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crazy prediction: i think at some point in the game, we will be pulled out of the game in the middle of a cutscene so gaster can have a chat with us. he gives us another survey, asking us how we're enjoying deltarune, who our favorite character is (no darkner options), if there's anything he can do to improve the experience, etc. and then when you come back, it turns out kris was free during that time.

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Another fun meat recall, this time due to E. coli contamination! Which can cause kidney failure in 5-10% of infections!

The meat in question was delivered to restaurants not grocery stores, so YOU shouldn't have any, but maybe stay away from the beef if you order out anytime soon?

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The coloring mistakes in G1 were wonderful. The Seeker swapped their colors mid-scene so often that I started to believe they were all the same person.

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Do you think the in-universe Love Händel fandom views the "Flynn-Fletcher Concert" as the greatest band revival in music history? Like seriously the three bandmates are implied to have been out of the business for like a decade after a nasty public breakup, only to spontaneously come back for a wedding anniversary of one of their fans. Every time they've reappeared on the show they seem to be popular and thriving. All because of that one concert. Legendary.

The Love Händel Wikipedia article must be a trip to read for the information on the Flynn-Fletcher Concert alone. What do you mean none of the bandmates knew they band was getting back together until the day of the concert? They didn't even rent a venue, it was just in someone's front yard where a girl scout troop set up a stage??? They probably caused a traffic jam. And hey, wait a sec, why are the names of the couple whose anniversary was being celebrated blue, indicating they have their own Wikipedia pages- they're LINDANA and MAX MODEM??? And their kids are Phineas and the Ferbtones??? Aren't they pop artists??? The "ninjas of love" that appeared during the concert are the Ferbettes??? Who are also the girl scouts who made the stage?????? The identity of the Love-a-Gram lady who appeared onstage midway through the opening number remains one of the music industry's greatest mysteries, since everyone assumes she must be famous too.

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next transformers continuity i want the autobots to accidentally out themselves to earth when they realize the probe they just shook the dust off of has cameras and one day NASA wakes up to find that opportunity rover's back online and the first thing it recorded was a giant robot saying "well, fuck"

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(parody)

AITA For unionizing against my shitty boss?

So I (27 C) and my friend O (27 C) have been working at the same job for cycles. It’s in horrible conditions, the mortality rate is crazy, and we don’t even get insurances. But hey, it’s an important job and someone has to do it, right? We’ve been working at this job together for the same amount of time, and we’ve become good friends outside of it. We also had this supervisor, E (29 C), who was super strict, but she was also really good at her job which is a blessing among supervisors so none of us complained. Well one day we had a work accident and E got blamed for it. Totally unfair, and it wasn’t even close to being her fault (she was the reason there weren’t any casualties!). Then O and I found out that if someone - ANYONE - with a high enough ranking in the corporate ladder gets pissed at you they can demote you into oblivion. We found this other guy, B (24 C), and apparently he’s been stuck in the same position for longer than he can remember after that happened to him.

Talking with B, O and I learned that we might have a lead towards finding this really important key the previous boss had lost. So we left. Not quitting, not yet, but we left to find the key. We also found E along the way, so it was myself, O, E, and B. Some time passed and then we met this guy, A (??? C), who turned out to be an old boss at our work who got replaced. He told us all about how workers at the company used to have things like rights and insurance and whatever, and how that all changed after the previous secretary murdered all the other old chairmen (minus A). I, and the others, were understandably pissed!! We also found out that the only reason our shitty job exists is because our new boss somehow fumbled a renewable resource and made it extinct. Honestly for a while I kinda thought our group and I were on the same page after this. I mean, the only obvious solution right now was to unionize, right? Kick out the current boss, reestablish rights, be the change we want to see in the world. A helped us gather some evidence against our boss, and we were going to go show it to everybody when he kinda got kidnapped. It was a whole thing, but what matters is that we learned that a LOT of people got laid-off because of the current boss. It was bad, they all became homeless after losing their jobs and were living in a comunal shelter together. I also gained the homeless group’s respect by beating the shit out of their leader, but again, that’s a whole other thing.

Some more stuff happens (It was a weird two days) and eventually I get the chance to really tell my boss how I feel. So I do. Yeah that didn’t go very well. Luckily O and E crashed a train into the building before I could get murdered, but I was still determined to unionize. I hunted down our boss until I had him cornered, but at the last second O stopped me from unionizing! What?! He said some stuff about morality and some “murder is wrong” bullshit and I couldn’t believe it! The same person who worked with me for cycles, who suffered all the same things I did, who was with me every step of this journey, didn’t want to unionize with me? The fuck? Is he stupid???

BFF for life or not, I wasn’t about to let O stop me. Some kinda personal stuff happened after that, but I did it! I unionized against our boss! The homeless gang was around so I recruited them into my union, but for some reason E and B were really freaking out about what I did. I tried convincing them to join me, but then O started getting in on it, and get this: he had been promoted! And was trying to use his new power against me!! Unacceptable

So I tried to unionize against O, but he just fired me. Now I have to live with the homeless gang, but they’re alright I guess. Our union’s been going good, we have a logo now, but the situation still doesn’t sit right with me

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Hero of Cybertron

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Okay, but like, what if the Primes can't actually die? They just pull an avatar and are reborn via the Matrix and whoever is carrying it. Poor Optimus not only died, lost his BFF, became God's favorite, and watched the beginnings of a war take root, but is now a father of thirteen.

Bonus doodles:

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Monk and Robot duology by Becky Chambers, as told in memes:

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I know others have already discussed it, but this moment right here where Optimus steps aside to let Megatron walk past just KILLS ME every time I watch it.

It's also a great way of showing how committed he is to the principles and ideals of freedom and autonomy, so much so that he lets Megatron leave ON HIS OWN VOLITION rather than using force or coercion to make him leave.

It really drives home how much he loves and cares for him because it shows that even after saying he's banished, Optimus still can't bear to force him to leave himself, even after all he's done to him.

It's a small moment, but it's one that's VERY IMPACTFUL, and it's one of many reasons this is the best romance movie of 2024.

Yes, I called this a romance movie.

No, I'm not gonna apologize.

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Megatron’s fantastic revised plan.

This was originally my contribution to the second MegOP zine, but since the project sadly won’t be finished, I get to share it with you all here instead! I made this almost exactly one year ago, I hope you like it!

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One or two years ago I got a spam email with these two sentences in them and they’ve been a part of my vocabulary ever since

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Junk on the Internet

<<< part 1 / part 2 / part 3

------------------ 🕴I'm not really used to working with lineart anymore, so this took me a while, As I said, I tried to do something more decent, But I think that after doing this and practicing, finally when I do the fourth part I will do something with the quality that these comics deserve.

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A long-time headcanon I’ve had, that I have zero evidence for, is that in continuities where he has mining as a background, Megatron can eat rocks.

Why? 

Potential in-universe explanation: It would cut fuel/resource costs if your mining equipment could at least partially subsist on the waste rock produced by the mining process.

Real & best explanation: Because it would be incredibly funny.

Do with that what you will.

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Beefy librarian Orion Pax is great, but I ALSO love the idea that he was tiny until he got the matrix.

Please consider freshly minted Optimus Prime:

Getting stuck in doors he expects to be wider

Hitting his head on low hanging lights and door frames

Tripping. All the time.

Constantly running into people and mortified about it

Sad bc he no longer comfortably fits in his library desk

Unreasonably happy that he can now reach things on high shelves without help, a stepping stool, or climbing the shelves

Getting really excited when he realizes now he can pick up his friends when he hugs them

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Earth broke the Autobots and Decepticon's humor

Random idea came to me and I had to share

Okay, imagine spending all that time on Earth the mechs on either side get really, really bored. Like, "What do we do other than fighting and surviving?"

So they find the internet, and decide to watch something to keep themselves entertained

This results in binging memes and now their humor is broken. No longer can they laugh at a joke with a set up and punchline, give them the video of the waffle falling and the two armies are howling with laughter

Which worries other mechs who haven't set foot on Earth

Like,

Decepticon Soldier: "Sir, we need you to discuss-"

Megatron, Starscream, and Soundwave are busy laughing at deep fried image of a rock with the words "R O C C" under it. They take one glance at it and they WHEEZE

Decepticon Soldier: "What has Earth done to you guys?"

Shockwave is watching this and is taking down notes.

Shockwave: "Fascinating, not even the commanders of the army can resist Earth's humor."

Meanwhile in the Autobots, Optimus is nearly crying from laughter at a picture that says, "WHEN LEMON". Any Autobot that passes by just burst out laughing.

The Autobots that stayed on Cybertron are confused, what is happening

The Neutrals don't even know where to begin

During a meeting about peace, a folder fell over and the two armies broke out into a chorus of laughter. Even mechs who don't emote are just howling with laughter

Everyone is confused, what did Earth do to them?

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Starscream has coronation outfits everywhere

This is a dumb idea but like what if Starscream has like coronation outfits hidden in almost every place in case Megatron falls.

Like the Decepticons halls, labs, his own room, the throne room, etc.

Megatron: Gets sick

Starscream: “Oh no, how sad.” Opens panel in the med bay and takes out crown and cape.

It doesn’t stop there, what if he has them in places that would be a “one in a million chance” such as a battle in the exact location where it is hidden at the right moment where he can just grab it and put it on

Megatron and Optimus fighting in the Grand Canyon, and Megatron is knocked out.

Starscream: Moves rock to find crown and cape

But then it gets ridiculous to the point where he hides it in places he realistically shouldn’t been able to.

Everyone: On a random asteroid

Megatron: Gets knocked out

Starscream: “I knew this would come in handy some day!” Digs out crown and cape