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[murder-clown-around-town]

I. CAN’T. FUCKIN’. STAND. IT. ANYMORE.

I NEED TO INFODUMP. I GOTTA. I’M DOING IT. I’M INFODUMPING ABOUT ONE OF MY STORIES, AND OCS AND STUFF. IT’S FINALLY HAPPENING.

So, I have a story that I’ve been working on for a few years now, (unfortunately, it does not have a name at the moment) and it’s about a robot apocalypse… More or less. It takes place in a post apocalyptic environment, so… Anyway, I’m here to infodump about some of the models of robots/AIs in it!

Emotional support: Yes, there are emotional support robots/AIs. Why? Well, why not? They’re small, sweet, kind of childish, and don’t have the best mobility, since they’re honestly just supposed to sit at home, and say nice things. They are small, and light enough for travel, if you want to bother carrying them, though… Their heads are usually, like, box TVs, or stuff like that. Good enough to work, but not exactly the highest quality, y’know?

Social workers/John Does: I. LOVE. THESE. BASTARDS. The main protagonist is a John Doe, and he’s so ✨SILLY✨. John Does are robots/AIs made to work in more social situations, for example, office work, (which the beloved main John Doe of the story did) store workers, nurses, show hosts, and more! They’re built to be pretty simplistic, and easy to replicate. They’re essentially built like the average person, more or less. Their heads are usually like computers, or flatscreen TVs. They have average, if not a little bit above average mobility, and speed, and are fully capable of running, unlike emotional support robots/AI’s, who have tiny legs, lol-

Oh!! Also, their heads can essentially be “unplugged!” Their bodies are just so they can actually move around, and function. If you “injure” the body, it doesn’t do much to the actual AI. The head, (which is TV, or computer like, because I absolutely love object heads) is the actual AI’s main point, so if you damage that, it WILL actually affect it!

“Tyranny”: Tyranny Labs is an unofficial factory reusing defective robots/AIs, like, for example, John Does. They usually enhance the bodies, to be faster, stronger, and usually, for dramatic effect, taller than the original model. They are MUCH quicker then humans. They ARE dangerous. They’re usually used as mercenaries, assassins, bodyguards, and… Y’know. Stuff like that. Their designs and models can vary, some even having traits like claws, more animalistic appearing limbs, and occasionally, gods forgive me, tails.

?????: There is one guy- who’s name I won’t reveal, because massive spoilers- is actually a more or less self made android. Well, technically, he’s a cyborg, but he’s, like, 80-90% robotic. I will make a separate post at some point to talk about him, but he’s quite strange, and different from usual robots in this story, and I really like him, honestly!

WELP, that’s all for now! If you have any questions, feel free to ask! Buh-bye, and thank you for reading my strange autistic rambling!

[youthofpandas]

What’s up with how the dunmeshi fandom just lies about this kind of stuff all the time. It is easily confirmable information that it was a monthly series, something incredibly common in the industry.

A not weekly magazine schedule is literally common !! Especially in the seinen shoujo and josei demographics, sometimes monthly, sometimes biweekly, sometimes every two months, sometimes seasonal! Please stop lying about how Dunmeshi was some special unique creation that defies all standards of manga just to hype it up because it is so clear that every single one of these comparisons is centered around Weekly Shonen Jump (and understand that SJ has many magazines under its brand that are monthly or semimonthly). Not everything is WSJ and it needs to stop being the only point of reference in conversations like this 🤧

[tariah23]

White people are miserable, racist losers period. They’ve even been getting mad at Japanese people for correcting them about Yasuke as well.

[beebfreeb]

[throesofincreasingwonder]

"A story doesn't need a theme in order to be good" I'm only saying this once but a theme isn't some secret coded message an author weaves into a piece so that your English teacher can talk about Death or Family. A theme is a summary of an idea in the work. If the story is "Susan went grocery shopping and saw a weird bird" then it might have themes like 'birds don't belong in grocery stores' or 'nature is interesting and worth paying attention to' or 'small things can be worth hearing about.' Those could be the themes of the work. It doesn't matter if the author intended them or not, because reading is collaborative and the text gets its meaning from the reader (this is what "death of the author" means).

Every work has themes in it, and not just the ones your teachers made you read in high school. Stories that are bad or clearly not intended to have deep messages still have themes. It is inherent in being a story. All stories have themes, even if those themes are shallow, because stories are sentences connected together for the purpose of expressing ideas, and ideas are all that themes are.

[soranker]

laios985

[milesofstars]

dont worry about it jason...

[mariacfrantz]

If a fella makes a nebula right in front of you, how are you not gonna pine after him for 6000 years?

[east-of-nowhere]

[spitblaze]

I guess Chilchuck has brought us right back to 'adults who are short are child-coded and if you like them you're a pedophile' discourse huh

[creations-by-chaosfay]

I was curious about what my wage and time, plus materials, would bring the cost of a foundation paper pieced and handquilted king size quilt to...and...

Okay, anyone willing to pay this amount will be enough to convince to make something this...outrageous. it'll close commissions for a year or two, and require frequent breaks so I don't burnout.

$23,800 USD.

$27× 900 hours + cost of materials (batting alone will be $200, 25 yards of fabric will be about what i need, i'll kill several rotary blades with all the cutting, and likely go through at least two spools of thread) = final cost

That amount of money will be what it takes to convince me to make this. If you're willing to pay for one of these now, hmu. I'll make the listing.

If you want just a king size quilt top, that's still $6150 USD. I'll need around 25 yards of fabric, a couple spools of thread (or a cone), and two to three rotary blades. This will take around 200 hours for traditional piecing. Foundation paper piecing will add another 100-200 hours easily because I have to print each section of each block, cut them out, fold along the seam lines, cut all the fabric, sew the fabric to the paper, press each seam, trim, rinse and repeat many times, sew the blocks together, remove the paper (sooooo many pieces), make the rows, and sew the rows together. So foundation paper piecing will bring the top to $11,650. For just the quilt top.

If you're 100% certain you want a king size quilt, and you're able to pay, let me know. I'll put the commission listing up for you, and promptly close commissions until further notice.

Money is good incentive.

[melimelotus]

[ando666detonao]

don't you ever read a piece of fanfiction so good you just

[noodles-and-tea]

PART 1 / PART 2 / PART 3 / PART 4

[riverswater]

Genuinely crying at work rn. They have thousands of old photos (from the 50s to the 90s) they asked me to scan (so they can create a digital archive). Today I found a photo from a 80s protest with a banner that says "FOR THE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN". It's been 40 years. It has been a lot more than that, actually. And still.