#Internet nonsense

[archaeologysucks]

I just had someone decline my suggestion to add the names of a person’s parents and children to their memorial on FindAGrave, because, and I quote, “this memorial is about Dianna, not her children.” Which is officially the most bizarre reason I’ve ever encountered for someone declining an edit on there.

[sailing-ever-west]

My level of internet pettiness and threshold for nonsense has gotten much funnier over the years. I once carefully messaged someone who I thought might have a belief difference that would cause them to dislike me and tried to discuss it without making them uncomfortable and then they cussed me out and I was like "ok sorry." Today I just blocked someone for publicly being attracted to Frank Grillo.

[stainlesssteellocust]

Most people only know the Spacebattles Memetic Complex from Wormposting but that place has some hysterical internet lore to its name

>Scaly murderer with a god complex

>‘King Penguin’

>Online wars which resulted in the splitting of the community on multiple occasions, resulted in a bunch of competing sister-sites, and drove at least one person to madness

>This included a hidden community of Nazis who were driven off and formed their own Spacebattles with blackjack and hookers

>Long-lasting feud with a far-right sci fi author

>Got mentioned in German news media, I think?

>Speaking of Wildbow, the fact that he left SB but stayed on Reddit is…interesting

>Oh yeah and also the most batshit political theory I have read in…some time:

[roach-pizza]

I love how people demanding laws to stop bullying on the Internet meanwhile nothing is done about bullying in person. Like if you want bullying to stop we gotta start teaching kids it's okay and encouraged to stop bullies with violence if necessary. Problem solved.

[pink-strawberry-kissess]

did twitch just kill itself?

what

[the-end-of-ideas]

No you won't.

[10blue10]

Who is raising these people to be selfish entitled cretins?

not submission. I really hate the "My OC, my rules" thing. Cause like, no? Just because they are your oc doesn't mean you can do whatever you want with them. If you want to make your oc suffer and not like them get help, you deserve to lose rights over them. Especially if you only do that stuff to purposely trigger people. Once you do that, your oc no longer belongs to you. they belong to the public who will take better care of them instead

Making a comment to get this to post.

[abstractstew]

Vegan squirrel chili

I asked ChatGPT for a recipie for vegan squirrel chili and this is what I got back. Enjoy.

Vegan Squirrel Chili (using a premium vegan squirrel substitute)

Ingredients;1 tbsp olive oil

1 large onion, chopped

2 bell peppers, chopped (bonus points for foraged)

2 cloves garlic, minced (for that fresh woodland aroma)

1 package vegan squirrel substitute (look for "Squirrely Vegan™," or substitute with jackfruit if unavailable)

1 can black beans, drained and rinsed1 can kidney beans, drained and rinsed

1 can diced tomatoes (fire-roasted for authenticity)

2 cups vegetable broth

1 tbsp chili powder

1 tsp cumin

1/2 tsp smoked paprika

1/2 tsp dried oregano (harvested at dawn by moonlight if possible)

Salt and pepper to taste

Fresh cilantro and lime wedges (to garnish and for that campfire vibe)

Instructions1. In a large pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat.

Add the onions, peppers, and garlic, and sauté until they start to smell like the edge of a misty clearing in the woods, about 5 minutes

.2. Add your vegan squirrel substitute. Break it up with a spoon, browning slightly to release that rich, wild flavor (or the closest approximation thereof).

3. Stir in the beans, diced tomatoes, vegetable broth, and spices. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for about 30 minutes.

4. Season to taste with salt and pepper, imagining yourself foraging in a rustic, squirrel-free forest.

5. Serve with cilantro, lime, and a sense of whimsy.

Share with followers and enjoy the aesthetic confusion.

[fixyourwritinghabits]

Happy September everybody, NaNoWriMo has decided to go "no YOU'RE the baddies" because no one likes their AI-ridden sponsor, lmao. In other news, multiple authors are suing OpenAI for copyright infringement.

[chaotictempleknight]

This is pretty much the music/theme for the Internet nonsense that got me to panic so much that I got off my arse and brought back my Tumblr blogs.

Christ, that was an annoying week... Everything turned out fine, nothing's in trouble... but I'm not taking any chances.

[noraqrosa]

just woke up and one of the first things i read on Facebook is someone saying that people who say the "friend zone" isn't real are T3RFy

time to go back to sleep and hope that when i wake up next the world makes sense again

[thevulturesquadron]

Dropping this as an example and leaving out any names - so please don’t go and start an argument with these people or harass anyone. It’s not why I'm writing this, it gives them more attention, and there is no room for an actual conversation.

But, to my point! I am starting to believe that people online aren’t always shitheads on purpose. They are seriously lacking reading comprehension and that is absolutely terrifying.

In this one example the dev has not said any of the things they are being accused of. Let me break this down a bit.

Starting with the Bellara statement - the answer literally says Bellara is the most knowledgeable when it comes to elven magic EXCEPT compared to the elven gods. And even then, it’s prefaced by two things: 1. PROBABLY, which is used to show that it’s not a certainty and that there's a high chance there are others around the world (let’s saaay... people like Merrill), but they are not within reach so it's inconsequential. And 2. ‘Bellara ASSUMES’, which implies she doesn’t actually hold the totality of knowledge. The game shows again and again that she is in the process of learning through experimenting and nothing in this answer contradicts that. Additionally, literally during the game, Bellara has access to Solas’s ancient library at the Lighthouse AND an ancient archive of knowledge. Basically she has MANUALS on ancient magic from the very people that practiced it.

2. ‘Evanuris don’t understand magic’ - again the answer never said that. What it conveyed was that the Evanuris had access to magic and found ways to make it work for them. It was a tool, much like electricity: we didn’t invent it, it is a phenomenon we learnt to turn into power and use. The game kept reminding everyone again and again that the Evanuris weren’t gods, just powerful mages and Epler’s answer just reaffirmed that. (Plus this is something previous games have also hinted at repeatedly). The Elven Gods didn’t invent magic, and much like everyone else in Thedas, after they tapped into that force they started applying it in ways they were able to understand. Solas himself (the voice the devs created to tell a story) said that in so many ways throughout the game, so why are people acting like this is the first time they're hearing about it??

Anyway, this is just me taking the time to analyze one of the many absolutely mind-boggling takes that exist out there, and there’s… a lot of them. These people should just put the phone down and open a book.

[xoxo-ren-xoxo]

'omg mumbo is kinda buff and athletic in real life?? but he's such a nerd!' i hate to say it but this is just a description of every professional cinematographer ever

[plusultraetc]

One thing we do not give Midoriya enough credit for is training to be a hero while someone he admired was watching. he had to go from normal nerdy teenager to OFA user & hero school hopeful in like ten months while his idol was literally right there critiquing his every move. have you ever tried to do anything ever while someone you admired was watching you? this truly was my anxiety academia

[scatterbrainedbot]

the trouble with being the one who survives is you must keep on doing it

inspired directly by @onionninjasstuff 's heart wrenching comic of Future Donnie's death (read it!!)

[maxdibert]

If I have to read one more time some idiot Slytherin Skittles or Jegulus fan saying that Regulus “I have my walls covered in pro-Voldemort propaganda and was canonically the role model my mom always praised” Black was a poor abused child forced to follow the Death Eaters, I swear I’m going to explode.

No one forced Regulus to do anything. There’s no evidence of that in the books, no indication that he was abused — Sirius himself says his mother always reminded him how much better his brother was than him, lol — or that he was pressured. Regulus was a rich aristocrat perfectly aligned with his ultra-conservative family’s ideology, who chose to follow Voldemort because Voldemort represented everything he had always believed in, though he eventually got in over his head because he wasn’t cut out for war. He’s clearly a parallel to Draco Malfoy, who always believed what he was taught at home until it turned against him. Stop treating him like some poor soul who didn’t actually have such awful beliefs, because he absolutely did.

The same goes for Barty Crouch Jr., who was so much worse. At least Regulus regretted his choices, but Crouch was a fanatic willing to do anything because of his unresolved daddy issues that drove him to follow Voldemort in search of paternal validation. He tortured two people into permanent insanity, condemned his mother to die, killed his father, and kidnapped a disabled man, keeping him locked in a damn box for months. What tragic figure is Barty supposed to be? He’s not a tragic figure; he’s a freaking Jeffrey Dahmer, and you ruin his character by turning him into some “uwu poor baby who didn’t know what he was doing.” He did know what he was doing, perfectly well, and he loved it because he was a sadist.

The fact that you have the audacity to say Snape is the worst monster in the saga or claim that his actions are unforgivable while excusing these privileged brats is straight-up aporophobia and classism, and honestly, it’s starting to creep me out.