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having a twist villain f/o with maybe 8 minutes of screen time over 2 movies and maybe 5 semi-official pieces of merchandise is hard as HELL
how am i supposed to have everything if there isnt anything?!!??
anyways look at her being prettg ooooh i need to explode her w my mind
Wait? There's something like official merch for Olivia? Because I've found nothing. And it's a travesty.
briannaclawson replied to your post “KRISTINE READ LIKE 7 ENTIRE ANIMORPHS LAST NIGHT I CANT BELIEVE…”
They’re like tiny
yeah i know ahaha it was just surprising because she started off reeeeeaally slow and only read a little bit at a time and suddenly i wake up and she’s almost caught up with me. i only do 2 a day because i’m easily distracted when im reading on the computer.
I can't believe I gave a hard time about reading 7 Animorphs in one evening. Yeah, they're small, but that's still a lot of book. And they're also so dark. Trying to finally read them all. I've been stuck on the fourth because I only seem to be able to do audio books anymore, and they only had the first three in audiobook format through the SD County library on Libby.
If you are going to have literally no criteria for being queer, then how can you say that anyone isn't? How can you refer to any person in any context as cis/straight?
If someone tells me they’re queer I believe them. If someone tells me they’re straight I believe them. This isn’t that hard
What so like a cis het allo person can just call themselves queer now?
What problem, exactly, are you so concerned about? I don’t know if you’ve noticed but queerness is still very much marginalized, it’s not as “trendy” as people try to act, and straight people aren’t tripping over themselves to call themselves queer. And if you’re worried about being “tricked” by “infiltrators”, like, you know those people can just say that they’re gay? Like they can lie? They’re not going to try and “sabotage” queer spaces by saying “hey I don’t have any marginalized orientations or identities but I’m still totally queer”, they’d just say “hey I’m super gay, love people of the same gender”
What, concretely, are you worried about happening? What’s the worst thing that could happen due to inclusivity? Because the worst things that can happen due to gatekeeping are very well-known, and I’m much more scared of that
It’s less that it’s trendy and more like, I like having my queer-only spaces. Also queer is a bad word. All our words are bad words. They aren’t oppressed, and for a cishetallo to use a slur as their identity feels a little demeaning to me. Like I dont hate them of course but the A was never for Ally . It’s not queer to be normal
Interacting with them is cool and having them at pride I’m not opposed to but as a person who’s queer it does feel like they’re kinda dressing it up
Im gonna be honest Ive never seen people like that but like, I’m allowed to not like it
I’m not going to distrust and exclude people because of a problem you made up. If someone tells me they’re queer, I believe them
“When someone tells you who they are, believe them the first time” is a really popular thing to say on Tumblr when we’re talking about people being assholes or whatever, but people never seem to follow that through to the logical conclusion of actually believing people when they really tell you who they are.
What queer only spaces are hets lying about to get into? Like it is either straight girls being openly straight at gay bars or conservatives dressing up as woman to say “ooooh, if I SAY I’m trans then you have to do whatever I say, right? Call me Princess Lovely Tits! I’m very smart at owning libs!”
Like, I’ve NEVER gone to a queer nerdy event and seen anyone “obviously cis” trying to get in. Why would they?
Also, to the original Anon-
If the mythical leagues of cishet allo people out there pretending to be queer did actually exist… good. That’s more boots on the ground at a protest, more votes at the ballot, more public pressure for acceptance and more eyes keeping everyone safe. I wish being queer was trendy and cool and easy and something everyone wanted to be, I wish tons and tons of outsiders were putting on the flags and locking arms with us, that world would be so much fucking easier to live in. Exclusionists out here imagining a vastly better world and going “noooo what if that was real? We’d better put up bullshit barriers and scrutinise everyone and push people out if they don’t bare their soul convince me personally that they can match up to my ever-changing bullshit rules! Otherwise that might happen!”
if someone is so lonely and sad that they’re lying their way into queer spaces to gain access to a community, and instead of just being nice to this one unusual guy, your response is to ramp up being a colossal jerk to everyone else in the community…
why would we kick out the poor liar who just needs some kindness, instead of the unrepentant asshole who refuses to believe in kindness at all?
@nothorses these are too good to stay as tags
flyer for my upcoming music livstream I was going for a poison swamp from dragon warrior vibe but my sister says it looks like I'm squishing grapes, making da wine
I was thinking more Don't Starve marsh, so I'm with you on swamp. Watch out for tentacles.
Imagine eagerly opening up your trading card pack and all you see is
Or…this
Better than just McCoy's ear!
Today's Adventure is that I, after an unintentional 13-hour power nap,
Update:
Ok, so:
... further details in a bit I think the Vikings are here.
OK so.
Not to make this monster even longer, but I slept, and can answer a few questions:
Little Ham Man himself.
I don't know all the details, but Officer Magnifique was going door-to-door, in uniform and armed, telling his neighbors they had to sign this paperwork or there would be legal consequences, which is pretty textbook coercion and abuse of office. Also If I understood the summary someone told me while I was dying of heat exhaustion, the actual legal setup they were trying to push was some shady land-ownership/tax evasion nonsense too.
But also. All of this happened YESTERDAY. Charges aren't files (tho they are definitely coming) let alone the trial held/conviction/payout or other consequences, so they could still be living there and involved in active litigation for like. A year. And it's an unfortunate truth that living near a cop that's having a meltdown is a great way to get shot.
So No. I'm not moving in there.
Also, Doris originally brought up the idea of moving because of them, but she is also very close to her granddaughter and they both want her to move out there.
The process is fairly simple, but takes a lot of work. It goes like this
LMAO.
Things will probably calm down by Tuesday Afternoon, but until then I'm gonna be running on all cylinders until the wheels fall off. If you want to contribute to my "Stress Ice Cream/Herschel's Special Little Ham Boy Fund" You can Donate to my Ko-Fi, and if you want more stories, check out the #Family Lore tag on this blog, or head over to my Patreon for additional stories/to pre-order the book I'm writing about my and my ancestor's lives because this shit runs like rivers on both sides of my family.
They were a bespoke Wedding Gift from @theshitpostcalligrapher but you can always make your own with a pair of shorts and some fabric paint. My beloved Husbeast has a matching neon pink pair that say "BARD".
I redownloaded this app because of this glorious story ❤
SHUT UP
??? this cat is attempting to calm her steed
This looks like a fuckin’ classical painting.
There I painted it.
Dude.
Kira meets Mirror!Kira
From Deep Space Nine magazine Vol. 9, 1994, where the caption says:
“Hello me, it’s me again. Major Kira Nerys runs into Intendant Kira Nerys on the Bajoran-run Terok Nor, the Mirror Universe’s version of Deep Space Nine.”
That outfit is amazing. Though I have always thought (sorry) that headband / crown looks like tinfoil.
Why do the bad ones get the best outfits?
extremely good answers
Toucan: “that there just ain’t natural”
My favorite is the first three notes of "Bear Necessities" at the end.
Guessing it uses ultrasound?
Ultrasonic background noise, yes.
Ye, that’s what I’d use.
The real question is whether they’re gonna hold the patent close to their chest so they can sell it, or if they’ll open the patent so homegamers can take a crack at building their own.
They’ve already put the code and 3D printing models up on github!
God bless ‘em
Heroes.
Important thing to note though:
Ultrasonic noise can cause disorientation and confusion in certain animals too, such as dogs, cats, gerbils, guinea pigs and others. (Basically it’d be like tinnitus only far louder and powerful enough to throw you off your balance.)
It can also disrupt necessary microphones such as those built into hearing aids/inductive hearing loops.
If you’re using one, please exercise caution.
We had ultrasonic motion detectors in some of the lecture halls when I went to college, and it was like all the air was a big Swiss cheese of areas where I could hear mixed with areas I couldn’t, because my hearing aids would lower the volume a lot because they thought they were reducing loud sounds. So I was always craning my neck around trying to find a spot where I could hear the prof.
I can hear a lot of those ultrasonic pest deterrents, and I find them wildly uncomfortable to be around. I love this concept, but I want to echo the sentiment of "wear with caution".
friendly reminder that you didn’t waste your year. any moments of happiness or comfort, any small accomplishments, they all matter. this has been a really hard year, and simply surviving is something to be proud of.
““My four daughters watch [The Mandalorian] and obviously the world is like, ‘It’s the Baby Yoda show,’ and I’m never jealous or have any problem with that, but I have to say, two of my daughters texted me and two of them [called] me: ‘Papa, please don’t hurt that baby. Don’t hurt that baby.’ And I said, ‘I will squash that little big-eared bastard.’””
— – Giancarlo Esposito, AKA Moff Gideon from “The Mandalorian”
Excited for 2021 just because we will celebrate the 30 year anniversary of Prince wearing Assless pants to the VMAS in 1991
Next time I hear someone praise harry styles I am showing them this image
These Hoes need to get on Prince's Level before they start trying to praise as the best
Prince has been doing this shit since he started his career and IN 6 INCH HEELS FOR MOST OF IT! NOT PLATFORMS, HEELS! At least give the man some credit for absolutely slaying in damn near EVERY look he had, the drama, the flair, the iconicness of every outfit...Harry Styles couldn’t hold a fucking CANDLE to what Prince had!
The fucking Blueprint
Sometimes I think about Red Dead Redemption 2’s development where the devs were begging people to not boycott the game to protest the news about their absurd working conditions because their bonuses were dependent on copies sold. I remember one of them made a statement around the lines of “We worked ourselves to the bone on this and we want to at least see people experience the fruits of that labor”, which makes me think about how we talk about blockbuster games developed under crunch.
I was given a copy of RDR2 to review it, and I couldn’t help but think about how I kept seeing so much that was technically impressive and yet just not necessary. Did some poor guy really work overtime for weeks just so Arthur’s horse had realistically shrinking testicles in cold water?
I honestly did not know how to properly articulate my thoughts on this at the time. I still don’t. Red Dead Redemption 2 was polished - I couldn’t deny that - but it didn’t have to be that polished. I could have connected every bit as strongly to Arthur if every horse in the game had no realistically shrinking horse balls, or even no balls at all. I would much rather have never had it and known the hardworking people who made the game enjoyed their lives more.
Still, I was impressed by the technical proficiency on display. Do I acknowledge that when I talk about RDR2?
I haven’t read any of the reviews for Cyberpunk yet (I want to form my own thoughts and I promised to play through it for a trans friend worried about whether or not she would have a good experience with the game) but I’m betting there’s going to be plenty of praise from people rating specific features as very good. Of course they’re very good; too many people have spent too much time on those features for it to not at least be good. The question is if it even needed to be that good. Could we just have not had this very good part in exchange for the developers living better lives?
The answer should be yes, but all people will really see is “this part was good” and sing its praises and demand more of it. Upper management watches these reactions and concludes that their methods are working splendidly. The company executives laugh all the way to the bank, tickling themselves with the dollars stuffing their pockets as more talented developers vow to never work in the industry again.
It sucks.
I don’t know if I properly expressed this in the original post but there is a specific pain I’m probably failing to capture here. There is a special hurt, an anguish, for when you work in games as a smalltimer and you see the fucking magic that the veterans at AAA studios are pulling off and knowing that it was accomplished through crunch.
These developers are accomplishing feats that can only be described as insane when you understand what they need to do to make that shit happen. The thing they made is incredible, and it must have no less than to have its praises be sung in every corner. That it was made under abuse and that your words of admiration that the devs so rightfully deserve to hear will only ensure their continued abuse is heartbreaking.
Adding onto this… I think we’re hitting a real wall. Not in what’s technically possible, but what’s technically feasible.
Because I get it. I get it. We started in a place where video games looked like this:
and then this:
And the desire was: How can we make this more like real life? The landscape, the models, the dialogue, the ability to simply interact in the world.
And you know what? We’ve made it pretty damn far. More than once I’ve seen a clip from a video game and literally not been able to tell at first that it wasn’t live footage.
But
How viable is that really? To have giant, sprawling open-world games where every character, no matter how minor, is fully voice acted? Where you can see every pore on peoples’ skin and the subtle shift of the hairs on their heads?
Cyperpunk 77 was in production for seven years. It was delayed what- twice, three times? CDProjectRed forced its employees into grueling 100+ hour work weeks to get it all together. And by most accounts, it still came out a buggy mess with entire missing systems.
To me, that’s evidence that this style triple AAA hyper-realistic game is getting so out of control that this scale is simply not tenable.
And do we even.. need all this? Really? Because I have had plenty of fun with smaller, less-realistic video game titles like Hyperlight Drifter, Slime Rancher, and Abzu. Near-perfect emulation of reality isn’t the be all and end all of gaming. Maybe it’s time the industry stopped chasing it so desperately.
If I lived where snow was, my uncle would totally do this sort of thing.
