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Three Square Meals Ch. 183 (Placeholder)

🕑 Added 2024-12-01 06:13:41 +0000 UTC

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Michael56Smith

snicker, ... he he, .... slaps knee, .... ;-) ttfn

ThunderBird Two

I did think that he was being a bit optimistic, considering it's Christmas on top of everything else.

AzureReader

Is Tef’s sarcasm contagious?

Michael56Smith

oh wow, a comment parody, amazing, thanks blue scholar, .... :-j ttfn

AzureReader

Tefler doesn’t get enough credit for his sense of humor. Weekly status posts, write 2.3 chapters, including a Christmas themed chapter. That’s hilarious. He keeps upping the sarcasm every month but people aren’t getting it. Next month’s update will read something like: Hi guys - last month got busy and I couldn’t deliver anything but next month I’m free so I’m going to catch up on all 12 chapters. One chapter will be a 20,000 word haiku. Another will be Shakespear’s Macbeth set in TSM timeline. I’ll be providing hourly updates, 24 hours a day, the entire month. I’ll probably finish the 12 chapters early so I’m planning on writing a bonus song called ‘A Kirrix Christmas Carol’, complete with a jazzy musical composition.

Tom Ray

To limit the number of times you can be charged per month before the end of the year to take care of that pesky second placeholder. Go to Membership -> Edit -> Payment Amount -> Set Monthly Limit and enter "1".

RobDubya

"Weekly status posts" 🤣

Hendrix Morton

Yep..a TSM Christmas story...we may get it...sometime in August 2027...

Hendrix Morton

And how's that working out?? Oh yeah... It's not.... Same shit different month.... Weekly status update.... Lol...

Michael56Smith

-- I'm not at all sure what you mean to say Robster, ... -- but I assume you to be rather youngish and therefore you are most likely to be a classically a poor speller, ... (cooky vs cookie), ... have a nice day, .... ;-) ttfn

Michael56Smith

Yeah Zach, what the Heck? You should be a bit clearer, ... ;-) ttfn

Robster

On the dark side of the moon

hoibat

Soooo, weekly updates, yes? Where?

2ndAndrocentric

Is then your name "Repaonder"? If so it ought be capitalized.

2ndAndrocentric

In order to understand you better, is "f*ck" here a noun, verb or adjective of "What"?

2ndAndrocentric

In this life there are usually only two long term choices. Either one is full of sh*t or one is an assh0le. I consider myself the latter as I do not enjoy constipation. Now, I did meet a woman who had been on exclusively intravenous feeding for over 8 month in my training hospital. She's the only one who neither had an assh0le nor was full of sh*t. As to buying the story, I still am doing so. Please revise your statement for greater clarity.

Tyler Derkearmian

Dude you're full of shit and nobody's buying it anymore. We'll hear from you New Year's Day.

Michael56Smith

--- This is to be the 1st TSM, 28th century, Christmas themed story, wow! (#174?) ... and this would then be after the gang defeats Aeth'laetor, ... that's something to be thankful for, .... -- X-mas: religious vs commercial, ... and Tef's take on it, .... after all, it's his universe, ... -- and what cool stuff will Dana gift everyone? ... -- maybe just the new and improved Paragon suit (2.0), with its thicker and more protective armor, ... and room for more neato gadgets too, .... ;-) ttfn

Unresolved Plots

Thanks Tefler. I've posted my guess for what this Xmas themed chapter will entail on Discord.

Michael56Smith

after 9 years of writing this story it has grown vastly in its complexity, ... I'd imagine that such a story takes a bit more effort to write now than back in its first years, ... TSM has become an EPIC story, ... it is much larger than the average tale in this venue, ... -- and his health issues could likely make it more difficult to sit and write, ... needing many more breaks, needing to stand and needing to stretch, ... just needing to 'walk it off' ... Tef has always wanted to do better and not drop placeholders each month, but time and circumstances seem to be working against this Amateur Author working as a professional, ... I do not think he has truly gotten a handle on the finer professional aspects of writing yet, .... but his TSM story is totally Awesome (that is so gnarly dude), ... this guy is talented, ... I look forward to his future efforts, and I hope that the harsh critics do not drive him away, ... ;-( ttfn

Michael56Smith

It certainly sounds like Tef is listening to his fanbase, including all the harsh commenters, and is trying to write more and to communicate more frequently (weekly), ... So, all is good and getting better, right? -- get better (healthy) soon Tef, praying for you, .... ;-) ttfn

Xexsu

no, he'll say he had to pick up a job due to lack of interest, which means content will be even slower. He got complacent, fat off the bloated $20k plus chapters, and thought the train would never stop. Simply put he got lazy. Also, I don't know about anyone else but I've been alive for a good long while now if I had surgery scheduled and ready to go and they canceled it it's because of something I did or a goal I didn't reach what doctors keep you on the hook for removing gall bladder stones for a whole fucking year with a moving surgery date.

John Knight

Yes dropping membership in new year

Bob M

I changed to $1/month the second time he dropped 2 placeholders. If we all did that maybe he'd get back to writing story rather than excuses

AShi

Doubt the wife will find a new job that fast, so excuse for 2 chapters will still go, and his stated time-line is still less than 2 chapters output...

IanBio

Looking at graphtreon, Tefler's monthly income is falling and the rate of fall is increasing. He is going to fall off the edge in the next year I think. This habit of placeholders has been tolerated for an amazing amount of time but it looks like he is approaching the endgame.

Amathew2

Tef I’ve been a member of yours for 7-8 years now, I know I’m not the longest or highest tierd. Started out getting a chapter a month with the goal of quitting your job to write full time. Now we’re happy and lucky to see a couple chapters a year. I keep paying because I love this story and want to see it eventually finished. I just want you to know, if you even read these, that I don’t believe in you anymore. Stop pretending you will ever catch up on these pre-charges. At your current completion rate you owe us several years worth of work.

Zachariah Beasley

What the fuck

glenn kellogg

Love your optimism but we ALL know we’re going to get another half chapter ….. ~Dec 29th 🙄. In the meantime, sure happy I’m down to a dollar a placeholder

derek casey

I'll give you December Tefler but I'm not going to continue in the new year unless you change and I don't believe you will while so many accept your crap.

Tim

Love your work. But between the place holders and the extended time between chapters I’m checking out.

Robster

Congrats.. you win a cooky for your own jar

Puttanegra Ficondo

Hahahahahaha. That's a good one. I will believe more than half a chapter a month when i see it. Well. I will take a third of a chapter over nothing for now.