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"Jack me in, would ya?"

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Feeling fluffy

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something that took me some years to figure out is that desaturated colours are much easier to vary in hue because they are literally closer together

also the greys make your more saturated colours stand out more. if its all saturated then nothing really is

thats the power of the greys my friends

goot bye

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i find it so interesting how people act like "critically examining a piece of media" is the opposite of "enjoying that piece of media." rip to you but i actually find it really enjoyable and compelling to dissect and think through the art i engage with

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It’s been way too long since I posted, and Cult of the Lamb is pretty good Music: Courtney’s Song from Dead Endia

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see I'm not so much complaining about like the varying name use for diverse identities, it's more like people aren't going to put you in the box you put yourself in just because you label yourself box #38. they're going to put you into some shit they've interpreted you as. and the more these labels get degraded over time by the idea that in order to have a personality you NEED to have some obvious fetish/identity marker/medical condition/complex family history on overt display, the more people will start treating you as something that needs to be diced up and put into all the boxes they deem fit. not you, by the way. their versions of you. a lot of those versions are never as charitable as you might think. So in the end you let people dissect you and buy your dissected pieces via interpretation when you give yourself a thousand labels, because that'll make it easier for you to conform to the process of auctioning off parts of yourself, so as to seem generous and trustworthy in the eyes of other people. Which is one fucked way to bow out of social life forever

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how i play metal slug tactics

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shallow waters

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yellow pikmin are my favorite

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If you want to see how I do 3D/2D mixing, I just uploaded a file tour of this video on my Patreon!

how i play metal slug tactics

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how i play metal slug tactics

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I now have acrylic standees in the store!

These are really nice. It's a single yellow brick road base featuring all three characters as three uprights to give a diorama-like depth! And guess what?

They're double-sided! :o

We've prints & enamel pins too as well as Gastrophobia merchandise if you're a fan of the classics! ;)

I was considering making more character stands if these sell well, but the truth is I don't know how the upcoming rising tariffs in the US will affect my ability to order new merchandise. So, unfortunately these might be the only acrylic stands I make.

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Dragonriders

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the person who helped today when I fell out of my wheelchair actually did a really great job, so I want to share in case other people wonder what to do. [Note: this is not universal, this is merely a suggestion from one person, every wheelchair user's needs are different! I am a person who uses a manual chair usually pushed by someone else who is also disabled.]

Scenario: you see someone in a wheelchair fall out of their chair, and you have the ability to help.

1. Approach and ask "are you okay?"*

2. Next question if they say no, are vague, or open to continuing conversation** is, "is there anything I can do to help?" Or "what can I do?"

If they say no to help, then that's the end, just leave and go do whatever you were doing!

If they ask for help or say they are mildly injured, ask "what would you like me to do?" And wait for an answer before doing anything! If they seem dazed or confused, they might have hit their head or had another medical event*, or they might just be like that due to regular disability. Be patient.

Do not touch the person unless they say to, or they are like, unconcious in the middle of the road, ya know?? Wheelchair users usually have conditions that mean being handled improperly can severely injure us, you could cause much more damage than the fall.

Some things they might need you to do:

Bring their wheelchair closer (mine went about 5 feet away after it dumped me)

engage the brakes of the wheelchair

hold wheelchair steady if it's an unsteady surface (mud, hill, ramp, wet, etc)

offer an arm for them to hold onto to get up (them grabbing you, not you grabbing them) or move another solid item closer for them to use (i.e. a chair) [only do this if you physically have the ability to!]

If the terrain is rough (i.e. a parking lot), they *might* ask you to push their chair to a more stable area once they are back in their chair

nothing

Something else

Do what they ask, NOT what you think would be helpful. If for some reason you have to do something (i.e. you can't stop oncoming traffic and need to get them out) ASAP, tell them what you plan to do

Keep in mind they might also be D/deaf, have a communication disability, be stunned after the fall, have a head injury, not trust other people, etc. Be patient and treat them as a person with autonomy and agency! They might need to just sit on the ground for a few minutes to recover before trying to get back in their chair. They might want everyone to leave them alone. They might ask you to call someone specific. Their chair might have broken and that can be extremely distressing. All of this is like if your legs spontaneously stop working when you're out and about!

A lot of wheelchair users (NOT ALL) have ways to get into their chair on their own once the chair is close enough and brakes engaged (but it's hard from the ground!). Here's what brakes look like on a lot of manual wheelchairs, in case they ask you to lock the brakes. They're levers on each side and pushing the lever pushes a bar against the wheel to hold it still.

ID: A manual wheelchair with the brake levels circled in red and labeled "user brake levers"

*There is also the possibility of course that a person fell out of their chair due to a seizure or other medical event, so that is why it is important to ask if they are okay. If you saw them hit their head, tell them so. If they had a medical event, follow protocol for that, I'm not gonna get into it here (thought I could).

**sometimes a person will be clear after the first question i.e. "I'm all good thanks" clearly means they do not need you to ask another question, you can just leave them alone. Keep walking and don't stare. A lot of the time people will be a bit banged up but be totally fine and able to manage on their own.

TLDR: Ask the wheelchair user if they're okay, then what they need, and then do exactly that, including leaving them alone. Thanks!

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as a man who was in denial until his 30s, yeah naw yeah. If someone had told me that Billie Joe Armstrong was bi when I was in eighth grade I'd be a ten times healthier person today.

We need to be going door to door telling men about bisexuality. We need to start standing outside grocery stores

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