I regret to inform you that Discord's new Terms of Service includes an arbitration clause. You can find it here https://discord.com/terms/#16. This clause includes an opt-out, which I have transcribed here:

You can decline this agreement to arbitrate by emailing an opt-out notice to arbitration-opt-out@discord.com within 30 days of April 15, 2024 or when you first register your Discord account, whichever is later; otherwise, you shall be bound to arbitrate disputes in accordance with the terms of these paragraphs. If you opt out of these arbitration provisions, Discord also will not be bound by them.

These clauses are underhanded ways that corporations seek to deprive you of your right to participate in class-action lawsuits and your right to a jury trial. (This does only apply to us users ,other people still spread the word though )

#whats arbitration someone help me

Bad news, @noodelzmop. Arbitration basically means that if you want to sue Discord for whatever reason, the dispute needs to be handled in house. Specifically, in their house. If you don't get this email out, you're basically signing away your right to legal recourse if they do criminally shitty stuff to you, like with the McDonalds app.

I have been told that emailing "I am confirming that as of the date of this email, I am choosing to opt out of binding arbitration to settle disputes with Discord." With the Email you used for your discord account is enough for the notice but take this with a grain of salt as this was not said by a lawyer

reiterating that this only applies to US users

THIRTY DAY LIMIT BTW. I suggest taking sixty seconds to fire off a quick email with op’s recommended text. I have no plans to sue discord but better safe than sorry

If you use discord, do it now. Arbitration clauses are not in your favor and shouldn't be legal.

NASA advertising "do you want to be an astronaut" to tumblr users surely means something. What have you found out there, NASA? What have you found that you believe tumblr users, specifically, are best equipped to handle?

i’m gonna fuck the aliens

- Zefram Cochrane on the 5th of April 2063

I recently learnt that the 39 things not permitted on Shabbat are exactly the tasks the Israelites performed as they were building the tabernacle at the base of Mount Sinai. Which, to me? Hilarious.

I’m getting the visual of the Israelites being really hype enthusiastic overachievers who are chewing on the time accurate equivalent of coffee beans to get their project in. They're getting the curtains ready, their gold, their dolphin skins (or ancient middle eastern marine mammal equivalent of )- they're going haywire with the preparations-

and G-D putting his hands up.

“Timeout! Timeout!”

everyone freezes-

"Hey- I really appreciate it. I do. Super grateful for the hard work. But I think I’m going to mandate a rest day for you from all this stuff. You know how you haven't been eating or sleeping? Okay here's 25 hours where that's all you can do. Don't even think about picking up that hammer, Mendel!"

One brave Israelite raises his hand from the crowd. "Can we still.. argue?"

"Yes."

then a moment of consideration.

"But only if snacks are provided."

Hey. Hey you. The person aimlessly scrolling, stuck in an immobilized standoff with your brain

It's not your fault. You won't be stuck forever. I know you're trying. I know you hate it. It's ok.

And tell the Mean Voice in your head that it's not helping. It knows as well as you do that you would get up and Just Start the task if you could. You're not doing this on purpose.

Take a deep breath. Relax your jaw. I see you trying so hard to break out of it, but you can't force it. You'll get Unstuck eventually. All you can do in the interim is be kind to yourself.

reblog the money pigeon for a financially stable future

I reblog  the money pigeon because I love him.

Some of you haven't been to the darkest depths of ao3 and it shows

and some of you don't remember the days before ao3

back when the only "tags" you got were the citrus scale and the pairing. not even a summary half the time

i've still got fic saved i downloaded from geocities via 24k dialup moden that i save to 3.5" floppy disks so i could read online

pretty sure i still got some binders of printed out fic

sometimes a little bit of "oh dear gd WHY" from a fic with zero tags and no lemon warning do you good - teaches you to be aware of shit

ao3 has spoiled us and for one i'm happy about it

reblog if you’ve read fanfictions that are more professional, better written than some actual novels. I’m trying to see something

Likes to charge, reblogs to cast

Likes to charge, reblogs to cast

Is it just me or are the new tumblr users convinced there's a penalty of some kind for using this site like it's meant to be used?

reblogs have always been in short supply for artists, sadly, but it's hitting the shitposts and even the cat pictures lately. Gotta keep getting the word out that reblogs are good and keep people posting new material that will be passed around for the next 12 years

They’re used to other social media sites, where the only equivalent of reblogging is straight-up content theft; so the idea that you can put someone else’s stuff on your page and have it not be a bad thing is a strange experience for them.

They’re likely also used to an algorithm recommending content based on what they hit “like” on, so they probably think that that’s how this works, too.

Tumblr Code.

If I ever see any of you in public, the code is “I like your shoelaces”

that way we know we’re from tumblr without revealing anything

I’m just going to say this to strangers until i find a tumblr person

must keep reblogering!! Im going to be so suspicious if any one tells me this now!

Remember the answer is: I stole them from the president.

I am envious of people who knows how to live. Doesn't matter if they are rich or poor, they have traveled the world or stayed in their hometown their entire life, are famous or unknown...they just know how to live. They are content and unapologetic. The ones who are convinced with their decisions and does not require validation. The ones who have glow of genuine happiness and joy on their faces. I chase this feeling of contentment, to be happy right where I am in life. The feeling that eludes so many of us. I just wish I knew how to live.

I strive to be one of those people

And from the outside I may look like that

But I've triple guessed mostly all the big decisions in my life.

Went to 3 different Uni's to get my degree. And I'm okay with that NOW, but those 7.5 years were hell, and the only reason I can be blasé about it in 2023 is because I graduated a decade ago.

I quit a job I absolutely ADORED last year due to my mental health. It's taken me a year to pull myself back together. But everyone who's talked to me that knew me before thinks I've made some huge life change and asked me my secret. There is no secret. I quit a toxic, emotionally abusive job

Now I've started my own business (still not profitable and still small, but it's mine (I dye yarn btw)), I've got a day job that is more stable, has better hours, and better wages than the job I quit.

But I wasn't able to do this alone.

People who seem to know how to live often have a support network they can fall back on. And I don't necessarily mean financially. But people who's shoulder they can cry on. Who will come and get them at 3am no questions asked. Etc.

Both my mom and my husband were INTEGRAL for me to get to the place where I am.

I've got friends I can vent to, who I let vent to me in return. BUT those SAME friends and I also just.... Swap memes and giggle at silly fandom shit.

I think.... It comes down to balance.

And FINDING that balance is DAMN hard. And it's WORK to stay there. I'm 36 and I'm still learning.

....idk where I'm actually going with this. I just saw this post and I've had people mention it to me in the past that I look like one of those people.

But take those silly pics of your cat. Go for than extra 5 min walk. Even if it's just to hit the pokestop just down the road to get some pokeballs. Buy yourself that little treat. Stop and watch autumn leaves fall. Or interesting clouds. Hold the cat up so they can see the birds in the bush. Try that art thing you've always wanted to. Read that book.

Yes, society can fucking suck. And yes, there's a lot of pain and suffering in the world. But you need to also carve out space in your heart for YOURSELF. You can't pour from an empty cup. And if you bleed yourself dry for the world, you'll have none left for yourself.

I'm not sure this is actual, real, life advice.

I'm a mildly jaded older millennial with 3 cats and ADHD. Oh and a husband.

Next level: recommending doctors to your local friends

Next next level: driving said local friends to their appointments

Take care of yourself people!

Also! Even with ones that interact with vitamin c.... It's not *necessarily* what you'd get in regular food? It's like.... If you *take* vitamin c tablets or something with the meds.

I'm on Vyvanse and I can drink orange juice and eat yogurt. But I shouldn't take vitamin c supplements on the regular with them.

Also: I don't take the ADHD meds when sick so I'm welcome to load up on all the extra vitamin c I can take to get better. I found out years ago that for me *personally* ADHD meds + NyQuil= a *BAD* time XD so.... If I'm sick I skip the ADHD meds and load up on cold meds and vitamin c.

And yes, I've asked my doctor about it. Because of the type of ADHD meds I'm on, I'm allowed to do that. YOUR mileage will DEFINITELY vary on that one!

HEY!

Back up your computer!

Go get the external drive you bought specifically for this purpose and then left in a drawer somewhere and RUN A FULL BACKUP.

There are lots of posts that make the rounds reminding us to sit up straight, stretch, drink water, refocus our eyes, take our meds, etc. But while this may not be about your health, it's still super-important.

Back up your whole-ass computer. If you can afford a second backup drive, buy one so that you have one SSD and one HDD, and back up to both of them (you can back up just the current important stuff to the SSD and let the HDD do the heavy-duty lifting).

Do not rely on 'the cloud' or the internet to keep jack shit.

AND BACK UP YOUR GMAIL AS WELL HOLY SHIT. The last thing you want is a catastrophic issue where literally every single thing you have in gmail is gone. It's happened. It happened to a friend of mine and basically her entire life was in there and now it's all gone. 20 years of it.

Reblog to save a life.

Reblogging and adding you can DOWNLOAD A FULL ARCHIVE OF YOUR GOOGLE ACCOUNT! Not just your email!

To do it go to:

And there ya go! Go backup your shit!

I'm off to buy a 4th external backup because I've now got a Plex server and I'm digitizing the family photo/slide/negative archive.

Keep your shit safe everyone!