Et Cetera Miscellaneous Weird

Welcome! I am Lauren, 28, he/him pronouns. I am a polyamorous, but mostly asocial, writer. I live two lives, one here and one through astral projection. I have been living this way since I was quite young (though I am unused to talking about it) and have strong relationships with people in other universes, including my partners Riku (whom I have been with for 5 years) and Sora (who I have been with for two years.) I identify as otherkind, for who I am when I astral project is not human, but rather a hybrid between an ancient magic capable race of humanoids who has strong ties to nature and a human. My appearance there is the same as here, but the feeling is distinctly different. I feel that this is when I am most in tune with myself and true to my identity, it is very important to me, and yes, I am aware I am human here, I just do not identify as human spiritually. I am also fictionkind, as in a past life I was Aerith from FF7 (or at least someone very similar, I don't feel it is so literal), and a bit more literally a version of Zen from Mystic Messenger. I consider both to be pieces of my past, not my present identity. Going back to the subject of my present astral life, my Riku and Sora live in a slightly canon divergent version of the Kingdom Hearts universe, and through daily astral projection I have a strong connection to their world. About the blog: I que Riku, Repliku, and Sora posts when I find ones I haven't posted before. For the most part I do not ship (Zen and Saeran are an exception), but I will reblog shippy things if the post appeals to me in some way. I post a lot of Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, cats, Green Day, kin stuff, lgbt and trans, and various miscellaneous nonsense. I often lazily post stuff for Tuesdays at 10am.

[mariacallous]

[snovyda]

Also, nothing, NOTHING that russia does can be called "retaliation", BECAUSE RUSSIA IS THE AGGRESSOR THAT STARTED THE WAR.

It's Ukraine's actions that, by definition, can be called a retaliation. Not the other way round.

Words have meanings. Stop bothsidesing one if the clearest wars ever.

[wordswithoutaworld]

Oh, "good Russians" trying once again to pull the whole "both sides are bad" or "this genocidal war is sooo complicated" thing.

Same old story with those people.

[shiftythrifting]

Pride Month Raffle!

Admin Didi's partner, Mike, has hand painted this incredible goblin miniature and has offered to finish it in the Pride flag colors of the winner's choice!

Tickets are $5 each, and it all goes to Trans Lifeline!

You must be 18+ or have an adult's okay to get prizes in the mail to enter. Please use an email address I can actually reach you at. We will never use your info for anything other than the contest. A winner will be announced on the 29-30th of June, 2026. Good luck!

Edit: the link has been changed to redirect to our Fourthwall store, where I'll manually donate the money at the end of the raffle. There's funny rules for charities based in California, but all the tickets purchased over there will also count over here.

[hersocialapp]

Happy Intersex Awareness Day! 💜🌈

[pangur-and-grim]

my guy

[pangur-and-grim]

mind the folds

[dampfnudeldove]

[laterkiss]

happy pride to my favourite post on reddit

[romanie0-0]

[bychanfilm]

[catasters]

[odyver]

alright I've got to do some quick math to explain attitudes towards AI to my boss.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

please rb for larger sample size!

Question 1/3

What is your age, and do you feel AI is a net positive or net negative in our lives today?

under 18, AI is a net positive

under 18, AI is a net negative

18-29, AI is a net positive

18-29, AI is a net negative

30-45, AI is a net positive

30-45, AI is a net negative

46-60, AI is a net positive

46-60, AI is a net negative

over 60, AI is a net postive

over 60, AI is a net negative

Voting ended onJun 11

[odyver]

Question 2/3

How often do you visit or interact with museums/archives (whether in person or online)?

Frequently (multiple times per month)

Often (multiple times per year)

Occasionally (a couple times per year)

Rarely (once every couple of years)

Never :(

Voting ended onJun 11

[odyver]

Question 3/3

If you saw a museum was using AI in exhibits, marketing, research, etc., would you be more or less inclined to visit that museum?

under 18, more inclined

under 18, less inclined

18-29, more inclined

18-29, less inclined

30-45, more inclined

30-45, less inclined

46-60, more inclined

46-60, less inclined

over 60, more inclined

over 60, less inclined

Voting ended onJun 11

Thank you for helping with this data collection. Please rb for as big a sample as possible!

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[etriva]

from The Memory Palace, by Nate DiMeo

[jingerpi]

hate hate hate how sites are increasingly trying to make right click saving images impossible. facebook, instagram, reddit (app), pinterest*, etc... all make you jump through hoops just to save an image. can you guys not please. how ddo i make them stop. can we get one of those EU regulations or whatever that makes them all comply, or are we going to have to wait for global socialism for that. ugh

[desktop-assistant]

Right-Click Borescope - Chrome Web Store

List all images under your cursor, even ones hidden by other elements

Right-Click Borescope – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download Right-Click Borescope for Firefox. List all images under your cursor, even ones hidden by other elements

[acanuk]

oh look, the exact tool that would have saved me SO much time and energy trying to find images hidden in the source code 🙃

[wilwheaton]

““Fundamentally the problem here with this whole thing is: How is it that you had Karen Bass was in first place, Spencer Pratt was in second place, and then this other woman was in third place. You would expect these mail-in ballots to kind of meet that same basic pattern,” Vance said. “But somehow we find ourselves in a situation where number one—they’re still receiving ballots, not just counting ballots. And number two—the way they’re coming in just so happens to work out such that the Republican is getting kicked out of the final two, so it’s a Democrat-versus-Democrat runoff.”

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JD Vance Isn’t Handling Republicans’ Defeat in Los Angeles Very Well

Hey, stupid, just wanted to remind you that – hey, look at me when I’m talking to you, Jeffrey Dahmer Vance – I just want to remind you that Los Angeles has nearly 3 times more registered Democrats than Republicans, we have not elected a Republican this century, and votes are counted from different precincts, as well as mail-in ballots, starting when the polls close. A lot of stupid people voted for Pratt, sure, but vastly more people who aren’t complete idiot mouth breathers did not, because he is an idiot, just like you. 

You know that, you dumb fuck – I swear to god, Jorts Dingus Vance, take your hand out of your pants, stop staring at that couch, and listen to me – you know that this is how elections have been decided for two centuries in America.

And, yes, the loser in this mayoral contest is the incompetent, unqualified, Republican scumbag who everyone in Los Angeles hates as much as we hate you and that rapist piece of shit you work for. Because he is a loser, and no amount of billionaire money or whining about his loss changes that.

You and your toadies don’t lose elections because they are rigged, Jackhole Dipshit Vance; they lose because voters hate you and your party, and everything you represent.

Run along now, and find some other losers to hang out with while the clock ticks down, ever closer to the moment you are a footnote in a history book, a punchline to a joke that wasn’t ever funny to begin with.

[jackiefour]

They know that this is how elections work. They know it. Jerkoff Dumbass Vance knows it. But he is saying it to cast doubt in the public mind on the process. Because they know that the truth doesn’t actually matter. All that matters is that they repeat the lie often enough that it works it’s way into the collective unconscious enough to lay the seeds of doubt. That’s it. That’s why they tell obvious lies over and over again. And the truly, butt-clenchingly annoying part is that this tactic works. It works. The oft repeated lie will become the thing that people think when the topic comes up, and they will stop questioning it (if they ever did). This is what the Republican party has been doing for decades.

So instead of directing this at the Vice Couch-fucker, look straight into the camera and tell anyone and everyone reading this…

THEY ARE LYING. YOU KNOW THEY’RE LYING. REMEMBER THAT THEY ARE LYING.

Also, we all know the age-old truth that “he who smelt it, dealt it.” The Republican Party is accusing the Democratic Party of cheating because the Republican Party is actively trying to cheat. They are trying to stop people from being able to vote, trying to disqualify as many votes as they can, because it’s their only chance at winning.

Republicans lose when everyone votes. <- REMEMBER THAT.

[caeram]

[dragon-in-a-fez]

"you don't know what you have until you lose it" works for things that suck too btw. sometimes you need to experience life without something for a while to realise oh damn that was some bullshit

[amnesiaguy]

best m/f dynamic is a flamboyant bisexual show-off desperately in love with an extremely practical girl who’s difficult to impress 🤩

[varijacija]

[cuntboysupremacy]

girl helppp

[cuntboysupremacy]

forcefemmed future self

[cuntboysupremacy]

the replies are even worse

[radiosandrecordings]

Scottish government currently has a bunch of ads up to get screened for lung cancer, but for some reason they’ve decided to personify cancer as some sort of gothic butch milf and I’m obsessed with her

[a-random-fandom-friend]

I know I already said it in a reblog 2 years ago, but... the french orangina ads :

[fantasticsacabambaspis]

No way thats called Orangina

[heywriters]

as someone who has gone long stretches without electricity, let alone an internet connection

BACK UP YOUR WORK---YES, make physical copies. KEEP offline resources. KEEP your landline. CARRY CASH. DON'T get important appliances that RUN ON WIFI (like cars, refrigerators, thermostats, etc). LEARN TO READ A PAPER MAP

[heywriters]

ALWAYS FILL THE GAS TANK WHEN YOU CAN AFFORD TO. even if it's only a quarter empty, but prices just dropped a quarter, fill it up before they spike again!