#no risk no reward

[brian4rmthe6]

[epitome-the-burnkid-viii]

[npcdeath]

trying to get out of this depressive funk by volunteering at one of the parks near me . got to hold a superb fairywren and a honeyeater once the professionals finished banding them and got a long list of reference books for learning abt local ecology and listened to retirees talk about birds and plants . hunting for shrooms with my father on wednesday bc him and my gran have been telling me about how great they are for when youre stuck in a mental ditch and im at the point where the depression is a bigger issue than potential psychosis relapse so like..... fuck it whats the worst that could happen

[doctorslippery]

Could be sketchy, could be the best steak you've ever had…

In Dallas, there was this big parking lot that wrapped around the building, along one of the major thoroughfares, off an alley. And the back of this buildings didn't have windows until you got above the third floor or so. Anyway there was a window cut in the back of this building at ground level. It was a pull up window for a chicken joint. Best damn chicken ever. It's not there anymore, I think.

Out along Highway 80 in East Texas, there was a house in the middle of nowhere with a sign out front for Aunt Kate's Barbecue. You pulled up in front of her house and went up on the front porch to order and pick up your food. Best damned barbecue ever.

You just never know. I was a kid when I visited both of those places, so my memory may be shaded by the rose colored glasses of youth, but the adults that I was with seemed to enjoy the food as much as I did because we did visit those places multiple times.

[weavingmyheartout]

This was a big challenge for me, I think the concept is cool and the design would be so cool if they lined up more closely. Oh well! Proud of my effort :)

[brattylikestoeat]

I see I’m just gone have to take the risk.

[a-god-in-ruins-rises]

haven't thoroughly analyzed my feelings on the matter but right now my gut feeling is that open sourcing artificial intelligence is a bad idea. but i'm open to the possibility that i'm wrong.

[qqueenofhades]

I'm sure it's only a coincidence that a few days after Putin says Biden "needs to be undermined from the left" to help Trump win, noted Russian agent Jill Stein, who the Kremlin already extensively promoted in 2016 in the successful effort to hurt HRC, and who already endorsed fellow pro-Russian tankie Cornel West, jumps back into the 2024 race as the "Green Party candidate" talking about how "the two-party system has failed us."

For the love of fuck, let's not do this again.

[uncanny-tranny]

Social transition being seen (by some) as this super easy thing that isn't as hard as real transitioning (medical) is bullshit. Be critical of the idea that there are some trans people who just "have it easy" because they are trans or because they are trans in ways you may not be.

Social transition is just as difficult, hard, and rewarding as medical transition. Maybe it is not as hard for some, sure, but that is not the same as thinking that social transition is inherently easier or lesser. If you're socially transitioning, your voice still matters.

[fiddleabout]

on the one hand the world is burning and everything is terrible, on the other hand the canadian olympic soccer team got caught spying on the new zealand squad with drones and it has provided me with endless spectacular joy and entertainment for the last eighteen hours

[essektheylyss]

Matt really said, "Yeah, let's throw the wizard with ninth level force damage spells and a history of crippling guilt into the deeply insecure pvp party to go wandering into a forced pvp zone that preys off of your insecurities, I'm sure this will go well," and he was correct for it 😌

[nellasbookplanet]

The more time I sink into andromeda, the more I suspect the biggest reason it ultimately failed commercially was because of the massive tonal shift I've already mentioned, and how there was probably a pretty big chunk of original trilogy players who simply no longer fit as a demographic, while the game failed to reach the people who might’ve enjoyed it.

The original trilogy, much as I love it, feels a little bit like a wishfulfillment power fantasy for a very obvious demographic. Almost all women are overtly sexy in design and the f/f relationship in the first game seems to be written along the guidelines of 'what would a straight man find hot'; you play as someone cool and confident and powerful, the most specialest human ever, and maybe you aren’t always respected but YOU and the NARRATIVE always know you're right and you get to be rude to and sometimes punch/murder people who disagree with you so it’s fine. The game then salvages all this by means of genuinely well-written characters and arcs, really cool sci-fi tech and lore, a fantastic story, and meaningful and hard-hitting choices and consequences (which also allow and often encourage you to steer away from that exact macho ideal).

Enter andromeda. Instead of being a super powerful supersoldier from the start, you're the kid of one. You barely know what you're doing. Everyone doubts you, including yourself. You don’t get the assuredness of knowing you are Right and Cool that you have as Shepard. You don’t demand that same respect. And I'm sure there are a lot of people who hated that.

[gingerale13]

Draw the fellas sniper and pyro

GOOD IDEA!!!

They are so special to me.. Sniper is like an Uncle to that creatur...

[martyrbat]

the funniest (tragic) thing is multiple times and in different canons bruce HAS tried healthier coping methods and life choices than being 'just' batman. he journals and its stolen and hes blackmailed with it and alfred is put at risk because of it. he skips patrol for a date and people are killed. hes goes to therapists and they either try to kill him or end up getting killed, leading bruce to blame himself and not attempt it again. he rests while being sick and wakes up exhausted and in pain and feeling guilty because he thinks of how many aren't waking up because of his need to sleep.

but when hes paranoid, hes more likely to benefit for it. from contingency plans to obsessive training to get through a fight or a dangerous situation. from excessive research to solve crimes and help people to pushing his body constantly because his weakness can be what gets someone killed. hes keeping people at arms length the best he can lest they hurt him and what hes fighting for or end up being killed because tragedy follows him like a hungry dog waiting for its next meal.

sure, his obsessiveness blows up in his face sometimes. hes scolded for it, people feel betrayed from it, hes isolate because of it. but if people get away, dont they usually end up better? he'll rather care from afar and know theyre safe but hate him then chance them being killed or used as a weapon because he wasn't prepared.

hes caught always feeling selfish for his love, something thats always fueled him and his choices, because he knows what it brings. hes caught feeling guilty in his attempts of normality and wanting a real life because then who will take care of gotham and who is he to say his happiness is worth more than the strangers on the street lives? hes always punished if he attempts happiness and hes punished when he attempts to always be prepared—the only difference is the later usually doesn't have as many people being killed. so without fail, every single time, bruce is going to sacrifice his own life and his own happiness so others can have it instead. and usually, its the 'right' choice, all other options leading to something terrible.

[cormancatacombs]

Pray for me

[creekfiend]

why is glimmy glam in cone jail?

she gotta lil cut on her paw pad and she has NEVER LET EVEN THE SMALLEST INJURY GO UNLICKED disease so she messed with it and then was limping on. it. so. cone time