safe house

goose in a game. cat in a box. historian and occasional archivist. white. genderfluid. autistic.

[crokitheloki]

everyone say thank you ao3 volunteers you're the best ao3 volunteers ily ao3 volunteers

[louisegluckpdf]

valid reasons to call out of work

had a weird dream

left the house and realized you didn’t like your outfit

yeast infection

a little too horny

engrossed in the book you’re reading

[grimmscythe]

Reblog to cast heal on prev

[jaubaius]

This kind of bread could be dangerous because when you start eating it you won’t stop.. But it’s delicious

How to make it /youtube

[terribleadventuresdotcom]

oh god. oh fuck. oh jesus. fucking. oh my gosh. god damn shit fuck. oh my god. dear lord satan. christ on a bicycle. shitting shit shit fuck. son of

[mooserattler]

New Cheerios pics!!!

[mooserattler]

Reblog this picture of me holding a Family Size box of Honey Nut Cheerios? I’d really appreciate it.

[moonblossom]

How can I say no to such a great photo and such a polite request?

[tomfoolerytotality]

Superman isn't woke. You're just so evil that you see a man doing acts of kindness and you think it's a targeted political agenda

[otakuvampyre]

This but for people this post is talking about. 🤣

[laikaspeaks]

Get peer reviewed, bitch.

[salvadorbonaparte]

concept for a tv show: a cute simple love story between an assistant and a chauffeur or bodyguard or whatever else rich people have and in the background the rich people are having the wildest telenovela level drama that we only catch glimpses of

[still-bejeweled-and-shining]

(Flustered assistant) "So... do you want to go on a coffee date?" (Very flustered bodyguard) "I'd love to!"

(While they're looking at eachother cutely, we hear a woman screaming in the background "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CHEATED ON ME WITH MY BROTHER???" . Then somebody jumps off a window)

[salvadorbonaparte]

Exactly you get me

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I had a dream last night where I built and released a computer game called HORSE and all it is is that you play as a horse and most of the gameplay is you being ridden and having to obey cues from your rider (which are visually displayed on the screen). You move through beautiful vast 3D vistas while you hear and see the story of your rider, a young nobleman who's just been given his first horse, happen around you. He makes friends with a ragtag group of adventurers and might romance one of his party members et cetera but you have no part in that, your job is to be a horse. How good a horse you are affects your bond with him and if you're really bad you can get sold to a glue factory. It's an intensely narrative game where this young boy grows up and might overthrow the king or be banished and flee on his treasured horse or might do a variety of other things all depending on how good he is at controlling his horse and on whether his horse takes him where he wants to go or charges off into the woods and gets him kidnapped by bandits or whatever. You don't have any special powers or anything you're literally just a horse.

In my dream this game did incredibly well for no reason, but when I woke up all I could think of was how my dream self had ripped off my previous game idea, Fine, you can play as a magic sword, which is a card battler where you're the magical sword of destiny in the hands of the Chosen One and the story depends on what battles you win or lose; you can intentionally get a weak Chosen One killed and end up in the hands of someone stronger who'll get you cooler cards for your deck but could become an evil tyrant, that kind of thing.

[dogboysora]

Is HORSE from a first-horse or a third-horse perspective?

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

First-horse. And if you're too disobedient a horse then they can put blinders on you to restrict your vision and make you listen to your rider more.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Important side not about HORSE is that you cannot understand the language that the human characters speak. You should learn any verbal riding commands pretty quickly just through gameplay, but you can never be one hundred per cent sure what's specifically happening in intense plot scenes and thus can't make deliberate long-term plans to control the narrative yourself. You have to trust that your human rider knows what he's doing and is making good decisions. You're just a horse.

[natmasthestinkylizardliker]

god I would play the fuck out of conlang horse game

if they had bad horse actions I would be the most obedient horse of all time except I would bite or step on feet every time the game offered me the prompt, only prince dingdong gets to stroke me, everyone else gets chomped or stomped

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Horse Girl Book type behaviour

[elodieunderglass]

You know at least we’re all going mad together

[cameoamalthea]

@derinthescarletpescatarian can we make this a real game? Like will you grant permission to make your dream a reality? Would you collaborate on it???

Also are we simulating horse vision?

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Yeah you can just have it, ideas are free. If you make it just credit me for the concept or something, I don't need to be involved, go nuts. I won't be collaborating on projects like this because I have no game design experience and don't have anything to add to such projects that isn't already in the post.

[gigglepuffpixie]

what if HORSE had like a aura sense to simulate it's other senses for the player?

precise sound location, subtle vision cues, scent, and even emotional cues could be communicated a little bit more through a color-tinged border and some background music changes (rider can have a little le motif as a treat) and the player has to figure out what they mean

shape, opacity, etc etc can all play a role

the aura is green and soft? things are probably okay. red and riders bgm is playing? oh no! rider's in trouble!

it could wrap around the screen to give you a better idea of where the source of whatever is coming from. things in your blindspot are a bit more intense because you can't see them

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I think that would massively overcomplicate things and detract from the focus. If I were going to make it I'd keep the UI and visual/auditory input as simple and natural (to the player's human experience) as possible. Every new thing you make them learn to compensate for a different sense is something that distracts and divides from the game; everything you add to simplify input is something that discourages investment and paying attention. I think it's better for the player to look at and listen to the rider if they want to know if they're in trouble, otherwise you risk running into the dreaded Open World Minimap/Mystery Game "Detective Mode" Problem.

It's more straightforward to design a gameplay space that lets the player get the info they need from senses they have and understand, rather than to add a bunch of stuff that'll reduce immersion and attention.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

It also creates a problem re: automatically making gameplay choices for the player. Somewhere else on this post, somebody suggested auto-translating the language into English if you spend a lot of time interacting with humans in the game, so you start to learn riding commands, and your name, and later more human words. I oppose that, too, firstly because it's complicated but mostly because it makes for a much worse gameplay experience by turning 'max out relating to humans' into an encoded gameplay goal and 'chooses' for them what words they will learn and at what pace. In this sort of game, what you pay attention to is a gameplay choice; you can choose to learn words on your own initiative or not. You can choose to interact with people in various ways and that affects how they interact with you without needing a "relationships to humans" stat that is clearly visible via the effect of how many words you know. Similarly, having a sense tied to the rider's safety forces the player into a game about protecting their rider, which they may or may not want to play, and if they do want to do that, it's much more rewarding to make that decision for themselves without the game design shaping it for them. Paying attention to the rider is a gameplay choice. Prioritising his safety is a gameplay choice. Learning what is and isn't dangerous to him is a gameplay choice. I don't think adding stuff that makes the game more complicated to make in order to shrink the play space and remove (or at least very heavily guide) gameplay options is practical.

[tvandfilm]

The Princess Bride dir. Rob Reiner | 1987

[whitepeopletwitter]

[greatmolassesflood]

the lord of the rings extended editions behind-the-scenes commentary is free online since they're so important to human culture and overall wellbeing:

LOTR FOTR Commentary : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

LOTR FOTR Commentary

[beggars-opera]

We're in the shittiest part of late stage capitalism where even horribly made things cost an arm and a leg, but with that said it means I feel even better about shopping from my niche hobby friends because for MAYBE an extra $20 I can buy a bespoke hat that fits my exact needs rather than getting one on etsy that only comes in one size and isn't actually what I want

[goth-princess-gwennie]

The idea of listening to no black music is bizarre to me. Even if it's not rap like no earth wind and fire? No reggae? No moonstomp? No ska? No classic jazz? No R and B? No disco??? No skindred? No jungle? No even like metal bands with a few black members? No gospel? Not even stuff like alors en dance? No blues music? No mo town? No jazz of any kind? No big band? No soul music? Not even a little James Brown?

[jabbotmohan]

not even yola or tanner adell or brittney spencer or tracy chapman or india.arie or chapel hart or the carolina chocolate drops or rhiannon giddens????

[xoxoviva]

Or…

Hemlocke Springs (alt rock/new wave revival),

the Noisettes (indie),

Skunk Anansie (hard rock/metal),

Tamar Kali (rock/punk),

Valerie June (country/blues),

Santigold (indie),

Bloc Party (post punk revival/indie rock),

O Children (goth),

Lord Scary Black (goth),

Cemetery Sex (death rock)

[gayvampyr]

a few more artists i love:

deepincision (heavy metal)

zulu (metal)

black pantera (rock, metal)

winter wolf (punk, metal)

erzulie (punk, rock)

youth man (punk)

the 1865 (punk)

crystal axis (punk)

pleasure venom (post-punk/hard rock)

the rack (they describe their sound as “hard pop rock”, blends punk vocals and rock)

danny denial (indie punk/rock, queer)

gloom east (alt/indie rock, moody pop blend)

big joanie (synth punk + some more melodic, blues-like tones)

madame st beatrice (gothic, moody and melodic)

shadow age (goth)

saccharin (goth)

the ire (goth, punk)

bastet (goth punk)

here’s a playlist with a good mix of the above genres + some alt & indie from Black artists

[stealingpotatoes]

alternative eras of lady normalgirl and her eunuch, part 2!

[mankillercalledbunny]

The answer to "How did these Ancient People do this????" is basically always

1. A lot of dudes. Just a ton of fucking people from beginning to end of the process.

2. Ancient people weren't stupid, they just figured shit out the same way we do: fuck around until you find out.

3. We're gonna plan this out and it's gonna take ten fucking years, and you will cope.

4. Sticks and string are surprisingly versatile and can be used for a variety of purposes, like moving stuff and making sure things are even and go in the spot you wanted to put them in!

5. I want to make this easier and more efficient to move. If I put this on the round thing and push, it will move. If I put this in water, it will move. If I get some animals and rope and have a whole bunch of them drag it, it will move. All of these things are a better option than one guy trying to pick the whole fucking thing up.

[theconcealedweapon]

[fairycosmos]

it takes 8000 years to get a doctors appointment just for them to be like youre fat idk whats wrong with you and i hope you die

[fabiansociety]

man, fuck the gop. fuck transphobia, fuck fascism, i'm so tired

New law puts Kansas at vanguard of denying trans identities on drivers licenses, birth certificates

Kansas is set to invalidate about 1,700 driver's licenses held by transgender residents and roughly as many of their birth certificates.

[ofmindandheart]

Kansas has sent a letter to each of their trans residents saying they are suspending their drivers licenses, effective today (February 26th), with no grace period for updating credentials. It directs trans people to go to a DMV to surrender their old license and be issued a new one that shows their sex as the one assigned at birth. (Though they can’t drive themselves to the DMV because, y’know, their drivers licenses are suspended.)

Text of the full letter available here.

They are doing this the extra cruel way on purpose. If they knew which people to send this letter to, then they could have just as easily just automatically mailed them replacement licenses. But forcing them to make arrangements to travel to a DMV, present themselves in person (to be potentially humiliated/deadnamed by the DMV employees to their faces), and to be unable to drive themselves to their work/school in the interim, are all just ways of making this process even harder. And because there’s a National Driver Register database that lists individual drivers’ status and history information, it’s not necessarily even as simple as just moving to a different state and get a new license issued there, because it will presumably show their previous license as being suspended.

Someone has been comparing this to the day in 1938 when the German government invalidated all German passports held by Jewish people, forcing them to surrender their old passports and instead have passports stamped with a “J” for Jewish on them.

For trans people, carrying an ID that misgenders them opens them to intrusive questions, harassment, and even violence.

There’s a nonprofit in Colorado, the Trans Continental Pipeline, that helps queer people relocate from unaccepting/unsafe states to Colorado. Colorado shares a border with Kansas, and is the closest blue state. Apparently they are getting overwhelmed with requests. If you have spare money to donate, now seems like a good time. If you’re in Colorado and have time to volunteer, their volunteer form is here.