#and the media is silent about it

[my-opinions]

Why Oscar Piastri Has Not Made a Mistake

Bear with me on this one because I feel that the minute discussions start about Oscar and how he got into F1, Daniel Ricciardo stans (not all of you just the very few in a minority which is making the rest of you look bad) say he’s a traitor and doesn’t deserve his seat. People are also saying he “should’ve gone to Alpine” like he had a choice.

Let’s look at this clearly. Oscar got his seat because of his stellar junior results. Winning F2 and F3 back to back in his rookie years (and Formula Renault in his second year in 2019) is no easy feat. That is why he got his seat. He’s good. Really good. That is why so many teams were fighting over him.

Now, I feel like a fool for saying this because it has been said so many times before but, Alpine didn’t want Oscar. They weren’t going to give him a seat. If Sebastian did not retire Alonso would still be at Alpine. (And then Seb would be getting podiums, but I try not to think about that) But essentially, Alpine liked Oscar as decoration never someone they actually wanted to put in the car. They didn’t even give the man a practice session (pre-drama). Only when Alonso dropped them did they want Oscar.

 I saw an article (I don’t know how true it was) that said that he didn’t even have a proper contract for his reserve driver role. They just submitted a terms sheet to the FIA, which, I’m not sure how much people know about contractual law, but a terms sheet is not legally binding. This happened because Alpine’s legal department was understaffed and they just never sent Oscar or Mark Webber (ex-F1 driver and his manager) the official contract which stipulated his role as a reserve driver and then what he would do from 2023 and beyond. This was supposed to be THREE years at Williams and only then would he go to a MIDFIELD team in Alpine. (It was different for George because he was promised a Mercedes seat. A seat at a team that has been dominating the sport for years is different from one at a team that hasn’t even been top of the midfield.)

Now lets look at this from Oscars point of view. You have already skipped out a year during your best years because your team couldn’t secure you a seat in time. Then you’ve been offered a seat at the worst team on the grid for multiple years or a seat at a team who has been comfortably in the top 5 for the past 3 years. Lets remember, ALPINE WAS NEVER AN OPTION FOR OSCAR. IT WAS WILLIAMS OR MCLAREN.

Looking at the grid now, it is clear that maybe McLaren isn’t the best team. But I don’t think anybody could expect how monumentally shit they were going to be this year. Of all the predictions I have seen, everybody was saying that Williams would be the worst team, and honestly scoring a total of 8 points last year, I wouldn’t go there either if I had the option of a midfield team.

After this he signed with McLaren in early July, he cant just go to Alpine after signing with another team. Maybe we can blame Oscar for not communicating this but I assume sans the whole drama with Alonso it was supposed to come out a bit more naturally because Daniel was still contracted until the end of 2023.

Anyway what I’m trying to say is, everybody hating on Oscar for “choosing the wrong team” must just shut up because you look stupid. It was McLaren or Williams, Alpine was never an option and we know McLaren can and will improve while Williams is not given. Also by going to McLaren, even if the car is awful, the comparison between him and Lando (who is talked as though he’s the next WDC, which is fair, I mean he’s great) is enough. Like Lando is ridiculously good and if Oscar is anywhere near that then he’s seen as doing a fantastic job.

Anyways all I have to say is please stop hating on Oscar, he deserves to be there and is doing a fantastic job.

[morganbritton132]

Steve, accidentally interrupting Eddie’s interview: Hey, can I tell you something and you not be dramatic about it?

Eddie: Seems unlikely

Steve: Can you be dramatic quietly? I’m getting a headache

Eddie: *thinks about it. nods*

Steve: No summer school

Eddie, whispering: Really?!

Steve: Yep, fully staffed. Didn’t need me this year

Eddie, whisper shouting: DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE GRAND CANYON???!!!

[abrahamvanhelsings]

crozier being kidnapped and telling goodsir not to worry because edward will be there on the morrow, completely sure of it, like it's inevitable. edward in fact immediately going to rally the men to get crozier back and finding they held a vote without him and it's been decided they'll leave without crozier (and without the sick). edward having the choice between being left alone with no chance at crozier's rescue or his own survival, or taking up his duty and leading the men onward. crozier in hickey's camp believing in edward's sense of loyalty and edward not showing up, not knowing how edward fought for him. crozier showing up at the final camp seeing edward mutilated but alive like he told him to, only to die. thinking about edward's absolute sense of loyalty to his captain and duty towards the men tearing him apart and it never saves anyone

[lgbtlunaverse]

So I watched A Silent Voice with some but minor knowledge of the story going in. And right at the beginning when Shoko's bullying started I had the nagging worry that while Ishida would be redeemed they'd leave Ueno and Kawai as one-dimensional bullies. Painting the girls as the "real villains" while the male protagonist got to have depth. Anyway I just finished the movie and I would like to formally apologize to Oima Yoshitoki and Yoshida Reiko I should never have doubted you.

[bittersweetresilience]

for strange and unknowable reasons i have spent the past seven and a half hours making this emotional catharsis amv instead of sleeping. my personal love letter to the art that has changed me over the years.

homestuck / avatar: the last airbender / everything everywhere all at once / soul / homestuck / infinity train / koe no katachi / gravity falls / up / frozen / blue planet / the prince of egypt / night in the woods / the good place / everything everywhere all at once / blue planet / wonders of the universe / night in the woods / monument valley / monument valley / homestuck / journey / the good place / infinity train / homestuck / koe no katachi / gravity falls / infinity train / omori / avatar: the last airbender / everything everywhere all at once / blue planet / the prince of egypt / homestuck / spider-verse / monument valley / journey / homestuck / frozen / moana / mulan / avatar: the last airbender / kung fu panda / frozen / avatar: the last airbender / omori / everything everywhere all at once / gravity falls / kung fu panda / my little pony / infinity train / omori / how to train your dragon / soul / frozen / up / journey / koe no katachi / omori / undertale / infinity train / gravity falls / monument valley / àiqíng gōngyù / soul / the good place

[erinravenseeker]

Just had a middle-of-the-night “ohhhh” moment as I just figured out that Kim Dokja needs the Fourth Wall not because of the scenarios but because it was essentially his survival mechanism for life.

Now I have only read the novel once so I could totally be forgetting stuff & way off-base but this is what I remember. Inane rambling under the cut, major spoilers included.

We know he’s generally antisocial, placing himself outside of society like a reader, and he internally smoothed over Sangah’s rough points even before the scenarios, making her into a ‘character’ (a caricature of herself) that fit into an archetype.

Dissociating from reality & viewing himself as a reader is his coping mechanism & “WoS coming to life” provides a convenient excuse to keep ignoring that fact.

This kind of ties in with an idea I’ve been forming about the Fourth Wall, which is that KDJ is fundamentally incapable of believing that “The Characters” (read: everyone) can experience growth as a result of his actions. He exists outside of the story, he is in the audience beyond the fourth wall, so he cannot affect the characters.

Hence the paradoxical nature of the Fourth Wall. For as long as he is a Reader, the Fourth Wall is maintained. And as long as the Fourth Wall is maintained, he will continue to be a Reader.

(Warning this is where it gets incoherent and messy.)

Kim Dokja fundamentally NEEDS the Fourth Wall to be maintained. Not just because of the OD stuff, but because it’s the way he’s learnt to cope with existing. It’s also why dying is so easy for him—we know he cannot deal with the guilt of making people he cares about suffer, but if he’s just a Reader, that means he can’t really have any meaningful impact on their lives, so it’s fine for him to just… disappear.

Kim Dokja is not actively suicidal, he’s just invested himself so far into the worldview of himself being a Reader that to him, his temporary deaths no longer register as dying. More like… stepping out of the theatre for a bit.

It gets complicated when we hit OD. Because then we realise the KDJ we’ve been accompanying is essentially a self-insert OC. So we can ascribe the way he thinks to OD, including all the coping mechanisms and self-distancing. But where OD manages to escape the narrative along with SP, at the same time the KimCom Crew escape the narrative, KDJ actually kind of… doubles down?

Like, OD does what any Reader does and learns from the book. When KDJ says “I, someone of no redeeming quality, could be loved by the others.” It’s not just him learning this lesson. It’s actually kind of the opposite. OD is Reading this lesson so he learns that he’s allowed to accept the mercy of SP & the 999 crew. So they escape the narrative.

KimCom also manages to escape the narrative but KDJ… can’t. He comes to the conclusion that he was actually backstage all along. But that means he’s still not ON stage. A Character can’t feel for the Script Writer or Director or Stage Manager. So he doubles down on his separation from them, stepping into that role. And then then KimCom comes banging on his door backstage because they’re not just characters, they’re the Actors now, and KDJ disappears because he can’t deal with that, because he fundamentally cannot exist on the same plane as them.

I think that’s why I’m hopeful at a post-epilogue ending. KDJ The Reader exists at essentially a higher tier than the people around him, and so he believes he cannot be loved in a way that has a lasting impact on them. But he DID spend years being affected by WoS, by Yoo Joonghyuk. If he becomes the Character, and them the Readers… maybe, just maybe, he can actually accept that love.

[tiredmp4]

The channel MenuSkip found a Silent Hill mod for GTA: Vice City that was considered a myth. They found it after buying a modded xbox off of ebay and they're currently figuring out how to preserve and share it.

More details: reddit post (updated)

Update!

It has been uploaded to Internet Archive

and to mega!

[applejongho]

lina telling me writers literally get a rb:like ratio of sometimes as bad as 1:6 is destroying my psyche like if you don't rb gifs and you certainly don't rb fics then what the fuck are you doing on this site?

[skleech]

i think silent hill, bloodborne and evangelion should all hold hands

[windcarvedlyre]

Having a rare moment of pride about (some of) my country right now. Since last weekend England (and also Belfast) has been going insane with racist and islamophobic rioting, and another explosion of disorder was expected last night, but instead cities were flooded with counter-protestors forming shields around potential targets and barely any rioters showed up almost everywhere.

Rare british W.

[blood-teeth]

ALT TEXT: Elena’s thumb moves back and forth across the Traveler’s cheekbones. Back and forth. Back and forth. “Can I tell you what I thought about you the very first time I saw you?” She doesn’t wait for a response. “That you don’t hide your heart. That told me you were kind, that you love first and think last.” She smells Elena’s strawberry flavored lip balm, can taste the fragrance across her lips. Dizzy. “That you hold everyone you come across in your heart, and you won’t ever let them go. No matter how badly it hurts you.” She’s quiet for another moment. “I admire that. It’s a quality I wish I had."

[kazoosandfannypacks]

me, in the middle of reading one book, knowing i have a sizeable tbr stack on my desk, fourteen fics marked for later, a manga I haven't touched on my nightstand, and full intentions to buy another new book this week: i should reread the shuttle.

[loredwy]

Mmmmm okay but honest question tho

The KOSA regulations would need to be implemented even if the companies offer their services only outside of the country? 🤔 And if they are established on another country and offer its services to usa, they need to implement the regulations right?

Because like, I was thinking of how mihoyo moved from china to avoid the censorship regulations globally, for example

And like, couldnt then social media companies preassure the goverment about doing that too, then

Like, even if they had to censor stuff for usa, they would be losing a lot of potential interactions because of the content theyre hiding, so if they had to censor everything in case of being established in usa (even if it is content being shown outside of the country), wouldnt it be better for them to just move the company to another country then. To continue having those extra interactions from "censored posts" shown to other countries.

Or even, if the cost of filtering the posts was too high, its possible some companies would choose to not offer their services to usa anymore. Idk how taxes to big companies work in those cases, but that would be a loss for them in the long term too right.

Like, isnt the whole bill a bad idea even commercially?

And couldnt it happen that companies publish a statement about getting out of the country in case the regulations were stablished?

[flyingfabio]

yeah sure why not make fun of your shitty bike being a crash machine and as a consequence a danger to your riders

[booksandothersecrets]

One time I was talking to someone who told me they had listened to preacher’s daughter but only as background music. Personally I throw up and eat fistfuls of glass every time it plays but you know, its like, totally chill, whatever.

[redvelvetwishtree]

Hope everyone who was putting up a show about boycotting the FIFA World Cup in Qatar is also boycotting Eurovision.