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my hot take about homestuck is that describing the plot is incredibly easy (several others have done this, so i won’t on this post), it’s the STRUCTURE of homestuck that’s impossible to explain simply

and THATS why homestuck references are the most batshit confusing things ever. because they aren’t about the fairly simple plot, theyre about the weird amalgamation of computer coding, chess, billards, zodiacs, fucking LUCKY CHARMS, etc that make up the building blocks of the background elements that barely have anything to do with the core plot

it’s one thing to say homestuck is about 4 friends that play a game at the end of the world to try and design a new world, it’s another to explain why betty crocker is a pisces alien fish dictator that takes the place of the black queen in the third intergalactic chess game of the series

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#haven't watched the video but i'm just looking at that original image #as a fiber arts person: that second sweater looks so uncomfortable #it doesn't fit. the fiber is different and looks like it might be itchy. there's not enough stretch and drape for it to actually be warm #if i had to guess just from looks i'd say the first sweater is wool or fleece and the second is cotton #which is just not going to be nearly as warm if that's what it is #and depending on the quality of the cotton it could be abrasive or itchy #man and look at the cuffs and the collar #on the first sweater they're doubled over to be more comfy and hold warmth #they're too thin on the second sweater #give the second one a 4/10 barely wearable. do better

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#firefighters are the best human beings #it was also firefighters who saved my (type 2) diabetic grandpa when he had a severe crash #they're good people

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it’s insane how quickly your life can just. suddenly improve. i used to be so miserable but now i own 5 swords

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Reblog with your score

#25 #''variety'' has like 90% fighting and action games

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Bro, you ok? Bro, humans aren’t separate from the ecosystems around us. We’re a part of them, bro. Bro, we’re never going to have absolutely zero effect on ecosystems, because we live here, bro. Bro, I never said it had to be a bad effect. We don’t have to immediately be perfect either, bro, sometimes doing what you can is what you can, and its way better than nothing. Bro what do you mean humans are a plague. You’re starting to sound a bit like an ecofascist, bro… Bro?

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normalize having more than one best friend. "best friend" shouldn't just be a title reserved for one person... best friend is a species...

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What is the funniest pokemon move

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You’ve grown into someone who would have protected you as a child. And that is the most powerful move you made.

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You have to recognize your capacity for harm. You cannot omit the harm you've done to others to remain "good." Anybody can be a bigot. Anyone can be an abuser. Anyone can harm anyone at any time even those who have been harmed themselves. The world is not made up of victims and villains only, this is life, not a Saturday morning cartoon and you are a human being who can or maybe even has hurt others and you HAVE to acknowledge that to learn to be better.

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Twitter users are defending their right to assume Picasso was a renaissance artist. Tiktok users think watching any film made outside the US makes you a snob. “Replace classic lit with YA and fan fiction” discourse is flourishing. I think we’re just living in anti intellectual times.

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fun update!

so the sliders do actually sort of (minimally) affect the message screen, but even turning the contrast and saturation both to 0% has such tiny tiny impact that i literally did not notice it until i compared screenshots. so, changing the contrast as low as it can go does NOT make the contrast low enough for me to use the app without eye strain. but what it DOES do is make it impossible for me to read messages i'm typing out, because the already-sent-messages bit and the currently-being-typed-messages bit use different color schemes for no discernible reason.

none of this makes any fucking sense and i'm mad about it :)

hey @ discord i finally updated your stupid app. why does the contrast slider not apply to the actual message box, which is the main interface of discord, and the thing i need the contrast slider for, because you idiots decided to change your color scheme for no fucking reason?

#rey rambles #discord #i currently can't use the app without physical pain by itself #i have to have my screen filter on which lowers the contrast and slightly orangeifies the colors which makes them more bearable #and like i never have that Off except for screenshots but like #if i Literally Have To use a second app to make your app usable. i think your app probably fucking sucks.

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me: i hate this but i can't threaten violence upon discord (for legal reasons) or myself (for mental health reasons)

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hey @ discord i finally updated your stupid app. why does the contrast slider not apply to the actual message box, which is the main interface of discord, and the thing i need the contrast slider for, because you idiots decided to change your color scheme for no fucking reason?

#rey rambles #discord #the saturation slider also does nothing! if you were curious! #11/10 accessibility options guys

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hey @ discord i finally updated your stupid app. why does the contrast slider not apply to the actual message box, which is the main interface of discord, and the thing i need the contrast slider for, because you idiots decided to change your color scheme for no fucking reason?

#rey rambles #discord #i hate this fucking app #the new layout sucks so much and the contrast is terrible #the slider doesn't apply to the one part of the app i actually need it to apply to #motherfuckers

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the fact that Stardew Valley is a $15 indie game that came out almost a decade ago with zero microtransactions and is still receiving free DLC updates to this day is absolutely bonkers. There are $50-60 AAA games with paid DLC that have come out more recently and aren’t nearly as actively supported or updated.

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they call me byecurious yhe way im always a little interested in leaving👋

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Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised.  Every year, researchers try to predict the four influenza strains that are most likely to be prevalent during the upcoming flu season. And every year, people line up to get their updated vaccine, hoping the researchers formulated the shot correctly. The same is true of COVID vaccines, which have been reformulated to target sub-variants of the most prevalent strains circulating in the U.S. This new strategy would eliminate the need to create all these different shots, because it targets a part of the viral genome that is common to all strains of a virus. The vaccine, how it works, and a demonstration of its efficacy in mice is described in a paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  “What I want to emphasize about this vaccine strategy is that it is broad,” said UCR virologist and paper author Rong Hai. “It is broadly applicable to any number of viruses, broadly effective against any variant of a virus, and safe for a broad spectrum of people. This could be the universal vaccine that we have been looking for.”

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