#blinded by greed

[eggwishing]

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[1introvertedsage]

All gain is followed by loss, so the wise person shares his wealth, and does not allow himself to become isolated by ignoring life around him. ~I Ching~

[cowlicks-and-curls]

The great reddit blackout is happening today to protest reddits plan to charge third party apps outrageous prices to continue to make reddit accessible to people with disabilities and those who moderate large subs for free using bots to keep the communities safe and free from hate. Some threads are going dark until the 14th, some till the end of the month when it's officially decided whether the increased prices will go through, and some are going dark forever.

Don't let corporate greed win. Stand with your community, stand with your disabled friends, stand with those who create a space for those who have none and don't let them fall

[terminalkisser]

sisyphus is so RAW - it hurts to look at him directly. he has the warmth of an open wound, radiating outwards - he is the sun, yes, but he is all the physicality of the blistering heat of it

[bibibbon]

If you look closely, the spots on AFO’s hands look like stigmata, which are wounds that resemble the wounds of Christ when His hands were nailed to the cross, which could be a small detail in his character design hinting at AFO having a God Complex.

Oooh I didn't even think of that interpretation!!! So I did some more digging and I came across this really interesting Reddit post that talks about AFO and how there's a lot of religious imagery with his character (Christian and Buddhist)

Also when you think about it the way that all for one rose to power by taking away other people's quirks and supposedly treating them with kindness in a time where discrimination was high is similar to jesus helping the oppressed.

There's also the fact that AFO has a lot of religious poses or just poses that show him in power.

Honestly I recommend reading the Reddit post I linked above because it talks about this so beautifully.

[asha-mage]

I just beat the Royal Academy section of Metaphor: reFantazio and I just. I had to sit there with the revelation that we've passed the point of 'this is a GOTY frontrunner for me' and have entered the territory of 'if this sticks the landing- and god I think it's shaping up to do just that- it's going up there with Shadow Hearts: Covenant and Final Fantasy X as one of my favorite video games of all time.'

[the-last-dillpickle]

Hmm based off the beginning of Apocalypse Rising, alcoholic!Odo?

[whenilookoutsidemywindow]

GOOD NEWS my trump loving cousins are going away for thanksgiving it’s the first time my family will be doing thanksgiving alone but my brothers and i actually would have put cyanide in the turkey if we saw them this year

[kanmom51]

Haegeum Agust D

Endless influx of information prohibits freedom of imagination, and seeks conformity of thought All these painful noises blind you, and Now it even infringes on freedom of thought All the controversy incessantly Triggers confusion in judgment uh Really, what is it exactly that’s been restricting us? Maybe we do it to ourselves Slaves to capitalism, slaves to money Slaves to hatred and prejudice Slaves to YouTube, slaves to flexin’ Selfishness and greed have gone off the rails I close my eyes and it's easy, it’s all so obvious Opinions clearly split depending on what's to gain Everyone's been blinded by envy and jealousy Without realizing that they're putting shackles on each other

THAT !!

Go stream!!!

[warcats-cat]

Ok y'all. I'm mad.

See, Youtooz teased the mini plushies a while ago, and I've been super excited. But then, I realized they would probably be sold as blind boxes, which is annoying, but whatever. I figured I could buy a few and then find other fanders to trade with.

And THEN, I see the preorder page, and I see this shit.

$29.99 USD. For ONE 6 inch plushie, that you don't even get to pick. Anyone remember how much the original 9 inch plushies cost? Because I do!

What kind of ass backwards entitled bullshit is this?????? They really want to charge us almost $30 USD for MINIATURE plushies THAT WE DON'T EVEN GET TO PICK?????? AND THEN HAVE THE AUDACITY TO OFFER A "DISCOUNT" IF YOU BUY THE FULL SET OF FIVE FOR $100 USD.

And look, I don't know or care if this is directly Thomas's fault. Maybe it's just Youtooz being a shitty greedy company. I remember the FNAF Sun and Moon plushies were $30 each. But those also had magnets in them, so you could pin them to your shoulders/bags/whatever and show them off; so I figured that's what caused the higher price tag.

It just astounds me that a creator like Thomas who claims to be so fan focused would agree to so much of a rip off. I really really hope for his sake and the sake of us as a fandom that this decision wasn't his, because it's gonna reflect really badly if it was.

[thunderheadfred]

ok i'm trying not be a bitch (not very hard) and I'm glad my partner is visiting family because he gets something out of it emotionally, but his insanely rich family make me so ragingly pissingly infuriated, even when i keep my nasty ass at home for everyone's safety

[impossible-rat-babies]

not to doompost, but the day that people decided that negative engagement on the internet could be monetized in the day god died

[krawdad]

I guess on the other hand maybe the internet becoming undesirable to participate in will get me doing more real life stuff

[allycat75]

Hey, I've got a new branding idea for that insipid website of yours, Boston Dumb Fuck!

After mulling over the winter wonderland of white, mostly male, photos posted for the self-congratulatory Washington DC tour, promoting that waste-of-time and possibly democracy debilitating website, A Starting Point (which is ironic, because, while a good idea, was dead in the water almost from the start), I was thinking maybe you guys could use a name punch-up.

I don't know if you have brought this futile project back from the dead to see if you can sell it (beware of covert conservative organizations who would love to take it off your hands so they could brainwash the youth of America; your information is so pointless now, it wouldn't be hard for someone to subtly turn their heads in any direction they desired), or if you want to distract us from the fact that the man who once confronted the grand wizard of the KKK, marched in Black Lives Matter rallies and claimed he was a feminist, is now "married" to an arrogant, antisemetic, racist fatshamer that he treats like shit. You aren't Captain America anymore, not that you ever were. But unlike your absurb website, you have to pick a side.

Or it could be a combination of both hemorrhaging cash and and the need for an image scrub, not to mention an ego stroking participation trophy after a long list of failures.

May I suggest possibly adding "Wack-jobs:", "Why?" or "WTF," (an acronym within an acronym is edgy) to the beginning, the new acronym being WASP. Afterall, that is all I saw from your visit and it is totally on brand.

In case it's been a while since you were called one, I have include part of the Wiki page below. Pay particular attention to the highlighted section at the bottom.

P.S.- I tried watching that promo video you created summarizing your DC experience, where you interview some of the young folks, and I nearly passed out from chocking on my own bile. Seriously, was that really a secret Easter egg for your upcoming cult movie, because that's what it looked like. You and Mark indoctrinating new recruits. So creepy!

[shadowglens]

returning to baldur’s gate is a big shift for isadora because she sees the city so differently now. like, there’s so much that she never knew was crawling through the underbelly (bhaal’s cult, cazador, shar etc etc etc) and to top it all off with the whole gortash situation, she feels like she never really knew the city at all.

[dorothydalmati1]

Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies 1937 Episode 7: The Fella with a Fiddle

Written by Cal Howard

Directed by Friz Freleng

Animated by Cal Dalton & Ken Harris

Voice characterizations by Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Berneice Hansell & Shirley Reed