#the nothing factory

[yayee-prsp]

*wedding bell

ringing aggressively*

[brinnanza]

see the thing about the whole autistics take everything literally is that we don't actually take everything literally obviously many of us love wordplay no the thing that people MEAN when they say we take everything literally is that we believe what you tell us.

it is never the first impulse (for me at least) that something is a joke or a lie unless I already have evidence. take the grade school gullible is written on the ceiling. you look and the other person laughs at how gullible you are. except in my brain, and I suspect many other autistics as well, things are assumed true unless proven otherwise. and probably some of it for me is just like decades of extreme gaslighting until i became unable to trust my own experiences, memories, and sensations but also it's like... most of the time when people speak to you it is with some degree of authority, whether that is professional or an opinion they really have or their interpretation of something. so without any reason to suspect otherwise, I'm going to believe you.

and yes this is dangerous and yes this makes it very easy to be taken advantage of and yes it does sorta come around to becoming suspicious of everything all the time which is exhausting but maybe the klonopin will sort it out but my point is. in terms of autistics taking things literally. we are the ones being normal about human communication jokes are fun but man you gotta telegraph that or you just sound like a moron "haha it's a joke" no baby that's a lie you think is funny a joke requires a set up and an inversion of expectation you received a reaction that was reasonable for the given stimulus that's just cause and effect do you find the lightswitch equally compelling???

[nimhrudd]

Welcome to the Void - By NimhRudd, drawn and written in collaboration with Remmypen

Part 2 - Let's Make a Deal

This was a comic I wanted to make about some of my favorite fan-made Wally's! If you would like to learn more about each individual character, I suggest going to creators tiktoks:

Opposite! Wally - @henneysilly

Rainbow Factory! Wally - @dodozoi17

Surfer! Wally - @pinksugarberry

Royal! Wally - @neonross_

???! Wally - @krunnnnnch

I made this comic because I wanted to see to these specific Wally's interacting. I think it'd be a funny time XD

Feel free to repost my comic, but please credit me. This took a lot of work (About a week and a half) and I'd appreciate the recognition!

[egophiliac]

Hello!! I followed you for your absolutely amazing Twisted Wonderland comics (thank you for making them, by the way-) but I saw you posting about something called Ride Kamens? I haven’t heard of it before, what’s it about? Or if that’s a bit much to ask, where could I find more info about it? It seems right up my alley 👀

Thank you!

thank you! :> :> :> (this is also for the other anon who asked about where to find it, I am honored to be infecting the world spreading interest in this silly game)

Ride Kamens is still doing prerelease marketing and isn't out yet; it's set for "early summer 2024", so a bit yet to go! similar to Twst, it's a mobile game about anime boys loosely based on an existing franchise (Kamen Rider), although it seems like it's going to be more standalone/won't require familiarity with Rider going in.

the (very) basic premise is that your player character has just taken over their late father's role as a secret agent, supporting the city's superheroes by running a secret base disguised as a cafe (plus you have a personal butler for some reason) (the reason is because it's amazing). you also have to help the heroes regain their lost memories, and it looks like it'll have a bit of a route/choice aspect there (not romance, just different endings to the character episodes depending on what you do). the details are kinda hard to tell at this point but the characters seem like a really fun bunch; there's definitely big "idiots with emotional problems" energy which I am extremely into.

all the official info is in Japanese only at the moment, but here's the website and the ride_kamens twitter! (though the twitter is sort of overtaken by posts about the AnimeJapan exhibit right now, whoops.) and I believe some people are already planning on doing translations for it too? lots to look forward to! :D

[iidsch]

also more codelyokoposting but I really really dig XANA as a villain. It's not a person with a complex background that led them down the path of evil, it's not a morally grey character you sympathize with but condemn. It's a powerful AI capable of controlling almost anything in the real world. It doesn't have a face or a body, we only know it for its symbol and for the monsters it controls in the virtual world. It's willing not just to kill people through various methods (poisoning, drowning, car crash, fucking space lasers too?) but also Earth as a whole (it tried to blow up a NUCLEAR PLANT and crash two trains with toxic chemicals in them). And we don't even know why it does this, at least not for now. It may not even have a particular reason, just some sort of virus or malware in the form of an AI that seeks nothing but destruction without any goals in mind. This "pure evil" characteristic doesn't come off as childish, like in some children cartoons, it's just kind of scary to think that such an incomprehensible and destructive force exists, almost feels like a natural disaster

[vizreef]

Bastl Instruments VURT // Číslizvuk // Modular Synth (Czechoslovakia, 1977)

[cdelphiki]

Way off topic but you know something the state of Georgia does that every state in the union should do? Require restaurants and such to post their health inspections somewhere visible to their customers and also upload all inspection reports online into a database easily searchable by the public. My sister was going out to dinner tonight and right there on the door was a giant sign that said the restaurant had failed their health inspection yesterday (but it wasn't low enough to require them to shut, just post the "U" grade right on the front door). Usually the grade is posted somewhere near the register or at the little lobby area inside. I pulled up the report and read everything wrong with the restaurant. They have rats, don't wash hands, are storing food at the wrong temp, storing raw meat improperly, don't have properly functioning thermometers in the freezer, and aren't cleaning their ice/drink machines. Every state should have that kind of transparency. I want to know if the place I'm eating at is handling food safely! Food poisoning is NOT FUN!!!

[etapereine]

Glyngøre Shellfish, May 2022

[fishareglorious]

Tooth Fairy’s family name is Campbell. Campbell canned soup canonically exists in-game. Wouldn't it be funny if the two are related

[whatkindofnameisella]

monster factory fallout 4 came out 7 years ago (WHAT) and still to this day there is no better expression of pure, deep despair than oh my god roachie despawned.

[hiwelcometothemonstersancturary]

I like to think Catnap was one of the few people who was there for Dogday when it was his turn to need support and comfort…

Anon you're so correct! Catnap was never much the type of person/toy to make their friends talk about their feelings, but he was always there for Dogday when he wasn't feeling well. Catnap wanting to free Dogday from both the hands of PlayCo. and his role as the obligatory leader of the group was another motivator for him to agree with the Hour of Joy. He genuinely thought this would help his friend, only to end up making Dogday even more emotionally closed off than before.

And yet, post Chapter 3, Catnap is still there to support Dogday. Not that our dear sunny puppy likes, agrees or accepts said support, although deep down he's a bit desperate for any sort of comfort.

[my-darling-boy]

I know this is a reach but anyone with family from Birmingham (even better if it’s near Hay Mills or Stockfield) do you know of any electrical plants that used to be in this area that may have been torn down or still stand? I’m researching a man who, between the 1920s-1940s, used to be an electrical engineer, I’m assuming on the assembly side of things, and lived in those areas. For the life of me I cannot fully understand what kind of work life he would’ve had as such and was looking for photos of the insides of these places to hopefully see a man working in assembly to get an idea. I’ve been at this off and on for months, Google is absolute shite, I can’t find any books that are helpful, and have yet to find a map that shows me potential factories. I know this is probably gonna send me to a local archive, but before it gets to that point, even if you just live(d) in Birmingham, might anyone have any leads on old electric plants that involve assembly, I’m mostly just looking for pictures inside these plants to gain a better understanding of my man’s work life and what he might’ve done/wore but hey if I find a lead as to where he might’ve worked, that’s even better!

[detectiveneve]

on the topic of astarion being useless, I accidentally built him to be so wildly competent he's the one I break off from the group and send to do every annoying or difficult part of a quest. which I know he would bitch and moan about incessantly if he was aware of this

[moeblob]

I've been debating playing more RF4S so uh. Have he.

[aashiyancha]

Your Martin and Ryker are delightful, and #18 on the kiss prompt list was made for them!

Rigbarth's cringiest pair

If anyone else wants to play as well, pick a pair and a prompt from this list and drop an ask! If I know the pair I'll draw them

[scholarofgloom]