#money grubbin...

[dawnbreakersgaze]

HIROMI MY LOVE 🤣🤣

tbf he was a textbook case of mental breakdown there so idk they're onto something lmao

i forgot how fucking hilarious "informational" mental health diagrams can be.

[maggotsandcream]

Honestly, collecting pokemon cards but only the amigurumi ones and the grubbin/charjabug/vikavolt ones is actually really satisfying. Because you can usually find them even as holos for under $2 with shipping and they come out with new ones just often enough that you can be like "oh neat there are 3 I'm interested in in the latest deck they put out; can't wait for them to be available in the states in English" and you can just have predictable treats for the future.

Like, rip to the people who like the eevee cards or other overpriced ones but grubbin is different. Genuinely nice to specifically love the cards that the people trying to resell have more of than they can get rid of. Hope they never do a crocheted one of like pikachu or something and then it would cost way too much I'd refuse to complete my collection on principle etc.

[isei-silva]

Gerudo Mas? Gerudo Mas.

Help I’ve fallen into the TOTK rabbit hole and I am in love with my selfish money grubbin’ pompadour wearin’ scammer

[horus-unofficial]

Howdy! Ringin' in from a recently Ex-asteroid-mining colony somewhere in the Long Rim: Not gonna say where exactly just in case. Saw somebody else talkin' bad about one of your... Pattern-Groups? An' I figured "Well, hey; I'll throw in my two Manna."

It was a Kobold; We loaded the code for one into a mining mech when the two-faced snakes (not sayin' who they were with: Hush-Hush-N'-All-That-Shale) that had hired on all of our families on for the place ages ago tried to wreck it for reparations, since the asteroids were running out of anything they wanted to sell. Looked like homemade sin while it was... changin' and all, but it wound up being a massive help for me an' mine, lemme tell ya!

They sent in a bunch of hired-on pirates to tear the place apart: I'm guessin' to deflect any suspicion and make it easier to claim reparations. We managed to catch a few in the frenzy and got the information out of 'em about who hired them for the job. As you can guess it, it was those money-grubbin' bastards that had dragged all of the miner's into the colony.

Still, thanks to some quick thinkin', a few rigged-up explosives, some repurposed mining gear, and a helluva lot of polymer from that mech, we fought 'em off and got word out to enough people that the bad press would'a "ruined their name" apparently, and the sheer backlash would've ripped the place t' bits.

You'd expect it all to get buried (an' us with it), but somehow, we hit a lucky strike: The rest of the pirates were told we'd be an easy target and got pissed at the snakes when we weren't, so they up and quit, and then the higher-ups of those miserable misers raked those bastards over the coals and threw out the lot of 'em! After the debris settled, we've got collective ownership of the colony as "reparations" from the higher-ups. Personally, I think they didn't want to risk a potential uprising so far from home, so they cut their losses, turned tail, an' went to lick their wounds.

Either way, we're free!

We couldn't do it without your mechs-n'-tech, y'all. Things are finally lookin' up where we're at. As for what we'll do from here? Don't quite know, myself. Some of us think we'll try an' make the place a trading-hub: Others wanna make a rest-stop for people to stop fer a bowl of home-made cookin' and a warm bed that ain't in a ship.

Whatever we do from here? We're doing it as everyone ough't'be: as Free People.

- Signed, One Very Happy Heavy-Equipment Operator.

we love to see it!!!! congrats on the freedom our friend causes like that are what the kobold was made for

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

I learned this morning that Mojo Nixon has died.

His music came out in the late 1980s, and he quickly became one of my mother's favorites. She would put his album "Root Hog or Die" on the record player and blast it full volume when she was vacuuming the house. Here's one song from it.

Lyrics:

A pirate ship's a'sailin' Out on the stormy seas It's the Radio Free America Just for you and me The big radio stations Are stinkin' up the air Playing pusillanimous plotz It's a real nightmare Sing! Chorus Aye aye mateys, oh, come on the Pirate Radio Land of the free and home of the brave FCC crawl in your grave! The Coast Guard's a'comin' To shut the pirates down They don't believe in free speech The FCC's in town Their hacksaws and their hammers They smash it all to bits They won a little battle But the war's not over yet Sing! Chorus What are they afraid of? That we might tell the truth? We might play something good And it wouldn't be a goof What we need is liberty Not their stinky laws Freedom from the FCC And their money grubbin' paws Sing! Chorus A pirate flag's a'wavin' To fight the FCC Those lily-livered scalawags Full of mendacity It's mutiny on the airwaves We're scullin' lots of rum We'll make 'em walk the plank We're havin' lots of fun Sing! Chorus (Repeat chorus, ad lib pirate talk, fade out)

Lyrics from flashlyrics.com

[darkx-the-dragon-kn1ght]

Pokémon Reborn Screenshot Let's Play: Chapter 8

Hello hello, and welcome to 2024 everyone! The world is strange and still chaotic, but one of the many constants in this life (or, I should say, my life) is Pokémon! And if you’re here for this next installment, then chances are it’s at least some sort of constant in your life too! But after the excitement of the last chapter, it’s time to wind down at least a little bit and move on to some new plot developments!

In addition, it has been brought to my attention that my game might be at least somewhat…bugged. You might have noticed that, in the few screenshots featuring the Pokémon’s moves, some of them have missing type icons. This hasn’t been that big of a deal, I mean knowing the typings of moves is more or less second nature to me. But I was also informed that- well, remember how I talked about the layout of the Field Notes app and how I thought it was confusing? Turns out, it’s not supposed to look like that- there’s supposed to be more text, but on my game some of it is just…missing, I guess.

This also isn’t that debilitating, and as far as I can tell it’s only some of the move type icons and the Field Notes text that are glitched, doesn’t seem like the UI is messed up anywhere else. So, I’m gonna keep trucking along even with those bugs, I can handle it; if it gets worse, like really worse, then I’ll consider more drastic measures to see if it can be fixed. Maybe this can be like a form of challenge playthrough. Nuzlockes? Monotypes? Forget all of that, bugged UI run is where it’s at!

But before we see the new stuff, how about we go over those other developments, hm?

In preparation to take on Julia’s Gym, we went out to catch some leftover event Pokémon, starting with Bloom the Budew thanks to the Rose Incense.

We catch Twig the Bidoof in order to evolve it into Bibarel for a trade with the one Street Rat, but are interrupted when we walk by Dr. Pharmacist again, now with a much shorter line to contend with.

A thug steals Dr. Pharmacist’s remaining painkillers, and since he cannot leave his last patient unattended, he asks Xera to go chase him down.

While searching for the thief, Xera runs into a pair of Team Meteor Grunts plotting to “liberate” someone’s Pokémon (something to be dealt with later).

Xera manages to find the thief and defeats him in a battle, forcing him to return the stolen goods. Dr. Pharmacist commends Xera for her work and fortitude, finally introducing himself as Corey.

Twig is evolved into a Bibarel, which we trade with the guy to obtain Shimmer the Munna.

Xera also catches Crescent the Teddiursa- the same Teddiursa that had been fleeing from her since she first arrived in Peridot Ward.

In a house to the north, Xera defeats the two Meteor Grunts from earlier, who were attempting to steal a woman’s Igglybuff. Concerned over whether the Grunts would return, the woman gives Igglybuff to Xera so she can protect it, and thus we obtain Kirby the Igglybuff.

Behind the Electric Gym, we find a present that an old man had misplaced. As thanks, he ensures that Xera will be “showered in presents” in return, and he gives her Claus the Delibird.

After giving a bit more money to one guy, Xera is able to access a house in an alley, where she finds an abandoned Minccino; we catch it and name her Trim.

That night, Xera goes into an apartment building having a power outage due to a Pokémon sucking up the electricity. This Pokémon is none other than a Grubbin, which we catch and name Prong.

With the party all filled out and trained (including Bloom evolving into Roselia, respectively), Xera steps into the Electric Gym for the first time. She defeats the Trainers within and solves the puzzle (read: she blows up a bunch of gates with Voltorbs), gaining access to Julia’s room.

Before challenging Julia, we head back north to pay the Magikarp thief those 500 Pokémon Dollars for the Pokémon’s return. Predictably, he does not uphold his end of the bargain, revealing he and the salesman were actually in cahoots to scam Trainers.

Xera defeats the two in a battle, but it’s revealed the thief can’t give back the Magikarp- because it was stolen from him for real, by a pickpocket who fled to Obsidia Ward. Something else to be solved later.

With some final training (including Riptide evolving into Croconaw), we return to the Gym to actually challenge the Gym Leader.

Julia engages Xera in her first Gym Battle in Reborn. After a lengthy and tense battle charged by Electric Terrain, Xera emerges victorious and earns the first Badge of the Reborn League: the Volt Badge.

Outside, Xera encounters Victoria. After congratulating Xera on her win, Victoria mentions the situation in Obsidia Ward regarding the plants apparently growing out of control. She wishes to go there and help, and suggests Xera do the same.

So that’s what we’re gonna be up to now! All signs point towards Obsidia Ward being the next destination, and I for one am excited. Finally, we’ll get to see some new sights and characters after spending so long in Peridot Ward! Will this go well? Will it go wrong? What kinds of new Pokémon will we encounter, wild encounters or static/event ones? And most important of all…will we be able to spend even more time with Victoria? We’ll have to see!

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[aviculor]

I caught Munkidori and Okidogi, but stopped before Fezandipiti to shiny hunt Grubbin. It did not work. Maybe an electric sandwich would force spawn Charjabug, it has a shiny that's easier to spot at a glace anyway. I'm catching the Lousy Three in luxury balls, which so far has been a monumental waste of money.

Briar is the worst chaperone ever. You literally just abandon me and three unnamed background students in a foreign country?

[ronelyn]

Mistuh, uh...I'm sorry, d'you go by just "SecUnit," or d'you have a surname? Oh, fine, fine--politeness is jus' a social lubricant. Seems yo' team's in a heckuva pickle, an' I cain't blame 'em for bein' puzzled. But from your nervous demeanor, subtly evidenced as it may be, I sense that, like me, you've already deduced the true perpetrators of this cynical an' positively *malefic* scheme to put money-grubbin' hands on the nonhuman artifacts I suspect this li'l planet has in abundance. Am I correct?

Commanduh Vimes, I must cohnfess that yoh citeh makes no goddamn sense but, as you were describin' earlier, folks don't make any hecka sense regardlass. Now, if yoh'd be so kaind as to remove yoh good lades' firah-breathin' lizard from mah shoulda, we can perhaps make roads into this here murda mystery we got goin' ohn.

[nico-drawings]

Got into the Wild Area!

Me and Hop entered the Wild Area and I started to explore it in order to find some new team members.

I had some pretty close calls against some wild pokemons using Vesta (never EVER train a fire pokemon while it's raining in the overworld), and partecipated in some raids, where I found another Blipbug and another Grubbin.

Also, Mothra evolved from Metapod to Butterfree

And Psyqueen evolved from Blipbug to Dottler.

I spent most of my money on curry ingredients because I'm a sucker for the curry and the currydex features (from 32k pokedollars to 12k) and I have shaken so many trees for berries.

After that I had to make some curry for my team.

And then, finally, I found another member of my final team.

Sonic the Nincada (and future Ninjask!).

[mylifeiscomics]

So... can someone help me clarify: I’ve got to subscribe to the DW magazine to get the Nine/Rose part of the Victorious series?

Like, there’s no other way I just have to sign up for 6 or 13 magazines and pray they deliver here?

With my sad Canadian dollars? Hoo, lordy, I’m about to make an investment I guess.

[cantquitu]

On top of what you mentioned, I think it is also the fact that they dont have the confidence in their favorite but want them to achieve success that is paralleled to one direction. The number of times they downplay the fame , name recognition , talent , wealth the guys have just to make out harry to be a bad guy is crazy to me. What would have been fruitful is just accepting the guys will not have similar level of success and all of them probably wont achieve the success of 1D. it is what it is

I get insulted on Niall, Liam, Louis & Zayn’s behalves every time I see them portrayed as clueless naïfs (or happy little leprechauns! lol!) who were cluelessly taken in by Harry’s manipulation. They’re all ambitious, but no doubt all of them are aware they won’t reach the phenomenal and unprecedented commercial heights of 1D. I don’t see any of them striving for it either. Been there, done that.

[cthonicascendant]

thing5 i 5hould be doin

gettin to bed 5ince vve haVe a doctor5 appointment tomorrovv

thing5 i AM doin

literally ANYTHIN but that becau5e it5 makin me anxiou5 5ince vve got a LOT of ground to coVer an im al5o goin to be lyin through our teeth for 5ome a it

[psilocybinaut]

I'm so over it.

[vonnez]

KEEPING UP WITH THE HOL

imagining if the obey me brothers had their own reality show - similar to the kardashians.

demon brothers.

link page.

LUCIFER:

he's constantly complaining how no one keeps up after themselves and how he's always doing the work - in which is true, but he makes it a bit more dramatic.

he secretly stirs up drama for fun. he likes to see his brothers freak out and accuse one another for something that isn't true.

not often on camera because he hates it.

MAMMON:

"oi! i ain't no money grubbin' demon, 'ya hear? now, hand me over my paycheck or 'ya won't see another scene of me again!"

yes, he's using his fans to his advantage. he will threaten the camera crew to leave if they don't hand over his paycheck early.

the one who has the most screen time. he's shown being tied up to the ceiling, stealing items, and whatever else he can get himself into.

LEVIATHAN:

no one even pays attention to him. he doesn't pay attention to anyone.

he just wants to grab snacks and go back into his room.

levi has the least amount of screen time and doesn't care.

SATAN:

"lucifer is annoying. now, watch as i drop paint on his head."

there's millions of clips of him pranking lucifer. then him leaving to go to the cat cafe and coo over the new kittens.

loved by many, but doesn't have the most screen time. he's fairly there, but not shown always.

ASMODEUS:

was the reason why they even got a TV show.

he claimed he needed his beauty to be shown to everyone in devildom. and he does show himself with only the best looks.

though, they're few clips of him without looking stunning - but still amazing nonetheless.

"devildom must be blessed with my glorious looks! i need everyone to know how blessed they are to have me on a show! now all of my fans can watch me at home and everywhere! ♡"

BEELZEBUB:

there's an episode dedicated on how fast he can eat until the fridge is empty.

the episode was 7 minutes.

many fan edits of him at his games; almost as many simps as mammon and asmo.

BELPHEGOR:

"shut up so i can sleep."

compilations of him sleepily disrespecting the camera crew and sleeping. he doesn't care, but isn't a fan of the camera.

the only main times he shows up is when there's a prank against lucifer - and is tied up for an hour beside mammon and satan.

[conservativelibertarianmo]

ME TOO!! Probably consume more egg protein than any other protein source!!

WORKING HARD TO “BOYCOTT” ALL PROCESSED FOOD FROM THESE MONEY-GRUBBIN’, CORRUPT, LYIN’ PUKES!!! F*CK ALL MAJOR “GLOBALIST” AMERICAN FOOD CORPORATIONS (I.E. KRAFT, KRAFT/HEINZ, CARGILL, SMITHFIELD, CONAGRA, KELLOGGS, NABISCO, HERSEYS, ETC…)

☠️👎☠️

Did the Biden administration just sink to a new low, being worse than than the scum of the earth? Are they fear mongering egg consumption as causing strokes and blood clots, when, in fact, the opposite could be true? Are eggs the new Ivermectin?

[the-himawari]

A3! Outing Event Translation - A Love Song Dedicated to You (1/11)

*Please read disclaimer on blog; default name set as Izumi

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Manager: Heave-ho, heave-ho…

Izumi: Manager?

Banri: The hell is that huge box?

Citron: You have a lot there!

Manager: These are the fan letters for everyone that were delivered to the dorm! I’ve sorted them, so I brought them over to hand to you guys.

Kazunari: Seriously!? That’s lit!

Guy: That is very kind of you.

Manager: First up… these are for Izumida-kun, and these are for Furuichi-san.

Azami: Thank you.

Sakyo: Thanks. Hm? These are…

Taichi: There’s a bunch of letters addressed “To Aniki”! Those must be fan letters from Sakoda-san~.

Kumon: Ah, there are letters from Sakoda-san in Azami’s share too!

Azami: Not only does Ken-san write them for our plays, but also when he sees me appear in events or do street acts.

Tsuzuru: Both of you have a lot there.

Sakyo: Good grief, that guy…

Manager: These are the fan letters for Usui-kun.

Citron: Ohh. There’s a whole load of fan letters for Masumi too~ Mr. Super Popular~.

Banri: As expected, huh?

Masumi: If only all of these were love letters for me from Director…

Manager: This one’s addressed to Guy-san.

Guy: Thank you.

Izumi: That letter addressed to Guy-san smells pretty nice.

Taichi: It’s been sprayed with perfume, hasn’t it!? Classy~!

Kazunari: Let’s open ours up right away~.

Tsuzuru: Of course I’m glad to hear about my acting. But I’m also really happy when fans tell me things like they loved a certain scene or line in the script.

Kumon: They wrote that Summer troupe’s jokes that change from show-to-show were really~ funny! Yay!

Taichi: They wrote that my acting was super cool…! I’m so thankful! Fan letters really are encouraging, aren’t they!

Azami: In addition to their impressions, the fans have also written their requests.

Banri: There’s a lotta voices saying they want us to hold another live concert.

Izumi: Yeah. I think it’d be nice to arrange another concert after so long too.

Citron: I compete with a knee!*

Tsuzuru: By that, you mean “completely agree”, right?

Sakyo: A concert can also rake in sizable proceeds.

Banri: You’re as money grubbin’ as ever.

Izumi: If we’re going to discuss about a live performance, then…

Sakyo: …We gotta get that guy, huh? Minagi.

Tsuzuru: Ahh… got it. I’ll get in touch with him.

-pause-

Tsuzuru: …Sorry about calling you all the way over, Mizuno. Here’s some tea.

Mizuno: N-not at all! More importantly, to think that you’re serving me tea, Tsuzuru-kun…

Tsuzuru: Well, of course. You’re our guest right now.

Mizuno: Even so—.

Izumi: (It feels kind of relaxing watching those two interact.)

Sakyo: …Ahem.

Mizuno: Hah! Excuse my manners!

Izumi: …And so, as we were discussing before, we’re wondering if it would be possible to hold another live concert…

Mizuno: Right! Please, leave it to MIZUNO Enterprise!

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*Citron originally says “大先生” (dai sensei), which Tsuzuru corrects as “大賛成” (dai sansei: complete agreement).

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