#dvds and blurays

[nerdby]

So I found a post about this on here.

The National Geographic magazine was first published in 1888 and as of 2024 will no being publishing psychical paper magazines. After 136 years print editions of Nat Geo will no longer be a thing. But that's okay you can read the shitty ezine version for only $30 a year🙃

We are witnessing the death of psychical art and media, so that you all don't have to worry about your date cringing when they walk inside your house and see that you have actual hobbies and interests that you dare to spend actual money on. Because you've buried it all under the blandest shade of greige imaginable and own only the bare minimum. And read all of your books on Amazon's newest Ereader, literally blinding yourselves -- blue light projected by cellphones and Ereaders cause blindness, google it. All so that you have never have to leave your home and can maintain the illusion of being poor.

Really, though, I'm done. I've let minimalistic idiots get in my head for long enough.

"Oh, but minimalism makes you appreciate things more--"

No, it doesn't -- gratitude does. That's why gratitude journaling is a thing and lemme tell you minimalism is a lot less fashionable when you have no choice but to be a minimalist. Like I love the library but I'm not gonna -- part of the reason I go there so much is because I have no choice. I can't afford to buy books all of the time. So when I walk into a virtually empty apartment and the owner is sleeping in a sleeping bag and owns only one of everything cause it's trendy, it's not fucking cute or impressive.

It's a fucking waste.

And like I'm done. I'm going to buy things that I want and love, and I don't care if it makes me see old or materialistic or bad with money. I'm not going to be responsible for the end of home movie nights and give all of my money to streaming services. That's why after two fucking years, I finally bought a copy of Spiderman No Way Home and next month I'll be buying a copy of Across The Spiderverse.

"Oh but capitalism--"

Fuck off.

The SAG-AFTRA strike is still happening and there's a reason for that. But did you know that actors AND writers both get paid when you buy DVDs and Blurays? Not only that but you can keep FOREVER and watch them whenever you want. So, no, I'm not being an irresponsible slave to capitalism.

I'm supporting artists.

[badolmen]

People against piracy fail to realize that no, I can’t just ‘buy it.’ They stopped making DVDs and Blu-Rays. They’re barely offering digital copies for download. I am not spending money I could use for food or bills to pay for a subscription service just so I can always have access to a beloved piece of media. Especially not when the service will remove media on a whim without concern for how the loss of access to that piece will make its artistic conservation nigh impossible.

For example, I recently learned that Disney+ had an original film called Crater. It’s scifi, family friendly, and seems cool - I would love to buy it as a holiday gift for my little brother! But: it’s exclusive to D+ and THEY REMOVED IT LITERALLY MONTHS AFTER ITS RELEASE.

The ONLY way I can directly access this film is through piracy. The ONLY available ‘copies’ of this film are hosted on piracy websites. Disney will NEVER release it in theaters, or as something to buy, and it may NEVER return to the streaming service. It will be LOST because we aren’t allowed to purchase it for personal viewing. If I can’t pay to own it, I won’t pay for the privilege of losing it when corporate decides to put it in a vault.

So yes, I’m going to pirate and support piracy.

Edit: if you are able, use $5 you would otherwise use for a streaming subscription to donate to a GazaFunds campaign.

[sustancy]

[transannabeth]

btw if you borrow dvds or cds from library you can rip them onto your own blanks or onto your hard drive or whatever. librarians don’t care and they won’t know if you do it or not

[hello-vampire-kitty]

The soothing vampire

I posted these some time ago but I made some changes to the translations. I think what Mahiru meant was that he was telling Kuro "to go all out" (I translated it as "to get serious) if needs to fight.

[piicklejar]

★ COLLECTION ARCHIVE ★

ARTIST: BUCK TICK

13TH Floor With Diana (2005) (Blu-ray DVD)

Credit if you'd like to repost!♡

[kithtaehyung]

IM GONNA WEEP‼️

[autie-j]

Blurays/dvds, my beloved. They look good on a shelf and I own this movie/TV show now. Never have to worry about if it's on a streaming service or if it will be taken off. Just put it in a bluray player and bam! And special features, something so rare on streaming

[woneko]

'sweet' jacket shooting behind 🧡 beomgyu

[pk-freezer-burnt]

https://twitter.com/spicychibii/status/1643216666023559174?s=46&t=7-5TQMxj7DZGwoiBe61T8w

LOOK AT HIM!!! RIGHT NOW!

[spockvarietyhour]

I still think Christopher Plummer runs like a muppet, Beaker specifically.

[nerdby]

[twilightrocksfanfic]

Sometimes I leave this site to see what is out there, the only other social media I am on is YouTube and occasionally I will stumble upon a piece of twilight related content there.

Now when I am out in the wild like that I try to be as chill and normal about twilight as possible and one thing that always baffles me about finding twilight content out there is how little mention of the Quileute tribe there is.

Be it reading vlogs of the books, movie commentaries, memorabilia collections etc. unless it's like an in depth video essay on why twilight is problematic barely anyone takes care to mention the tribe, acknowledge the harm twilight has done to them or remind viewers that there are opportunities to donate. It baffles me.

I don't know how much of a bubble thing this is, but if I go on tumblr all the twilight blogs I follow will regularly mention the Quileutes, they will reblog donation links and own voices accounts of the damage twilight has done to the community. I regularly see posts breaking down reproduced stereotypes of Native Americans in twilight and so on.

That is what being a fan of twilight should entail in my opinion and when I spend a lot of time in this small corner of the internet it makes me feel like this fandom has grown quite a lot. It's sometimes feels defeating going out there and seeing videos with tens of thousands of views that never utilize that platform to help support a community that is in large parts responsible for the success of twilight in the first place.

I don't know where I am going with this. Donate to the Quileute tribe and don't encourage people to give money to Stephenie Meyer anymore.

[animusrox]

The Best Buy employee after I asked him where they're keeping all the blurays that they hid after they were told to not sell them

[shysheeperz]

[yridenergyridenergy]

Someone a long time ago asked to see my collection, and I told them that it consisted of piles here and there. I finally got rid of some unrelated stuff and was able to put everything in two locations.

As you can see, I tend to keep most of the protective packaging for some reason.

There's still... a little room for more, right hah?