Others have talked about the unhinged anti-communism, so I'll skip that.
But season 4 took this big, lovecraftian, difficult to comprehend horror, and just distilled it down to 'beef between some dudes'. And that's fucking boring!
If you're not wedded to an e-ink display, I bought a cheap android tablet for about $50, and set it to auto run an e-reader app called Moon+ Reader. You'll have to fork over a couple bucks for the ad free version, but it's a solid piece of software.
Hell yeah! My local book store cat Is named Spooky, because he was found in a cemetery
Omg hai Mr. Softie!!! 🥺🥺🥺
I was listening to a podcast yesterday, and the two hosts, who have both written books, made a brief aside complaining about people pirating their books.
And I think they were failing to understand that, if I pirate your book and I really like it... I'll probably go out and buy a physical copy for myself. Or vice vera. I bought your book, but I want it on my ereader. Pirate it.
It's no different from the sales "lost" when people freely check out a book from the library. In fact, it will increase exposure to your book.
Lots of people have become incredibly successful, because their art got known through piracy networks. Think Metallica playing stadiums off the back of tape trading.
We talk all the time about how "piracy is media preservation" which is true, but it's also a form of media discovery, and I think we should talk about that more.
Given the fact that 80% of Subway employees I've encountered have been high as fuck, that doesn't surprise me
Isn't that the guy who signed all of his posts? Lmao
Does he still look like he's in a blink-182 cover band? That was...a choice he made for a hot minute
Bona to vada your dolly old eek
WOAH SHIT, NEW TRANS MEGA!
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO!
in other news, I'm teaching myself HTML and making a Neocities website! So that's fun! Stepping away from corporate socia media, and into these federated and 'Indie web' spaces has been super cool!
WOAH SHIT, NEW TRANS MEGA!
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO!
in other news, I'm teaching myself HTML and making a Neocities website! So that's fun! Stepping away from corporate socia media, and into these federated and 'Indie web' spaces has been super cool!
Hello fellow Gamers, gather round to hear my rambling thoughts about a cheesy videogame from 25 years ago!
When I was about 12 years old, circa 2010, a friend of mine dug out an old n64, and a few games, and one of those games was Resident Evil 2.
For those who haven't played this charmingly bad game from 1998, in the midst of this gory, violent, and gritty (by 1998 standards) game, you come across a little girl named Sherry, and you have to escort her around.
Sherry is simultaneously the most interesting character in the entire game, and also the most annoying. And among the reasons she is annoying, are the segments where you have to play as her.
Now, when I was a kid, when a game asked me to pick a gender, I would always pick boy, because I felt like I had to. But when I played these Sherry segments, this was the first time I had played as a girl in a video game, that I could conceivably relate to in some way.
I wasn't having fun, really... These segments are god awful to play. But they did awaken something in me. I was like, ".......You mean I get to be the little girl???"
I wanted to be her so bad! This didn't crack my egg, and I quickly buried all of these feelings once I finished the game. But it's definitely a thing I look back on and think "oh the signs were always there.
Anyway, this post is mostly just an excuse to get people to talk to me about my Trans Sherry headcanons.
Also, ask me my opinions on the RE2 remake. I just finished it!
Yeah, I'm a gamer
Because who needs to thoughtfully engage with arguments about the utility of electoralism, when you can smugly make a bingo card, and pretend that you won?
Also I'm colorblind. I've never felt more disabled than I have since starting transitioning 😳
DuckDuckGo is OK, as is Yandex.
Also niche search engines like Marginalia or Wiby are good, if you want to look for stuff that's not corporate slop