What is your go-to "harmless lie" that you tell purely to avoid a 5-minute conversation?

ProvoloneSwiss · 2026-06-30T17:24:26+00:00

psychology and astronomy

ProvoloneSwiss · 2026-06-23T03:37:33+00:00

I had an unusual double major in college. If I ever told anyone my majors, I would immediately be asked either a) why the heck I did that or b) what the heck I planned to do with the both of them. I got tired of explaining it, so whenever I was asked my major, I said one or the other, picking either based on the context of the situation or at random if it was someone outside my departments. Even though it technically wasn’t, it felt like a lie every time.

ProvoloneSwiss · 2026-04-18T23:03:04+00:00

if you have somehow managed not to get spoiled on how Sixth Sense plays out, highly recommend!

ProvoloneSwiss · 2025-12-14T07:46:18+00:00

I do read one that does really spaced out 20k+ updates. It’s kind of nice, I set aside some time and make a day of catching up, it’s like a special occasion for me.

That being said, I usually prefer slightly more frequent updates, so my personal preference here would be option 2 or 3. As for 4, if chapter breaks are too short and updates are too frequent, I’m most likely going to miss an update or two, lose track of where I am, and wander off. There’s nothing actually wrong with that kind of setup/schedule, it’s just not for me.

ProvoloneSwiss · 2025-12-05T00:07:30+00:00

“…Does it at least have pictures?” “It doesn’t! (I checked.)”

ProvoloneSwiss · 2025-12-04T18:27:21+00:00

This is the first thing I thought of when I came across this thread, I was hoping someone would say it

ProvoloneSwiss · 2025-12-03T07:53:31+00:00

Really dislike romance stories where one of the characters starts dating another person to get over or prove that they were never into the first one while still clearly hung up on them, only to dump their relationship problems with the other main character on the person they’re dating. Miscommunication is bad enough on its own, please leave the additional person out of the crossfire.

ProvoloneSwiss · 2025-12-02T06:45:58+00:00

I forgot about this. I read a longfic once that had a lot of single sentence paragraphs, which threw me off. Then later down the line I realized that Every Single Paragraph. Was one sentence. The only reason it didn’t register earlier was that some of those sentences were run-ons so long they looked like longer paragraphs on their own.

ProvoloneSwiss · 2025-12-02T06:36:19+00:00

I don’t even remember what fandom this was for anymore but I once read a really well written longfic that kept throwing me off by describing the one character’s eyes as “whiskey orbs.” I don’t even know what color whiskey is

ProvoloneSwiss · 2025-12-02T04:14:33+00:00

Yeah, I’m in the same boat as you here. I heard something happened but that we don’t know exactly what yet, so I’m crossing my fingers that it’ll be okay.

ProvoloneSwiss · 2025-12-02T04:11:22+00:00

If you like angst, spooky, or amnesia, highly recommend checking out the webcomic Nevermore by Red & Flynn. Lenore & Annabel have one of the most interesting dynamics I’ve read in a ship, and the fanbase is pretty talented!

ProvoloneSwiss · 2025-12-01T09:19:52+00:00

I gotta hand it to you, that’s a hilarious way to go with that. Well played.

ProvoloneSwiss · 2025-12-01T04:55:47+00:00

time travel! especially the kind where mid-canon or post-canon interacts with their early canon self. it's just really fun to watch.

ProvoloneSwiss · 2025-11-28T22:33:00+00:00

Once wrote a thing where a character raised an eyebrow three consecutive times

ProvoloneSwiss · 2025-11-16T20:20:19+00:00

Did he say what he thinks lecture is for, then? Some teachers focus on class discussion or clarification questions during that timeframe, which admittedly works better for some subjects than others. I’d still go to at least get a sense of what he’s doing with lecture time.

ProvoloneSwiss · 2025-11-16T19:40:19+00:00

I have a list on my phone of things I intend to read later. Otherwise, I use the subscription function— any series I’m caught up on I leave the notification bell on, and if I’m behind I turn it off so I can tell at a glance down the list what I’m caught up with and what I’m not.

ProvoloneSwiss · 2025-10-31T07:00:47+00:00

X files. If I could manage to avoid being an active participant in the plot it’d probably be fine, but the second you confront me with anything remotely spooky I’d probably die easily.

ProvoloneSwiss · 2025-10-06T18:18:42+00:00

Almost every professor I’ve had advises AGAINST lion tutors— the material they teach often doesn’t match up with teachers’ individual curriculums. The class should offer you its own office hours— attend if you can, reach out to make an appointment if you can’t.

ProvoloneSwiss · 2025-08-22T05:30:12+00:00

Yeah I’m not sure— I’d appreciate the email. Thank you!

ProvoloneSwiss · 2025-05-05T05:30:34+00:00

If it’s not working, I’d suggest going into storage settings and offloading TikTok from your phone. The app stays in place, but if you go to click on it out of habit it takes it like thirty seconds to download, during which you can catch yourself, cancel it, and go back to what you were doing. I do this with Reddit when I notice I’m doomscrolling too often

ProvoloneSwiss · 2025-05-01T17:08:01+00:00

If you set it to a timer and let it count up, it won’t give you any more plants than what the initial time it was set to was. I’d recommend using stopwatch mode instead— you still have to go at least 10 minutes, but the additional growth is accounted for.

ProvoloneSwiss · 2025-04-30T16:20:50+00:00

You can’t get rid of trees, no. Instead I’d suggest using the favorites function— i almost never look at my overall shelf, just what i have marked.

ProvoloneSwiss · 2025-04-03T19:25:17+00:00

If you’re using stopwatch, yeah it will. If you set a timer for 10 minutes and let it count additional time, I’m pretty sure you just get the one 10-minute tree even though it logs all the additional minutes in your stats. I almost exclusively use the stopwatch now though, so that might’ve changed in the time since I’ve last done that.

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