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trying out this whole creativity thing ....
trying out this whole creativity thing ....
Right off the bat when I started the conversation I felt like I was weirdly talking to my unconscious self. GPT felt like it was forcing topics on me that I try to bury down. #yousoundfamiliar
February 13, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Right off the bat when I started the conversation I felt like I was weirdly talking to my unconscious self. GPT felt like it was forcing topics on me that I try to bury down. #yousoundfamiliar
#SMEno1fav
this conversation made me with is was the spring or summer and I could go sit outside without freezing :(
this conversation made me with is was the spring or summer and I could go sit outside without freezing :(
February 13, 2026 at 3:28 PM
#SMEno1fav
this conversation made me with is was the spring or summer and I could go sit outside without freezing :(
this conversation made me with is was the spring or summer and I could go sit outside without freezing :(
"I don't seek to tell the best story. I seek to tell a story that once was"
How can non-fiction be more accurate if Shields said our memory is our perception of what happened, not what actually happened. If we can't trust our memories to be factual than how is non-fiction factual? #realityhunger
How can non-fiction be more accurate if Shields said our memory is our perception of what happened, not what actually happened. If we can't trust our memories to be factual than how is non-fiction factual? #realityhunger
February 13, 2026 at 2:56 AM
"I don't seek to tell the best story. I seek to tell a story that once was"
How can non-fiction be more accurate if Shields said our memory is our perception of what happened, not what actually happened. If we can't trust our memories to be factual than how is non-fiction factual? #realityhunger
How can non-fiction be more accurate if Shields said our memory is our perception of what happened, not what actually happened. If we can't trust our memories to be factual than how is non-fiction factual? #realityhunger
I sometimes wish we really did have a recorder in our heads. Maybe not for everything, some things I don't want to remember. But a lot of the time I wish I could rewatch good memories with the people I love. #realityhunger
February 13, 2026 at 2:51 AM
I sometimes wish we really did have a recorder in our heads. Maybe not for everything, some things I don't want to remember. But a lot of the time I wish I could rewatch good memories with the people I love. #realityhunger
Sometimes manipulating our memories is vital for well-being. I am glad that the brain knows how to trauma block and bury bad memories deeply. #realityhunger
February 13, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Sometimes manipulating our memories is vital for well-being. I am glad that the brain knows how to trauma block and bury bad memories deeply. #realityhunger
This is a really interesting point. I've read some research in the past about how your memory can "trick" you by creating false memories. Sometimes I think about memories from my childhood and I wonder if they are real or if my brain just made parts of them up. #realityhunger
February 13, 2026 at 2:46 AM
This is a really interesting point. I've read some research in the past about how your memory can "trick" you by creating false memories. Sometimes I think about memories from my childhood and I wonder if they are real or if my brain just made parts of them up. #realityhunger
"life isn't about saying the right thing; life is about failing"
This quote made me smile. I think the pressure to be perfect is so strong, and I wish failure would be accepted more. You never learn as much as you do when you fail. It builds character. #realityhunger
This quote made me smile. I think the pressure to be perfect is so strong, and I wish failure would be accepted more. You never learn as much as you do when you fail. It builds character. #realityhunger
February 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM
"life isn't about saying the right thing; life is about failing"
This quote made me smile. I think the pressure to be perfect is so strong, and I wish failure would be accepted more. You never learn as much as you do when you fail. It builds character. #realityhunger
This quote made me smile. I think the pressure to be perfect is so strong, and I wish failure would be accepted more. You never learn as much as you do when you fail. It builds character. #realityhunger
So does Shields not like fiction because his dad wrote lies about his life? I found that whole blurb about his dad writing good things about his life when things were actually really bad to be pretty sad. #realityhunger
February 13, 2026 at 2:41 AM
So does Shields not like fiction because his dad wrote lies about his life? I found that whole blurb about his dad writing good things about his life when things were actually really bad to be pretty sad. #realityhunger
Exactly. I take a lot of photos but I also spend a lot of time scrolling through my photo library and reminiscing on old times. I like to be able to look back and see what I was up to. #realityhunger
February 13, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Exactly. I take a lot of photos but I also spend a lot of time scrolling through my photo library and reminiscing on old times. I like to be able to look back and see what I was up to. #realityhunger
"I've always had a hard time writing fiction. It feels like driving a car in a clown suit"
I thought this analogy was silly. I don't understand why the author is so against fiction. I enjoy fictional writing so much more than non-fiction. #realityhunger
I thought this analogy was silly. I don't understand why the author is so against fiction. I enjoy fictional writing so much more than non-fiction. #realityhunger
February 13, 2026 at 2:31 AM
"I've always had a hard time writing fiction. It feels like driving a car in a clown suit"
I thought this analogy was silly. I don't understand why the author is so against fiction. I enjoy fictional writing so much more than non-fiction. #realityhunger
I thought this analogy was silly. I don't understand why the author is so against fiction. I enjoy fictional writing so much more than non-fiction. #realityhunger
Wow the tone has changed so fast. Going from chapter b to chapter e feels like I'm reading a new book. #realityhunger
February 13, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Wow the tone has changed so fast. Going from chapter b to chapter e feels like I'm reading a new book. #realityhunger
"the aim of science is the discovery of truth, while the aim of literature is the production of pleasure"
Can't science discover the truth and be pleasureful? And what about non-fiction literature? I think both can have both characteristics. #realityhunger
Can't science discover the truth and be pleasureful? And what about non-fiction literature? I think both can have both characteristics. #realityhunger
February 13, 2026 at 2:18 AM
"the aim of science is the discovery of truth, while the aim of literature is the production of pleasure"
Can't science discover the truth and be pleasureful? And what about non-fiction literature? I think both can have both characteristics. #realityhunger
Can't science discover the truth and be pleasureful? And what about non-fiction literature? I think both can have both characteristics. #realityhunger
I wish that things spread in the media came with a disclaimer. So many things I see are made up or AI generated, and it would save me so much time if I could just know ahead that it's fake. #realityhunger
February 12, 2026 at 11:12 PM
I wish that things spread in the media came with a disclaimer. So many things I see are made up or AI generated, and it would save me so much time if I could just know ahead that it's fake. #realityhunger
"the techniques of fiction infected history"
This stood out to me because using the word "infected" has strong negative connotations with it. What's so wrong with fiction, it's so much more interesting than non-fiction. #realityhunger
This stood out to me because using the word "infected" has strong negative connotations with it. What's so wrong with fiction, it's so much more interesting than non-fiction. #realityhunger
February 12, 2026 at 11:06 PM
"the techniques of fiction infected history"
This stood out to me because using the word "infected" has strong negative connotations with it. What's so wrong with fiction, it's so much more interesting than non-fiction. #realityhunger
This stood out to me because using the word "infected" has strong negative connotations with it. What's so wrong with fiction, it's so much more interesting than non-fiction. #realityhunger
Isn't this exactly what Shields is doing by putting a number before each paragraph. What is the point of splitting each paragraph with a number? #realityhunger
February 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Isn't this exactly what Shields is doing by putting a number before each paragraph. What is the point of splitting each paragraph with a number? #realityhunger
I think Shields here is questioning how accurate something can be when the story is written after the fact. Especially when the points of view of multiple people are involved. However aren't all things telling a story written after it happened? What can be trusted? #realityhunger
February 12, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I think Shields here is questioning how accurate something can be when the story is written after the fact. Especially when the points of view of multiple people are involved. However aren't all things telling a story written after it happened? What can be trusted? #realityhunger
so the bible is just a collection of aphorisms? one coming to mind from Ecclesiastes is "a time to be born and a time to die" (I heard this at a funeral) (I think this counts) #realityhunger
February 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
so the bible is just a collection of aphorisms? one coming to mind from Ecclesiastes is "a time to be born and a time to die" (I heard this at a funeral) (I think this counts) #realityhunger
I often have to remember this when I'm scrolling on tiktok and seeing influencers lives. Influencers love to say that they post "authentically" but when they are choosing a couple seconds of each day to share then it's really just not authentic ... #realityhunger
February 12, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I often have to remember this when I'm scrolling on tiktok and seeing influencers lives. Influencers love to say that they post "authentically" but when they are choosing a couple seconds of each day to share then it's really just not authentic ... #realityhunger
"The bachelor tells us more about the state of unions than any romantic comedy could dream of telling us"
this quote reminded me that reality TV shows exist and now I want to stop what I'm doing and watch Love Island ... #realityhunger #needtostaylockedin
this quote reminded me that reality TV shows exist and now I want to stop what I'm doing and watch Love Island ... #realityhunger #needtostaylockedin
February 12, 2026 at 10:46 PM
"The bachelor tells us more about the state of unions than any romantic comedy could dream of telling us"
this quote reminded me that reality TV shows exist and now I want to stop what I'm doing and watch Love Island ... #realityhunger #needtostaylockedin
this quote reminded me that reality TV shows exist and now I want to stop what I'm doing and watch Love Island ... #realityhunger #needtostaylockedin
I liked in the middle how the two violins played just off beat of each other and they weren't playing the same thing. It sounded like they somehow worked both against and also with each other. I like this for my own work. #atmospherestudy
February 2, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I liked in the middle how the two violins played just off beat of each other and they weren't playing the same thing. It sounded like they somehow worked both against and also with each other. I like this for my own work. #atmospherestudy
The audio made me uncomfortable at times, like when the screams of children began after the woman said she was going to eat and enjoy the ice cream. I found myself trying to connect the screams to the ice cream. But I stopped myself. Per TMITM, I don't need to make sense of things. #atmospherestudy
February 2, 2026 at 10:57 PM
The audio made me uncomfortable at times, like when the screams of children began after the woman said she was going to eat and enjoy the ice cream. I found myself trying to connect the screams to the ice cream. But I stopped myself. Per TMITM, I don't need to make sense of things. #atmospherestudy
6:19 - I noticed thunder mixed with the 2 different violins and the sounds of crashing waves. This moment surprised me because I was relaxed by the waves and violin, and then the thunder grabbed my attention. The lack of image helped me listen more carefully and listen for changes. #atmospherestudy
February 2, 2026 at 10:54 PM
6:19 - I noticed thunder mixed with the 2 different violins and the sounds of crashing waves. This moment surprised me because I was relaxed by the waves and violin, and then the thunder grabbed my attention. The lack of image helped me listen more carefully and listen for changes. #atmospherestudy
the sounds just switched and I heard kids screaming and I swear I heard "mommy help me". this made me feel a bit weird and confused. #knickerbockerglory
February 2, 2026 at 10:50 PM
the sounds just switched and I heard kids screaming and I swear I heard "mommy help me". this made me feel a bit weird and confused. #knickerbockerglory
the sounds of waves crashing is really relaxing me. It reminds me of the post-hoagie nap on the beach in the summer. #knickerbockerglory
February 2, 2026 at 10:46 PM
the sounds of waves crashing is really relaxing me. It reminds me of the post-hoagie nap on the beach in the summer. #knickerbockerglory
The sounds of the birds chirping are making my brain hurt a bit. I feel like each bird chirp is switching between my left and right ear back and forth. #knickerbockerglory
February 2, 2026 at 10:44 PM
The sounds of the birds chirping are making my brain hurt a bit. I feel like each bird chirp is switching between my left and right ear back and forth. #knickerbockerglory