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so i have a shower spider and her name is pheebs

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suffering

me about to go to sleep, like 3 hours earlier than usual:

my foot, noticing a Wet in the basement: oh my fucking god it's wet and there's mold and I'm going to put on a respirator and cut my carpet out of the floor

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me about to go to sleep, like 3 hours earlier than usual:

my foot, noticing a Wet in the basement: oh my fucking god it's wet and there's mold and I'm going to put on a respirator and cut my carpet out of the floor

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and they're up! 🦐🦐🦐👀👀

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the thing about having snails is. sometimes you look over and see the snorgies

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shop to be updated tomorrow!!

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<:-)) had to grab some merch before kum & go became maverick LOL this tote was $2

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trying out a new way to display the sheds!!! 🥰🐍

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(late night dragon age thoughts that aren't going anywhere)

I GUESS. it's interesting to see how I've become more aware of the world over time, and how my life experiences have shaped my preferences

so my first playthroughs of games tend to be 'nice' w/ decisions that most closely reflect myself

The Dorian romance meant a lot to me back in the day :0!! interesting realization that if I played through it now with "myself" making decisions mostly for me, I don't know if my Adaar would have considered Dorian a romantic interest during DAI bc he would have squinted real hard at the "slavery is normal" part and been like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ we'll have a functional working relationship and maybe even a fwb situation but bruh (for that matter if solas had been an option he also would NOT be an option bc what the fuck was the "wowwww you people are all savages but YOU'RE different")

something something fiction =/= reality, just having like. thoughts about media years ago xD

I don't find dragon age rewards Choices enough to make me want to dramatically change how I do things during future playthroughs

^had a fun bg3 second run in which I did durge + "I love to kill IF i don't think anyone's watching/judging me for it" (LOL i was so frustrated when I sent the entire party away before killing isobel and then EVERYONE commented on it. me: bitch you weren't even there!!!!) xD

hmmmmmmm maybe I'll rewrite the headcanon to be adaar gets with dorian like 5 years post inquisition. this will be fun to chew on.

idk if I were actually playing as myself I'm like??? idk maybe I'd kiss Josephine??????

but ALSO it's fun for my OCs to make potentially shit ass decisions ♪~ ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ and massively fuck up and maybe if they're lucky, get a corruption arc

oh and I don't feel as strongly about the veilguard characters bc it has the energy of a piece of media that's afraid of the audience. Like oh no we must virtue signal and not have our characters really lean into being messy or prejudiced bc what if the audience and critics don't like it. I think I'm neutral-positive about datv overall, but also Eh™️ yknow?

ok I'm gonna. go to sleep now i gotta wake up early to get my tires changed

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//digs lian adaar out of the bin and dusts him off//

for da kiss week 2025 ✨

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Pero buatefack

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Pay attention to the particulars of Mastercard's responses, because this a textbook example of how to create plausible deniability.

"Mastercard has not barred any legal transaction" is, technically, a true statement – because Mastercard is not the one processing the transactions in the first place. Mastercard does not deal directly with any merchant, and in fact typically refuses to communicate with merchants at all; there's always a payment processing service sitting in between Mastercard and the merchant, whether that's Stripe or Paypal or any of dozens of other service providers.

Consequently, there are two layers of service agreements in place: the agreement between Mastercard and the payment processing service, and the agreement between the payment processing service and the merchant. That second layer of service agreements, between the payment processing service and the merchant, is where all of these content restrictions are being imposed. Mastercard can thus truthfully claim that they aren't barring legal transactions.

Now, if you've been paying attention, you've probably already spotted the issue: if the content restrictions are being imposed upon the merchants by individual payment processing services and not by Mastercard, why do all of those payment processing services seem to have exactly the same content restrictions?

That's where the critical sleight of hand comes in: while Mastercard's own terms of service do not require payment processing services to bar transactions of particular types, their ToS does require payment processors to bar transactions which could be damaging to the Mastercard brand. What constitutes damage to the Mastercard brand is not defined; it means whatever Mastercard wants it to mean. The payment processing services are thus in a position where they can be held in breach of Mastercard's terms of service for basically any reason, which gives them a strong incentive not to test any boundaries.

And that's why Mastercard can truthfully say they have never barred any legal transaction: they're never the ones doing the blocking. The layer of payment processing services that sits between Mastercard and the merchants are enforcing those content restrictions, based on a series of unwritten handshake agreements between the payment processors and Mastercard regarding what does and does not constitute acceptable content – and because the particulars of those handshake agreements aren't in writing, Mastercard can assert that their terms of service do not compel payment processing services to bar any legal transaction and technically be telling the truth.

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taking down some fanart listings from shoppe later

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6.1.25 - made a felt shrimp doll pattern and rough guide just in case anyone would be interested in making one, too

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hi

you're welcome

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sleeping next to my best friend

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oh I am BITING this

bye off to get a tapestry so I can eat it

death closing in

List of all the plants/animals in this tapestry, each one chosen for their symbolism:

Barn Owl Rabbit Nightingale Brown Rat Dragonfly Stinging Nettle Asphodel Rosemary Belladona Cypress Oak Blackberry Bramble Narcissus 'Thalia' Amanita virosa (Destroying Angel Mushroom) Craterellus cornucopioides (Trumpet of the Dead)