A stormy summer (is early June even summer?) day and my friend/debate partner/client for my therapy services/clown Juliana was reading Substacks and convinced me to start one.
That was not the way I wanted to start this but here we are :)
I’ll be probably posting debate stuff, league of legends stuff, identity stuff, politics stuff and anything else that I feel like keeping in a diary that’s online and publicly available. Also, if you couldn’t tell already, this shitty writing skill is why I don’t write (i had to edit this from “right” after i hit publish already oops) spicy mlm fanfics, if I had better skill, I’d definitely be on my ao3 grind right now.
first problem: how do I write a substack
Since all my substacks are probably going to involve complaining, I better start by numerating all my problems and making nice italicized headers that look more like a sarcastic side-comment than an actual header but nevertheless still a header in my head. How to write the rest of the substack is a bigger issue: I could honestly ChatGPT a substack but it’d probably end up like this:
Generating your opinion is something I can't do. Your opinions are shaped by your experiences, beliefs, values, and perspectives, all of which are unique to you. While I can provide information, insights, and even suggest different viewpoints, the formation and expression of your opinions are entirely up to you. Your autonomy in shaping your own thoughts and beliefs is fundamental, and I'm here to support you in that process.
yeah, that didn’t work.
My other idea is just to put the words that come into my head onto this page without second consideration, kinda like how I talk. Countless teachers and colleagues have said that things come from my brain straight out of my mouth → ever heard that quote “think before you speak”? Well, that quote can kill itself and instead you can hear me just “speak” or in this case “write.”
The major problem with that approach is a lack of structure. Absolutely unknowingly to you, I’ve already made 2 run-on sentences, complained 5 times, complained 2 times about my complaint, gone through like 69 thoughts, forgot to capitalize half the sentences, made another run-on sentence, complained about a list of complaints and pointed out that I’m complaining while complaining (good self-awareness) and wasted 30 seconds of your life. The lack of structure won’t be solved.
Buh bye :P
TLDR: wtf is substack, i can’t write
can't wait for the fanfics