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Performative feminism is a most annoying aspect of our times.
i tried to be funny and it backfired miserably
it’s 2014 it’s time we moved on as a nation and stop reblogging this
every person who reblogs this in 2015 is gonna get their ass kicked by yours truly
hey op good news
in honor of 4chan exploding, I want to remind you all that they used to do “raids” on Tumblr.
they tried to flood the popular tags with gore and porn. this was when Homestuck was at its peak, so they were a target too. (side note: tags barely functioned at all at this point so trying to make them useless was like throwing a molotov into an already burning building but try telling that to 4channers)
but the Homestuck fandom was ready and countered by flooding the tag with weirder, more explicit Homestuck porn and gore.
to the point that the trolls themselves got weirded out, fucked off, and never attempted a “raid” again.
everyone moved on but I stayed there because that is one of the funniest fucking things to happen on this website.
EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP SCIENTISTS AT THE SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE HAVE FOOTAGE OF A LIVE COLOSSAL SQUID FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
🦑‼️🦑‼️🦑‼️🦑‼️🦑‼️🦑
for context, scientists have know about these mfs for like a HUNDRED YEARS but only now have they actually seen one ALIVE !!
"it's ok if you pirate it" "make sure you write really gay fanfic about it" can you just ever fucking shut up about the lame fucking wizard books? go die in a hole already instead of making everything about your pathological inability to read another fucking book holy shit. just shut up about it already. fuck off forever and never come back. you are not helping anyone by turning a conversation about transmisogyny into reminding everyone you'll have a fucking aneurysm without your racist fucking tory wizards.
to summarize: you have the moral backbone of a flatworm if your response every time harry potter comes up is to make it about your inability to give up a book
Spooks | 1931 — a Flip the Frog cartoon
girl where do u watch movies
um. online
At one point in film school my professor tried to legally rent a movie to show us and even though she had paid money, it wasn't working. So she went "I'm going to turn around and one of you will find the movie somehow".
so. i left creatures 3 on overnight. and i think there might be a small inbalance in the ecosystem.
please watch this. you don’t have to care about this ancient video game. I merely need you to See Them.
What is this game? Where can I play it? 🐸
hello!! you have said my activation phrase!!
this is (heavily modded, the whole map i'm playing on is a mod which is why the frog situation is so out of control lmao) creatures docking station! it's free on steam!
the original game came out in 1999, and it shows its age in a lot of ways, but there's still a small modding community and I've never found anything else like it for virtual life sims. in spite of being from more than two decades ago, it has a functioning genetics system, bacterial infections that can mutate, basic language learning, and all sorts of other stuff!
it's a way better game with community mods and add-ons, so if you're interested (or anyone else is!) i'd be happy to put together a little startup guide! this has been a special interest of mine since I was a kid and it's so old we don't get too many new players, so everyone's really welcoming!
I got out of bed to pull up steam, hit me with it
okay!! so, this guide is aimed at people just starting out and haven't paid for the creatures 3 add-on (which is $6 if you want it, but totally optional especially when you're still learning the game). it's also light on the mods, to make things less overwhelming-- if you want to do a deeper dive later, this page is a good place to start).
This guide also only talks about norns, which are the main creatures people raise. There are also Ettins (weird little guys who love to steal electronics) and Grendels (mean little guys who will fight with your norns), but most creatures stuff is about the norns!
SETTING UP THE GAME
First, grab the free "Breed Packs" DLC off steam, this gives you more types of creatures to care for
Install the game and find the source folder in your computer files. For me, this is " C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Creatures Docking Station\Docking Station "
From here, you'll want to unzip your mods from the recommended list. Mod files with the type ".agents" go in "My Agents"-- this should cover everything in this quick startup guide!
Once all the mods have been placed in the My Agents folder, you're good to open up the game!
ESSENTIAL MODS
A Modded Genome for Creatures: there are a number of modern modded genomes that make creatures smarter, more reactive, and more interesting to care for. For beginners who don't want to mess around with other game files too much, I recommend the Creatures Full of Edits (CFE) genome, found HERE. Download one of the egg packs and unzip the files into your My Agents folder.
Extra Maps: Docking Station, being free, has a pretty small space, with only one room appropriate for raising your creatures in. Luckily, the community has made tons of free rooms for you to use! Some favorites for beginners are: --the Banshee Arc, a series of 4 connecting rooms with unique ecosystems, toys, and food (found on github here) --C12DS, a remake of an older game in the series in docking station's engine, if you want to feel more like you're raising them planetside instead of on the ship, lots of functionality (found on a creatures archive here) --the Norngarden, a classic room with a bunch of fun animals running around (found on the creator's website here)
Fixes: this is an old game, so there are some hiccups the modding community has worked out. for very basic docking station use, I recommend the following: --modified HLM: stops creatures from spamming the machine that teaches them language (found here) --critter and bug smells: lets creatures that want to eat bugs find them by smell! not useful for all breeds but good to have (found here) --toy smell: similar, but for creatures looking for toys (found here) --bramboo fix: keeps creatures from staring helplessly at fruit that's not yet ripe for ages (found here) --snap out of it: a fix for an issue in brain coding (found here)
Useful Tools: these are a little less needed, but I definitely don't play without them lol --Amulet of Teaching: teaches your norns their full vocab list without needing to take them back to the learning machine (found here) --Advanced Muco: makes it easier to scroll the breed list when making a new creature egg (found here) --Protective Tub: an auto-namer for creatures that uses goofy names by combining from a list of adjectives and nouns (found here)
STARTING THE GAME
Before you create your first creature, you have to inject which mods you want in this world! You can pick and choose based on what works for your current project. The starting ship only has four rooms, so explore until you find something that looks like this:
From here, select each mod you want and click the green check mark to inject it into the world. You can also find extra toys and other tools that were packaged with the game on this list!
Once you've got all your mods set up, you're ready to create your first norn! If you use Advanced Muco, the egg-laying screen can be expanded by clicking the circle shown below.
Make sure to select a breed with CFE in front of the name if you're using the genome I recommended above.
That should get you started! My stupid frog adventure is actually in a way more broken mod than the ones I listed above, so not for beginners, but if you want to create frog hell, it's over HERE.
The saga continues....
landlords are leeches and need to be fucking removed.
Still my very favorite Reddit post ever in my sixteen years on the site: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/hbdi4l/aita_for_bringing_my_garden_with_me_when_i_moved/
It is crazy how much fascist radicalization flows from maladaptive psychosexual rage, and it's crazy how much maladaptive psychosexual rage flows from misogyny, and it's crazy how much misogyny is actually just transmisogyny with the barrel sawn off.
Aaaand op left off the bit about racism and classism
My post: "man it's crazy how many people like pancakes for breakfast"
Your dumb ass: "aaaaand op failed to mention waffles and cereal and French toast"
YOU commented on MY post!!!!!
"How dare you say we piss on the poor." "I didn't say that." "Well stop kinkshaming me!"
One of the most frustrating things about being ADHD is the way hyperfixations and skill levels work.
So I, an ADHD person, will get obsessed with A Thing. I will research, I will practice. I'll check out library books, watch YouTube videos, seek out podcasts, all to learn everything I can about The Thing.
Thiat Thing is often a skill or hobby. Painting, writing, candlemaking, baking, mixology, tea blending.
But the thing with ADHD is that you'll be obsessed with it only to a certain skill level. Something where all the mystery is gone. It's not as fun once the learning part is over and it's just boring practice to get better.
Then abruptly, you'll lose interest and move to another fixation.
That skill level you've earned may be higher than your average person with a passing interest. But it's also lower than someone who specializes in said thing, who has put in those hard hours of practice and work.
So you start just forming this miscellaneous collection of things that you're good enough at to earn some praise, but still leave you feeling like you're just never *quite* good enough at anything because you can't just choose anything.
And you want to pick a Thing. To find Your Thing. The thing that fits, that you can finally excel at. But you just can't seem to.
I tell people that my superpower is that I'm pretty mediocre out the gate at just about anything I try, which is a fun super power to have and sounds better than "my ADHD allows me to hyperfixate on something just long enough to figure out how to do it before it releases me for the next thing."
You'd be surprised just how often being Competent and Halfway Decent at a bunch of random things comes in super handy....
Y’all I want to throw massive kudos out to the Roger Williams Park Zoo for a choice they made today: rather than joining in on a GenAI trend all the zoos are doing right now, they chose to support and spotlight an artist on their staff!
The big thing right now is these GenAI “figurine toys” of zookeepers or zoo management. And instead they shared a version drawn by one of their staff!
Go give them some love, if you’re on FB. Too many zoos are really getting into GenAI and just whitewashing the climate change / copyright issues that come with it, so I want this zoo to get as much positive feedback as we can muster for making a better choice.
I’d like to shout out the Museum of Life and Science, who did the same thing! They’re an AZA facility in Durham, NC
In their caption they wrote:
“Your favorite action figures' favorite action figures. We love a trend, but we love our visual designer Erynn even more. Shout out to her for helping us join the fun!”
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