at worst the world will sing along

netbug009:

killtheprotagonist:

iwhumpyou:

writing-shitposts:

vsquaredk:

serainechor:

arahir:

arahir:

i hate this so much but this knowledge is too powerful to keep from you all.

last night @phaltu discovered that setting your font to comic sans in google docs improves writing speed and creativity by an insane amount. “no” i said and “die” but then i tried it and god. i wish it wasn’t this way. i wish it wasn’t true. i wish i could protect you all from this but it’s real. 

something about this font is so disarming. something about this font lets you look past the shape of the words and into their soul. i’ve never written so much as i did last night, on my phone, at 2am, in comic sans.

if you have writer’s block. if you lack inspiration. if you need this. don’t be afraid to use it. sometimes the things we find most horrifying are also the things we need the most. trust me. let comic sans into your life.

it’s true

update: this actually works. i’m so angry.

my friend told me about this and I laughingly suggested it to my wife (who had a good number of essays to write and less than a week to write them). She finished 3 essays in 2 days using comic sans.

She was livid.

Me: No.

….

Me: No.

….

Me: (tries it)

….

Me: FUCK.

I REFUSE TO BELIEVE!

(writes a 11-page paper that’s been procrastinating for over a month in under three hours.)

GOD-FUCKING-DAMMIT.

Is nothing sacred in this world?

Hmmm.. I shall try the cursed font

My guess is it’s the same psychology as some great advice I got for manual writing years back: when you’re stuck, write on one of those ugly yellow legal pads. 

Using a font you can’t take seriously has a similar impact to using a notebook you can’t take seriously - it makes the entire process feel like it’s much lower stakes. 

(via anna-rose-banana)