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mostlysignssomeportents

20 years ago, it was a scandal that Google started to track which links you clicked on the search-results page,

sabertoothwalrus

this is like finding a journal written by someone before the zombie apocalypse happened

eszlelesihezag

anarchistmemedistro

hilarioushumorfromouterspace

charlesoberonn

I like this meme because the stock photos make it seem like the same woman but 10 years older.

vampirebeverage

I am fucking BEGGING transmascs (and everyone else) to not let the animosity of a VERY SMALL GROUP of very online transfems impact how you interact with transfems or think about transfems.

please, please, please remember that this "hating transmascs" and "kill all TMEs" bullshit is just a few edgy weirdos on the internet who enjoy saying inflammatory things for shock value.

transfems are not your enemy, and YES, you do actually need to unlearn transmisogyny. Not because you're transmasc, but because we live in a transmisogynistic society.

transfems are not a hivemind, there's no broader transfem consensus that transmascs are Evil Privileged Abusers, but the small group of people who think that way WANT you to believe that they are representative of trans women everywhere. they're super not. they really are just a handful of angsty people online looking for someone to pick on.

all trans people have more commonalities than differences. there aren't two distinct species of trans people from two different planets, there are just trans people with a wide diversity of experiences and walks of life. we are all affected by the same systems of oppression.

find community and mutual support with transfems. build solidarity and have conversations about how we can help each other. the only way we all get through this shit is together.

isalyxtaken

I'm quite new to Tumblr, and honestly I was pretty shocked when I came across this whole discourse. It's just so wildly detached from what trans people are like in real life.

The wonderful transmascs around me were the reason I was able to come out and transition! And since then, I've met truly lovely trans people of all stripes, who I'm proud to share a community with.

And yeah, I've come across a couple of truly awful trans people, and more than a few who let slip some pretty iffy opinions. But this widespread, vitriolic intracommunity conflict? Nowhere to be seen.

I know that shitty internet discourse comes from real people, but they're not as common as they seem, and they seem to know well enough to keep those thoughts to themselves IRL.

But yeah. Tell people off and then block them. Reposting screenshots and vagueblogging about the assholes just helps their rhetoric spread further.

isalyxtaken

Tl;dr: There's a room full of people screaming at each other for no good reason.

Close the door. Don't join in. Don't post about it. Don't posit that one side is intrinsically aligned with screaming, so clearly the other side is screaming in self-defense. Don't decide that actually, everyone everywhere is screaming also. Just-

Close the door.

#transmisogyny #transandrophobia #transmisandry #transfeminism

vampirebeverage

I am fucking BEGGING transmascs (and everyone else) to not let the animosity of a VERY SMALL GROUP of very online transfems impact how you interact with transfems or think about transfems.

please, please, please remember that this "hating transmascs" and "kill all TMEs" bullshit is just a few edgy weirdos on the internet who enjoy saying inflammatory things for shock value.

transfems are not your enemy, and YES, you do actually need to unlearn transmisogyny. Not because you're transmasc, but because we live in a transmisogynistic society.

transfems are not a hivemind, there's no broader transfem consensus that transmascs are Evil Privileged Abusers, but the small group of people who think that way WANT you to believe that they are representative of trans women everywhere. they're super not. they really are just a handful of angsty people online looking for someone to pick on.

all trans people have more commonalities than differences. there aren't two distinct species of trans people from two different planets, there are just trans people with a wide diversity of experiences and walks of life. we are all affected by the same systems of oppression.

find community and mutual support with transfems. build solidarity and have conversations about how we can help each other. the only way we all get through this shit is together.

isalyxtaken

I'm quite new to Tumblr, and honestly I was pretty shocked when I came across this whole discourse. It's just so wildly detached from what trans people are like in real life.

The wonderful transmascs around me were the reason I was able to come out and transition! And since then, I've met truly lovely trans people of all stripes, who I'm proud to share a community with.

And yeah, I've come across a couple of truly awful trans people, and more than a few who let slip some pretty iffy opinions. But this widespread, vitriolic intracommunity conflict? Nowhere to be seen.

I know that shitty internet discourse comes from real people, but they're not as common as they seem, and they seem to know well enough to keep those thoughts to themselves IRL.

But yeah. Tell people off and then block them. Reposting screenshots and vagueblogging about the assholes just helps their rhetoric spread further.

#transmisogyny #transmisandry #transandrophobia #transfeminism

vampirebeverage

I am fucking BEGGING transmascs (and everyone else) to not let the animosity of a VERY SMALL GROUP of very online transfems impact how you interact with transfems or think about transfems.

please, please, please remember that this "hating transmascs" and "kill all TMEs" bullshit is just a few edgy weirdos on the internet who enjoy saying inflammatory things for shock value.

transfems are not your enemy, and YES, you do actually need to unlearn transmisogyny. Not because you're transmasc, but because we live in a transmisogynistic society.

transfems are not a hivemind, there's no broader transfem consensus that transmascs are Evil Privileged Abusers, but the small group of people who think that way WANT you to believe that they are representative of trans women everywhere. they're super not. they really are just a handful of angsty people online looking for someone to pick on.

all trans people have more commonalities than differences. there aren't two distinct species of trans people from two different planets, there are just trans people with a wide diversity of experiences and walks of life. we are all affected by the same systems of oppression.

find community and mutual support with transfems. build solidarity and have conversations about how we can help each other. the only way we all get through this shit is together.

pirateprincessjess

Friendly reminder as we get closer to the launch of the ModRetro M64. ModRetro is owned by Palmer Lucky, a self described “Radical Zionist” who fundraises for Donald Trump.

Palmer Lucky also has another company, called Anduril Industries, that manufactures and sells AI powered weapons and surveillance systems. ModRetro even sells Anduril branded gameboys that were made from the same metal that they use to manufacture attack drones.

Don’t buy this thing. A 200 dollar Nintendo 64 clone is not worth your soul.

guelwaar

people love the idea of the mean girl nurse pipeline because it problematises medical abuse as a personal perversion rather than understanding it as a product of broadly held ableist values and its like, if this was only about ontologically evil teenage girls choosing to enter a profession because of their unique sadism then you really wouldnt expect to see the exact same forms of abuse pervading all arrangements of paid, unpaid, formal, ad hoc, and familial caretaking as well -- its more comforting to believe the nurse was just a preexisting bad person than that most of the world broadly hates disabled people and will abuse, neglect, and gaslight them if given power over their care

qillermeme

dragon-in-a-fez

not to simp for a corporation but I love my Framework laptop so much. last week I accidentally sat on it and cracked the screen. I went to the manufacturer's website, ordered a new screen for a reasonable price, and when it arrived it took 10 minutes to install. no glue, no "warranty void" tamper seals, just a handful of screws that I only needed one screwdriver to turn. the new screen even came with some fun stickers that say things like "you should be able to fix your stuff". please please buy repair-friendly stuff when you can

#laptop #computer #fantastic to be able to repair your own things

asteroidtroglodyte

Nature Documentary: these deep sea creatures can withstand crushing pressures of thousands of pounds per square inch!

Me: they’re not withstanding a goddamn thing. The pressure is a part of them. Their interiors and exteriors are equalized. Just because your respiratory system is built around a pair of fragile poppable bubbles-

enki2

dozydawn

nimble, a border collie-papillon mix, wins the 12” class in the 2024 masters agility championship. the first time a mixed breed has won at westminster ever.

ch40s0w1

context explaining why the announcer is screaming, this is supposed to take a high level competitive agility dog 40 seconds

sandersstudies

This video makes me cry every time it’s on my dash and I can’t even iterate why.

Like the dog doesn’t even know it’s a competition and she’s made history. She(?) just is happy and knows she made her owner happy too.

solely-ashes

The face of a being with only a wind storm between their ears, moments before unleashing it unto the world

macgyvermedical

PSA:

Acetaminophen/paracetamol has a hard stop upper dose limit, above which it becomes extremely toxic.

That limit is 4g (8 “extra strength” (500mg) tablets) in 24 hours (about 2 tablets every 6 hours).

A single dose of 22 extra strength tablets can kill you.

Taking 12 or more tablets per day for more than a week can also kill you (this is about 3 tablets every 6 hours).

Symptoms of overdose take up to 24 hours to manifest, and are fairly difficult to distinguish from other problems. They include abdominal pain (especially right upper quadrant), nausea, malaise, and confusion.

The antidote (n-acetylcystine) must be given within 8hours of ingestion in order to be useful.

After 10 hours the only thing that will work is a liver transplant.

You might think “why would I ever accidentally take so much?”

Well, acetaminophen is in almost everything in the cold/flu/pain aisle. Migraine combos like Excedrin, cold and flu combos like NyQuil, basically anything that says “non-aspirin pain relief”, and anything that’s branded as a fever reducer. It’s all probably acetaminophen/paracetamol.

So the goal of this post is to get you to read the labels on your medications. Because taking taking Tylenol and NyQuil together for a week (like you might if you had the flu) could kill you.

fleetingruin

Please don't forget this shit, after it happened to a family member, he died 8 years later because of the continuing health complications even though he survived the initial overdose

cakeisnotpie

I didn't know this for years, and I took so many pills, sometimes 4 at one go, every four hours, like 16 a day, because of endometriosis and migraines. It took a migraine specialist to explain rebound headaches and overdoses when I was in my 40s. Then I went cold turkey on all OTC drugs to get off the cycle. Please, please, if a couple tylenol aren't working for you, talk to your doctor or find one who will listen to you if you can.

hbmmaster

how to recommend the frog fractions trilogy without spoiling it

hbmmaster

listen you gotta play frog fractions 2. well technically it's not called that, but the real title is a spoiler, and you can't look up "frog fractions 2" to find what game it is you need to play without spoiling it. so uh you gotta play every weird indie game released between 2014 and 2020 and eventually one of those games will turn out to be frog fractions 2. yes that is the intended experience

hbmmaster

so okay when you play frog fractions 1 the best way to play it is the 2020 remake, the "game of the decade edition". you should play that before going through the process of trying to find which game frog fractions 2 is. however do not get the hat dlc until after you've already completed frog fractions 3. no I can't tell you why, and the fact that I'm even saying I can't tell you why risks slightly spoiling the experience

hbmmaster

like the reason frog fractions 2 isn't called "frog fractions 2" is genuinely because part of the intended experience of this series is being unsure if any particular game you haven't played yet is a frog fractions game or not.

the augmented experience of playing other unrelated games and looking for secret frog fractions sequels is part of the frog fractions series. like, it is not an exaggeration to say that the real frog fractions 2 was the friends we made along the way.

and that's one of the coolest parts of this series! but there's no way to preserve that experience for someone while also like. giving them the practical information they need to actually play all these games without missing any. those are two mutually exclusive goals!

hbmmaster

my best effort to write a guide for how to play through the frog fractions series spoiler-free

play "frog fractions: game of the decade edition", without the dlc. it's an extremely faithful remake of the original 2012 flash game and it's free. play it to completion but ignore the dlc until after you've completed frog fractions 3.

"the friends we made along the way". spend some time looking through indie games released between 2014 (when the frog fractions 2 kickstarter was funded) and 2020 (when the frog fractions 1 remake you just played was released) until you find the next frog fractions game. it is not called "frog fractions 2". the game you're looking for has been included in a few charity indie game bundles, so there's a good chance it's already in your itch.io library. do not search the internet for "frog fractions 2" at any point during this process, since doing so will spoil the "not knowing for sure which game you're supposed to play after frog fractions 1" part of the experience.

play the game that isn't called "frog fractions 2". this game is very different from frog fractions. if you've successfully avoided spoiling yourself up to this point, you won't know for sure that you're actually playing a frog fractions game until the credits, though there are plenty of signs before then. it is now safe to google "frog fractions 2".

play the other one. the third game in the frog fractions series (fourth if you count "the friends we made along the way", which I do) will be relatively easy to find on your own, now that you've already gone through the process of finding the game that isn't frog fractions 2. good luck!

the sense of uncertainty regarding if you at this point actually have played the entire frog fractions series. it's been a few years since the third-or-fourth frog fractions game was released, and these games have a history of hiding themselves. frog fractions 5 could quietly release at any point without anyone noticing. maybe it already has! I guess you gotta play every single new weird indie project on steam and itch.io with a sense of childlike wonder about what secrets this game might be hiding forever now. and that's what frog fractions is all about babyyyyyy

toastedicarus

Is 'the game that isn't frog fractions 2' free on itch? Hoping to complete 'the friends we made along the way' without too big of a dent in the wallet by gambling on random indy games because I don't have a lot of indy bundles and there's no way of knowing if the ones I do have 'the game that isn't frog fractions 2" in them

hbmmaster

it's not free (it costs $10) so the only legitimate way to get the authentic frog fractions 2 experience is to give money to a bunch of indie game developers and try a bunch of new games.

however since the most notable thing about the game in question is that it's secretly a frog fractions game, you can slightly cheat by just googling the titles of indie games you think might be frog fractions sequels and seeing if anything about frog fractions shows up in the search results

hbmmaster

everyone in the notes comparing this to goncharov please go on steam right now and download frog fractions game of the decade edition. all of this is 100% real and it's one of my favorite game series of all time

#games

tagfer

cell phone doesn't like water because it is a combination of the other three elements. it is a rock (earth) that we fill with lightning (fire) that can control radio waves (air). if it contained water too, it would be too perfect; it would be like a god. to prevent this, the universe kills the would be uniter-of-the-elements. it's basic science.