#TRY. NOT. TO. CHUD. IT. UP.

[diamondnokouzai]

"Well, ah, stay safe and try not to chud it up." Recorded to Lawnchair Larry in 1982.

[spitblaze]

This is going to sound mean but I mean this in the most sincere and compassionate way I possibly can:

If you see a comment on the internet that is transphobic towards your group and your first assumption is that the person who wrote it is a different kind of transgender and not cis, especially if that comment is completely removed from all context or anonymous, no avatar or username or anything, take that as a sign to log off for a few days or pick up a new hobby.

[pandoratheprocrasticreator]

oh yeah also if i criticize something about the toh finale and you swoop in and say "well it was shortened which means youre not allowed to give it any criticism" ill kill you. but if i criticize something about the toh finale and you swoop in and say "yeah the toh crew are horrible at running a show because the final product didn't touch on every single thing the fandom collectively made up in their heads" ill also kill you. so idk try to find something in between.

[macrotiis]

Tbh I thought gooning was something related to boofing, does it really just mean sex?

Disappointed.

[funnyshark]

i grew up watching anti-sjw content in french and remember trying to make friends with some chuds asking everyone "yall hate le wokisme" omg they bullied me so hard

(google "bob l'eponge meme" if you don't get the reference)

[voltaspistol]

Stop coming up with superficial, performative ways to try and quietly signal your wokeness, you're only giving bigots new ways of hiding in plain sight. Instead, just wear the fucking N95 or K95 masks that the CHUDs are so adamant are part of some bizarro scheme to de-oxygenate their brains, and actually do some tangible good by not spreading Covid and other viruses, as well as normalize use by the disabled and immunocompromised.

[mytheoristavenue]

Incel!Gyutaro who has to hear about all your sexual conquests and short lived relationships. He always rolls his eyes at how nonchalantly you talk about break ups. Until one day, you come to his dorm absolutely distraught. A guy you'd really liked was cheating on you and then he dumped you.

"Jeez, I don't think I've ever seen you cry." He sneers at first, annoyed by being interrupted from his super important game. Then he notices that your hair is messed and you make up looks old. You're always put together so this was a major red flag. "Hey, wait, you're not actually that upset are you?"

All it takes is a nod for him to pull you into his chest, hold you against him. The gesture is so sweet, you can ignore the stale scent of his overworn shirt. "Listen, don't let that fucking chud get you down okay? You dodged a bullet, he probably has a fucking disease."

You tell him you genuinely liked this one and he softens up, petting your hair as he pulls you into his lap. "I know you did..." He sighs. "Don't know why you did but I know you did."

You cry to him for hours, letting him just hold you. You feel bad, knowing he likes you and that your forcing him into an awkward situation. You consider apologizing when you notice he's on his phone. Is he even listening?

It's then that you realize, he's on your ex's Instagram, stalking it, sending him ominous texts from a burner account that read like "Careful getting into your car after you get out of the gym." And "How's it going (full government name), (social security number) who lives at (full adress) with (list of roommates by full government names)?"

You can't help but smile. At his core, Gyutaro is sweet. Very creepy and likely to commit an act of mass violence if he doesn't get laid soon, but sweet none the less, at least to you.

"Don't sweat it, babe," He says, brows furrowed as he tosses his phone to hold you tighter. "No matter how these smooth brained douchebags treat you, I'll always be here for you."

"You really care about me, don't you?" You finally ask, tearing up, trying to bat them away.

"I guess so." He shrugs nonchalantly. "No other girl I'd do this shit for 'cept for Ume."

When had he becomes so cool? Since when could he make you feel anything other than pride when you teased him?

You softened further, hugging back even tighter, beginning to to cry again, abusing the leverage you had over him to make yourself feel better. He didn't mind that much, that was your dynamic.

"Shhh, it's okay, babe. I got you now."

[asha-mage]

I have largely said nothing about Veilguard because I am not, by nature, a hater and if I have nothing good to say I try to avoid saying anything. And also because watching a beloved franchise (and a huge ground breaker for LGBT rep for me personally and games in general) utterly crater brings me nothing but heartache.

But with the news I feel like this at least needs to be said: this is not the fault of BG3, or "woke", or whatever other excuse annoying chuds want to trot out. To a limited extent it's not even really the fault of the industry- at least no more so than usual. Bioware has been on this trajectory since Inquisition. They had ten years to turn things around and they didn't. Instead they chased trends and fairytales and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow called "live service" and never considered they might just need to stick to what worked and tell a good story.

All the while they were shedding more talent and more passion until we ended up with Veilguard. The fulfillment of the promise of Inquisition: a cynical triple a cash grab meant to appeal to everyone and so appealing to no one. A game that ignores the most interesting rich parts of it's setting to serve up a calorie free action RPG that manages to say absolutely nothing about the ideas at the heart of the Dragon Age series.

No one deserves to lose their job and layoffs are an unethical bloodletting to please investors, but things didn't have to go this way. The rails had come off with Inquisition but it wasn't too late to prevent a crash.

Instead they barreled full steam ahead. And we ended up here.

[alien-wooliee]

While doing my monthly rewatch of Hbomberguy's 4 hour plagiarism epic, there was one specific thing that stuck out to me- the idea of commentary youtube content farms. Like, we all know that content mills exist, right? But I think it's so interesting just how much of YouTube has been overtaken by vaguely right-wing chuds who post shitty and stupid documentaries on the current popular drama of the week.

They all have the exact same editing style- so much of the time they're just like "What happened to Scrinky Fuckbo?" With dramatic fade-ins and outs, all read out in a voice that sounds like someone trying to do a cartoon nerd impression. So much of the time, people just hop on and commentate about the current big thing, without adding anything unique to the table, and it's so, so boring.

So many times, these channels pick out random tweets with, like, 3 likes and 1 retweet, and say "These people are ATTACKING so and so!" in their titles and thumbnails, which always are so obnoxious to look at. The fact so many of these channels were a part of the anti-sjw crowd years ago also isn't lost on me- it's like they never really grew to believe in empathy, and simply see every situation as a way of making money while tossing the most ingenuous ivories the way of the people actually affected.

The amount of this content farm slop on YouTube is insane to me, and the fact that so many people get their big bucks from either commentary or 'video essays' that do the bare minimum research and get sponsors up the wazoo says a lot about how so much of the time, conservatives just want to constantly have their beliefs reinforced. I'm not saying I'm immune to this, either! I've found myself in a bit of an echo chamber that I'm trying to break out of, after all- but I feel like there's a difference between an echo chamber reaffirming the fact that capitalism destroys lives, and an echo chamber that reaffirms the idea that all trans people are insane lunatics who should be put down. Of course, I'm hyperbolizing somewhat here, but the idea still remains.

So many of these videos feel vaguely sinister as well- they all go over the 'personal flaws' of each person involved, and it just feels like they're vagueposting bigotry whenever it comes to something like a queer person. Take, for example, that infamous SunnyV2 video about Mr Beast, where he claims that Ava Kris Tyson being trans could tank his gains. You don't seriously think that, Sunny. You just wanna throw shade at a trans person for existing.

tl;dr I hate commentary youtube and the fact it always pushes these videos into my recommended feed.

[tls12lessthan3]

kim dokja is like my conniving eunuch. hes the member of my household always creeping around trying to bring about my downfall through nefarious means to me. hes behind me when im sitting on my throne (desk chair) muttering about how a lord so illustrous as me should acquire more concubines (start another webnovel) in order to properly show off my status to the peasantry and other lords, and that i needn't fear about the household expenses (how late its getting and how early i need to wake up for work tomorrow) because he's got it all in hand (he does NOT have it in hand). he's sneaking into my bedchambers at night to whisper poisonous thoughts in my ear that cause a suspiciously familiar suicidal ideation man to appear in my mind come morn. he's turning my stupid chud heir against me.

[dailyadventureprompts]

Therapy Vs. Power Fantasy

Like a sage delving through cursed tomes to discover lost truths I recently I stumbled into some of the danker corners of the internet and abzorbed some absolutely vile takes. One of the recurring themes that popped up was people with rancid personal beleifs taking aim at the newer generations of TTRPG players (d&d and otherwise) for finding personal meaning or catharsis in their games, and how these new gamers were spoiled children who were getting overinvested.

Of course, they contrasted this "bitch" behavior there's a lot of other mysoginistic, homophobic, and ableist slurs they like to throw in when youtube TOS isn't looking with the badass way they play the game, like they've been doing ever since they were kids, like they still do in their playrooms mancaves away from all those pissbabies and girl feelings.

This got me thinking, specifically about power fantasies, how vunrability relates to art, and how repressed men are terrified of seeming weak, and how the early d&d lore is laregely based around childhood or adolesent fears.

The tie between media illiteracy and conservatism is nothing new. To enjoy art, you have to open yourself to it, to the chance of elation or disapointment or challenge, to let it resonate with you in ways you can't nessisarily predict or control. The fascist conservative only likes art that reinforces who they perceive themselves to be, strokes their ego, and confirms their biases about how the world should be.

It's very telling then that when you see chuds talking shit about younger d&d players, they often throw "therapy" around as an insult, because much in the same way that art can touch something inside you, therapy is about challenging your ingranned self image, toxic ego, and beleifs... all things that chuds consider vital to their sense of self.

This is not to say that a power fantasy can't be theraputic: a good portion of my own writing is about vicariously smashing broken systems and ousting the corruption of the world.. but there's a fundimental difference in the power fantasy of raising your fist against unjust power and the fantasy of being the boot inflicting that power downwards on those you dislike.

What the chuds are trying to do here is use d&d (or whatever OSR itteration they've decided to parasite this week) as a balm for their insecurity, not ask questions about WHY they're scared of being weak, or what strength really is, but to have a space where they can larp as being the ubermench real MEN they've always fallen short of IRL.

They're people who were bullied and ostrasized, and like good little bootlickers they've decided that the only thing wrong with their abuse was that they were the ones on the reciving end. Part of the reason they're so upset that this new generation of players is so "woke" is because the "woke" players refuse to put up with them being assholes, dening them the chance to establish themselves as the new top-rung in the abuser hierarchy.

Also, before I sign off, mad love to my friends in the OSR community, I know you have to put up with an above average number of these dipshits and while you prefer a different style of game to mine I know we're all fighting the good fight for a better, more welcoming TTRPG hobby.

[guiltiest-gear]

"Um acktually [insert non-firefox browser] is better than Chromium" Actually shut the hell up it's fucking Chromium, it's all fucking Chromium

Opera, Brave, Vivaldi, whatever fucking browser you can name, it's all fucking Chromium, they even fucking put Chromium on the desktop with Electron

Use firefox or a fork of firefox goddamn

I am no longer asking

If any of you Chromium boot-licking chuds try and defend anything Chromium-related I will block on sight

Double goes for the Apple boot-licking chuds who try and talk about Safari

Here's download links to useful and actually up to date firefox forks (and of course vanilla firefox)

The vanilla:

The hardened fork:

Even more hardened fork:

Edit: Palemoon has been removed due to citations of security issues

Use firefox, shut up about Chrome and Chromium, fucking die you stupid fucking Chromium feds

[twisted-wonderland-but-gayer]

hai prev anon who would outlash on the nrc cast here :3 The fallout and inevitable re-bonding (due to forced circumstances ahem ahem) would be so awkward i'd just end up going non-verbal or extremely passive-aggressive ngl...

Ngl imagining the script get flipped on them and they're now in Yuus world.

Bonus if Yuus world isn't normal earth. Maybe its a more military world. An apocalypse. An RPG world. A dangerous in the wild/survival of the fittest sorta world.

They have to suddenly learn a new language and culture very quickly. They don't have any ID or support systems for them. They have no family. No familiarity. The food isn't the same. No background/fundamental knowledge of the world. Their currency is null. Their future is shaky. They have to figure out a place to live. And they don't have any autonomy for themselves cause they don't exist.

All the luxuries they took for granted gone. They're getting sick so easily because germs are different. Their attitudes don't work in this world. Even with their magic people won't take them seriously or they get in huge trouble for using it. Hell, people would probably be anti-magic and not trust them in most cases and now they have to deal with discrimination and bullying Yuu faced. If yuus world doesn't have beastmen or merfolk or fae imagine how people would look at them or treat them

Maybe they're in school in that world too and another layer of social pressure is on them.

Riddle snapping at Yuu comforting them and going "You don't get it! I am being treated like an idiot and have been talked down to since my time here. I was a straight A student and now I'm lucky to pull a C! This is unacceptable and humiliating! Everytime I try to learn something new I'm told it's basic knowledge and 'where have you been?' I don't speak correctly with my accent! I don't get the jokes or references and have been outcasted by everyone! And now I have to worry about food today! How do you know how I feel?!"

"... That was everyday of my life in Twsited Wonderland..."

And it dawns on Riddle of all the times that he probably made Yuu feel like this and the full extent of how they felt. He's at least lucky because he has a guide.

Malleus mentioning he feels powerless here and Yuus like "yeah?"

Azul feels like its middle school all over again and is hating it here and now he doesn't even known if he can make a business either. It must be different here and how can he buy any building?!?!

Ruggie at least had an identity in his world but now he doesn't even have that— how will he get a part time job!?

Floyd's antics seldom work now. He gets in huge trouble.

Deuce is crying cause he misses his mom, and she must be so worried cause he ALWAYS calls her and when he tries to call her on Yuu's phone, it just says the number doesn't exist.

Cater doesn't even have a phone or if he does it's null and even when he gets one he doesn't get the meme culture.

Idia realizing he has to go out and do things because he doesn't even have the tools to build stuff/automate stuff and he's going to have to make some money. He can't be a shut in and it's so unaccommodating for someone like him. What if Yuu was like him and their situation didn't let them be?

And since I'm unfortunately playing Tokyo debunker again imagine them in Darkwick academy?? Filled with monsters and dangers and the Captians of each dorm are unhinged. So many students out to get them, having to go on dangerous missions and seeing corpses, blood and gore. I mean Taiga literally threatens a gun on you and is serious about pulling it multiple times. There's a medical malpractice dorm. There's a casino, a bar, a fight club, an anomalous diner, an entire dorm dedicated to delinquents (not Savanah chuds) that's also a garage. There's anomalies on campus that they'll have to learn to deal with. Them thinking they're the shit and tough being faced with people that are actually about that life, cause a student that has sold their soul to a demon truly has nothing left to lose when you get in a fight with them. Plus other previous issues mentioned.

And what if Yuu is cursed like the MC and they find out yuu only has a year to live and never told them.

Savanaclaw students say survival of the fittest and sure they're fitting in, but they're faced with the fact that they aren't the fittest. The strong rule the weak is what they all believed until the strong actually rule the weak in this uni, and they no longer like that philosophy as much. Theyre forced to recognize what a cowardly and a foolish way of thinking it was because now they have to work together.

It's a huge drain on mental health at least for a while

Now imagine they go to Yuus world and learn that they're a dead man walking or doomed from the narrative cause they're going to get executed for something they didn't do and now it looks like they tried to evade their trial. Or watch everyone they love get so pissed at them for disappearing cause there was something important happening before they disappeared.

Idk just thoughts

[tofupixel]

at this point NGL I feel like people are just saying shit to say shit

not telling you to not waste your time with ableist idiots because sometimes it's necessary not to shut up, but it's more likely they don't care to listen

this is how they fight to "feel better with themselves" because they can't be bothered with honing a skill

anyways enough of idiots, I just wanted to say thank you for posting tutorials and advice on art :) I've always loved pixel art and thanks to you I started trying to learn it properly! for now I'm just studying my favorite artists privately but I'm having so much fun learning 🥹 really, thank you!

i think you're right. the people arguing now mostly seem to be ai chuds (blocked so many now) or just straight up thieves who have a stake in the game and are feeling offended.

but i think this is a really important conversation to have, because smaller artists get dogpiled when they rightfully call out others for copying them. at the very least i wanted to get people thinking about this stuff even if they don't necessarily agree with me. just to plant a seed.

i have more people agreeing with me than attacking me, but that's only because i have a big platform. imagine what a smaller artist goes through

also if youre sick of this you can just block the tag 'plagiarism' for a while!! sorry everyone!!

anyway thanks for your support 🥹 i really appreciate it

[spacelazarwolf]

Maybe i just need to vent.

I fucked up. Got called out. And wouldn't you know it, the callout has done nothing for me a trans man but isolate me, make anyone scared to speak up for me, and now i have fash chuds spoof calling my phone! No matter how bad it gets and what they are told about it by concerned parties in private these people won't even update their shit to say "we don't endorse harassment of this user, stop. " which tells me they just endorse harassment of me.

It's like it's just cool to harass an autistic trans man! It's like if you direct fashy chuds to the lowest common denominator, no one will acknowledge you're being as bad as those chuds.

Maybe people should stop unintentionally creating a police state online because they're used to it? IDK

imo "callout culture" is entirely antithetical to concepts like prison abolition and restorative justice, which a lot of people who perpetuate callout culture claim to support. i remember reading years ago about how "callout/cancel culture" was a concept that originated on black twitter to let other black people know about businesses and people that weren't safe for black people to go to or interact with. so it makes sense that, like intersectionality theory, it was co-opted and bastardized by white people and turned into a bludgeon against other marginalized people.

and like. this is something i've been talking to my irl friends about a lot lately. because what's the goal? what are you trying to achieve by making that callout post? what happened to prompt it? did someone prove a pattern of dangerous behavior, or did they just fuck up and now you have an excuse to put them on blast to feel morally superior? are you making this post so people are aware of someone with a pattern of dangerous behavior and can stay away, or are you making it knowing that it will prompt the people in your circle to go after that person and "punish" them? do you want that person to learn from their mistake(s) or do you want to brand them as a bigot forever? do you want the world to be a better place, or do you want to be angry at your (perceived) oppressors?

so yeah, if you're going to say acab and if you're going to say you believe in prison abolition and restorative justice, you cannot turn around and make a callout post for everyone on tumblr dot com you think has wronged you.

[moviesludge]

Whoever came up with the idea to include pages for unavailable movies on streaming service can sniff chud, man. Like you search to try to find a movie online and a bunch of websites come up where, when you open the page they're like OH YEAH THE MOVIE YOU REQUESTED and the poster and the plot are all right here, but you'll have to fuck off if your aim is actually watching it because WE AINT GOT ETTT HAHA wanna watch THE HITMANS BODYGUARD INSTEAAAAAAAAAAEED????