#not cool @Economic Times :/

[toastby-4s]

Idk if whoever wrote this knew what they were doing but...

the way my heart *stopped*

the actual title is "Dead Boy Detectives season 2 on Netflix cancelled? Check latest renewal status", but the damn Economic Times had to play us like that...

[vehemourn]

guy in mabinogi rolled up on a vespa and began polling

[ahli-stuff]

*Sweating throwing up nauseous dizzy*

What if vox is Asian American

[istherewifiinhell]

i gotta kinda laugh either at the. People talking about it or the system that produces it that “society that can produce so much cheap delicious, shelf stable, dense, food” is like. A problem. I very much understand that u can have nutrient deficits eating that kinda stuff. Belief me my body often craves the healing aura of a vegetable. But like. L + ratio are u listening to these words. That fucking rules. Clown.

[cowbot-lumberjane]

being really into things like old y2k futurism and the whole like 90s-2000s movement of "y2k" in general is very frustrating sometimes when you're old enough to really internalize not trying to sound like you're saying "remember GOOD capitalism???" when talking about how things used to look cool and they don't right now.

[unopenablebox]

important part of my relationship is that my girlfriend isn't subscribed to money stuff, so when we walk to work together i can just describe really good money stuff bits to them

[flashhwing]

I should’ve made the fortunes favor chapters shorter. like split them up more, not write less. then I would’ve had more of a backlog and may not have just stopped writing. which I didn’t do I’m definitely still writing it

[ancientrimer]

you ever read a paper that has such a bad faith-take on a female main character that you know without looking that it’s by a male author

[runespoor7]

Olympic Games reporting taking the place of the rest <<<<<<<<<<<

[dumbhero]

every single time without fail this is what goes through my head when i see the unarmed night guard listing

[tobiasdrake]

Survivorship bias. We think of older media as inherently superior to new media because the only older media still around is the stuff people thought was good. When really, older media has simply been curated by time.

i do think theres something sad about how largely only the literature that's considered especially good or important is intentionally preserved. i want to read stuff that ancient people thought sucked enormous balls

[smallhatlogan]

kill the worldbuilder inside your head

[lemonynuggets]

Hey, Lemony! I was wondering if u consider doing commissions as a full time, or if u r planning to graduate in a different field and keep ur art as a hobby?

Bdw, I love your work-/srs-, dude! Ur drawings make me want to keep each one in little jars just to keep them safe-/pos-.

Also-really long ask, sorry/srs- u should really play firewatch, its not free, but u find it in some steam sales at a good price. I dont want to spoil to u-cause its a pretty story based game-, but u will be standing jaw drop-/pos- almost the whole game.

hi anon!! Tbh I’m still thinking about my future in general but my plan for now is to stay in art since it’s pretty much one of the only things I can do aixbwkxbam

right now I can’t really take commissions for a few reasons and I haven’t had time to draw anything aside from the silly doodles I’ve been posting for a while but I’m hoping to get time to draw again soon and be able to maybe start a portfolio and improve on some things

ALSO THANK YOU AGH it makes me so happy that you like my art <33 /gen

ooh I’ve heard of firewatch but I didn’t know it was a story based game… I’ll definitely check it out and play it whenever I can, it looks really cool!! Thank you for the rec :D

[nianeyna]

lol I recently saw a reblog chain of this post with some even more overt shaming of people for ~laziness and I almost wrote a response but turns out I already did that! but I guess I'm going to write... more response

like. what I think you should take away from "you have to love the process" is that you DON'T have to do an art if you DON'T love the process. and it's NOT a chore and it's NOT an obligation it is SUPPOSED TO BE FUN AND JOYFUL so if you want to do art then you should do cool art that you like instead of painful art that hurts you!

idk how you can turn that message into... like... art is bad and worthless unless it was really really hard to make. like if you feel bitter and aggrieved that someone else isn't doing your process then maybe you don't love that particular process as much as you think you do?

this is not specifically about people's opinions on AI art by the way there are many paths that can lead to this stupid conclusion. but I do wish people would not take their dislike of AI art in this direction. I'm not going to address whether AI art is good or bad because this post is already long and the question is pretty boring to me anyway but if it's bad this isn't why!!

[theforgowolf]

one of our dogs almost ran away. It was so. fucking. terrifying. What is this, the summer of nearly losing people and pets I care about and love dearly?!

[sturionic]

Donald Trump Is Not Joking About Annexing Canada: A Fucking Timeline

December 3, 2024: Trump's quip about Canada becoming 51st state was a joke, says minister who was there (CBC News 🇨🇦) <- This is when it could have feasibly been a joke

January 7, 2025: Donald Trump is quoted in a press conference directly stating his intentions to annex Canada (New York Times, timestamp 0:45 🇺🇸) <- This is where Americans should have stopped telling Canadians it's just a joke

REPORTER 1: Are you also considering military force to annex and acquire Canada? DONALD TRUMP: No. Economic force.

February 7, 2025: Trudeau says Trump threat to annex Canada 'is a real thing' (BBC 🇬🇧) <- This is where the Commonwealth starts to take it seriously

Trudeau suggested Trump has floated the idea of taking over Canada and making it the "51st state" because he wants to access the country's critical minerals. "Mr Trump has it in mind that the easiest way to do it is absorbing our country and it is a real thing," the prime minister said.

February 9, 2025: "Trump's national security adviser: 'I don't think there's any plans to invade Canada'" (NBC News 🇺🇸) <- CANADIANS NOTICE THAT THIS IS NOT A VERY STRONG DENIAL OF POSSIBLE MILITARY FORCE

February 10, 2025: Trump Confirms He’s Serious About Wanting Canada As 51st State (Forbes 🇺🇸)

Fox News host Bret Baier asked Trump whether Trudeau was right in telling business leaders the U.S. president’s threat to absorb Canada is a “real thing,” to which Trump agreed with Trudeau and responded, “Yes it is.”

February 12, 2025: ‘Trump effect’: How US tariffs, ’51st state’ threats are shaking up Canada (Al Jazeera 🇶🇦) <- This is where the rest of the fucking world outside America starts to take it seriously

February 18 2025: CBC releases podcast episode: "What if the U.S. invaded Canada?" (CBC's Front Burner 🇨🇦)

March 4, 2025: Canada Eyeing NATO Ally's Nukes To Deter Trump 'Threat': Candidate (Newsweek 🇺🇸), British nuclear weapons can protect Canada against Trump, says Trudeau party candidate (The Telegraph 🇬🇧)

“I would be working urgently with [European Nato allies] to build a closer security relationship… in a time when the United States can be a threat,” said [Canada's] ex-foreign minister and finance minister at the final Liberal leadership debate last week.

March 4, 2025: Prime Minister Trudeau: "What he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy, because that’ll make it easier to annex us” (CTV News 🇨🇦)

March 7, 2025: BC Premier David Eby: “We know the president in back rooms with Canadian officials has said he wants to redraw the border" (Global News 🇨🇦)

Eby: "If this president wants to annex Canada, he should save his breath to cool his soup, it is never going to happen.”

March 7, 2025: How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious (New York Times 🇺🇸) <- This is where American news media starts to treat this as maybe possibly not a joke

March 9, 2025: U.S. Congress bill aims to prevent funding of invasion of Canada (CTV News 🇨🇦) <- This is where you should understand that military force is ON THE TABLE

March 11, 2025: Canadian opinion of U.S. falls sharply; 63% take Trump's threats 'very seriously' (National Post 🇨🇦)

March 13, 2025 (TODAY): Trump threatens to acquire Canada, Greenland while next to NATO chief (Global News 🇨🇦)

“To be honest with you, Canada only works as a state...This would be the most incredible country visually,” [Trump] said. “If you look at a map, they drew an artificial line right through it, between Canada and the U.S., just a straight artificial line. Somebody did it a long time ago, many many decades ago, and it makes no sense.” -Donald Trump

And hey, just for fun, let's contrast that with another quote:

First of all, I would like to emphasize that the wall that has emerged in recent years between Russia and Ukraine, between the parts of what is essentially the same historical and spiritual space, to my mind is our great common misfortune and tragedy...I am confident that true sovereignty of Ukraine is possible only in partnership with Russia. -Vladimir Fucking Putin, the year before launching an attack on Ukraine, which everyone also said he was joking about and definitely wouldn't do (2021 essay, Kremlin official website 🇷🇺)

I know you're overwhelmed, Americans, but please stop saying this is a joke. Canadians are anticipating an invasion, possibly within the year. This is not a fucking drill.