This is not a new thought at all, but I am frequently reminded of it. If you like a thing that somebody has made, be it art, apps, food, or whatever, consider telling them.
This post brought to you by the number of times I have told an author that their book means a lot to me, and they seem visibly moved. Turns out, creators are actually people too!
On the other hand, if you don’t like something, shut the fuck up.
@jamesthomson James, I like PCalc.
And pandas.
@jamesthomson James, I loved DragThing 😉
Oh, and my go-to calculator is PCalc, has been since you brought it out. 😊
@jamesthomson
Well I have said it before.
Once out and about, I had small people, a board game and no dice.
Dice by PCalc saved the day.
@jamesthomson
Honestly, I recommend dice by PCalc to everyone to have on their phone; not because it can do every dice you’d ever want for D&D but because one D6 can go a heck of a long way.
It coveres almost every board game on the planet. All those on pubs on moors where dice have been lost to time, because like pens, nobody can keep one.
I would count it as a survivalist app. Sometimes all you need is the most simplist of things but without it you are lost.
Everyone, get Dice by PCalc and boost if you agree. 👍🏻
@jamesthomson Like my momma* always said, “If you can’t say something nice, say nothing at all.”
*Not my mom, she was always quick with an insult. 🙄
I love this post.
🤘❤️🤘
It’s been 7 years since my book
came out and I still get a steady stream of comments and inquiries about it mostly by email. About a month ago some guy traveled to my town from out of state and brought his book with him just to get it signed!
As I type this, I’m in my car waiting to go into a restaurant to meet someone I interviewed (on phone, never met in person) for the book back in like 1997, and he just flew into town from California to meet and grab a bite.
🤷♂️
@jamesthomson Second point: depends on whether I want them to ever make that thing or anything like it or continue making things ever again. There are creators I will 100% tell that their creations are shit if I get the chance.
But there are few of those. Most creators should create. If the work isn't my idea of "good," I still want them to create. I want them to improve. i want them to have the joy of creating.
@jamesthomson Hey James. I like that calculator thing. But honestly, I also like the tshirts very much. On a per-hour basis, I wear the shirts more than I use the calculator.
(Hey, @Verso, still got that photographic evidence?)
@jamesthomson A long time ago, I went through a divorce, and there was this country song that helped me to get through. "Second Wind" by Darryl Worley. He also had one of those flag-waving "patriotic" songs in the aftermath of 9/11, but when I got to sit down with him for a few minutes, I thanked him for Second Wind and told him how much it meant to me.
I probably disagree with him about everything political, but he was very kind and appreciative when I told him that.
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