Flat pony

[altivo]

Good thing it's a short week. On the other hoof, the reason I need it to be a short week is because today had two day's worth of work to do in one day. Somehow the tradeoff doesn't seem worth it. And on top of that, tomorrow is Wednesday

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[merik]

Somehow the tradeoff doesn't seem worth it.

That seems to be the same conundrum I have after a day off from work - an rest from the day off gets wiped out by the extra energy expenditure required to get caught up at work. :-P

where my high quality stories are ignored

While I think your art is nice, I did want to compliment you on A Close Port of Call, which I finally read on FurRag last week. Very nice furry science fiction with a sweet ending, which made it quite an enjoyable story to read.

[altivo]

Thanks. If you liked that, you might also like "Catch Me if You Can" or "A Change of Pace."

[schnee]

Oddly enough, my rather amateurish artwork is now getting faved at SoFurry, where my high quality stories are ignored. The art is no more pr0n than the stories are. Hard to figure.

Reading a story will most likely take a couple of minutes, at least, and require the user to wind down, relax, focus only on the story and get into the proper mindset. Viewing a picture takes a few seconds and can be done even while you're busy, stressed, and multitasking.

[altivo]

That's probably part of it all right. I also think that people are reading so much less these days that their reading abilities decline. many of them seem to view any kind of reading as "too much effort."

[schnee]

Perhaps (although I'm honestly not sure that people are really reading *less* these days - i.e., that they used to read more in the past, on average), but I still think that people not being willing to "get into" something unless they have reason to believe it's gonna be worth it also plays a role

[altivo]

I skip the videos too. When I bother to take the time they invariably turn out to be not worth the bother. I can't figure out what people see in them really. Most are just pointless.

The "not enough time" syndrome, though, is overall something I can't figure out. People say they don't have time to cook, to eat properly, to sleep, or, in fact, to do anything. Yet somehow they are using up 24 hours a day the same as ever. Now what did they use it on? In this online milieu, it seems that many use a huge percentage of their time playing video games. One could even conclude that video games are more important to them than eating or sleeping. This seems like a very misplace priority to me.

Aside from that, television seems to be the reason that people have no time for other things. They just have to see this, and this, and this. Or cruise through youtube to make sure they haven't missed anything new. I fear we are living in the era of "dumbing down" everything.

[cabcat]

*pads up to the flat pony and gingerly pokes at it with a paw*

Plush horses need socks? o.O

[altivo]

My feet get cold too. The plush isn't enough in this weather.