you probably could kill me in a way that matters

20:idm musician:he/they/any/idk:terfs die please thanks

[ailurusthepanda]

Oh, another Food box. Lucky me!

[jadnfi]

Bdsm is so fucking funny sometimes

[omegaversereloaded]

[orcboxer]

got a crick in my neck and a frog in my throat and a chip on my shoulder and a stick up my ass and now you're gonna stand there puttin words in my mouth? haven't I been through enough?

[pitviperofdoom]

I try not to fall into the "I never liked their work anyway" ditch when an artist/creator reveals themself to be a terrible person

BUT

a feeling I do have and will stand by is "While I enjoyed their work overall I did have some gripes that I overlooked out of affection and whimsy, but now that my loyalty is gone and my affection tainted there is nothing holding me back from enumerating my many grievances, to which the revelations of the creator's shittiness may or may not provide a new and infuriating context."

[beatrice-otter]

#such a good summation of this actually#because yeah there’s usually things that were always present#but which were easy to overlook or give the benefit of the doubt#that suddenly become relevant after a revelation about the creator#and it’s really not the same thing as the self-defensive “’I never liked it anyway’

tags via chimaerakitten

[pitviperofdoom]

I try not to fall into the "I never liked their work anyway" ditch when an artist/creator reveals themself to be a terrible person

BUT

a feeling I do have and will stand by is "While I enjoyed their work overall I did have some gripes that I overlooked out of affection and whimsy, but now that my loyalty is gone and my affection tainted there is nothing holding me back from enumerating my many grievances, to which the revelations of the creator's shittiness may or may not provide a new and infuriating context."

[beatrice-otter]

#such a good summation of this actually#because yeah there’s usually things that were always present#but which were easy to overlook or give the benefit of the doubt#that suddenly become relevant after a revelation about the creator#and it’s really not the same thing as the self-defensive “’I never liked it anyway’

tags via chimaerakitten

[eurodynamic]

HERACLES, Mightiest of Men Hades II (2024 - EA) dev. Supergiant Games

[koko2unite]

UNTIL THE ROOM STINKS

[eurodynamic]

HERACLES, Mightiest of Men Hades II (2024 - EA) dev. Supergiant Games

[koko2unite]

UNTIL THE ROOM STINKS

[eurodynamic]

HERACLES, Mightiest of Men Hades II (2024 - EA) dev. Supergiant Games

[koko2unite]

UNTIL THE ROOM STINKS

[soup-mother]

There's obviously a huge disconnect from what a soldier actually is and does, and it's already hard enough getting people to acknowledge that a soldier is someone who shoots people.

But it's actually crazy just how genuinely deeply shocked people (including/especially soldiers) are when they learn that people actually shoot back at you sometimes and it's not just a one-way sorta deal.

[soup-mother]

A lot of the time "I never signed up for this" coming from an imperialist doesn't mean "I never signed up to kill people" it means "I never thought they'd start shooting back".

[pitviperofdoom]

I try not to fall into the "I never liked their work anyway" ditch when an artist/creator reveals themself to be a terrible person

BUT

a feeling I do have and will stand by is "While I enjoyed their work overall I did have some gripes that I overlooked out of affection and whimsy, but now that my loyalty is gone and my affection tainted there is nothing holding me back from enumerating my many grievances, to which the revelations of the creator's shittiness may or may not provide a new and infuriating context."

[thedreammweaver]

We need an alternative to doesthedogdie cause they’ve started fucking paywalling warnings that include timestamps for triggering moments.

[thedreammweaver]

Like what the fuck

[autisticharrywells]

I just checked and

Need to read about trigger warnings? Please click the whimsical dog icon for more information!

I recommend Unconsenting Media. Not as comprehensive as DoesTheDogDie, but if sexual assault is a trigger for you, it’s a good resource

[troglobite]

rbing again real quick--i and other(s?) have noted in other rbs that this is almost never done. it's for very few properties, and it's only for timestamped warnings that are done in-house, not by users.

there are still timestamps available for warnings on those same triggers for those same properties. just bc there's a paywall on something doesn't mean other comments and timestamps can't be posted or read for free on that property or that trigger.

see here:

i don't have an account and haven't paid for anything on the site, so all of those comments are what i'm seeing for free.

i had to search and search to find anything that had paywalls, and had to resort to looking at The Substance, as referenced here. i've been using the site regularly since the op posted and have never organically encountered a paywall on anything, including on very popular properties.

i don't see any reason to stop using the site--everything is still available for free. they just have added another way for some ppl to choose to pay some $ (in addition to ads), since this is a completely free service, and no website is free to maintain.

as an example, someone with the money could pay to see the timestamps, and then leave a free comment with the same timestamps for others if they wanted to.

[sarith-kzekarit]

I've seen this post on my dash a few times now and I want to boost this specific addition. I've emailed the owner of the site to get clarification on this, and I was told the motivation behind this. He wanted to start paying some people to memorize all 200+ triggers on the site, sit down and watch popular movies/shows to thoroughly analyze whenever any trigger pops up, and note down timestamps and details of them. Ads unfortunately do not cover this (they probably only cover the site's base upkeep), so the subscription service is specifically to pay these people. Community comments have never been paywalled and are still accessible.

He thanked me for my feedback when I expressed confusion and concern about the paywalled comments being mixed in with the free comments, and has since updated the site to make them clearly distinct, along with a preview of what the paid comments look like:

He was very transparent about it all and very kind. He also said this was his mistake and is trying to clear it up. Please continue to use DoesTheDogDie.com, it is an excellent resource and there is nothing else like it!

[transgenderization]

[screamydreamy]

machine groaning gears churning steam whistle blows in blizzard HQ as the overwatch diversity machine explodes in a puff of black smoke and out on the conveyor belt rolls a third japanese character who happens to be a ninja

[thedarkeros-deactivated20181218]

mondays… but still lets enjoy some buff bara orc, no name…for now

[panicdriveshumanherds]

Drummer Magazine [#185] May 1995

[booksandchainmail]

The fun thing about the short story collection The King in Yellow (classic of horror/weird fiction that was an influence lovecraft) is that only the first 4/10 are about the titular cursed play. The next few are unrelated weird fiction, but then the last couple have absolutely no speculative elements. Just stories about young artists falling in love in Paris, but told in the same narrative voice as the horror stories, in a collection which has "Tales of Mystery and The Supernatural" on the cover, which produces roughly this effect: