SomeBODY once told me

I'm Glitchy/Charlie. Lol, I’m 37, they/them but also trying out he/him, late-diagnosed autistic and returning from the twitter war. Professor Augustine Sycamore is a fugly slut, do not trust him (this is a lie, I love him an unreasonable amount)

[glitchboygirlidek]

Awww, yay, wait for the bus didn't feel too insanely long because I saw my friend Tom wondering about.

Anyway, I feel like im going to reach the "friends are fucking great!" Kind of tipsy tonight.

[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

[burins]

watching my promised afternoon thunderstorm slip from a 90% chance to a 20% chance.... baby come back i can change

[glitchboygirlidek]

New level of work-induced mental decline: just had the thought that I should see if our most prolific and aggressive shoplifter is on Facebook.

[flyinghellfish]

[krafterwrites]

[parsonkenny101-deactivated20161]

[blondeninazenik]

All y'all better be reblogging this

[glitchboygirlidek]

Good news, bad news time. It's slightly cooler outside today but the rapidly rising weather pressure and random pollen are fucking me up instead.

Basically, i need to go into hibernation.

[glitchboygirlidek]

Ooh boy.

Just seen a news headline that the company I work for is removing it's trans inclusive bathroom policy.

Doesn't effect me at work because we only have one toilet but still... Slippery slopes and all that.

Also, the company's LGBTQ union has been awfully quiet recently.

I maaaaaay have to be a subversive little shit when we march at Pride next weekend. Not sure how yet. Was already planning on being a little shit if the area managers asked me about our shop's refit.

[glitchboygirlidek]

Yay, possibly worked around the newspaper paywall! There's my first act of rebellion.

The article was basically what I expected. Despite their earlier claims that they'd stand by trans colleagues to the end... lol nah.

[onceuponawhine]

Your maternal grandfather:

Fuck that dude

Meh (leaning negative)

Meh (leaning positive)

Love that dude

I don't know her

Another nuance

Voting ended on18h

[onceuponawhine]

Your paternal grandfather

Fuck that dude

Meh (leaning negative)

Meh (leaning positive)

Love that dude

I don't know her

Another nuance

Voting ended on18h

[glitchboygirlidek]

Ooh boy.

Just seen a news headline that the company I work for is removing it's trans inclusive bathroom policy.

Doesn't effect me at work because we only have one toilet but still... Slippery slopes and all that.

Also, the company's LGBTQ union has been awfully quiet recently.

I maaaaaay have to be a subversive little shit when we march at Pride next weekend. Not sure how yet. Was already planning on being a little shit if the area managers asked me about our shop's refit.

[howlsmovingumbrellastand]

I’ve finally managed to make a vine compilation short enough that Tumblr will let me post it!

[solace-y]

I thought it wasn’t possible to crack an egg in your palm like that how to fuck did he

[selesnyapokemonprofessor]

This is a good one 12/10

[toomucherin]

this is legit my favorite vine compilation ever, i’m crying

[vimesbootstheory]

#Erin your friend Jackie is in it and it’s a different vine than usual! – lmao omg elvira your tags are the best

[daezedglownut]

@l1zardl1ps

[shetheyslain]

It’s actually so misogynistic to assume hetero Jessica doesn’t also jerk it to twinks in panties

[evilsoup]

sitting my white ass down & listening & learning

[knightofleo]

[daezedglownut]

@l1zardl1ps it’s giving Sylvando 😭😭😭

[glitchboygirlidek]

Yaaaay, finally home! And my bedroom is relatively cool!

Gonna try to write more of this Lys rarepair fic (only actually got to write like one or two sentences while I was at work) but I'm hella tired.

[glitchboygirlidek]

My Sycamore tattoo makes less sense during a heatwave. The shadow under his chin looks mustard colour against all my bloody freckles.

I should've gotten a Lysandre tattoo. He would made way more sense getting freckles.

[glitchboygirlidek]

The angry sun from super mario bros 3 is chasing me home.

[winter-soystice]

ROOOOOOOXAAAAAAAAAANNE YOU DON’T HAVE TO PUT ON THAT RED LIGHT !!!!!!!!

I started cleaning it up n then decided that was too much work alas 😔 janky af lmao

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