Dont Read WTCS

Don’t read WTCS

The author is a wanted murderer.

Hello nonny! Unfortunately I'm a very fast reader and already finished the book, but went ahead and looked into your claim anyway as I like to be informed on the things I support. However, the most recent article I could find did not say anything about Delia Owen's being a "wanted murderer" as you said. She is wanted for questioning in a murder case regarding a poacher that was killed in Zambia in the 90's, as they believe she could be an important witness. Whether she was or was not actually involved remains to be seen, but I choose to believe that she is innocent until proven guilty. Here's the article I mentioned if you'd like to read it and feel free to message me off anon if you'd like to chat more! Have a nice day <3

USA TODAY

'Crawdads' author Delia Owens is wanted for questioning in a murder. Here's why.

Why is "Where the Crawdads Sing" author Delia Owens wanted for questioning for a decades-old unsolved murder in Zambia? We explain.

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I’m gonna give yall a little bit of Fox advice, and now some of yall know I’m an elderly woman with 80 grandchildren and arthritis in my knees so take what I have to say with a grain of salt.

If you’re upset about something, and you feel like it’s other people’s fault, maybe write your post about it and then sit on it for a night, two nights, a week. Write it all down, and when you come back to it, see if you still feel the same, or if you might change some things. 

We can be especially emotional creatures, especially when we feel like we’ve been slighted or like one of our basic needs is in jeopardy because of someone else. I get it.

And sometimes, we have been wronged by someone else. Sometimes people who do all the right things still get hurt in the crossfire. It isn’t your job to roll over and accept anything, let it not be taken that that’s my stance, but I maintain that sitting on your thoughts for a minute is a good thing, no matter what side you stand on in an argument, situation, disagreement, etc.

When things are happening in real time on the internet, sometimes we feel like we have to react immediately. It’s happening now, therefore I need to respond now. If we don’t respond now, people will think we don’t care, or we don’t have an opinion, or any number of things. But I would argue that really letting those thoughts settle shows that you do care.

Sometimes I get heated about things here on Tumblr too. I feel like I have something to say, so I’ll write a huge post about XYZ, I’ll come at it from different angles, I’ll put my heart and soul into a novel about what I think and why. And then, I save it as a draft.  99% of those drafts don’t get published.

I’m sure you can guess why; it’s because getting all of those thoughts down really shows me how I felt in that moment. In that moment, it was very real, very intense, very reactionary. And after a few days, even if I do feel the same, I probably don’t want to say it the same way, or I don’t feel as strongly as I did, or perhaps my angle has changed completely or I’ve seen someone else say the same thing in a way more compelling way. Tumblr is actively shifting all the time and if you follow enough people, you’ll see every side of an issue, every perspective. It’s healthy to see other sides. It’s healthy to listen to people you don’t agree with because only then do you really understand their perspective. If we only listen to people we do agree with, we often miss some of the more critical nuances in a person’s issue or argument.

I think this new EA policy has pitfalls and drawbacks. Creators we love who have consistently offered early access content within the previous parameters accepted may lose their livelihood. They may have to find a different job or method of making money to make ends meet, they may find less and less time to create, and we may lose those creators off our platform in part or entirely because of it - even if they never say as much, even if they don’t make an angry rant about it, even if we think they did everything right. It had become a business, it had allowed some people to devote their time and energy to creating, just as so many Twitch streamers and Youtubers have stopped working to provide content that they made money off of, and alternately, just as so many streamers and Youtubers have stopped providing content because the demands of working a different or another job overtook their time to create. 

Does this make those creators selfish, or greedy? Are they preying on the community? Do we hate them?

Do we hate them?

Give yourself time to get some perspective on your own thoughts and opinions. It’s okay to consider if what you have to say is truly something you believe, or something someone you really like believes. It’s okay to disagree with people you really like. Calm, open discourse is vital in a community if we expect it to be understanding and tolerant, which we do. Are we having a dialogue about ways to be a better community and better people to one another, or are we fighting without listening?

TL;DR: - it’s okay not to reply to a situation/argument/etc right away - write down your feelings and save them as a draft, and if you feel the same way in a few days, post that shit - take in other perspectives, and evaluate your own based on what you believe is true - while fighting and arguing often feels more exciting, discourse and conversation is actually conducive to a healthier community and allowing people to make mistakes that they learn from instead of getting ostracized and learning nothing

And as always, just the thoughts and opinions of an elderly lady with rollers in her hair and squirrel coasters. Take what’s of value to you and leave the rest!

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