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Jemel Roberson, a real life hero, was murdered by police. For being black.
What command did he refuse? Why was deadly force needed? Why are police acting without any training?
Fucking remember his name. Heâs the literal good guy with a gun you conservatives keep talking about and he was gunned down.
Worked on this girl for 9 months. Now this new music video comes out and sheâs immensely popular, arguably one of the most popular characters in the LoL universe.
Donât get me wrong, Iâm really glad sheâs a huge hit, itâs super exciting to see so many people love the character design and the gameplay, and know that I contributed directly and significantly to the behind-the-scenes engineering that makes it all work. Itâs validating.
But itâs also so fucking melancholy to know I did so much work and put in so much time for such a shitty company, run by shitty people, and the reward I got for it was unemployment.Â
I threw a lot into this character. I cried at work. I started getting panic attacks, which Iâve never gotten before. I developed persistent heart palpitations from the daily overwhelming stress and had to go to the hospital (this is true, seriously.) I basically dropped all my friends outside of work. My manager (and his manager!) lied to me constantly to keep me working. They said I was doing a great job but to keep it up. Donât worry, itâs going to turn out great, and itâll all be worth it in the end â recognition, a raise, probably a promotion in short order. They promised me the world. When she was finally finished, I didnât even get to go to the release party, they just walked me out.Â
I remember a quote from my last day, it sticks out in my mind: âI know you realize this is really hard for me,â my manager said. Yes, in the end, when he awkwardly informed me I didnât have my dream job anymore â or any job at all â and then stared back at my shell-shocked face, my thousand-yard stare, the only thing he felt was sorry for himself.
She launched with no major bugs and was considered a technical success. Doesnât matter. Get the fuck out.
I donât know how I feel. A weird sensation of pride and intense bitterness. I did a good job; at least, I think I did. Unfortunately, internal validation is the only kind Iâm going to get.
Everyone reposting KDA should see this. Riot has successfully distracted everyone into forgetting their culture of sexism, exploitation, and toxicity mere months after it was all revealed.
Look, I get it. Akali is EXTREMELY my type. Itâs obvious how much love and care was put into her development. But it makes me furious to see all the free advertising that Riot is getting from people who I thought would know better. And now? One of the people who is arguably responsible for all that free advertising? Whoâs work is undoubtedly making Riot hundreds of thousands of dollars a day? Who was overworked to the point of near breaking? They get nothing. WORSE than the scant bit of credit that most devs can get in a big company like Riot. They got let go.
Fuck Riot Games.
One thing that I thought really sucked a lot is that the production company who made the KDA video isnât even credited. They credit a lot of other people on their videos, usually, but the actual animators of the video are hidden; almost a lie by omission. At best itâs a honest mistake, at worst itâs sneakily trying to pass off the video as something made in-house when itâs not. :(
this bit right here
it shows us that Pokemon does look different in ârealâ life compared to how media portrays them. Because look at those balloons on the back. Look at the Jigglypuff one compared to the ârealâ Jigglypuff here.
Itâs interesting because even in our society, we draw certain animals differently and more simplified, and âcuterâ than the real ones in a lot of cases.
I just really appreciate this -realistic- approach of Pokemon because it show how detailed the world idea is in that universe. By showing this bit it kinda shown how developed their world is in comparison to ours!
Being visible is the worst! Having a physical form is abominable! Public spaces are a nightmare! If you see me outside no you donât!
Nintendo releases Detective Pikachu trailer (2018)
by Hot Paper Comics
People always gloss over how mentally damaging it can be to work in retail. I fucking hate that whenever I say âI could never work in retail againâ someone has to reply âYou snowflake millennials canât take a starter job because you have to INTERACT with other peopleâ No. Fuck you. Iâve worked as a planetarium host. Iâve worked as a public speaker. Iâve worked as a tutor and as a student teacher. I can work with people. I can work with crowds. Retail was fucking different. Retail was being treated as a subhuman. Retail was being treated so poorly that you have anxiety attacks before work. Having to work retail was a factor in my last suicide attempt. If I hear you say one fucking word about retail workers playing the victim I will personally break every bone in your body. Fuck You.
The holidays are coming up. Retail workers are going to be spiraling into a nightmare beyond human comprehension. If youâve worked retail, you know this. If you havenât, be aware of it. Please be kind to every retail worker you come across. Please be patient and understanding. It is misery out there.
These are the same people who go âyou canât show teenagers being gay, youâre forcing your own sexuality onto *children*! WONâT ANYONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!â Because apparently self-awareness is queer culture.
Is there rly any softer scene than when o'malley sees duchess and falls in love with her at first sight in the aristocats, complimenting her at every turn and climbing into a cherry blossom tree to make the flower petals snow gracefully down on her? How dreamy đ„đ
This Is Love đđ
Not to mention when he found she had kids, he was thrown for a second, then proceeded to not only still help her, but dote on them too.
âNot all menâ youâre right, Abraham DeLacey Giuseppe Casey Thomas OâMalley would never.
Warning to writers
While you are worrying about whether beta readers will steal your ideas, there is a more genuine threat on the horizon.
When offered a publishing contract, please do all your research before you sign. There are a number of fakes and scammers out there, as well as good-intentioned amateurs that donât know how to get your work to a wide audience. I wonât tell the heartbreaking stories here - there are too many.
Being published badly is worse than being never published.
It can destroy your career and your dreams.
The quick check is to google the publishing house name + scam or warning.
But, to be sure, check with these places first. They arenât infallible (nothing is) but they can help you protect yourself. They are written and maintained by expereinced writers, editors, publishers and legal folks.
Absolute Write: Bewares and Background Checks
Preditors and editors
Writer Beware
and the WRITER BEWARE blog
Keep yourself and your work safe.
This is really important, so if you are a writer or have writer friends, or you are a writing blog, please reblog it.
Just to let you know, PublishAmerica changed their name to America Star Books.
HEADâS UP, WRITER TYPES: THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PSA!
Also applies to many so-called freelance sites that are just content mills, and may not pay unless your work is used, even if the contract seems designed otherwise.
Listen, reading these is like legit reading horror stories.  When it comes to publishing your writing, always, always, ALWAYS do your research.  Not only will it help you avoid scams, but it will also be likely to help you land a much better fit for an agent/publisher/whatever.  Knowing more is never going to hurt.
Omg!!! Thanks for the warning! Writersâ reblog!
Iâve heard stories like this that are scarier than horror stories. This is an all time worst nightmare for a writer. Everyone reblog and make sure you keep your work safe!Â
Always, ALWAYS check Writer Beware. Let me also recommend Kristine Kathryn Ruschâs blog about contracts and contract scams for authors in her section Business Musings.
Reblogging again for the links. Also check pred-ed.com and the Absolute Write forum. Then google Publisherâs name + scam and see what comes up. Do NOT use the BBB ratings, they are wholly unsuitable for rating publishers and regularly give A ratings to well-known publishing scams. You can also read my own post on publishing scams, have a link on the left of my blog ( canât link here, Iâm on mobile, sorry).
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SUPER IMPORTANT PSA!
Equally important to know is that you can SELF-PUBLISH through a number of platforms these days. @ean-amhran and I used Amazonâs CreateSpace and Kindle Direct Publishing to publish both of our books. No editors, no contracts, no finagling with publishers who want to change your materials. Just direct-to-market material.
(Granted, it means youâve got to do a LOT more work yourself with editing and formatting and cover art, but itâs worth it to miss the headache of trying to bargain with publishing houses or avoid scams.)
Be vigilant, fellow writers!
If you choose to self publish then HAVE A PLAN and think things through.
And hire an editor. Please, for the love of all that is holy, hire an editor. Itâs expensive, but you will get a better book out, a better reputationâŠ
If youâre going to publish electronically, make sure you also get someone who can LAY AN EBOOK OUT PROPERLY.
I have spent money on Kindle books, many of them reprints of older works, whose formatting is so messed up as to render them unreadable.
I actually recommend using the Smashwords Style Guide even if you donât use Smashwords.
It lays out how to neatly format an e-book in a wonderful step by step format, and you can get it free from Smashwords. Just leave off the couple of things that are (very obviously) Smashwords specific.
If you canât stand dealing with the meticulous detail, then by all means hire somebody, but most people can learn to format an ebook correctly and once youâve done it a couple of times it takes about an hour tops.
@ghdos spread the knowledge
Because the redirects arenât working for me, Iâm going to assume others might have trouble with these links, so for those who need it the URL for the website to Writer Beware is: www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/ As stated on here: âWriter Beware is sponsored by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, with additional support from the Mystery Writers of America, the Horror Writers Association, and the American Society of Journalists and Authors.â These are not publishersâ guilds, notice; you sometimes see scammers trying to defend themselves against Writer Beware exposes by claiming that theyâre âsmall pressâ or âindieâ and Big Publishing is somehow out to get them - but all of those guilds are run by and for writers, to help support them and represent them in the field. It is the closest writers have to having unions, and thereâs no direct competition between them (you could literally be an in any of those guilds are the same time as each other, in addition to others, and I believe a number of authors are).
Writer Beware is a wonderful resource, and I highly recommend it. Itâs both a good general guide to the scams people run/red flags to watch out for (such as giving up your copyright entirely as opposed to specific rights, or being charged to publish something or have it edited, when theyâre trying to act like theyâre a ânormalâ publisher), and a frequently-updated list of the latest specific known scammers, both in âfake agentsâ and fake/scammy publishers categories. (The company formerly known as Publish America is one of the most famous and egregious cases, but by far not the only one)
Additionally, for SF and fantasy writers, the SFWAâs own list of qualifying markets that one can be published in as a prerequisite to be able to get into their guild (remember, it IS a profession-based guild), is a great guide to normal markets for those genres that have standard contracts that arenât abusive or scammy, and their guidelines include some of the industry-standard minimums for âper wordâ etc rates, so even if some new magazine market isnât on their list, you can tell if itâs suspiciously far outside the usual per-word or whatnot standards. (Itâs likely the guidelines for Mystery Writers of America etc also would be useful in that vein) Even if youâre unpublished or donât want to join their guild, theyâre a wonderful group and resource, and I highly recommend their site and Writer Beware in particular! The other sites mentioned above, such as âPreditors and Editorsâ should be still valid if you Google them, and are often recâd by Writer Beware, but Writer Beware is the one Iâm most familiar with. :)
Also, you should never have to pay an agent or anyone a  âreading feeâ! DO NOT PAY PEOPLE TO READ YOUR WORK!!! Run away from so-called agents that charge a reading fee! They are considered unethical in their own industry!
Also related to agents: Should you go this route and seek one, DO NOT PAY ONE DIME TO THEM upfront! A real agent only gets paid when he sells your book to a publisher! The average cut is about 10-15% of the first sale profits, if I remember right, with cuts of film and other rights maybe being more, when sold. At most, writers should only be responsible for the costs of phone calls and postage.
For more information see: How Literary Agents Get Paid. Standard Commission Practices and Payments for Literary Agents
Edited to Add: Some other great, highly respected resources for writing and getting published are:
Writerâs Digest
The Writer
Writerâs Market
every other pkm gym leader: hi! letâs fight! I think [type] pokemon are really cool and strong!
ghost and psychic gym leaders: I Have Supernatural Abilities And I Will Fucking Kill You
I canât stop laughing at this
do u ever behave politely and respectfully towards retail workers just to flex on freaks who blame employees for every inconvenience
âWhy does Tumblr romanticize Hades so much?â
Idk Clarice, maybe weâre just tired, and life is uncertain, and we like the idea of a stable husband with a steady job and a big dog and his own place away from all the loud, shapeshifting-kink party gods.
People keep saying that Detective Pikachu is going to have the obligatory almost-swear-but-cut-away-last-second joke, and it almost certainly is going to do that
But I canât stop thinking about the fact that the movie IS PG-13
Meaning they can get away with saying fuck once and keep it PG-13
Reverse cut-a-way. Detective Pikachu is in a room with normal humans who canât understand him. He stubs his toe really hard. We get like 30 seconds of very loud angry âPi pika pika pipipika kakapika pipi-â then the main character walks in and we just hear the deep detective pikachu voice go â-FUCK!â
