#we are the virus the memes were right

[punk-bot]

Goncharov, Star Wars, Stonewall, and Disco, and the 1970s: an epiphany.

ETA: This is a discussion of Goncharov as a meme and how it relates to Queer culture, therefore I am not tagging it with the “unreality” tag. Goncharov is not a real film, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t important; for reasons I will now explain.

I may be going crazy, but I think I am on to something regarding the true meaning of the whole Goncharov phenomenon, and it's kind of related to Vaporwave and the image that people who didn't grow up in the 1980s or early 1990s (or who have hazy memories of it from their earliest childhood) have enshrined it in the "aesthetic" of vaporwave. But while the themes of Vaporwave are tied to capitalism and consumerism, the "aesthetic" of the 1970s has very different associations.

The whole 70s-to-80s transitional vibe is a favorite topic of mine: right before the Muskrat bought twitter, I tweeted a whole thread about how Panos Cosmatos channels that whole vibe better than nearly any director I've ever seen. (Yes, even Quentin Tarantino - fight me.)

People are watching the new Star Wars media, which are all based around the Original Trilogy and therefore have sort of the same 70s "aesthetic look" of the time in which those movies were made. George Lucas was incorporating and repurposing as much regular stuff that existed in the 1970s that he could, and it contributed to his "used, lived in future" vibe that I think people really glommed onto when they saw the films.

For example: Aunt Beru's outfit from the first film looks like something the actress could have worn on the street in 1977 without anyone giving her a second glance.

People all over the film (but particularly in the scenes on Tatooine) were wearing regular clothes and then making them over or putting accessories over them to make them look futuristic and alien; "Star Wars Bounding" before that was really even a thing. Their regular 1970s street clothes.

This is related to Goncharov because: people are watching Andor and The Mandalorian, and they're starting to ask "what happened to the 1970s aesthetic? Why don't we bring that back?"

Even more than the 60s and the 80s were at various points, the 70s have for a long time been a punchline for bad taste, but there's something more sinister to it beyond merely sneering at the outdated fashion of a previous decade. And it hit me while I was watching this video about the rise of Disco and how Disco's origins were connected with the Stonewall Riots.

The joke about the Goncharov film hoax is how it's a "forgotten film" and about "analyzing the themes of Goncharov." About themes of homoeroticism, about two men (one of them a Discotheque owner on the run from a repressive regime) and two women who are in love, all of whom are unable to consummate that love, because of toxic masculinity and cultural expectations. About clocks being a frequent and repeating symbol - about the characters’ time running out. And the film basically disappearing from public knowledge and being forgotten for decades because these themes were "ahead of their time." (All of this originating from a post about a pair of knockoff boots.)

Because this is a metaphor for the LGBTIQ experience in the 1970s if ever there was one. About a time when an intersection of Queer-BIPOC culture proudly asserted itself for a single shining moment in time - then was eventually subject to both a bigoted, racist backlash and a horrific epidemic so damaging and deadly that we're still analyzing the human cost and the effect it had on society as a whole. Queer culture exploded onto the scene in the 1970s - and then its time suddenly ran out. Or was cut short.

Goncharov - or rather, the spirit and the moment in time that it represents - wasn't "forgotten." It was buried. First under a racist, homophobic/transphobic backlash, then by the malignancy of Reaganism and the AIDS virus that Reagan and his policies enabled to spread and kill thousands. Under the sneering condescension and bigotry of the people who want this spirit to stay buried.

But this spirit is unkillable. Tumblr just gave this spirit a name: Goncharov.

This same spirit is in Andor, to a point - because Queer culture is being actively repressed by the usual bigots and fascists, and Star Wars in general has a running theme of resisting oppression, and it is firmly anchored to its 1970s roots despite taking place "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away." Spoiler warning for the Andor season finale: but it was impossible for me to see the scenes of rebellion and not flash back on this recent tweet from Dan Savage in the wake of the Club Q shooting:

("Out of the bars, into the streets!")

One of the things I think about all the time is what would have been if the right wing bigoted backlash had been turned back, and how things might be different if Reaganism and the AIDS crisis had never happened. What our culture might have become. How much further ahead we might be than we are now.

We're still facing that same toxic right wing backlash right now, but it's our duty to resist and survive however we can, hoping that this time we might turn the tide.

Stonewall lives. Disco lives. Goncharov lives. Long live the Rebellion.

#Goncharov #Star Wars #Andor #Queer Culture #Disco #lgbtiq+ rights #Goncharov Lives #Discussion of Goncharov as a meme

[absolutely-normal-about-x]

OKAY MY TURN NOW: drop the headcanon deets. What's living rent-free in your head right this moment 👀

HOLY SHIT GOT SHOT BACK- LANDKSBDKAHDKAND

But alright!! There’s so many (Aside from Legends Reborn)

I mostly keep this shit in my head and I can make a huge list of it but dawg most of mine involves my silly interpretations- plus I seen people

It’s kinda a mess to think about but I’ll go to my personal favorites

X being chunky always gives me some feels for me, like he would fucking rock it. He’s actually more tanky then Zero while he’s sorta at times a glass canon (Mf Died like multiple times and X died Once). It derives from the idea of why he chose a thicker body, because the area of his stomach was pierced by Sigma like twice. So basically it gives him extra defense. Despite the it he’s just a Flexible as ever but a bit more slower.

Meaning that his “Stomach” area is incredibly sensitive and he will smack you on instinct if you touch it. He suffers phantom pains occasionally. It's a massive bitch but he got used to it.

(Aka I believe Burly/chunky X supremacy)

X has a soft spot for children okay, since he’s very approachable to children, he would even let them draw on his armor. Babies are a definite weakness of his their tiny hands will make him cry so hard

So it would make sense that he would be a parent but he would rather settle down to start a Family in peace times and after he himself healed and rested.

Zero is kinda a low key creature, in the sense that he actually has retractable claws and can run on fours but only for extremely rare occasions. That's because he’s not only the ultimate war but also the ultimate predator. Aka he’s fucking lion coded

One of the reasons why X and Zero are always different compared to other Androids and shit is because they were made from Alien tech/Energy stuff. You can’t fucking tell that Dr Light didn’t used the material that Duo left to include that while making X right? And Zero…We all know Wily was on some crack (I’m always a believer that He used evil energy to create Roboenza and what could eventually become the Maverick Virus). And no one knew about the whole fiasco with Duo aside from Megaman and the others. So it makes sense that Light and wily (Possible Cossack knew something about it) Used it for their final creations.

Marty (From the MMX manga that I’m absolutely so normal about) has so much knowledge of Marine life and the ocean, Rescue worker regulations and information is insane. How the flying shit did a marine rescue worker end up as an infamous Pirate Queen is a mystery to anyone.

She's also tall and muscular and is absolutely more “Beast-like” (Having scales, fangs and retractable webbed claws) to give off a more intimidating impression to keep folks away from her and her crew.

Speaking of her Crew they are all composed of other marine Rescue types, a couple Human Cyborgs (and a few non cyborgs) and a few Repliforce defectors. (A small fun fact in my silly XxMarty Valentine manatee oneshot, Marty brought up Gale Albatross who’s actually a former Repliforce soldier that defected as soon as they declared independence not wanting to be apart of it but is untrusting towards the hunters).

She may not look like but she genuinely cares for everyone in her crew and would do anything to protect them. She also courted her hair after her fight with Byte back at X3 manga. She has matured over the years but still holds her mischievous/prideful personality.

Contrary to what it's led to believe her crew aren’t like…bad or act like actual pirates. It’s more like they are more of an independent group. Since that they deal with poaching, taking out criminals out of sea, providing relief for coastal communities that were strongly affected by war, etc…They just Red Alert if they weren’t Bounty hunters.

Axl is absolutely a Streamer and a bit of a meme master. He’s a deadly actor and trickster so watch out he fucking glad that he’s a goober!!

Since I’m on a Legends kick

Legends is underrated as shit I mean the potential is great! It’s so fucking expansive Idk where to start-

WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH CARBONS??

LIKE NO ONE IS MAKING HEADCANONS OF THEM AND ITS A CRIME!

I’ll probably do some of mine at somepoint how they are Biomechanical creatures and how they diversified and evolved (The master basically granted them access to things that were lost that belonged to their Reploid ancestors.)

Or how the Ruins can be function as Mystery Dungeons and the different between an Official Digger and a independent Digger and so much wkrbekeheiba)

There’s are what I have but dawg so many in my little critter brain of mine

#megaman x #megaman legends #headcanons #Also thank you for asking LAJDKSBDKABDUS #ask

[yanderelmk]

Blasphemous Idolatry x GN Reader

A/N: The meme in question ------------------------------------------------------------- Once you got the call that Azure, Peng, and Yellowtusk all three were sick, Y/N rushed over with as many supplies as they could carry. Shoving open the door, Y/N saw all three of them sitting on the couch. Yellowtusk, as always, was sitting between Peng and Azure. All of them were wrapped up in a comedic amounts of blankets. They scurry over, quickly checking their temperatures. "I don't get it, I didn't think immortal beings could get sick! This must be really nasty, are you guys okay?" Azure gave a few coughs but ever so bravely said, "Worry not for us, dear Y/N. Perhaps it is something small that will pass. The weather is changing, after all. We are not Celestials, perhaps we are still susceptible to new strains?"

"I guess that makes sense. You poor things, what symptoms do you have?" Peng was letting his darling check his throat for irritation when Yellowtusk replied, "Chills, coughing, fatigue, aches of the body, headaches, sore throats, and nausea." Y/N raised an eyebrow. "That's pretty specific." Peng closed his beak. "We began tracking our symptoms before we took the test." "I see..." Y/N proceeded to run basic checks on all three of them for fever, red throats, and such. Surprisingly, none of them had fevers or an irritated looking throats. "Well maybe you guys just don't have obvious symptoms. I'll start making some soup, okay? I brought some medicine with me, I'll distribute it after you have some food in your systems." With that Y/N moved to the kitchen, placing their bag on the table. They were going to begin digging around for the soup pot when something caught their eye: a red colored pencil...right next to the three positive virus tests. Y/N picked up the test and squinted, realizing that the second line looked awfully uneven... A few minutes later Y/N carried trays carrying nutritious soups to the ailing demon kings, a bright smile on their face. "Good news, boys, I think a found a way to help! Since you guys are feeling so terribly, I called up a really good doctor I know to help perform a thorough examination. After all, if Infernal kings can catch a virus, we don't know what else you could have! I doubt you guys got vaccinated." A flash of concern crossed their faces but Peng smoothly replied, "How very thoughtful of you, my dear. But...what exactly does "thorough" mean?" "I'll just put it this way...no nook or cranny will be unchecked." At this the three begin to choke, Azure quickly getting up from the couch. "By the Buddha, I suddenly am better!" Y/N crossed their arms and said sarcastically, "It's almost like you were never sick." Azure laughed nervously. "What gave us away?" "You left the colored pencil out on the table." Azure and Peng both turned to look a Yellowtusk, who was drinking his soup straight from the bowl, trunk lifted out of the way. When he noticed their stares he said, "I will not be blamed for this. It was Azure's idea!" "I don't care whose idea it was. You guys, if you want me to give you more attention, please just say so. I got really worried." The kings got up from their seats, carefully giving a group hug. "Alright, we will bear that in mind." As he said this, Azure's face suddenly scrunched up and he let out a sneeze, making a sound quite similar to a kitten. His eyes widened at this. "Uh oh." Y/N sighed. "I'll go get the thermometer." Truly, there was never a dull moment with these three.

#lmk #lmk yandere #yandere lmk #lmk yandere x reader #lmk yandere brotherhood x reader #lmk yandere azure lion #lmk yandere peng #lmk yandere yellowtusk #lmk blasphemous idolatry #lmk blasphemous idolatry x reader

[smg-69]

I really don’t think Mr Puzzles is dead or gone for good.

We see him pop up out of SMG4’s tv, and we see his head again on the train heading towards Western Spaghetti, so chances are he can pop up out of any television. Therefore, even if Four destroyed the head, Mr Puzzles can probably just possess something else.

We ALSO see him not just as a tv program, but also a computer ad/virus, so he likely has more than one form he can take.

This guy knows how to play his cards right. He knows how to stir up trouble to keep the show going. And he is incredibly good at manipulating people behind the scenes, even to the point of turning Mario and Four into antagonists. There’s no way in hell he didn’t have some sort of back up plan just in case things went wrong.

When Mr Puzzles first appears in the WOTFI, he has already failed three times. The first with possessing Four, the second with Wren’s simulation, and the third with Marty and Mario. Although, these three movies were one hell of a performance, which I’m sure Puzzles enjoyed, it does beg the question as to the motive behind each adventure.

What was end goal behind the possessed keyboard? He had to have known it would cause the creep and possess anyone using it, but what exactly was the creep meant for? How did he create that keyboard in the first place? What would be the point in creating something that could take over and possibly kill himself? So either he expected that the crew would eventually destroy the creep and the castle, or he had something else planned for it.

If Puzzles had already planned to kidnap the SMG4 crew and brainwash them, then what was the point of allowing Wren to stick them in his simulation? If the characters are stuck in there, Puzzles can’t exactly use them for anything. Eventually he’d have to remove some of the crew from Wren in order to puppet them, but doing so would just cause the simulation to crash like it did with Tari. Not to mention, I highly doubt Wren would just let him take his perfect rivalry away from him.

Why did Puzzles go after Three’s notebook? He sent a fax to Marty that was meant specifically to goad him into stealing the notebook, when he could have instead caused a fight over Eggdog or even Beeg. There was a build up of the mystery of Three’s notebook even before Marty got the letter, and if Puzzles didn’t get involved until the fax, why would Three suddenly start showing it around? Is there something in that book that Puzzles wants, and if so, has he been manipulating Three into writing in it for the purposes of narrative buildup or to get the book out in the open?

And finally, what was the point of drawing Four to the Showgrounds? Puzzles can appear out of any tv, so why would he need Four to be in that one specific place to begin with? Why not go after him at Peach’s Castle?

Something that’s also bugging me is that there is no way in hell Puzzles would not have known about the incident with Zero, and subsequently the power of the Meme Guardians. SMG1 and SMG2 are completely absent from the tv shows, despite a lot of the other side characters (Swag, Shroomy, Bowser, the Toads, etc.) being there, likely to keep them from connecting and using their powers to break free. And yet, Three and Four are kept together. Is Puzzles aware that they aren’t as well trained in using memes, or is he just relying on the weirdass tension between the two to keep them from holding hands?

All of this stinks of an ulterior motive other than making the highest rated tv show. Mr. Puzzles is way too smart to have gone down so easily, and I would not be surprised if he came back.

#smg4 #smg3 #western spaghetti #wotfi 2023 #mr puzzles #Puzzlevision #it’s gotta be perfect #theory #smg1 #smg2

[bandofchimeras]

ACAB its not just a slogan or a meme.

police make everywhere feel so unsafe.

when you aren't one of the demographic they serve (landowning upper class white cishet people). i don't even think about calling the cops if my life is danger. I did that one time. they arrested me.

if there was a murder need investigating, sure, but i wouldn't trust that they would actually put any effort into the search based on who my friends tend to be.

in this city, they paid serial killers on the force 500,000 pension to "retire" and then get hired again by another county force the next year. everytime a cop car drives by, I imagine that verified murderers and accomplices, heavily armed and angry, are in the drivers seat. how is that NOT a fucking "gang"?

I'm white. I'm never going to understand the particuarly terrifying relationship Black Americans or Native people have with the police.

but when other middle class people make jabs at "unsafe" neighborhoods and places...they forget elite, rich neighborhoods can be just as deadly if you don't look like its residents. My blood pressure rises whenever i have to drive my junker truck with the taped over window into a wealthy area, or park near businesses where most of the other cars are shiny. recently all the side streets in this city have been full of "NO PARKING" signs to target houseless folks. In Kentucky they're working on passing the H5 bill the "Safer Kentucky Act" - which would decriminalize shooting homeless people. and criminalize sleeping in your car. and implement a three strike rule, which can lead to a life sentence or execution.

state sponsored execution for being "undesirable" think about that. they get to just decide who gets to live and die? for being "dirty" or using substances? for being disabled by a disabling virus?

its easy to let ACAB become a slogan and not think about why cops are bastards if you aren't exposed to dangerous situations regularly, and then default to them in a panic when the chips are down. because you haven't seen it. you're the white church mom I used to know posting about how nice the cops were to her when she got pulled over. the lady who makes her blonde friend drive when they go on road trips because she can get out of tickets. but once you witness the level of betrayal and mishandling in the criminal injustice system, the level of abuse and violence, the way your neighbors and friends are trigger-happy to use this armed gang against you the second you're perceived as "out of control, "the second that violence touches you it becomes so obvious these bastards are not your friends and never can be.

unless you adopt the ideology necessary to justify their aggressions against yourself and your neighbors. and even then. you ever seen some wacko with a Blue Lives Matter wrap get pulled over? its funny but also it shows, nothing will protect you. cops are doing heavy PR right now. town halls, coffee and donuts. they're recruiting for the upcoming militarization that's coming in response to Palestine protests and this horror show election in November.

Amerikkkan cops are heavily infiltrated and practically equivalent in many cities to other white supremacist, militant gangs. They are militarizing more and more rapidly. Using AI and integrating with the court system, more survelliance, more rules for how you're allowed to exist in public. think about that. why should it matter? if you loiter, if you skateboard, if you wear glasses or masks? you are being trained to see yourself and your neighbors as potential-crime-committers rather than human beings. we are self-survelling. reporting. getting off on correcting and ignoring eachother. What Israel is doing is a mirror held to our collective potential future. and you should be very, very alarmed. Fuck the cops. Fuck the prisons. Fuck the detention centers. We already have the Gestapo and the camps. Look the fuck around.

#sobering moments #fuck the police #acab #leftism #america #israel is an apartheid state #israel #gaza #IDF #IOF #iof war crimes #police #police state #military industrial complex

[thefisherqueen]

I've caught covid for the first time, after somehow managing to avoid it for almost 4 years, and it thoroughly sucks. I'm far from the only one at the moment (I'm writing this on 8 december 2023) - testing fascilities are all done away with in the Netherlands so the view of the current situation I have is very limited, but I do know that numbers like virus load in our sewers and people in hospital with covid are rapidly going up right now once again.

I'm having a lot of thoughts about it all now, and even though they are far from coherent, I still would like to share them.

In the Netherlands, so far there's been a staggering lack of reflection on anything to do with corona. We have no official moment of rememberance, no monument, no time and place for collective grief. Research into long covid is severely underfunded. There's also been an astounding lack of evaluation into our pandamic response. I've only seen one report so far, and it had a limited scope, pretty much the only conclusion was that the goverment's strategy was 'too fixated on intensive care capacity'. If another new illness will emerge, which of course is only a matter of time, I believe we will make all the same mistakes again.

In summary, I just feel sad and kind of hopeless by it all. The lack of care for the lives of eldery and otherwise vulnerable people, and just for public health in general, displayed during the past years, and all for the sake of corporate interest and personal freedom, is staggering. It all started quite promising, back in March 2020, once it dawned on our government that COVID-19 was a serious illness and that immediate action was required. I myself had basically no knowledge on pandemics yet and the lockdown blew my mind. We were taking action to save lives. I remember feeling hopeful.

But pretty much from the moment we emerged from the first lockdown, our government has each time waited with taking measures until the last possible moment. In comparison to the rest of the world, response was not the worst (at least no outright corona denial or 'drink bleach' here), but it was not good either. The Dutch government basically went 'this is fine' meme until hospitals overflowed (long term health care facilites were barely even considered) and then they panicked, putting lockdowns into place again while those are only really meant as an emergency measure when all else fails. Coherent, preventive measures like testing, masks, clear information, ventilation, contact tracing and isolation were never properly put into place.

And now we've lost tens of thousands of lives prematurely, hospital patients with covid still vastly outnumber those with influenca even in bad years, many still report pandemic-related mental health issues, and an estimated 90.000 people in the Netherlands currently have long covid, including a good friend of me.

I feel like all were in a traumatic event that isn't even over yet, and we're barely even talking about the impact, and the next one will inevitably come and likely just be as bad. It's just a lot.

#corona #pandemic #covid #personal #rambling thoughts #feels good to get this off my chest #covid19 #I'll be fine I hope #netherlands #europe #dutch things

[16woodsequ]

This is probably a shot in the dark, but could we (read I) get a list of all the fics you have? I'm particularly interested in ones that are "on the backburner" as you say. I wanna know what we're *not* getteing to hear about in WIP Wendsdays.

Actually I'd love that! I made a list a few weeks ago (it was hidden in a long reblog) but I realised it wasn't complete and this time I will be a bit more detailed about it.

First a meme I made for it:

Active wips:

Selkie Steve: Steve is a secret selkie who loses his coat after the war but no one knows.

Dogs are the Best Judge of Character: Steve was turned into a dog on a mission and captured by Hydra. After he escapes he's found by war veteran Bucky.

Bingo Steve Time Travel: For Steve bingo: Steve visits his Ma after he returns the stones.

Backburner wips (aka hopefully will write them one day):

Hanahaki Steve Trauma: Hanahaki disease has been linked to trauma after the war, but no one thought to tell Steve that.

The Captain and The Soldier: Hydra captures Steve in the elevator and succeeds in their take over plan. Now Steve is an asset like Bucky and has no idea why the Avenger rebels are so shocked to see him.

Platonic Cinderella AU: Steve is Cinderella, Joseph Rogers the Wicked Father. Bucky is the Prince, they're both aroace.

Stark Men are Made of Iron and Rogers Don't Take Charity (Iron and Charity for short): Tony and Steve are both turned into children on a mission and captured by Hydra.

Dreaming (nightmares) of You: Tony gets hit with some broken magic that makes him start dreaming of Steve's childhood through Bucky's eyes. But the dreams will stop when Bucky dies. Right?

Alt Options: Steve and the Battle for Wakanda: Steve's pov in the Alternative Timeline series of the Battle in Wakanda.

Alt Options: The Alt-Alt Timeline: Alternative Timeline, Steve pov of the Battle in Wakanda, but this time the Avengers have the warning to 'go for the head' they got from some time travellers.

I know why the Caged Bird Sings: Prequel to The Singer where Sideswipe and Sunstreaker are Singer Starscream's guards and witness the corruption around him.

2nd Winter Soldier Steve idea: Steve is captured by Hydra and wiped. The Avengers + Bucky find him and have to deal with the aftermath of a man who remembers nothing but the walls of a compound.

Cursed Obedience: Bucky has the obedience curse from Ella Enchanted. Hydra finds this out.

Mirror Mirror: Tony slowly realising that Steve doesn't like alcohol, and that it has to do with Joseph Rogers.

Wing Fic: Wing universe, but Steve's wings were damaged in the ice and now are in chronic pain. Tony's wings were also damaged in Afghanistan and he helps.

The Sound of Silence: Steve goes mute after staying at The Retreat, and it's Natasha's job to figure out why.

Way BackBurner (aka right now not actively planning to write one day)

Never in a Million Years: Steve is presenting at Peter's school when he experiences an active shooter drill (just a drill) and learns more about school shootings

Jewish Bucky in army fic: Exploration of how Bucky kept Jewish practices while in the army (much research needed)

It's not your/my fault: Modern-day Steve with cerebral palsy dealing with ableism from Sarah about his incontinence.

Scott and Steve PTSD fic: Scott and Steve are captured and Scott has a PTSD episode because of the Raft. Steve and Scott talk about shared PTSD.

Blue Eyes: The 2012!Steve that got left unconscious by Endgame!Steve is brainwashed when Rumlow finds him with the returned scepter.

Rest: Steve catches a virus from Thor (gives much the same symptoms as Long Covid) and has to adapt to being sick even with the serum.

Steve first aid trauma fic: CPR was invented after Steve died. He learns it after the Loki attack and has to use it after Bucky almost drowns in the helicopter (during Civil War)

Infallible: Steve's pov and 3rd instalment of the "Captured" series. Steve thinks he can't show his triggers, but learns otherwise.

Quirks in the System: Part of winglock series, John's upbringing as a science experiment and war weapon.

Evolution of the Stars: Starscream backstory fic—how he cut off his trinemates to protect them as Megatron got more dangerous.

Discovery: Megatron suddenly realises the abusive dynamics between him and Starscream are hindering the Cause and has to try to change it.

Difficult Lessons: Sequel to "Learned Lessons". Thor pov learning more about Loki and what happened to him before the attack in 2012 (ie Thanos).

Alone: More Starscream backstory fic. Angst of him losing his trinemates

I think that's all of them! Feel free to ask me any questions about them. It will probably result in me feel like working on whatever one you're interested in 😆

#asks #wips #wip list #my fics #long post

[banbuvssummerhome]

Lostboy.EXE

On the internet, there exists multiple levels depending on the depravity and exclusivity of certain cites, services and content. The surface web, the dark web, and the deep web. The surface web is the level you’re on right now, with things like Google, Yahoo, Facebook, etc. 

The deep web is stuff that’s below the surface, stuff that’s hidden from the public eye like government cites. 

And the dark web is what it says on the tin. From counterfeit items, luxury drugs to the most depraved content one can find from child sexual abuse to cannibalism to hitmen. Or luxury pickles. It’s a mixed bag.

Today we have a game that’s been rumored to originate from such a place, Lostboy.EXE. Look, it’s cliche, but we gotta start off with the classics.

I’m sure I don’t need to introduce 4chan, it’s the edgy and lawless image board that birthed Anonymous as well as several iconic memes, the posterchild of online degeneracy. But on August 22nd, 2012, someone would unintentionally drop what I can only describe as a bomb onto the message board. An anonymous user would upload a Mediafire link to a game they’d made for the /v/ and /x/ boards, intriguing the other anons. It was some innocent fun, all things considered. 

The game consisted of a single empty maze with several images of babies and religious imagery pertaining to demonic entities, you know, the usual for horror indie games. It doesn’t take a lot to unsettle someone. Just imply crimes against children and you got a free ticket to WTF-land. But otherwise it was a pretty boring game, so people in the board complained as per usual.

Imagine this: you’re the average 4chan user who just downloaded a shit game full of creepy ass imagery yet no gameplay. Just full of weird images of infants and satanic shit, you feel that you’ve seen either an edgy kid’s attempt at a game or something you shouldn’t have seen. Maybe if you played for longer you would’ve seen something truly fucked ala Sad Satan. You go to the message board where you found the link and try to figure out what the fuck you just walked into.

And then you see your full name, address, and phone number posted in that very thread. 

You see, what many users didn’t realize at first glance was that there were not one, but two links to the game, one of which being a fake malware version of the game that gave the second uploader remote access to the computers of whoever was unlucky enough to fall for the dupe. This way the anon who made the dupe was able to get their personal information and leak it into the /v/ and /x/ threads on the game. People got paranoid after this was found out–who knew what the hacker did with their computers, they could’ve taken pictures through their webcams or worse, filled their computers with illegal child sexual abuse material. Because 4chan is fucked like that. It wasn’t like the site was unfamiliar with csam being leaked onto their site, but some people weren’t as degenerate and didn’t want to be arrested for what was essentially a 2/10 indie horror. Admins would later delete the threads and put up a warning for users to not download any content found on 4chan.

It wouldn’t be until 2023 that the alleged creator of the original safe version of Lostboy.EXE was even discovered, a Twitter user by the name of rob_is_an_idiot, who was interviewed by the French Youtuber known as Feldup. Unfortunately we do not know what the fuck was said in the interview as we are not French and refuse to learn French. But we will link to the interview, of course.

Alongside this, Rob would make a Twitter post about the subject:

“I made lostboy.exe back in 2012 and shared it with 4chan's /v/ board, it was a gamemaker 7 tutorial reskinned. There was never any other version. The "virus lostboy.exe" was just a RAT virus, not the game. They simply renamed their exe to lostboy.exe.”

While the original link still exists, I highly discourage downloading the game unless you’ve got a good antivirus or lawyer. We don’t wanna accidentally distribute “cheese pizza” or viruses here, but if you wanna seek out Lostboy.EXE that’s your prerogative, not ours. But yeah, that’s the story of Lostboy.EXE as it stands–a simple game made for shits and giggles turned into a backdoor for malicious activity and an internet urban legend that until now has been left unsolved. The moral of the story? Don’t download shit from 4chan.

Ever.

Developer Interview: « lostboy.exe » le JEU PERDU de 4chan - Findings HS

#lostboy.exe #lost media #found media #dark web #urban legend #internet urban legend #4chan #solved #twitter #youtube #tw csa mention #tw pedophila mention

[denimbex1986]

'Cillian Murphy revealed that when he landed his breakthrough role in “28 Days Later,” the actor didn’t consider it a zombie movie. Murphy, a first-time Oscar nominee for his work in “Oppenheimer,” discussed the 2002 hit film at a taping of SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Conversations program. In the nearly 90-minute conversation, recorded in December, Murphy talks about his lengthy career on stage and screen. That includes working with director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland on the film, in which he plays a man who wakes from a coma 28 days after a rage-inducing virus has caused society to break down.

“I wasn’t too aware we were making a zombie movie, to be honest with you,” Murphy noted, adding he hadn’t seen any of George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” series. “It was right around the time SARS happened and there was all this ‘air rage’ stuff going on. So I never felt it was a zombie film. And I’m glad I didn’t watch the Romero movies because I didn’t realize how hallowed those movies were.”

Murphy also noted that at the time, it wasn’t a popular film trope. “Before ’28 Days Later,’ there weren’t that many zombie movies — it was kind of a dead genre,” he said, causing the audience to laugh over the unintentional pun. “So Danny and Alex rebooted it.”

Riley mentioned the film is more about a pandemic, to which Murphy credited Garland. He added that during the COVID-19 pandemic, he saw the frequent references to the film. “The amount of memes — I do know what a meme is — that everybody sent me during the pandemic of ‘28 Days Later’ was crazy,” he said. “It just shows that good writing is prescient, it always remains prescient and relative.”

Murphy recalled his process of booking the role, noting that he was already a fan of Boyle from his films “Shallow Grave” and “Trainspotting.”

“They were formative films for me,” he said. “I remember going to see them in the cinema, they were huge for me. So I really desperately wanted [’28 Days Later.’]” He estimated he auditioned six times for the part.

Asked if the then-newcomer was nervous to headline a film with established actors like fellow Irishman Brendan Gleeson, Murphy noted that he was grateful they had already worked together. Gleeson played the title role in 1998’s “Sweety Barrett,” a small Irish film that marked Murphy’s film debut as “Pat the Barman.”

“I remember on that film I had to pour him a pint of Guinness. My hand was shaking,” Murphy recalled, demonstrating how shaky his hands were. “But he was so kind. I was just a kid, but he would spend the time and talk to you. I think that show the measure of the man. I’ve worked with him five or six times now and he’s one of my all-time heroes and the kindest, sweetest man – and an absolute legend.”

Murphy also discussed how they shot two endings to the film – one in which Jim survives, another in which he dies. Murphy was asked if he had a preference, with Riley noting she likes the “optimistic” one. “Yeah, I think when I was younger and bit more nihilist … I liked the image of two women surviving at the end and fuck the man,” he said. “But I think they wanted the version with the hope.”

With constant talk of a sequel to the movie, Riley pointed out that it was good Jim survived — they could bring him back for another movie. “I’m available,” Murphy offered.

Though the conversation was recorded in December, it’s proven timely, as it was announced in January that a sequel has been greenlit with both Boyle and Garland returning – and that it may launch a new trilogy of films. THR also reported that Murphy will be onboard as an executive producer.

In the wide-ranging conversation, Murphy speaks on a wide range of topics, including how he would write hand-written letters to directors he admired and how he learned to perfect an American accent by growing up on television shows like “The A-Team” and “MacGyver.” He also discusses how “28 Days Later” led him to his ongoing collaboration with his “Oppenheimer” director. “Chris Nolan saw that movie and all of a sudden, I had a meeting with Chris,” he revealed. “We met and chatted and that was the initial beginning of the relationship with Chris.”'

#Cillian Murphy #Christopher Nolan #SAG-AFTRA #28 Days Later #Danny Boyle #Alex Garland #George Romero #Shallow Grave #Trainspotting #The A-Team #MacGyver #Night of the Living Dead #Oscars

[gorygirl1996]

"THE 47TH INFECTION"-(AKA "THE 47TH TURNED").

MY FIRST IMAGE POST ON A TUMBLER GROUP! ALSO IF U WANNA KNOW WHY I TYPE LIKE THIS, PLEASE READ MY BVIO. BEEN PLAYING' THE HEL OUT OF THE HITMAN WOA TRILOGY LATLEY AND ITS FREAKING AWESOME! I WISH I COULD'VE KNOWN OF/GOT TO PLAY THE OLDER GAMES WHEN THEY CAME OUT THOUGH.

ANYWAY: I KNOW THIS IS "OUT OF CHARACTER" GIVEN THAT VAMPS DON'T EXIST IN THIS UNIVERSE, AND I THINK 47'S IMMUNE TO MOST ILLNESSES/INFECTIONS...SO IDK IF IT WOULD WORK ON HIM, IF TI WERE ONE, THEN AGAIN THE VIRUS IN THAT ONE LEVEL KILLS HIM IF HE GETS SICK RIGHT?

ANYWAYS. LONG STORY-SHORT ISH. I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE OUTFIT, AND I THOUGHT "WHAT IF?... I MEAN HE'S ALREADY A STRONGLY ENHANCED CLONE. SO...MAYBE BEING A VAMPIRE WOULD...PROBABLY MAKE HIM MUCH MORE TERRIFYING!" (NOT THAT HE ISN'T ALREADY DANGEROUS AND YET AWESOME ON HIS OWN, OF COURSE. JUST SAYING).

THEN I HEARD THIS ONE RANDOM GUARD WHILE WATCHING SOMEONE PLAY THE MISSON SAY SOMETHING LIKE: "YEA HA-HA! VERY FUNNY BUDDY, VAMPIRES DON'T EXIST!" OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT...SO AGAIN WHAT IF THEY DID? THAT ONLYL FULED MYDESIREE TO DO THIS EVEN MORE. WELL...TBH I CAN'T HELP IT, BUT I LOVE TURNING CHARACTERS I LIKE INTO THEM...IDK WHY TBH. MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE (SOMETIMES) SO BADASS AND COOL IN MY OPINION LOL!

ALSO, I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHICH TAG TO GIVE THIS TBH, SO IF THIS IS THE WRONG ONE, OR IF THERE'S A BETTER FITTING ONE PLEASE TELL ME I KIND OF WISH WE NOT ONLY HAD AN ARTWORK TAG SECTION BUT ALSO THE ABILITY TO PUT MUTLBALE TAGS ON THESE THINGS.

I OWN NOTHING ABOUT THE HITMAN SERIES...ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO IO INTERACTIVE. I PUT THE IMAGES/TEXT TOGETHER IN A SORT OF "MEME" STYLE USING GIMP, AND I POSED 47 IN GMOD-(TO THE BEST OF MY LIMITED ABILITIES, GIVEN HOW MY GMOD HAS MESSED UP ATM WHEN IT COMES TO UPCLOSE POSES). SO I'M SORRY IF THE PIC DOESN'T LOOK THE BEST, I'M STILL ALSO A NOOB AT GMOD POSING MIND U.

BUT I ALSO ADDED HIS SCARY EYES/FANGS WITH GIMP. THE VAMPIRE CUSTOM IMAGE, IS FROM THE HITMAN WIKI, I ALSO DON'T OWN IT EITHER LOL. IF YOU ALL DON'T WANT ME USING IT, I WILL TAKE IT OUT OF THE PICTURE AND JUST USE THE TEXT OR SOMETHING.

THANKS FOR READING, PLEASE FORGIVE THE LONG-ISH ESSAY OF TEXT AND ALSO FORGIVE ANY GRAMMAR OR SPELLING MISTAKES IF ANY ARE PRESENT.

#hitman fandom #agent 47 #vampire #what if scenario #halloween #happy halloween #happy halloweeeeeeen #garrys mod #gmod #gmod art #fanart #hitman world of assassination #gimp #horror #vampirism #vampire art

[yourfatherlucifer]

I posted 169 times in 2022

That's 140 more posts than 2021!

117 posts created (69%)

52 posts reblogged (31%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@mirandawesker

@bisexual-horror-fan

@alovingelf

@antedilfuvian

@rakimaiirisa

I tagged 77 of my posts in 2022

#all of us are dead - 51 posts

#gwi nam - 26 posts

#yoon gwi nam - 25 posts

#resident evil - 14 posts

#x reader - 9 posts

#gwi-nam - 9 posts

#marvel - 9 posts

#albert wesker - 9 posts

#meme - 8 posts

#spn - 7 posts

Longest Tag: 42 characters

#my japanese is way more neat than this lol

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Name Tags | Han Gyeong-Su

"Gyeong-Su, you honestly suck at this game!"

"I do not! You're the one that sucks, the parkour is hard!"

Two best friends by the name Han Gyeong-Su and L/N Y/N were playing a zombie video game called, "Dying Light," but little did they know, their future would be filled with the same kind of monsters.

"If zombies were real, would you protect me, Y/N?" Gyeong-Su pauses the game and looks at his best friend.

Y/N looks back at him, "Nope." She tries to stifle a laugh.

"Yah!" Gyeong-Su slides over to her and raises his arms as if ready to tickle her, "Why not!"

"Gyeong-Su, don't. I was kidding!" She gets ready to stand up and run, only to have his hands run all over her sides; causing her to burst into a fit of loud laughter.

He watched her face contort into pure happiness, she was adorable in his eyes. She was perfection to him. How could she be everything he ever wanted? All he wants is her, there's was no way he thought of her the same. She was always talking to Wu-Jin, that must mean that she likes him. All he could do was dream about being with her.

"Okay! Okay! Stop, dude!" Y/N curled up into a ball.

Gyeong-Su smiles and releases her, "Come on, we should go to bed, it's late and we've got school tomorrow."

Y/N was staying at his house for the night as her parents were on a business trip in America for the week.

"Ugh fine."

-

"Oh my god, I can't believe we slept in! We're gonna be so late! I don't wanna get in trouble." Y/N runs beside her best friend.

"Hey at least we'll be stuck at school together," he smiles.

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103 notes - Posted February 9, 2022

#4

Afterlife | Wesker x F!Reader Ch.1

Y/N groaned with a scratch of her head, "Chris, I'm tired, let's please rest. Claire, you agree with me, right?" She pleadfully looked at the female Redfield.

Claire shook her head, "I thought you had tons of energy two minutes ago."

Chris chuckled at his sisters remark. Y/N glared at Chris, slapping the back of his neck.

"OW?! What the hell was that for???" Chris glared back.

"Don't worry about it, Mr Redfield." She clicked her tongue.

Claire was getting annoyed, "Oh my god, why won't you to just have babies already, you both fight like a married couple."

Y/N and Chris looked at Claire, "That's disgusting!" They said in sync with another, before looking at each other in disgust.

Claire rolled her eyes and walked ahead.

"I just want to get out this damn forest already," the tired girl said.

-

The three partners stepped with caution, their guns aimed to the ground, prepared to fire. They were told this building was secretly holding experiments for Umbrella, testing on humans, to further create the zombie virus. To strengthen Ouroboros. One of the people in charge? Albert Wesker. Born in 1960. He's immortal, hasn't aged since, still remains youthful. Difficult to kill, didn't die when fired with rpgs, nor when in lava. Survived everything.

Ouroboros is protecting him, and since his run in with Tyrant, many years ago. Chris Redfield has always fought with Albert Wesker since he can remember.

Y/N and Chris had liked each other in the beginning when they first met, but they bicker too often so they agreed it would never work. Though, they still have hook ups every now and then, its been a few months since the last one. With the virus increasing, they sorta lost interest in it. Plus, they found Claire, so it was hard for them to have alone time.

Claire figured out about their hookups immediately when she reunited with Chris, and met Y/N.

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127 notes - Posted June 20, 2022

#3

Y’all, this is fucking hilarious. Yoo In Soo having an interview with Gwi Nam

Link

182 notes - Posted February 17, 2022

#2

Hambie (Part 2) | Gwi-Nam x Reader

"Wait, what happened to your left eye." Y/N reaches for Gwi-Nam's face but he slaps her hand away.

"That fucking Lee Cheongsan, bitch. He stabbed my eye with a phone." He leans against a desk.

Gwi-Nam and her were childhood friends, though once they got to high school they went there separate ways. Gwi-Nam became the school bully. Y/N became absolutely no one. She only met Gyeong-Su because they shared a home room. She made a joke one time and it caused Gyeong-Su to laugh. From there a beautiful but very teasing relationship bloomed between the two jokesters.

Snapping fingers brought Y/N out of her trance, "Hey, dumbass, what are you thinking about?"

"Just a friend that died."

"Oh that small idiot? I honestly don't even know how you became friends with that annoying idiot." Y/N smacks the back of his head.

"Because he was funny unlike your ugly bitchass." She scoffs.

Gwi-Nam had to be jealous, why else would he insult her only friend? Now that she thinks about it, she hasn't hung out with Gwi-Nam since the beginning of high school. They've only really made eye contact and hung out with other people. He hung out with the wrong crowd, she hung out with no crowd. Which was quite lonely in her opinion. She wished she still hung out with him, but she honestly stopped caring after he became the infamous school bully.

"So, Gwi, how are you gonna manage now that there isn't anyone to bully?" She snickered.

Gwi-Nam rolls his eyes and smacks her back, "I still have you to bully."

Y/N definitely couldn't deny it, she had feelings for the boy but there was no way in hell she'd tell him. She was afraid he'd use her, then dump her, then bully her forever.

Yeah they're still friends, but what if she ruins it? He's all she has left in this world, she didn't have parents, she lived with her aunt that honestly never really cared about her. Gwi-Nam's family basically took care of her.

"Hey, bruh, I'm starving, I know you probably are too, but you're not eating me, so maybe, just maybe-"

"Y/N, no, get food for yourself. Keep annoying me and I will definitely eat you." Gwi-Nam smirks and hovers over her.

Y/N rolls her eyes and pushes him back, "Yah, did corona not teach you to social distance?"

She waves her hand in front of her nose, "plus you smell like a fucking corpse."

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275 notes - Posted February 7, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Hambie | Gwi-Nam x Reader

-

"Dae-Su, what the hell is a Hambie???"

"Oh, you know, a half-zombie."

"What the fuck.. How did you even come up with that, dude?" Y/N laughed at Dae-Su, in which he responded back with a chuckle.

“Shit. I’m so bored.” Y/N said and everyone agreed with her.

She looked at Hyo-Ryong and Ji-Min chatting, she became sad because she technically wasn’t friends with anyone in the room, except Gyeong-Su, and well, he’s gone. She never really talked to Dae-Su or Cheong-San.

She stood up from her chair and looked out the window. Zombies were just tripping over each other which made her laugh. The other kids just looked at her like she was insane. How could anyone laugh in this situation? She has a dark sense of humor. She was about to tell Gyeong-su to come look but then she remembered, again. He’s gone. She looked away from the window and sunk down the wall.

She swore if Na-Yeon happens to survive this, she’d kill her herself.

With her knees to pulled to her chest, she began to cry.

She wiped the falling tears and stood up, “Who has a backpack?”

Everyone looked at her, “I do.” Hyo-Ryung says, “Why?”

“Because, I’m hungry, I’m sure everyone else is hungry. Since we can’t even get in that closet. I’m gonna go look for food for us.”

“Why are you insane?? You’ll die out there!” On-Jo shook her head in disbelief.

“And? I’ve got nothing else to live for.” Y/N shrugged and walked over to Hyo-Ryung.

Hyo-Ryung hands her the empty bag then hugs her, “I know we aren’t friends but good luck, please return safely.”

Y/N nods and heads out the window.

-

“Shit! Shit! Shit!” Zombies chased after Y/N, even falling atop one another, trying to get through the cramped hallway.

Meanwhile, Gwi-Nam was asleep in a room that was empty.

Y/N becomes tired quickly, readjusting the straps on her shoulders.

She decides to look back, seeing maybe 20-30 zombies chasing after her, "fuck this," she runs into the closest room and slams the door closed.

“Yah! Who are you?” Y/N froze when she heard an unknown voice. Seeing a broom next to her, she grabs it, and starts hitting whatever just talked.

Gwi-Nam was already getting aggravated, he grabs the broom from her, snaps it in half on his leg then throws it across the room.

Y/N is then pushed the against the wall. “Who. The. Fuck. Are. You?” He demanded.

Y/N gave him her infamous resting bitchface, “Get the fuck off me, you fucking stink.” She pushes him off of her.

Realization suddenly hit her, “Wait a minute, Gwi???”

She grabbed the bloody hambie and pulled him to her, “Oh my god, you’re okay.”

Gwi-Nam realized it was Y/N, “I wouldn’t say I’m okay, I’m fantastic. I’m a god.”

“What are you talking about?”

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489 notes - Posted February 5, 2022

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#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review

[communication-break-down]

Some of you, not all of you but some of you fuckass motherfuckers don't seem to understand.

God is real

But not in the sense that the sexist city destroying world deleting homophobic cunt actually has any power to answer your prayers and or make miracles happen.

God or more accurately the Abrahamic God-

(I know there are others but these jokes work better with the funny shrimp denier in the sky don't worry about it kitten)

-is what I would consider essentially a meme given too much power a fictional being people have convinced themselves exist

The god meme works based on the premise that if you don't believe in this God meme/ don't do what people say the God meme says then you will go too hell and burn forever

and if you believe/do the things people say the god meme tells you to do then you go to heaven forever (yippee)

The carrot and the stick essentially

The God meme thrives in echo chambers and amongst reactionary people who don't take the time to consider all the logical fallacies that come with the God meme

It is especially effective towards children because children tend to be gullible

Of course due to the nature of humans and the fact that everyone's experience with the God meme tends to differ

once the God meme has been around long enough we'll slowly start to see different groups of people believe in different versions of what the God meme says

This leads too conflict

You see if someone has been infected by a God meme that says 'Don't eat shrimp'

and someone else has been infected with a God meme that says 'you have to eat shrimp'

and both say that if you don't follow their specific set of rules you go too hell

well

we get conflict

hellish conflict

You see once someone who has the God meme lodged firmly in their skull realizes that a certain group of people are going too hell forever for not following their God meme. well the moral choice would be to spread the God meme further

The problem arises when those people think the same but for a different God meme, a different set of rules

Then what that person sees is suddenly, not a group of people who need too be saved, but a group of people actively condemning other people to hell forever and vice versa.

You can imagine the consequences

So

what the fuck are we to do about this?

What be the cure to the God virus?

Well the short answer is teaching the people afflicted about the scientific method and all the logical fallacies that come with believing in God

long answer

No God can be proven to exist anyone who tells you other wise is either lying or ignorant or both confirmation bias is really effective on religious people.

Most of the time pointing out that all the other religions have just as much proof as each other goes a long way towards making people think for them selves

(This also works for the Roko's basilisk because its just pascals wager for edgy Redditt atheists)

The argument 'Well my religion is diffrent because we do this diffrently than everyone else' doesn't work

doesn't make the likelihood of your specific version of the God meme being the right one any higher.

Religious experiences like seeing god or meeting a demon or whatever you think you've experienced can be harder to lodge from your brain

(It should be noted that literally every religion (yes even the false ones) have records and accounts of people seeing their God or a demon or having a prayer answered)

The supernatural miracles and God are by definition impossible therefore it is always and I mean fucking always going to be the least likely explanation

What's more likely Jesus Christ himself, holy holes and all showed up in your dream and told you to do x. Or it could have been just a dream about a topic that is widely spread and talked about a lot in popular culture. It might as well have been fucking Adam Sandler showing up.

Dreams are literally things that aren't real happening inside your brain

Or maybe you were fully awake when you saw god descend from the heavens and tell you to start doing x.

Whats more likely that it was God or that you hallucinated all of it

one short google search will tell you that hallucinating once or twice in a life time can be quite common even when its not born out of stress or drugs or you being an undiagnosed schizophrenic or lack of sleep or hell maybe your brain just decided to malfunction for a short moment and never did anything unusual ever again.

I mean fuck me people it doesn't even have to be a hallucination maybe someone just decided to fuck with you.

What's more likely you praying God will cure your cancer caused him to ignore all the other cancer patients, children with malaria, fucking world hunger, just to cure your scrawny ass.

Or the doctors could have misdiagnosed you. or maybe the chemotherapy worked or like a fuck ton of other reason

All of these things are more likely than a miracle, God, or the supernatural.

Which need I remind you are by definition impossible

My point being that you have to rule out literally fucking EVERYTHING before you can even think about thinking about the fact that it might have been God

Even if its one in a trillion as long as its possible its still more likely than God miracles or the supernatural.

And even then after you have definently 100 precent ruled out

every. single. fucking. explanation. EVER.

You still cant be sure it was your God.

#atheism #hbomberguy is going to fucking end my wretched gay little ass from existence when he finds out I stole most of these arguments from Aron Ra #religion #Specifically criticizing religion #god #God #God again for good measure #rant #hilarious #epic opinion #god is real #but like not really #God is a meme #Disproving god #God Isn't real #In the sense that God can't do anything beyond being a memetic entity

[hastings727]

I'm always creative when I get baked:

When I look back on 2020, all I really remember was horrible fear. I was terrified for my family and after a month and a half of being at home, I finally went out to a grocery store and was still terrified. Going anywhere made my anxiety spike, and being at home was painful because I was glued to the internet.

And I think thats an honest view of that time, because I think alot of people felt that way.

But I think remembering ONLY that part of the event hides the start of so many things that are still being felt right now. We got stripped of normal life, forced to stay with only those closest to us for fear of a virus that we didn't know much about. But when you tear the cloth off of your eyes, you start to see things differently.

Remote work? easy, webcams, phones, etc. Not having to leave our houses for a useless commute meant we were happier being with our family. We had way more free time, and spent it learning hobbies and doing things we'd said we could only do "when we had the time."

Alot of people became more consciously aware of social justice due to the George Floyd protests. For a lot of people, (whether willfully or ignorantly) had their eyes drawn to an injustice shared by millions of black people and other minorities. White people couldn't easily ignore the truth, and either went full fascist or further left.

People millenial age and younger started to have political ambitions due to seeing how fucked our world has been under corrupt baby boomers. The surge of younger candidates in the political class is entirely due to how people saw how our govt. treated us like shit.

We got to see a world devoid of the constant grind of hyper- capitalistic human life. The polluted haze over California, gone. Venices water, clean and devoid of trash. We watched as a window into a completely different way of life opened before us. What could the future even look like if this is the present?

That window before us became a dream, because as soon as possible, the gears of capitalism had to start again. Our clearly corrupt govt full of rich political class old men and women looked down on us and dropped a bare pittance of $1200, all of 3 times. We got a clear look at the summit that our officials thought they were on, and we began to tear at their pillars.

Of course, nothing can stop The Machine. So we were dragged, kicking and screaming, back (at least somewhat) into the lives we'd had before 2020. But the change that 2020 had wrought wouldn't be forgotten, and so the labour class began to war with their bosses. Social media became host (as it always has since its inception) to political discourse, and the ever growing divide of right and left, authoritarian vs anarchism.

The news became even more obviously a propagandist machine. The overlords running our papers, felt threatened by the emergence of the far left and the explosion of unions forming between workers. Social media coverage became the only real place to see news as soon as possible, because the news stations were being told not to cover it.

We have become attached to our devices even harder than before. People became addicted to screen time. "Touching grass" became a meme about people too zoned in on social media. Social media was a game, and young people were at the forefront of it. Generation Z had touched down and their demographic became one of the most scrutinized. What had started as criticizing the Millenials quickly morphed into an ever present disdain from older generations for younger people. We had begun to question the authenticity, the validity, of the American Dream.

We had seen what the grind of the American Dream had done to those older than us. Even as so many of our parents and grandparents regarded us with disdain, they couldn't see what we could: That the American Dream had destroyed them.

Countless families and communities exploded with stories of abuse. What had been kept quiet out of fear began to bubble to the surface. Controversy after controversy, be it private or public, close-knit or widespread, came to light and had to be examined.

But the pain of that time was entirely necessary to be where we are now, in 2023. We wouldn't have so many people fighting if that collective horrible moment hadn't happened. The constant grind of our lives ground to a snails pace and we were left to look at what really mattered.

It's easy to look at every day and say nothing really changed, we're back to where we started. But the system stops for no one. But you can't stop it, I can't stop it. Even the ones benefiting from it can't stop it. The only thing that would end The Machine is itself.

For all the animosity between rich and poor, left and right, oppressed vs oppressor: We, the younger, poorer, more further left gen Y and Z, still wouldn't throw a punch. We won't fight, but we'll push. We'll push and push and grind and grind for the day we can look back at that window to a better future for ourselves and those who come after. Because we got to see those above us force that window shut. We got to see as those closest to us willingly shut the window to appease the system.

That is what 2020 did to us. For some, we looked up in hope at an Uncaring, Unmoved God; and for some, sat with the fallen angel, staring scorned, up at a heaven that had rejected them.

#2020 #quarantine nostalgia #pandemic #covid19

[lovemesomesurveys]

Tell me about the first five photos you have on your phone or camera. The first five are memes and potential Christmas gifts. 

Have you got any half or step siblings? Yes, a half brother. 

When was the last time you were disappointed? A few days ago because Starbucks ran out of peppermint syrup. Ha, I was just extra annoyed because the last two times prior to that they got my order wrong, so I haven’t had the actual drink I wanted in a bit. 

When was the last time you had wet hair? A couple days ago.

Do you like kids’ movies? Yeah.

Have you ever known someone online and then met them in person? If so, which website did you meet on? No. 

Have you ever been to the beach? If so, tell me the name of the beach you last went to and when. I’ve been to the beach numerous times; I love it. The last time I went was back in March to one nearby. 

When was the last time you were sick and what illness did you have? Well, I’ve been dealing with a lot of health stuff the past several years. Especially the past several months. As for something like a virus or something, it’s been quite awhile. I actually had COVID back in August, but I was asymptomatic so I don’t know if I count that? I guess I was technically sick even though I thankfully didn’t feel like it.

When did you last wash your hair? A couple days ago, which is why I had wet hair. 

Who did you last speak aloud to and what did you say? My mom when we said goodnight last night. 

Do you know anyone with a serious anger management problem? Me. And R. I never lose my shit in public though.

Do you have a calendar in your room? I have an old one I keep because I like the photos (it’s an Alexander Skarsgard one) and a dry erase board one. 

What color is your wallet? It’s multicolored. 

Have you ever been to Manhattan? No.

Are you wearing any jewelry right now? What are they? I’m wearing a green bracelet that has a little sloth charm on it.

Did you get swine flu? No.

Do you know anyone from Alabama? No.

How bright is it in the room you’re in? The only light currently is coming from my laptop and the TV.

What can you smell right now? Nothing.

Have you ever bought a game from a site like Big Fish Games or Shockwave? Big Fish, yes. 

Have you ever had a snow day? No. 

Have you seen all the Lord of the Rings movies? I haven’t seen any of them. I’ve never had any interest in seeing them, honestly. 

Do you have an unhealthy obsession with colored furry throw pillows that are different shapes and sizes? No.

How often do you change your underwear? Everyday.

Doesn’t it bother you when guys in your family / household leave the toilet seat up so that you wind up almost falling in when you’re sleepy and dazed at 3:00 AM and need to pee? It is pretty annoying.

Approximately how many books do you have in your house? Too many to count between the 4 of us.

Have you ever had to call the cops on someone else before? I did before on a potential drunk driver. 

Have you ever been to court for something other than a traffic ticket? I’ve never been to court for any reason.

Don’t you hate it when people suddenly love a celebrity when they die? I don’t care.

What type of math are you the best at? Ew.

How’s the weather? It’s finally been cold. 

#personal #text #survey #surveys

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Learn To Write Better From Films (feat. Morbius)

I gave up on Morbius approximately a half hour into the film, whereas I just eagerly finished the audiobook of World War Z, a book I've read twice before. The reason for both of those decisions is extremely important for genre writers. The very opening scene of Morbius had me yelling "THAT IS NOT HOW BATS WORK", which should have been a warning sign. Ten minutes in, and I'd said "THAT IS NOT HOW THAT WORKS" three additional times (IV pumps, the Nobel Prize, research methodology). Five minutes after that, the count was up to seven times. That rate pretty much held constant until I gave up. Some of those things were, perhaps, due to specialized knowledge. Some of them are very common. Take Morbius' "aquarium for flying mammals". Aside from vampire bats not killing the animals they feed from (and just needing mammals, not humans), that "aquarium" has NOWHERE FOR THE BATS TO PERCH TO SLEEP. But again, the film made basic, mundane errors - ones that I caught - seven times in fifteen minutes. Every two minutes, Morbius required me to suspend my disbelief about something mundane in the real world. So by the time they got to where suspension of disbelief was required in his origin story, I was already done. In contrast, Max Brooks' novel World War Z gets all the "real world" details right. (Also, the audiobook version with the full cast is amazing.) I mean, it's right enough that it is spooky revisiting his pre-pandemic predictions about people's reaction to an unknown virus. So when you're asked to suspend your disbelief about the zombies, it is a very small ask. Please note that I'm not talking about the level of detail. I am not talking about always listing out, say, the specific model number of the rifle your protagonist is using. I am saying that it is imperative for authors to not get the details you use be wrong. Nearly all the things that bothered me in what I saw of Morbius were easily solvable. Here's some possible fixes: - It's a newly-discovered discovered sub-species of vampire bat that requires primate blood, not just mammalian blood. - Morbius does his research in a gritty basement/garage lab and cobbles together a home-grown CRISPR to do his research. - Cut the Nobel prize scene, make it about turning down a Big Pharma offer. - Proper enclosures for the bats, naturally. - Make the IV thing about medicine, not fixing medical equipment. - Use an EMR at the big fancy research hospital, not a chart on the end of the bed. That also would allow an opportunity to show he's also a computer genius, if required. - Maybe try to be a little closer to actual research methodology? If you want to show Morbius being sneaky and smart, then have his "public" lab - and then show his home lab where he bends the rules. - VAMPIRE BATS DO NOT DEVOUR CREATURES LIKE THAT. FFS. These changes would have not taken any more screen time, and probably would have also decreased the SFX budget. And you don't need the bats to be violent; you've already established that people are violent with the bullying scene, as if we didn't know. I cannot see this as anything but an utter failure of the writing team. I haven't even thought about the dialogue, or plotting, or any other aspect of Morbius here, because this threw me out of the movie so thoroughly. But at least Morbius is useful for something other than memes: It can show you why getting your details right matters, particularly in genre fiction. Read the full article

#craftofwriting #movies #writing

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The year the earth changed is so nice! Nature really was healing lol

#it’s a new docu on nature on the early days of the pandemic and how wildlife was affected #we are the virus the memes were right #dev speaks