#It's going to get a singular note

[cloudbrooksblog]

my misinformation journey (lmao)

When i was like 11 or 12, I was watching a movie with my sisters. I'd recently watched a Cinema Sins video on the movie. I parroted things that were said in the video.

My sister pointed this out. She said, "you got that from a Cinema Sins video, didn't you?"

I was intensely embarrassed, so much that I still think about it. Of course, I'm 17, so it was relatively recent, and also parroting other people word for word is cringe, but it's also because I attempted to deny it. And later on, I couldn't figure out why it was wrong. If I saw the flaw after he pointed it out, why is it bad to make the same comment? I can see that he was right, even if I hadn't watched the movie on my own before that. Even if I hadn't double-checked, he presented the evidence to me.

I was evaluating my actions in a flawed way. Obviously, there's something annoying about someone pointing out petty flaws in something you're just trying to enjoy. In the Helluva Boss fandom, I've learned that. But it's also flawed in a way that's extremely important once you bring it to a more serious context.

Near the start of this year (2023) I was in an online discussion, in the comments of a Youtube community post. There was a meme about Hamilton (the musical), and I recalled my sister saying the creator of the musical (Lin-Manuel Miranda) was white. I parroted this without double-checking. If you'll see my profile picture, this was insane of me. I left the situation only halfway learning the lesson, but at least I didn't argue with people calling out my bullshit that time, and at least I apologised. I'm saying this as a personal acknowledgement of my growth since 12 years old, but compared to the bare minimum there's no silver lining. It's a flaw of mine that still needs work to this day. Speaking of which...

Talking out of your ass/bluffing is a thing that's easy to spot in others, especially if you disagree with them or are more knowledgeable about the subject than they are. I said that while talking out of my ass. I have one singular example of this from a podcast I recently watched where Fredrik Knudsen (documentarian) went onto the Official Podcast and fact-checked one of the hosts, who was being extremely judgemental, speaking about subjects that Fredrik knows tons about, and also was being extremely disrespectful to Fredrik the entire time via interrupting him. He also used the word "schizophrenic" as an insult. Remember that.

It was easy to spot then, but that's because it was an extreme example with a (hyperbolically) fact-checking expert present. I can't think of other examples off the top of my head, and I'm not going to check. I think a better framing would be to point at that situation as one single example of this flaw being fatal, rather than using it to generalise, unless I plan on checking. I'm trying to get better at it, but this post isn't just a personal benchmark, I promise.

I watched a video about AI by a relatively small Youtube creator named Jimmy McGee today. I absorbed the information without really thinking about it. I already mostly agreed with him, and what I didn't agree with him about I was simply neutral on and/or uninformed about. In the comments of a video called "The Dream of the Internet", there's someone using the word "schizophrenic" as an insult; an awkward synonym for the word "batshit". I also recently saw it being used as an insult by the previously mentioned podcaster, and overheard it being used as one while out in public. This is more frequent use than I'm used to witnessing. I wanted to make a post about it. I connected it to the way Andrew Tate and Sneako have undeniably made an impact in our culture already-- According to the viral video of teenage Sneako fans, and some vague anecdotes about Tate fans being numerous and loud. There's nothing wrong with believing individual anecdotes, but there's something wrong with basing a portion of your worldview on them, in my opinion.

The fear of mind control-- of algorithms designed to keep you glued to your screen-- is brought out in me by these anecdotes. It was almost certainly created by them, I reckon. I connected these fears and anecdotes with some final parts of McGee's AI video, and suddenly there's a fully-formed opinion: "Casual ableism is becoming more common because ableist people are getting popular online-- all because of the algorithms that want you glued to their sites".

It's an unnuanced, reactionary opinion. I'm glad I caught myself. This flaw of mine is something I started thinking about vaguely after the Hamilton thing, because I TRUSTED my sister, and I was CERTAIN she told me that, but it was also put at the forefront of my mind after seeing the podcast episode where a host got continuously spotted talking out of his ass in a way that's extremely easy for anyone to do, especially myself. Even though I'm against cringe culture, extremely left-leaning, etc, I still talk out of my ass like Alex Jones does. I steadily work on it, slowly, and now that there was an example where I caught myself BEFORE posting, I thought I'd make a post analysing myself. Thank you to anyone who read this. Pls don't roast me too hard about it LOL

#not actually word vomit this time #i proofread this shit #does this count as an essay /j #tw ableist language #i know i mentioned being 17 in the paragraph before i mentioned being in the helluva boss fandom. what can i say? i live on the edge #if you want me to answer for it just shoot me an ask i guess #misinformation #social commentary #im not that proud of the post or the fact i did any of these actions #im proud of myself for explaining it. for having the words #It's going to get a singular note #and thatll be fine #im literally overexplaining myself so hard rn #im gonna stop typing before i make your brain EXPLODE /lh #personal

[kagooleo]

the zine’s officially out, so I can post my contribution for the @extraordinaryzine :D!

my piece is an interpretation of the caverns on Iron Island 🏝️ so I wanted to incorporate more of the water surrounding it by creating a sea cave to have light spill inside (akin to the modra špilja/blue grotto)

the focus of the zine was on the daily lives of trainers and their pokemon, so Riley uses a spot inside the caverns like this to meditate with his team, although any new Riolu he trains can’t resist wanting to jump into the water to play υ´˶ ･ﻌ･ ˶`υﾉ”

this piece alongside a ton of amazing artists can be found free to download digitally here! (and lastly some closeups bc I liked getting all the little deets down)

#kagarts #trainer riley #stat trainer riley #pokemon dppt #pokemon zine #this one definitely proved to be a bit of a challenge since. backgrounds are a whole other thing #but this got me interested in worldbuilding on a location #got me incorporating various elements from both the games and anime bc they both have their own specific strengths and limitations #that make it fun to interpret and feel more lived in #I can ramble a bit about it but for one the island in the games is just limited to being >place to defeat team galactic at #there’s only really leftover caves after mining expeditions so it’s mostly just abandoned mines type of deal #and riley’s singular house you can visit of course #but the anime includes a port town and scientists studying different parts of the island #so it fills in the gap left behind from game limitations #if there’s a town on an island specifically full of stronger pokemon that adds onto what riley’s job is on said island #to make sure either side of the town and caverns on the island are kept in check/at peace #adds to that job of being iron island’s guardian (and I haven’t even gotten started on aura yet LMAO) #I have a lot of notes but I’m saving any extras for later #go get this digital zine!!! it’s free!!!!!!

[sysig]

Getting up to trouble is his speciality (Patreon)

#Doodles #SCII #Helix #ZEX #The Captain #Mixed set! :D Lots of singular doodles - one-offs or ones that apply to a few different scenes #The kiss is random tho <3 I still haven't gotten to ZEX showing off his uniform to Zelnick! I want them to!! #Him seeing his Captain in his uniform was so lovely tho <3 I love Big Love and that was so <3 Hehe #Smooch ♥ #ZEX does not eat enough ;; He eats like a bird and it's highly distressing #I actually wrote in my notes that I was surprised he wasn't hurting In The Same entry as when he was experiencing hunger pangs haha #It doesn't help that he tends to talk through meals rather than eat - he's so much more interested in making connections with humans! #As far as metaphors go - killing himself for the sake of trying to bridge that gap - I mean it's apt but ZEX please #I think it was while he was talking to Wally at one point that he framed the War in a very flippant light-hearted way which was funny to me #I don't think that's the descriptor most people would use haha #Swearing <3 <3 VUX terminology <3 <3 #I want a VUX glossary of terms so badly hehe I've been slowly compiling a few here and there :3 Direct translation! The dream ♫ #Him getting stressed enough to swear is very endearing haha ♪ What do you mean I'm endeared by everything he does don't be silly #The next one of me deeply enjoying when he's creepy is not proof of anything! Just because I Happen to also like that!! #I do really love when he's creepy tho agh <3 <3 The mental image of him as The Hunter - casually cornering and capturing his prey <3 #In that instance he was interrupted pretty quickly but the setup was there!! And it was extremely good!!! #I love how huffy he gets as well haha ''All these humans interrupting my seduction attempts >O( ...Wait O|'' lol #And finally an exchange on the board between him and Scarecrow haha so many fun faces around!! #I love him being completely baffled by a non-mechanical construct it just short-circuits his brain haha ♥ #He's so intelligent but there exists things unknowable! #The image of him tapping his pen is so Incredibly cute ah <3 Where did he learn such a thing! Does it translate from his VUX form to this ♪ #Anything everything ♥ Learned or known! It's wonderful

[rizaposting]

On my hands and knees begging the fma fandom to quit doing Breda so dirty. Can you all fucking cut it out with the "Look at this FAT SLOB haha funny joke look at him he's ALWAYS EATING. Contrary to him looking like a morally bankrupt FAT MAN he is actually very smart!" shit??? Huuuooogh. I get that every character gets tokenized into one or two traits but christ alive.

#crystal convos #fma #all of team mustang gets flattened to one singular facet but what happens to Breda is the most egregious #if you're going to lean into an unfunny 1-note portrait do the 'afraid of dogs' shit it would be less annoying #i usually would not make comments on anyone's writing skills but genuinely if you do this learn how to write better

[yuridovewing]

Sorry to be like that but I’m noticing the parallels between Billystorm and Sandstorm’s deaths. They’re both the leader’s mate and died a tragic completely avoidable death far away from their families and are buried in a random unmarked grave where no one will be able to visit them. And how Billystorm is treated with significantly more respect than Sandstorm was.

#billys fine but. biting through the drywall rn #he gets to die an actual dignified death that drives the emotional stakes high for the cats #its noted that hes very important to the clan bc he was the leaders mate and ‘’all his family will miss him’’ and they hammer it home #hawkwing even says ‘’how can leafstar go on when her mate is in an unmarked grave she may never find #and yet!!! who gives a fuck about sandstorm amiright #shes only the cat who united skyclan and was firestars mate and was an extremely important character #but nah we only care abt stupid alderpaw feeling mildly guilty and everyone moving on in less than a chapter #one singular mention of squilf being upset and then pushing forwards #alderpaw even passes by her grave iirc and is like ‘’oh shit oops!’’ #why is billystorm this less important character to the whole series getting a more respectful death than her #wait ik why lol #we dont even see leaf and squilfs reaction to sandstorm being dead #hwj liveread

[the-bluestreak-cat]

HR PERSON ANSWER ME I WASTED A DAY WAITING FOR YOUE CALL

#anything else!!! I could’ve done anything else than hover anxiously around my computer #why was I asked to be available for upwards of 5 hours if I’m not even gonna get a courtesy note #saying the bare minimum ‘reschedule?’ god forbid I ask you to respect my time and have empathy for fellow humans #you’re holding my life in your hands and you can’t be bothered to remember it? cmon dude #I want to either be happy or be miserable and move on but I can’t do either bc of what I hope to be a lapse in time awareness #and what I worry is some sort of test that I’m managing to fail by wanting to know my fate at this company #I sent an email AND a phone message this time. god willing we cram in a call today. hellish to have it move to Monday. #why did I waste the precious hours of my singular life bc you didn’t feel like emailing me back #mad about it. Fuming about it. I will not be normal about this person in the future bc of this incident #I’m gonna go eat something at 4:30 bc that’s the latest I said I could take calls #and if I get a call after that I’m gonna [redacted]

[astramachina]

i think this is the first time my face has physically made an 😃 expression like i didn't even think that was possible.

falling out of bed rushing to my desk and throwing open my laptop to jot this down at the speed of light.

#kronk voice: oh yeah. it's all coming together. #singularity lore tag #sorry you guys are apparently getting pre-dev notes as i go. #texts.

[komilys]

bit o’ a rant bc i just got thrown into the past abt antis //

i just opened this account i haven’t opened in forever because i haven’t seen them active in a while and got blasted with the most unforgiving ‘dni proship freaks nobody wants you’ in big bold capitalized letters and just KNOCKED back into a few months ago when that fandom was having a meltdown because like 4 proshippers existed.

#negativity. #genuinely sooo disgusting to see all the supposedly nice people so quick to scream death threats and not give a single fuck about others #because .. checks notes .. they don’t think people should get harassed over fiction. #like oh they were terrible!! lol #there was maybe one person who was an anti-former proship but wasn’t spewing death threats so good for that one singular person! #not giving them that much credit because they did nothing to stop the people they interacted with who were doing it! #if i remember correctly prshippers were also going for the antis #moral of the story … i mean whats the moral here i’m just ranting i guess

[spring-lxcked]

like half-asleep and abt to genuinely sleep and yet thinking abt giving in and giving william a movie verse even tho i know literally the only difference will be his kid(s) lmao

#—— ✧ ooc » #.tbd. #i've been against it mostly because i think by the time i adjust the verse to my liking it'll just. be game canon fkjdhfjas #like: i'm not a fan of him 'controlling the animatronics somehow' for example #but that singular change makes a large part of the movie entirely different #like the ending wouldn't have happened That Way because my william genuinely fears the haunted animatronics #claims otherwise obv but they both intrigue and terrify him #he won't face them during their active hours w/o thinking he's safe ( me when dumbass still gets springl.ocked ) #i'm thinking i'm thinking... but yeah if i make him a movie verse i'll come up with a Default AU for it #and then me and anybody else can plot stuff out as needed if they don't vibe with it #def a request-only verse tho #should note i'm a major fan of the whole 'mike's blacked out his real memories & actually is an af.ton' tho #both because he'll always be an af.ton in my heart AND because his memories were KDSHFSDFHDSJLA #sorry but i can't explain it. they screamed fake so hard i was shocked when there wasn't a Big Reveal. #like why were his memories like that. why is your family Generic Good Family Number 1. what is going on. #like to be clear if it was intentional it was really good lmao #ANYWAY 'would your william stab van.essa' if we're talking abt movie canon w/ her as his daughter? ehhhhhhhhhh #like in that exact scenario maybe but also he wouldn't be in that scenario if that makes sense #by and large i stand by my portrayal being unwilling to kill his kids pre-springlo.ck incident #like he's a real bastard but part of that is him believing he can always Pull Them Back To Him No Matter What #ANYWAY GOODNIGHT #will maybe rb this in the morning with more thoughts

[itwasmagic]

i refuse to spend money to go ad free but i hate you blaze i hate you blaze i hate you blaze i hate you blaze i ha—

#i hate people using it to beg for money #i hate people using it for pointless text posts that aren’t even funny (there’s a reason it isn’t getting notes susan!!) #i hate people using it to share long ass fucking essays on topics i don’t! care! about #i hate people using it to share their long ass fanfics on things i’ve never even heard of #i hate people using it bc they want more ‘data’ on their polls #just shut uppppppp #the two singular acceptable uses of blaze are 1. cute animal pics 2. an amazing gifset that deserves notes #anything else go back to your corner and burn #idc if this makes me horrible #rant #also!!!!! what’s even the point of turning it off for your posts in blog settings #and then EVERY TIME you make a post still having to change the who can blaze? option #i’m probably very close to spending that money actually

[unproduciblesmackdown]

in the power of Noticing Things The Xth Time Around the instrumentals-imitative "doot. doot. doot. dooWAH" vocals that kick in during the second verse of centerfold? superlative

#i've heard the song a fair number of times & always enjoyed it a lot. high energy & fun; a little goofy in great ways in subj & sonic style #it is extremely correct to work w/imitative vocalizations in your music no matter what. put in more. More #(and the Vocal [doot] being on the backbeat as opposed to the Instrumental [doot]....superlative!] #and did i Mention that [verse into chorus] synth line...the drumming underneath it... #even the faux Live Performance psychout ending. a song about a Specific Ass Situation thank fucking god. deserved to chart like that. #also anytime i say Dad Rock i use it fairly neutrally lol. i'm a fan plenty of songs that would qualify; to be more specific #lmao love the instances of [no matter how many ties i hear it i cannot distinguish this sequence into phonemes in a way that corresponds to #words (or words that fit into the context in any comprehensible way)] i.e. went ''okay time to look up lyrics b/c i will always be going: #flowers What about her dress??'' & the line is apparently ''while i was thinking about her dress'' lol love when the revelations of #mishearing are funny like Ah right....and claims it's ''slipped me notes'' rather than ''slipping notes'' but doesn't change too much #being like [i cannot decipher these lyrics] is generally a more fun casual version of ''especial tendency to struggle w/audio processing'' #versus like not knowing what tf someone's said in this part in a movie or smthing no matter how many times you hear it #or of course the most A Problem: not being able to parse what's being Spoken in some in-person situation #might be an occasion you can't get anything repeated; might be an occasion where for some reason/s a repeat doesn't even help.... #also forever the Idiosyncratic Origin Stories behind [genuine friendships formed when you are autistic] e.g. like yeah one of my good #elementary school friendships? was one where we did parallel play; maybe never or very rarely actually Spoke; our Distracting Each Other #was punished with more of a singular intensity than i ever saw Anyone's ''distracting each other'' interactions.... #took years of being at the same job (part time; so not like monday thru friday 9 to 5 Always being there at the same time anyways) #for me & a coworker to start talking & become work friends; then regular friends #their name was angel; so the menace i became when we had such a dad rock station on & these alignments occurred #though i would be engaging in singing along to things in general lol so

[florida3exclamationpoints]

Yall wanna hear about smth? good im gonna rant in the tags anyway

#so :)) my favorite animal hands down is orcas #i happen to live on the east coast. aka like the ONE place in the world where orcas dont like to hang out in #my family has taken a few big vacations to maine over the years and we're going again this year #we also went to the very edge of Canada and this year we're gonna spend more time in Canada #also side note...... every time we've gone to maine we've gone on at least one whale watching trips to see humpbacks #and we have NEVER ONCE SEEN A HUMPBACK. weve seen a minke whale a basking shark a sun fish like 100 dolphins and a million seals #but no humpbacks 😭 but that's why we've been so many times they guarantee that you'll see them so we've only paid for tickets once #anyway. FUN FACT. there is ONE singular loner orca who regularly visits the new england area #his name is old thom :) he's approx 30 feet long :) #from what ive read it seems like he comes down here between may-november and hes seen almost every year #sometimes he hangs out with white sided dolphins which is really interesting bc orcas have been known to eat dolphins #and hes never been seen with another orca which is veryyyyyy uncommon #well. hes been seen in the EXACT. WATER. that we RODE A FERRY THROUGH to get from maine to Canada #he was seen near boston LIKE A MONTH??? before we were in Boston #his whole route is like. the exact waters ive been on or near multiple times. #AND WE'RE GOING BACK THIS YEAR. #I NEED TO SEE HIM!!!!!!! DO YOU UNDERSTAND!!!!!! I WOULD SOB #so yeah. fun facts :) everyone send good vibes for me to see old thom in maine this year 😡 #gotta go back to work now bye love yall

[grimmwulf-a]

thinking about the WARP trains again... they really said "hey you can get to any destination you need in the city with these in ten seconds flat, no we will not tell you why there's a separation of classes in the seating arrangements <3" and then all of that just happens.

i can already foresee myself making a cleanup crew oc and slapping them on the multi later. i'm so easy to read.

#[ ooc ] #// GENUINELY SO FUNNY TO ME THAT. instead of just making normal trains #they go 'hm we should use this really fucked up singularity instead' #and then like. the technology necessary to separate people based on genome just to scoop them all up and plop them back in their seats #could you imagine that being your job. you dont even get a mind wipe after the fact. #side note roland seeing all of that and going 'jesus christ i rode on those trains a few times' #bro you touched organs with another guy. now you have to live w that knowledge.

[starswallowingsea]

someone reblogged my assassins creed post in the year of our lord 2022

#every time that thing gets a singular note im terrified its gonna go off the rails again #shay speaks

[prazardous]

went on a walk at 1am, got lost, met a very pretty cat. didnt have a collar but was very friendly and had a well groomed coat so probably has a family to get home to

#prazardous #late night walks #cats #cat #if you are the singular person who will look at this post and go ?? i know exactly where you were last night and you were not petting a cat #true. this happened a few weeks ago #i am a queue user #is this where i dramatically reveal most of my posts here so far are reposted from my old threads where it felt like talking to a rock #at least i get a couple notes here lmao

[sil3ntm0th]

ahh the constant and neverending urge to make animatics despite knowing I do not have the drive for making them tbh (& unfortunately have even less for making them "look good" (as in not sketchy as heck and thus likely hard to look at I feel like))

#i also get burnt out quickly with animation unfortunately & have to be in the right mood for stuff like that #i have confirmed at least comic pages seem more comfortable for me in the long run (which yay! i was worried about that) #but there are some things that feel like theyd only work as an actual animatic and not just a comic page? #unsure unsure #on another note of something good though story work has been going well so far (at least now with a new angle on things since i had to- #-restart again but i still have the building blocks rather than starting from scratch!) #even if this has resulted in big “kill your darlings”-type blows .-. #well one of them could end up just as a separate au comic for funsies if it's not canon at least since the problem with it is- #-that it's too big actually & would either need to be cut up in a way that idk if itd be worth it or just. make it its own thing #well hopefully things go well this year #princus speaks #felt like talking into the void #oh - also while i do enjoy the editing process both audio & video i have no motivation in like... getting better #compared to the urge to get better at making comic pages #animatics just take too long in a different and less bearable way than comic pages despite me having been working on this 6 page redraw for- #-a good while now (early december) but theyre singular images that im willing to spend that time on rather than drawing again and again #even if i Do enjoy making animatics #ahh... #can only keep going #nonstop train of ambition in regards to art