• can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        24·
        1 day ago

        For the unaware @quacksalber@sh.itjust.works

        The Alot is an imaginary creature that I made up to help me deal with my compulsive need to correct other people’s grammar. It kind of looks like a cross between a bear, a yak and a pug, and it has provided hours of entertainment for me in a situation where I’d normally be left feeling angry and disillusioned with the world.

        For example, when I read the sentence “I care about this alot,” this is what I imagine:

      • yuri@pawb.socialEnglish
        19·
        1 day ago

        she originated the alot AND the “clean all the things!/clean ALL the things?” memes, and it feels like hardly anyone even knows about the blog hahahah

        • Nangijala@feddit.dkEnglish
          15·
          1 day ago

          Allie is a fantastic writer too. Omg. I haven’t checked on her since she went radio silent after the major depression she suffered, but I just checked her blog and SHES STILL CREATING STORIES!!

          In 2020 she apparently posted one about how she stalked her neighbor. Absolutely hilarious. I genuinely thought she had stopped writing and drawing stories entirely. I used to read her blog religiously back in the early 2010s and held out hope for a few years that she would return, but life just kinda moves on, you know. Btw, her blog “Depression Part Two” is still a frigging masterpiece. It is a crime that there are people out there who have no idea about her nor her blog and think her contribution to internet culture is “reddit memes”.

          I’m so happy to see that she’s still making things. Even if the newest update is 5 years old. I’m fucking thrilled.

          • yuri@pawb.socialEnglish
            3·
            1 day ago

            i wonder if the forums still exist…

            e: well the original VERY SERIOUS forum is deffo gone, supposedly they migrated but i can’t find where :c

            pour one out for the dead thread, it’s finally dead for real

    • Turret3857@infosec.pubEnglish
      21·
      1 day ago

      i mean. I’ll be honest its slightly warranted on this Reddit screenshot of a Facebook Screenshot of a link to an article. i would’ve just scrolled past because I can’t be bothered to decipher which screenshot is the one with the punchline.