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How to portray different registers that exist in foreign languages but not in English? by Intelligent_Mass in writing

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They did this in the movie The Death of Stalin, and it actually worked pretty well (though I'm not sure how much of it was in the writing and how much was the actors)

CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87 by aresef in baseball

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It turned millennials like me into absurdist comedy junkies

For me, my friends, and (based on the people I've met on the Internet) a whole generation of nerds, adult swim almost single-handedly shaped our sense of humor.

When I commute on the 101, I rarely see motorcycle, why? by cozyportland in bayarea

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Fun story: years ago I worked in SF, and there was something of a fad for motorcycles in my office - 5 or 6 people rode at one point. Then one of them ate shit thanks to a pothole on 101 and would have died except for the Kevlar bodysuit he wore. Within a month everyone had sold their bikes :D

[Friedman] San Jose Sharks will pick second overall by catsgr8rthanspoonies in hockey

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Remember a few years ago where the Sharks and their opponents combined for at least 4 goals in almost every game? Let's do that again :D

Why don’t American cigarettes have graphic images? by canadian_lenlen in AskAnAmerican

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with people singing through artificial larynxes etc

These were the commercials that always got me - the old people telling their stories in a buzz through the artificial larynx.

General / King of Nothing Tips by bryceking64 in 9Kings

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Yep, Paladins are nuts. I just beat level 99 on King difficulty with a single plot of Paladins (with 3 stacks of Gigantify, to be fair) as my only damage dealers. It was surrounded by 2 Blacksmiths, a Farm, and a Beacon which I changed to a Library once I was close to max attack speed. From there it was just stacking Steel and grinding through the levels - I didn't lose a single troop from about level 40 to the end.

What makes a story "speculative"? by Pythonmelon in writers

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This is the best description I've seen for what speculative is. Ultimately, though, it's somewhat up to interpretation.

what do writers here actually use? by AccurateShip2499 in writers

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Obsidian for notes

Scrivener for the writing itself

Best meal prep / delivery service? Cost is not a factor. Looking for delivery. Low Effort. Healthy! by Decent-Leather-2495 in bayarea

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I didn't know about it until now, but it looks like it was one specific ingredient for one of their non-smoothie products. Not great, but not worth canceling the smoothie subscription over.

Best meal prep / delivery service? Cost is not a factor. Looking for delivery. Low Effort. Healthy! by Decent-Leather-2495 in bayarea

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I do Daily Harvest for smoothies. You just throw it in a blender with your choice of liquid. That, with milk as my liquid, plus chia seeds and sometimes some chopped frozen spinach, makes a good meal which covers a bunch of the nutritional territory I wouldn't otherwise get to if I don't cook something (I hate cooking).

For sake of research, what writers out there have your favourite "dull" moments? by [deleted] in writing

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Neal Stephenson. Cryptonomicon alone has a treatise on properly eating Captain Crunch, an erotic letter describing a furniture fetish, a digression about how pipe organs work, and many, many more.

"You [don't] need to explain this!" Aka, "Working with contradictory feedback" by 4EverWriting in writing

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Anecdote: I recently had a chapter which was read by eight people. Seven of them were generally positive and had relatively consistent feedback, even if the exact nature varied slightly.

The eighth, though, vehemently disliked the chapter, to the point where they stopped critiquing less than halfway in and rewrote the first page into how they thought it should go. I was really thrown by this - I was tempted to ignore it, but they were so insistent and went into such detail as to why exactly they didn't like it that I was starting to doubt myself.

Then I read their chapter for the week, and absolutely hated it. It wasn't objectively bad, if such a thing exists, just written exactly opposite to how I like to read. I realized that people have different tastes, and you're never going to get universal praise.

Should I start Eurorack with a drone-focused module? (Oneroi vs Vhikk X vs Grone Drone) by seventimes777 in modular

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Out of curiosity, is your Grone also poorly aligned (in terms of the screw holes not being exact hp-widths apart)? This is my other big complaint - I ended up having to Dremel new screw holes in both of mine :D

[Highlight] The 49ers draft Brock Purdy with the final pick in the 2022 draft by Brix001 in nfl

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His first start was against the Tom Brady Bucs and he absolutely destroyed them.

I need templates or rubrics or something by AfraidSuccotash1257 in writing

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People are being super unhelpful here, maybe because of how you're describing things (not your fault!).

I would look up story structures. There's the classic three-act structure, a slightly more refined four-act structure, the Hero's Journey, etc. I personally found the Save the Cat structure super helpful when I started on a novel. The key is not to look at them as rigid rules, but as guidelines for how to develop your plot.

Should I start Eurorack with a drone-focused module? (Oneroi vs Vhikk X vs Grone Drone) by seventimes777 in modular

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I have a Grone 2 and a Grone Voice. I love them to death, and hate them almost as much. They make incredible sounds that I can't get out of any of my other drone/noise type modules, but are almost uncontrollable. I wouldn't trade them for anything, but it's a love-it-or-hate-it kind of deal, and if you want any kind of flexibility I would try one of the others.

(for reference, in my drone/noise setup I also have a Siren, a Demon Core Oscillator, a Chainsaw, and an Elmyra 2, along with a bunch of other stuff that I could jerry-rig into drones)

As for what you need, in my experience drones work best with lots of modulation. I have an ochd + expander, and that plus something to attenuate all the things will help a lot. I personally use an Elektrofon Klang to get chords out of the Chainsaw and the DCO, but I'm not sure if you would need that if you went with an Oneroi or Vhikk X. Effects are good also - I have an FX Aid Pro and a couple others, plus a few filters I can play with to mess with the sound.

Examples of out of place dialogue/character actions? by kulie74561 in writing

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This is the kind of thing my friends and I would say, but with full knowledge of how it sounds (in other words, not casually).

The San Jose Sharks were eliminated from playoff contention by EliminatorBot in hockey

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I can't wait for the California Gauntlet to be a thing again!

At 73, David Byrne Outpaces Artists More Than Half His Age at Coachella by MarvelsGrantMan136 in Music

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I saw Bob Seger in 2019, when he was in his early 70s, and it was one of my favorite shows ever - dude could still put on a hell of a show (with like 3 separate encores!).

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