#edit: fixed a typo :/

[leeeeeeef]

sillies from twitter

[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.

[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

[tabby-shieldmaiden]

i want to study at a chinese university

i will use 汉字 instead of the Latin alphabet and use 度 instead of farenheit. i would watch C-Dramas on CCTV all night while drinking oolong tea with my flatmates. i'll have egg fried rice every day that's worth ¥100. i would go to electronic raves every night. i am also more likely to meet 帅人, Zhao Wei, Yang Yang and Fan Bingbing.

i wish i was chinese :(

It's really funny that redditors convinced themselves that the stupid Tiananmen Square copypasta is going to get chinese people forcefully disconnected from their internet service or something while the UK government will get your ass if you complete the sentence "Soldier F is ___" and has actively worked with google and with social media websites to censor posts or search results about Soldier F

[krowtesque]

1/2

[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 🥴

[leeeeeeef]

and a happy new yuri

[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!

[maxedes]

„sir, a second „fuck“ has just hit the press conference“

[dunmeshistash]

Shuro's Retainers and the flowers from their nicknames

I really wanted to see what these flowers look like so I compiled some information about them. I tried to find the best info I could but it might not be 100% accurate (Things like flower language can vary and I couldn't find much in English)

Maizuru

Real Name: Iyo Flower: Maizurusou (マイヅルソウ) English name: Snakeberry, False Lily Of The Valley Scientific name: Maianthemum dilatatum Flower Language (Hanakotoba): The face of a innocent girl

Hien

Real Name: Naka Flower: Hiensou (ヒエンソウ) English name: Doubtful Knight's Spur Scientific name: Consolida ajacis Flower Language (Hanakotoba): Lightness, cheerfulness, free-spirited living

Benichidori

Real Name: Matsu Flower: Benichidori (紅千鳥) English name: Japanese plum Scientific name: Prunus mume, Armeniaca mume Flower Language (Hanakotoba): Nobility, Loyalty, Elegance

Inutade

Real Name: Hijouhi Flower: Inutade (イヌタデ) English name: Bristled Knotweed Scientific name: Persicaria longiseta Flower Language (Hanakotoba): Reliant, Depedant, "I want to be helpful"

Asebi

Real Name: Unknown, Izutsumi Flower: Asebi (アセビ) English name: Japanese Andromeda, Japanese Pieris Scientific name: Pieris japonica Flower Language (Hanakotoba): Dedication, Always with you, "I want to go traveling with you"