#So Long And Thanks For All The Fish

[unbidden-yidden]

This blog is now going to be mostly inactive, as I am fully moved over to my new main blog. I have created a new sideblog attached to my new main for the Jewish Song of the Day posts, which can now be found over at @jewish-song-of-the-day. This blog is currently on reruns to catch up, but will be starting up with new songs in the near future.

I will be checking messages here sporadically until Pesach, so still DM me for the new URL if you wish to follow me at my new main blog.

After Pesach I do not intend to check this blog anymore, so please send any future inquiries to the @jewish-song-of-the-day blog instead, where I will actually see it.

It's been swell, folks!

להתראות!

Edit: For the folks asking why, here is the explanation post.

#so long and thanks for all the fish

[neillium]

My ford prefect design woooooooo

More variations below

#artists on tumblr #art #digital art #fanart #ford prefect #so long and thanks for all the fish #h2g2 #the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy #mostly harmless #the answer to life the universe and everything #hhgttg

[heartsforpaper]

how would you react if i told you that i'm not from guildford after all, but from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of betelgeuse?

#hitchhikers guide #the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy #hitchhikers guide to the galaxy #digital collage #collage #collage art #ford prefect #zaphod beeblebrox #arthur dent #douglas adams #h2g2 #hhgttg #thhgttg #dont panic #don't panic #restaurant at the end of the universe #the restaurant at the end of the universe #mostly harmless #so long and thanks for all the fish #life the universe and everything

[eyesteeth]

SEE YOU, BLASE COWBOY...

#blaseball #so long and thanks for all the fish

[innerslumber]

Whenever I see the reports of orcas sinking yachts, I keep thinking of the dolphins from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. But in contrast to the dolphins giving us a sweet note of "So long, and thanks for all the fish", the orcas leave and their message says "Fuck Capitalism and Eat The Rich."

#and they'd be right #orcas #yachts #capitalism #eat the rich #the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy #dolphins #so long and thanks for all the fish #do the orcas have a gofundme or something that i can donate to their efforts? #i knew there was a reason why i loved them since forever

[ahkaraii]

i loved you, best i could. x

#karaii art #our flag means death #spoilers #i have so many conflicting feelings. most i admit are not very kind rn #but i wanted to try and process this scene by entering izzy's mindpsace #so i drew this #i'm gonna be crying about him for years #so long and thanks for all the fish

[inbarfink]

#The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #The Restaurant at the End of the Universe #Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency #The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul #Mostly Harmless #The Meaning of Liff #Last Chance to See #The Deeper Meaning of Liff #The Salmon of Doubt #douglas adams #hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy #h2g2 #hitchhiker's guide #Restaurant at the End of the Universe #life the universe and everything #so long and thanks for all the fish #dirk gently #the long dark tea time of the soul #salmon of doubt

[potato-lord-but-not]

some gays!! been thinkin a lot about William de Worde lately for no reason

#PONYTAIL FORD BACK AGAIN !!! #also a redraw heh #discworld #discworld fanart #the truth #going postal #sacharissa cripslock #otto chriek #william de worde #newspaper ot3 #moist von lipwig #adora belle dearheart #h2g2 #hhgttg #hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy #so long and thanks for all the fish #ford prefect #arthur dent #fenchurch #fenthur

[sally-mun]

OH BOY MY FIRST RAMBLE SINCE MY RETURN, now I'm really getting back in the swing of things

SO!

I noticed something about myself today

I have a history of getting to the very end of a video game and then just inexplicably just not finishing it. Like, literally I've made it to the final boss, this is THE LAST thing left to do, and I just... wander away and never return. I always attributed this to the weird amount of stress/anxiety I get while fighting bosses, as though I'm -actually- in danger in real life.

HOWEVER, it occurred to me today that it has nothing to do with that, and everything to do with another side of myself that I've known about for years: I fucking HATE having to do combat in video games. I know a lot of you guys live for it, but for me, it is just the fucking WORST. It's a shitty chore I have to do in order to get back to the things I actually like, such as the storytelling and puzzles and exploration. Low-level fights with average goons or minions don't particularly bother me, but anything that's meant to be a 'challenge' can fuck right off in my book. I'm not here for that, and I've often lamented that I wish boss fights could be skipped the way so many games give you the option to skip the story. Lots of players don't care about story and just see it as a delay to get back to fighting monsters, and I simply want the reverse. I want a button that'll let me bypass the bosses and skip straight to the next cut scene before turning me loose in the world again.

Anyway, I realized today that this... approach? Philosophy? POV? whatever it is, it's probably the real root of why I get to the end of a game and then fuck off. I only tolerate boss fights because I want to get back to the good stuff, but once you get to the end? There is no more good stuff. After the final boss you get one more cut scene and NO MORE GAME TO PLAY. Why would I want to bookend my experience with a game I've otherwise enjoyed with a chore that I hate?? I can just look the final cut scene up on Youtube and be just as satisfied.

The only time I'd really have significant motivation to do it is if the game actually does offer a post-game reward of some kind. For example, in Arkham City, you go back out into the overworld and can finish up any side quests you hadn't completed yet + get a couple extra quests that ONLY unlock after you've finished the main campaign. That's good shit, that's worth putting up with the final fight! Arkham City is also the type of game to offer a second quest/new game + scenario, where you get to replay the main campaign with different challenges and you start out already having all your equipment. That's also very cool, I'll put up with an annoying boss fight for that!

But for games where the game effectively never 'remembers' that you beat it? No thanks, I'm good, 99% is all I need.

#how many Gamers™ am I going to piss off with this post #OH WEEEEEEEELL #this came up because I've been replaying Twilight Princess and actually getting 100% #yet once I made it to Ganon's throne room I felt all my motivation evaporate in real time and I just suddenly turned the game off #this game ends in a FUCKING -FOUR- STAGE FINAL BATTLE ARE YOU SHITTING ME?? #thanks but no thanks couldn't care less #so long and thanks for all the fish

[whirligig-girl]

Commission for samd6 of Kim the Dolphin Cosmonaut, their character for @torchship-rpg

Image ID: Bottlenose dolphin with a white box on its belly with four fabric-covered robot legs coming out of it, and two robot arms with anthropomorphic hands coming out from the fins. The dolphin is wearing a white and navy blue uniform and the blue flag with red star of the IUR. The Dolphin is waving at the viewer. End Image ID.

Bio:

Your crewmates call you “Kim.” This is not your full name. Your actual, full name is unpronounceable by the typical voicebox of a convergent biped without technological assistance. You grew up in the northern pacific, swimming with your kin, singing songs that have been passed down since before man had fire. You also sang the newer songs.  You remember the light in the sky when you were five years old, the terror of the rest of Earthclan, the news of the War. The War ended when you were ten. The consequences of the War are still unfolding. When you were old enough, you enrolled in the Academy for Star Patrol. You are not the first dolphin to graduate from that prestigious school. Nor were you the first to get a field posting.  You are the first dolphin to get a rocket posting. It may be unfair, but the hopes and dreams of many young people are riding in your wake. You are the best pilot aboard the Di Renjie-7, and the stars are your ocean now. 

Kim is depicted above in astrogation navy blue. Here's a security red version, since they have dual certs in astrogation and security.

#Torchship #Torchship TTRPG #Dolphin #Bottlenose Dolphin #So Long And Thanks For All The Fish #Cosmonaut #Commission

[neillium]

A courple of h2g2 doodles

#artists on tumblr #art #digital art #fanart #h2g2 #so long and thanks for all the fish #douglas adams #mostly harmless #restaurant at the end of the universe #the answer to life the universe and everything #hitchhikers guide #heart of gold #hhgttg #the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy #zaphod beeblebrox #arthur dent #ford prefect #marvin the paranoid android

[nightingaleflow]

Love you guys. I’m out. Not sure if or when I’ll return.

I’m leaving my tumblr up for the people who enjoyed my fics from when I first joined. Otherwise, peep below for how to find me.

Cheers.

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#so long and thanks for all the fish #nightingale speaks

[dark-siren]

BWAHAHAHA. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

(Source.)

#Scottish politics #Kate Forbes #so long and thanks for all the fish #by which I mean the misogyny and transphobia and terrible Christianity #and no ta keep that to yourself #this’ hilar just take the demotion; no matter what you now just look like a sore loser

[mings]

I've decided to step away from tumblr. I changed my password, yet now there are more out of sorts messages and posts. I don't know if it's something to do with the swarms of blank blogs, but this doesn't feel like my space any longer.

It's been a pleasure. Take care. I may look in again at some point if tumblr ever gets on top of the bots.

Sayonara.

#im out #ciao #so long and thanks for all the fish

[ragdolls-and-such]

douglas adams really said "what if the biggest loser in the world fucked. on a plane" and then published it huh

#h2g2 #arthur dent #fenchurch #so long and thanks for all the fish

[silverglass83]

Can't make it any more clear than this

#Dragonlance #BG3 #baulders gate 3 #Goodbye #it's been fun #need a new fandom anyway #so long and thanks for all the fish