Hello there! Been ruminating on writing a new blog intro, so here I am.
I’m Golden Pakari 25, though I also go by the name StickSurfer as well (either Pakari or Stick work just fine for short). Welcome to my blog…you probably made a mistake and stumbled upon here on accident.
oh what? You didn’t stumble upon my blog on accident? Well, welcome to my madness.
Primarily a fan of the Pokémon and Star Wars franchises but there’s quite a few others that are big on my list. I’m also a fanfiction writer (in addition to someone who has way too many ideas lol), so if I’m not talking about random things, I’m probably talking about the chapter I’ve just written…if I actually got to writing it, that is (my eternal nemesis: locking in).
I’m also an artist! Sorta. As of writing this introduction, I’ve been learning how to draw for six months with just an old Clone Wars doodling book that was written for a seven year old and with a ton of observation and references. I’m not exactly constantly churning out masterpieces but hey, we all gotta start somewhere, right?
So yeah, but if you feel like this is a blog worth following, go hit that follow button at the top…or not…I can’t force you to lol.
Anywho, text over. If you’ve still stuck around, I hope we can get along well!
Tag list under cut:
- #chatterbox.exe - main discussion tag where I talk or ramble on a particular topic.
- #swgoh - the tag where I rage on a ten year old mobile game (not really). On a related note, happy tenth anniversary, Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes! May there be more fun to be had on the Holotables in the future.
- #pokemon kieran - the blorbo deserves his own (self-explanatory) inclusion on this list.
- #fine addition to my collection - tag where I show off whatever merch I’ve bought. Rest assured that uh…Grievous had no part in cataloguing it all.
- #the galaxy in flames - would you like a laugh? Rage? Stare at your screen in utter horror? If the answer is yes, this tag is definitely for you, as this tag mentions scalpers ruining merch lines. </3
- #the adventures of my neighbor’s dog - the situation with Ao3 scam bots is getting seriously out of hand, so much so that I’ve become one of them…and I actually suck at this job…and the entity in charge of this bot network is my neighbor’s dog…and I sometimes will throw art into the mailboxes of my victims (translation: tag that chronicles the times I jumped into my friends’ ask boxes to poorly parody Ao3 scams and sometimes toss fanart their way).
And now that I’m writing this…I have just realized that I don’t seem to have made proper tags to store all my fics and art…better have that fixed.
1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.
2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.
3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."
4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.
We as a community need to give Omega the appreciation she deserves!
Even in Bad Batch circles, I feel like she goes unacknowledged by a lot of people. She's their little older sister, bro! She's one of them! A Bad Batch without Omega is like a Bad Batch without Tech!
You can’t call yourself a leftist if you hate children tbh, like you can choose not to have them or be around them, but outright hating the most marginalised group of people in the world who have absolutely no power or control over the most basic parts of their lives and bodies is a dangerous mentality to have and you need to grow the fuck up and get out of your edgy phase and start treating everyone around you like human beings, even the ones that piss you off.
Like the older I get, the more empathy I have for children. Imagine living on this planet for less than a decade and having to figure out every single thing from scratch, only for the people around you to treat you like a living doll and constantly invalidate your feelings because you haven’t learned how to express them beyond screaming at the top of your lungs, like you’d be having meltdowns in the grocery store as well. The least you can do is offer them some grace, everything is so fucking confusing and scary and overwhelming and they’re not able to communicate that properly and no one around them is explaining shit, and they are constantly at the mercy of whether or not the terrifyingly giant adults around them CHOOSE to be kind like genuinely put yourself in the situation of a child and tell me you wouldn’t also be freaking the fuck out.
The way society treats children is borderline inhumane, and you have the audacity to call them hellspawn crotch-goblins for screaming a little bit too loud or daring to be in the same vicinity as you.
I do also believe that hating children is a sign of underlying ableism, because most of the justifications of hating children comes down to “they’re annoying” or “they don’t know how to act” or “they’re gross” and if you are unable to treat people who lack social skills, who make loud or repetitive noises, who are incontinent etc. with basic respect and dignity, then what’s the difference between hating children and hating disabled adults that share the traits you find so irritating?
