#and its a hill im willing to die on

[oifaaa]

On the topic of fanfiction I'm convinced a concerning amount of people genuinely do not know how to play fuck marry kill and for some reason this is a genuine rule breaker for me when reading a fanfic with a fuck marry kill premise

[bananonbinary]

thinking again about the controversy about AI deepfakes and how that can easily create misinformation, and on some level, i feel like that's approaching the problem from the wrong direction. as xkcd said, we've had "text deepfakes" for thousands of years.

just. my last reblog was a gif of a dog digging a hole on the moon. it's very realistic; while i'm sure some sort of expert could "debunk" it, I, the layperson, can't see any obvious flaws in it. but i know it's fake, because i know the fact that dogs cannot dig holes on the moon. i don't *need* to have the technical know-how to spot the seams, i just need to be reasonably educated in the subject to know what is and isn't true.

and i know, i know, it's more complicated than that, obviously people can't be expected to be educated in every single topic that happens to come to their attention, but i still think the obvious solution has more to do with having clear, easily accessible information than being able to spot the "tells" of ai, which are likely to be ever changing as the technology evolves.

[lesbiandarvey]

literally almost fell down and died thinking that. from harvey’s perspective every time he and donna get Close or Something happens between them he gets rejected

he flirts with her at the das office, she tells him she doesn’t sleep with coworkers. they sleep together after they leave the DAs office and (im like 90% sure its her that says) that if they are going to work together at pearson hardman it means they cant sleep together anymore. he tells her HE LOVES HER. AND SHE LEAVES HIM FOR LOUIS. (which like obviously was absolutely her right to do objectively but im saying from his perspective he equates telling her how he feels to her LEAVING him.) (WHICH MEANS HES NEVER GONNA DO IT AGAIN.) then she even KISSES HIM and then tells him it didn’t mean anything to her . literally anytime anything happens between them it ends with her rejecting him

[theknightstemplar]

perspective. (end of year rant)

Rubbing my hands together as I force redditors to sit around me like kindergartners. I then explain that "Argath's actions are undeniably Bad but. we are viewing them through a lens of detachment and fiction so it's all too easy to say 'WELL I WOULDN'T DO THAT IF I WERE IN HIS SHOES' ."

Ivalice isn't real-- though the issues it represents very much are. Argath is also not real but going "well I would subject this 16 year old to what amounts to war crimes for his actions!" is not the hot coals of justice take you think it is.

Argath is a child.

A fictional and fucked up evil child, but a child still. I'm more willing to pity him than I am the adults who perpetuated and even rewarded his behavior. You wanna know who you should hate more in my opinion?

Zalbaag Beoulve.

I won't lie, I get a little sick of the "zalbaag should have joined the party!" opinion. At least as it is now... You really think Zalbaag "This Changes Nothing" Beoulve would have done anything to help in ch2 onwards? Ha ha, I fucking doubt it! Even if you think tietra's death was a fluke or that "argath shouldn't have shot her" (someone else would have if argath hadn't, you know this I know this.) the first thing he does when ramza DOES come to him for help issssss... oh wait, let me check! HE DISMISSES HIM AND DISOWNS RAMZA TO HIS FACE.

Ramza: You speak of trust, Zalbaag, yet you show me none in kind! Zalbaag: What have you ever done to inspire my trust? The mistake was my own. Until today I had looked on you as a true brother. But your mother's common blood forever stains you common. You are not fit to bear the Beoulve name!

He doesn't let Ramza defend himself or anything, it's on-sight immediate "you're wrong you're not my brother commoner filth i hate you fuck you" Argath was less defensive than this when Ramza called him out just before Zeakden ("Best of luck, my soft-hearted friend. You'll need it.") so WHY AREN'T WE TALKING MORE ABOUT WHAT AN ASSHOLE ZALBAAG IS? He's the same vein of classism Argath is only WORSE because he's an adult in a position of power over others!

It's almost always "Ohhh zalbaag the tragic hero!" "zalbaag felt so bad, I wish he could have been saved :(" and rarely "zalbaag only felt sorry after it was too late for 'sorry' to MEAN anything" or "zalbaag never truly apologized for facilitating the death of several northern sky soldiers and at least 2 children, only for being dycedarg's good little moron" yeah zalbaag, tell tietra how sorry you are that you essentially said her life means nothing. even if you say it to her grave. would you have, zalbaag?

the narrative forgives zalbaag as well. dycedarg largely takes the fall for his little bro flubbing fort zeakden. zalbaag gets the more heroic sounding theme of the older brothers and he's given the benefit of doubt by ramza re: war scheming-- I would say it's a mercy almost that Argath's in turn forgotten by the narrative as a person and turned into more symbolism but then. War of the Lions had to fuck that up lmao

But my point is. I don't forgive Argath's actions; I pity him. It was adults like Zalbaag, Gaffgarion, and Dycedarg that left him to fall through the cracks and become the hateful thing he was before he died. And even if Zalbaag didn't have some grand sinister agenda he's still an asshole whose inability to open his eyes and either act or change lead to death abound, moreso than argath.

[rossothelioma]

tumblr users be like fuck yeah unions fuck yeah workers rights let's tear down capitalism let's firebomb a walmart!! and then be like uuugh i hate small talk i hate talking to my coworkers im just so much quirkier and more interesting than other people. you do realize that the way you set up support systems with other people is to engage with them. if you're so upset about hyperindividualism in the american empire or whatever a good way to start doing praxis irl is to get over yourself.

[jinxed-ninjago]

I love it when I say "Harumi was never evil but her actions were" then get people accusing me of saying Harumi's actions are excusable because it reminds me of this twitter meme

"I don't think Harumi is evil but I'm also not gonna defend her actions because her actions are absolutely evil" "So you think Harumi's actions are excusable?" no i think she's a deeply traumatized person who lashed out violently because her adopted parents neglected her and she basically blamed lloyd for having ever been neglected in the first place which made her lash out violently even more

[panspy]

every time i see someone praise anything about h*azbin or h*lluva or any vivziepoop (not a typo) media i just sit and wonder.... are you sure? thats the one? yeah? you positive?

[just-a-lil-otter]

As much as I love the possibility of my husband(Tord) coming back

We all gotta be aware of the fact that he might be absolutely butchered by the current writing team, probably won't be a clone(that's almost a definite), and might not have the scars/missing arm from the end

Or he does have the scars but not the missing arm, we can never be sure since we haven't seen and post the end stuff about him

And before anyone says anything, the little interpretation in the update was definitely PRE the end. The scar he has explains the bandage he had

[cainite-bite]

to this day the reboot still has the funnest gameplay out of all the dmc games

[ozomatli]

i understand why pavitr prabhakar doesnt like people saying chai tea coz like yea. chai means tea. youre saying tea tea. but from a language perspective chai is not the only type of tea you encounter so chai is used as a descriptor for the style of tea, using the language that best represents where that style of tea comes from . i go to a tea shop i ask for chai they hand me mint herbal. i say i wanted chai. chai means tea tho? technically yes but i wanted a specific type of chai! its sahara desert chad lake naan bread chai tea coz if i just said desert lake bread tea WHAT DESERT ? WHAT LAKE? WHAT BREAD ??? WHAT FUCKING TEA, PAVITR? and actually yes i have had people as me for a coffee coffee with room for cream cream! its called a double double at dunkins

[anotherpapercut]

I'm seriously having to resist so hard the urge to block everyone on this website over that math color post. if you think math is red I'm sorry but you're wrong and you're going to math hell also. forever.

[suddenrundown]

me reading one salt sea: oh my god connor go away

connor: *fucking dies*

me: oh no im--that’s not what i meant

[celiascarlet]

the legendary ace detective spermcock holmes

[dorkova]

Imagine calling .hack bad execution smh

[sol-flo]

wtf poor things didnt win best soundtrack art is dead and i hope the academy explodes

[blue-vented-in-tumbler]

Siiiiiiiiiiiiigh. Okay guys, let's learn something okay?

So once upon a time there was a woman, Cat Janice. A mother a musician. She got diagnosed with cancer in 2021 and is on her death bed rn. Rumor has it she is giving her 7 year old all the royalties from the song, and everyone is playing it.

Aaaaaand then she decides to follow Pro Israeli accounts on Instagram. 🤦 And now people are upset. (especially right now, Israel bombed Palestine on Super bowl Sunday, and there are NSFL images of dead Palestine kids, now's REALLY NOT a good time to be pro Israeli)

Ok, oof, well at least the money is going to the kid and like, she's gonna die soon, idk but would this have blown up if she was more vocal in the beginning?

BUT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING!

Because now people are saying "Stop listening to Cat Janice, you should listen to Afroanjo8! He's in the hospital and needs help paying his bills!"

🙃 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Ok ok, here let me back it up a bit.

I am sure Afroanjo is a wonderful person, he definitely gives good vibes, and I wish him well. And honestly I like his song more than Cat's (I couldn't even finish the tictok sample of hers, idk not my jam ig). I don't want to shame people for wanting to support/help him, and listening to music is something we all can afford to do.

I am mad at those who feel that Afroanjo is a replacement figure for Cat. Like.... no, that's dumb. That assumes this man is 100% problematic free, and I know NOBODY is. Like... I don't even know if this man is pro Israeli or Palestine or he has no opinion, there is so little information on this man.

He doesn't seem to have social media (he has Instagram, but the link isn't working), he's from Brazil (according to YouTube), we don't even know why he is in the hospital. Rumors are spreading, that he too is dying of cancer and has a kid, but I CAN'T FIND ANY OF THIS INFO.

And like, good for him, clean that digital footprint! The less people know of you the better, don't be controversial and lay low.... That being said we know nothing of this man's opinions/views, and yet he's the perfect replacement for a person with a bad take?

I can't shake the feeling that he will say someone controversial, and the loop will continue- "find a dying/sick artist, support them, oops there a bad guy, find a new dying/sick artist, repeat."

Just.... PSA: There's always a risk when you support a random person. They won't always support your beliefs, there's a chance they will "backstab" you*

*the level of backstab will depend on the power they have, and how much you give them. It'll vary hence the quotes.

Honestly, hot take, DON'T SUPPORT RANDOM PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET PURELY BECAUSE THEY ARE SICK AND/OR DYING!

Like sure check them out if they're on your radar. Maybe you really do like them and you found a diamond in the rough. But don't turn them into an idol. Do a little bit of research, know they are human and can disappoint you. Know there is a risk.

I'm just upset that we found another sick guy when Cat was literally days ago like.... Have we learned nothing???