28 Apr 2022, 3:50 pm
IsabellaLinton wrote:
HighLlama wrote:
IsabellaLinton wrote:
Stickers on books.
That or when they have some little emblem that looks like a sticker, but is part of the cover. Which ruins the cover image.
When they reference the story as a "Major Motion Picture" all over the cover.
When they use a scene from the movie as cover art.
Even more cringeworthy, when they show and name actors from the movie as cover art.
Reviews, accolades, and awards on the cover: "New York Times Best Seller!" or "Five Stars!"
The devaluation of print media, in general.
When people ask if I read paper books.
A conversation with my optometrist a couple of years ago:
- "I need them for reading"
- "How close is your computer?"
- "No, I mean reading books"
- "Oh, so a tablet? A Kindle?"
- "Um, no. Books. Printed books. Digital stories aren't books."
- "You read books? That's so cool! Are you in school?"
(I wasn't at the time)
- "No ... (?) .... I read for pleasure"
- "Oh, so like at the beach?"
I kid you not.
Bunch of savages in this town.
28 Apr 2022, 4:36 pm
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28 Apr 2022, 5:41 pm
aghogday wrote:
Why Don't Ya Find Another Hobby Besides me, hehe...
Or On the Other Hand, Let Me Remain Ya 'Special
Interest,' HAha...
Listen Baby,
The 'Wrong Planet'
is the Last Place
i Will Ever Go Looking For Attention,
For Obvious Reasons; Folks, like You...
Gonna Do me, No Matter How You Do You;
Carry On And Complain About Everything in Life Ya
Love to Complain
About;
Such
A Waste
of 'Time,'
in my
Opinion, at Least...
28 Apr 2022, 5:42 pm
IsabellaLinton wrote:
aghogday wrote:
Why Don't Ya Find Another Hobby Besides me, hehe...
Or On the Other Hand, Let Me Remain Ya 'Special
Interest,' HAha...
Listen Baby,
The 'Wrong Planet'
is the Last Place
i Will Ever Go Looking For Attention,
For Obvious Reasons; Folks, like You...
Gonna Do me, No Matter How You Do You;
Carry On And Complain About Everything in Life Ya
Love to Complain
About;
Such
A Waste
of 'Time,'
in my
Opinion, at Least...
Haha,
Thanks For The attention..
28 Apr 2022, 6:02 pm
aghogday wrote:
Thanks For The attention..
to be noticed
for the wrong reasons,
as a joke, or as
a curiosity because
you have a right to be here and
to write and dream and think
like a child of the stars -
so say The Desiderata and the
Rules of Gold but especially
this Planet, which proclaim
we shall do unto others
with respect
and humility, by doing
no harm and finding
courage to speak
with the truth that we are
28 Apr 2022, 6:45 pm
IsabellaLinton wrote:
aghogday wrote:
Thanks For The attention..
to be noticed
for the wrong reasons,
as a joke, or as
a curiosity because
you have a right to be here and
to write and dream and think
like a child of the stars -
so say The Desiderata and the
Rules of Gold but especially
this Planet, which proclaim
we shall do unto others
with respect
and humility, by doing
no harm and finding
courage to speak
with the truth that we are
How Profound And Kind Dear Isabella It's True
'Love is Perennial As The Grass' As High
And Low As Waves of Oceans Come
And Go Bringing Life As Oceans
Rain Down to BRing
Us Breath
Love Lives
On in SPiRiT
Of HeART ReFuSinG
Silence of SoUL's Breath,
SoUL's Dance, SoUL'S Very
Existence That is Love SoUL's
SonG
When Love
Is Wind When
Love is SPiRiT WiTHiN
When LoVE is HeART SoUL Free
Moving, Connecting, Co-Creating Now
As Dust From Stars We Resurrect Eternally New...
Where Are the 'Pet
Peeves' Hehe
i Feel None
At All With SMiLes
Yet Star Dust Wind
Free SPiRiT i Am New Now..
28 Apr 2022, 7:06 pm
Fnord wrote:
IsabellaLinton wrote:
. . . The devaluation of print media, in general.
When people ask if I read paper books.
A conversation with my optometrist a couple of years ago:
- "I need them for reading"
- "How close is your computer?"
- "No, I mean reading books"
- "Oh, so a tablet? A Kindle?"
- "Um, no. Books. Printed books. Digital stories aren't books."
- "You read books? That's so cool! Are you in school?"
(I wasn't at the time)
- "No ... (?) .... I read for pleasure"
- "Oh, so like at the beach?"
I kid you not.
That reminds me . . .When people ask if I read paper books.
A conversation with my optometrist a couple of years ago:
- "I need them for reading"
- "How close is your computer?"
- "No, I mean reading books"
- "Oh, so a tablet? A Kindle?"
- "Um, no. Books. Printed books. Digital stories aren't books."
- "You read books? That's so cool! Are you in school?"
(I wasn't at the time)
- "No ... (?) .... I read for pleasure"
- "Oh, so like at the beach?"
I kid you not.
• People laughing at me not only because I still write, but because I still use cursive ("longhand") writing.
• People laughing at me when I make a voice phone call instead of texting.
I write too, as in with a pen and paper (fancy notebooks, to be precise). That way I don't have to use electricity or batteries to write my stories, I can pass it around family members who want to read them, it's better for your eyes not staring at a screen, and I make fewer typos than I would using a keyboard. Predictive text can be annoying but turning predictive text off can also be annoying. Give me the old-fashioned pen and paper method any day.
The only problem is...how do I get written stories published?
28 Apr 2022, 7:10 pm
29 Apr 2022, 4:33 am
29 Apr 2022, 5:53 am
klanka wrote:
Those count to one million threads. They appear on 'view new posts' and get in the way.
(I'm glad I never tried answering a gynecological thread on here that would be embarrassing)
(I'm glad I never tried answering a gynecological thread on here
that would be embarrassing)The truth is never gender tethered.
And there are many male gynecologists.
29 Apr 2022, 5:54 am
Fnord wrote:
IsabellaLinton wrote:
The Women's Forum
It's either trivial topics (Do you shave your legs?), or serious questions (e.g., private gynaecological issues).
The serious issues tend to be answered by men, and usually with incorrect or potentially harmful information. . .
Is it usually the same man?[/color]It's either trivial topics (Do you shave your legs?), or serious questions (e.g., private gynaecological issues).
The serious issues tend to be answered by men, and usually with incorrect or potentially harmful information. . .
Or skunk?
29 Apr 2022, 5:55 am
Misslizard wrote:
People that say they will do something and then make no attempt to.
I will think about that.
29 Apr 2022, 5:57 am
People who don't understand the consequence of a poster in a remote time zone.
29 Apr 2022, 6:56 am
kraftiekortie wrote:
I don't write in cursive----because I don't have good handwriting.
Mine is a mess of cursive and separate letters, usually with frequent crossings-out.Fortunately my typing speed is fine and not so error-prone.
It's a shame, because actually writing with a real fountain pen on quality paper is much more intimate and enjoyable than typing, but I just can't seem to slow it down enough to make it the artwork it deserves to be.
Not much use at a computer screen, of course...
I think a peeve would be that this skill is being lost or degraded, where it should be encouraged and nurtured.
HighLlama wrote:
You do always brighten this place, aghogday, which is rare.
Definitely. 
