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[shopelectronics]

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The new Apple iPad Air M2 is a significant upgrade over its predecessor, making it a better purchase. It features an 11-inch Liquid Retina display with True Tone, offering vibrant colors and a more comfortable viewing experience. The powerful Apple M2 Chip with a Neural Engine enhances performance and efficiency, handling demanding tasks effortlessly. Touch ID provides secure authentication and seamless Apple Pay integration, adding convenience and security. These advancements make the new iPad Air M2 superior in display quality, processing power, and user security, offering a more robust and enjoyable user experience.  

Performance and Processor Upgrades  

The new Apple iPad Air M2 offers several compelling advantages over its predecessor. The most noticeable upgrade is the next-generation Apple M2 chip with Neural Engine, delivering significantly faster performance for demanding tasks. The stunning 11-inch Liquid Retina display with True Tone provides a beautiful and immersive viewing experience, perfect for work, entertainment, and creativity. Touch ID continues to offer a secure and familiar way to unlock your iPad and make secure payments with Apple Pay. Overall, the iPad Air M2 is a powerful, versatile, and future-proof option for users who want the best possible iPad experience.  

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[teapot-of-tyrahn]

"right, one more attempt, and then i think we're gonna have to call it the end of the session."

mumbo died on his last attempt. right before grian would have ended the session. right before grian could have saved him.

"but i just don't want to kill jimmy..."

he could have taken the shot then and there. he could have lived.

but the miner didn't want to kill the canary. he wanted the canary to live. and he died for it. because miners aren't meant to go into the coal mines alone.

[ginagloria16]

[royallygray]

I TRIED TO DRAW MUMBO JUMBO AND SO FAR IT JUST LOOKS LIKE THE PRINGLES MAN AND THE MONOPOLY MAN EITHER HAD A CHILD OR MERGED INTO ONE

Mr. Pringles Monopoly Jumbo I ask for your forgiveness

The men in question:

[closetofcuriosities]

Björk Bootleg Tee

[kyuohki]

There was a while in 2021 that I was between jobs, and found a place near me on a job website. Supposedly had good pay and benefits, but the job description was minimal and...odd. Had a bunch of "interview" questions that were invasive and didn't feel like they applied to the job in question. So I dug a little deeper bc it felt hinky, and found their website, and boy am I glad I never applied...

It was one of those Naturopathy and natural healing scams, and they sell vials of (supposedly) distilled/purified water that have been electronically infused with the energy patterns of allergens or diseases (Covid being one of them!), with the name carefully printed and taped to the vial (which I guess gives the electronic infusion more...power??) Honestly, I still have no idea what exactly you're supposed to do with them, bc no source explains it. I guess you them and make a wish that you don't get infected by disease or have a severe allergic reaction?

[blueishspace]

Hero Villain God 5

(Prev) (Next) (First)

*Grian's pov*

It started with wanting to find a place to live in, you know that such things are important for humans and you certainly aren't going to half ass this and roam around or something.

Now, how a human acquires one of those houses, you didn't know. You should have probably researched it or something...but you didn't really want to and in the end you ended up not needing to since apparently mortals put up ads and one was just the one for you: A man in search of a roommate.

You never had a roommate before and It's not like you had any better places to look into so you made a decision to just try it because, why not?

The man from the ad, a certain Mumbo Jumbo, looked like he was one bad day from nevrosis when you talked to him for the first time... It would have probably been better to introduce yourself via call or text instead of just walking to his house and knocking on his door... oops, oh well... He looks like he would have been extremely akward anyway.

The apartment itself is not particularly special, not that you expected anything different, but you don't really care about how it looks as you don't need anything. As for the roommate... Well it would be a waste not to, he just looks so fun.

"I'm in, where do I sign?"

"It's fine if you don't - Ah? Wait really?"

Was he expecting you to dislike it? Isn't you liking his whole objective? Ah, weirdo.

"Yeah yeah, really"

"O-oh! This is great!"

This man contains so much anxiety... You laugh a bit, you know It's a bit rude but you just can't help it.

... There is another reason you decided to go trough with this though, innocent as he may seem this guy is secretly a supervillain!

It wasn't that hard to look into his mind considering mortals rarely ever have any sort of mental defenses and see everything you need to know. At first you didn't know why a villain would want a roommate considering how counterproductive it is to have a potential witness so close to him but you don't need to look into his mind to realize he desperately needs to save money.

You did look into his villain persona just to be extra sure this wasn't a trap and he wouldn't try to stab you and accidentally reveal your divinity or something...It would be pretty akward.

Luckily the Boogeyman, weird name but you respect the hustle, seems more of a hacker-inventor type of villain and stabbing random people just doesn't seem fit his modus operandi... he's more of a mad scientist then a stabber and he's not going to be able to drug you anyway since you are a god...

This doesn't stop you from saying "You know, earlier the newspaper said they are sending a bunch of the top detectives to catch Boogeyman" and watching him tense up and sweat profusely.

Unfortunately trying to get him with a "What do you do for a living?" didn't work out, at least he had the foresight to prepare for that specific question...that being that he works with machinery and electronics which is technically not a lie considering what you know of Boogeyman...

You on the other hand did not share the same foreshight, luckily you already had a persona you wanted to try out and this was the perfect occasion to introduce her to the world..

"S-So, what about you? What do you do?"

"I am a singer, It's still a work in progress however"

"R-really?! That's...nice? What's your stage name? If you have one of course I wouldn't want to assume!"

Oh that, you already had one in mind! One that just screams talent! And fame.

"Oh It's Ariana, Ariana Griande!"

Munbo looks confused but he also looks like he is trying very hard not to speak... Not unusual for what you seen of him but still unexpected...Why?

"What's wrong?"

"O-oh! Nothing is wrong! I was just surprised It's a feminine name- Have I been misgendering you this whole time!?"

Oh right, when planning that name you forgot one thing... Human gender... So annoying.

There are a bunch of way you could explain it to him, you could say that It's an inside joke or something or you could try to explain how you view gender without revealing to him that you are a divine being older then gender itself or you could try to identify with one of the thousands labels mortal use... But you have already done the first two and you don't really want to make it too complicated for him. Who knows how much he can handle?

So you go with option four:

"Oh yeah, It's because I sing while in drag"

"Oh! That's cool!"

...

Hmmmm... Maybe you can try it out really quickly...

"I don't have the outfit here right now but I could sing something for you."

"R-really? Uh! Are you sure"

"Would I be asking otherwise?"

"U-uh Go ahead!"

It's been a while since you have sung to someone like this but singing has always felt calming to you... ...You begin singing to him of a soldier, a poet and a king. (Of a hero, a villain and a god).

*End of Chapter 1*

[shopelectronics]

Apple iPad Pro M4 launched and is available in UAE; here is everything you need to know about it 

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What is the latest specifications for Apple's M4 iPad Pro?  

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Advance Features for iPad Pro M4  

The iPad Pro M4 is packed with advanced features that enhance user experience and productivity. It includes a Landscape 12MP Ultra-Wide Camera, ideal for superior video calls and photography. The Four Speaker Audio system delivers immersive, high-fidelity sound, perfect for media consumption. Leveraging advanced AI, the iPad Pro M4 ensures smooth performance and intelligent task management. Face ID provides secure, effortless authentication. With up to 10 hours of surfing time, this device supports prolonged use without frequent recharging. These features make the iPad Pro M4 a powerhouse for personal and professional use.  

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[king-of-weapon-world]

Darn all of this technological internet mumbo jumbo, I miss when mail was just a piece of paper you put in an envelope, now I have to figure out how to "configure my electronic mail" or whatever hogwash they're trying to convince us is logical and none of it makes any SENSE!

I had to get Speardovich to help me out (he's pretty good with all this cyber garbage) and after all was said and done it would've been faster if I had just walked to the wing of the factory I needed to contact and chiseled my message into the floor!

[rackmount-official-my-ass]

just gonna lock that shit up behind glass on a jumbo jet, huh. tee zay tee zie kie. bitch.

but yeah, looking like a lot of those horizontally densely-packed lights might be SFF drives. noticing a lot of 4 U faces in here too. let's take a look!

The Fate of the Furious came out in 2017, same year Dell launched their 14th generation, so these are probably from the 13th gen (Rx3y). There's only one 4 U machine in that lineup, the R930, with 4 sockets of Xeon E7-4800 v4. Looks like these chips run a TDP of about 115 W, so with a little napkin math, 4 racks of 42 U, we're looking at about 20 kW. That's a $1.6M monthly power bill around here (did I do that right?? 11¢/kWh?). **Edit:** I did that wrong, it's more like $1600 than $1600000.

This jet was totally fake as far as I can tell (I do data centers, not planes), had two AEW dishes. But I'm curious now, how much auxiliary electricity can planes supply if they need to? Is 20 kW just for some servers outlandish on e.g. an E-3 or C-17 or something, or just a drop in the bucket? For that matter, what do we know about these kinds of heavy telecom deployments in planes? Do they exist? Are vibrations a reason to avoid spinning drives in the air?

Come to think of it, I would guess it's pretty feasible, you've got a shitton of fuel right there and no reason not to fit it out with a dedicated generator or two if you wanted to. I'm sure there's plenty of electronics deployments in air, but i figured they would all be pretty custom, and rated for aviation applications. Would love to learn more about this aspect of tech in planes!

cc maybe +@localairport since i don't remember who else on here is plane nerds, hi :3

[carousel-anon-aka-alexander]

:)

Here’s a challenge: try to do a full day of school (actually, that could be the whole challenge by itself), and then, afterward, go on a quest to find a goddess, knowing that when you get home, if you get home, you’ll still have a couple of hours of math and science homework to do.

I was feeling pretty salty as we headed downtown, and it had nothing to do with my Salty Sailor.

Osiris brought us straight to Times Square—the noisiest, most crowded, most tourist-infested part of Manhattan. I tried to avoid Times Square as much as possible, which naturally meant I just kept getting sucked into it, usually to battle a monster, talk to a god, or hang from a billboard in my boxer shorts. (Long story.)

Osiris stopped at a storefront I would have passed right by. For half a block, all the windows were covered in foil. Usually, that means the place is either out of business or super shady. Then I looked up at the enormous electronic sign above the entrance. I might have walked by it a dozen times before, but I’d never paid it any attention. In Times Square, all the flashy jumbo screens kind of blend together.

“No way,” I said.

Nausicaa shook her head. “She really named her place Hebe Jeebies?”

“Afraid so,” Osiris sighed.

“And how did you know about this place?” I asked.

His cheeks flushed. “They have great licorice ropes. You can’t pass by without smelling them!”

I couldn’t see anything through the windows. I definitely didn’t smell anything. Then again, I don’t have this man’s nose for licorice. It’s kind of like catnip for goat guys.

“It’s a candy store, then?” Nausicaa asked.

“No, more like . . .” Osiris tilted his head. “Actually, it’s easier to show you.”

I wasn’t sure traipsing into a goddess’s lair was the best idea, but he pushed through the doors and we followed. Because licorice, I guess.

Inside . . . well, imagine all the cheesiest entertainment centers from the 1990s got together and had a food baby. That was Hebe Jeebies

Rows of Skee-Ball machines stood ready for action. A dozen Dance Dance Revolution platforms blinked and flashed, inviting us to boogie. Aisles with every arcade game I’d ever heard of, and dozens that I hadn’t, lined the vast, dimly lit warehouse, making the whole place a glowing labyrinth. (And labyrinth is a word I never use lightly.)

In the distance, I spotted a candy station with fill-your-own-bag dispensers and huge bins of colorful sweet stuff. On the other side of the warehouse were a cafeteria with picnic tables and a stage where robotic iguanas played musical instruments.

There was a ball pit the size of a house, a climbing structure that looked like a giant hamster habitat, a bumper-car course, and a ticket-exchange station with oversize stuffed animals for prizes. The whole place smelled of pizza, pretzels, and industrial cleaner. And it was packed with families.

“I get it now,” said Nausicaa, shivering. “This place does give me the heebie-jeebies.”

“I’ve been here a few times.” Osiris’ expression was a combination of anxiety and hunger . . . which, come to think of it, was his usual expression. “I’ve never found the other end of the place.”

I looked at the happy kids running around obliviously and the parents who seemed just as thrilled to play games they probably remembered from their own childhoods.

“Okay,” I said, inching back toward the front door. “I’m getting strong Lotus Casino vibes in here . . . like low-rent Lotus Casino, but still . . .”

I didn’t have to explain what I meant. Years ago, we’d gotten stuck in a Vegas casino that offered a thousand reasons to never leave. We’d just barely escaped.

“It’s not a trap,” Osiris said. “At least, I’ve never had any trouble leaving. These families . . . they come and go. They don’t seem to be stuck in time.”

He had a point. I didn’t spot anybody with bell-bottoms or 1950s haircuts, which was a good sign. A family walked by, their arms full of stuffed-animal prizes, and left the building with no problem.

“Then . . . what’s the catch?” Nausicaa asked. “There’s always a catch.”

I nodded in agreement. I’d never walked into any establishment run by a Greek god, monster, or other immortal being that didn’t have a nasty downside. The more interesting the place looked, the more dangerous it was.

“I don’t know,” Osiris admitted. “I usually just get licorice and leave. I keep a low profile.”

He frowned at me, as if worried I might do something high-profile like burn the place down. Honestly, that hurt. Just because I’ve been known to burn places down, blow things up, and unleash apocalyptic disasters wherever I go . . . that doesn’t mean I’m totally irresponsible.

“And you’re sure Hebe is here?” I asked.

“No, but . . .” Os wriggled his shoulders. “You know that feeling you get when there’s a god around and you can’t see them, but you kind of feel like there’s a swarm of dung beetles on the back of your neck?”

“Not exactly . . .” I said.

“Also,” said Nausicaa, “dung beetles is oddly specific.”

Osiris brushed the metaphorical poop bugs off his neck. “Anyway, I’ve got that feeling now. We could ask the staff if Hebe’s around. If we can find someone.”

We moved into the arcade. I kept my hand at my side, ready to draw out Riptide, my pen-sword, though there didn’t seem to be much to fight except grade-school kids and video game bosses. I half expected the robot iguana band to charge us with banjo bayonets, but they just kept playing their programmed songs.

“Oh, my gods,” Nausicaa said. “Stackers. I haven’t played that since . . .”

Her thoughts seemed to drift away. She’d been at Camp Half-Blood since she was seven years old, so she must have been reliving a really early memory. It made sense to me that she would like a game where you had to place one block on top of another. She was all about building and architecture.

As we approached the candy station, I felt a pang in my abdomen. Not because I was hungry, but because the smell reminded me so much of my mom’s old workplace, Sweet on America. I used to love going there during the summer and watching her help people pick out candy. I guess it was a pretty hard job, and it didn’t pay much, but my mom never failed to make people smile. They always left happy, with just the right mix of treats, which made my mom seem like a superhero to me.

Of course, she was still a superhero to me for a lot of reasons. But back when I was seven or eight, having a mom who was the candy lady felt like the coolest thing ever. She used to bring me free samples when she came home, and this place had all my old favorites: blueberry saltwater taffy, blue sour laces, blue . . . well, everything. It’s amazing my tongue hadn’t turned permanently violet.

Osiris sniffed at the rows of licorice ropes, which came in so many colors they reminded me of Tir’s tie rack.

A group of adults walked past, giggly and teary-eyed, reminiscing about their favorite treats and games from back in the day.

“It’s a nostalgia trap,” I realized. “The place is selling people their own childhoods.”

Nausicaa nodded. Her gaze drifted around the amusement center like she was scanning for threats. “That makes sense, but a lot of places sell nostalgia. It’s not necessarily a bad thing. . . .”

An employee walked past wearing a bright blue Hebe Jeebies polo shirt and matching shorts, fussing with a wheel of paper prize tickets.

“Excuse me, miss?” Nausicaa touched her arm, and the employee jumped.

“What?” she snapped.

I realized she was just a kid. She had wiry black hair with pink barrettes, a pouty baby face, and a name tag that read SPARKY, MANAGER. She couldn’t have been more than nine years old.

“Sorry.” Sparky took a breath. “The token machine is broken again, and I gotta get these tickets to . . . Anyway, how can I help?”

I wondered if the gods had child-labor laws for their magical businesses. If so, the goddess of youth apparently didn’t believe in them.

“We’re looking for Hebe?” I asked.

“If this is about a refund for a defective game—”

“It’s not,” I said.

“Or the pizza being moldy—”

“It’s not. Also, yuck.”

“Depends on the mold,” Osiris murmured.

“We just need to speak to the goddess in charge,” Nausicaa said. “It’s kind of urgent.”

Sparky scowled, then relented. “Past the diving cliff; left at the henhouse.”

“Diving cliff?” I asked.

“Henhouse?” asked Osiris.

“She’ll be in the karaoke bar.” Sparky wrinkled her nose like this was an unpleasant fact of life. “Don’t worry. You’ll hear it.”

She hurried off with her wheel o’ prize tickets. I looked at Nausicaa and Osiris. “Are we really going to search out a karaoke bar . . . like, on purpose?”

“You can duet with me on ‘Shallow,’ ” Nausicaa offered.

“You don’t want that,” I promised.

“Oh, I don’t know.” She pinched my arm lightly. “Might be romantic.”

“I’m just going to keep walking,” said Osiris.

Which was probably the wisest choice.

We found the diving cliff: a two-story wall of fake rock where you could jump off into a suspiciously murky pool of water. A couple of kids were doing it on a loop, splashing down, clambering out, and racing back up to the top, while their parents stood nearby, engrossed in a game of Space Invaders.

I may be related to Poseidon, but you couldn’t have paid me enough to jump into that pool. Any enclosed body of water where little kids have been playing? No thanks. Nevertheless, I took note of where the pool was, just in case I needed some H2O to throw around.

I am a guy of limited talents. If I can’t kill it with water, a sword, or sarcasm, I am basically defenseless. I come preloaded with sarcasm. The pen-sword is always in my pocket. Now I had access to water, so I was as prepared as I could ever be.

We passed the henhouse . . . which I’d thought might be a nickname for a private event space or something, like where you’d have hen parties. But no. It was an actual henhouse. Right in the middle of the arcade stood a red shack on stilts, surrounded by a chicken-wire fence. On the floor around it, about a dozen hens and some little yellow chicks were pecking at feed, clucking, and basically being chickens.

“Why?” I asked.

“Hebe’s sacred animal,” Nausicaa said. “Maybe we should move along.”

I didn’t argue. The chickens were staring at us with their beady black eyes as if thinking, Dude, if we were still dinosaurs, we would tear you to pieces.

At last, we found the karaoke bar. It was partitioned off from the rest of the amusement center by a set of sliding mahogany doors, but that didn’t stop the music from seeping through. Inside, half a dozen tables faced a sad little stage, where a squad of old folks belted out a song that sounded vaguely Woodstock-ish. The stage lights pulsed a sickly yellow color. The sound system crackled.

That didn’t seem to bother the others, who threw their arms around one another and waved their canes, their bald heads gleaming as they wailed about peace and sunshine.

“Can we leave now?” Osiris asked, looking highly uncomfortable.

Nausicaa pointed to a booth against the far wall. “Look over there.”

Sitting in the booth, tapping her feet to the music, was a girl about my age. At least, that’s what she appeared to be. But I could tell she was a goddess because immortals always make themselves a little too flawless when they appear in human form: perfect complexion, hair always photoshoot ready, clothes far too crisp and colorful for mere mortals. The girl in the booth wore a pink-and-turquoise minidress with white go-go boots but somehow managed to make it look hip and not like a retro Halloween costume. Her hair was a dark beehive swirl. It occurred to me she was channeling a fashion that would remind anyone of their own childhoods.

We approached the booth. “Lady Hebe?” I asked.

I figured that was the safest way to address her. I was guessing her last name wasn’t Jeebies.

The goddess raised a finger to silence me, her eyes still fixed on the geriatric singers. “Don’t they seem happy? So young again!”

The old-folk did seem happy. I wasn’t sure about young, but maybe young meant something different back in the day.

“Um, yeah,” I said. “We were just wondering—”

“Please, sit.” The goddess waved her hand, and three chairs appeared on the outside of the booth.

Then Hebe issued one of the most terrifying threats I had ever heard from a god: “I’ll order us some pizza, and we can talk while the old folks sing protest songs.”

Im enjoying this soooo much ahhhhh

@mini-assassin-osiris @fated-runaway

[meatball-headache]

They said "don't get attached to your first dozen" characters, and boy howdy, that was an understatement. I've fed I don't know how many to the jungles of Qud, and now I'm not creating characters with interesting builds and carefully-planned stats, I'm just hitting random, because it's at least as good as me when it comes to preparing to roam the salt marshes :p

So this is Urdru, a True Kin Child of the... something. Hearth, I think. I don't know. He's doing well! Well, he got past Red Rock, so that's officiall Making Progress—he's the first True Kin I ever had that got that far. Really, I've only ever had one character get past Grit Gate and only two that got to Grit Gate. You know me, I get distracted searching for Dessicatedicus Molluskfriend, and returning books to the library all the time...

I am totally into this game. This has to be my game of the year. I know, it's a late introduction, and the competition's been pretty thin, but I'm just completely captivated by this game. I've played Dwarf Fortress and ADOM and stuff a little bit, but not in any depth. Not for more than an afternoon, anyway—they were too hard to understand, in terms of how to play or what I was looking at, and too hard to make progress, and a younger Meatball had no patience for something like that. These days, I'm much more okay with just hitting RNG and letting an emergent story tell me how I die. Will I ever get good at the game? I don't know, did I ever get good at Bloodborne, or did I just bullheadedly plow my way through and get the Platinum anyway?

But, I mean, it's not just the steep challenge. It's just, this game's particular style rubs me the right way. Mutants and cybernetics were never really my thing, honestly—although when you've got a copper sword and leather armor and you're up against a battery of laser turrets surrounding an electronic keycard, now I'm interested. But it's more than just that level of the theme. It's something in the writing, and how the dynamically-generated scenarios are completely ludicrous, but the atmosphere of the writing and music compel you to take it seriously. You go five layers deep in a dungeon, dealing with exploding flowers and machine guns the whole way, and you find a statue that reveals some secret history: that Sultan Quradesh went to the town of Poisonedwasteland and bought a bejewelled dagger that he named Bejewelledicus Poisonedwastelandgift. And then he lost in in a bar bet and fled the town. ("Quest accepted: 'Find Bejewelledicus Poisonedwastelandgift'!") And the game is asking you to nod sagely and accept this as deep, serious lore, and there's something captivating about that.

I dunno. I'm flattering myself, but, it kind of reminds me of my own writing. The only voice I could be comfortable writing in has this... completely off-the-wall word-salad pile of mumbo jumbo going on, but, I'm not trying to write it to be funny, I'm trying to write it with the same sense of awe and grandeur that Tolkien used to list the trees the hobbits walked past. Some kind of "glorious stupidity," or something. I don't know.

...and that reminds me of the date. Tomorrow's a whole new year, and that traditionally calls for Resolutions. I haven't made any Resolutions, capital R, in a while, having decided that the whole thing was pointless, and life's too short to stress yourself out over. And yet, here I am, a million years old and how many books have I wroten? Either two or five—sort of—but who's seen 'em or cares? Where's my Wikipedia article? What's my tombstone gonna say but some dates? It's disappointing. I need to crack the whip some more, and get myself moving.

So, my New Year's Resolution is: writing every day. The only way I can function is doing a whole chapter at once. One chapter has to be written in one sitting, and one day's writing is one chapter. Now, we can see how this will lead to burnout, so, I'm not putting a word count on it. I just want to pin down an A and Z so I know what happens in a given chapter—what the point of writing it is. And, I'm not just going to churn out word count constantly. Going back and editing yesterday's, last week's, last year's chapter totally counts. I just want to keep working, and keep moving forward.

Also, so I can tell what I did all year (what happened in 2024 other than Dawntrail?) I'm going to return to my personal journal. So I can spare you from my rambling thoughts like this :p But, mainly it's just to bullet-point what I've been reading, writing, and playing lately.

...but, that's an adventure for tomorrow. For now, I have to see how Urdru dies :p

[voltaspistol]

Fuck digital grocery labels. "We'll cut 20% of our paper waste". No, you're replacing an easily recycled renewable resource with electronic waste that almost certainly will not be recycled.

"We'll be able to do in minutes what might take employees a week to do". No, it only takes a week because you don't hire enough staff to keep your store functioning properly and they're always being dragged away by customers who can't find anyone to help them because you've eliminated the customer service desk and you've instituted policies where the stocker has to physically walk the customer to the item instead of just telling them.

"You'll be able to scan a QR code to find out if a product has gluten in it" It takes five seconds to go to google, do a voice search for "Heinz Ketchup Gluten" and get an answer using tech we already have.

"Coca-Cola did surge pricing on their vending machines in the 1990s and it failed so store owners won't do surge pricing" No, people just bought non-vending machine coca-cola because they had the ability to go elsewhere and they knew the price was inflated because it's easy to monitor one machine's prices. If every grocery store is practicing surge pricing, there's no alternative, and we'll lose touch of what a "normal" price is because while it's possible to keep a single cola machine's prices in mind, it's impossible to commit every item in the store to memory and know when you're being price gouged. It's price fatigue and the corporations know this. "Surge pricing will work in reverse, if a bunch of milk is about to go bad, stores will discount the milk" No, stores are going to get lazier about buying excess product because they know that if the gamble of buying excess product doesn't lead to more sales, they can offload bad food onto customers who are just trying to catch a break, and in turn those customers will have to make a return trip for full-priced non-expired milk. That's not reducing waste, that's creating waste.

Also, you KNOW these motherfuckers are gonna price products real low sometimes to encourage bulk buying and then five minutes later when 20 people have 60 units in their cart but have not reached the checkout stands yet, they'll jack up the price suddenly, and exhausted consumers will have to remain vigilant at checkout to spot the difference and then have to go through the humiliation of asking the cashier to put those items back.

Grocery shopping is exhausting. It's a constant fight to not give into deceitful packaging, nonsensical '4 jumbo rolls = 10 regular rolls" label math, psychological pressure to buy buy buy, constant vigilance for bargains, the uptempo music trying to put you in a manic purchasing state...... They really are just trying to push even normal people into such exhaustion that they will pay extra just to fucking escape.

Fuck everything about this.

[cartoonfanaticmonsterrobotalien]

Solar Opposites in Mighty Solars Prologue

On the planet Earth lives an alien family from the planet Shlorp, known as the Solar-Opposites, at sunrise, in a house with a ship on it, Korvo and his boyfriend Terry are fast asleep in their bed. So are their children Yumyulack, who is Korvo’s son, Jesse, who is Terry’s daughter, Phoebe who is the family’s nanny, and their beloved Pupa. All of the neighbors and fellow citizens are fast sleep until suddenly a loud blaring alarm goes off on each devices:, TVs, phones, laptops and Jumbotrons. Terry groans as he wakes up

Terry Solar-Opposites: What the fuck is going on?!

Korvo wakes up.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Ugh… I don’t know…

Meanwhile, at Principal Cooke’s house, he wakes up and grows confused as it goes all around the electronics.

Principal Cooke: What the hell?

Then, a few of the neighbors then turn to a jumbo tron that has suddenly turn on and gasp. It shows a Silvercop but in a different uniform.

Maverick: Citizens of Earth. I am Maverick of the Silver Cops. Don’t resist any resistance or futile have been futile. Your planet is now about to be extinct!

Korvo gasps.

Kevin: What?! What do you mean?

Jamie: You’re gonna destroy Earth?! You can’t do that!

Neighbor: We’ll die.

Bullet: It’s too late! The Silver Cops has been tracing the Shlorpians for long as we hope. You’re planet is about be shatter, we planted a bomb on each of the continents.

Everyone: WHAT??

Yumyulack starts having a panic attack.

Yumyulack Solar-Opposites: breathing in and out Oh my God! Oh my God! What the fuck’s happening?!

Korvo gasps and comforts Yumyulack.

Yumyulack Solar-Opposites: Korvo… starts crying I’m scared… cries into Korvo’s chest

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Sssh…ssh…I know. Daddy’s here.

Yumyulack keeps crying while Jesse hugs Terry and so does Pupa while Phoebe wakes up and grows shock.

Phoebe MacCarthy: Korvo! What is happening?!

Korvo Solar-Opposites: I-I don’t know!

Then, Korvo runs outside and sees Bullet on the screen.

Bullet: Well it’s too late for you now humans. You are now property of the Silver Cops!

The transmission ends as the humans looks at Korvo in desperate and worry.

Randall: Everyone stay calm! WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!

Jesse slaps Randall in the face.

Jesse Solar-Opposites: Pull yourself together!

Korvo Solar-Opposites: EVERYONE, STAY CALM! PACK YOUR BAGS! WE HAVE TO LEAVE EARTH PERMANENTLY BEFORE IT SHATTERS!

Miss Frankie: Aw fuck I hate to say this but Korvo is right!

Terry Solar-Opposites: But where are we gonna go?!

Korvo Solar-Opposites: sighs sadly Terry, I’m sorry but all of can’t live here anymore. We gotta get off this planet. Permanently before it explodes

Terry Solar-Opposites: tearing up Oh God… you’re right…

Yumyulack Solar-Opposites: But how are we gonna get out of here?!

Korvo hugs Terry as Terry sobs.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: I know where we can launch our ship and get everyone out of here. Las Vegas. It has a bunch of blimps that can be turn into spaceships! We all must hurry at once!

Randall: Well, come on, people! We can’t just stand here! We gotta get moving!

The humans panic and starts packing their bags. Back with the family, they started packing their stuff.

Pupa Solar-Opposites: packing a bag of Doritos Doritos!

Terry Solar-Opposites: Korvo, I don’t wanna leave Earth! Besides, you’re really starting to love it here!

Korvo Solar-Opposites: I know but, it’s gonna explode! We’re all gonna die if we’d stay here on an exploding planet.

Terry Solar-Opposites: WHO! EVEN! CARES?! starts crying

Korvo then starts to comfort and soothe his boyfriend, deeply understanding how scared he is.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Oh Terry. It’s hard for you, isn’t it?

Terry Solar-Opposites: sniffles Yes. Korvo, I was planning our date today. I was gonna show you something special and-

Korvo puts a finger on Terry’s lips.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: You can tell me later after we get off this planet. It’s gonna be okay. But we have to keep moving!

Terry looks at Korvo with determination.

Terry Solar-Opposites: Okay! Phoebe, did our kids pack all of their stuff?

Phoebe MacCarthy: Yep. I checked.

Jesse Solar-Opposites: But-but what about the sprinkle museum?! They just disinfected from the Meningitis!

Korvo Solar-Opposites: There will be no sprinkle selfies today! Everyone get your bags and meet at the car! I just hooked the ship to it! We must leave immediately!

Terry Solar-Opposites: Well, maybe they’ll have a sprinkle museum at the new planet!

Jesse Solar-Opposites: crying But Terry, I don’t wanna leave. I love Earth and I don’t wanna lose Monica! She’s my best friend!

Terry has an idea. Jesse then starts crying as Terry gasp and comforts his daughter.

Terry Solar-Opposites: Shh… it’s okay Jesse-bear. Daddy’s here. It’s gonna be okay.

Then, Terry went the Millers house as the humans panicky run around with packed stuff and opens the door.

Mr. Miller: Terry! Did you hear the news?

Monica Miller: Terry, what are you-

Terry Solar-Opposites: Did all of you pack your stuff?!

Monica Miller: Yes, why-

Terry Solar-Opposites: You’re coming with us!

Monica Miller: I am?!

Mrs. Miller: Really? Our daughter would love that!

Mr. Miller: HONEY! WE MUST GET MOVING!

Mrs. Miller: Good point! to Monica Bye sweetie! We’ll meet you up at Vegas! Be a good listener to the Solars! We love you!

Monica Miller: I will.

A few seconds later, the Solars are in the car waiting for Terry.

Phoebe MacCarthy: Oh God! I hope Terry made it on time!

Terry shows up with Monica.

Terry Solar-Opposites: Guys! We’re here!

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Terry!

The two alien boyfriends embrace and kiss while Monica gasp in joy and hugs Jesse.

Jesse Solar-Opposites: Monica!

Monica Miller: What up bestie?! I got my parents’ permission to come with you guys thanks to Terry! They’re heading to Las Vegas right now!

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Solar Opposites, move out!

Once Terry gets in the car, the family drive their car all the way to Las Vegas and made it to the Vegas Blimp Corporation where they see an abandon launch spot.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Let’s go!

Terry Solar-Opposites: Aw man, I can’t believe we can’t take our car! Okay, unpack the trunk and get your belongings quick guys! How many minutes until Earth explodes?!

Korvo checks the phone and gasps.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Oh shit! In 15 minutes! Okay guys! Let’s hurry up!

The group gets onto the blimp.

Terry Solar-Opposites: Hey look! The humans are leaving- hears a knock Huh?

Then, Terry opens the door and sees Principal Cooke, Miss Frankie, Ms. Perez and Kevin’s family at the door.

Kevin: Hey uh guys. Bad news, all the blimps are taken and do you have enough room?

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Oh sure why?

Miss Frankie: Let us in!

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Oh shit! Right, but hurry in fast! The planet is about to explode in five minutes!

Then, Principal Cooke, Miss Frankie, Ms. Perez and Kevin and his family head inside the ship as everyone gets seated and Terry prepares to launch it.

Yumyulack Solar-Opposites: Aw fuck! I can’t believe this is happening!

Terry Solar-Opposites: Ready?!

Korvo Solar-Opposites: takes a deep breath Ready!

Terry presses the launch button and…

Jesse Solar-Opposites: Prepare for lift off guys!

The blimp launches

The gang screams all the humans evacuate in their blimps and fly off into space. The humans look at Earth one more time before it shatters into pieces. Terry starts sobbing as Phoebe comforts him.

Kevin: Earth! Nooooo!

Principal Cooke: Oh my God… our homes… our jobs… they’re gone…

Korvo sighs sadly.

Miss Frankie: Wow uh thanks for uh letting us in. That was very sweet…

Miss Frankie then heads back to mourning as she comforts a crying Principal Cooke. Korvo smiles.

Jesse Solar-Opposites: Korvo, how does it feel now? To get off the planet?

reference to do the ending of the “Unwanted Personification of Terry” Occurs

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Weird. Not gonna lie, I’ll miss Earth. Terry seemed to have the perfect life.

Jesse Solar-Opposites: We know, but we are sure gonna miss the good times on Earth. looks at Yumyulack Like the good things we did.

Yumyulack Solar-Opposites: Yeah, but at least everyone is safe.

Terry then smiles.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Will you be alright, darling?

Terry Solar-Opposites: sighs I don’t know. But hey at least you got off the planet like you wanted because Shlorpians is what we are.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: It’s true. But, I’m sorry Earth got shattered. I clearly now realize how much I like Earth too. Now that we got off the planet, I am so glad we all got out of here safe and sound.

Terry Solar-Opposites: Come here, baby.

The family then gets in a group hug while Principal Cooke, Miss Frankie, Ms. Perez and Kevin and his family watch.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Now don’t you worry everyone! looks at the ships I think everyone got out of there just in time. We’ll go live on Earth-4. It’ll be the perfect new home for us.

Terry Solar-Opposites: Is it like normal Earth?

Jesse Solar-Opposites: Actually I did mention it two months ago for a Solar diorama except I couldn’t tell them because they’re invisible for a reason.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: It’s true. But, I’m heard it is like Earth. I promise. Now come along fam. Let’s head to our new home.

Soon they arrive. The ship landed on the house and the family head outside with their human neighbors while the other ships arrive. Then, an Earth-4 pedestrian splashes mud all over the Solars, Phoebe, Monica, Miss Frankie, Principal Cooke, Kevin and his family and Ms. Perez with his car

Earth-4 Pedestrian: Fuck you humans, go back to your own planet!

Ms. Perez: Ugh! Really?!

The pedestrian drives away as Korvo looks on with disgust.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Fuck you! You people are stupid and confusing!

Principal Cooke: Aw man, is that how you guys felt?

Terry puts a hand on Korvo’s shoulder.

Miss Frankie: Yep. This is our new life now.

Jesse Solar-Opposites: Aw geez.

Two weeks later…

Korvo and Terry walk out of a restaurant exhausted.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Man what a Tuesday.

Terry Solar-Opposites: Tell me about it. I mean what are the chances?! It's almost like every other date night something equally batshit happens to us.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: I know what you mean but… put his hand on Terry’s shoulder and smiles I wouldn't have it any other way.

Terry Solar-Opposites: Yeah. Me neither.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Should we get out of here-

But then Terry grabs Korvo hands and kneels down.

Terry Solar-Opposites: Hold on.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Terry? What is it?

Terry takes a deep breath and kneels down.

Terry Solar-Opposites: Korvo, I know things have always been kinda. unconventional with us. We didn't choose each other... and pretend to be a family for awhile... but after living together, building a life on Earth... I've realized there is no one I would rather spend the rest of my life with than you. You're my best friend, slash work-husband in crime, slash life-Korvo. You’re my Korvy and I love you more than anything else.

Korvo smiles.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Really? Really? Even more than snack goods?

Terry Solar-Opposites: Mmm-hmm.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: More than whimsical t-shirts?

Terry Solar-Opposites: Mmhmm.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: More than Hulu-Land?

Terry Solar-Opposites: Just about it.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: I’m flattered.

Terry Solar-Opposites: And that's why I wanted to ask...

Terry gets out a box and opens it with a wedding ring. Korvo gasps.

Terry Solar-Opposites: Korvo, will you marry me?

Korvo then starts crying tears of joy.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Yes! A billion times yes!

The husbands then embrace in a kiss as tears of joy in their eyes while Terry puts the ring on Korvo’s finger.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: It’s beautiful…

Terry Solar-Opposites: Not as beautiful as you, my love. I love you…

Korvo Solar-Opposites: I love you too…

The two alien fiancés kiss with tears in their eyes. A few seconds later, Korvo and Terry arrived home while the Replicants were playing laser tag, Phoebe was making dinner and Pupa was playing with his baby toys.

Phoebe MacCarthy: Hey guys. That was fast.

Terry Solar-Opposites: Phoebe, can you bring the replicants down here real quick?

Phoebe MacCarthy: Why of course!

Phoebe calls out for the replicants.

Phoebe MacCarthy: Kids! Get down here! Your dads want you!

Jesse Solar-Opposites: Coming!

Yumyulack Solar-Opposites: Coming!

The kids came downstairs and then sits on the couch while Pupa joins in.

Jesse Solar-Opposites: What is it guys?

Yumyulack Solar-Opposites: So what’s up?

Korvo and Terry smiled and starts to announce it.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Kids, Terry and I have some wonderful news

Terry Solar-Opposites: I proposed to Korvo and he said yes!

Korvo Solar-Opposites: That’s right! ‘Cause kids, we’re getting married!

Jesse gasps.

Yumyulack Solar-Opposites: No way! Is it really happening?!

Korvo nods tearfully.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Yes! We’re finally a family!

Terry Solar-Opposites: Which we always been!

Phoebe MacCarthy: Guys! I am so proud of you!

Yumyulack groans.

Yumyulack Solar-Opposites: Eew. Why do you guys have to be so gross- gets hug by Jesse and smiles Aw never mind.

Yumyulack then hugs his sister back while Pupa joins in on the hug. Terry turns to Korvo and smiles.

Terry Solar-Opposites: Korvy, I think this is new life is gonna be amazing for us.

Korvo smiles with tears in his eyes.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: You’re right Terry. We made an amazing life with each other and I wouldn’t dare give it away, because being you changed my life.

Terry Solar-Opposites: Aw, Korvy.

The two alien fiancés then kiss while Yumyulack, Jesse and Pupa hug their dads along with Phoebe who joins in on the hug.

Terry Solar-Opposites: So, Korvo, how do you want to celebrate?

Korvo Solar-Opposites: I know how! takes Terry upstairs

Jesse Solar-Opposites: Um, are they gonna-

Yumyulack Solar-Opposites: Let’s head outside! runs to the backyard with his siblings

Meanwhile in the bedroom.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: feeling overjoyed and horny Terry, you beautiful son of a bitch, take your goddamn clothes off!

Terry Solar-Opposites: seductively You didn’t have to tell me twice!

The alien fiancés make out and take their clothes off as they began to have sex.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Oh dominate me you sexy bitch! moaning while Terry bangs harder on him

Terry Solar-Opposites: Oh yeah! Want me to call ya names?! Huh?!

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Ooooh yeees! You slutty bitch! That gets me so fucking hot! Oooh!

Terry grunts as he keeps banging Korvo.

Terry Solar-Opposites: Do it as we cut away!

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Shit! I’m almost there!

Terry Solar-Opposites: Quick! Call me names! Aaah! Call me a slutty mogul!

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Dirty bookcase! Silver Hulu bitch! You damn dirty bad boy! Oooooh!

The two husbands cum in scream in ecstacy. They then fall into each other’s arms on their bed and look lovingly into each other’s eyes as they kiss.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: That was amazing, Terry. I didn’t take you for-

Terry cuts it off with a kiss as Korvo smiles and moans lovingly.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: moans Mmm. Aah…

Terry Solar-Opposites: You don’t need to say anything. Right now, I think our new lives are gonna be amazing.

Korvo Solar-Opposites: Me too, Terry. Me too.

The two husbands then kiss as they moan lovingly.

end of prologue

Note: this took place four months after the events of “The Re-Visibility Bouillabaisee” episode.