Cephus' Corner

A Place for my Geeky Side

Another Idiot Writer

November 5th, 2024

This showed up on my Facebook feed today, some idiot whining that editors were contacting her, but she was poor and she didn’t want to be bothered and people need to respect her financial situation because she can’t afford to do anything!

Yes, nobody should contact you out of the blue without your consent, I agree there. Those tend to be scams. However, the idea that you shouldn’t actually have to do anything because you’re “poor” is stupid. So let’s talk about it a bit.

You Are Not Special!

June 21st, 2024

Honestly, this shouldn’t have to be explained to ostensible adults, but sadly, it does. Far too many people out there insist that not only are they special, but everyone around them has to pander to them because they are so absolutely wonderful.

Fuck you. You’re not special. Get over yourself.

Safety Isn’t a Suggestion!

April 26th, 2024

I was thinking about this recently, but a couple of years ago, I thought that I should do my part and support YouTube channels that practiced proper safety protocols in woodworking and I almost immediately realized that if I did that, 95%+ of them would have to go away. Hardly anyone uses blade guards on YouTube. Half the channels don’t use pushsticks. I’ve seen channels that purposely removed the guards from their jointers, which is one of the stupidest things ever because if you touch that, you don’t just lose a finger that can be reattached, you produce hamburger, which can’t.

Why are people so stupid? I don’t know!

It’s Only Help if Welcome!

April 21st, 2024

This is going to be a very specific comment that can be also taken generally. Don’t worry, it will make sense in a minute. In the specific, in No Man’s Sky, you can shove whatever you want to into someone else’s inventory without their consent or even knowledge and a lot of people do that. They say “I’m helping!” by taking a new player and suddenly giving them a billion units worth of crap.

What if they don’t want your “help?” Oh, suggest that and the shit will fly!

Make Up Your Mind!

April 19th, 2024

It always disgusts me, watching people complaining about one thing and then when the solution comes up, complaining about that too. A while  back, Dungeons & Discourse made a video about some of the big online RPG sellers taking action against AI-written content. She pointed out that there was a lot of really bad human-written crap up there already, and I pointed out that I’d been suggesting for years that Amazon institute a reading fee for every single book uploaded to the site. A human reader makes sure it isn’t a scam, of which there are plenty, and that it meets minimum quality standards.

Imagine my surprise when people didn’t like that either.

Is Everyone Stupid Now?

April 3rd, 2024

It’s hard to find anyone but idiots out in the world right now. I just ordered a brand new miter saw off of Amazon. It wasn’t cheap, although it was on sale. It also wasn’t ludicrously expensive, to be fair. I had looked at higher end saws, like the Bosch, and it doesn’t come with the laser that I wanted. Therefore, I had tried to buy it at Lowes but they were out of stock. I got on Amazon, I paid for it, I waited and when I received it, they had sent the wrong saw. It wasn’t even close.

Now they want to argue with me about the return. Screw these people!

This is Why People Have Problems!

May 13th, 2023

So I just watched this video and while it’s well-done and I guess the conclusions make some sense, it really only works if you’re an idiot, which sadly, most people seem to be.

I love video games, but I am not a fanatic about them. I never have been and I never will be. I play when I have something to play and when I don’t, I have other things to do. You know, like a normal person. So why do some people have so many problems and why do video game manufacturers get rich taking advantage of them?

Let’s find out.

I Quit! or: Here We Go Again!

January 30th, 2023

I’ve officially given up trying to help most people with writing because they don’t want any help. They just want comforting platitudes and I’m not going to blow smoke up anyone’s skirt.

So, effective immediately, I’m retiring from online writing forums. It’s just not worth my time.

It Doesn’t Matter Who You Know

January 6th, 2023

I’ll never understand how people can try to get attention by riding on the coat tails of their well-known relatives, as though who you know or who you’re related to matters. Someone popped up on Reddit and said “my father was James P. Hogan, ask me stuff!”

Who the hell cares?

You Can’t Help Those Who Won’t Help Themselves

December 5th, 2022

Here we go again. Someone showed up on Reddit, demanding, not asking but demanding help for their book. Well, the book they want to write since they haven’t actually put “pen to paper” to be anachronistic. They “want to write” but they haven’t actually done anything, but they sure want everyone else to help them to be successful, in the off-chance that someday, they actually accomplish something.

This is not going to go well.