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Re: Stop Acting Like You're Famous

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Post by Arcanum-XIII » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 6:56 AM UTC

Aromasin wrote: post #16

> The most egregious thing you can do with any activity is daydream about how you can make money off of it. That’s the quickest way to optimize for the wrong things and suck the fun right out of it. Most likely you will stop doing the activity almost immediately, so save the money-making schemes for work. I disagree wholeheartedly with this statement. It implies several things that aren't true: * That a hobby done fo…

And after a while, your hobby if physical will take space for things that are done, and that you don't need anymore. So why not resell them and fund the next steps ?

Re: Stop Acting Like You're Famous

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Post by spencerflem » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 6:57 AM UTC

pat64 wrote: post #17

I’m going to hard disagree with this. A lot of the enjoyment I get from creation is the process of others enjoying what I’ve built. Further more, building for others is great for building out areas you’re weak or inexperienced in. Like, I was poor on the accessibility front until I found the thing I created resonated with the visually impaired folk.

depends on the project for me, but I'm totally with you

there's the things I do for me, because i would like for them to exist and have fun making it. But for anything that's not exactly that, having someone else care is extremely motivating

Re: Stop Acting Like You're Famous

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Post by VelesDude » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 6:57 AM UTC

b33j0r wrote: post #19

So, if I’m hearing the zeitgeist correctly. Currently, the best competing advice I hear along venn intersections is: 0. Do less things 1. Do things at a natural pace 2. Obsess over quality 3. Don’t obsess over quality, eff the haters! 4. Do more things ;)

It is a strong theme of taoism that in giving up on clinging to a set goal, it allows you more flexibility to do great things when needed.

Re: Stop Acting Like You're Famous

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Post by bayindirh » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 6:59 AM UTC

zjp wrote: post #25

I recommend against Grammarly because I like when I see peoples' idiosyncrasies and it's little fuckups that move language forward.

I use Grammarly, but seldomly. It's useful for longer piece of writing, esp. if I don't want to edit it later, over and over.

Other than that, in normal conversations, these mistakes are part of our personal identity if you ask me.

Re: Stop Acting Like You're Famous

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Post by Hackbraten » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 7:01 AM UTC

sph wrote: post #30

zjp wrote: post #25

I recommend against Grammarly because I like when I see peoples' idiosyncrasies and it's little fuckups that move language forward.

I defiantly do not want to see people's typos move the language forward, especially when it's native speakers always making the same silly mistakes, for some reason (could of, they're/their, your's, etc.). I do like non-native speakers translating and incorporating their local sayings into English prose.

If enough people are making the same mistake, won't it eventually stop being a mistake?

Re: Stop Acting Like You're Famous

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Post by tdeck » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 7:02 AM UTC

sph wrote: post #30

zjp wrote: post #25

I recommend against Grammarly because I like when I see peoples' idiosyncrasies and it's little fuckups that move language forward.

I defiantly do not want to see people's typos move the language forward, especially when it's native speakers always making the same silly mistakes, for some reason (could of, they're/their, your's, etc.). I do like non-native speakers translating and incorporating their local sayings into English prose.

No, they meant "it is [the act of making] little fuckups". It's is correct.

Re: Stop Acting Like You're Famous

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Post by zjp » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 7:02 AM UTC

sph wrote: post #30

zjp wrote: post #25

I recommend against Grammarly because I like when I see peoples' idiosyncrasies and it's little fuckups that move language forward.

I defiantly do not want to see people's typos move the language forward, especially when it's native speakers always making the same silly mistakes, for some reason (could of, they're/their, your's, etc.). I do like non-native speakers translating and incorporating their local sayings into English prose.

I saw what was deleted out of this. ;)

Re: Stop Acting Like You're Famous

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Post by kunley » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 7:03 AM UTC

Good article, there is a certain level of being tied by what others might think while they don't give a damn actually. I guess this is somehow inherent to the US society (I am from Central Europe and don't observe this things at such scale) and it would be actually interesting to scientifically track the origins how it went this way

Re: Stop Acting Like You're Famous

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Post by __MatrixMan__ » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 7:03 AM UTC

Hackbraten wrote: post #35

sph wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I defiantly do not want to see people's typos move the language forward, especially when it's native speakers always making the same silly mistakes, for some reason (could of, they're/their, your's, etc.). I do like non-native speakers translating and incorporating their local sayings into English prose.

If enough people are making the same mistake, won't it eventually stop being a mistake?

Depends on the mistake, some constructions just fail to do what the author wanted them to. Those are unlikely to catch on.

Re: Stop Acting Like You're Famous

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Post by hoseja » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 7:03 AM UTC

Living in the panopticon, it's really hard to take this advice to heart. You have to self-censor all the time as if in front of large audience, the leap to believing that audience is interested in the positive aspects of your output, to make the constant vigilance worth it, isn't large, however delusional it may be.