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If nothing else, do it for the boys. For the funny.

you have to outlive donald trump

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Make the most of the next two months

Get all your vaccines

Travel while we have a functioning DOT

Read and buy books on feminism, anti-racism, pro-lgbt

Attend drag shows

Don't skip any of your classes

Read and buy history books

Find your out-of-state networks

Learn to carry cash

Get birth control solutions

Support the Biden/Harris administration

Postpone large purchases and save money

Be careful of what you say online, like un-ambiguous attacks against the incoming administration, especially in spaces that contain your full name or personal information

Feel free to add on.

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things we need to address:

gen z men getting pulled into alt-right pipelines through andrew tate, joe rogan, elon musk, jordan peterson etc

the gullibility and stupidity of half the country voting against our collective best interests

the broad effect social media has on public and common good

lazy minds and lack of empathy

outside-country interference (trump and elon’s connections to russia and the amount of bots from other countries spreading misinformation)

the long-term effects of AI and rampant disinformation

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I will make “She X on my Y until I Z” jokes until the day I die

as a phrase, “she [x] on my [x] til’ i [x]” only is funny if on either side of a spectrum. either the phrase ends so specific to a sexual action it’s a smart joke (for example, “she strogan me off til i beef” uses the word “beef stroganoff’ but also makes a “stroking off” joke, making it clever wordplay.) or it makes so little sense that it ends up funny from the absurdity of deciphering what type of sexual action could even be taking place. (example: when my roomate the other night asked to hand them a sanpelligrino and then said “she san on my pelli til’ i grino” which begs the question of what ‘sanning’ is, what a ‘pelli’ repersents in terms of human genitalia and what ‘grinoing’ could possibly be.)

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Monster Mash Monday

WooOOoOoooh! Obviously, historically, monsters are Bad and Ugly. Not…not so much on Tumblr. Please keep this PG-13 if you go with the last option.

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If you’re going for a classic, pulpy 50s or 60s robot, start with the base of a human. Circle and an upside-down trapezoid for the cranium and jaw, whatever shaped torso for the body type you want, and two beveled cones for the arms and legs.

The next step for this kinda robot in particular is to *simplify* that structure even more. Screw with the shapes of each body part a little too. Maybe the arms are rectangles now, and the head is a cone. Maybe you add more segments to the arms and make them look like collapsible air ducts you can find at a hardware store. Easiest way to do this step is to square everything off, but you probably don’t want to make them cubes. That might be too simple. Add a polygon or two where you think it’s necessary to break up the shape language a bit. Add some punctuation.

Details for Pulpy bots: all of the tech-y bits are analog pieces. Rivets, vacuum tubes, exhaust pipes. It’s the 50s, people barely have an idea of what a computer is yet. Repair patches might be bits of sheet metal bolted into place. Think about how you would tangibly solve a mechanical problem, and apply that to a human form factor. That might be hard to parse, lemme try again: imagine the character as a car or a generator. This machine is breaking down. How do you fix a car or a generator? None of the problems will be software related because the word “software” doesn’t exist yet.

Reference Material: The Steamworld franchise, ROBOTS the movie, Lost in Space (the original show not the Netflix series)

Maybe you think that a pulpy bot isn’t your style. Maybe it’s all smooth lines or all hard edges. Your character’s design could be ALL about shape, but that wouldn’t stop you from putting pockets and body armor on every square inch of the fella. You want something COOLER, a little EDGIER maybe. You want a chromed out, Rob Liefeld robot.

Don't screw with the shapes of everything as much here. don't replace heads with different stuff unless you want to. the key with 90s era Liefeld bots is to push the existing shapes to their conclusions. If the bot has boots, it's got giant cones covering their legs up to their knees. If it's got big ol' gauntlets, they go all the way up to the elbows, giant ovals. Does it have a gun? Don't lie to me, every Rob Liefeld illustration has a gun in it. give that gun as many attachments as you can fit onto it. Oh? What's that? the gun doesn't have Picatinny rails? doesn't matter. if there's space, you can fit a greeble or an attachment. Don't make it a mess of greebles, though, as the gun still has to be identifiable. Think about the way that Borderlands does gun attachments.

Details for Liefeld Bots: All about accessories. give the fella straps of pockets on all of its body parts. sure, it might be made of metal, but give it body armor anyway. A combat vest or a giant shoulder pad maybe. VERY important detail here; the robot's entire surface is reflective, regardless of its paint job, or what it's made to do. It's a thing that every comic illustrator loved doing at the time. Repair seams are imperceptible in comparison to the pulpy bot. They just take the whole panel off and replace it with a new one. It's why the bot's armor looks good after every battle when they truck a megaton explosion to the face.

Reference Material: Rob Liefeld illustrations, Marvel: 2099, Commando Spawn, Todd McFarlane illustrations, the RIFTS RPG's Glitter Boy

Maybe you're not into either of these. Looking at OP's profile pic, I can gather that's the case. Perhaps You're more interested in organic, Freeform Bots; robots that don't fit into a genre category as squarely as other bots. These bots probably don't even look human and might borrow design elements from mammals or insects. None of the edges on a bot like this are probably hard. They'll still have armor plating, but it'll be disparate and form-following instead of form-fitting. segments are visually noticeable.

Oh yeah, the wires thing. Draw a worm, connect it to two points on the bot or to something else, and repeat the bottom end of the worm all the way to the top. boom. a wire.

I think I've rambled on about bots for more than enough time. Hopefully, my two beginning sections help more than my third, I just feel like I gotta pinch this off.

Have fun making Bots!

how do you draw robots. genuinely. i want to make ocs and fanart and draw but i dont know how to draw robots and wires

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Porygon is such a cute little freak

Look at this stupid idiot

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People have turned worldbuilding into this big ol fuss of a thing that you have to make everything for. You can make tiny slices of a world and still have it be intriguing. Honestly, mystery’s half the fun sometimes. Let them speculate. Let them think about the things you don’t tell them, because the moment the audience stops wondering about things is the moment following the story starts to feel like homework.

You can make something small and it can still be fulfilling. It can still be enough. People forget that when they compare themselves to dudes like Brandon Sanderson. YOU are not Brandon Sanderson. There’s only one of him and only one of you, so make your world. Going by his book means you’re not writing yours.

So uh have you written fanfiction before rat man? Like self insert, platonic, anything? I feel like you tried at one point then buried it to never see the light again.

I have never understood the point of fanfiction. I have never cared for any fictional world enough to try, and even if I did care enough, I STILL wouldn't understand writing fanfic for said world. I'd rather dedicate that creative energy making my own shit instead - better that, than slurping off the creative energies of someone else; of a world and story that already exists - one of which you cannot canonically affect.

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This goes for shit like hotline Miami too. I’m relieved that people are respecting the sanctity of Cormac McCarthy’s work and shit like I Have No Mouth, but

GUYS.

THE WAR VET WHO KILLS PEOPLE TO STAY SANE IS NOT HOT.

PTSD IS UGLY. It’s not FUCKIN ATTRACTIVE!

Why are you cutesy yaoifying the game about a rape victim's struggles, what the fuck

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The Prusa Printer’s crazy, man.

It’s one step closer to a self replicating machine, as most of its upholstery and bulk can be printed on another Prusa.

Have you seen pictures of the insides of their factories? It’s wild! Rows on rows of their OWN printers printing even more printers. Look it up, it’s bonkers.

Just got certified on one today in my University’s maker lab. Made a little thingy.

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LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO

imagine a skeleton. obviously this is already blowing your mind. now imagine he had a gun

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To any among you who do not know what the glories of Quake are, or perhaps even Quake Champions, Perhaps this would entice you to download the free game.

Hmm?

Is it working?

Slash from Quake 3 Arena / Quake Champions - artwork from recent years. Punk fashion!...

See alt text for more about each picture.

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If you are in a retail situation,

And you don't flip over every hourglass that can be flipped over with your grubby little consumer hands,

What are you doing?

What happened in your life that deprived you of the whimsy and enjoyment of little things?

I feel bad for you.

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Do what ya gotta, people.

🚨Please, don't skip‼️‼️

Very important... 💔🍉

I am very sad because the campaign is going slowly, and I want to reach the goal, which is to reunite my family, get out of Gaza, and live in peace and security.

Life in the tent is very difficult. No one can imagine how we spend the day in the tent. It is a very difficult life.

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Hearing “deadass” in a fantasy setting is as funny as it sounds.

Me asking the ones who Speak the Truth and Lie:

Moi: Mr Truth, this door you guard DOESN’T lead to Hell, correct?

The Truth: On god for real for real no cap no kizzy fam. This doorway straight bussin fire emoji 100 emoji fire emoji

a sluge 😔

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The only thing worse than having a job is not having a job. And the only thing worse than not having a job is looking for a job. And the only thing worse than looking for a job is being 19 years old.

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I'm looking into reading ""BLAME!". Where do I start?

Should I start with the Prequel NOiSE or is that unnecessary for me to understand the plot? Additionally, where do I get an omnibus volume, or do I just buy all the chapters individually?

BLAME! fans, help me out!