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« The volume of these answers (thousands) and the fact that the answers often require a detailed read by someone with at least some subject matter expertise in order to determine that the answer is actually bad has effectively swamped our volunteer-based quality curation infrastructure. »

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« Can tentacle porn be feminist? ... Are your humours bent out of shape? »

clearly it was actually thousands of smaller ghasts

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i don’t know how anyone could believe in Marx, the man literally thought a giant ghost was haunting Europe

in fact i don’t think this story is “brilliant”, i think it is entirely mundane, which is why it is necessary for us to discuss its contents

i do want to read Marx’s writings on historical materialism the Communist Manifesto is just a little more relevant to me right now

*carefully places a note on top of my other note so i can safely place my tea mug on top of it*

ironically, despite my constant references to marxism, i think the fandom coders discord probably thinks of me as an anarchist

thank god this distinction doesn't exist in fiction; i would throw a fit if someone claimed the goal of my writing is to “entertain”

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• implication that journalists and technical writers do not use “literary styles and techniques”: ????

• implication that the goal of “creative writing” is to “entertain based on prose style”: ??????

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« Creative nonfiction (also known as literary nonfiction or narrative nonfiction or literary journalism or verfabula) is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives. Creative nonfiction contrasts with other nonfiction, such as academic or technical writing or journalism, which are also rooted in accurate fact though not written to entertain based on prose style. »

is this like “extracted metadata regarding a resource” or…?

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🤖🤖 beep boop beep boop beep boop beep boop meat sounds meat sounds meat sounds meat sounds 🤖🫡😭

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thanks Art History Archive for maintaining a link for two decades; you guys are champs

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