#WHO SAID THAT. SERIOUSLY WTF.

[5hark-byt3]

Gays all over my screen, no 1deas 4 d1g. art and yet 1 st1ll f1ght on….FOR CALF1SH!!!!!

Oh and those 2 t1ny Mar1es 1g but screw that guy

[grimalkinmessor]

Rant complainy story time real quick—a few days ago I went home from work early because I was feeling sick and almost ran over a pack of kittens, and I stopped to make sure I hadn't ACTUALLY run over any of them only to find that I hadn't, but they were kittens with a very obvious lack of self-preservation because as quick as they had scattered most of them had come BACK to lay on the road. I work night shift so it was around 4am so I couldn't call anyone to come get them, but I also knew that when the REST of my shift let out more people would be down that road and I know some of them wouldn't have hesitated to run them over, but they wouldn't,,,,go back in the woods when I tried to shoo them away. They'd obviously been dumped there by another human because they were relatively clean and well-fed, and out of five kittens three of them came up for pets immediately. Coincidentally the same three that wouldn't leave the road.

So I pick up those three and put them in my truck, because I don't want them to get run over. The other two I couldn't coax over and couldn't catch either but they were also clearly more comfortable much farther into the treeline so I decided to leave them and come back for them later. I took the other three to the shelter when it opened a few hours later, only for them to tell me that there's a waiting list to drop off cats and I'd have to fill out a form online and wait for them to get back to me when someone was willing to foster them. I have an Aunt who loves animals so I held off on that to see if she'd take them, or be able to find someone that could, while my Mom put up some pictures on Facebook asking if someone wanted them. I'm allergic to cats and I have two dogs already—both with stupidly high prey drive—so I can't keep them indefinitely, not even as outdoor cats, but I live in an area where everyone just,,,,fucking hates cats for some reason. There's a reason the shelter's full up.

So now I'm several days into this with three little kittens in the bathroom on the opposite side of the house and I can't find anyone willing to take them. Like damn, they're FREE kittens. They're adorable and tiny and I'd keep them myself if I could, but everyone I've asked has—VEHEMENTLY—refused wanting a cat. Some with hard expletives.

I'm using up all my Benadryl. The hat man is coming for me. The kittens are now named Bean, Anxiety, and Basil-Esther. I still can't catch those other two kittens. Why does everyone hate cats.

[oceanwithouthermoon]

i think its weird that i have to make this disclaimer but the internet is crazy so wtvr,, anyway,,

if i say i dont like something, that doesnt mean "that thing is bad and nobody should post it.."

i swear literally every time i even mention that i dislike something, people will go "wow does that mean u fucking hate me cuz i post that thing? ur a fucking stupid bitch and all ur opinions r wrong" LIKE ?? er.. no. just because i say i dont like certain characterizations of certain characters (the saiki k fandom is CRAZY about this cuz i can state an opinion on literally any character and a group of people will still go 'well only we're allowed to post our opinions about them because we're always right!1!1!'), or certain ship tropes (mentioned my hatred of toxic yaoi maybe once or twice on here months ago and people STILL get mad at me as if i said toxic yaoi lovers r evil or something), or certain ships, or WHATEVER, does not mean that i HATE the people who are posting them or that i think they shouldnt post them at all, NO, im just posting about my personal tastes on my personal blog and it would be extremely weird and hypocritical if i decided that i was the ONLY person that was allowed to do that,,

i think the only reason people assume that is because there are a lot of other people on here who ARE like that, and a lot of people toe the line between posting that they dont like something and posting that they think everyone who likes that thing is stupid, annoying, and wrong,, so i guess all i can say is, sorry for whatever made you make these assumptions but they arent true about me so plz leave me alone ʘ‿ʘ ur doing the same thing to me that ur accusing me of but i didnt do it in the first place so ur just actively being a dick for no reason

[littlefankingdom]

Currently reading Future State: Gotham, and everytime Jason thinks about how he misses Rose, I want to hit him with a steel chair.

[mitsuki91]

I want all of you who call Snow love for Lucy Gray "obsession" fall in love and everytime you call your partner "my partner/lover/whatever" (or even think about them in this way) I will show in your mind with the Nelson meme shouting: "AH! You are obsessed! It's a toxic love!"

[plethoraworldatlas]

GenCon Crit Awards situation

The Crit Awards are a relatively new Awards ceremony focused on Actual Plays. They recently announced that, supposedly due to safety concerns, they will not be hosting their ceremonies at GenCon 2024. This announcement has been met with numerous tabletop gaming personalities to cancel their appearances and trips to GenCon, as well as many others voicing support for the Crit Awards and condemning GenCon. As well as others doing the opposite.

For more information, the Crit Awards released back in mid June that in addition to banning known racists, Homophobes, misogynists, Transphobes, and the like from being eligible for nominations for their awards, they would ban outspoken zionists as well. The initial statement, admittedly, is a bit vague.

This happened supposedly because the staff found out one of the then proposed nominees either was or was once part of a controversial actual play group that was explicitly zionist; Again, no major details were revealed for privacy, though further statements allude to said controversial actual play group supporting illegal settlements in some way.

Supposedly they communicated with the nominee and came to a peaceful resolution where the nomination was removed; Said nominee has not come forward at this time. The ban announcement happened shortly after.

Since the announcement of the ban, both the Crit Awards and GenCon received numerous threats of violence from numerous sources. After phone calls with GenCon representatives on Jun 24th, the Crit Awards would announce they will not be at GenCon 2024. They released a statement revealing these things, as well as condemning "harassment, violence, and terrorism" as well as stating "we take issue with the pro-imperialist, antisemitic rhetoric that conflates Judaism with zionism" and reaffirming their condemnation for the genocide.

The organization did not call for a boycott, but many individuals have announced they will not attend GenCon in solidarity.

While the Crit Awards haven't said much recently, and their statements claim it was a peaceful agreement with GenCon Staff, many individuals connected with the Crit Awards, Including the Host of the awards ceremony, who are not bound by NDAs, have gone public and stated that GenCon forced the Crit Awards to release their statement and were in fact banned and kicked out by GenCon.

It is important to note that GenCon is held in Indianapolis, Indiana. Indiana, since 2016, has TOUGH Anti-BDS laws. Part of that is banning any and all public or state funding for any group that supports any form of boycotting or BDS, as well as banning all funding from groups that support groups that support BDS.

GenCon is a massive moneymaker for Indy, so much so that the extremely conservative state government has in the past canceled planned restrictions on Abortion rights because GenCon announced it would leave Indiana if they passed said bans. The Indianapolis Convention Center is currently undergoing major renovations to nearly double its floor space and connect to both existing and new hotels, and the area is currently building multiple new hotels and other amenities; While there are many events they are making these expansions for, the fact they announced them immediately after last year's GenCon, which was the largest yet as well as heavily criticized for overcrowding and a poor initial response to it, and they were announced mainly in the context of GenCon shows that these major investments are motivated in no small part by GenCon.

However, after the aforementioned event where GenCon protested the state's government and threatened to leave, GenCon has changed tune over the years, soften criticism despite the government being more overtly anti-choice than before, and most crucially, has signed massive partnership extension deals with Indianapolis and Indiana. These contract mean GenCon is planned to stay in Indiana until 2030; These contracts are often renegotiated often, so there are no plans to leave the state soon.

It has been suggested that GenCon was either pushed to kick out the Crit Awards, or did so preemptively to avoid backlash from the state government, which would definitely include threats to the multi-year multi-million deals with the state. While GenCon is still one of the largest annual moneymaking events in Indianapolis, there are many more events scheduled to take place in the Indy Convention Center as part of a wider plan to expand the number of events in Indy. This includes the 100th anniversary meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous, as well as the National Eucharistic Conference, the first in nearly half a century.

The point is, things have clearly changed, and GenCon both is no longer inclined to protest the state government and no longer as large a player despite making more money every year due to the sheer amount of other events, meaning the state government now has more power in the relationship and can threaten GenCon with cutting funding as well as outright expulsion from the state.

The Crit awards initial statements were very vague and were understandably criticized, and their later statements go out for their way to emphasize that they are against antisemitism and antisemitic individuals were already banned under the previous rules, and they stress that they want to avoid conflating Judaism with zionism. The massive amounts of threats sent to both the Crit Awards and GenCon are unacceptable, and some have reported that it was coordinated by various online groups after reports of the Crit Awards updated rules were done by newsites.

GenCon is getting criticized for the situation, the Crit Awards are being criticized as well, people have been realizing that GenCon notably puts up less of a fight with the conservative state government which gets them criticized more, and people are both pulling out and some are even planning on attending with pins that support the Crit Awards (as GenCon can be a big financial investment and some simply can't afford to not go after buying badges and/or booths)

GenCon starts in less than a months time, August 1st through the 4th. The Crit Awards will be held virtually.

[drag0nalias0]

Oh suddenly this isnt a safe space *retreats further into the closet*

[scarycranegame]

SO UH.

FOUND THIS OUT TODAY

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!!!!!! :DDDDDD

it means a lot to me that so many people find my silly internet shenanigans interesting enough to get me to 50 entire followers!! it might not seem like a lot compared to other blogs, but to me, it's basically everything. genuinely, you guys are awesome and i appreciate every single one of you

...and that's why i decided to give you guys something in return!! i'd like to present to you...

THE OFFICIAL MEATBRICKS ARCHIVE!

i figured that i'd give something to the people who stuck around for this long first, so here's an official online reupload of every fanfic i've ever written for my dearly departed urbanspook request blog, meatbricks! i hope you guys enjoy, and once again, thank you SO much for being here and supporting me <3

[caruliaa]

[image description: a screenshot of part of a discord message reading "god why am i giggling. i mean i alway laugh when they funny stuff". /End description]

do not have a godamm clue what i meant by this but im so so obsessed. i mean i alway laugh when they funny stuff .

[savage-rhi]

Magenta 🤬

[parchmentknight]

currently in an art slump where i hate my art and think it sucks major ass but i remind myself that younger me, even me a year ago, would think my art is epic and swag and cool

[deusetco]

You should feel like you can't call yourself a lesbian. Because you're not. You're a straight man and you know it.

Very grateful for this ask. This weekend has been a long series of failures and I was feeling really bad about it, until now. Now i'm inspired, genuinely, because you've just helped me realise something important. That no matter how understimulated bored and useless I feel, I will never be as pathetically worthless and devoid of higher purpose as someone who goes out of their way to send transphobic anon hate to a random ass blog with like 18 followers and no hills to die on. Thank you.

[jonsnowunemploymentera]

Visited the OPM subreddit for the first time in years and it’s kind of insane to me that the manga has moved in a direction where people can actually powerscale Saitama, and even have other characters above him. I haven’t read the manga in ages but wtf is going awn?! Isn’t Saitama supposed to be anti-scaling??! 😅

[themischievousmoose]

Bro, Sugiura’s not gonna fuck you. You kind of suck, lmao?

[a-chaotically-small-lunta]

Okay but, this is literally wild. Mostly cause after I went to the Barbie movie someone in the row behind me just causally goes “that movie was kind of woke.” And like…it’s Barbie it-it’s BARBIE.

Oh okay so it's good then

[squipy]

How did I go from a monogamous recipiromantic lesbian to a homoflexible (sapphic??? Queer??? Idk at this point) WTFROMANTIC (Quiroromantic) in a poly relationship