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Riley | She/her, 20+

[orteil42]

given the current climate this pride especially i feel i must mention that i love my trans friends, i stand with trans people in the fight against transphobic legislation and those who would enforce it, and this blog is not a good place for you to be if you do not vibe with that

[kriosv]

[mcrcsms]

Day 2 - Restraint

whats better then one jacinthe? a dozen of course!

[ultimaweaponorigin]

having a blast with the game

[blueberry-croissant]

Hi I got back into Toontown so if you’re a toonblr interact w/ this post and I’ll follow you!

[sharpilu]

the power i have as an artist is that i can draw my blorbos getting headpats

[herpsandbirds]

[podcastwizard]

you don’t realize how important lunch is until you’re wandering around thinking about how unloveable and untalented and uniquely cursed you are and then it’s 4pm and you finally eat lunch and you go Oh. oh right.

[podcastwizard]

lot of people commenting on this post like "who eats lunch at 4pm that's a terrible time to eat lunch" yes. that is the point. 4pm lunch is inadvisable. 4pm lunch is not the ideal. 4pm lunch makes the mind demons real.

[chirasul]

we got a full redbox and now we're playing go fish with the redbox movies

[chirasul]

I would never pay money for a redbox. if you ask politely and are very very persistent (i.e. annoying) they will let you take it away

here's my dad and i taking it away

a redbox makes a wonderful addition to your patio

[fishmech]

for those wondering why they're free to take now, it's because the company that made those "chicken soup for the soul" books bought them a few years ago and then completely collapsed so bad they couldn't afford to dispose of or even take the blu rays and dvds out of their kiosks all over.

so any of them is free game because they're all located on other business' property and they usually don't want to have to pay to get rid of them either. so asking the store manager usually gets you the ok to pull it out and keep it.

[chirasul]

there was a period of time right after their bankruptcy where you could put in any debit or credit card and it would spit out movies without charging you. you could even put in like an expired or deactivated card, or a visa gift card with a $0 balance, didnt matter, they'd just start spitting discs out. a lotta people raided redboxes for movies for a couple months, with some people doing what me and my brother and my dad did here, taking the whole box and signs and marquees as well. because managers sure as hell don't want a big abandoned piece of trash on their sidewalk disappointing customers. BUT they're also often too cheap to pay someone to remove it. so they just sit there.

luckily there are no shortage of freaks like us who will just take them away on our own volition. we did it all "by the book", too: we set up cones and caution tape, disconnected electricity properly, used an angle grinder to grind down the bolts in the concrete so nobody would trip on them, then cleaned everything up afterward and sealed off the electrical panel so the store would know everything is safe and tidy. though they were hesitant when we were first contacting them, they were honestly very relieved and grateful when we finally took it away, especially once they saw that we "knew what we were doing" (we don't) and look like we've "done this before" (we haven't).

the fun part: the reason why this redbox, in particular, was completely full and unraided is because the computer hardware inside had failed some months before the bankruptcy, and a failing company sure as hell wasn't gonna send a tech out to our podunk dipshit city to fix it, so it was impossible to rent movies or take any discs out. plus, for who knows how long, people were returning old redbox discs to this machine and not taking any out, leading to a much higher variety of movies than your average redbox.

there is a thriving community of redbox hackers and modders out there, as well, creating open-source software for repurposing the machines and not letting their very interesting and robust disc-management hardware go to waste. this one belongs to my brother (who was very annoying persistent and did all the legwork of contacting managers and securing permission) who is a programmer by trade and will be hacking it into a family-access movie library, with whatever discs we want. i mean the machine is completely weatherproof and has a built-in AC unit, it would be such a waste to not try to turn it into something cool.

if we get another one, i'm gonna try to mod it into some sort of art or zine vending machine. the disc boxes are just the right size for small print art or stickers. would make a great "little free library" too.

remember: the rules are made up. act like you belong there and you can get away with anything. this applies to your own life

[cherrypikkins]

Time to clean the blorbo! Pick an action

gently run a lintroller over them

steam clean

handwash only

machine wash hot, longest cycle

use a power washer

sandblast them

let them stay filthy

other

Voting ended onJun 3

plz reblog for sampo size

[uncertainlys]

MY FINGERS BARELY EVEN TOUCHED YOUR STUPID FUCKING AD STOP REDIRECTING ME TO THE APP STORE

[moecartoons]

I have yet... another AU... In this one the Trio are all borg-like creations from Cyberspace, made to protect Motherboard from Hacker.

Jackie, Matt, and Inez were created by Wicked, Dr. Marbles, and Coop respectively! Jackie is a magical doll, Matt a bot, and Inez a borg.

[organic-toonup]

https://discord.gg/f2YxwrUmPX

[samcormac]

what’s the rush?

[organic-toonup]

Do you ever think to yourself, "man, I wish there were more things centering around pre-Maverick Virus MMX?" Do you ever want to play as a normal ass Maverick Hunter? Do big RP servers with massive ongoing plots scare the everliving daylights out of you? HAVE NO FEAR!

Check out the Early Days community on Discord - hang out with 9 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

Come join Early Days, a Mega Man X roleplay server dedicated to a very underutilized piece of the X series puzzle: the pre-virus days. In this loose RP, you play as a Maverick Hunter, Navigator, maverick, or third party, and you explore Abel City before everything went wrong.

There's a canon character list, but we're also very OC friendly! Please I don't bite

[mapleejay]

does anyone else think about how brave all their friends are and get really emotional about it

[mapleejay]

I'm glad everyone is alive rn

[bassforte]

20XXpo: A Mega Man Convention

Hey everyone! There’s a Mega Man convention that’s trying to make it on Kickstarter, and since they have a week to go, it’d be great to see them reach their goal!!!

I know not everyone lives close (or in the US for that matter) BUT:

There are virtual badge options

Getting this to its goal may result in the coordinators being able to get it running more in different locations in the future, and

It may even show Capcom yet again how important this series is to fans!!!

20XXpo - A Mega Man Fan Festival

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Blue Bomber with games, music, and more!

P.S.: Some of the creators helped man the “Mega Man a thon” back in the old days of Magfest, so these people do already have some experience with Mega Man themed events. You can check their socials for more info.