#not directed at op

[hypnofantasma-asks-and-doodles]

can a vani/kwaiz have smth similar to dementia/alzheimer

This is one of those questions that's a bit uncomfortable personally to answer, so I'll ultimately just leave it up to you if you really want your character to have dementia.

I want to also give a general reminder to EVERYONE to try and not tokenize/play down the severity and despair of diseases like dementia/Alzheimer's. EATEOT seemed to have "popularized" them in some way, leading to many jokes about the diseases as well as references to them that don't seem to fully understand them and treat them like some fun fantasy horror.

They aren't just "uhhhh i forgor" diseases, but the active deterioration of someone's memories, personality, and connections. It isn't some cool new liminal space thing to "coolify" because it's popular. Real people suffer from them, real families suffer from them, and they make many real people's lives hell. Please just try to keep that in mind!!

(Though, if I had to answer for the kwaiz, my answer would be No. their brains work completely differently from ours, and are unaffected by age (save for, yknow, growing up). they would only gain similar cognitive issues if they are actively wounded, and it wouldn't be in the same deteriorative way like dementia, but would always have to be an acute issue.)

[spaceistheplaceart]

was gonna use terrible comic day to post this but its an idea thats been bonking around in my head for a min. if i knew how to program and the songs wouldnt all be copyrighted i would totally make this game.

ID UNDER CUT

BEGIN ID:

A grayscale sketchy comic.

Caption at the top: "A video game wherein you're driving alone and have to listen to the radio's clues to survive"

POV from the driver, hands on wheel with the radio to the right. It's night in a forest on a dirt road. The driver is approaching a fork in the road, indicated by a sign that points right and left. The radio plays the lyrics: "you better run, better leave this place- get lost and go a different way! go left! go left! go left! go, go!

The next panel we see the driver, who has long hair tied messily up in a bun, wearing a hoodie, a collared shirt, glasses, and has black nails. Two realistic hands reach from the darkness of the car behind them- one grabbing their arm. The radio plays: "Don't turn around 'cause you're gonna see my heart breaking-- don't turn around i don't want you seeing me cry--"

Underneath the panels are song credit. the first song is Radiant Children's "Go Left" and the second is Ace of Base's "Don't turn around"

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[ot3]

like truly there is nothing more heartbreaking than watching game franchises go from 2d art that's filled to the brim with personality and near flawlessly executed to middling 3d models.

[ariadne-mouse]

the frames were so perfect the meme makes itself

[hinamie]

so just know, I'm healing / even though it don't feel like it

insp

[static-scribblez]

Did they crank up the fruitiness by 100% for this season or something

17/6/24 update

[fluffyartbl0g]

Everytime I go into the Zosopp tag, I just see people SCREAMING CRYING SOBBING about the lack of posts IN the Zosopp tag. THE ZOSOPP ECONOMY IS IN SHAMBLES

[setnet]

apart from a couple things now out of date this is a pretty accurate summary of the crap that's been happening. and it's not just that labour was voted out, it's that a lot of people who would normally be labour supporters didn't turn out to vote.

however, comma, the coalition govt is not doing fascism. a great stew of right wing nastiness for certain - including elements of conservatism, economic liberalism and neoliberalism, libertarianism, populism, nationalism, and deeply reactionary in many ways - but fascism is a specific ideology and this ain't it.

USA please listen to me: the price of “teaching them a lesson” is too high. take it from New Zealand, who voted our Labour government out in the last election because they weren’t doing exactly what we wanted and got facism instead.

Trans rights are being attacked, public transport has been defunded, tax cuts issued for the wealthy, they've mass-defunded public services, cut and attacked the disability funding model, cut benefits, diverted transport funding to roads, cut all recent public transport subsidies, cancelled massive important infrastructure projects like damns and ferries (we are three ISLANDS), fast tracked mining, oil, and other massive environmentally detrimental projects and gave the power the to approve these projects singularly to three ministers who have been wined and dined by lobbyists of the companies that have put the bids in to approve them while one of the main minister infers he will not prioritise the protection of endangered species like the archeys frog over mining projects that do massive environmental harm. They have attacked indigenous rights in an attempt to negate the Treaty of Waitangi by “redefining it”; as a backup, they are also trying to remove all mentions of the treaty from legislation starting with our Child Protection laws no longer requiring social workers to consider the importance of Maori children’s culture when placing those children; when the Waitangi Tribunal who oversees indigenous matters sought to enquire about this, the Minister for Children blocked their enquiry in a breach of comity that was condemned in a ruling — too late to do anything — by our Supreme Court. They have repealed labour protections around pay and 90 day trials, reversed our smoking ban, cancelled our EV subsidy, cancelled our water infrastructure scheme that would have given Maori iwi a say in water asset management, cancelled our biggest city’s fuel tax, made our treasury and inland revenue departments less accountable, dispensed of our Productivity Commission, begun work on charter schools and military boot camps in an obvious push towards privatisation, cancelled grants for first home buyers, reduced access to emergency housing, allowed no cause evictions, cancelled our Maori health system that would have given Maori control over their own public medical care and funding, cut funding of services like budgeting advice and food banks, cancelled the consumer advocacy council, cancelled our medicine regulations, repealed free prescriptions, deferred multiple hospital builds, failed to deliver on pre-election medical promises, reversed a gun ban created in response to the mosque shootings, brought back three strikes = life sentence policy, increased minimum wage by half the recommended amount, cancelled fair pay for disabled workers, reduced wheelchair services, reversed our oil and gas exploration ban, cancelled our climate emergency fund, cut science research funding including climate research, removed limits on killing sea lions, cut funding for the climate change commission, weakened our methane targets, cancelled Significant National Areas protections, have begun reversing our ban on live exports. Much of this was passed under urgency.

It’s been six months.

[softgaycontent]

I like to think Imogen's frequent complete lack of filter is because she got to used to hearing everyone's candid thoughts and forgot what was acceptable to say out loud

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

No time to play. You are being sent away.

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[stealingyourbones]

Out of all of the people The Ghost King Phantom expected to relate to, it definitely wasn’t the scrawny red headed photographer of the Daily Planet. Jimmy Olsen has gotten so many temporary superpowers over his time being Superman’s friend. Hell, he once gained a 4th dimensional being’s reality warping abilities when he was given said dimensional being’s powers during a fight. Sure there’s a dozen or so heroes with the same amount of powers he has, but none as suddenly granted to them as a all powerful god that can relate to a teenager.

[cappykhaos]

i love this post but the replies bro 😭

like im sorry yeah minors do have some disadvantage in that their brains arent fully developed, but we’re not all 10???

and also the only way i went from being angry at the world and a self-proclaimed fascist to a queer leftie was having several people who had more experience than me go “what the fuck are you talking about” during arguments, both irl and in the internet

teens are not children, we’re kids for sure, but exactly for that reason we need our ideas challenged, otherwise we’re not gonna learn anything

its called learning. and surpisingly enough we learn from arguments

[ariadne-mouse]

This feels like both a statement of potential obviousness, but also a prediction because hey, we're only 2.5 hrs into Episode 1: I don't think Downfall will reveal either the gods or the Aeorians to somehow be uniquely evil, or that the desire on either part to destroy the other is somehow uniquely more justified or deserved.

Like in Episode 1 here we're getting a very strong dose of the shitty things Aeorians are doing to other mortals in their pursuit of control and power - we already knew they were a warmongering surveillance state, and as things get worse on Exandria it's grimly unsurprising that the people on the ground are increasingly treated as disposable. But Aeor is still a city full of people seeking safety in a land torn open by the gods' battles, desperate to survive by any (increasingly ugly and sinister) means. And the gods in turn are afraid for their survival, and are acting accordingly in seeking Aeor's Downfall (immense collateral damage) - all while and the versions of them in the party here have lived mortal lives & hardships, have families, communities. They have lived in the desolation their own godly battles have created. We don't see them portrayed as lofty divine abstracts, not even necessarily in the intro, where they are confused, afraid, and seeking safety from danger.

For Ludinus to think this "footage" is in his favor against the gods, and the complexity of the lore being what it is and the cast being the storytellers that they are, I think it must be the kind of series of events you can look at and see the humanity (using that word deliberately) for good and ill in all parties involved - and leave again with your biases if they're strong enough. Very curious what we will learn. I expect to weep. I can't wait.

[official-german-gaming]

Nintendo Directs are honestly amazing, cause you'll watch them, see an announcement that's like "For the first time in 20 years, this beloved series makes its return! Schranpfenbörg Adventures 2: A New Schranpf Börgs HD Remake launches this fall, for the Nintendo Switch family of systems!", and it's a game that you've never seen before, never heard of before. But without fail, if you look up reactions to the Direct afterwards, you'll see plenty of people going "OMG IT'S FINALLY BACK 😭😭😭 SCHRANPFENBÖRG FANS EATING GOOD TONIGHT", and be all to eager to explain why the game/series is great and how to get started to anyone who thought the game seemed interesting.

[monitorchakas]

Humanity as a species is really big dumb

We need to go back to using sailing ships full time like immediately. Yes it would take longer to get places but the Aesthetic is unmatched

Like there is nothing sexier hthan this

[squirrelstone]

Bringing back the Danny Tanner of it all with the news of Liam Payne’s death. Liam was a bad person. He also had a profound impact on a lot of people, especially in their youth. Both these things can be true, and it’s okay to be upset or angry or apathetic. What’s not okay is dictating how people feel about his death.