Sh'aldreth

This is a temporary theme while I work on the actual one. Hey, if you know HTML, hit me up lmao Mostly A Gaming Blog She/Her, 30, Demi/Bisexual

[shaldreth]

Hi! If I've randomly followed you, it's probably because I was following you on my other account. Many of you may not be aware, but I used to run a second blog! Or, rather, THIS used to be my second blog....

It was mostly a reblog machine for pretty things, cute things, nature scenery, and fanart/fanfic. I stopped doing anything on it back in 2018, because I couldn't be bothered to log out of this blog and into the other one every time I wanted to queue stuff up.

Now, secondary blogs exist! So I'm going to be migrating the old blog to a secondary blog under this account. Anyone who wants to follow @selendra is welcome! I'm getting the queue up and running as you read this.

[just-another-cat-blog]

pride month!!!

[lemonsharks]

Is that a miette?

[jeanjauthor]

Pride for you!  Pride for a thousand years!!

[lost-and-cursed]

you COME OUT to miette? you come out to her as queer? oh! oh! pride for mother! pride for mother for One Thousand Years!!!!

[notlikingbestgirl]

Out of Touch

[hustlerose]

Out of Touch Thursday

[arbyscurlyfries666-deactivated2]

OUT OF TOUCH THURSDAY

[snuv]

but im out of my head when you’re not around…

[rockmilkshake]

happy birthday.

[saltwatersweets]

this is the only out of touch thursday you can reblog this

[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

[shaldreth]

Okay, who won the Go Fish game tho :>

[littlefingies]

Sorry for us politics posting, but we have until May 22, 2026 to submit public comment to the FCC:

More info from GLAAD:

https://glaad.org/fcc/

They have some good tips about writing a comment and protecting your privacy which, fuck it, I'll just paste here:

Providing an email address is optional. If you have concerns about privacy, you may use your initials or public address in your local area, such as City Hall. Do not use a joke name. It diminishes the comment’s credibility.

Your submission does not need to be long. A single, well-reasoned paragraph is sufficient.

Do not copy/paste a template comment. The FCC values unique perspectives, and an original comment carries significantly more weight in the public record. You can explain why this matters to you without revealing private or sensitive personal information.

Here's what I said:

“Free speech is a fundamental American freedom. I do not need a warning about seeing queer people, much like I do not need a warning about women, veterans, or any other group of people.”

Here's the link to submit your comment by May 22:

https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express?proceeding%5Bname%5D=19-41

[shaldreth]

I just woke up so I got a little spicy.

"This proposal is ridiculous. Why should I need to be warned about normal people? If this passes despite all logic, please also add warnings for Christians, police officers, and the elderly, for they offend me greatly and I would like to avoid them in all fictional media going forward. "

Obvious /sarcasm indicator here, just in case.

[edgebug]

it means so much to me that rocky's lead puppeteer james ortiz got to voice him and got like. full billing right next to ryan gosling in the opening credits. and he's gotten to do interviews and red carpet appearances and talk about puppetry and it's all being taken so seriously just like he's any other type of actor. gonna make me cry fr. like they could have gotten some famous person to be rocky's voice to try and pull more star power but. they went with the guy who acted him. and like of course they did. like there he is. how could they do anything else. he's right there and he's perfect

[shaldreth]

Gonna go see Project Hail Mary tonight before it leaves our local theater. I'm already 95% sure I'll love it based on tumblr but @plottwiststudios is going in completely blind (his idea). All I've told him is it's "a space movie". Gonna be fun! <3

[pathsleadingaway]

Do you struggle to make eye contact with others?

Yes, always

Yes, when in public/with strangers

Yes, when anxious/nervous/etc

Occasionally

No

I don’t have eyes

Voting ended onMay 12

I’m curious how many people share my eye-contact related oddness. Reblog, if you, like for more answers, and add more info in tags or comments!

[shaldreth]

Funny story that just happened, actually, but I need to backtrack a little to tell it properly

When I was a kid, my mom once told me that I made too much eye contact with people and it was uncomfortable. So I trained myself to look away while talking to others and do the usual "look at their nose instead, glance around, etc." stuff that Normal Humans Do. To the point where as an adult, I started wondering if maybe I had imagined that conversation and was autistic because I unconsciously look away from eye contact when talking to someone.

Well just today, some salesperson came to the door and tried to maintain uncomfortable eye contact with me the entire time. Completely unwavering. I discovered yes. Yes, I can still look people in the eyes for an extended period, especially when it's fueled by spite. You will not out-stare me, boy. Leave.

[sentient-tent]

This is Tie, she is going to eat all of the notes

[sentient-tent]

reblog to feed her notes

[foone]

Important rules for the "age verification" era of the internet that we're living in:

1. Do not do age verification.

2. If you have to do age verification, cheat. Do not under any circumstances give them your real ID.

[very-gay-alkyrion]

Free Tool Says it Can Bypass Discord's Age Verification Check With a 3D Model

The tool presents users with a 3D model they can then manipulate to, the creator says, bypass Discord's age verification system.

Oh no I dropped my link, what a horrible thing! Sure hope this doesn't get reblogged until it reaches users from the UK and Brazil!

And remember to not make a second account just to test out what works best when verifying your identity

[asksanguinius40k]

A reminder that we still dont support Age Verification bullshit.

[flower-crowns-and-combat-boots]

Paywall removed here

[hungrymilliek]

Aaand here's the link to the project's Github.

GitHub - promptpirate-x/discord-id-bypass-tool: A verified tool that works on any potato computer that will let you bypass discord verificat

A verified tool that works on any potato computer that will let you bypass discord verification - promptpirate-x/discord-id-bypass-tool

[mousidy]

TME queers will exclude us from their spaces and then get mad when we exclude them from the "in-group" in our analysis of our own oppression. we're all in the same boat apparently, except that you kicked us out of it, except that you really want to insist we're all still in it

[mousidy]

*calling out for someone to throw down a life preserver, drawing attention to the fact I'm not in the boat*

"YOU'RE CREATING A BINARY BETWEEN PEOPLE IN THE BOAT AND PEOPLE OUT OF THE BOAT"

[mousidy]

oh so you think you're special just because you're in the water? I fell in the water once and it was really scary! thankfully the others threw down a life preserver, but it was still really scary! I'm basically in the water too! how could I throw you a life preserver if I'm literally in the water right now?

[shaldreth]

Besides, what if I throw you the life preserver and then fall in myself? Who's going to throw one to me? You don't want me to drown, do you? Are you telling me to drown to save you? How horrible.

[thememedaddy]

[pookapufferfish]

[twilightofthesandwiches]

Congratulations! You are now a Magic-User!!

Spin the wheel to find out in which way your Magic begins to gradually transform your body?

How do you feel about this?

HELL YEAH THIS IS PERFECT FOR ME

This is very cool!

This is neat, I guess…

I mean, it could definitely be worse….

I feel utterly indifferent about this change

Honestly, I don’t think I’d even notice anything is different

This transformation has both strong upsides and downsides, I feel conflicted

This is perfect for me (Deragetory)

This isn’t the worst, but I still feel disappointed…

This feels pretty sucky tbh…

This is a very lousy side-effect, but at least I still have magic, right?

THIS IS SO SO BAD MAGIC ISN'T WORTH IT FOR THIS SIDE EFFECT

Voting ended onApr 12

[wafflelovingbatgirl]

“We love you, from the moon” -NASA astronaut Victor Glover, pilot of Artemis II

Double crescent!

[malinspacescience]

[plottwiststudios]

Women of Xal II - A political psychological horror visual novel

They're Done Waiting.