Oh nice!! I am 1935. I am thinking of writing less comments haha to get once to 1984 so that I can say "literally 1984" xD. I mean it would be funny but I will still write comments haha.
man I really love this community yes its has its flaws and everything but man do I love it.
I don't write blogs or anything because I feel like many people who are really respectable can come and read my comments in here and give me suggestions and help me learn and other things, Its really just a lovely community! (with sometimes heated discussions) but although I must say that the feeling of community can be a sine wave (sometimes up or down imo) but still I just feel this bond to the community :>
> Oh nice!! I am 1935. I am thinking of writing less comments haha to get once to 1984 so that I can say "literally 1984" xD.
> man I really love this community yes its has its flaws and everything but man do I love it.
Apparently I can spend many, many words expanding on things!
I just looked it up, and apparently War and Peace is about 590,000 words. A book that is a joke in every 90's cartoon as something "really heavy to drop on someone's head", and apparently I've written almost that much arguing with people on a programmers forum.
I've been on here for about 10.5 years, so averaging about 48,515 per year. My favorite book is The Go Between by LP Hartley, and that's 98,621 words [1], so I'm basically writing the equivalent of about half of my favorite novel every year.
So it's a bit weird to me. A large part of me thinks I should have written five novels instead.
It's not too late! At least that's what I'm telling myself.
Maybe my novel about a hyper-intelligent software engineer in New York who no one appreciates and then he saves the world because he's so smart and everyone loves him and finally listens to him is something I can finally write.
Oh nice!! I am 1935. I am thinking of writing less comments haha to get once to 1984 so that I can say "literally 1984" xD. I mean it would be funny but I will still write comments haha.
man I really love this community yes its has its flaws and everything but man do I love it.
I don't write blogs or anything because I feel like many people who are really respectable can come and read my comments in here and give me suggestions and help me learn and other things, Its really just a lovely community! (with sometimes heated discussions) but although I must say that the feeling of community can be a sine wave (sometimes up or down imo) but still I just feel this bond to the community :>
> Oh nice!! I am 1935. I am thinking of writing less comments haha to get once to 1984 so that I can say "literally 1984" xD.
> man I really love this community yes its has its flaws and everything but man do I love it.
In fact, it's a nice coincidence that exactly 300k words put you in the almost 1000th place. (The actual cutoff is 298k words at the moment.)
Yeah, I'm not sure how I feel about it. I love HN but maybe I need another hobby or three.
Can you expand a bit on how you feel about it? :)
Apparently I can spend many, many words expanding on things!
I just looked it up, and apparently War and Peace is about 590,000 words. A book that is a joke in every 90's cartoon as something "really heavy to drop on someone's head", and apparently I've written almost that much arguing with people on a programmers forum.
I've been on here for about 10.5 years, so averaging about 48,515 per year. My favorite book is The Go Between by LP Hartley, and that's 98,621 words [1], so I'm basically writing the equivalent of about half of my favorite novel every year.
So it's a bit weird to me. A large part of me thinks I should have written five novels instead.
[1] https://howlongtoread.com/books/779942/The-GoBetween
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I regret not actually writing several books.
It's not too late! At least that's what I'm telling myself.
Maybe my novel about a hyper-intelligent software engineer in New York who no one appreciates and then he saves the world because he's so smart and everyone loves him and finally listens to him is something I can finally write.
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