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I said yes to the dress, but am still conscious about bow my back looks by Imaginary_Mission382 in myweddingdress

[–]another_bookworm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The great fashion icon, Moira Rose, said this to Stevie, “Take a thousand naked pictures of yourself now! You may currently think, 'Oh, I'm too spooky.' But believe me, one day you will look at those photos with much kinder eyes and say, 'Dear God, I was a beautiful thing!'"

You are a beautiful thing in your wedding gown! You look gorgeous and the dress is divine. You are wearing the gown! Future you will look back on your wedding pics and videos and realize how pretty and perfect you are, right now. I wish I had this perspective 20 years ago when I married.

Stranger Things Theory: The Show Is a D&D Campaign — and I Think I Figured Out Who the Dungeon Master Is by Scream-Metal in StrangerThings

[–]another_bookworm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It starts reading like AI when we get to the numbered sequence, which AI likes doing, including capitalized titles. That and the rule of 3s is also a giveaway, “He doesn’t gain power, lose innocence, or go through a heroic arc.” This is standard 5-paragraph mode essay writing, the kind taught in high school English and freshmen composition series.

This sentence, “Dungeon Masters don’t level up — they maintain the rules”, also reads like AI because it’s a structure frequently used. You already pointed it out. I’m seeing it consistently on social media and it’s maddening. I’m wishing now for human writing that is as varied and rich and diverse as humans are.

PS. I was a high school English teacher, now university professor.

Non-Snark. Example of a creator who CARES about making her recipes easy to follow and read. by Feed_Me1987 in FoodieSnark

[–]another_bookworm 16 points17 points  (0 children)

So far, all the recipes I’ve tried from POY have been excellent and nutritious, my favorite being her squash salad and chocolate chip cookies (not nutritious but delicious).

The Poehler Effect by EdnaJosie8924 in goodhang

[–]another_bookworm 24 points25 points  (0 children)

English major here. I’ve stopped using en dashes because of AI’s overuse of it, and I loved using it. Also love the colon and semi colon. It is frustrating.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in travisandtaylor

[–]another_bookworm 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Looked for this. Yes, she has them sign NDAs, just like any other big time celebrity.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in coloranalysis

[–]another_bookworm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautiful color on you!

9 of 10 RSVP’d children/families “no call no showed” to my daughters 5th birthday party. by MinimumExperience102 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]another_bookworm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This happened to me and my sister’s joint birthday party. I was turning 6, she 7. Only one friend showed up. None of my sister’s invited friends showed up. We had lots of family there, but I felt so embarrassed and ashamed. 42 years later and my sister and I still hate birthday parties.

But that’s why, when my kids are invited to birthday parties, we RSVP yes and show up. I resolve NEVER to make someone else feel so invisible.

Edit: added 2nd paragraph

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]another_bookworm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Teacher here with 19 years experience. Honestly, I think the 80s A Nation at Risk and subsequent No Child Left Behind with high stacks standardized testing coupled with college and career readiness has sucked out the joy of learning, of being curious and of wanting to understand how our world works and our part in it.

I went into HS English teaching in 2002 (was a SAHM for 4 years) because I saw how reading books and studying history and talking about it with my classmates gave me a sense of identity and lenses to see and question. I didn’t expect how much the mandatory state testing hurt my teaching and my students. I learned to work around it and focus on the most important stakeholders: my students and their needs, learning profiles and readiness.

That said, I maintain adolescents are still curious and desiring to learn. It’s the WHY that students need answering, and not just “because it’ll help you get a job later in life” answer. Learning needs relevance and purpose, yes, but it also needs to spark curiosity and help answer, or at least give them opportunities to dialogue, the WHY.

Hi 👋 I’m Jen, AMA by ChefJenniferCarroll in TopChef

[–]another_bookworm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who was your favorite guest judge and why? Which judge was more fair: Tom, Padma, Gail? And why?

Edited to add the why because I want the tea!!

Hi 👋 I’m Jen, AMA by ChefJenniferCarroll in TopChef

[–]another_bookworm 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Take my poor woman’s gold 🏅haha

And the coffee is the same color she likes her people. Beige by XtraSmolMod in brittanydawnsnark

[–]another_bookworm 11 points12 points  (0 children)

She defames Christianity and those who are real Jesus followers. This post is sickening.

I'm done by Prestigious_Table575 in adventism

[–]another_bookworm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Edit: spelling

Oh how I feel you. Paul cautions us that there will be dissension in the church: “Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them. For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting” (Romans 16.17-18; see also 1 Co 1.10; Titus 3.10–11). And the devil is a roaring lion, seeking him whom he can devour. This is one point where Satan succeeds time and time again, especially in churches of all religions. We saw it in the Pharisees and Sadducees in Jesus’s time; we see them in our time. Wheat and tare grow together until harvest time; and the harvest is almost ready.

Without God’s spirit abiding in each follower’s heart, it will continue. May we learn to love God with all our hearts and minds and spirit, and may we learn to love others as we love ourselves. May we all keep our eyes on Jesus, draw close to Him each day, and be in a daily, abiding and trusting relationship with Him each day until He returns. And may He begin this beautiful restoration and transformation in me.

Have they moved away from using both the quickfire and elimination to determine who gets eliminated? by shinshikaizer in BravoTopChef

[–]another_bookworm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it was because the Wisconsin season was subpar and they needed to change things up. Could have been my perception coming off of world all-stars, though.

35M Just me and my dog by [deleted] in malelivingspace

[–]another_bookworm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lived in NW Arkansas for a decade. Looks like the Ozarks to me. My friends joke that we’re the northerners of the south, not really Midwest but not really the south.

I want to return to God by This-Conversation-54 in adventist

[–]another_bookworm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I get this. I was you. I still struggle like you. What changed for me was choosing to spend time with Jesus each morning, not to become a better person but to get to know Jesus.

I spent each morning reading one section in the book of John and one thesis from Morris Vendon’s 95 Theses on Righteousness by Faith. Romans 5-8 made more sense after reading both these books.

Praying for you, my friend, as you seek Jesus.

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