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bixels · 3 months ago

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In the past, people in the Animal Crossing community would make fun of Tom Nook as a sleazy landlord. Since then, he's really rehabilitated his image as this 'heart of gold' businessman (he's the one who puts bells and furniture in trees for you to find! he adopted orphans! he donates to charity!), but New Horizons genuinely paints the most devious version of him.

He's successfully privatized settler colonialism: you pay HIM to move to a "deserted island" (which apparently the oceans in the AC world are just full of) and start a colony that he is directly invested in. At best he's running a weird vacation package scam (you arrive on the island with no money and in debt for "using his services"). At worst, he's using you to set up company towns. For god's sake, he literally has his own fake currency that he forces you to use to pay off your debt. But don't worry, he's repackaged it in a way that definitely doesn't sound like an MLM scam: the Nook Mileage Program!

You're no longer just his tenant or his temporary part-timer, you're his business lackey. The entire tutorial section of the game has you spending actual weeks running around completing tasks and doing hard labor to set up his colony. You're even tasked with preparing his properties and finding buyers for them. No, you aren't a tenant anymore. You work for the landlord. You are directly responsible for finding tenants for him. And he doesn't even fucking pay you. Not for setting up town hall and museum, or his nephew's shop –– which is the ONLY store on the entire island that sells necessities –– or bringing KK Slider to town, or helping populate his town. Not a single cent. No, actually, you have to pay HIM to BUY infrastructure like bridges and stairs and park benches. And all the while, he's telling you're the "resident representative"; you get to call the shots! That the reward is the community's progress. That what you're doing is in everyone's best interest (but most importantly, his).

Since NH's release, people have done a lot of legwork to say that Tom Nook isn't a capitalist while the game shows him at his very worst. He owns the only general store in town. You're forced to use a phone that he modified and branded as his own. Buy Nook-branded furniture and merchandise at the self-serve kiosk in the town hall, a governmental building! There's no conflict of interest here!

But hey, if you're tired of being the landlord/business mogul's goon, you can also find work as a deluxe resort home designer for a company that also pays you in their special company currency that can only be used to buy their products instead of a real salary! Because that's what the Animal Crossing franchise needs! More vacation homes!!!

#this is a really long winded way to say i really really really really hate new horizon's storyline and player role #i really hate that not only your house but the entire TOWN. the whole COMMUNITY you're a part of is owed to tom nook's business #i really hate the “vacation getaway package” angle because it shows just how commercialized the entire premise of nh is #and how lost the game is in its original core concept #animal crossing is about the experience of moving to a new town and becoming a part of that community #just to compare: all past ac games have a similar opening #you're on a bus or train or taxi to someplace new. a stranger strikes up a conversation and you get to know them before arriving #new horizons opens with you at customer service desk filling out an client application before a flight.#in prev games working for nook in the tutorial is meant to be demeaning. you want it to be over with so you can actually start living life #but in new horizons working for tom nook IS your life. and it's so rewarding! don't you feel rewarded?#you aren't a person. you aren't a new neighbor. you're tom nook's client. and then his unpaid employee. and the game insists it's fun to be #that's how void the game is #because it's bad enough that a rpg life sim got turned into a sandbox game where you have to build the town yourself #but the only reason why you're building it is because the landlord who you're in debt to TOLD you to build it.#everything is a rewards program! everything is a tour service! be sure to do your daily tasks to earn nook bucks to spend on nook merch!#that really sucks imo.#i mean. the entire game is based around the vacationing industry. of course it all feels fake and temporary. it's only a vacation.#long post #rant #not art #god the fact that your starter villagers can't even decide where to live you have to decide for them #i've never played a game that does the opposite of handholding #where instead it's the PLAYER who has to handhold the npcs through everything. and newsflash!! it's really exhausting and boring

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omotte · 3 days ago

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Trillyke Blossom Blouse CONVERSION 4TO3

Trillyke Blossom Blouse

Credits: trillyke

TF-YF-AF

Recolourable (1 channel)

12 presets (non-recolourable)

3,7k poligons

Everyday, Formal, Sleepwear, Swimwear, Career, Valid for maternity, Not valid for random

|| DOWNLOAD - SFS or BOOSTY (always free) ||

#sims 3 custom content #the sims 3 custom content #ts3cc #ts3 #package #sims 3 #sims 3 cc #download #s3cc #4to3 conversion

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blueskittlesart · 2 months ago

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i know we love the usps here but oh my god these bitches are getting on my last nerve

#HOW DO YOU TAKE EIGHT MONTHS TO FAIL TO DELIVER. ONE PACKAGE. TWICE!!!!#i KNOW i have the right address. i am losing my mind here #this isnt even mentioning my beef with chilean customs. me and the post office are on bad terms at the moment lets just say #personal

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teeny-tiny-revenge · 5 months ago

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I've been meaning to make this post for months now but hey, here is. Some of you may remember I made DVDs of OFMD a while ago. I rambled extensively about it here.

Quick refresher or in case you haven't seen them:

They have disc menues that play Gnossienne Number 5 and have individual episode pictures. Also there's sleeves and discs labels!

Why am I telling you this (again)? Well, I happen to have all the files you need to start your own basement pirate DVD manufacturing career on a burner Google Drive. So if you too wanted to have DVDs of our beautiful show on your shelf at home, you could download the files, grab a DVD writer drive and a bunch of empty DVDs and get right to burning them. No particular skill needed because the files are done and ready to go at a click. There's also a bit of a how-to on there that I hope is helpful for those confused. Piracy ho, friends!

#let's make more hard copies of our beautiful show #both because we all deserve them and also because physical media is great and fuck streaming #fuck wbd #burn a dvd!#or two #or six #it's actually six #please help spreading this around #there were a couple of people who wanted their own discs when I made the original post and I cannot send them around #customs will arrest me #I've had packages to friends abroad opened more than once #but I can do this #hello friends if you too want to own something tangible here is a bit of a DIY for you #ofmd #ofmd dvds #piracy ho!#teeny rambles

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fraternum-momentum · 23 days ago

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let us see ur collar!!!! w the pearls!

so cute right !!!!!!!??????

#eww why my forehead shining like that wtf #it looks like a normal necklace :3 no one would know its a collar ajhjhhehehehe #i had the package opened at the pet store and the lady said it was cute too and i said yeahhh its for my dog c: (lying)#altho it does kinda make me want to get an actual collar now aiqsh but i rlly tried looking for one but theyre all so uglyytgyt #i kinda had to adjust it a bit at first bc it was kinda choking me i mean lol nice but i do like to breath whenever i go outside #i added a few cm of like those metal thingies and also i want to get a bigger ribbon so it looks like a nice bow at the back #the ribbon it came with was shit so....#i want a small bell too so its cuterrr #damn im gonna customize the hell out of this thing #hoes in da closet

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peonypyxels · 6 months ago

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i girl bossed just the right amount tonight & learned how to make loading screens

#it's super easy and im so happy lmao #10/10 would recommend #you just need sims 4 mod manager #then select tools>fun tools>custom loading screen #input ur pictures and tada #they make it a package file

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studyblr-perhaps · 4 months ago

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20/08/24 || Tuesday

Happy belated Rakshabandhan to the ones who celebrate! (For the ones who don't know what it is, its a festival when sisters tie an ornamental band on brothers wrists in exchange for protection. Now it's symbolic and we tie the bands in exchange for gifts lmfao). I got a watch as a gift from my cousin brother!!! At the perfect time too, cause I forgot both my watches at home while coming back to uni.

My thesis work is finally moving a bit and it's equally daunting as is exciting. I'm looking forward to the coming year haha.

#studyblr #studying #studyspo #studyinspo #misa tries #misa's undergrad journey #aesthetic #study aesthetic #stem #stemblr #women in stem #physics #the PAIN that was to get the rakhi to my brother tho #the courier service delivered it to a random person?????#and then their customer service is the worst I have ever seen they made me hold on a call for one hour till it was my turn #and then didn't have ANY sound coming through from their side #then I had to write two queries and an email to complain only for them to completely ignore the part where I wrote #that their tracking system says its delivered but it wasn't delivered to the actual recipient #'the package is delivered' yeah I know you just did it to the WRONG person #then another round of emails and suddenly my brother receives the package???#that was so wild #either way it's done and my brother received it but wow it took out like two years of my life span #100

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papermonkeyism · 3 months ago

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There's a new candidate for my favourite customer ever.

Someone had bought a dog jacket (uh-oh) with fleece lining (oh no), not a small dog either, so plenty of fabric real estate (*sweats nervously*). The product bag had been opened, and while it was folded pretty neatly, it was folded differently from how we do it, and all the... sleeves? Pant legs? had the velcro attachments adjusted for a smaller limb size than the default, so it had been taken out and tried on.

However, upon examining it, I only found one (1) singular dog hair on it.

So whoever had bought it and returned it (reason given was "too big") had brushed any loose hairs their dog might have shed in it before sending it back, and saved me a whole lot of blood sweat and tears and probably like fifteen minutes of work.

That's such a rare thing to happen!

So nice. Thank you, random dog owning person for your kindness.

#shut up paper #Paper does a job #yes yes I'm aware there's a chance of it being a hairless dog #but it was such a neat package otherwise I'm choosing to believe the customer might have been thoughtful

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carsthatnevermadeitetc · 7 months ago

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Mugen Honda Civic Type R Concept, 2016. Displayed at the Tokyo Auto Salon, a prototype with the Mugen carbon fibre aerodynamic package available for the 9th generation Civic (5th generation Type R). The only mechanical modification was the fitment of a single exhaust pipe.

#Mugen #Mugen Honda Civic Type R #concept #prototype #aerodynamic package #carbon fibre #Tokyo Auto Salon #2016 #custom car #Type R

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beannary · 12 days ago

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@the-lavender-clown MY KEYCHAIN ARRIVED!!! It looks so good and the April doodle is so cute!!!!

#bean babbles #also your business card is so cool #and so was your custom sticker that you used on the package

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magic101 · 19 days ago

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@heybabybird 💖 follower from USA! Thank you for all the gorgeous stickers 🙂‍↕️ and more!

#Jaytim #tim drake #jason todd #dcu #stickers #it was stuck in customs for over two weeks till earlier today!!!#The jaytim charms are so much bigger than I expected (compared to the go/jo charm i got from a friend #Im so happy that i happened to scroll through tumblr on a whim and saw ur post and decided to splurge 🥹#Also thank you super much for the extra stickers 💕💕💕 the package said 10 for the ones i bought so i was not expecting 18 (instead of 12)#Also the stamp on the box is so cute!!!

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omotte · 1 month ago

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TwistedCat Bloom Dress CONVERSION 4TO3

TwistedCat Bloom Dress CONVERSION

Credits: twistedcat

TF-YF-AF

Recolourable

4 presets (non-recolourable)

4,5k poligons

Everyday, Formal, Career, Valid for maternity, Not valid for random

|| DOWNLOAD - SFS or BOOSTY (always free) ||

#sims 3 custom content #the sims 3 custom content #ts3cc #ts3 #package #sims 3 #sims 3 cc #download #4to3 conversion #s3cc

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castawavy · 13 days ago

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I'm glad she got called out for that, charging for EA recolours is crazy that wouldve taken her 2 hours tops and dont get me started on how they even share eachothers meshes...

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#like be serious u couldnt give 1 free gift back to even your PAYING customers for the entire year you made money?#Is this just because you dont wanna have to work in December like the rest of us have to...? 🥺#if you're charging for cc get off your ass and make an actual set then for December then not this lazy recolour bullshit #tbh I'm more annoyed that they sometimes recolour their own / eachothers items then package them as new its lazy and the opposite of transp #OH and making money off a community you're not even a part of / engage with is weird

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bogkeep · 2 months ago

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so so sick of every courier service that's not just Regular Local Mail. why do they make everything so difficult and complicated all the time auuggghhggg

#JUST TAKE IT TO A PICK-UP POINT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD #80% of the time they're supposed to do some kind of door delivery something goes Wrong #i have SCHOOL i can't be HOME ALL THE TIME #anyway dhl marked a package as delivered that was absolutely not in the mailbox #customer service said it had been marked as delivered in mailbox which is absolutely not fucking trur #today im told the courier talked to SOMEONE and left it on a CHAIR #THAT'S NOT THE MAILBOX IS IT. SCREAMS #and presumably they didn't talk to my landlord bc he'd leave it in my house #guess ill find out after school if the package is anywhere to be found #like. seriously. they couldn't have left it in the actual mailbox??? a CHAIR??? CHAIR???????#it did Not occur to me to search the terrace area #the previous times this happened (marked delivered but not delivered)#they either hadn't delivered it at all or dropped it off at a pickup point #can we just Not do the song and dance every time. can we do something sensible. like inform me about when and where i can get my package #give me OPTIONS. GIVE ME THE OPTION TO PICK A DELIVERY TIME OR A PICKUP PLACE #and the thing im trying to work on at school keeps going WRONG #NO BAD GOOD VERY TERRIBLE DAY!!!!!!!#i don't have TIME to get sidetracked by all this

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battiegutz · 6 months ago

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YAYAYAYAY GOT MY LPS BASES !!!!! already started on one, not gonna start on any others until i finish her jus in case i make mistakes lol.. anyway heres th bases, the wip, and the design i drew today that i didnt intend to be an lps custom but oh well lol

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