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Australia. 29. She/He/They. queer. i’ve been on this hell site since 2011.

[dogpuppy]

[dogpuppy]

This post used to look like this

And it pissed me off that they censored it so I put it all back

Don’t you ever say I just steal posts, I do more than that. I also do this sometimes

[boringkate]

You listen to music regularly? Why? Have you even tried quitting? Could you quit? You get music stuck in your head? Wow. You're so ruined and music brained. I bet you make your partners listen to music with you when you have sex. Music addiction has really ruined a whole generation. You know it's not realistic to expect reverb in real life, right? You're probably so desensitized that you don't even feel anything anymore when you hear a bird singing that it wants some fuck.

[paradigm-adrift]

I don't have a problem with people listening to music per se, but I do have a problem with the music industry exploiting & mistreating artists.

Personally, I abstain from all music in order to keep my hands clean but really music should just be illegal outright to protect musicians from abuse.

[terramythos]

holy shit this person in the notes

[discodyke-dogthing]

[sailermoon]

what’s crazy about being in your late 20s is that you’ve only been an adult for a decade and people are really out here believing your life is over

[keatxu]

abandonware should be public domain. force companies to actively support and provide products if they don't wanna lose the rights to them

[omikronsoul]

Game companies hate emulation, but none of them seem to understand that a lot of us would just buy ROMs from them directly if we could. I don't want a fifth remake of Final Fantasy IV, I want to pay five bucks for the 3MB file you already made bank with thirty years ago. Nobody who wants to play something for the purpose of retro gaming is going to consider a $40 remake as the alternative option, and we're certainly not going to let the original dissappear. They're crying about opportunity cost for a product they're not even selling.

[justletmeremember]

op i know you're probably talking about like, video games, etc, but this is also critical for research science - my lab has so much abandonware, either because the company's out of business, or the company decided to not maintain it, and it's a fucking nightmare. we have two windows 95 computers that are CRITICAL for performing experiments/data analysis because the software needed is abandonware. one of the main roles for a guy in my lab is to maintain these little dinosaurs because if they go out, we lose access to ~20 years of raw data for research. part of why is that these companies also make their own file types, and make it difficult-to-impossible to convert those file types without their specific software. by habit, i convert all research files to more generic versions (txt, pdf, tif, etc) so that i minimize risk of losing my shit, but some stuff can't be converted.

for example, we have a microscope that is perfectly functional, good microscope, but its software is abandonware because the company refused to maintain it. the company is still in business, still makes essentially the exact same software, but they made all of the old tech incompatible with new software to force people to buy the new microscope tech. it would cost a quarter million dollars to replace this microscope. this perfectly good microscope.

so like, i know a lot of people look at the original post here and go "well op just wants old video games to play" (which is valid! games companies should not be able to push shit to abandonware and then close it off) but also this is critical for like. biomedical research. if y'all had any idea how much basic infrastructure built on science relies on shit that is technically abandonware, you would probably be horrified.

[jollysunflora]

#there is so much abandonware just...out there being used and carefully maintained#because nothing quite replicates the functionality

[politijohn]

Source

[depsidase]

[squeakitties]

following weird horny furries who are into shit like pooltoys and transformation and stuff is enrichment. the vitamins and minerals of posting

[squeakitties]

[twinkenjoyer-deactivated2023083]

once you get over your ass and realise you will never get some people and that’s ok you are basically immune to right wing fearmongering. otherkin? none of my fucking business

[stevishabitat]

[mandate-transgenderism]

I must not fall victim to disgust. Disgust is the heart-killer. Disgust is the little-death that brings total apathy. I will face my disgust. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the disgust has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

[aropride]

(so mad i can’t see straight) Yeah i just don’t think chat gpt is a good classroom tool

[adz]

reddit is having a glitch where it puts the wrong captions over photos and it’s the only thing i care about right now

[dietspam16]

[ooppo]

A PORN BOT UNFOLLOWED ME?

[ooppo]

not that i care

[ooppo]

[dchuntress]

@maxislvt

[lesbianbloodritual]

my body is not a soft animal you dumb asshole i need amphetamines

[crazysodomite]

If you're younger than 50 years there are termite queens who are older than you

[rifki16]

happy pride to them

[byjove]

countries will be like “nooooo our birth rate is falling exponentially and it’s effecting our economy” and immigrants will be like “hey can you let us in so we can boost your economy and fill your empty jobs and raise our children here” and inevitably the country is like “the only thing worse than a large scale collapse of our population is letting foreigners live here”

[petemcvries23]

the natural lifespan of a fandom is unlimited. when well tended a fandom can be functionally immortal. and yet everywhere you look you see newly bred fandoms withering and dying when they’re barely a year old. barely even six months old. fans are looking at their six month old fandoms and saying i think it’s on its last legs, should i euthanise it? when with the proper care that fandom could outlive them for decades. it’s sad. sad state of affairs we’re in.

[petemcvries23]

the natural lifespan of a fandom is unlimited. when well tended a fandom can be functionally immortal. and yet everywhere you look you see newly bred fandoms withering and dying when they’re barely a year old. barely even six months old. fans are looking at their six month old fandoms and saying i think it’s on its last legs, should i euthanise it? when with the proper care that fandom could outlive them for decades. it’s sad. sad state of affairs we’re in.

[loverboyfae]

ask not for whom the bell peppers

[vedurnan]

today at work i rung up a customer and the total was 12.30 and i said “12:30, reminds me of a clock :)” and they kind of smiled at me with confusion and i was like “like the time on a clock, just reminds me of it… 12:30” and they said “i have no idea what you’re talking about…” with an expression of supreme pity and gentleness. after that was finished i turned to my coworker next to me and said “i just bombed so hard with this clock comment” and then realized the customer hadn’t moved and was still standing right next to me. if my fate continues down this path, the customer will probably read this tumblr post as well

[wave-functions]

NOVELTY DICEMAKER - "That'll be 12.30."

CONCEPTUALIZATION [Medium: Success] - Like the hands of a clock! What a number. She needs to know what serendipity she just spoke.

RHETORIC - What the hell are you talking about?

YOU - "12:30! Reminds me of a clock." (Smile knowingly.)

NOVELTY DICEMAKER - She smiles back at you in polite confusion.

EMPATHY [Challenging: Success] - There is nothing she can say. How would you respond normally if someone said this to you?

CONCEPTUALIZATION [Legendary] - She doesn't understand. Make her understand.

⚁⚀ CHECK FAILURE

CONCEPTUALIZATION [Legendary: Failure] - It's like a clock. You know this fundamentally. It cannot be expressed in any simpler way. Say it again.

YOU - "Like the time on a clock, just reminds me of it... 12:30." (Just keep smiling knowingly.)

NOVELTY DICEMAKER - "I have no idea what you're talking about..." Her eyebrows crease.

EMPATHY [Medium: Success] - Supreme pity and gentleness.

YOU - Commiserate with Kim.

REACTION SPEED [Challenging: Failure] - No! Wait--

YOU - (Turn to Kim.) "Man, I just bombed so hard with this clock comment."

KIM KITSURAGI - "Er--" The lieutenant inclines his head fractionally, willing you to notice something.

YOU - Turn your head.

NOVELTY DICEMAKER - She hasn't moved. The woman sits exactly where she was two seconds ago, incomprehension growing as the moment drags on.

DAMAGED MORALE