#y’all seriously paywalling this too???

[sweetbeagaming]

Paywalling poseboxes for 20 year old abandonware is the lamest shit I’ve ever seen lmao

[gofigureelectra]

I love living in America where my only option for watching figure skating is Peacock TV. Which is behind a $4.99/mo paywall (at the very least — except y’all might still be able to get the .99¢ Black Friday deal if y’all don’t already use peacock.) Do NOT be fooled, this is not an ad — this is just advice for watching our favorite sport “legally” 🙄🖕🏻 I mean, vpns aren’t illegal so 🤷

This “service” (if you can really call it that) also doesn’t let me watch the content I specifically bought the service FOR at any other time than live — when the vast majority of major events are not within a time schedule fit for the average American viewer. The only way I have found around this is to have the player constantly open on my phone; if the event is completely over but I’m still watching it and my screen hasn’t closed, you can still continue watching it. But only in those exact conditions.

Like come on, the Pairs event in my time zone (CST) starts at 4:45am… 😴😵‍💫🥱

And you know how they treat this sport? Here are all of the different sports that you can easily search for and watch (nearly all with replays from the last year, if not older!)

I must be missing something, right? Surely if I do a reasonable search for what I am looking for, I can find it. Right?

Okay, my mistake, I’ll be more specific.

Gotcha, gotcha, my bad, too specific I hear ya, I hear ya. What about just the event I’m going to be watching?

No? What if I scroll aaaaaaaallllll the way to the bottom? Nope, just cars still? Gotcha, gotcha okay um —

Oh okay, that’s progress!! I mean, it’s 4 correct events total, but it’s something! I found the free skates, so logically —

Oh. Okay then, uh… I guess that’s fine… OH WAIT I REMEMBER — there was an Olympic tab! Surely they’ll have some figure skating replays! No, but they do have most of the other sports… and 2 documentaries about figure skating in the 90s, so that’s kind of something.

Even if they don’t have replays, surely they’ll have some interviews, or maybe at least a Team USA skater will be an “Olympian in the Spotlight” or there will at the VERY least, be a video of Nathan Chen getting his gold or Hubbell/Donohue’s bronze maybe… (especially since they also have varied videos of all different sports with winners from all different countries…)

No. Do not bother wasting your time trying to find the answer out for yourself — the answer is a big fat no to all of the above.

Seriously, the only way to find any future or live skating events is to scroll to the “Sports” tab, and scroll down as far as it takes to reach this section.

To be completely honest, the only reason I originally subscribed to Peacock is because it was cheaper than a VPN. It is such a terrible streaming service, that the only reason I stay subscribed is because NBC pulled all of their shows that I watch off of other services.

The only redeemable thing I have to say about Peacock is that it managed to clear the low low low bar of being better than NBC Sports Gold. Which was somehow not worth the $4.99 I paid for 3 months — with unlimited replays, albeit in the summer after the figure skating season. But there is one constant comfort I look forward to every competition (or really, any time I use this app on any device 😊).

Me telling my partner: “What a completely flawless service, that I pay for, Peacock”

[simswithflavor]

The reason I do not consider myself as being part of the sims community, just a simmer who loves the sims.

Too much toxicity, greed, and entitlement, and shit. Too many toxic ass simmers, and greedy/entitled cc creators with “patreon exclusive” content (don’t get me started on most of the content being poor quality). Simmers who are constantly at each other’s necks over x, y, and z. It’s just too much.

I have never seen so much negativity in a community before and it’s disgusting. I’m not even gonna touch on the topic of being a black simmer and seeing how black/POC simmers/cc creators are treated, because chileeeee… I can’t. I’m over the bullshit.

Some of y’all need to seriously get it together. And to you “patreon exclusive” content creators who stay with the “we got bills” excuse… guess what… so do the people who support your ass, they spend their hard earned money on the (mostly poor quality) shit you lock behind a paywall when that money (no matter how small the amount is) could go towards that patron’s light bill, gas bill, phone bill or any other bill. Not to mention food and shit being high as a giraffe’s ass. I understand y’all got bills… we all got bills. Find another excuse to keep your shit behind a paywall because the “we got bills” excuse is played the fuck out.

[murfeelee]

Check In Tag

Thanks @ktarsims​​ for tagging me here!

I’m still not dead--luckily, I’m in the home stretch; just two more weeks and the semester’s done! I just have about a zillion papers and exams to get through, FML, LOL.

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Why did you choose your URL?

Cuz all I could think of was my frikkin name, like a baby idiot with no creativity.

How long have you been on tumblr?

Too effing long. 2023 will make 10 whole years, good grief.

Do you have a queue tag?

No, but I queue up everything anyways.

Why did you start your blog in the first place?

Cuz TSR was making me mad, and I liked the simblrs that were already here, and figured this was a great way to have some autonomy over how I simmed and shared content, without the peanut gallery yelling at me every stinking time I tried to upload something.

Why did you choose your icon/pfp?

It was part of a dumb silly little story I made for TSR back when Dragon Valley first came out, about how the gods blessed Sakura with a baby dragon. I reuploaded it on my simblr for the lulz. Don’t take it seriously, trust me, LOL.

Why did you choose your header?

It's from the same style of header/border I used way back in my TSR days.

What’s your post with the most notes?

My TS4 Rant - Still Unimpressed rant from back in 2015, jfc. It’s been HOW LONG since this wack AF mobile game in disguise was released? I can’t.

How many mutuals do you have?

How do we even tell anymore?

How many followers do you have?

A lot.

How many people do you follow?

Plenty. And I lurk even more.

Have you ever made a shitpost?

Sadly no; I’m not clever enough. U_U

How often do you use tumblr every day?

Barely at all lately; this new grad school I’m in is effing annoying; their numbers are woefully low, especially after the pandemic, so they’ve got me doing way too much work on crap that I don’t even specialize in; it’s really starting to tick me off. I didn’t come here for this crap.

Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? who won?

I have stepped on soooooo many TS4 simmers’ toes, it’s hilarious. I’ve had EA sycophants and paywall apologists cuss me out in my PMs, IMs, reblogs, etc. I don’t engage--I post my rants for posterity, not to hash crap out with people. My beef is with EA directly.

How do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts?

My blog my rules. I reblog what i want, and post what I want, when I want.

Do you like tag games?

I lovelovelove questionnaires and games. I avoid tagging, because I’m always afraid I’ll leave someone out, and I don’t want people to think I don’t like them.

Do you like ask memes?

I don’t even wait around for people to send the asks--I always just answer all of them at once, LOL.

Which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

Tumblr famous and Simblr famous are 2 different things. I've had quite a few Simblr famous mutuals, but what even is being Tumblr famous anymore? O_o

Do you have a crush on a mutual?

No, but I am deeply in love with several simblrs’ art styles and gameplay aesthetics, in TS2, 3 AND 4. Pure chef’s kiss. So inspirational; I wish I had more time to sim, and try new things!

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Thanks for reading!

I tag anyone; y’all know I can’t do this, pfft!

[punkpega]

It’s about time I take this step.

If you follow me closely at all, you know I take art pretty seriously, and strive to put out the best work I can while continuously growing. This why I think it’s time to delve into this Patreon world, whether it’s too late for such a thing or not.

*dodges tomatoes and jeers of “Fuck paywalls!”* It’s not that, and you guys know I wouldn’t do that. The early access window is pretty small (2-3 days), which I feel it just enough to reward y’all for donating, while keeping everyone happy. All my finished art will be posted on tumblr, or twitter, or furaffinity, or deviantart, or all of them.

It will be and stay 18+ because y’all know I like drawing lewd stuff (and I know you like it too).

It’ll take me awhile to get things figured out, but still, I invite you donate if you so desire. I hope to keep up with updates and make it worth your while! And I’m always open to feedback on how to improve the tiers and benefits.

So please, click here to check it out, and thank you