If this post reaches your dash after Jan 1st- YOU'RE NOT LATE to the party!!!
It's never too late to practice selective consumerism, and when companies try to pull bullshit it's up to us to say we won't stand for it by not continuing to use their product until they roll back the change. If we don't push back that's seen as consent, and more sites will follow in YouTube's (and Spotify's) footsteps.
And if this post reaches you before Jan 1st- GREAT! Please reblog (or even repost this on other socials- no need to credit!) to help get the word out as quick and as far as possible!
And if you have more questions on the hows and why's they're under the cut:
For those unaware, people started boycotting Youtube and Spotify earlier this year because of internet privacy and data safety concerns after they started implementing the ID age verification, as well to push back at this push towards mass surveillance poorly veiled as "we need to protect the kids!"
However, the first attempt made the mistake of giving a three day deadline - which resulted in poor turnout and high drop off.
We won't make that same mistake again. We'll "start" the boycott on Jan 1st, but keep pushing out the word even after it's started because it's never too late to join. (Yes, there have been those of us already boycotting for a minute now- but having looked around it seems like a relatively sparse group with little attention. Only reason we're calling for this "start date" is to hopefully get A LOT more people on the wagon)
No deadline. We're going to keep going until they roll the policy back, checking in at each financial quarter (every 3 months) to see how well they're listening. (Got this idea from the Kelloggs boycott)
I recommend also making your own posts and memes to spread the word. We need to make more noise.
Boycotts work if done effectively. This isn't just about YouTube, or Spotify. This is about precedent. If we don't push back that's seen as consent, and more sites will follow in YouTube/Spotify's footsteps.
Remember that we're boycotting YouTube/Spotify- NOT the creators on those platforms.
Your favorite creator is bound to have another way to support them, and I suggest you find out what that is. (i.e: do they have Patreon/Kofi? Something else? A different platform perhaps?)
This way they're not caught in the crossfire and can't be used as leverage to guilt you into abandoning the boycott. ("Oh a company wouldn't do that-" YES they would!)
The twins' celestial body esque scars. I saw the crescent eye scar headcanon for Aym and since my Baal is a trans man, I thought 'what if I gave him top surgery scars like how sun rays are sometimes depicted?' on top of Aym's eye scar. That was my "*gasp* wait!!!" idea. Plus, Aym's other scars are supposed to resemble stars. I like it!
Okay for those of you living in pitiful ignorance, take a raw ear of corn with the husk on and cut all the way around the base (as pictured: above the point where the husk meets the cob, so that the entire husk is severed but still wrapped around the corn. Do not cut through the cob.) Then, with the husk still on, microwave it for 5-7 minutes. It'll basically steam it inside the husk. Remove from microwave --it will be hot, so use a mitt or a towel--and firmly pull the top of the husk/silk, which should come off easily in one piece, unsheathing a flawless corn on the cob. If it doesn't, you probably need to cut a little higher around the base, so all the leaves are severed. No picking off silk!
I showed this to my husband and he said he wants four mugs like this in various states of eaten, so he can swap when no one’s looking and make it look like he’s actually eating it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/7asxci/oc_ygathok_the_ceaseless_hunger_final_boss_of_our/
This is the reveal of this ridiculousness during their game
