everything is nice and fine all the time

Asexual Aromantic Agender Abomination ------- I came out of R'lyeh because you need to stop

[nimadelolll]

nobody said it was easy

reference

[softwaring]

made a pride flag using landscape photos ive taken <3

[zllpn]

sketching from memory (i was bored at work lol)

[dailycatsblog]

[opaattack]

[soup-in-my-fly]

Funger stickers!!

[reactionimagesdaily]

[rottencore]

This post keeps making me cry laughingg

[makrustic]

I really gotta finish this soon 🗣️✨ Prints | Ko-fi | Patreon | Bluesky ⭐

[kervetkaparanoid]

[omgthatdress]

Literally gasped when I saw Karan Johar's outfit. Absolutely stunning. THIS is how you turn fashion into ART!

[ilywtf]

for some reason this is making me laugh like a fool. first off the fact that neopoints are diegetic is taking me off. like i know the np are stored in an actual physical bank in neopia central and that there are actual pets working there and all but. 250 fucking np? two hundred and fifty? ozzy you cant even buy a bottle of water or the much more economic two units of em. like that's loose change bud. A FUCKING PAINTING???????????????????????????

[mintaii]

the sky's kindest, most radiant star

[mandrake-arya]

When he'll FINALLY be animated I'll go insane let me tell you

[penandinkprincess]

so wildly obnoxious when you agree with the starting point of someone's stance only for them to hard turn into things you DON'T agree with and now you have to defend the thing that was originally annoying you

"too many authors in the current market are focusing on selling 'spice' instead of telling interesting stories"

"oh yeah, i agree. i started reading one that i heard a lot about and it just wasn't-"

"and it's all of these women reading their fucking mommy porn out in public like FREAKS"

*through gritted teeth* "people should be allowed to read whatever they want, and actually these books should be left alone and you should shut up about it"

[literaryroses]

[emmaklee]

[pourquoiwhy]

I learned a new concept

Graceful degradation is the ability of a computer, machine, electronic system or network to maintain limited functionality even when a large portion of it has been destroyed or rendered inoperative. The purpose of graceful degradation is to prevent catastrophic failure. (Tech Target, first result on the search engine)

[biglawbear]

Literal opposite of planned obsolescence. I love you graceful degradation.

[gallusrostromegalus]

Oh neat the first time I heard of the concept the guy described it to me as "catastrophic functionality".

He was talking about it in the context of designing robots that would go in and stop nuclear reactor meltdowns, something that would 100% destroy the robot, but they would be designed to keep functioning and fighting the meltdown for as long as possible. He had some designs where over 80% of the robot has died and it was functionally dragging its corpse around by its one working arm because one more minute of functionality might save thousands.

I've been having a few bad years mental health wise, and thinking about those robots a lot .

[maddie-2022]

This is also why NASA missions usually keep going so long after schedule. They are *masters* of graceful degradation, able to keep machines limping along on minimal power and after sustaining heavy damage

[theprofessional-amateur]

Every day I get a little closer to saying fuck it and becoming an apprentice in some at risk heritage craft or profession.

[theprofessional-amateur]

"let's have AI-"

I'm gonna go learn the art of hand engraving or thatched roofing. Maybe hand make clogs.

[trickstertime]

As a professional hand engraver, when it comes to old crafts like these, its way more accessible to get started with the basics than you'd expect. Back in the day good steel was expensive so trying something like hand engraving was expensive and difficult to justify. But now you can can just buy a good quality handpush graver online for less than a fancy coffee. Just think, for under a hundred quid you could get all the kit you need to get started with fucking up coins and stabbing yourself repeatedly!!!

Don't threaten to do it, go research it, and actually give it a go!!! Most of the books for old crafts are out of copyright. Even if you don't get a job at whatever you try, or hell, even of you don't become in any way good at it, just learning and trying something new is good for you, and it gives you a greater understanding and appreciation for things.

Fuck AI? Good. I agree. Now fucking do something about it. Return to doing human hand crafted things as an act of rebellion! Start knitting, start wood carving, start engraving, whatever the fuck. But most importantly, remember you don't need to be making money doing it to make it worth doing.

[monsterpotion]

utena is literally just on youtube, legal and good quality

[monsterpotion]

i’ve been having a hard time finding good info on this, but it sounds like nozomi entertainment (who owns the license for utena and has it up on youtube) is maybe going to be taking down the version in the link above - though its not down yet! but the word i hear is that theyre doing this so that they can reupload HD versions of the episodes. here’s the first one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQxT6yOKzNY

[monsterpotion]

some updates!

first, the original link still works in the US and Canada only

second, if Nozomi ever uploaded more than 1 HD episode to youtube, they’ve been taken down again - the first HD episode is still up there, but (i suspect) it was a promo to advertise that the series was (going to be?) available on crunchyroll

third! the series is no longer available on crunchyroll!

and, finally, an enterprising spirit has put Adolescence of Utena, the 1999 movie that serves as a capstone to the series, on youtube. it appears to be unrestricted by region (though i did not comprehensively test this) and may be taken down in the future.

(as an aside: revolutionary girl utena is not, at times, an easy or comfortable show. it is a classic, a series that casts a long shadow, and deeply influential. i am disclaiming responsibility for providing content warnings for it here! if you’re interested in watching one of the most important anime series there is, do your research, or don’t, at your discretion!)

with all that said!

the series playlist:

Revolutionary Girl Utena (Sub)

Find out more about Nozomi Entertainment's release of Revolutionary Girl Utena at http://www.nozomient.com "Never lose that strength or nobi

and the movie: