fallingtowers:

“wise master,” said the student, “how can i attain greatness at posting?”

“simple,” replied the master. “through patience and long practice.”

“but master,” said the student, bursting out with impatience, “every time i go online i see people my age getting 50k notes, 100k notes!”

the master chuckled. “the self-assuredness of the 22-year-old lends itself well to the occasional callow foray into posting, it’s true. but for posts of true substance, one must turn to the mentally ill 30-something tgirls. observe.”

she pulled up a post on her phone. the student peered at it. he did not laugh. he said, “but master – this post only has 12 notes. and it’s not even funny.”

“kill yourself,” said the master.