I need to post more shit about being anti-AI to get on that blocklist but the literal first post is enough to laugh at them and feel no remorse

Yeah, you gotta start somewhere, so a good way to do that is usually to just jump in with something you want to read so much that you'll be willing to push through the constant dictionary lookups.

i wasn't using it but it is such unserious site things that access to the Quiet Posters feed, which is part of the functionality the site has advertised on official accounts just broke for 300k people because it runs out of the tech advisor's personal account and he's a thin skinned AI baby

fuck sam altman forever for taking away the last places where we could engage in good faith: the creative arts, which should be a testament to human ingenuity. i am so mad that everything i read or listen to or admire is now tainted with doubt. do you understand? he is a thief of joy and i HATE HIM

my fire alarm started doing this thing where it beeps three times at random and unpredictable intervals, and apparently this means either deadly levels of carbon monoxide or a sensor on the fritz. either way, not like i have anywhere to go so i’m half hoping it’s the former to end my misery quick

bluesky screenshot Donburik @donburikazoka.bsky.social text: “morrigan cream alt” but there’s nO PICTURE

this site lets me down when i need it most

We mention Disney's Motor Mania in Life After Cars. When it was released 76 years ago it understood something fundamental about driving: No one becomes a *better* person behind the wheel of a car.

same

therapy was incredibly helpful for me in unpacking some stuff and reorienting how i see myself, but the second my insurance stopped covering it i was outta there, oof. 😔

i prefer to stay hopeful and imagine they fired everyone who knew how to use them

Oh, for some reason I got the impression that it was taking over PriOrche's 9AM timeslot, but it turns out that's very much not the case, is it.

miku is allowed to enter her horny era now and then, as a treat

Definitely feel the pieces not fitting together. Why does the direction and composition of a cutesy sunday morning jojimuke show have me feeling sekai-kei levels of constant dread.

Literally translating the way the Japanese language uses quotation brackets makes everything sound sarcastic in English.

french tumblr post anonymous: "why is bread masculine but Baguette is feminine....... is the baguette transgender?" translatingpostsingrench: "i will let the community decide: baguette, a trans icon?" yes: 94.6% no: 5.4%

I'm still eternally thinking about this

👀 🚨💅This is quite biiiig!! Stop!! Hibari-kun! is now available at ALL Kinokuniya US stores, and their webshop!! For us as an art first, business later kind of publisher, this is so so exciting for us! Tysm thanks for supporting Peow2!!!!

we had a hard enough time explaining to capcom why americans got weird about alex, where do you even begin with whatever this is

Fate/stay night: Realta Nua

Screenshot of Cardfight Vangard: Full Fighters manga. Yoru steps up to the table ready to play. He has one hand wrapped around Asahi's shoulder and the other on top of their deck. Yoru: This is *our* deck, isn't it? We're fighting together.

The reasoning for the double protag gimmick is that they're both beginners and the one deck they have is pooled from the cards they both own.
But more importantly, me and who—

Screenshot of Cardfight Vanguard: Full Fighters manga. Guy in a suit holds the protag's special card while Asahi looks shocked. Suit: "As we promised, I'll be taking this card!"

Screenshot of Cardfight Vanguard: Full Fighters manga. Guy in a suit explains card game economics to Asahi, that their card could be worth big bucks to collectors and investors. And if Asahi agrees to hand it over, he'll be kind enough to split the profits.

Screenshot of Cardfight Vanguard: Full Fighters manga. Yoru watches the exchange from afar and thinks about his own past with gaming. "See, this is why I hate...playing games with people." "I don't run into any trouble when I play alone..." "but when other people get involved..." "it's just, like..."

Screenshot of Cardfight Vanguard: Full Fighters manga. Single panel of a bunch of abstract, misshapen figures that represents Yoru's mind. "the game..." "stops being *just* about the game."

Hobbyani antagonists historically start off as schoolyard bullies, but I didn't expect FF to get realistic and update the stereotype for the actual villains of any hobby: scalpers.

Page from Cardfight Vanguard: Full Fighters manga. Yoru tosses Asahi a soda to thank him for helping him move in, then shyly introduces himself.

Screenshot from Cardfight Vanguard: Full Fighters manga. Three panels zoom in on Yoru, who gets progressively more excited. "Card shop?" "A game store?!" "Games!!!"

Page from Cardfight Vanguard: Full Fighters manga. Asahi sets down to play a teaching game with a kind fellow in a business suit. He invites Yoru as well, but Yoru prefers to read the rulebook. As the game starts, Yoru watches from behind a steel beam, while Asahi says "I mean, if you wanna watch, just sit down over here."

While it follows the dual protag setup with one being the extroverted brawn and the other being the introverted brains, it's a bit refreshing here because *both* boys are goobers deep down. Yoru might be awkward and curt, but there is love within his heart. 😌

Two-page spread of the Cardfight Vanguard: Full Fighters manga. Asahi is running home and imagining all the things he'll do with his new neighbor, like walking home together, visiting bakeries, staying up late playing video games, graduating together, talking about each others' dreams...

Corocoro started a new Cardfight Vanguard manga (looks like Skyriders ended?), and I'm happy to report that the first protag is the type of gay who imagines domestic life with his crush as soon as he meets him, or in this case, before.

A clip from The New York Times reads: "But only the entities that officially paid the tariffs are eligible to recover that money. That means that the fuller universe of people affected by Mr. Trump’s policies — including millions of Americans who paid higher prices for the products they bought — are not able to apply for direct relief. The extent to which consumers realize any gain hinges on whether businesses share the proceeds, something that few have publicly committed to do. Some have started to band together in class-action lawsuits in the hopes of receiving a payout."

The average American family paid $1,700 in tariffs last year, according to the bipartisan Congressional Joint Economic Committee. Few will ever see any of that money back. The refunds will go to companies, if doled out at all. What a joke.

update: property just sent out an email saying that they are still "actively working to restore water as quickly as possible."

...i'm going yet another day without a shower, aren't i.

Truth in advertising, this is actually how much money I make

Two photos of a crafted Hoi game character plushie. The second photo features Hoi with a bow.

When my wife and I had just married, she crafted this Hoi plushie for me. 😊💚

As we married uhm… a 'few' years ago, the condition of the plushie has declined, but I thought it's fun to post here.

My wife wants me to emphasize that it was a quick prototype, not a finalized creation. 🙂

You know, there aren't many entire weekends that I'd want my apartment's water to be turned off for, but I suppose the weekend where my dishwasher is also broken anyway does indeed soften the blow a bit.

the mistakes made of mid-2000s forums continue to be made today