It’s wrong, but I think the intent is that it’s a possessive for the death of someone. Imagine if it were a name instead, like in the prior sentence (Dolly’s passing), and you can see the train of thought. Let’s choose a random name and follow what I assume the process was here: “Elon’s [passing] will not be treated the same…”

There’s many ways to express yourself, so if writing doesn’t cut it for you, I’m sure there’s something out there that does!

Yeah, that’s very true. Writing should be structured, concise, and flow well, as opposed to being a disjointed mess of empty paragraphs. It’s not that more words is inherently better, but more of a reminder that writing can be a fun and creative activity, and you can impart that joy onto others too. I actually left a pretty big hole in my reply for the sake of humor, which is the overarching context of the meme being a school assignment. You addressed it thoughtfully, but I was waiting for a silly response along the lines of:

Sir, this is a 6th grade essay about George Washington.

Arbitrarily shoving words where they don’t belong, into a premise you aren’t interested in writing about, isn’t ever going to be a fun time. If anything, it might put folks off of writing in the same way that dry school book assignments can for reading. When you spend more time with writing though, something you’re generally interesting in talking about, more words tend to come out—and that’s usually a good thing! Concise is not inherently minimalist, nor is it required to be devoid of emotion. Find your voice, let the words flow, and you’ll likely end up painting a more complete picture of what you want to convey.

Ah, the beauty of verbosity lies in remembering to smell the roses along your travels. What good is it to forgo the meandering path, playing in the sun’s warmth with your prose along the road less traveled? Take the time to water your garden of verbiage, and revel in the beauty as it begins to bear fruit! Merely dipping your toes into the sea of writing may feel cold and fleeting, but you’ll be surprised how much that can change when you decide to take the leap—to swim heatedly amongst the current.

I could’ve also said “writing is fun when you spend more time with it,” but that doesn’t feel the same, does it? We don’t have to constrain ourselves to the gray doldrums of a grocery list when we use our voices in writing. We can choose to spread our wings; we can choose to have fun, to make art.

• Paramost
• Kenny Longest
• KC & the Sun Band
• Johnny Fortune
• Incutrain
• Fort Major
• Coma Theater
• Missle for My Valentine
• Tungsten Maiden

41!

I suppose it is a woefully underutilized glyph, isn’t it? I consider it very important, and make sure to check any typefaces I download, to ensure it’s designed before using them in creative projects. While it didn’t become mainstream, I love letting people know it exists through writing when an opportunity arises.

Exactly, they’re usually pretty easy to add if you want to. I totally understand most folks don’t talk so formally when in informal settings, but the em dash thing is hardly the smoking gun paranoid people want it to be. A lot of the “tells” by themselves are just punching at competent writers; it’s the same thing that happens to visual artists, or musicians, or anything else creative. You can try and find several tells at once—and sometimes you do—but it tends to boil down to glorified witch hunting, rather than something of substance. People want desperately to be able to just know something is AI generated on vibes alone. It’s not always going to be that easy, and most aren’t the sleuths they believe they are.

It depends on the keyboard, and the software. I’m using HeliBoard on my phone right now, and all I have to do to make an em dash is hold the dash key—that’s it. It’s actually quite trivial to add em dashes in various cases, and I wish folks wouldn’t pretend otherwise.

I also make use of other characters, like my beloved interrobang. I actually have that pinned to my clipboard, so I can paste it when it’s appropriate.

“You care about writing enough to use special characters‽”

“Yes.”

Is it too late to ask the host if the category is tools, or toys?

I just use the combine key, then tap dash a couple times—boom, em dash. On mobile I just hold the dash key, like it’s genuinely pretty easy to insert them.

Should’ve tried harder, like one of the two people from my instance who were blocked that…idk…drew some Sonic characters a couple of times and posted them in relevant communities? Should’ve been a real rebel like them!

If that fails, remember you always perform under pressure…about 1 atmosphere of it.

I was looking for this answer before I wrote the same thing. If a part of my body has to be shot, why wouldn’t I be trying to rules lawyer my way out of serious injury? Take one long hair, tape it on something that can be safely shot through at effectively point blank range, feel nothing, success!

Absolutely, that part I totally agree with! In the context of fiction, the only furry character that makes sense is a someone you write that identifies as a furry.

I’ve mostly heard it as a term of personal identity, not explicitly outward to a fandom. As in, “you’re furry if you identify as one,” and that’s about it. That’s about where I stand, as I’ve been furry before I even had a word for it as a little kid, and also have never concerned myself with “the fandom” really.

I’m not even sure what that entails; I communicate with other folks who identify as furry, but not really to discuss some centralized culture like I would in something like a show or sport fandom. I make and appreciate art by folks who do—and don’t—identify as furry, but that doesn’t feel like participating in fandom either. To me it feels akin to saying I’m in the bisexual fandom or something; it doesn’t feel right even though I identify as it.

Happy birthday to your friend, that’s so sweet of you to make art for them!

I imagine it must be weighing a lot on you!

Please tell me you served them some royal-tea while they were there!

1. Build giant parking lot with AI powered variable metered pricing.
2. Offer rent pricing for people who live in their cars, so they can finally have a piece of New York too.
3. Build giant data center underground with pond cooling, Charge people to swim in the now heated pond as a premium feature.
4. Heat from data center melts snow, so the parking spaces are always clear in the winter. Get massive tax rebate for this service.

Thank mr skeltal!