#irrelevant!

[creaturebracket]

creature bracket

here's the link to the spreadsheet with all the brackets! traits have been divided into three mini-categories--red, green, and blue. as a reminder, this bracket is where you vote on different features to create a creature

red traits: the physical traits! what features they have, limbs, tails, eyes, the works. you get it

green traits: how the creature will behave, where and how they live, what they eat, etc.! evolution or something

blue traits: the creature's background! what they like, what they don't like, do they have daddy issues?

thanks for all your patience! let us know which category you wanted to get started on first, and if we get no responses, we're just going in order! the polls will happen anyways.

please be patient with the us (the mods) and remember this is all silly and for fun! + be nice to other voters. zero harassment policy

finally, have fun! in the end, we're all victors creating a frankenstein

[autumn-elwood]

Michael: wtf are you concerned about my death certificate? I'm literally right here and alive

[tvguts]

every single time time i try to check facebook marketplace for furniture i get jumpscared by this (admittedly sick) custom baljeet coffee table

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

Of the 19 hijackers who carried out the Sept 11 attacks:

15 were from Saudi Arabia (a powerful/oil-rich country the U.S. works hard to maintain diplomatic relations with)

2 were from the United Arab Emirates (also a powerful/oil-rich country the U.S. works hard to maintain diplomatic relations with)

1 was from Egypt, 1 from Lebanon.

None of the hijackers were from Iraq.

None of the Sept 11 hijackers were Iraqi.

None of the 9/11 hijackers were from Iraq.

[darkaviarymc]

Scar is such a tremendously talented person and deserves nothing but love!

[jsheios]

splat 2 sketch comic for the starving agent 4 fans (me)

[sillystringpony]

the one where cheerilee knows

[clarisse-doodles]

inspired by this post, in which Damian does not know what Vine is

[cerullos]

to be fair, there are definitely also broader concerns about increased screentime reducing students’ (and adults’!!!) attention spans overall, which imo are demonstrably true. when i worked at a public elementary school, we were told our lesson plans should only focus on a given topic for three minutes max before moving on to something new or we risked losing students’ interest. on top of this, many younger students are behind academically and aren’t properly socialized due to attending school virtually during the initial pandemic, and it’s especially important for these students to focus on understanding classwork & collaborating with their peers.

i do think allowing students to use their phones during lunch, arrival and dismissal, etc. is fine and in my experience teachers do tend to be lax about enforcing this rule during free time. obviously very much not in favor of students’ phones being confiscated since it’s important for them to have a line of connection to family, but i do think you generally see less phone usage during class when there’s a blanket ban (as in, you can bring your phone but you can’t use it during school hours), even if in practice the rules are often bent.

anyway, i think it’s fair to say the peripheration of smart phones DOES pose unique challenges for teachers, it does heavily impact student concentration, it does need to be addressed in some way, and it isn’t beneficial for us (or for them) to pretend otherwise. i would argue that none of the examples given here contribute to any kind of longterm reduction in focus, you’re just talking about kids fucking around! sure you can argue that other devices have historically served a similar function (walkmans, ipods, video players, etc.) but none were as widely used, or anywhere near as ubiquitous as the modern smart phone.

realistically, you won’t be permitted to use your phone on the clock at most entry level jobs, even teachers are often told to avoid any kind of extended phone usage during class/in front of students, and i think it’s fine to prepare students for this by getting them in the habit of detaching from their phones early and focusing as much as possible during school. the problem is when at the individual level teachers come down on students too hard for flouting these rules (which, y’know. kids will do, it’s not that serious!) it’s a school rule that, like any other, should be enforced with empathy, understanding and conditionality. unfortunately underpaid, intensely overworked teachers tend to be a little low on nuance in their day to day dealings with students, but that’s a whole different conversation lol

"kids don't pay attention in class anymore Because Of Phone" is so funny as an argument. students haven't paid attention in class since school was invented. my parents' generation were in there making flipbooks out of the corners of their notebooks and doodling random shit instead of taking notes. and they didn't have phones.

[tadpole-apocalypse]

Perils of dating a Wild Magic Sorcerer while trying to have a dramatic moment on your grave.

[cherubchoirs]

request received, unfulfilled.

[targentis]

mushroom…if youre reading this…i love you…

[jupitercl0uds]

OH WAIT SORRY NEW PFP MY FRIEND @urbantringle DREW FOR ME LAST MONTH I FORGOT TO MENTION!!!!

[aru-art]

sourdough rolls with homemade lemon curd what the absolute fuck man

[cassandracain52]

And people say Jason doesn’t think of Tim as his brother smh

[spiderziege]

Cabeswater