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I like how you can choose any book you want in the sims 4, as if I’m not just gonna have my sim read Crises Barn for the 40th time.

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Me: okay, attempting to rig my wrapped for the memes ruined it for me. I shouldn’t do it again.

Also me: what if I tried making He Will Mock you by the Annoying Orange my most listened to song next year?

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Does anyone else listen to Kevin Macleod when writing? I mean, I also listen to soundtracks in general but I grew up on LPStube videos where At Rest would be put over ridiculously serious scenes I couldn’t take seriously in the modern day (they’re LPS toys), so idk, the songs from that era of YouTube are writing material.

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heyo. there was a term you coined (or just thought about coining) a while ago called idemic. it was something i related to but it looks like your coining post is gone. did you rename the term? change your mind?

Oh, wow, I completely forgot about that term. Okay, so, the short answer is that I did change the name (I forgot what to, I’m sorry. I changed it because the term already existed) but I also deleted the post.

I don’t remember why I deleted the post itself, and I don’t remember what I even defined the term as, but I was going through heavy identity issues back then (depersonalisation/dissociation), so I think I might’ve deleted it because it was making things worse for me. That being said, I understand others might find the concept useful/helpful for them, and that’s cool. I’m sorry I don’t have the original post anymore but people can do what they wanna with the term/concept. So yeah, basically just personal shit and the fact the term already existed (I don’t remember what the other idemic meant, though)

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This specific Kevin Macleod song feels slightly Umineko soundtrack coded.

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I don’t think I’m gonna be posting the rest of my wrapped it only gets weirder

(The Danny Gonzalez song, btw)

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Yeah I think you’re underestimating a bit

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PSA: Fake AI Scams on Amazon, Dangerous Pet Products

As an author that uses Amazon to self-publish, it was greatly disheartening to see that my mom had fallen for a scam. I recently went vegan, and when I went downstairs, I saw this. I was immediately suspicious, as I looked at the cover. I had a gut feeling something was off. I had watched this video a few months ago, but even if I hadn’t, I think I would’ve been able to tell.

The pages were full of recipes with zero context, just bullet points and clearly AI generated information. The table of contents was a mess, the formatting just looked… bad. And the cover? It was a bunch of stock images with the words “vegan” and “vegetarian” used interchangeably. So many red flags, and I was immediately pissed.

Now, there are things up on Amazon, with zero consequence that piss me off MORE, such as dangerous animal products for your pets. (Search about the cat litter box Amazon controversy, I can’t add the video) But this pissed me off as an author. I’ve never been too bothered by AI, as I always believed people would choose real, authentic stories over this bullshit. What I didn’t realise was how scummy people would abuse this to straight up lie. If the book was sold as an “AI generated cookbook” I wouldn’t have as much of an issue. Lazy? Sure. It’s lazy. But it would be HONEST. This is dishonest. This is scamming, and you take away from ACTUAL AUTHORS WHO PUT EFFORT INTO THEIR RECIPES.

I’m not a cookbook author. I’ve only released one book, that I was never happy about, that I’ve moved on from. But I put hard work into it. While I don’t believe any work I’ve produced, published or not, is amazing writing, I know I put hard work into it. While cookbooks are less literature, and more recipe, I can acknowledge the thought and time that went into each recipe. It’s unfair to actual fucking cookbook authors.

If you want some advice on spotting AI bullshit on Amazon, it’s easy to spot; weird stock image covers, weird formatting, bad reviews, inconsistencies, ChatGPT sounding text; just go with your gut.

As for actual vegan cookbooks? Oh, wait, tumblr won’t let me use links. That’s great.

Does that work? Idk, but there’s a thread with a lot of suggestions. You can rb/comment some of your own.

You can also find recipes online, and there are vegan YouTube recipes.

Also, there are dangerous pet products on Amazon. https://youtu.be/xepC3-Ia9ho?si=GQoeFNthcFyTwcV0

I strongly recommend being careful what you buy from Amazon, just in general. Fuck fake bullshit.

Also, make sure to warn older people about these things, or people in general. My mom’s in her 40’s, but I’m sure younger/older people fall for this who aren’t educated on how Amazon works. The products sold are by third party sellers, meaning there’s no guarantee they’re safe. Amazon has a safeguarding system… I’d assume, but things slip through the cracks. Please do your research on who you’re buying from. In the case of litter boxes, buy from reputable sources. You could be endangering your animals. This goes for any animal product, especially involving technology.

(Edit: links not working.)

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Fuck zodiac signs, which one of these did you have growing up?

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Gen alpha will never know what growing up on MLG was like.

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Is it real

No.

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No, no, I need to stop getting angry publicly. Peace and love.

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I haven’t used Twitter in months but is Bluesky like, legit? Or is it just gonna be another Threads? People migrate, the site dies, they run back to twitter (for whatever reason. Then again, people with the absolute worst pay ever defend their bosses, poor people defend billionaires)

I just don’t wanna get involved with something that’ll die in a month.

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OH MY GOD. THE DAY BEFORE LA CANCION DE ALICIA WAS FOUND, I THOUGHT “eh, this will never be found at this rate, will it?”

THE DAY BEFORE THE MYSTERIOUS SONG GOT FOUND, I ALSO THOUGHT “Eh, this will never be found at this rate, will it?”

LITERALLY WTFFFF. Like ok it’s just a coincidence, like, the day before ekt got found I wasn’t really paying attention to it, BUT OMG.

THIS IS HOW I LEARNED BTW.

THEN I WENT ON THE SUBREDDIT.

WOW. JUST WOW. LITERALLY. LIKE. IDK. It’s one of those things where I’m SO hyped over this and I wanna tell everyone and then I remember that most people dgaf. ANYWAY I HAVEN’T READ ABOUT IT YET BUT-

I was in severe pain today and I was thinking “life is suffering. is there anything even remotely exciting in life anymore?” Tbf the good never outweighs the bad, but I haven’t felt excitement since EKT was found. I like lostwave because it gives me CHILDLIKE WONDER.

Am I overreacting? Well, no, I’m sitting here with a straight face. But internally I’m overwhelmed.

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No fucking way

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I have a huge vet bill to pay. Mochi, our ex-feral, started showing signs of tooth pain and wasn't eating much. I took him to the vet where it was discovered he was severely anemic, and positive for FIV and feline leukemia. The vet said she'd never seen a cat with those numbers still walking around. By the time we had the results (a matter of a day) his condition had declined to the point there was no option but to euthanize him. And then we had to get the other three cats tested for FeLV, because while there were no fights and therefore almost no chance of FIV, they did share food and water bowls and litter boxes. Thankfully the other three cats have tested negative, but there is still a bill of over $1000, and a lot of broken hearts.

I'm running a sale to pay as much of the bill as I can. It runs til November 9th, I may extend it if I can manage the work load but I can't guarantee it will be extended.

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I don’t normally make posts like this but I wanna spread awareness to this topic

Cats in China are being brutally tortured and killed maliciously by various groups of people around - young people, ones who should know better.

They adopt cats and then murder them, often putting them through hell beforehand. Doing things such as chopping off all their limbs and hanging them up as “cat bugs”, skinning them alive, putting them in blenders, and many, many other cruel things.

It’s due to the lack of animal protection rights in China is why these people can get away with these things so easily.

They use live footage of cats eating from local feeders in order to capture them, and they’ve already gotten over millions of innocent felines - one of which was a kitten known as Mr. Wink, who was found frozen solid after one of them had drowned him.

These people also go about live streaming footage of themselves torturing and killing kitties that’ve done NOTHING WRONG for views, money and fun. And they gain more and more followers and views everyday.

This shit is not okay at all. They are still out there targeting these creatures, and even had set up a bounty to both find and kill Mr. Fresh (orange cat shown from a live feeder famous for his “side eye”), the money ranging from about $500-600.

Although Mr. Fresh is thankfully safe and in the care of a vet/new guardian. However, there are still many other animals, not just cats themselves, being tortured in China.

I highly recommend visiting and following @feline_guardians on Instagram and to sign their petition for animals to gain more rights in China.

Thank you for listening.

Plus I’m adding a picture of my cat that I redrew cuz he’s silly (and all kitties deserve both love and respect)

Save cats yall!! Every sign counts.