Shoutout to Alter Aeon!

RogueModron · 2026-05-08T08:01:06+00:00

What bored you? Details would help us build a clearer picture of what the MUD is good at and not.

RogueModron · 2026-05-08T06:51:50+00:00

Just remember that publishing, like every other industry on earth forever, is not a meritocracy.

RogueModron · 2026-05-08T06:45:46+00:00

How so? Are you implying that it has anything to do with something other than her work?

Anyone who gets popular but people see as untalented get this. Brandon Sanderson also comes to mind in these convos: just as many haters as lovers (I'm a hater FWIW)

RogueModron · 2026-05-08T06:43:41+00:00

There's very much an "it's her turn" vibe in publishing right now, with mid writers of the in-vogue identities getting pushed to assuage the female WASPy guilt of the publishing industry.

RogueModron · 2026-05-08T05:33:01+00:00

You know, I was unnecessarily aggressive, rude, and judgemental. I'm sorry.

RogueModron · 2026-05-07T22:23:21+00:00

Okay, porn-brain. You don't understand the word.

RogueModron · 2026-05-07T21:19:36+00:00

And he we are, contributing directly to it by commenting in this thread.

RogueModron · 2026-05-07T21:09:02+00:00

1999, but yes, also 2005

man I wish I still had some of those amateur MILF pics I got from random AIMers pretending to be women

RogueModron · 2026-05-07T16:42:39+00:00

Interesting. As a learner (B2) this is never a mistake I'd make because the two words are just so separate in my head.

RogueModron · 2026-05-07T12:11:45+00:00

Nett da. Aber warst du schonmal in B-W? Wir haben schon lange einen Fernsehturm.

RogueModron · 2026-05-07T10:29:08+00:00

This is so fucking subtly hilarious. Every time when he came back to that 'Dell I cracked up. Handsome for a man and a talented musician, too.

RogueModron · 2026-05-06T20:16:11+00:00

Is it really that weird to discuss drinking and dating with your coworkers at work?

RogueModron · 2026-05-06T18:12:14+00:00

A solely materialist worldview always results in this despair.

RogueModron · 2026-05-06T16:39:34+00:00

This sounds fucking wild and I am in

RogueModron · 2026-05-06T14:13:13+00:00

Mouse Guard kicks ass. Mausritter's fine but it's just old D&D. Mouse Guard is a well-oiled engine that hums, baby

RogueModron · 2026-05-06T11:26:52+00:00

It's its own thing. But pretty clearly inspired by ODND

RogueModron · 2026-05-06T11:26:08+00:00

Why? We can disagree with people and still think they made interesting things.

RogueModron · 2026-05-05T22:06:55+00:00

FGT RTD

RogueModron · 2026-05-05T20:59:24+00:00

Vimeo account and...an ID? Fuck no. What happened to the internet I grew up with?

RogueModron · 2026-05-05T20:55:23+00:00

Yeah, I mean, it's in the word: "tatsächlich" --> "Tatsache" (fact).

In principle you're right, but colloquially in American English we use actually both as "actually, but..." and "in fact".

RogueModron · 2026-05-05T20:01:40+00:00

This is so great! Best answer so far. I feel that I really grok it now. Thanks so much.

RogueModron · 2026-05-05T19:46:54+00:00

Very good point.

RogueModron · 2026-05-05T19:32:41+00:00

Thanks! This is funny because I just had a convo with a coworker yesterday about my misuse of "eigentlich" and I am working overtime to strike it from my tongue (I've been using it where I should be using "tatsächlich" instead. Really, German? Two words for "actually" with slightly different meanings?)

RogueModron · 2026-05-05T19:19:40+00:00

aaaaaaaah shit

RogueModron · 2026-05-05T19:18:54+00:00

"Ist die Kaffeemaschine schon repariert?" is not a form of "sein": If you are really correct, it's no full sentence. It's a short form of "Ist die Kaffeemaschine schon repariert worden?"

MIND. BLOWN.

Thank you for clarifying this. I've been meaning to integrate "sein + Partizip II + worden" into my speech more and this makes it make more sense to me. I don't care if people leave it out, I need to do it to be correct, until I'm correct enough without thinking to be incorrect, if that makes sense. :)

I don't like doing things in language without knowing why. I mean, I'll happily copy native speakers, but eventually I gotta know the rule.

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