#BITING KILLING MAIMING

[rulesofdisorder]

ohhhh my god thinking about midam again and how after adam died and it was just michael left in their body it probably felt like there was too much room. like putting on a shirt that’s suddenly too big when you know it was the right size a moment ago. or like returning home to find that all the furniture in the house has been taken.

[lloydfrontera]

people saying og lloyd was mistreated by his parents,,, that his violent and abusive attitude was because of trauma,,,, that's literally not true,,,, why are you lying,,,, some men are just shitty,,, he's a self-made fuck up don't take away his only accomplishment in life ://

[a-lonely-dunedain]

also, while I'm here

[deanpinterester]

apps are so evil nowadays i just wanted to record some audio on my phone and what do you mean the recorder app has ads and requires you to rate it 5 stars before you can record more than one file

[hopecomesbacktolife]

psa for writers (fic, academia, original, etc) or anyone who writes digital documents, emails, etc and uses grammarly~

I just got a youtube ad from them, and in the ad, the person using the service was praising it for grammarly’s ability to rewrite and summarize sentences, generate and restructure a thesis intro, and even create the bibliography and pull sources for them. using their fuckin. ai software.

I downloaded grammarly years ago, back when it was a glorified spellcheck and the most interactive thing it could do was tell me whether my writing had a happy tone or not, but considering the fact that they’re touting these features as a perk, I’m considering fucking uninstalling it entirely. Just seeing that ad had me fuming (“my thesis is going to be great now! how do I feel knowing someone will someday be citing my work, knowing I used grammarly’s assistance? honestly, great!” is a quote, almost verbatim, from this ad) and I’m just. I’m completely incensed about it.

not only for the fact that they think this was okay in the first place, but that they’re advertising these functions explicitly as a fuckin. academic aid?! I hate it I hate it I hate it. it’s disgusting and infuriating and absolutely unethical and incredibly detrimental to everyone involved in that bullshit, yes including the person “fixing” their papers using those functions. especially that person. using ai to write and edit your papers for you isn’t going to make you a better student, academic, or professional in your field— or even, at a bare minimum, a better writer— it’s actively deterring you from all of that and making you worse at whatever skills you’re trying to learn. Even if your goal is to skirt by without much effort in a class you don’t care about— look, we’ve all been there, academia is A Lot TM sometimes— stooping to this level is going to actively leave gaps in your knowledge, and that’s even worse if it’s something related to your career goals. It’s worse than laziness; it’s having someone else do your homework for you, except that someone(something) else isn’t even writing, it’s generative. it has no intelligence, no evaluative skills, no ability to tell a good source from a bullshit one. It’s worse than plagiarism, it’s a worse version of cheating. It’s unethical, it’s going to cause harm, and it’s doing the opposite of aiding you in your writing and/or education. in any way.

anyways. rant aside, if you have grammarly installed on any of your devices, I highly highly recommend— no, more than that, I urge you to consider— reevaluating your use of this software. I know for myself I’m probably uninstalling this from my pc (the only device I initially downloaded it onto) as soon as I’m off work, because I have no desire to use a service that’s decided to abandon any sense of ethics or integrity.

[aymayzing]

I am sooo unwell about the fact that Shartan is present in the GAUNTLET, among other people important to Andraste personally and to her story, helping determine who's worthy of touching her ashes and yet, AND YET the fucking Chantry REMOVED the Canticle of Shartan!!!!!

[rileys-battlecats]

its like my body can sense when I'm about to be productive and then specifically starts breaking down in order to counteract my efforts

[carpe-aurore]

i need to be put down like an animal at this point

[anachronistic-falsehood]

I STEP AWAY FOR FIVE MINUTES AND MISS QUACKITY????

[idontliketomatoesleavemealone]

I am so mad

[bonesandthebees]

it's so creepy opening up your google account settings and looking in the personalized ad sections and seeing all the personal info google has guessed about you based off your search history

[fullofcake]

I left my heaphones at home so now I can hear the electricity and my heart beat in my ears

I am going to bite something

[blueflyingturtleontheway]

i HATE the modern technology market, it used to be so that when you bought an appliance it came with all the necessary (and even unnecessary) manuals but nooo now you have to download a fucking app for it

[a-lonely-dunedain]

Once again being overtaken by the desire to take cute screenshots of Margim and Celeair together but they’re both my characters so I Can’t Play Both At The Same Time 😔

[aymayzing]

I'm sorting out my worldstate that I'll use for veilguard and just realized Hawke is older then my Warden and it hit me like a brick

[malhare-archive]

When the official subtitles are like [speaks in (language)] it makes me homicidal. Tell me what they're SAYING. And none of that Netflix shit, "novio" and "noviecito" have two entirely different connotations GIVE ME THE ACTUAL DIRECT TRANSLATION