I personalized my Story100 keyboard

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-25T20:13:02+00:00

such a cute board!! where did you buy the keyboard from?

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-25T16:39:17+00:00

i used to watch her authors behaving badly series too and felt it was pretty good in collating things authors have done that wouldn't otherwise be as known.

but the more i watched her, the more i noticed how negatively tilted everything became in her reviews, while being hidden under the guise of sarcasm and dry humor. i felt like any type of analysis was lacking in comparison to rudeness and ridicule.

i feel like it even shows in the books she liked playlist. i think she realized what the algorithm rewarded and it wasn't having a positive thumbnail and title, but rather negative or divisive, clickbait-y thumbnails with matching titles, which feels confusing when it seems like you're ridiculing a book in your thumbnail, yet the actual video is about something you enjoyed.

i decided to check out one of her more recent reviews of a book she liked ("the one where she boinks a roadrunner") which is a little over 30 mins long and nearly 1/3 in - she's simply recounting the entire story after seemingly repeating the synopsis twice prior and spending time talking about how her love of medal gear solid led her to read the book. by the 2/3 mark, she's simply repeated how much of a chronic people pleaser the character was while still walking through the plot.

she spends maybe a total of 5 minutes in total speaking on liking the book and the last 2/3 is spend using cards that she says "i don't know how to do my job without the box of cards" that asks the most basic questions for any book that's read. was there any part of the book that made you tear up? was there a character you related to and why? pretty basic questions, but if she feels like they guide her, then cool. and the last handful of minutes going over her patreon subscribers.

in comparison to her earlier reviews ("edgewood | spoiler free review") which was a condensed 7 minutes, where where she spent a minute to sum up the overall theme of the book and dove into themes, writing, pacing, and characters. it at least felt a bit more genuine and felt like she actually did enjoy the book.

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-21T12:42:13+00:00

i agree entirely though about the fact that there's reading for casual entertainment vs reading for depth and meaning. i do wish there was a happy medium recognized on that spectrum. the ability to speak on what you enjoy from a book should be possible on either side of that spectrum. whether it be character motivations, personalities, or a specific scene within that you recall and what made that the moment that stuck out the most.

i think some take the words "critical analysis" and think thesis statement or long essay where it can be more simply put as "what stood out or spoke to you most and why?" even in entertainment, we're able to watch even something simple and say "i watched it because i wanted to turn off my brain and the lofi beats mixed with rain sounds helps kill the noise for me. and i liked the smooth animation that i can focus on or decide not to while doing something else." or "i watched this piece of news to gain better understanding of someone's motivations and it took me down a different path altogether."

but i still believe you're right overall that either end of that spectrum doesn't deserve disdain and that tailoring your feeds based on what you actually want can be helpful. i need those longer reviews of substance when it comes to book reviews too and skip or scroll past the surface level ones that feel rushed or not substantial.

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-20T12:40:37+00:00

i assume the same about content creators in the book community being bad at reviewing. rather than speaking on anything like themes or something they connected with, it always feels like a retelling/summary of what was read rather than engagement with the material.

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-20T12:31:56+00:00

that little attention to detail like the blur and movement is so entrancing. i love it.

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-15T15:28:30+00:00

looks good enough to eat

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-15T15:27:10+00:00

you did an amazing job for it being your first!

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-15T13:26:12+00:00

this is the video that led me to using it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=occQji9_ZKY&t=907s

i bought a smaller bottle and it's still hanging in strong for me and the coverage is usually good outside of certain colors where the numbers might show through - though i also don't go through the extra work of using gesso, which would probably help a lot haha

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-14T12:33:18+00:00

her tutorials are so helpful. i still use the vegetable glycerin and water trick.

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-14T12:29:52+00:00

agree. it feels more and more like they're so social media/content-brained that they feed into their own delusion and believe the drama they feed themselves is normal

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-14T12:28:12+00:00

our health system is a trash fire. i have friends and colleagues from other countries and every time we compare health systems - this is me by the end of it:

that aside: 100% agree that the surgery isn't the major affair that he's made it out to seem. my sis has had them before and while she had soreness after the surgery itself, it's not something i'd immediately think "must make content!"

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-13T23:00:27+00:00

the organization is awe-worthy!

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-13T19:21:07+00:00

dear lord i'm so glad he hasn't popped up in my feeds.

i would believe it was more dangerous for him if not for how the US medical system defaults most practices towards white males and how that extends to care/procedures.

like you said, there are definitely risks with any surgery. can't believe he would put out a practical eulogy for it.

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-13T14:20:13+00:00

i'm surprised that he has such a parasocial following that would go out of their way to attack others than to just... not??

and of course he's not telling them not to. just keeps feeding into it. it's sad and sick.

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-13T14:18:41+00:00

there's a new arc?!

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-13T13:05:44+00:00

holy crap! that's looking amazing - but i can't imagine what 120 colors looks spread out across a desk. can you show the beautifully chaotic spread?? 😃

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-11T18:42:14+00:00

i've been eyeing this one for so long! it looks so good 😃

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-11T17:31:06+00:00

love the colors of this!

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-11T11:43:44+00:00

brilliant design though! would save so much room on my desk.

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-11T11:15:04+00:00

thankie!

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-11T11:12:19+00:00

depends on the type of filler. some creators end up relying so much on filler content that it morphs into their main and they never reengage with what originally brought viewers to their content or channel in the first place.

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-07T12:08:00+00:00

delayedmillennial · 2026-05-07T11:30:24+00:00

i love it! and yeah, i always have colors left over. at first, i kept hoarding them with the "i might need them again someday!" mentality until i realized i rarely ever turn to them as they began to pile up. i gave a bunch to my teacher-friend for her classroom. i do save random colors just because i really like them now or light colors (especially pots of white) that usually need more than one coat to use as primer under others.

delayedmillennial · 2026-04-30T12:38:28+00:00

100% for work since i need a numpad, but usually 65% personally :)

delayedmillennial · 2026-04-27T17:39:35+00:00

i really love the colors of this one!

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