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tickling witches since 1673

I hate my fucking job, my bosses are forcing me to use AI (which I don't even need, wtf) and these fucking stupid customers keep disputing legitimate payments bc they're idiots who can't just send an email and ask

(just kidding, I know it's because they're fucking worms that don't want to pay for what they agreed to pay for and they know if they ask me for a refund I'm going to tell them to fuck off actually bc they used the whole thing they paid for and they have to complete the payment plan ACTUALLY)

and the world is in the toilet and I'm sad all the time and I would just love it if one (1) nice thing could happen. like my lease could get renewed, I would love that actually bc moving fucking sucks and I don't wanna do it. or I could get a raise at my terrible job which would actually go a long way towards upping my tolerance for the absolute butt sniffing cheap-ass cinderblocks that are currently in charge.

on summer & its hauntings, of which you are one: your childhood is over. your childhood sleeps in the bed next to you at night. your childhood is buried beneath your parents' back porch. you are always out of time.

the diaries of franz kafka, franz kafka // jordanna kalman // you don't have to like me, alida nugent // destruction of the riverhouse motor lodge, @/deadmotelsusa // @/ryebreadgf // "to the bone" dorothy allison // @/heavensghost: georgia o'keefe: art & letters + rené magritte // bill hader on andy muschietti's direction during it chapter two (2019) // "erasure" zoë lianne // calvin & hobbes // the chronicles of narnia: prince caspian (2008) // "how to eat your watermelon so the best bite is last" @/haunting-the-narrative // hotel poole (2019), angela deane // google street view, 2016 vs 2025 // @/ryebreadgf // "imitations of drowning" anne sexton // "summer of '69" bryan adams // "landscape" louise glück // "relapse" blythe baird

Knitting - Gothic

  • There are only 2 types of stitches. All others are variations on these types
  • You count as you knit. 136. You count your stitches again to be sure. 136. One more time to be extra sure. 142. You count again -
  • You do the heel turn perfectly. The gusset is a mess though
  • You are knitting in the round with many small, pointy needles. You stab yourself
  • You are knitting in the round with the normal amount of needles. You stab yourself
  • There are only 2 types of stitches
  • None of the actors shown knitting are knitting correctly
  • None of the products shown are actually knitted
  • Actually does modern Hollywood know what knitting is?
  • You see a cute pattern. It is crochet
  • You have a great idea and check Ravelry to find a pattern. There is none. You must make the pattern
  • There are only 2 types of stitches
  • "Can you make me x?"
  • "My (relative) used to knit!"
  • "What are you, an old lady?"
  • The tiny baby blanket used a mile of yarn
  • You are knitting. Your active yarn is wet. You have a cat. The cat is cute and innocent of all crimes
  • There are only 2 types of stitches
  • You have a yarn bag. You get a second yarn bag. You get a third yarn bag. All of your bags now have yarn in them
  • You have yarn at your superstore. That yarn feels Bad
  • You have a room full of yarn. You start a new project. You do not have The Yarn needed
  • Someone asks if they should get into knitting. Yes, you say. After all, there are only 2 types of stitches

One of the things I hate about AI is how it's rewarding the Idea Guy. You know, the Idea Guy. The guy that comes to you and is like "hey, I have an idea, what if we did X" and then you're like "Okay, bud, who is going to actually take X from idea to a finished product?" And the Idea Guy is like "I dunno, some pleb. I had the Idea. Isn't that most of the work?"

Actually no. It is not most of the work. But now, hey, we have the slop machine. Idea Guys rejoice.

I've always said that there are no bad ideas, only bad execution. The most trite, overused plot with great execution? Amazing. The most amazing premise with horrid execution? Awful, with a dash of added disappointment because it squandered a great premise. The corollary to all this is that ideas are, most of the time, fucking worthless. Only execution of the idea matters. How you take your little brainfart from a random thought to an actual story with a beginning, middle and end, that also hits the emotional beats you want it to, is entirely in the execution. How do you learn to execute? NOT THROUGH THE USE OF AI.

(Yes, this rare public kay-c rant was brought to you by the whole drama of the AO3 skin that detects Claude usage.)