Post #1999319
2026-04-03 02:09 UTC
@quadrivial
Ya know what's embarrassing? I used this literal sentence starting a story when I was in grade school...
"It was a dark and stormy night"
The poster child of bad writing, and I somehow came up with it all by myself. I don't know where I would've gotten it otherwise. Every once in awhile it pops to mind, and I cringe. At least I can blame it on youth.
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@quadrivial@beige.party 2026-04-03 02:44
@lxskllr I first heard it in the Peanuts comics I read religiously as a kid. Had no idea until much later that it was Bulwer-Lytton.