Plastic Robot Hunter

Hi, I am KitharaTheRider and I am a bisaster. she/they, I like Bionicle, Wings of Fire, Transformers, Halo and just making shitposts.You can ask me stupid questions about these four series.

[valentineeatsargoncrystals]

something something when you ragebait your brother too much and have to fall back

[kaiserouo]

mwah

[doriantheincubusprince]

I'm old enough to remember GamerGate and the rise of "Anti-SJW" slop (yes, I know it was only 10 years ago). You know who the cliché "cringe SJW feminist" was? What they painted women and queer people who fought for their rights as, in order to ridicule and silence them?

Pixie cuts. Body hair. Either buff or fat. Violent. No makeup. Deep voice. Small breasts. Usually lesbian. Either a butch cis woman, a trans man, or a trans woman with exaggerated "manly" features like a beard or a cartoonishly pornographic bulge.

But sure, the Patriarchy always rewards masculinity no matter what. Keep believing that.

[genderkoolaid]

"Either a butch cis woman, a trans man, or a trans woman" and nonbinary people. Let's not forget about who "I identify as an attack helicopter!" was particularly mocking, & generally how much binary non conforming pronouns and presentation was targeted. What's being described above is textbook misandrogyny.

[divinedespair]

Atlas, An Altar of Promise

The Exalted: VINDICTA

"Temple Telamon had cast a spell on the indentured masses with a song that heralded the coming of a great stone destroyer. A god who would shatter the world and lead them to a great rebirth."

Previous Acts: AUREUM | MEMORIAM | VINDICTA

[virmink-united]

How we feeling gang ?? 🫠

[digbydigbydigbydigby]

xaku

[aphractal2]

physical manifestations of health bar?

[fruitdogrogue]

based on the one answer from the ogrepoppenangleaksofficial  about Matilda's zoomies

[thebabblingbabs]

Brownies brownies brownies brownies brownies brownies brownies brownies brownies brownies brownies brownies brownies brownies brownies brownies brownies brownies brownies bro-

I love Hunter the Parenting so much

[ravenfleesfire]

Runaway to the Stars and The Murderbot Diaries both understand the same thing that no other story I have ever read, or am even sure exists, has ever given such a level of depth as they do. And it's not exploitation of labor. Or late stage capitalism. Or dehumanization. It's how being considered more physically capable than other people or perceived as intimidating does not always give you an advantage over them in fact quite the opposite and not just because your labor is taken for granted but also unless the situation is a literal fight then you're going to be seen as a threat which means they're starting from a baseline of discomfort in your presence and from there anything you do can be an excuse to retaliate against you and anything they do to you is going to be immediately dismissed

Shoutout to fiction again

[ravenfleesfire]

Runaway to the Stars book 1 summarized

[jayrockin]

This week on Runaway to the Stars: Time to go. Catch up with pages on runawaytothestars.com! Read ahead on Patreon!

[kaiserouo]

fyi i let my baruuk adopt a scaldra flayer

[angelcrystal]

SPOILERS FOR THE SHOCKWAVE ORBITER VOICELINES !

Amir stop driving this old man crazy...

[kullervobodypillow]

quincy's shockwave broadcast is so good. i love that man. not wanting to get involved and then realizing he's got an opportunity to say something that matters, and his first response being trying to pick people up.

and now I'm getting emotional about his entire outward facade being an attempt to keep himself from getting hurt but he's still so kind. he wants to be kind but he thinks he can't do it for free or the world will fuck him over, the way it always has. and he's still looking for excuses to do it anyway. quincy isaacs the man that you are.

[velvetcloak]

[vaspider]

I think it's really important to point out one of the major flaws in that highway analogy:

Eminent domain requires payment.

The government cannot come in and merely seize your land under eminent domain and pay you nothing. There is a process & they have to pay you market value for your land and the buildings on it. A couple of my former clients went through this about 15 years ago when the 202 Bypass went through in Montgomery & Bucks County in Pennsylvania. Their houses and land were taken via eminent domain so that the highway could be built, but, I need to say this again: they were paid.

They were paid and there was a process in which they were informed ahead of time. They didn't just drive home one day and find out their home had been snatched, too bad, so sad, no money for you, you should have put your house in a bank vault.

Just taking someone's shit like that without compensation has a name, and it's not eminent domain or anything like it:

It's fucking theft.

(I'm not interested in hearing the same tired shit about how copyright is inherently bad and only protects corporations, because as someone who deals with protecting my livelihood from scammers and scrapers via copyright every goddamned day, this isn't a fun mental exercise/philosophical debate for me, and you're absolutely wrong. Fucking save it for someone ignorant enough and with time to waste on that.)

[vmures]

The highway argument is also disingenuous in that ignores the very real harms caused by the systems that decide which neighborhoods to target and who precisely is going to be displaced. From numerous historically black neighborhoods being demolished to farmers being displaced and left with no livelihood. There has been a great deal of harm done in the name of public good. https://historyfortomorrow.org/story/eminent-domain-and-the-displacement-of-black-communities/ https://thenarrativematters.com/eminent-domains-devastating-impact-on-communities-of-color/

https://www.condemnation-law.com/blog/general-eminent-domain/farm-land-and-eminent-domain/ https://www.vermontpublic.org/programs/2019-10-29/interstates-burning-farms-eminent-domain-remembering-romaine-tenney

There have long been worries about the abuse of eminent domain, and the AI scraping model is far closer to the abusive aspects of eminent domain than any supposed public good aspect. https://ij.org/issues/private-property/eminent-domain/eminent-domain-history/ https://www.purdybailey.com/blog/2020/january/5-famous-cases-of-eminent-domain-abuse/

Anytime someone brings up an argument that states something is for the greater good, always ask yourself "for whose greater good?" Who benefits most, who gets harmed the most, what are the actual harms when you think through the logistics and future implications of the harms and not just the immediate harm, is there remuneration for the harm being caused, is it sufficient?

These are all things that must be asked before proceeding with any so called public works plan. Anyone who tells you otherwise is scamming you.

[kaiserouo]

ngl it might look cute if he has a face

but you know me i dont like facial expressions on my frem in general so welp