#so here ya go internet

[skymccarts]

I'm trying to get better at posting in general, but also just really sloppy, unfinished work? That way when I *actually* post something somewhat decently rendered and okay looking your expectations will be so low, you'll be like “wow, what a masterpiece!” 👍

[seraphic-sibyl]

First Mutual Appreciation Post

Reblog to give a slightly grainy serving of rotating fries to your first/oldest mutual, whoever they may be.

[einsteinsugly]

Castle On The Hill, a new JH fic!

April, 2015. After the birth of their first grandchild, Jackie and Hyde briefly venture back to Wisconsin. Lots of things have changed, but some things haven't.

[foreverxdaydreaming]

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[princessmyriad]

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[ostensiblynone]

[puppetlooselystrung]

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[floral-hex]

I’m out of town for a couple of days for my brother’s chess tournament and the internet in this hotel sucks butts and I only brought one book with me 😓

[s-n-o-w-p-i-e-r-c-e-r]

Have you seen Oppenheimer??

OMG YES i literally forgot to talk about it but i saw barbie and oppenheimer back to back HAHAH! I also had my first ever imax experience with oppenheimer, living in london now in a place that imax exists! (my aussie hometown didn’t have any imax cinemas, so still haven’t seen dunkirk in all it’s glory, but I digress).

so i actually didn’t really know about the actual history of oppenheimer, and my partner encouraged me not to research it until after i saw the film so i could go in like those in history did, without knowing the end result (obvs i knew the end result but you know what i mean). if you ever get the chance to watch a historical you don’t know much about, i recommend doing what i did- it made things more surprising and suspenseful not to know the details that history would have taught me!

thoughts on oppenheimer under the cut:

masterpiece. nolan delivered again, obviously.

the opening scene with the quote and the explosion behind it gave me the most goosebumps/chills I have EVER experienced consuming media.

I loved the suspense that built up over time, I loved that it ebbed and flowed, unlike Dunkirk which only built. Uncharacteristically of me, I didn’t even really research the cast, so when it literally had half of hollywood in it, I kept thinking ‘oh there’s them!’ which made me happy lol.

Also my faceclaim for Peter’s brother played Heisenberg, which I didn’t know would happen, so that was a really nice surprise. (younger pics of him are the inspo I use for faceclaims of the older Dawson brother if you ever want to google Matthias!)

I thought the way they built the group of people around Oppenheimer was brilliant and that the film took the time to make us understand them all as their own people with their own lives was good, especially those who disagreed with Oppenheimer made it interesting.

When they detonated the test it was such a tense moment, and I was so glad to have a good cinema audience that was silent. I kinda forgot that they wouldn’t hear the blast immediately so when there was the audio delay I got chills. I loved that they waited almost enough time to make you think that maybe they just won’t include the audio at all, but then it hits you. hard.

The drawn out ‘not a court’ that Oppenheimer was put through I think really was a testament to all the actors’ skills, and did history justice in showing us a glimpse into how unfairly he was treated by the system.

I especially liked the little details in scenes at the start, like when Oppenheimer watched the raindrops and was thinking of atoms, and those litte details of his visions of science. Found those fascinating and actually really related to how he saw and processed things that way.

I also found the way they found out they had been dropped on japan to be shown very well. i didn’t know how they found out, as i said i went in pretty blind, so it was quite jarring to see that they found out the bombs were dropped from the news.

I feel like all my film reviews are sprawling and have no real structure, but those are the main points that come to my mind about just a few reasons I loved the film!! I think the mark of a good film is that if it’s a 3 hour one, it doesn’t feel that long- and Oppenheimer was just like that. It was gripping until the end and there was so much of its rich plot that it was not dull at all.

so yeah, did see oppenheimer, loved it, i give it 8.5/10 (dunkirk is a 9.5 in my books ((because i wish it was a bit longer)) i found oppenheimer maybe a teeeeny bit slow/laborious in some scenes).

[xenoshadow13]

So what's your stance on proship? Depending on your answer you might lose a follower here

My stance is that I don't give a fuck about the whole proship and anti stuff and would very much prefer not to be dragged into it.

Oh, and because I know some folks out there will try to get on my case and claim that I SHOULD care, please don't. Just don't. I find this whole thing to be rather stupid, stressful, and overall something that I just want to stay away from.

Anyway, that's all I shall say about this. If you have a problem with this then go ahead and hit that unfollow button. You won't be missed. :)

[dabidagoose]

The privacy implications of a fursuit are incredibly fascinating

[cosmic-hoboandthehighlander]

And while we’re here let’s talk about this culture of pressuring literal children to know exactly what they’re gonna wanna do with their life at 30.

Not everyone has parents who understand loans, understand how they work and how to explain them to children who have a hard time understanding things like that. Sure, I knew 100% that I’d be paying them back but how was I supposed to know that when I was told “If you can’t afford them they can put you on an affordable payment plan, no problem” that it was a bold face, absolute fucking lie. They do not care about helping me, they care about money. That’s not to mention people in the general public pointing fingers at people who didn’t know any better as children taking out all this money to pay the extreme price tag (that shouldn’t actually be that high) of our universities and then telling them their debt needs to be paid back, with outrageous interest, simply because “it’s not fair.”

A lot of private student loan companies are predatory. As a personal opinion, I would advise not borrowing from Sallie Mae and if I were to go back, I would have told myself to be very careful about taking out private loans for school because those loans are not eligible for any sort of “federal debt relief” and since they are not owned by the federal government, it can be a lot harder to negotiate repayment plans that work for you. My interest has gone up a lot and they never warn me because according to them, “they don’t have to.” They don’t offer consolidation so all three of my loans charge me 12% interest EACH.

If there are any teenagers reading this, I need you to understand that you don’t have to go to college. You don’t have to go right after high school, you can wait until you’re older and know what you want to do with your life or you don’t have to go at all if you don’t want to. You are valid, you are a productive member of society whether you go to college or not, and you should never feel ashamed of working at a retail store, a fast food restaurant, being a server /bartender, etc.

Trade school is amazing and we will always need more mechanics, contractors, truck drivers, metal workers, welders, etc. and that doesn’t make you less of a person for doing that for a living or even wanting to. Some people like working those types of jobs. I know loads of people who are happy working as welders or working at restaurants!

I’m 30 years old and I love working at my retail job. I truly do and I’ll probably work there for my rest of my career, if I can. I went to college and got a degree I don’t use and don’t have any interest in using because I felt like in order to be successful, I had to. Don’t ever feel pressured to do something like that; it was the worst mistake of my life.

But on the flip side, go to college if you want to. Be a doctor or a lawyer or a teacher! Do what you love and learn what you can, if that’s your thing. But please do research, please learn how loans work and try to understand everything you can before borrowing and if the adults in your life aren’t making it clear enough/not teaching it to you in a way you understand, ask more questions. Try to understand EXACTLY what you are getting yourself into and know what your future of paying those back entails. Don’t let student loans make you their prey, be a smart borrower and take care of yourself.

[krockat]

oh my goshl....... to the depths of the editing mines i go again......,

GAAAAAAAAAURGH

GAAAAAAH

GAH GAH GAH

Y'AAAAAH

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so..... i wanted to edit a short video. its true, i did. so instead of purchasing or subscribing to yet another program for a kindling hobby i looked up free editing software. but i needed to get it Quick and Without Much Thought - cause my hands were Oh so hungry to edit the thing i'd filmed for this specific project today,

Now

aaand so i picked the top placement of a top twelve best free editing programs of 2023

(can you count the potential pitfalls of mistakes in this one sentence?)

and so. i clicmked it and wow! in browser!! thats great.

opened it up and:

wow! its easy to understand,

it reminds me of old programs i used before way back,

and its just. intuitive user friendly enough,

but also with enough bigger boyer tools for me to work with, so i can feel like a bigger boy.

and yea, many features are paywalled, but theres cheaper and manual versions for all of them -

(and those features not being this i minded, i find manual subtitling for example to be kind of a fun and fulfilling problem.)

it was seeming. cool!

but. as i have now layed an hour or so on working on this progrem and project.... i realize to my intense fear and budding dissapointment........

Exporting is a premium feature.

meaning, Downloading, what i have created...................

I HAVE TO PAY FOR`?????????

I put all this time and effort and funny lil skibblywinklies and am now soulbound and connected to this project!!! to this piece ive created!!

with YOUR TOOLS and YOUR FEATURES THAT I MOLDED W MY HANDS THE SUPPLE CLAY OF MY PROJECT:........

and now, poor as i am today, i can not. get my project back. into my hands.

i am late on a bill i have not been able to pay.... and motherfucker you think i shall pay you 192 usd for a yearly subscription for the pro feature, or 24 usd a month with auto rescription for This? you think thats okay??? you cuck swiene???

you who were top 1 free program.

i shall do violence upon the world, instead of doing the violence upon me.

i shall not turn this pain inward. RAAAAUGH RAAAAAHGHRAAAAAAAAUGH uuuuuRAAAAAAAHGHGHGHGHGHHUUHHUHUGHUGHUGHHGHGHGHGHUHUHGUGHUGHUGHUGHGUHG .

why do every editing exploit i do end up in torture.....

[im-tempted]

I should be legally compensated for having to work with coworker that are playing at phycological torture with their evil evil vibes

[arabriddler]

important ! In recent years especially this year I’ve noticed a lot that the internet language picked up so many Islamic phrases and, from a muslim perspective, it makes the internet a little more welcoming. the thing is, a lot of the time with Islamic phrases you have to be careful about when and where to say them they hold their own weight and demand their own respect so here is a list explaining each phrase and some notes about it.

In sha allah

It means “ If God wills “. It’s mostly a response that can mean yes or no. If someone asks you to do something you can say in sha allah as in “ I heard you and I’ll try to do itc but I can’t claim that It will happen “ . Muslims say it because we’re unaware of what future holds it’s actually blasphemous to claim to know the future, so saying so means “ If it’s the will of god it will happen if not it won’t “ and you’d also say it about future events.

Ma sha allah

It means “ this is what god intended “ and it’s a compliment. Saying so is like saying WOW! But it’s also kind of a prayer of protection? If I see someone with pretty hair I should say “ Ma sha allah your hair is very pretty “ the ma sha allah protects the person from the evil eye. By saying that I’m also saying I’m not jealous I’m genuinely enamored and I don’t wish any harm to go to it.

Astagfurullah

it means “ to god I repent “ or “ from god I seek forgiveness” it’s usually used when you make a mistake but people also use it when they see something bad or when they want to avoid saying something bad. Like once my card refused to work and I’d say that so I won’t say any curse words and to calm down my anger

wallah/wallahi

okay this one is important. This one shouldn’t be used so lightly. It means “ by god’s name “ and it’s basically swearing in Allah’s name. You are only supposed to say it if you genuinely mean what you’re saying. It’s such a heavy word that I only say it very rarely and if you say it and don’t follow up on what you said you have to fast for three days as repentance.

ya allah

ya is an addressing word? Like talking to someone or calling them? Like saying O’ ( someone ) so ya allah means O’ god

Al hamdullilah // hamdullilah

it means ‘ praise/thanks to god ‘ said when something good happens or when you feel relieved about something— for example, my shirt is stained badly and I’m worried it won’t clean well. I clean it and the stain is gone so I say “ al hamdullilah “ kind of like phew!. Sometimes people say it as an answer when they’re asked how they are it can either mean things are good or bad but we preserve .

One more note is that with the name of Allah you should also be careful it’s not supposed to be written on papers that’ll get stepped on or lightly used in art because it also has its own weight it’s regarded heavily. Like even in home decorations it should be elevated and not overshadowed. If I have to throw away a paper I have to sit down and color over the name of Allah or burn the papers so it won’t get thrown in trash.

another note is that those phrases aren’t Muslim exclusive. Some Arab non-Muslims use them as well. This is only my explanation from a Muslim perspective.

Another another note is this is what I can remember at the moment but if you have additions or enquiries let me know

[glimpsesofeuterpe]

even if it is the wrong timeline I'm glad we got to meet at least

feliix i am glad too!