with every post. That theory that Brandon confirmed in the next book. That time a friend gave you a compliment and it made your day. That thread or PM that was filled with the most quality writing/theorizing/debating/pure nonsense. That piece of writing or art that you absolutely toiled over that was then loved by everyone else, or vice versa. Anything! Here are a few questions for anyone who wants something to build off of, but feel free to reminisce together and remind each other of stuff! The whole point is for good times that happened here to be shared, regardless of what they are. What’s your favorite thread, PM, etc. you’ve participated in? Why? What conversation made you die of laughter? What time did someone here make you feel really happy? What’s one of the posts that made you reread it in awe? What moment of your own are you super proud of? What time on the Shard might you want to relive for a day? You can answer these with multiple things, no need to limit yourself! Nor do you need to stick to only them - again, this is only a guide and you’re not required to do anything. It’s all up to you. Happy anniversary to you all!

Black Lives Matter. Edit: barely ninjaed Hey by the way, for those of you who know more about race activism than me, is ‘black’ in that case being used as an umbrella term or specifically?

I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE?! Truthless, under what circumstances, if any, would you kill someone?

This does happen occasionally, I’ve found that refreshing it can do the trick. If it only shows one page of PMs when there should be more, clicking to a different folder, than back in, then refreshing should give you all your pages.

Don’t worry, the intention came across. No need to get upset at the filter or mods