37 and I didn't even know that half of these were things you're supposed to do or how often.
My name is Jesse, I'm a disabled trans man, and I really need help to move away from my unsupportive family and a state that's becoming increasingly hostile. I have a place to go, I just need to get there by the end of the year.
If you can help, I would appreciate it more than I can say.
Hey guys.
This is my very good friend Jesse of many years, who is in a nasty position, and who we are hoping can move in with me as soon as possible. We've worked out a timeline and cost breakdown but due to his poor health and other complications, he frankly needs all the funding he can get.
We've worked out a timeline, budget and execution plan, all we need is the funds, and donating really will help save his life in a very material way.
Thank you all who can donate, or who can help boost this.
bruh if people want me to stop sympathizing with villains they need to stop making the villains the ones who want to change broken systems
Only 13 percent of video games are readily playable and accessible. No other form of media is as endangered as video games. There is no legal path to preserve or archive video games. You can go to libraries and archives for books years out of print. You can rent a movie or download a pdf. There is no legal equivalent for video games. Games companies do not double as archival organisations and they never will. They have never been about preserving. They are about selling. Which is not inherently evil compared to anyone else but they along with the law are directly preventing archivers and preservationists from doing their job and allowing this entire medium to be experienced in the future.
Think of some of the most influential video games of all time. How many of them can you play right now. Without piracy. How many of these could your not very technology literate friend play. How do you think this is affecting not only the wider industry now but also people in the future. And for completely arbitrary meaningless reasons.
And also think about the games that aren't the most influential ones, but are important to you. How many people have that one weird edutainment game/indie game/bootleg game that they played a ton as a kid, that they quote to this day?
Those are rarely the ones that are considered super-influential or super profitable. They don't get rereleases or remakes. They just... fade away. Many of them don't even get pirated, so you can't even find illegitimate copies!
We're never gonna lose Super Mario 64. But if you grew up playing Croc: Legend of the Gobbos instead, you may be in trouble.
(at least until the HD remake eventually comes out)
I want more stories that explore the angst potential of unrequited platonic love.
Like:
‘You’ve always been like a brother to me but I’ve realised you only come to me when you want something’
‘My surrogate parental figure just sees me as another student/employee/lackey’
‘I raised you like my own child but you don’t even remember who I am’
And of course, the classic ‘You’re my best (and only) friend but I know I’m only one of yours’.
Oh maaaan, platonic pining is such a big thing for me. I think it’s something most of my fandoms have in common … I’ve come to realize that what I really want out of a piece of media is a relationship arc that hits most of the beats of a UST/pining arc, or a classic bickering-lovers/enemies-to-lovers arc, but does it with friendship and/or family relationships. Characters desperately yearning to be friends or family, and not knowing if their love is requited, is so completely my jam in every way.
i mean this in the gentlest way possible: you need to eat vegetables. you need to become comfortable with doing so. i do not care if you are a picky eater because of autism (hi, i used to be this person!), you need to find at least some vegetables you can eat. find a different way to prepare them. chances are you would like a vegetable you hate if you prepared it in a stew or roasted it with seasoning or included it as an ingredient in a recipe. just. please start eating better. potatoes and corn are not sufficient vegetables for a healthy diet.
i wanted to join in on the uncanny vash thing! And then I realized this isn't very different from my usual wheelhouse... Anyway enjoy an excited long boy cause his friends love him for the way he is, heehee
