#Lua’s rants

[lualuabestningdungie]

HUH?!?!?!? BLUE HYUKA‼️⁉️‼️⁉️

CRYING SOBBING ITS 5 AM

HUENING KAI TE AMO PRECIOSO

[bittergirlsworld]

I hate the whole concept of jeankasa solely because it's humiliating to jean. he will spend the rest of his life knowing mikasa not only does not chose him but will never love him fully. he spent five years of his life fighting by her side, saved her life twice and she never gave him the time of the day (she didn't had to. that's not what I'm saying at all). it's so infuriating, I felt genuine rage thinking about it lmao

imagine you're Connie or Reiner and seeing they both getting married, how ridiculous would sound. imagine your wife taking your child to the grave of her first love, buried in the scarf he gave her, years and years of her openly yearning for a man who died. imagine how much of an object of mockery he would be socially.

i adore mikasa and she was only 19, she totally deserved a life of bliss and find love again. I just could never believe that she would love jean this way. aaand the anime credits leave absolutely no room for doubt, that man is a 100% jean. I fucking hate it.

[aesrot]

every now and then i become aware again of the class consciousness and i wanna set things on fire

[eepypigeon]

1, 31 and 33 for ask game :D

who is/are your comfort character(s)?

Chip fr (and also my special obscure comfort character Johnny Toast, paranormal investigator dfgdfgd- also can is say Jesse Pinkman? cus like. he gets rotated in my brain sometimes for no reason)

31. what type of music keeps you grounded?

ough, okay it really depends on the flavour of mental illness I'm feeling on the day. to keep me grounded though, i have a spotify playlist where i sit and stew in the vibes.

top songs/genres on that are;

1- Like Real People Do (Hozier)

2- Random animated film soundtracks (like kingdom dance or like. the entire how to train your dragon soundtrack)

3- Minecraft Music

33. the last adventure you’ve been on?

ALright buckle up I'm about to ramble

I try to make it a point to explore and do something weird and spontaneous most times i go outside really, usually with a friend just, going through a place we've never been. in the last month, me and a friend or two will go out and just pick up all these unnecessary side quests and get distracted for hours even if it's something weirdly mundane (and probably shouldn't even be defined as an adventure). I need to feel like I'm exploring and doing something new for my enrichment or I will explode.

It's not really an adventure but i remember vividly a couple months ago going out with a friend i haven't seen in ages and we were trying to regroup after a falling out. We went drinking and then at like 1am we just sat outside a museum on the pavement, chatting away and suddenly we saw a fox running around by the gates. again. not really an adventure but it was just a cool unusual moment that sticks in my brain.

TLDR; fuck it, everything can be an adventure if you put enough whimsy into your everyday life

also played dnd last week <3

[benjinotes]

this stupid professor won’t change the exam date even though i told her i have surgery the day before 😃

[backformores]

btw friends im prob gonna be super inactive this week i got an assignment, presentation, quiz, art project and midterm all before friday

[8bitvejigante]

For the love of fvck, I don't care how good your fanfic is

PLEASE USE THE 'READ MORE' TO HIDE YOUR "DO YOU LOVE THE COLOR OF THE SKY"-LENGTH STORY

I WILL SEND BAD JUJU TO YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR COW

[cool-retro-term-official]

Today's hot take (and rant) brought to you by your favorite terminal girl:

Web dev* should never have been a job in the first place. The web was supposed to be simple, accessible and free (as in libre). Not only is javascript a mistake, but it's whole ecosystem (libraries and community) is a mistake. Yes, im even arguing against the very website im on in a way. A bunch of simple forums managed by a few devs (and moderators), should be enough to fit all of what we use the web for.

"What about buying stuff on the internet", idealy fuck you, go to your local store (if you can), but in practice, no need for amazon and other gazillion dollar companies, just plain old simple custom stores with simple css and less ads (fuck ads).

"What about interactivity and buttons and all of the stuff that uses Javascript ?", use something else bitch. 2 years before javascript there was fuckin Lua and you didn't need more than that. Sure, use similar stuff, but why javascript ? i know they had their reasons, but there was alternatives and seemingly for no reason js stuck. (enlighten me on this if you want)

"What about electron !!! it's so nice for the programmers !" NO ! If you don't care at all about the power usage/performances of your program you shouldn't touch shit that will go into production. Yeah sure it's easy to spread your 'app' everywhere like a fucking disease.

It's not necessary to tell me how much im wrong, don't trust and care about what people say on the internet, don't trust me, don't even bother yourself with this. It's not necessary.

*some backend people do deserve some respect, front end people, huh... you're doing a shit job and idk how to tell you. But all devs ofc, noob or good, deserve respect. It's just that sometimes we make mistakes. And that im really angy ! >:3

[wannaeatramyeon]

You know the SOS bath scene of the boys is fun but I wonder what about SOS bath scene of the female side which is all PTJ universe female characters.

Bonus: I want the boys to overhear the girl talk at the other side lol.

Heh. Love your addition of the bonus but no boys feature in this one unfortunately. Me?? Using this as another rant?? Never.

Women of Lookism: Bathhouse Meeting

Another breaking the 4th wall feat HTF girls. No male gaze! Feat boys here: SOS Men of Lookism: Emergency Bathhouse Meeting | Part 2 | Part 3

Zoe covers her chest.

Slowly sinking beneath the water until it reaches her chin. Never before having any self-consciousness beyond what was healthy, she now feels unusually exposed since her reappearance.

Reluctant to join in the conversation in case her friends show any resentment at the recent arc, even if Mira, Mary, Crystal, Joy, Lua, Leonn and Sophia have been nothing but kind.

Having the How to Fight girls joining their get together should have also eased Zoe's own doubts. However, her own insecurities plague what should be a relaxing evening together.

To everyone else, it is painfully obvious how apprehensive Zoe is. In solidarity, the girls work hard to make her feel better.

"Who gives a fuck?" Gyeoul pipes up, the complete opposite of bashful. Toes only dipping in the water, body sitting on the ledge and fully exposed.

Zoe wishes she had that kind of confidence.

"Yeah, we don't care." Crystal gives a small playful splash in her direction. "It was nice to see you again. And not your fault your body was drawn like that."

All the How to Fight girls nod vigorously.

"We're proud of you for breaking out at all and having a character arc," Mira beams, words sincere and earnest, "You're an inspiration!"

Bomi grumbles something about wishing she had a personality too as Joy and Sophia commiserates with that sentiment.

Well. Inspiration was definitely a reach. Yet having the vocal support of the girls certainly did help.

"Ugh," Mary groans, blonde hair piled on top of her head and face pulled into a grimace, "I'm dreading I might get my character butchered in the Cheonliang arc... if that ever happens."

Character butchered? Rumi and Gaeul share a nervous glance.

Leonn flexes her arm with a malicious grin. Body strong and capable. A result of years of hard work. "Don't worry. If that happens I'll kick PTJ's ass."

[ardri-na-bpiteog]

sorry to my non-Irish followers who are probably tired of me ranting about Irish politics but the criticism of the Green Party frustrates me because like 80% of the time it's baseless or just straight up false. There are valid criticisms of the party, but those are almost never the ones people actually give when they say they hate the Greens.

"They focused too much on lecturing people about carpooling and things instead of providing alternatives and improving public transportation".

They were responsible for a large expansion of the Local Link rural public transportation network that introduced 65 new bus services around the country and increased weekly Local Link ridership by 430%

They reduced fares for public transportation by 20% and introduced the flat 90-minute fare of €2 in which you can transfer between buses, Luas, or DART as many times as you want within that 90-minute window for no additional charge

They secured the All-Island Strategic Rail Review which, if implemented (and it might not be now that the Greens have been wiped out) has the possibility to transform the rail network in Ireland and increase investment in passenger rail

They were instrumental in pushing the Dublin metro forward. Again, now that they're gone, I wouldn't be surprised if it gets axed

They were responsible for a huge expansion of bike lanes, active travel, and pedestrianisation around the country

They were the driving force behind feasibility studies and plans to significantly improve public transportation in Cork and Galway cities

Public transportation ridership is at record highs all around the country

"They just increase Carbon Taxes and do nothing to actually help the environment or help regular people"

The Greens transformed Ireland's forestry sector. For the first time since the foundation of the state we will be planting mostly native species that support local ecosystems rather than monoculture, non-native Sitka Spruce plantations used only for logging and that do not support native animal species

They Greens introduced micro-generation supports to pay households for their renewable energy generation

They doubled the budget to support environmentally-friendly agriculture

For the first time in 33 years, Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions decreased under the Greens

Also, Carbon Tax was introduced under a Fine Gael government, not the Greens, and is required at the EU level

Even for non-environmental policies:

They were responsible for amendments requiring 100% social and affordable housing to be built on state-owned land (Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are perfectly happy to continue to allow developers to build unaffordable housing in state land)

They delivered the first ever cost-rental schemes in Ireland in which apartments are rented out at cost and not for profit

They implemented a universal basic income pilot for artists

They introduced policies that drastically reduced the cost of childcare

They achieved all this with only 14% of the seats in the governing coalition alongside two centre-right neoliberal parties that couldn't give less of a shit about the environment.

Irish people bitch and moan about the state of public transportation in this country (justifiably) but then vote out the one party that was actually doing anything about it. Left-wing voters massively punished the Greens for going into the coalition despite almost every single actual progressive policy that came out of this coalition being thanks to them.

Now we'll likely get a coalition of FF/FG and a handful of independents that will do absolutely fuck all (at best!) for the environment and public transportation for the next 5 years. Any progress that will still happen will be thanks to things the Greens put in motion.

You deserve the government you vote for and this is what the Irish people voted for.

[bestygogirl]

BEST YGO GIRL: ROUND 4, GROUP C

Match 1

please use this as an opportunity to say why you like a character, not why you don't.

Propaganda under the cut!

Ruka

She’s a sweet little gal who can see duel spirits!!

luna/luka/ruka can see duel monsters spirits. she had a heavy burden placed on her when she was THREE YEARS OLD to protect the world of duel monsters spirits. as if that is enough to put on her shoulders, she's also sickly and oh yeah, they decided to also give a signer mark. she's three. she's on her death bed. she's expected to save two worlds. like this kid literally cannot catch a break. oh yeah, also her parents? they're never around. only person in her life is her twin brother, who is loud and that rubs against her autism in the wrong way. yes, she's autistic. do not argue with me. no i'm serious don't argue with me. lil miss luka has the failure to be diagnosed all weird little autistic girls are subjected. if she was a boy, y'all would see her autism for what it is but that's not the point of this rant. anyway her first time meeting yusei, she didn't care about his criminal mark because his duel monster friends said he's okay and that's good enough for her: the duel monsters said this criminal on her couch is a good guy! therefore acab. this is also the first time an adult has ever treated her like her thoughts and opinions matter, mostly because there was never an adult in her goddamn life in the first place (shout out to her parents for ABANDONING TWO TWELVE YEAR OLDS to their own fuckin devices). can't forget the fortune cup, where lua takes her place at first and LOSES IN THE FIRST ROUND, damaging her professional duel record (not like it matters because the writers decided it didn't matter what luka does after the series ANYWAY so who cares if her record is damaged :) ). she gets dragged in anyway and tortured by a child psychologist - classic weird autistic girl moment. during this she has a vision of the duel monster world and realizes oh yeah this is real, i'm supposed to protect this, and like. CANNOT. CATCH. A SINGLE. BREAK. aki takes an interest in luka because of her powers too! all while divine is a tool to her brother and she's forced to watch divine torture her brother :) awesome stuff. literally. cannot catch a fuckin break. next season her first duel is a loss against some weird kid from the future, and her second duel is against aporia where she literally dies (her brother brings her back to life). she is a character of untapped potential and deserves the world. vote for luka.

Anzu Mazaki

the original It Girl, very underrated anzu masaki is stubborn. she’s all about friendship and she believes in you soooo much. she’s the type to give you a lecture while picking you up because she’ll never leave you stranded but you should take better care of yourself. she has dreams of being a dancer and takes that risk in moving to whole different COUNTRY to follow her dreams. vote for anzu!!!

[lualuabestningdungie]

This is too much for me to handle

[bittergirlsworld]

never thought that a ship with my two favorite characters would upset me this much but every time I see levi x hange being shiped with each other I get mad for the rest of the day

[aesrot]

also i somehow forgot abt mangus protocol and FUCK IM SO EXCITED GRRRRRR

[triple-moon-rp]

If you ask Lua why she doesn't want to go to Heaven, she'll try to keep it short and vague with the excuse that she doesn't want to start ranting. Which is a lie, she very much wants to. Blasphemy is one of her sins after all. At least it's not her entire personality.

[asrisgratitudejournal]

Prestasi Akademik

Tadi pas di jalan apa pas di rumah ya… asa kepikiran mau nulis sesuatu. Eh tapi begitu di depan keyboard lupa.

OH! Itu si tweet tentang gimana “prestasi akademis nggak penting, yang penting itu networking, makanya banyak-banyak bergaul yang luas.” https://x.com/kozirama/status/1773108262411415994?s=20

Wow, kalimat di atas itu sangat penuh dengan… entitlement. Betul-betul orang yang entitled aja yang bisa ngomong kaya gitu: yang udah tahu gimana cara networking, dan orang itu mungkin juga memang sudah terlahir di suatu established network, baik dari keluarga atau lingkungan yang udah lumayan “bagus”.

Gimana kalau aku adalah anak dari desa terpencil di luar Pulau Jawa yang ayah-ibuku petani dan kalaupun networking dan bergaul jauh banget, lingkungan jejaringku paling mentok cuma sampai kabupaten kota aja. Itu juga karena ada anaknya kepala desa yang berhasil SEKOLAH TINGGI sampai lulus D3 dan akhirnya keterima jadi PNS di Kantor Bupati.

Itu masih mending. Gimana kalau di desa ini semua orang mikir sama kayak orang itu dan GAK SEKOLAH?? Karena mikirnya “ya gak penting prestasi akademis, yang penting bergaul aja”.

HHHHHHH.

Emosi sendiri ngetiknya (ini masih jam 2pm jadi masih panjang perjalanan shaum aku). Tapi betulan pas baca itu aku yang “HAH. Gimana. Orang ini gak pernah baca kalau pendidikan itu salah satu medium paling ampuh untuk naik kelas ekonomi apa gimana.”

Aku pun bukan salah satu pemuja pendidikan/prestasi akademis yah. Ku salah satu yang percaya: “belajar itu bisa dilakukan di mana aja, gak harus dengan degree”. Dan akupun nggak sepenuhnya kontra dengan komentar si orang itu: ku bisa sampai sini jujur karena network, bukan karena prestasi akademis. Tapi gimana aku bisa punya network yang resourceful ini, jalur masuknya dari prestasi akademis. Aku Alhamdulillah dikasih Allah rejeki untuk bisa bersekolah di sekolah bagus. Ini aku bakalan kayak telepon rusak karena udah berkali-kali ngomong ini, tapi gimana ku bisa sampai di Oxford aja sesederhana network SMA-ku. Kalau aku gak masuk SMA-ku yang dulu itu, gaakan aku punya teman-teman yang lagi ambil PhD duluan di Oxford dengan beasiswa Jardine. Ga akan aku tahu informasi tentang beasiswa ini. Ga akan aku ngebayangin dan mikir “oh bisa ya orang Indo biasa-biasa saja seperti saya ini ambil PhD di Oxford dengan beasiswa”.

Yang paling kutakutin adalah gimana orang-orang (terutama generasi muda aka gen z yang sudah mengkhawatirkan dari defaultnya ini) jadi mikir “ah apa gunanya belajar, ujung-ujungnya yang bakal berguna adalah orang dalam juga”, apalagi setelah melihat tweet orang ini dan juga Jokowi-Gibran. Betul-betul semua yang terjadi belakangan di pemilu kemarin, MK, bansos, impactnya SEGEDE ITU ke… ethical and moral devaluation (jujur ini istilah apa aku ngarang).

Ku sangat khawatir dengan gimana kita sebagai nation udah berusaha naikin skor integritas, semua seleksi udah dibuat se-merit based mungkin: LPDP, seleksi ASN, masuk PTN (ya walaupun in practice masih ada nepotisme di sana-sini, tapi at least effortnya udah ada lah ya). Terus yaudah hancur begitu aja dengan orang-orang rakus dan tamak ini yang abusing their power IN FRONT OF OUR SALAD.

Hhhhhhh. Udah sih gitu aja ranting-nya. Ku awalnya mau bahas hubungan kalau punya “prestasi akademis” akan ningkatin confidence dan bargaining power juga di network tersebut, tapi jadi panjang, beda bahasan soalnya. Intinya, kalau kita pintar dan punya specific set of skills yang orang lain gak punya, skill ini bakal berguna di networking. Jadi gak cuma bisa bergaul luas juga, tapi networknya jadi berguna dan working for us.

Paling gampang, biar gak banding-bandingin orang, ku membandingkan diriku sendiri 2019 pre-Oxford vs 2024. Sekarang ku merasa lebih pede kalau ngomong di forum manapun (termasuk di sosmed) karena aku merasa punya better agency, better credibility. Sekarang, kalau ketemu pejabat aku bisa yang “Boleh, Pak, nanti saya bantu kalau butuh konsultasi dengan saya sebagai expert, tim Bapak bisa hubungi saya aja, ini kontak saya ya Pak.” Dulu mah boro-boro ngomong sama pejabat, opportunity buat ketemu aja dikit banget. Palingan ya nonton beliau aja di depan podium, saya di belakang. Sekarang betulan yang bisa makan semeja bareng, bahas strategi negara bareng (buset siapa saya). Kalau bukan karena “prestasi akademis” yang bikin ku bisa di tempat yang lebih better sehingga network-ku juga lebih bagus, apa dong itu.

Udah itu dulu aja sebelum meledak ini kepala. Sebetulnya masih kesel banget sih. Masih ada part “gimana kalau orangnya socially awkward, punya mental health/disability yang bikin dia gabisa networking conventionally?” dan masih banyak “gimana kalo- gimana kalo” lainnya. Tapi satu hal yang kusadari, terlepas dari keabsurdan debat kusirnya, twitter ini sebetulnya tempat yang sangat bagus untuk thinking exercise. Terutama buat aku yang ternyata lebih menyala dan jalan otak buat nulisnya kalau sifatnya reaktif kayak gini lol.

Yaudah intinya lagi: PENDIDIKAN SETARA FOR ALL. Ku masih percaya sekali pendidikan itu salah satu metode paling efektif untuk mengeluarkan kita dari kemiskinan. Noni for Menteri Pendidikan gaknih (gak deh, takut, si Nadiem udah banyak yang cursing juga karena Merdeka-belajar-nya yang menurutku personally juga terlalu muluk & ideal).

Sekian

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14:29 28/03/2024