#edit: fixed a typo :/

[jaypentaghast]

Maybe the real interview were the friends we made along the way.

[leeeeeeef]

sillies from twitter

[quendiviner]

women who don't care about corpo workplace dresscodes.... dr. klara berg one chance pleaseeeee

taglist (reply/dm/ask in tags to be added or removed):

@spaceratprodigy @elvves @dekarios @aeducanthaig @edgepunk

@dickytwister @hiddenbeks @terendelev @koslun @babylon5

@claudiawolf @velocitic @eluvixns @the-lastcall

[shoechoe]

if you wanted my opinion on various polybius mockups/edits ranked by attractiveness/how much i like them (no one did but im posting it anyway)

designs reminiscent to this one are the most common and they are my personal favorites. very aesthetically pleasing, you could imagine encountering this at like an abandoned arcade or warehouse. i enjoy the color scheme and the shape a lot. (sometimes they're completely lacking in decoration except for the title at the top which i like too)

this is a common alternative and it's second place overall i think. it has an equally appealing shape and lack of frills/extra decoration which i like but i don't like the yellow/green color scheme that much (also is this polybius in someone's house... i wish i had polybius in my house)

this design looks very fun to play with but it is not attractive. it's very dressed up with decorations on the control panel and it gives a much rounder/smaller feel. cool but not handsome or very alluring like the usual mockups

this one is cute but i don't care for the blue body coloring very much. my favorite arcade cabinets are mostly black, they lose appeal when they're dressed up in a lot of decor or color (also goes for the few designs i've seen that make the polybius cabinet brown/wood-textured)

[libraryspectre]

I'd recommend Autonomous by Annalee Newitz for fans of The Murderbot Diaries who were particularly interested in the themes of ownership, personhood and identity, and corporate exploitation. The major difference is that it contains a bot/human romance but imo it's explored in a very interesting way, questioning the deliniation between genuine and programmed desire and if the distinction even matters.

The plot follows two main protagonists. The first is a rogue scientist named Jack who's a bit of a pharmaceutical Robin Hood and accidentally distributes a dangerous drug that causes addiction to work. The second is our robot friend Paladin, who's just been activated, paired with a human partner, and sent after Jack. There's a lot of fun, creative, and bleak cyberpunk and biopunk elements, and I found the characters and story really engaging.

Also, heads up that the romance is complicated and dubiously healthy, but please do not try to cancel this nonbinary author for depicting a taboo relationship further complicated by internalized homophobia and transphobia. Depiction is not endorsement and the (again) NONBINARY author is not trying to endorse transphobia.

Final note, you have some common triggers, you may want to look up a list for this book. I'd also be happy to tell you if any specific trigger warnings apply.

[shaftking]

Y’all are so ridiculous. It’s not “reverse body dysmorphia” it’s just body dysmorphia. You’re not seeing your body as it is if you are seeing it as severely bigger, smaller, fatter, thinner, more or less muscular, etc than it actually is. Seeing yourself as markedly thinner than you actually are, seeing your body in an unobjective or unrealistic way is just body dysmorphia.

[selfship-shenanigans]

17, 18 and 23 for the couples ask game :)

- @aro-simp

Tysm @aro-simp!! <3

17 - Favorite place to have sex?

Ray - "Bed, always the bed. Or maybe the couch. Somewhere in our chambers, at least. I mean, we've done it just about everywhere in the castle at least once, but the risk of getting caught can be really distracting. I can focus on us a lot more if we're guaranteed to have privacy."

Ganondorf - "The bedroom is most convenient, I suppose, but my favourite will always be on the throne. We rarely get an opportunity for it, so I always take full advantage in order to enjoy myself. The throne is mine, after all, and so is Ray."

18 - PDA? Yes or No?

Ray - "Ganon doesn't show much affection in public, but when he does, I find it a bit embarrassing, to be honest. I don't mind it that much, though. As long as it doesn't draw too much attention to me."

Ganondorf - "It depends on the nature of our company. Among Hylians, I refrain from showing any affection. I must maintain my image as a cold, ruthless leader to ensure the Hylians are kept in their place; terrified of me, and wholly submissive to my rule, just as they should be. Amongst my fellow Gerudo, I don't need to be so hesitant, though I do still restrain myself."

23 - Would you rather never kiss again or go a year without sex?

Ray - "Tough decision... I think I'd go for a year without sex. It would really suck to have to wait that long, but, heh, I'm sure we could both make do with our hands in the meantime."

Ganondorf - "Never kiss again. Don't misunderstand, I would miss it, but there are plenty of other ways of expressing my affection for my beloved pet."

[porcelain-animatronic]

robots built to be as human as possible has gotta be one of my favorite genders

[theystation]

Also not to be like "Aw, poor fascists :'(" but sometimes I do think about ppl being enrolled via alt-right pipelines that are absolutely preying on their insecurities and promising them "don't worry, there's worse than you so if you help us hurt them you'll hurt less" or "THIS (often a marginalized group) is the enemy, this is the source of all your problems, let us show you The solution (often genocide)" and it's just so. unnerving. because that makes you do things that will make you not able look at yourself in the mirror if you ever realize that it was a mistake. It hurts ppl. It kills people. A lot of them are doing things that can't be forgiven.

And I know that if that were me, that would break me.

psa: I'm being empathetic here but ppl are still very much responsible for their actions and empathy and prevention and reparations towards the victims of those acts prime

[twotailednekomata]

#professional? us? no were crows adding shiny things to our pile <- prev. tag

I can confirm from my tenure here that is exactly it (give or take personally interacting w/ people who share similar interests as you).

motherfucker said PROFESSIONAL

[leeeeeeef]

and a happy new yuri

[greyias]

Oh look, it seems everyone has been opted into the unfortunate "experiment" now. For everyone who has been blissfully using the old UI up until now, welcome to hell :)

Do you not like hell? Do you want to leave and crawl back up into the sunlight of the old UI? Well, have I got a link for you! A beautiful tumblr user (who is not me) has gone and fixed things beautifully for you already: https://github.com/enchanted-sword/dashboard-unfucker

You will need to have Tampermonkey installed on your browser of choice, and once that's done, just go to the github link above, and peruse the readme to install. And voila! You have your old dash back!

The authors of XKit Rewritten said during the experiments that at the time, since this was an "experiment" they weren't going to implement anything to revert to the old UI (although who knows if they'll do it now). And the dashboard unfucker has worked beautifully enough for me to where I genuinely couldn't tell if they had ended the experiment or not.

[killjoygem]

The doctor in greys anatomy has an autism speaks poster 🥴

[fuckedmutt]

asking a cute puppy increasingly invasive questions and watching them squirm. Come on puppy, you want to be good, don’t you? Tell me how you like to touch yourself. Oh baby, you’re going to need to tell me in more detail than that! How else am I going to be able to replicate it?

[clownowo]

been replaying the Portal series I think this is where its heading

[u3pxx]

EDIT: CLOSED NOW! thank you everyone

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will be closing on JAN 29, 9 AM PHT/JAN 28, 5 PM PST

thank you so much to those who donated! i wasn't expecting to have a considerable backlog from just the 3 days since i've posted this, that's why i mentioned before that i'll be leaving this up for a week. still, i'm afraid i'll have to cut this short since i've lots more drawings to do and i unfortunately have college to juggle at the same time.

i am extremely thankful for all the generous people who have emailed me about donating! i'll be closing this at 9 am tomorrow (my time) since, again, busy. so if you've been thinking about donating and getting a doodle from me, there's a little bit of time left!

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hello there! i’ll be doing character doodles for donations (donations done after i post this) for gaza!

what will these doodles look like?

the characters will be drawn from the shoulders up! the higher the donation, the more polish that doodle’s gonna get!

what do you need to do for a doodle?

you could either:

donate e-sims to palestine (starting from sims priced 14+ usd). the post linked includes tutorials, relevant links, and discount codes you can find in the replies. instructions can be also found on https://gazaesims.com/ (you can donate another/more sims for an extra doodle or more polish, you decide)

donate 14+ usd to care for gaza. you can donate to them via paypal over here

or donate 14+ usd to palestine children's relief fund

afterward, take a screenshot that you’ve successfully donated to any of the ones mentioned above and send the proof of donation to u3pxx.contact@gmail.com as well as:

the amount you've spent/donated in usd

the name/reference pictures of the character you want me to doodle (ocs included!)

now, please note that my work is for personal use only, not for commercial use/profit/merch/ai training/nfts. you can use it on icons, headers, etc. but please credit me and do not crop/edit out my signature.

i'll end up being a lot busier in the following weeks so this will be available for a limited time, i'll announce it here once i close this. thank you so much, free palestine!