hello bitches

he/him free palestine

[barbiehelmet]

lewis hamilton, along with damson idris, dev hynes, pedro pascal, chapell roan, and others, at artists for aid. together, thanks to mustafa the poet and all the artists, they all raised $5.5 million for sudan and palestine.

[barbiehelmet]

you can do your part too.

donate to ibrahim @aburakhiaibrahim who suffers from depression, and inflammation in his eye that requires surgery. he has been trying to raise money to join his sister in canada where he and his family can finally be safe — paypal || gfm

donate to literally anyone from the spreadsheet curated by @gazavetters

masterpost of sudan campaigns and aid organizations

share this post.

any one of the above actions makes a difference.

[barbiehelmet]

more campaigns that are close to my heart

isnad @isnadfoundation aiming to give students in gaza a safe space to study. it is run by @ma7moudgaza2 who often sacrifices his own needs for others. donate to them and share their posts.

ihyaa @ihyaasociety that does similar work in gaza, run by @moayesh2 who does the on-the-ground work of @gaza-evacuation-funds . he's also getting married! donate to him please, we owe him so much for all his efforts verifying campaigns.

[pokemonheritageposts]

RE Palworld: People like that "read a book" dude think that Pokemon has such a stranglehold on its fanbase because there's just no good competition. No. Pokemon has a stranglehold on the fanbase because the fanbase wants specifically PokémonTM. There could be a knock-off that is objectively the better game and fulfills every fan wish and does everything right and what not (Palworld is notably not any of those things to me.), and I might even play it, but it wouldn't pull me away one bit from Pokémon because Pokémon is a 30 year old franchise that accompanied me for literally my entire lifetime. I love Pokemon not because it's monster catching or a collecting game or because of its oh-so-great battle mechanics or whatever. I love pokemon because it's Pokémon, and because there'll always be a Pokémon-shaped spot in my heart, right there alongside my fondest childhood memories.

People can make fun of that all they want, but with how messed up as the world is, I'm not abandoning something that brings me genuine joy just because some people on the internet think I'm cringe or too capitalistic or a sheep or whatever for having a franchise that consistently brought me joy for almost 30 years. God forbid I simply enjoy something that's imperfect.

Yeah, this is the thing - Pokemon isn't just a game series, it's a brand, and a social phenomenon. You could maybe, potentially, make a rival game series to Pokemon, but not only is it near impossible to compete with Pokemon the brand and Pokemon the social phenomenon, but those three things reify each other. Even if you're only trying to compete with the game, you aren't really.

[summertaters]

You Didn't See Anything!

[pokemonheritageposts]

on multiple occasions i have seen people on socials excited for palworld 1.0 and it has taken me a moment to realize they aren't doing a bit and are genuinely excited

[pokemonheritageposts]

[a-mysterious-man]

Do you know nothing about capitalism. This is coming from an avid anti-estabishment. More competition is good for us. This is a marathon, not a fucking sprint. Read a book.

[pokemonheritageposts]

hi! thank you for commenting. i know more than you. the point of this post is that Palworld is not competition.

[a-mysterious-man]

People like you are the reason why Nintendo has a monopoly on monster catch game and why they're trying to cement that monopoly with its patent bullshit. Maybe if you gave smaller games a goddamn chance we wouldn't be having this conversation.

[pokemonheritageposts]

The reason Nintendo has a monopoly on monster catching games is because the global network of capital enables, encourages, and rewards corporations for all the steps that make that make monopolistic market domination possible. Pokemon's dominance of this genre was set in stone decades ago. Personal consumer choices cannot fix a systemic problem.

[a-mysterious-man]

Yes. I agree with you. On this we are friends. However, by your logic, nobody should ever try anything ever because "what could an individual do to fix things?" If we, as a community, shame Nintendo for what they're doing, and also uplift Pocket Pair for shaking up the formula and bringing something new and fun to the table, maybe we could have a chance to make things less ass in the short term, and focus on overthrowing capitialism in the long term. All shaming people for being "stupid sluts" and having hope does is split us down the middle and sow discorse.

[pokemonheritageposts]

You'll notice I didn't say "individuals have no power and cannot do anything". I said "personal consumer choices cannot fix systemic problems". you can and should shame Nintendo for their legal strongarming habits. Uplifting Pocket Pair for the specific purpose of trying to counter The Pokemon Company's market dominance, and acting as though this is a consumer duty that we are required to do to make capitalism work properly, is obviously not going to accomplish anything - setting aside the question of whether or not they are "shaking up the formula and bringing something new to the table" or whether they are actually making a soulless, derivative, low quality product.

tl;dr, you are not going to fix capitalism on its own terms

[a-mysterious-man]

Y'know what you have a very fair point

[kianamaiart]

cute fan animation!!!

[pokemonheritageposts]

on multiple occasions i have seen people on socials excited for palworld 1.0 and it has taken me a moment to realize they aren't doing a bit and are genuinely excited

[pokemonheritageposts]

[a-mysterious-man]

Do you know nothing about capitalism. This is coming from an avid anti-estabishment. More competition is good for us. This is a marathon, not a fucking sprint. Read a book.

[pokemonheritageposts]

hi! thank you for commenting. i know more than you. the point of this post is that Palworld is not competition.

[a-mysterious-man]

People like you are the reason why Nintendo has a monopoly on monster catch game and why they're trying to cement that monopoly with its patent bullshit. Maybe if you gave smaller games a goddamn chance we wouldn't be having this conversation.

[pokemonheritageposts]

The reason Nintendo has a monopoly on monster catching games is because the global network of capital enables, encourages, and rewards corporations for all the steps that make that make monopolistic market domination possible. Pokemon's dominance of this genre was set in stone decades ago. Personal consumer choices cannot fix a systemic problem.

[a-mysterious-man]

Yes. I agree with you. On this we are friends. However, by your logic, nobody should ever try anything ever because "what could an individual do to fix things?" If we, as a community, shame Nintendo for what they're doing, and also uplift Pocket Pair for shaking up the formula and bringing something new and fun to the table, maybe we could have a chance to make things less ass in the short term, and focus on overthrowing capitialism in the long term. All shaming people for being "stupid sluts" and having hope does is split us down the middle and sow discorse.

[pokemonheritageposts]

You'll notice I didn't say "individuals have no power and cannot do anything". I said "personal consumer choices cannot fix systemic problems". you can and should shame Nintendo for their legal strongarming habits. Uplifting Pocket Pair for the specific purpose of trying to counter The Pokemon Company's market dominance, and acting as though this is a consumer duty that we are required to do to make capitalism work properly, is obviously not going to accomplish anything - setting aside the question of whether or not they are "shaking up the formula and bringing something new to the table" or whether they are actually making a soulless, derivative, low quality product.

tl;dr, you are not going to fix capitalism on its own terms

[batsandboba]

do not start gambling. go outside and locate a bug. now post it on inaturalist. bam. nature's gacha game

[batsandboba]

#id do this if it didnt doxx my location

inat has options for this! for each observation you upload, you can choose to keep the location public, not to disclose location at all, or to obscure it.

i'm a fan of the obscured option bc it shows the general area but not the exact coordinates, which allows for region-specific species ids without doxxing you. according to the inat help page it picks a random point within a 500km radius.

[idolprince-jisang-blog]

Visit Original Link

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[apathmakerstale]

Say what you will about Geoff Keighley, but the man basically single-handedly used his influence to effectively revive a pseudo-E3, cuz in the span of one week we got a solid State of Play and Xbox Showcase, with a generational Summer’s Game Fest all to tie off with a 50 minute Nintendo Direct.

Like this has been one of the most insane weeks in gaming in years.

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[dat-soldier]

Life Story

[the-phantom-peach]

Commissions Open!

Hello! It’s been so long but I’m happy to say that I’m opening commissions again! I have a new comm sheet so please take a look and feel free to message me if you have any questions.

I currently have 5 slots open and a running waitlist, so please send me a message if you’d like to reserve a slot!

[dadith]

this is specifically after that poe quest