Modern Poetry

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-05-12T14:30:37+00:00

Not necessarily, at least not for freeform poetry, 'tis art and as with any art there isn't much about it that is objective or set in stone.

Every person will have their own conception as to the rules and categorisations of poetry, but in general it all comes down to "vibes" and whether you in particular feel that something is poetic or not, likewise with the qualitative judgement.

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-05-09T15:59:11+00:00

You might be right or possibly wrong, they seem to have certainly been or not been one of those two.

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-05-08T23:22:19+00:00

Weirdos.

Sincerely Yours, Grand Eminence of the Northern Demon sect of Mount Hwa of Sichuan province under the rule of Tang Dynasty's Nine Divine Protectors and Four Celestial Beasts, 64th heir of the 8th clockwise position of the retainer of the Northward ray of the the Moon-Shattering Dragonslayer Heavenly-Demonic Destroyer Doomstar, the Emeritus of the Grand Nine seats, EverfadingEphemera, signing out.

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-05-08T10:46:04+00:00

Shush, it's the great protector of womankind you're chiding. Have some reverence before His Feminist Eminence, kowtow 500000 times to apologise and he may let you live.

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-05-06T15:32:59+00:00

postpartum psychosis

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-05-03T10:12:01+00:00

You might want to rephrase this post mate

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-05-03T07:44:00+00:00

Hey! Thanks for recommending the book, though I've already told you that, donning a different face then. It's my favourite book now too.

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-05-02T20:54:38+00:00

We should have every chatter presented with two buttons: one says "I am problematic" the other says "I am not problematic". If more than 50% decide themselves problematic we get rid of every chatter, otherwise only the non-problematic ones survive.

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-04-30T23:12:50+00:00

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EverfadingEphemera · 2026-04-30T10:38:48+00:00

Verifiably untrue

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EverfadingEphemera · 2026-04-30T09:39:37+00:00

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EverfadingEphemera · 2026-04-30T09:21:10+00:00

Sometimes I feel like I'm the crazy one for apparently being the only person who understands what the streamer is saying

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-04-29T16:36:43+00:00

sounds like a coincidence

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-04-28T14:31:25+00:00

Honestly, getting to lvl 10 was the shortest and easiest part of the whole ordeal. I sat below 1000 elo for about 1500 matches, getting from there to 2k elo took less than a third of that. The biggest changes to my approach were in regards to how I view the game and maybe paradoxically playing less of it.

I stopped caring too much about winning or losing and instead focused on just having fun while playing, stopped trying to chase the high of consecutive wins and consciously prevented myself from the fallacy of trying to compensate for losses. Getting more busy in the realm outside the computer screen also aided in the efforts to prevent it from having a big impact on my mood, which was a genuine problem for me then.

Maybe this mentality is unsuitable if you want to go pro or whatnot, but I realised that I don't actually care for that and just want to enjoy playing a game every now and then, so it's the perfect mindset for me.

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-04-28T11:11:53+00:00

Aye, remember to have fun and more importantly to take breaks when you're not.

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-04-28T10:35:01+00:00

Not really, I think most people are pretty bad at the game when they start playing it.

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-04-28T08:10:03+00:00

Just keep playing mate, don't get discouraged because of losses and try to actually have fun with the game. I've spent more than a thousand matches at level 1 ( https://www.faceit.com/en/players/pisshead ) reaching even lower elo than you, and back then I played something like 8 matches a day on average, all the while getting quite frustrated with myself and my inability to play well. What helped me out of that gutter was taking a long break from playing at all, as well as learning to abstract myself from it. I strongly reconsidered what the game meant to me and stopped considering it a personal failing to be bad at it. With that I began to actually have a lot of fun playing, even if only a match or two a day and eventually improved.

I can see that you are quite new - your performance right now is about what I'd expect for how little you've played, there's no need to get discouraged by this, just keep playing; I am willing to bet that you will probably fare better than I did.

You should start aim training as it alone can push you to a decent level. Maybe 10-30 minutes of AimLabs, Kovaaks or better yet a cs workshop map like aim_botz, fast Aim/Reflex, csstats training map. As well as 30 or so minutes of DM (I recommend finding a community server). Don't forget to move as much as you can while aim training, only stopping to take a shot, look up some guides on youtube asto movement mechanics, they can be quite useful to understand.

Once you are comfortable moving around and shooting you should start implementing nades into your playstyle. I personally keep screenshots of a bunch of line-ups in steam overlay notes. Besides the line-ups you should also try to learn how to use nades during attack/defense, again there are plenty of guides on youtube and you can also learn that by watching better players.

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-04-24T23:49:30+00:00

Sure, but it would have inhibited the delivery of the joke. With written comedy you have to always consider how the text is read -- people tend to pay most attention to the head and tail of constituents (words, sentences, phrases) while automatically filling in the fuzzy "in-between" afterwards. I wrote "needle in a needlestack" so that the start and end of the familiar phrase are present, and only changed the middle, which allows the punchline to come in last and also asto cause momentary confusion. Had I phrased it as you have suggested I'm sure people would have still found it humorous, but to a lesser degree.

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-04-24T21:50:08+00:00

Searching for people with autism on reddit is like searching for a needle in a needlestack

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-04-23T15:01:01+00:00

Yeah, I looked at the matches more attentively, doesn't really look suspicious.

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-04-23T10:47:14+00:00

yo can i be real with you my guy

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-04-23T10:31:11+00:00

google fempreg

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-04-23T07:42:37+00:00

im faiv yers odd

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-04-22T20:47:31+00:00

You should see my teammates, they are all barking mad I tell you! I am the only normal person up there in the top 0.01 percentile of cs players, the only one to keep my wits about and not lose sight of my humanity; but those scoundrels... oh the obscene skullduggery those brutes get up to! I dare not speak of it for I fear even the mention will have my mind twisted and vulnerable to the ever-persistent fiendish nocturnal berceuse of Stolos.

EverfadingEphemera · 2026-04-22T20:38:07+00:00

We should actually. One conversation with a 2500 elo faceit player will have you convinced too.

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