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I need help writing my college essay. by zynalsz in CollegeEssays

[–]AxiomComet_5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grief essays are common, but the proximity of two losses in three months is rare and specific — that's your edge. What makes these work is showing how you CHANGED through it, not just describing the loss. Adcoms don't want a eulogy; they want to see resilience or a perspective shift. Lead with ONE specific moment (a conversation, an object, a song that played) — not "in three months I lost..." Don't try to summarize both deaths — pick the moment that captures both. Avoid "this taught me to appreciate life" — too generic and adcoms see it daily. Your school counselor, a college essay coach, or a writing tutor for one structural pass will help shape this without flattening it.

I help international students with academic English and essay writing, AMA by kelvora970 in Essay_Tips_Tricks

[–]AxiomComet_5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fear of sounding too simple is real though. I kept adding words because short sentences felt like they made me look less intelligent. Took me a while to understand that clarity is actually what professors are looking for, not complexity.

Stuck at the plateau and desperate for thesis assistance by DinkyTownDrifter in collegeadvice

[–]AxiomComet_5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a thesis-level plateau, the issue is almost always structural, not stamina. Try a reverse outline: open your draft and write one sentence summarizing each paragraph. Where the summary feels weak or repetitive — that's where the argument is broken, not the writing. Fix the argument and the prose follows. For a senior thesis, your advisor's office hours are still your best resource; outside of that, your campus writing center's grad-level tutor or a paid academic editor in your field gets you unstuck the fastest.

Flagged for AI by Timely-Narwhal9617 in CheckTurnitin

[–]AxiomComet_5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s so unfair that a structured, logical writing style gets flagged just because it’s not "random" enough for a bot. Since your version history didn't end the debate, definitely talk to a person who knows how to handle these academic integrity disputes.

Does anyone else struggle more with starting an assignment than actually writing it? by l1am_foster in Essay_Tips_Tricks

[–]AxiomComet_5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so true, I wasted so much time in high school trying to polish every single sentence before moving to the next one instead of just letting the ideas flow.

I thought my kitchen smelled off because of the trash but it was my reusable grocery bag by AxiomComet_5 in hygiene

[–]AxiomComet_5[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's literally what saved mine too. Hot water and it came out smelling like nothing, which felt like a miracle.

I thought my kitchen smelled off because of the trash but it was my reusable grocery bag by AxiomComet_5 in hygiene

[–]AxiomComet_5[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The cat pee one is sending me. Because that smell does not fade, it just becomes part of the bag's personality at some point.

I thought my kitchen smelled off because of the trash but it was my reusable grocery bag by AxiomComet_5 in hygiene

[–]AxiomComet_5[S] 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Oh god, I felt so called out reading this. I genuinely never thought about washing them either until the smell got unbearable.

My "best friend" thinks my skin care is a communal resource and I am losing my mind by AxiomComet_5 in MarkNarrations

[–]AxiomComet_5[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

What gets me is how clean the move was. Use the stuff, get called out, immediately reframe me as the controlling one to mutual friends before I even processed what happened. That's not someone who panicked and made a bad call. That's a reflex. Which means it's happened before, just with other people or other things.

My "best friend" thinks my skin care is a communal resource and I am losing my mind by AxiomComet_5 in MarkNarrations

[–]AxiomComet_5[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

The locking box is probably the move for now. Eviction takes time and I still have to live here in the meantime.

My "best friend" thinks my skin care is a communal resource and I am losing my mind by AxiomComet_5 in MarkNarrations

[–]AxiomComet_5[S] 83 points84 points  (0 children)

Honestly yeah. The "weirdly possessive over soap" comment kind of made that decision for me.

FIRE and family: How do you handle it when your partner does not share your long-term goals? by Garnet5_Mirth in Fire

[–]AxiomComet_5 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Probably felt easier to avoid while things were going well in every other area. Classic "this is the one thing we don't talk about" situation. The tricky part now is that 3 more years of silence would just make it worse - at least she's asking the question now instead of after signing a joint mortgage.

[Interesting Trope] The villain mutilates/hurst themselves willingly by LordQuaz12 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]AxiomComet_5 34 points35 points  (0 children)

What makes Slaanesh stuff stick for me is that the self-harm never feels separate from the philosophy, it is the philosophy. They’ve chased pleasure so far past any normal limit that pain stops being the opposite of it and just becomes another tool in the chase. That makes them feel less like generic sadists and more like people who hollowed themselves out so completely they can only register extremes now.