#MM are younger gen z
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forgetful-nerd · 6 months ago
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2012! Leo communicates through vines
MM! Leo communicates through TikToks
Rise! Leo has to stand between them and act like a god damn translator every time they interact.
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moonytoasted · 4 months ago
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oldest fic i've seen on ao3 was thru a video on tiktok! it was written in 1999 for wolfstar!
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celestialspritz · 10 months ago
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this is just a lil bit of a follow up to that one post @sicksadsim made which really hit the nail on the head for me about the community
i notice SO MUCH of the time that people will make artwork / cc / sims story etc that they put so much time into and really outdid themselves, and it'll get practically zero engagement because 'not everybody else is reblogging it/it's not popular, why should i?'.
mind you it is just simblr and it's probably not that big of a deal but how can we be a sims community if we're not uniting together and uplifting each other? why is it reblog the big blogs and sit on the smaller blogs? the answer to that is the community is just a big high school cafeteria and you have to walk on eggshells to sit at their lunch table.
i hate the fact that nowadays people will create things JUST for notes. i miss seeing people posting their stuff they're so proud of and super passionate about. people being frightened to post their cc preview because it's not as good as others or they used the same font as somebody, or the same editing program as another user. a similar sim style. "oh she used true mm hairs/colourful hairs she's defo copying this person" get a grip!!! who cares, why does a community for the sims of all things have to be so cliquey/gatekeeping all of a sudden?
(for the record i dont care about notes lol, i just care about making sure people, esp the lesser known blogs, know that others appreciate their contributions to the community. i know im rambling here and nothing makes sense LOL but what im trying to say is that this whole climbing the popularity ladder in sims comm is ridic. ive literally seen ppl be friends with randos just so their blog can attract more ppl. its so weird like this is NOT a business yk)
there's ppl i know who have been around probably longer than i've been alive and their stuff doesn't get much praise, and the newer, and in my experience gen z members of the community refer to them as "hags", think their style is ugly and dated, laugh at them and constantly trash them; it's hilarious considering at the same time they'll use sims veterans creations as bases for their own. it's the older simmers around us today that have kept the game/its community alive for all this time, if it wasn't for them, we wouldn't have younger fans like myself today.
all in all i just think that there is a creepy weird hierarchy in this community. it's great to uplift our favourites/most popular in the community, but don't forget the ones that started way back in 04 and the ones who are just starting out today.
we all have one thing in common and that's (hopefully) the love and joy we have out of creating our stuff. if you're feeling threatened by someone's work and you're going to be spiteful about it, then it's defo a you problem. stop the gatekeeping, the hierarchy, the cliques. it's so unnecessary and makes you look so fucking ridiculous
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lailersblogs · 1 month ago
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Weekly Journal 2:
Crocheting
Crocheting is when we create something using a crochet hook. This hobby might sound boring as it is an old people hobby, but little did they know, crocheting has become a thing for younger generations, especially Gen Z. 
At first, I saw on TikTok that people did a crochet tutorial. At first, I can say that crocheting looks kind of boring, but that time, I was really curious what other thing that crochet could do. I would not let the curiosity take over my mind, so I searched for it on Pinterest about crochet ideas. Let me be honest, everything that shows up on the page was really gorgeous and stunning! How did people have such creativity to create something just using yarn? Because of that, my interest in crocheting has grown bigger and bigger. 
One day, my passion for crochet will reach its limit. I asked my mother that time if she could buy me some yarn because I really wanted to crochet so badly. At first, she was a bit hesitant about it because she knew that her daughter could get bored easily when she tried something new. For my love of crochet, I encouraged myself that I would never get bored of it. I also encouraged my mother about it, and she finally agreed. We went to Daiso two days later, and we found lots of colourful yarn and hook. My mother bought me blue- and pink-coloured yarn with a 0.7-mm hook, and it was purple-coloured.Unfortunately, the yarn that we bought was actually an acrylic yarn, not wool yarn. But I wouldn't mind since my mother bought it for me. It was the starting point of my becoming a crocheter. 
Here is the harder part of me becoming a crocheter. I had a hard time finding a left-handed crochet tutorial on TikTok. When I search it on YouTube, of course, there are plenty of tutorials of Lefty, but it was not enough. At the end, I just learnt from crochet patterns on Pinterest. My first ever creation was a granny square bag with a sunflower pattern. I spent 1 week to get it done because I am a procrastinator. When I finished my project, I remembered the face of my family reacting to it. They did not believe that I had managed to crochet the bag even though I am a beginner. Well, I can say I am really proud of myself. 
After a month of crocheting, I would say that Im not that expert but better than before. Of course my fingers swelled a lot but I never give up.
In conclusion, crocheting has teached me to be more patient and always trust the process. It also teached me to not give up easily. I would recommend this hobby for those who love silent and indoor activity.
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lakshmi-tata-chennai · 2 years ago
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Tata Punch - The ideal Car for Indian Millennials and for Gen Z buyers
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Introduction -
Tata Motors, the Indian multinational automotive manufacturer, has recently launched its latest offering in the compact SUV segment, the Tata Punch. This compact SUV is the ideal car for Indian millennials and Gen Z buyers who are looking for a vehicle that is stylish, practical, and affordable.
The Indian car market is evolving at a rapid pace, with millennials and Gen Z buyers driving demand for cars that are both stylish and affordable. Tata Motors, one of India's leading automakers, has been quick to respond to this changing landscape with the launch of the Tata Punch. The Punch is a subcompact SUV that has been designed specifically to cater to the needs and preferences of Indian millennials and Gen Z buyers. 
In this article, we will delve into the features of the Tata Punch that make it the perfect car for the younger generation.
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The Reasons why Tata Punch is an ideal Car for Indian Millennials and for Gen Z Buyers are - 
Design -
The design of the Tata Punch is inspired by the company's Impact 2.0 design philosophy, which focuses on providing a sleek and modern look to the car. The front grille of the car is bold and imposing, giving it a commanding presence on the road. The body is muscular and sculpted, giving it a sporty and aggressive look. 
The car comes with LED DRLs, projector headlamps, and fog lamps, making it a great choice for night-time driving.
The Punch is available in six colors, including high-energy colors like Canyon Orange and Marina Blue. These colors are perfect for the younger generation, who are always on the lookout for something that is unique and stands out from the crowd.
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The Punch's interior is equally impressive, with a spacious and well-appointed cabin that offers plenty of legroom and headroom. The car's dashboard features a large touchscreen infotainment system that supports both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, along with a host of other features such as a reverse camera, climate control, and a multifunction steering wheel.
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Performance -
The Tata Punch is available in both petrol and diesel variants. The petrol variant comes with a 1.2-litre naturally aspirated engine, which produces 86 PS of power and 113 Nm of torque. The diesel variant comes with a 1.5-litre engine, which produces 90 PS of power and 200 Nm of torque. The car comes with a 5-speed manual gearbox as standard, with an optional AMT available on the petrol variant.
The Punch comes with a ground clearance of 188 mm, making it perfect for Indian roads. The suspension setup of the car is tuned for a comfortable ride, making it ideal for long journeys.
The car's powertrain delivers a peppy and responsive driving experience, with smooth and easy gear changes and a quick acceleration.
The Punch's suspension is tuned for a comfortable ride, with a well-damped setup that soaks up bumps and potholes with ease. 
The car's steering is also light and precise, making it easy to maneuver in tight spaces and through city traffic.
Features -
The Tata Punch comes with a host of features that make it perfect for the younger generation. The car comes with a 7-inch touchscreen infotainment system, which supports both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. The system also comes with a 4-speaker sound system, making it perfect for music lovers.
The car comes with a multi-function steering wheel, which allows you to control the infotainment system, make phone calls, and adjust the volume of the music system without taking your hands off the wheel. 
The car also comes with a digital instrument cluster, which provides information like fuel level, trip meter, and distance to empty.
Safety -
The Tata Punch comes with a host of safety features, making it perfect for the younger generation who are safety conscious. The car comes with dual airbags, ABS with EBD, rear parking sensors, and a reverse camera. The car also comes with a high-strength steel body, which provides superior crash protection.
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Price -
The Tata Punch is priced competitively, with the petrol variant starting at ₹5.49 lakh and the diesel variant starting at ₹6.39 lakh (ex-showroom).
This makes the car affordable for the younger generation who are looking for a stylish and practical car that fits their budget.
The car is priced competitively, making it an affordable option for Indian millennials and Gen Z buyers who are looking for a stylish and feature-packed car that won't break the bank. 
The Punch also offers excellent value for money, with a long list of features and a well-built and reliable powertrain that is sure to last for years to come.
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Conclusion -
The Tata Punch is the ideal car for Indian millennials and Gen Z buyers. The car comes with a sleek and modern design, powerful engines, a host of features, and superior safety features, making it perfect for the younger generation. The car is priced competitively, making it affordable for the younger generation who are looking for a car that fits their budget. Overall, the Tata Punch is a great choice for anyone who is looking for a practical and stylish compact SUV.
Overall, the Tata Punch is an excellent car that is perfectly suited to the needs and preferences of Indian millennials and Gen Z buyers. 
With its bold and dynamic styling, responsive powertrain, spacious and well-appointed cabin, and host of features and safety equipment, the Punch is sure to appeal to a wide range of buyers. Whether you are looking for a car for daily commuting or weekend adventures, the Tata Punch is definitely worth considering.
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acearohippo · 2 years ago
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MonkeyLotus + Lewis discover that they have become popular enough to gain a fan base. Lewis loses his shirt (heh) over the fact the he is a meme (in a good way). Ling goes on a rant about how he is an artists worst nightmare (hands? I got six of em’!) and Xuan saves countless videos and animatics. Fanfic is written. Fic is discovered. Chaos ensues. Xuan makes literal essays of thoughtful feedback. Ling subjects Lewis to a dramatic reading of poorly written smut. The internet knows no peace.
You and me, right now? We this 🤞🏼. Cause I've been on that SAME WAVELENGTH FAM. What started as a thought of "What if the review section existed in universe as a way for non-espers to safely and anonymously vent, criticise, praise, and/or make suggestions about the espers around?" And then, because it was a bunch of out-of-touch boomers who decided to make this a thing, they didn't even attempt to but any regulations on it asides from some basic censoring some curse words and body parts. So, imagine the older espers, like gen xers and older millenials, genuinely wanting to hear what people had to say about them MEANWHILE younger millenials and gen Z espers are like "FFUUUUUU- NOOOOOO!"
Cue the first ever espers union live reading of comments, and Li Ling just adamantly refusing to read a single one of his reviews. Tang Xuan is Lost™ and barely focused, Lewis is trying not to bust out laughing in front of the cameras.
"I'm actually illiterate, you ableist piece of shiii-" -Li Ling, straight faced, but flushed maroon and unable to make eye contact.
"I don't even think you'd be allowed to say half this stuff, live" -Lewis, trying to steal a sheet so he can read it out loud to test the censorship crew
"I have bore witness to a string of words I never thought to be grouped together and we, humanity, are forsakened." -Tang Xuan, Traumatised™
Them discovering fandoms and stan content related to them would be equal parts terrifying (for content featuring themselves) and hilarious (for content about their friends).
Eventually, because the trio of them are such chill and go-with-the-flow type of dudes, they'll probably jump in and add to fandom chaos! I'm talking, more fan service, random social media posts quoting lines from pretty well known fanfics, Tang Xuan sharing a crap ton of art, especially ones featuring him and Li Ling with captions like "this could be us but you're playing 🤡", and saving anything nsfw featuring him to a private account "this could be us but you'd rather impale miramon😔". Li Ling actually gets upset when artists forgo his arms, hand-drawing difficulty be damned, "Ableist, all of them! >:(" "bro, wtf is up with you and ableism?? You just learn that word or somefin?" "Besides, you can get rid of your arms at any time, that's not a disability." "Yeah?? And?? Sometimes people in wheelchairs CAN walk, we ain't taking away their wheeling privileges tho" "... I... Mm. I don't like that that is, probably, an... Acceptable comparison. " "Nah, but hard agree, why tf does that make sense?!" "It's called self-advocacy🤌🏽✋🏽👍🏽 😌✌🏽✊🏽🤙🏽"
Lewis commissions artists to draw all sorts of posters and create shirts and what not for the Fire Fists. Tang Xuan makes weekly posts covering his favourite songs and gets super stoked when they're used in AMVs featuring him. Li Ling will not touch social media because of the amount of thirst comments he gets, but he also reads every single social media post he can find on himself and will make references to them.
And the memes. Oh LORD the memes. Once the Boys get a hold of them, it's over for the Union. Or, rather, it's over for the aged Union members and an all out war amongst the younger espers.
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the-empress-7 · 3 years ago
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I'm pretty sure MM is going for the Gen Z crowd because she sees herself more as a 20 year old than a 40 year old. Shes living her fairy tale life, marrying a prince. It happens in movies, and it happened to her. But the woman in the movie was much younger.
I think alongside her body image issues. She's deeply insecure about her age. Especially when Harry's age gets brought up. She doesn't like the fact that shes 40, even more so when she doesn't feel that way. She hates the fact that she's the same age as Catherine, but Catherine has 10+ years in the royal family on her. I always found it interesting that MM style when on engagements was always more reflective of a 20-something influencer coming into a corporate job. Where as Catherine opted for coat dresses, which you don't really see in every day life. While we know outside of "work" Catherine loves long flowy dresses and sandals, she dresses young. It was such an opposite approach to work. One wanted to look way younger than she was, the other went for a style much older than she her self was.
I love reminding people that Meghan is older than William, Catherine and Harry :)
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lurkinglurkerwholurks · 4 years ago
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Sleeping at Last!! Finneas!! Cavetown, Sasha Sloane, Forrest (your soul), Feinband (Loved) #music
Oh anon, that’s so many in one ask. Oh no. Okay, let me see what I can do.
Sleeping at Last
Do I know them already?: yes | no
The name sounds familiar? Maybe?
If I don’t know them:
First song youtube took me to: Nine.
First Impression: This may have been a bad one to start with. There’s no music! No, wait, there’s the music. But it’s acoustic? And slowwww and quiet. I feel like this would be a song I might appreciate if it were already paired with a character I loved so that it gave me emotion, but otherwise, not really my jam. Also, five minutes is a long time for my attention span.
Do I like it?: Meh.
Would I listen to more from them?: Maybe? Like, it wasn’t awful. His voice was enjoyable enough, if strained and high for my tastes.
Rate (from what I heard): 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
Finneas
Do I know them already?: yes | no
Oh, you mean my 2020 obsession??? Half of the musical family getting me through quarantine?????
Favourite Song: I Lost a Friend. THIS SONG GIVES ME SO MANY BATFAM EMOTIONS ESPECIALLY REGARDING BRUCE AND HARVEY.
Least Favourite Song: Mm. I don’t like the singles not on the album as much, so New Girl, Claudia, and Angel are pretty much tied.
Favourite Album: He’s just got the one and it’s brilliant.
Least Favourite Album: None so far, because EPs are not an album.
Song that got me into them: I Lost a Friend.
Seen Live?: Not yet.
Rate: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
Cavetown
Do I know them already?: yes | no
Their song titles are so dang weird I’m trying to figure out which video is a real thing.
If I don’t know them:
First song youtube took me to: Sweet Tooth. 
First Impression: Honestly, my gut reaction was “I’m too old for this.” I feel like they’re very Gen Z or younger. But maybe that’s because this little ginger boy is a babyface? “Feel like a kid” BECAUSE YOU ARE SIR.
Do I like it?: It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t my jam. Also it was slow. Slow songs are so tricky. I’d love to hear a cover where someone punches up the tempo a bit.
Would I listen to more from them?: I was going to say yes, but then I glanced down and saw they’re also responsible for Lemon Boy and I HATE THAT SONG. So no, probably not, just on principle.
Rate (from what I heard): 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
Sasha Sloane
Do I know them already?: yes | no
There’s a Sasha Sloan on YT? No “e.” Let me know if this is the wrong person.
If I don’t know them:
First song youtube took me to: Lie.
First Impression: Oh hey yeah, this is the standard pop schlock Spotify tries to push on my Discover Weekly every week.
Do I like it?: I don’t hate it! This is the kind of music I don’t skip in the DW but also don't really remember once it’s past. (Also the lyrics are pretty unhealthy.)
Would I listen to more from them?: Maybe, if she had something more distinctive to sample.
Rate (from what I heard): 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
Forrest
Do I know them already?: yes | no
YouTube has a “Forrest.” with a period at the end. That’s pretentious.
If I don’t know them:
First song youtube took me to: Never Had
First Impression: This is a white dude?... Okay.
Do I like it?: I think so! He loves his mama, so I’m onboard for that. I spent the whole song braced for hipster nonsense, but the texture of the song was nice.
Would I listen to more from them?: Yeah, maybe.
Rate (from what I heard): 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
Feinband
YouTube doesn't know who this is.
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aprilshowers2236 · 4 years ago
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Continuity Errors
I just watched Blue Bloods S10 E19. In this episode it was revealed that Joe (Frank’s son who was killed in action fifteen months before S1 started) fathered a son with a woman he met at the Academy. Joe’s headstone stated that he was born 6th June 1977. He died shortly before his 32nd birthday (May 2009). At one point it was suggested that he was the eldest of the Reagan children, but the majority of the time it was implied that he was the middle child (older than Jamie, but younger than Danny and Erin.) One quick internet search revealed that 60 college credits or 2 years of military service is required to join the NYPD. You must be 21 years old to be an officer. So, Joe Junior should have been born in 1999. But apparently he’s 24 and a member of the firearms squad?! So are we to assume that Joe was in fact 18 years during their fling and his girlfriend Paula was three years older? It’s a major stretch-the timeline makes no sense.
It’s the same with so many shows I watch. Grey’s Anatomy is notorious for being timely-whimey. Teen dramas in particular are notorious for playing fast and loose with dates. In reality, I’m terrible at maths. But in terms of fictional worlds, I like to keep things logical. I’m a hard core fan and I have high standards. I like to think about these things sometimes, but I’ve never let it get in the way of enjoying a great content.
Of course, I know that this won’t change any time soon. Long-running shows go through numerous writers and producers over the years and new storylines are invented all the time with plenty of retcons. Authors mix up the rules of their own world. Sequels can be a law onto themselves.
Butt maybe things would be better if they kept character files for reference when developing props etc.
It is a little frustrating, especially when you are looking for details for your fanfiction. In terms of backstories here are some tips to maintain continuity, while improving characterisation in your own writing (original or otherwise.)
Write down the full name (given/middle/surname/nickname) and birthday of major characters (DD/MM/YY). What is their zodiac?Are they Milienial or Gen Z? What kind of music was playing at their first dance? What generational trends do they love/hate? Was their childhood years split between the analog and digital age? When did they first fall in love? What was their major and when did they graduate? When and where did they start work? When did they get married/engaged? When did they have kids? When did they move to their current house?
Place them in an international context. Did experiencing major historical moments in youth (wars/terrorism/recession/pandemic) influence their perspective on life? Do they have faith and which, if any, religious or cultural events play a key role in marking the passage of time?
Place them in family context. Are they the eldest, the middle or the youngest, if so, by how much? Did they have cousins of a similar age to hang around with?
Place them within the context of major events in the story. How old were they and what stage of life were they at? How long has it been since character X was in town?
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thegraftedbranch · 6 years ago
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Gravity Falls and Childhood.
Greetings and salutations, Gravity Falls fandom. My best contributions to you have been niche metas, here and here, on Ford’s arc in all its abjected glory. And now for something completely different. Something way broader.
Us late-stage Millennials (early Gen Z?) are supposedly all (re)learning that “growing old doesn’t mean growing up”, and all that Holden Caulfield kind of crap. I wouldn’t know; I outgrew my “kids’ media are whack” phase in elementary school. But I do know that Gravity Falls captures childhood uncommonly well.
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This show presents the duality of one childhood summer. Much to its credit, Gravity Falls is secret society insignias and sun-dappled pinewoods and stargazing. It’s conspiracy boards, urban decay, and a sleepy town’s whisperings of the dangerous unknown... among other (and Other) phantasmagoria. But Gravity Falls is also neon 80s/90s kitsch and tourist trap grotesqueries and pop culture references (to Disney Channel’s 2000s movie lineup, even!). It’s friendship bracelets, glitter, and watermelon residue. That’s all nostalgic too... though hardly in keeping with the show’s rustic aesthetic.
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I’ve praised the first half of this duality for presenting kid-friendly darkness and nuance we don’t see anywhere else... but the show’s next-biggest strength is its reinvention of tropes we see everywhere else. Of course its charming characters can revitalize anemic cartoon stock plots... but so can its heaps of absurdity. Because like, backwoods towns would legalize woodpecker marriage and elect mayors through some farcical avian ceremony. New Jersey would have Glass Shard Beach in its Lead Paint District. Conman caretakers, prosperity-gospel psychics, and robot-engineering hillbillies would exist in one town. The show helps today’s kids fathom our modern cultural melting-pot by being the pastiche my generation needed when we were younger.
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Gravity Falls reflects the way kids mythologize the unique rules and rituals they use to navigate a world whose silliness is Serious Business. Dipper’s fixation on what is “technically a teen”, and Mabel’s on how much trick-or-treating they have left (also, the genetically-engineered boy band joke) in particular were directly stolen from my childhood. Trufax. Adult stability destabilizes this certainty, and children’s rituals are allways dangerously at odds with adults’ rules. Kids would explore abandoned convenience stores or “steal a pie off a windowsill”, in 2012 or “nineteen-sixty something”, because at no age in history or life does anyone obey the “No Loitering” signs at the existential or coming-of-age thresholds.
(I surely don’t need to debate you fine people on whether universal patterns underlie rites of passage, amirite? Joseph Campbell’s: Mm Mm Bliss.)
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Growing up shifts one’s faith from imagination to information, and the show rightfully validates both. Just look at “Not What He Seems”, the pivotal episode about how lying to kids for their protection makes them imagine the worst of limited information until imagining better (“I trust you”) leads them to the truth. Danger is as necessary for growth as it is inevitable, and repressing it only enables it. Look at Stan and Ford’s arc, where two stubborn adults reconcile through childlike open-mindedness and mature compassion. Imagination and information have equal capacity for harm, and the truths their syntheses reveal are never simple... at least in my tunnel view. I’m cut myself on Occam’s Razor.
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Easy answers collapse vis-à-vis mystery, a mortal draw universal and particular. We all want to be elsewhere, whether we admit it or not, so I’m glad this show’s elsewhere coincides with mine: urban legends, conspiracy, unreality, ghosts, cryptids, aliens. The gorgeous backgrounds are for those of us who love the Pacific Northwest, or nature in general. The Transcendentalists knew What Was Up, fam. Gravity Falls straightforwardly conveys the greatness of all these things I liked before I had the words to explain why, because my frame of reference was wire-thin and gender roles sure suck. Adulthood is sorting out the universal of the childhood moment from the particular, appreciating both all the more.
Did this show convince me to ~live in the moment~ before it’s gone forever? Not really. But it did take me back to those evening car rides where I’d chase my eye floaters across the rolling landscape and wonder what I couldn’t perceive beyond them, or astral project to some nonexistent neighborhood or woods or beach under the same sunset. Somewhere kids could play after hours, even after the hours extended into lifetimes. Maybe even after those hours, too,
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“Dw qljkw, L jr rq erdug dqg vdb/Jrrg qljkw wr doo pb iulhqgv rq vkruh; L vkxw pb hbhv dqg vdlo dzdb/Dqg vhh dqg khdu qr pruh.”  —Urehuw Orxlv Vwhyhqvrq, “Pb Ehg lv d Erdw”
Growing up doesn’t mean growing out. It’s not razing the childhood framework, but staying grounded in it as its resonance changes yearly and you gravitate toward higher things -which puts the “fall” in Gravity Falls. In the paracosmic scheme of things, I’ve seen no better children’s cartoon except Over the Garden Wall. Summer’s over, but this meta series isn’t.
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marianainfotechsolutions · 3 years ago
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What’s The Big Deal With iMessage? Check Out the Ultimate Guide!
The “Green Bubble” fact is back in the headlines right now. After several leaked accusations that Apple takes advantage of its iMessage platform to exert “pushing and bullying as a way to sell more products.” iMessage started in 2011, and you will see examples of memes dating back and anti-green bubble tweets just about as far as the app has kept going. It is hardly a new face popping up in many pop culture hints for years. Many readers might think about what the iMessage confusion is all about, along with why they keep hearing about a thing they never use. In this, we will discuss what the iMessage fuss exactly is!
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Blue And Green Bubbles – Explained!
If you are going to catch up on the saga right now, when you send text, photos, and videos to other iMessage users, Apple’s default messaging app shows a blue bubble. These messages use your mobile data or wi-fi connection but, otherwise free to receive and send.
The app shows green bubbles when we communicate with non-iMessage users, like Android users, and get back to SMS/MMS for text messages, images, etc. While SMS (short message service) is continuously unlimited in the USA (United States of America) and European phone plans, it is not about the entire world. So, A few iPhone users might have to pay for sending text messages to their Android friends. It depends on their carrier limits. Media may also be crammed when sent as MMS.
If we communicate from iMessage to iMessage, it has its advantages. Messages are encrypted, and the messaging app also shows notifications while reading and typing. On another side, Blue bubble iMessage customers take advantage of features you may identify from WhatsApp and other services, while green bubble does not. In comparison, unharmed sounding on its own. This fewer feature parity has inspired some iPhone customers to rebuke their green bubble contacts.
Does iMessage Fit in The Big Picture? If Yes, Where?
To put our discussion in some plan, iMessage is a little far from the most highly used message app on a global level. The title belongs to WhatsApp, with approximately 2 billion monthly active users (in October 2021), followed by WeChat (1.2 billion), Facebook Messenger (1.3 billion), Q.Q. (591 million), Telegram (550 million), and Snapchat (538 million). Unluckily, no unlimited data for iMessage exists here. Some calculations advise close to 1.3 billion users. But as iMessage, the default SMS app in the iPhone, any user that gets just plain old spam or a text message could be counted in those numbers.
Trends from November 2021 approved a diverse range of using messaging apps in the world. We also know that WhatsApp claims the most use in 53 countries, expanding in India, Europe, and South Africa. In Chine, WeChat is the platform of choice. As well Viber is very popular in Greece, Bulgaria, and Ukraine, and Telegram is a highly used app in Spain, Argentina, and Israel. Even in the U.S. (United States) that is the home of the iPhone, Facebook messenger is the most famous messaging app there. According to a survey from June 2020, 32% of American adults used Facebook messenger, 20% used Instagram, 17% of adults used iMessage, and the rest 12% used WhatsApp. A famous universal app such as WeChat, Telegram, and Viber barely registered with 2% each.
iMessage – Teenage Sensation of United States!
The fact to understand the green bubble phenomenon has found in a specific survey that was organized by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. This research highlights the massive boost in recent U.S. iPhone sales in the 18-24 age group of adults. For example, Gen Z iPhone acceptance has jumped from 47% (in 2018) to 74% (in 2021). Internal research of Apple claims that iPhone users primarily use iMessage that is around 85% of users. Still, iMessage American users continue to grow. This is mainly so in the younger age group.
Conclusion
In the above guide, we have discussed iMessage. Also, we have learned what green and blue bubbles exactly are and their specifications. According to the survey, we are now aware of every messaging app that countries adults are using. Mainly, iMessage is overgrowing among the American people.
Source:https://act4office.co.uk/whats-the-big-deal-with-imessage-check-out-the-ultimate-guide/
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Clone Wars        Slaves of the Republic
Chil-dren
     Children are slaves
     Contin        -uing          on,                  That’s            Kin             da-
     Narrator
  (smarter than Anakin)
   It hasn’t been for several years           though right?
  Z-y      ger-i         a-  
  Seriously         you guys co -exist       and have a giant council,
    How did no one       notice this shit?
   Also if they’re         Sep-ar            Tist-             -      they have a   govern     -ment-
   So, is this some kind of   iron   curtain?
  Se-      riously?        -         How?
Also why is     Rex       or Cody?      —       Okay, seriously what is up with the    uniform?          -        Where’d you even get that from?
    There’s one dude,
   And if it was from like a secret         stash of disguises?
    Wouldn’t that be          several years          out of date?
   Like,      What?           -        You’re better off not doing the    dis-guises
    Also, geez a lot of assumptions like one       extremist made a claim and now the whole planet has the       burn           ...     Like seriously it’s in      char-        acter,
   But this means Obi-Wan was only agreeing with her because he knows her personally
    (’Her’ being            Man-             dal             Or              Ia             N       Duchess,’)
   Those are    ships
   What- music-
    Why?
 The music is just      nope,
   Bor        der-        Ing-          On-         .        Seriously     why is he here?           .          What is with the          clothing ?
       Why?
        Seriously, how is that going to           fool anyone,
         They’re-
       I don’t like the lack of logic            already in this episode,
  Why?
  ‘you’ll be so distracted by that she won’t notice that we completely invaded her kingdom wearing the uniform (possibly 10 years out of date) of her guard and do not at all look like a species
        Or anyone     she hi       -re         -d
     (And somehow     won’t get stabbed to death)
  Oh, 
   And       Ahsoka,
   Sl-ave
    Y-eah,
    Also why is       she wearing face coverings?
   Like, didn’t seem to be a       custom?
    Odd         Dis         guise
    (I guess anything covering features would         give her less of a chance of being           recognized)
      (Yeah but you know more about the emotions involved,             And probably would be better acting at it)
           Ma-ster
             No,
           Damn      she just scorch     ed his teaching
         Boomers,             Don’t know                  shit
            Why is it                  blue?
            Why is there a               dragon thing?                     -  
I don’t know     Ah-soka why don’t you ask the     clone you’re work      -ing with,              Or remember how they raised you for the sole purpose of serving their system
     Fighting for it
      This
  Oh great   did she tell you that information  ?
    (Instead of         y’know        fixing the damn problem,”
       Yeah,            Sucks,
      Oh they actually        brought that up,
     Okay, I deduct that point           (Slight               ly,)                -                Invit            -ation                  -                 Fair
          Brig              -and
         Again what makes them think that this is anything more than an        extremist ?
        Like, how is that        important?
       Halt,
     What,
     That          thi-ng,                ?
        Again           what?
           ?
   Also yeah the uniforms look      significantly different?
       That mean              anything?
        Again
        Oh, so those            birds are native ?
        Or, Other            Wise-
       Se-        riously           what?
       Not exactly how         attraction works,           Which I think is          what they were trying to             imply there,
      There needed to be more of a       look over-              Or                Him      taking off his hat               (For that                gasp reaction,)
            Also yeah        a newly minted slave would totally                   bow,                      To their oppressor,
               That’s                   something Anakin,                  should be doing,
               Ah, did you not send from                        your-self?                          That would’ve been more of a rea-lis-      tic scene for        the drinks line,
     Ha-           tred             -          Yeah no this is a really bad       job,
     Yeah, there’s no way       she’s falling for this,
  ‘This is he      he’s cute so I’ll play along,
      There’s, no other way this     isn’t ending with a dagger to a neck,
      Wa- rrior
      Oh she’s      talking about Ana                             -kin
  Stock,
  Again he literally sent you the    whole population of the planet,
   So, I don’t think he was that       specific,
   You know   it’s a good thing         Ahsoka’s as an adult            Because this would be highly      disturbing with any other      alternative..
   Also I guess that kind of makes sense as           the shock wearing off 
     but she definitely wouldn’t be that wild,
     Mo-
     Pro-cessed
    Yeah there’s      no way lady is falling for this,
    That’s     got dragged into it        temperament,
     Point,          It’s           Not-
     It’s         not          fitting        ‘ I know you’re         bull-     shitting me,”
    Her,
  Yeah there’s      no way,      she’s falling for this,
   (Anyone   would probably have a let’s see      where this leads,
   This-            Isn’t             It-
      You know this flir-            ting is better than anything that happens with    Padme-
       Like     it’s at least got the tone       -right
     Good
       But also no
      She’s significantly older than him and...  toxic,
       I’m going with     tox        -ic          -         Also- yeah 
   Anakin is definitely a lot better       at this-
 Ah-       soka          -            Not          even bothering        with it,
      Ai
         Again,       Why is this so much better than anything with       Pad-me,
  Like it’s toxic          -     but it holds them both accountable,
  Generally a lot      better writt          -en
   (Hopefully they were going for they don’t actually love each other      they just like breaking the rul-es)
   Because-       I can’t see it as any       -thing          else          Now,
   (Or even then,)
     Da-          Mn-
  W-e
  Yeah dude      it’s clear that she’s faking,
   What’s a        Hutt?
   Mm
  What?
  Also yeah no one questioned them about their     human appearance-
   Why-
 Ob-vious
  Also, yeah what are they even doing     bury-ing them alive,
         Why-
        Obi-Wan acts a lot more sus instead of just staying down in the pit with him under the guise of screwing with a prisoner
        Also yeah      I can’t blame him,
           She’s an adult
  Bru-tal
     Tox          -ic
       Also,           You          figured out the price between you two                That   should be     a lot more dramatic,
     They’re adults.
       Gi-
       Also yeah        no way she’s falling for that           -                 Also yeah   where did his name come from?            -          Like did they give an           alias at some point?           -         Cause is Lars just seems to come out of the air-
   [they told them that they knew said dude, Anakin talked with the queen but I can’t- but he didn’t mention her name-
      Me
     Again this is pretty good 
   though the tone did drop there a little,
   She’s        screwing with him-
     Yeah,          I’d be worried about him drinking the Kool-Aid right about now         too
     [he already drank the Generational Overstep one           ]
    We-ll
   P-
  Holo-
  What       -       Sl-        aves        -       Uhm,
   Sucks          . .      that he decided to enable that shitty system
    Accoun-    tability is always better,
    But if he dies the system of his        own making it his own fault,
      ?
      -  also yeah     now we’re sussing out the human targets,
         Ye-ah
 Yeah       no she’s definitely fucking with them,
   Also you’re telling me they didn’t notice him from the       white republic ass       robes?
      (Or did they just          give that to him?)
     Sub-mission
     Yes      she’s right,
  Mhm, loving this ro-     ast of Kenobi right now,
     It’s still said by a         worse enable
     So not too sweet
      But it      hits a spot,
       Any          way,
      Aight
Well isn’t this Anakin’s fantasy,     finally his anger out on his abuser              (Vent-ing)
           Hm,
           Yea-
             O-k
             Ok
            Seriously that is damn light
            Call-ing him a                   boomer
              Then they’re both enabling old Gen                     So pretty past the                  redemption mark,
                 But,                    Still,
Cath,arsis      is nice,  
B-ack
 W-h
 Yeah,        see      she      knew          it      was        bull,         shit-
    D-ie
   Wh-elp-           -          A more realistic relationship                   (toxic)
              High                  -                  Well
(Also when did the      clone get back?)
        Well,
      Also R2-D2 has the capabilities of a           projectile              launch                -er                  -               G           -uard                -              A-i
        Whe-
       Whe-n?
       Okay?
      D-amn      
      A-gain
      Exp-ression going a little          Looney Tunes        the-           re-
     (I should be able to read           their ex-           pression,”
]
 How?
  Did      that?
   She wasn’t wearing a     shock collar,
   And we didn’t see her gets sent to processing with that kind of thing would be implemented,
   Ser-
    Oof           -          Rex?           -        Freckin         down,
     Oof,
   W-h-         elp
   Again     emotion?
        [what’s              the           emotion?]
      W-h                  Oh-    
       I thought that was         pretty neat~ 
       Th-em      
      Da-mn   
     Also,             friends,         His       poisonous        en-abler          who        groomed          him          to            be          a child soldier,        And someone from a        younger       generation,         Who he groomed to be a child soldier,           Great         freck           ‘in           friends,               W-    
     Hey, that’s              some thing,              Mis-             s-             ion             .    
      Again has anyone been taking the mission        seriously            .         ever?         ..         At any point?   
     Anakin‘s been hecking around with this                      Obi-Wan decided screw            Subtlety, and went for             one guy,    
        And Ahsoka’s been been            be               grud               G                    Ing                        Ly                       -                      Putting                         up                      with                        it-                        ...                    Gen                          eral                         . . .                          Ser                          -vant                              -                                 Okay the tone just went into                               gar-                                 g-                               ,ling                               marbles,                                  And the                                   expression                                          is                                   neutral                                     (at                                      best)                                                                            What                                         the                                         hell?
   (Seriously why whenever Anakin‘s unfortunate childhood            it turns into gargling marbles?
        Like I can’t even tell what               emotion that is
     Either way    it’s just not how people talk,           Voice possibly getting         lower,          Not         what th             is- is
She is right - he has enabled a terrible system and continue(s - to be Obi- wan and the Council’s         bitch         (Non   identification          term,)
       Me
      Power
 Hey, no     difference from Obi-Wan,
      Great,
       Here,    The Boomer bait     Obi-Wan gave me,     Promising a place in      their screwed up           Future,       That I traded it then          Future            Now             Present              Ahsoka      ’s           (Chance)         at          A            Non-       (Completely)        Feck      -e-d              Child                 hood                 For,                  Thank       -s
   (Totally not a servant)
      Despite the      very conditional nature of         that agreement
              Also I real-ly like what they did there,      Anakin not being a slave         (Like he       said,
      Like in childhood)
              Now just being        a willing          servant,
        Really showing the         Modi    -cum      Of         Diff        er        en         ce         Be-tween    Being unwittingly       ordered         into it,                  And      (continued)     choosing to           enable it
       Fri-en          d-s
         Well that’s better for Ahsoka than literally anything Anakin and Obi-Wan have done for her
         Con-stantly              putting her in harms way-
         (Not giving a shit       about the child soldier thing)
          Great
          Why?
I don’t   honestly don’t get the idea behind the get up
As seen none of the   other     [of her     species]      Is     wearing     similar   get up
 Just-      doesn’t        add       up,-
  Aight
   Seems-         fine-  
     More hassle to get        food and water and        everything else up there to be        quite honest,
    Also seriously what is up with the wildlife?
   Like we have the cute        squishy things?
   And then        these?
    How?
   Promised
    Also,      That really     didn’t sound        too malicious         ...      Don’t get me wrong I think      I know what they’re trying to imply,
   But dude here’s suffering from          Clovis syndrome,
    Aka the tone just isn’t       carry          -ing           —-           There doesn’t seem to be any   malician     .behind what he just said,
   Like dude sounded like he said      “mine” as in mine for       board game night,
   “sk         -ug,”         Ok,     that’s Malacian      but it’s not the        right        kind,
       That just sounds          mildly offensive
                Non                    committal
                 Doesn’t really connect with    the tone of the previous sentence,
    Which was         like;           ‘The queen has promised you to me       how do you feel about it?’
      That, just coming            out of nowhere,
         Not carrying
        W-help
         A-         Ight-
         Not even             -consistent
           Like seriously,
       If you’re going to do a flat character              like that;
            At least try to do it                consistently;          Like dude went from “lust”, (I’m assuming it seems more like self-  conscious/doubt) to me then off-hand        Passive aggressiveness, then       Disciplinary,         Without so much          Of a pre-            empt       (Not        prompt,)                We never saw that        conscious          -ness               turn                to           aloofness,               Then cold rage,              pushing the button                   no shift,                     Only                impromptu                    jump,
            Shame would’ve been interesting if Ahsoka had a Clovis like friend,
            (I don’t know                  his age,)
                Again,
                Re-action?
  What am I supposed to feel          what, emotion is that
       I have           no clue,
      Well,         Why?
   [Why-
       ?
     Who is        this guy?
      A slave           owner/buy               -er?
        Whel-
        We’ve       found them
         No you were brought to them            -by force-
          Also where is the dude              that was just in a chair?
            Where?
           [also wow for Rex this must feel a                return ho                              me-
    Oh-but-
     Okay, not gonna          question it,
        Jedi
         -             Also yeah that was the question what their education of their youth actually is like
   *Groom            Ing
      Like the      propaganda        must be         damn          thick,
         As well as         the child abuse                    (If this is the state of society and seeing how they can see another         adult human being              (Sen             -tient)                 Yeah there’s no way those kids are in good condition,
            Also this dude comes off as such a              doof,
              Like not even remotely intim-              idating-                      -                  Well,                   Fuck
(Also yeah I’m pretty sure the         queen is going to be real fucking pleased that you just wasted a bunch of        stock
 Of a trade that is just getting back up and running again
 Also yeah     Kenobi really fucked this one up      -     His job to find them-       Fecked that      up-          -          Atten       -tion               -           Worst. way to get        attention         ever,
      You
  See, they’re specifically doing this to        mess with him-          -            De-fy
   And Obi-wan was then     allowed to wander off,
   While dude     spun the wrong way in his chair,
      Wh-
      Wh-at
      Why?
     Rom-antic     ?
    Lady that’s like pointing and saying you were once an abuse victim weren’t you?
    Like, very likely
  With the council, the clones            At least two slave               states                 (Planets)
       I think the only way you could get                 “vagu-er”                       Is saying                 child soldier,                       Sl-ave
  Being a slave      doesn’t make you       naturally virtuous,
    With      abusers,      it makes you pissed off
      Others,          Ty-pica               ll           y            Fine,
   But again that’s not guaranteed,
   Ex-abuse victims can still enable the abusers-
       And-
   [There’s just a lot of problems with this that I’m kind of     gargling,]
    Point being you can’t tell      something like that,
    And      suffering doesn’t make you more       virtuous,
          (Just means normal human decency stand out a lot more in the   darkness of degeneracy,
        Any,            Way,
   Groom         Ing
    Oh
   So they are actually       fram-          ing that it’s a bad thing,
     Good, cause it is
  Obi-Wan is a grooming frick
   And Ahsoka is a child robb         -ed of her child-            hood-
      By the council and implied to be              by Anakin              (Who did nothing and enabled it long past the point of        return,)
      Self-
     And literally        every-one             else                 (Inc-luding              the abuser        as we just saw)
         Self-           destruction            (and           enabling                it)             is a shit time,
             Be            Absolutely nothing besides a toxic enabler      upon a pile of rubble,
   It’s damn       useless,
    Oh, that’s almost           flirt              Ing-
That’s really dramatic music        for FLYING Frogs,
        Stay
        Again, he’s not       terribly opposed to this,
    -it
    Again, that came out of nowhere
    Like Anakin slavery hangups are the equivalent of an           on and off switch
     * Note, a reason.                To,              Slavery is bad         objectif             ication of other humans is bad,               Don’t do it,
          I called them hangups just to denote the fact            that there never anything,                  im-portant,                consistent or some thing he sticks by,
             Being perfectly fine with this        flirt      -ing        off the clock
    With a sl             -aver             -             Only occurring at random with no reuniting theme
         And literally just sounds like the writers,             Shou-ting-               “ Hey guys remember Anakin was a             slave?”
           Yes and while that can cause            rush-es of             e-motion
            None of that                 is shown,
            We don’t see Anakin clenching his fist and it building up that resent       -ment-
         We don’t see him fighting              the idea,                 that the            Jedi just use him,                 Like his               old slave                master-
                We don’t       see any emotion,
              It’s just dull
              Not like an emotional dull
              Like an unemotional one,
                            There’s not        h-ing
                            Which is a shame because there should be a lot of emotion here-
         And there’s not-
     She’s          Right,
     And Anakin is an          inhuman        abomination,            That can’t even           manage an emotion,
     (Might want to try          someone else)
        Really?
        Because he hasn’t managed a single emotion or       conflict this entire time,
        Unless you mean biologically complicated in that case yes how the feck does this man work?
        Adult people are             very emotional,              Dude can’t          even manage a bit of it
   - His expressions        are damn atrocities
      (Of logic!)
     (And        ,empathy)
   Again      Emotion,
  Well I will give this episode the benefit,        It’s the episode that got things the            closest thing to right             (Greivous’s lair,           Not          withstanding)                In terms of tone, 
       Near the middle
    (Before promptly          coming crashing down to the ground,)
     Unfortunately considering the rest of the episodes that isn’t really high  praise
      The thing about tone is I need to be able to understand what emotions your char-acters are feeling and being por-tray-ed in about every scene,
       And,           You can’t cut corners
       And hav-ing switching emotional        moods            With             out              pre            empt              or under-              standing,
        Still passing the threshold of being a              good story;
          -Co-herent tale that can be followed
          - doesn’t normalize        problematic or self-destructive                   Behavior
         However not one of a fun story;
       Leaving me with the persistent fee-      ling of chew-            Ing metal
      Mildly      irritating,        Clunky,          And not the least bit entertaining        or of any value                 (Much)
     That it has yet to          rise above
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