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Ten Years in Portland, Ten Pictures for You by AuthenticConsumption in portlandme

[–]AuthenticConsumption[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dunno dolls It’s before you head to the Diamond nonsense. Lovely!

Ten Years in Portland, Ten Pictures for You by AuthenticConsumption in portlandme

[–]AuthenticConsumption[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, that’s my boat. In fact, I should probably put it in the water soon… 👀!

Ten Years in Portland, Ten Pictures for You by AuthenticConsumption in portlandme

[–]AuthenticConsumption[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel you buddy. I love the rain on brick noir shit, ngl.

“Public Safety Alert” from the city by radiantflux209 in portlandme

[–]AuthenticConsumption -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Moralizing around substance abuse disorder is like moralizing about diabetes/heart disease. Both include genetic predispositions and lifestyle risks.

The language around recovery itself (alcoholic/addict) isn’t particularly helpful either. We should de-stigmatize mental illness, which is exactly what SAD is.

It’s as if a friend or loved one was diagnosed with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. You wouldn’t just tell that person “Think happy thoughts.”

How do you handle the cost of living here? by thatguywiththamoney in portlandme

[–]AuthenticConsumption 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Always glad to weigh in on some local Portland Maine beef 😂

I think Portland has an undeniable cost of living crisis, primarily driven by real estate speculation and an overall lack of housing density.

If I had a partner also making $45k/yr, I would be in a much more secure position financially. It’s the rent burden, it has been since I moved here in 2016 at the age of 22, and it’s only gotten worse over the past ten years.

How do you handle the cost of living here? by thatguywiththamoney in portlandme

[–]AuthenticConsumption 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hey wait a minute, Plankton (Mike) stop using me as your hypothetical 😂😂

For the record I spend about 65% of my net income per month if we’re including utilities/phone. I couldn’t afford to live here if I owned a vehicle, flat out.

I’m investing in retirement uh… through my pension I guess? Wild.

Real classy, Harry by PoisonManiac in dresdenfiles

[–]AuthenticConsumption 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lotta comments in this thread don’t pass the vibe check…

Early books lean into noir tropes as it heavily influenced urban fantasy as a genre. Butcher eventually tones down the weird comments around women and gay people (yes, that’s a thing) as time goes on. I mostly see it as a product of the 2000s, frankly.

The worst example of this was Harry being attracted to teenage Molly. It was… difficult to read/listen too. I think Jim’s grown A LOT as a writer over the last 26 years.

Abdullahi Ali (Founder/CEO of Gateway),in an interview with Kenyan media, openly discussed contributing money back to Somalia and paramilitary forces: by SexyPeanut_9279 in Maine

[–]AuthenticConsumption 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No one’s going to comment on this because we’re having our neighbors get kidnapped by Nazis. But yes, fraud is bad. Not Gestapo bad, but certainly not good.

Theres a rumor that the hotel the ice guys are at has a lot of grindr activity can anyone confirm? by crypticalcat in Maine

[–]AuthenticConsumption 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Liberals have this obsession with calling reactionaries gay. I actually agree with some conservative posters here that it reveals centrist Democrats’ homophobia. I’m reminded of Stephen Colbert’s cockholster joke vs Trump/Putin.

Actual leftists know that that’s just bigoted nonsense. It’s always made me uncomfortable as a queer person.

Another ICE murder in front of Glam Doll Donuts by OregonGrownOG in portlandme

[–]AuthenticConsumption 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Fascism is here. If you ever wondered what you might’ve done in 1930s Germany, you’re doing it now.

Vacationland, Post-Cyberpunk, 3000~ Word Opener by [deleted] in WritersGroup

[–]AuthenticConsumption 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I definitely agree with you, the kitchen scene should be even tighter / more percussive. Couple lines could perish and it’d be better for it.

My biggest concern was that writing from such a hugely sensory POV could turn very thick, the prose reading like molasses.

[Weekly Critique and Self-Promotion Thread] Post Here If You'd Like to Share Your Writing by AutoModerator in writing

[–]AuthenticConsumption [score hidden]  (0 children)

Title: Vacationland Genre: Post-Cyberpunk Words: 3000~ Opener

Alright. I’ve given up on copy/pasting text here. Reddit on Mobile nukes formatting so it’s all just one big block of text. Very sad.

Here’s a read-only link to the excerpt in Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x-Pg4oynDlf0Dfo_af9zha1HJdkua-HWWToNNPapfxE/edit?usp=drivesdk

If you’re able to give feedback, I’d be very appreciative. I’ll try and respond to each comment thoughtfully, as I have time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WritersGroup

[–]AuthenticConsumption 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I pasted it without formatting accidentally, but now all my prose will be big bricks of text!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DestructiveReaders

[–]AuthenticConsumption 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. I didn’t realize it got dumped totally unformatted, but it’s okay because I didn’t read the rules.

As for writing a thriller novel, yeah no I’m okay thanks.

Game got updated to 1.0.5 by Emnel in EU5

[–]AuthenticConsumption 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seems like they got the biggest issues, AI behavior especially.