beth (defunct)

Like, my life list of sci-fi books is probably hugely influenced by which authors happen to be next to which other authors on the bookstore shelves, not to mention that I'm sure some letters of the alphabet are statistically more likely to be shelved at eye height in most stores.

Whereas for folks who are very used to buying things online, alphabetical organization may be nearly meaningless most of the time.

beth (defunct)@bethposting9/9/2023, 9:10 PM

is this how one becomes a mouse furry

#mouse furry

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gull *Plus!*@gull9/9/2023, 7:45 PM

i believe there is a youtube series where a guy is playing through steam games alphabetically, and indeed there are a ton of games whose names start with punctuation for... no apparent reason outside of alphabetical sorting? (theres also games that use them in the title for like, aesthetic reasons too)

somewhat nifty @somewhatnifty9/9/2023, 7:47 PM

Yeah, this guy! His videos are pretty interesting tbh, worth having a look. Will probably be a little while until he makes the next one as he's just got onto the .hack games. He might be done with punctuation in a few months, before the incredibly long list of games starting with a number.

beth (defunct)@bethposting9/9/2023, 7:54 PM

yeah this post was actually inspired by me watching that series of videos!

gull *Plus!*@gull9/9/2023, 8:24 PM

yeah they are pretty neat videos. and have also introduced me to the idea of the Achievement Farmer because some of these games are obviously just for people looking to get chievos and emotes and backgrounds and stuff for their steam collection which like SUPER baffles me like i thought the point of achievements was to prove you've done cool things in games?

@Pepsi9/9/2023, 8:37 PM

Like in George Lopez when Angie had her business as AAAAANGIE wedding services

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beth (defunct)@bethposting9/9/2023, 8:09 PM

i have no idea if this blog is a reliable source but it claims you want a name starting with C for the ideal height on the shelf https://careerauthors.com/author-name-pseudonym/

Nick @kukkurovaca9/9/2023, 8:24 PM

This seems plausible. This would be a fun thing to try and verify through actual research, although probably not worth the time and effort to actually do well.