Does anybody else ever feel like they just instantly age themselves when writing?

I just wrote a line about someone buying a brand new car and turning on the air conditioning. I wanted them to set up their music so I had them put a CD in.

A brand new car probably will not come with a CD player. It will come with an aux cord outlet and a charge pad. I had to delete that whole section because in brand new cars, they do not turn a key in the ignition, they press the start button and then set it to drive. And then they use the center console to find the air conditioning.

And then they plug their phone in to get their music started.

Just.

Small things like that remind me that times have moved on and in my head, I am still remembering what it was like ten or fifteen years ago.

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u/Advanced_Heat_2610 — 8 days ago
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What are the ways you realise that you are old when you write?

I just wrote a line about someone buying a brand new car and turning on the air conditioning. I wanted them to set up their music so I had them put a CD in.

A brand new car probably will not come with a CD player. It will come with an aux cord outlet and a charge pad. I had to delete that whole section because in brand new cars, they do not turn a key in the ignition, they press the start button and then set it to drive. And then they use the center console to find the air conditioning.

And then they plug their phone in to get their music started.

Just.

Small things like that remind me that times have moved on and in my head, I am still remembering what it was like ten or fifteen years ago.

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u/Advanced_Heat_2610 — 8 days ago

Is anybody else doing KinkTober this year?

I am wanting to do it but I always feel like in the kpop spaces I am in, there is a love hate relationship to this particular kind of fest.

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u/Advanced_Heat_2610 — 9 days ago

Curious about Wattpad versus AO3?

Lots of people start out on Wattpad and move to the Archive, out of interest, or because of content policies or to get more readership. Have you ever gone the other way or stayed posting on both sites? Is that a worthwhile use of time?

I am particular interested in k-pop writers or adjacent fandoms, if that makes any difference, because I am interested in your thought processes and whether you think it is a good thing for an author.

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u/Advanced_Heat_2610 — 1 month ago

Can I please, for the love of all that is sanity, get rid of the stupid chat? I do not need to see 650 iterations of BABY MONGMONG SO CUTE! Or "What did they say? I do not speak Korean!" or "HYUNLIX IS REAL, GUYS, HE TOUCHED HIS EYEBROW!"

Or hearts.

I do not care and frankly, it would improve my internet fantastically. It is already so very laggy this time.

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u/Advanced_Heat_2610 — 2 months ago