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My library has the Don Carlo (Turin 2013) I want to watch on one of their streaming services, but most of their services aren't available this weekend because of a catalog upgrade. I think the world hates me and I'm going to cry.
#what's even more frustrating#i think medici used to have it#or maybe i watched it when i subscribed to marquee tv#anyhow#i used to have access#but it's not on youtube#or operaonvideo#sigh#guess i can put some youtube clips on repeat until monday#don carlo#verdi
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please i love you i'm begging you bring back suspension of disbelief bring back trusting the audience like. i cannot handle any more dialogue that sounds like a legal document. "hello, i am here to talk to you about the incident from a few minutes ago, because i feel you might be unwell, and i am invested in your personal wellbeing." "thank you, i am unwell because the incident was hurtful to me due to my childhood, which was bad." I CANT!!!!
do you know how many people are mad that authors use "growled" as a word for "said"? it's just poetics! they do not literally mean "growled," it's just a common replacement for "said with force but in a low tone." it's normal! do you hear me!! help me i love you please let me out of here!!!
#i am so sick of writers having to anticipate the most boring#bad-faith readings of their work. i am like - if you use cheese as a currency#okay! as long as the world makes sense to me: cool. cheese tax. moving on.#my job as the reader is to suspend my disbelief and say okay! i am so sick of like#fanfiction authors having to write dissertations#because they had an interesting idea they'd like to try out!!!#just write it! if it doesn't make sense that's someone else's problem!!!#PS OP is autistic. yes sometimes i take things literally at first glance. then i think about it lol#this is so clearly not about accessibility etc. it's about like. girl even i an autistic person#am able to understand ''they probably didn't mean his eyes darkened LITERALLY''
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the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"
just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible
#due to the Great Data Decay academics write viciously argumentative articles on which episodes aired in what order#at conferences professors have known to engage in physically violent altercations whilst debating the air date number of household viewers#90% of the couch gags have been lost and there is a billion dollar trade in counterfeit “lost copies”#serious note: i'll be honest i always assumed it was english imperialism that made shakespeare so inescapable in the 19th/20th cent#like his writing should have become obscure at the same level of his contemporaries#but british imperialists needed an ENGLISH LANGUAGE (and BRITISH) writer to venerate#and shakespeare wrote so many damn things that there was a humongous body of work just sitting there waiting to be culturally exploited...#i know it didn't happen like this but i imagine a English Parliament House Committee Member For The Education Of The Masses or something#cartoonishly stumbling over a dusty cobwebbed crate labelled the Complete Works of Shakespeare#and going 'Eureka! this shall make excellent propoganda for fabricating a national identity in a time of great social unrest.#it will be a cornerstone of our elitist educational institutions for centuries to come! long live our decaying empire!'#'what good fortune that this used to be accessible and entertaining to mainstream illiterate audience members...#..but now we can strip that away and make it a difficult & alienating foundation of a Classical Education! just like the latin language :)'#anyway maybe there's no such thing as the 'greatest writer of x language' in ANY language?#maybe there are just different styles and yes levels of expertise and skill but also a high degree of subjectivity#and variance in the way that we as individuals and members of different cultures/time periods experience any work of media#and that's okay! and should be acknowledged!!! and allow us to give ourselves permission to broaden our horizons#and explore the stories of marginalized/underappreciated creators#instead of worshiping the List of Top 10 Best (aka Most Famous) Whatevers Of All Time/A Certain Time Period#anyways things are famous for a reason and that reason has little to do with innate “value”#and much more to do with how it plays into the interests of powerful institutions motivated to influence our shared cultural narratives#so i'm not saying 'stop teaching shakespeare'. but like...maybe classrooms should stop using it as busy work that (by accident or designs)#happens to alienate a large number of students who could otherwise be engaging critically with works that feel more relevant to their world#(by merit of not being 4 centuries old or lacking necessary historical context or requiring untaught translation skills)#and yeah...MAYBE our educational institutions could spend less time/money on shakespeare critical analysis and more on...#...any of thousands of underfunded areas of literary research i literally (pun!) don't know where to begin#oh and p.s. the modern publishing world is in shambles and it would be neat if schoolwork could include modern works?#beautiful complicated socially relevant works of literature are published every year. it's not just the 'classics' that have value#and actually modern publications are probably an easier way for students to learn the basics. since lesson plans don't have to include the#important historical/cultural context many teens need for 20+ year old media (which is older than their entire lived experience fyi)
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pspspspsps poetry mutuals come here... new quiz... making you the patron saint of something...
#not its final form. but i'll edit it tomorrow lmao i want the mutuals to have access to it Now#rebloggable still!!! if this post spreads around that'd be really cute actually. people can see it now#nd i'll tell you all when i make it better later <3#time to remember all the little tags that i use for these. haven't done one of these since my other saint quiz fucking Forever ago#uquiz#quiz#quizzes#uquiz link#uquiz quiz#uquizzes#my uquizzes#quiz link#my quizzes
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don't panic buy games because of the eshop shutdown!!!! the memes are not lying It is genuinely very easy to hack your 3ds!!! please do it!!!!
3ds.hacks.guide
(don't follow video guides they are very often outdated and it's easier to make mistakes that way. this guide is very detailed with step by step instructions and they even have a support server in the event you have any trouble! i understand it might seem intimidating but risks of bricking or banning are very minimal at this point you will be glad you did it)
#bri talks#the only tools you'll need is a computer and a way to read mini sd cards#if you have the New Nintendo 3DS XL model you're also gonna need a certain screwdriver to open the back plate#because for some reason ninty put it there#any other model has easy sd card access so if you have a regular 3ds/xl/any 2ds model you don't need that#i have NO idea why they put it there it's not like they're even against you using a different sd card#there's instructions to change it on nintendo support... like...
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hear me out: moose in mlp
#mlp#my little pony#my little pony friendship is magic#twilight sparkle#oakley the moose#any other oakley fans out there#one of my FAVORITE mlp toys ever#i wish they would reissue her oakleys go for like 250$ on ebay :sob: i guess it is a rare G1 toy#oh also i hc that in mlp some horned species like moose can make special carvings on their horns to “Access” magic#but they cant use uncarved horns to cast spells#unicorn and kirin horns have natural magical markings on them so they dont need to do it#my version of oakley's magic is blue like her leaves : )#i am also a huge truther about putting cutie marks on non pony characters
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i will like forever stand by the fact that self-insert art is good and helpful honestly. call it cringe or whtever but at the end of the day you need to realize that drawing yourself or writing yourself into your favorite media that makes you happy can be incredibly healing. there is seriously nothing wrong with wanting to experience a bit of a reality in which u live a life that is with your favorite character ever even if its "weird" cuz honestly who the fuck cares. make urself happy. let yourself have that singular pleasure of imagining yourself with someone or something that brings you comfort outside of this world that is not nearly as kind
#especially if ur like me and u use it as replacement therapy cuz you cant access real life therapy#i do not care if its cringe if i draw myself talking w sun fnaf or who ever fucking else#if i do not have anyone to go to for comfort Let me make it up at the very fucking least#talking#ugh or possibly#delete later
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whoevers idea it was to give diana a big sword in absolute dc needs a raise immediately
#my art#dc#dc comics#dc fanart#wonder woman#justice league#diana of themyscira#diana prince#dont have access to my tablet so i have to use my IPAD… which is causing me physical pain#excuse how this looks. i havent posted in like a month so i wanted to put something up…
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Remind yourself that this is temporary.
“This will mean I can’t transition” could be more accurately framed as “parts of my transition will have to be delayed.”
This won’t last forever. One day, your body is going to feel like a home. One day, you’ll have people who call you what you want to be called. One day, you’ll look in the mirror and see yourself. Please make sure you’re around long enough to see it. Sending you so much love.
#transandrophobia#transmisogyny#exorsexism#transphobia#mine#us politics tw#this is directed towards trans people afraid their transition access will be restricted due to the u.s. election#but i suppose it can apply beyond that#i say could because it depends on your circumstances exactly how much will have to be put off. it could be some physical aspects like hrt#or it could be something more than that. any amount of having to put off your transition is awful and i’m so very sorry#but this will pass. things will be different in the future. you’ll be able to live as yourself to the fullest one day. i truly believe this
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when items which claim to be made of linen are like "hand wash gentle only do not use machines" it's soooo. guys linen is like. the durable fiber. I should be able to fucking boil this and hit it with rocks biweekly. you are doing something wrong
#RED FLAG AS HELL GUYS#i feel like this is bc its considered Luxury or some shit now?#ITS FLAX. ITS. I SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT THIS IN. A ROCK TUMBLER#what if my other beautiful wife hemp was more accessible and widely used in clothing ... imagine...#WE COULD HAVE IT ALL#THE PLANET IS WARMING LET PEOPLE WEAR HEMP OKAY#SHHHH NO MORE PLASTIC ONLY HEMP#it wouldn't have to be fiber special interest hour so often if people were not so frequently wrong about fibers
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#polls#i wish i knew how to use a sewing machine but i don’t have access to one and can’t afford one :/
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sl!tango + extra ranchers doodle
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#my art#tangotek fanart#tango fanart#tangotek#trafficshipping#trafficblr#secret life fanart#I cant be bothered to tag jimmy ummm#solidaritek#rancher duo#UMMM SIDE NOTE UPDATE my ipad is kind of broken and i am having a lot of trouble trying to get it to charge. and i use my ipad to draw.#And while i do have a drawing tablet i do not have access to it atm because it is not portable and i am not at the house that it stays at#SO i am going to be having trouble doing any new digital art until we either get this ipad to charge or have to finally get a new one.#SO yay for me. anhway i should shut up now ✌️
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[Intrusion]
My uh.. my Brainstorm hc voice.........? Don't ask why I put this much effort into it
ALSO LINK TO OG VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di7pxNivACE&t=1444s
#Using storyboard pro for the greater good.... who gave me access to this program#don't look at the bg too closely I wasn't bothering with consistency or proper perspective lmao#I also have no idea what BS stole?? Just think of it as a fancy fork#transformers#mtmte#maccadam#maccadams#tf idw#transformers fanart#more than meets the eye#frootertooter archive#lost light#brainstorm#perceptor ? it's his lab
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there's something so deeply dystopian to me how tech companies don't understand that a forced convenience is not a convenience at all. i'm sure autocorrect is helpful for many, but a function that forcibly changes my actual written words and punctuation is taking away my language. photo filters can be nice but i need to choose using them myself or else i have lost the ability to take the picture i want. i don't want a machine to draw or write for me. taking away the option for me to do things manually feels like violence!!!! all this talk of endless opportunity, why are you RESTRICTING me
#haha im upset an android update removed my most used screenshotting tools while forcing more ai garbage on me#tech companies go sit in the staircase and think about what you've done#there are many technical conveniences i choose to rely on because they're convenient for my sensibilities#but these should not be the default for anyone or the only option#it's like. it's technology. it has the capability of being personalised for our actual use and convenience like isn't that the POINT#AHHHHHHHHH#also with all the ai bullshit it's so hard to fully underline how much i enjoy the act of drawing and creating and i don't WANT it to be#more 'convenient' or easy?#not in the eay techbros think anyway. i think there should be accessibility tools and options to make the Process good for Your Needs#which is not. having a machine create something in your stead ??? ??????????
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You're not uniquely talented or hard working you just went to the right schools.
Yes, yes! This is exactly why I started Philosophy Tube! Why shouldn't someone else, anyone else, have access to the education I got??? The intellectual and cultural heritage of our species is for everyone, not just privileged people like me! :)
#something else I'm learning from friends with ADHD is that I'm privileged to have the kind of brain that works in a way our society rewards#AND the institutions that I was able to attend and use to grow were often themselves the product of a society that not only excluded#but actively exploited other people!#And still do!#So not only should we widen access#We should give people the power to critique those institutions too#Education should give you power over your own life
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"we need more complex female characters" you couldn't even handle her
#ash: hey idk if it’s a good idea to give full access of the most advanced warship we have to a mercenary who shot a suspect in cold blood#and a cop who quit his job because there were too many rules (and also happens to be a member of the military we were recently at war with)#also i think the council will throw us to the wolves to save themselves#like half the fandom: omg space racist???#sorry for discourse posting™ but i saw a terrible post that rocketed me back into 2013#anyway we may have preferences but we love and appreciate both virmire survivors in this house#mass effect#ashley williams
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