#ok I'm done ranting

[julia-loves-cupcakes]

His route really cannot come soon enough, I need to know more about my husband :'3

Also some different hand designs because I liked them too much to discard and a nice yellow background so I can pretend he's not incredibly sad

[deliciousnecks]

Sembene's death was so fucking stupid

it was stupid and it was pointless, it just didn't make any fucking sense and it did nothing. like, what was the point? like seriously. it was so stupid because he was a really big character, he kept everyone grounded and was the most level-headed of the bunch. he was really needed there to have a good balance among characters that the viewer could enjoy. they could have done so much with him, but no, they said "let's kill him for entertainment purposes only. for funsies. lolz."

oh. and don't get me started with angelique, this poor girl really was added to the plot for no reason, she really was put in there as a disposable character. she was amazing, and they did nothing with her. she was only there to show how "edgy" and out of the box dorian is "oooh so daring of him, he must be in love." yeah right.

with her in or out of the plot, the story would have developed just the same, so to the writers (which at this point don't care) WHAT WAS THE FUCKING POINT?

anyway! i have one more season to go.

[xxplastic-cubexx]

Marvel's Squirrel Girl: The Unbeatable Radio Show! | All of Erik Lehnsherr's Call-In's

Episodes featured: The Fate of My Universe The Sinister Six Are No More Who Would Win In A Fight? Unbeatable

Full Podcast Playlist (Spotify)

Credits below:

Written by: Ryan North

Directed by: Giovanna Sardelli

Voice Cast: Milana Vayntrub - Squirrel Girl/Doreen Green Crystal Lucas Perry - Nancy Whitehead Leo Sheng - Koi Boi/Ken Shiga Davied Morales - Chipmunk Hunk/Tomas Lara-Perez Erica Schroeder - Tippy T. Squirrel Rob Nagle - Erik Lehnsherr

Key Art: "Squirrel Girl Infinity Comic (2022)" by Derek Charm - Doreen, Nancy, Ken, Tomas, Tippy "Magneto (2023)" by Todd Nauck - Erik

[i44rise]

some people are so funny like “this disqualification means nothing, he's still the winner” honey, it means Everything. you can choose what you believe in but to say it with your whole chest that the underweight car didn't help him in anyway throughout the race is just being ignorant. penalties are penalties, rules are rules. that's how this sport goes. we accepted it with other drivers before, accept it now. there's only one truth here, lewis hamilton won spa.

also stop taking it out on lewis who has the right to celebrate because he's the legal winner. of course he was not excited before because he felt like this was his race and the team failed him, but that didn't mean he had ill-wishes towards your driver. take it out on mercedes who messed up the car's weight (don't even say it's sabotage because THEY TRIED TO COVER IT UP) which consequently fucked up this mercedes 1-2

[episyn]

>"winter event with winter themed items"

>look inside

>it's literally just christmas

[insert that image of a cat staring at the camera really close up]

[14dayswithyou]

That is all thank you

ANSWERED: Art credit for da first Ren meme goes to @meo-eiru!!

BUT HELPPPPP THESE ARE SO FUNNY JDSGJH T_T The Moth meme + Uno meme had me CACKLING lmaoooooooo

[stringyoualong]

The boypussy art is having an small peak. Heres an remake i made some time ago so just i can throw this somewhere

[the-nation-of-today]

And in the end we found our stage We gave these words of strength

[nonbinarysurge]

i hope everyone who thinks surge doesn't care about kit is having an awful day

[aesethewitch]

I'm still on my advertising in magical spaces shit, so here's an important follow-up:

If you're going to advertise the sale of your products or services in any market, you should have at least a passable knowledge of advertising laws in your country (or state, as may be applicable). You should know about the regulatory bodies that oversee business and advertisement where you live.

In the US, for example, this means knowing about the FTC Act. This is a set of laws allowing the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) to regulate advertisement, endorsements, credential claims, and more on a national level. There's also the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and each state's Attorney General office. The BBB has offices all over the place, and they mostly deal with individual complaints. State Attorney Generals deal with a range of issues, from scams to employee rights violations to investment fraud to corruption to unfair online services and more. Check out your state's AG website -- the stuff they cover might honestly surprise you.

In any case, being purposefully deceptive and unfair in your advertising can get you into serious hot water. Get enough complaints or cause enough damage to someone, and you can be smacked with cease and desist orders or even fines.

You should have, at the very least, an understanding of what it means for an advertisement to be deceptive and unfair. This FAQ from the FTC is a great starting place to learn about these terms and to see some examples. This article about international e-commerce, also from the FTC, is a must-read if you're going to sell online.

Beyond that, you should look into your particular state's (or county's or even city's/town's, sometimes) laws about the sale of metaphysical goods and services. For example, in New York State, fortune-telling is illegal! I'm required to state that my divination services are for entertainment purposes only, because it isn't illegal to entertain -- just to claim to tell the future for money. These laws differ depending on where you live, so look into your local laws before setting up shop.

(And that's not even getting into business licenses and registering with a tax ID... but that's another topic, lmao.)

Basically, you need to know how you're allowed to advertise whatever it is you're selling. You can't just say shit, you know? There are rules about this stuff, and for good reason. Consumers should be protected from charlatans, scammers, and unfair business practices. The system sucks, but if we're going to have to operate inside it, regulations like the FTC Act and other fairness-related laws are important to have to keep businesses from exploiting consumers any more than they already do.

Now, it's important to note that a business can (seemingly) be following all of these rules and still end up being a scam! The number one way to verify the information found in an advertisement of a small business is to contact the seller.

If you can't easily find their contact information, if you have to jump through hoops to talk to a real person, or if they refuse to give you details about the product or service they're advertising, it's likely a scam, and you've dodged a bullet.

A reputable business, particularly a small one run by one person or a handful of people, should be more than happy to discuss details and terms with a prospective buyer. If they aren't, even if they're legitimate, why the fuck would you want to give your money to someone who doesn't respect you enough to take your concerns seriously??

Anyways, learn the basics of advertising law if you're gonna sell witchy shit on the internet or elsewhere. And frankly, learn the basics anyways so you can spot bullshit artists more easily.

[scherzokinn]

thinking about how star trek fans can be so hypocritical. barclay was a very anxious socially inept guy with less than desirable coping mechanisms that were frankly creepy. he outgrew them but creepy guy is still his legacy. pulaski had bigoted feelings against data because she was wary and didn't understand him. she ended up accepting him and treating him like any sentient being but her legacy is still that old bitch who's racist against data. but when garak almost succeeds in committing a genocide, his legacy is gay uwu babygirl. make it make sense

[violentlyexplosive]

it's always so funny to me when i get a new follower and they have shit like "proship DNI!!11!1!1" in their bio or pinned post. like brother my blog is not a safe space for you (neither is the entirety of the real world, but I don't think you people are ready for that conversation. on account of being probably 12 years old. cus that's what you're acting like.)

"censorship is bad" should not be a radical take in the year 2024. stop trying to sanitise the internet into some uber-puritan, ultra-virtuous, squeaky clean space. like what are you, catholic? i beg of you- grow up.

[fonulyn]

and for the record og Krauser was a good fucking character if I see one more post saying otherwise I'm gonna flip my shit entirely.

[morganathewitch]

Mood board tag

I was tagged by the lovely @the-raven-that-refused-to-sing to make my own mood board based out of this template:

I tag @georgiatnsv, @maggiefaye, @enekorre, @drekisdottir, @hiljaisuudesta, @kathaderon, @ironmist, @90377, @stormwaterwitch, @thedruidsforest, @theemeraldforestchair, @grayskymorning, @folkforestwitch, @snekdood, @reborn-ghost, @roseofbattles, @xilaolim, @xjackiethedevilx, @orpheus7 and anyone else who wants to do this! It was quite fun :3

[prolibytherium]

This little bit of the Iliad is so interesting like. Briseis mourning her own situation and describing her attachment to Patroclus for trying to ‘better’ her situation in attempting to give her the security of a marriage. Like it's horrible that being married to your family’s killer is the 'best' possible option (and likely that her feelings towards one of her captors would be much, MUCH more complicated than depicted), but also believable as being a relief to someone in her position in this uber-patriarchal cultural context where this sort of thing is a fact of life.

And describing these other unnamed women (who are also captured in war and enslaved as wives/sexual partners for the men who have sacked their cities and killed their husbands/fathers/brothers/etc) going about the display of mourning for Patroclus and using it as a way to vent their grief about their situations. The POV fully understands that their grief isn't really about this Greek guy who's been sacking their cities being dead.

Like most of the Iliad doesn’t really concern itself with the women that the story revolves around (and is of course completely and utterly of its time and context) but these very humanizing moments show an awareness of these people as full human beings who Do Not Like Their Situations (even as it effusively honors the people who have enslaved them). It’s small in the grand scheme of things but very compelling and frankly a lot more nuanced than a lot of Feminist Greek Mythology Retellings tend to be without even trying.

[riiviir]

hey guys so I just started reading Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott and OMG AHSBNSBSBSNSNBSHZHSHDBFHGGHFHGRJ2KSHSBSNSK AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I LOVE THINKING ABOUT THE RELATIVITY BETWEEN DIMENSIONS!!!!!!