I'm Gay, What Do You Want From Me? @stemgaysupreme - Tumblr Blog

Ok I’m once again back from the Tumblr grave, this time to talk about CR4.

I loved it. Even the parts of it I was iffy on going in, I loved. I was entirely unfamiliar with Alexander Ward going in, but I really like Occtis!!! Robbie was of course wonderful, and so was Aabria. I’m not the biggest Luis fan, but I always think I dislike him, then I watch some, and I realize I’m being dramatic and I actually do like him, just not as much as others. I knew Whitney would be great, and I was looking forward to her the most since I watched her on SourceFed back in ye olden days. It’s also awesome to finally see Matt getting to play a single character in a long form campaign! And of course Brennan was incredible, but I think we all knew he would be.

As for characters: I can already tell that Tyranny is gonna scratch the Jester itch in my brain and I’m so excited about it. Vaelus combines the “I know nothing about social norms” of Yasha with a more serious vibe and I really like her so far, I’m also a sucker for a Dark Elf and I’ve wanted Ashley to play a paladin since back in C2 when there was Yasha multiclass speculation, so I’m down with that. Murray to me is a return to the sort of carefree character that Marisha excels at, with again some of that “I’m smart and know what I’m talking about” energy that Beau had, but with more of a positive vibe and some already established confidence, so I expect I’ll like her a lot too. I think Aabria might be one of my favorite actual players of all time, because she could play a literal cardboard box and I think I’d love it, so I obviously love Thaisha. Idk what Julien’s deal is, but I trust Matt, so I’m down to see where it goes. Kattigan has that “I’m a mess” energy that I love from a dnd character so I’m already linking him too. Wick to me is a classic Sam character, always fun to watch, never gonna be my favorite tho. At this point, Azune, Teor, and Hal are basically all the same character to me, with Hal having a sprinkling of that signature Liam timidness to him, but other than that, they’re big/average sized 5’11” dudes to me. Bolaire is classic taliesin to me, similar to Sam characters, they’re fun but not really my favorite. Occtis is interesting to me, and I’m looking forward to seeing what his deal is. And lastly, Thimble, I feel like i barely saw enough of her to have an opinion, but Laura finally gets to play a rogue, and it’s Laura, and she’s an incredible actor so I anticipate falling in love with her sooner or later.

#critical role #cr spoilers #critical role campaign 4

doizy

Comments about Aabria "inserting herself" and "taking too much attention" really brings to mind this study that used to go around, about how female students that were responsible for half of the discussion were perceived by men as talking a lot more than them, and when they were actually talking a lot less, they were perceived as speaking as much as the men.

The problem here is that a significant portion of the audience has a very low tolerance for a black woman to take any amount of space. Anything more than being a fly on the wall is going to feel intrusive to them. Aabria participating in roleplay is seen as disruptive by the same people who would never ne bot5hered by Sam derailing an entire scene with a joke on his flask (just an example)...

stemgaysupreme

I ADORED Aabria in the first episode, and if you’ve got an issue with how much she talks, but you love Liam’s style of play (particularly Caleb and his tower) and don’t like Aabria, you should probably ask yourself why they’re different to you

#cr4

thedreamthieves

pregnancy during apocalypse trope is CRAZYYY to me like why are you letting him come inside you girl???? now is NOT the time.

stemgaysupreme

Me @ Dina from tlou2

#tlou2

captainofthetidesbreath

IMAGINE being Cooper DeJean: you're 22, you're at the Super Bowl in your first season, you not only pull off the first interception of your NFL career, you convert it to a pick 6, AND on top of it all, it's your birthday

stemgaysupreme

Yeah but he thinks he could beat Caitlin Clark at basketball, which is tells me all I need to know about the man.

decemberwinter

what do you mean elon musk did a nazi salute on live tv at the united states presidential inauguration twice and is now erasing the evidence off the internet by replacing the footage with the crowd cheering instead?

would be a shame if people reblogged this, wouldn’t it?

fransu

I'm italian and there's something that people defending this shit don't fucking understand.

they think the “Roman salute” is something unrelated to nazis or fascists but the “Roman Salute” IS the fascist salute. It's not a different concept, it's the same thing!! It's not "good" because it doesn't have the word "nazi" in it, It's the same shit.

And to people saying "He is throwing out his heart to the crowd" tell me if YOU would do it at a 45 degree angle with your thumb tucked in and your fingers closed together. Personally, a throwing motion in my imagination has your palm completely open and your fingers spaced out

Regardless, This is what propaganda is, They do bad thing and then they say "no it good actually" and the population goes "Ok then it's all good" it's not all good, They're making you think it is. It sucks

Politicians gain power through the Ignorance of the people, don't trust people just because "They said it"

saywhat-politics

Insider says Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg will be on platform with Trump's Cabinet nominees

The people in the top three spots on Forbes' billionaire list—Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg—will have prime seats at President-elect Trump's inauguration next week. NBC News, citing "an official involved with the planning of the event," reports that the three tech billionaires will be sitting together on the platform with other high-profile guests, including Trump's Cabinet nominees. Bezos and Zuckerberg's companies, Amazon and Meta, have each donated $1 million to the inauguration, while Musk spent more than $250 million to help Trump win the election, reports Reuters.

catboybreeder

Oligarchy, only now out in the open lol

finnglas

A falling meteor has the chance to do the funniest thing ever.

Like for meteor, reblog for spontaneous sink hole

desperate-acts-of-capitalism

Published Jan 14, 2025

coffee-mage-sans-caffeine

The hilarious part is that we ALREADY DID this part of history. A long, long time ago, when you wanted shit from your local general store, you took your list to the clerk and said "I need this shit" and the clerk said "Oh hey, I think I have all this shit in stock. Gimme a second." And they'd collect up all the shit on your list and ask you how much of shit you wanted and then you'd pay them and walk out with all your shit. And then some fucker opened up the store so people could shop and do the legwork themselves and it cost less in clerks (because you had to use more clerks to get all the shit people wanted to buy) and people started IMPULSE buying things that weren't on their lists. And buying more shit. And the thing is. THE THING IS. The 'clerks get everything' method would have had very little, if any, shoplifting. Which means that the capitalist pigs that owned the businesses recognised that you make more money letting people get their own shit than you lose in shoplifting. Otherwise, we'd all fucking be going to Costco and handing them a list!

elfwreck

They want to believe that in-person shopping works like shopping online: You have your list of specific things you've search for, and you are fine with several steps between "I want this" and "I have this." You expect an interface and time delay between your interest and the item being in your hands.

They have DRASTICALLY underestimated the nuisance factor of having to involve a person in the process.

They have also underestimated the amount of time and energy the store personnel have available to help select purchases. It's not like stores hired extra people as they started putting stuff behind locks.

And, of course, unlike online purchases, you can't say "ooh that looks good - I'll get that too." You can't grab an extra item without tracking down a person. Can't decide "Y'know what, I guess I want two of these" without pestering the person who just got you the first one. If the store is entirely empty and not-busy, you might do that. If the store is busy? If the unlock-person has already left your immediate vicinity? If the unlock-person was surly at you, or looked annoyed, or just looked tired? You're less likely to ask them to re-open the door.

Walgreens CEO guy should spend some time doing shopping where he has to track down a person for every purchase. Even if he's actually the kind of jerk who doesn't care if he's running them ragged... he's going to discover that you don't grab a couple of extra things on your limited lunch hour if it means someone has to open three separate shelves first.

It really is amazing how much capitalists are oblivious to the history of economics, and what has been tried before, and the careful balancing act of security vs impulse purchases.

They discovered that cigarettes and high-value electronics work better behind the counter; they're high-theft items, and the impulse sale value isn't high enough to counter the discouragement. The people who want those, want them specifically and will ask for them & wait. But candy bars? Soaps? SODA? Guess what - if your soda is behind a lock, a whole lot of people will decide "eh, it's better for my health if I don't." Throw in the bonus "wow I don't want to deal with the stock clerk sneering at me, a fat person, for buying non-diet cola" and your sales tank.

From one of the articles about this:

The company reported an operating loss of $245 million for the quarter, compared to $39 million for the same quarter one year earlier.

"When you lock things up, you don’t sell as many of them."

demonprincex

Walgreens wildly understaffs its stores, which leads to longer wait times at the register, completely unmanned registers, and no personnel available to perform loss prevention, all of which leads to more theft. If a shopper sees hardly any staff present in the store and there's no one at the register to check them out or there's a huge line with only one person working the register, they are going to get impatient and maybe realize there's very low risk of being caught stealing...and do a little theft, especially during a time of rampant inflation and price gouging. Instead of actually investing in hiring more staff to address any of these problems, Walgreens invested in lock boxes for a great number of their items, which is cheaper but does not translate to sales, staff presence, or shorter wait times at the cash register. The stores remain variable ghost towns where not only is it incredibly difficult to locate a staff member to unlock a box and give you access to items, there's rarely anyone by the door to check you out or catch you leaving with something you didn't pay for.

It is still really really easy to get away with shoplifting at Walgreens is what I'm saying.

naamahdarling

Locking shit up, especially shit like condoms or deodorant or detergent or whatnot, is just...it's demeaning. I should not need to basically ask permission to buy something like yeast infection meds or a pregnancy test. I'm not a child, it isn't alcohol or cocaine or asbestos, I'm an adult and I just want to do my thing and go HOME.

Also the assholes at Walgreens specifically would probably have way less shrinkage if they didn't price gouge to the unhinged extent they do. Walgreens in particular can go fuck themselves.

stemgaysupreme

Literally the amount of times I’ve gone into Walgreens to pick up a prescription, remembered that I needed body wash, walked to the body wash aisle, saw the one I wanted was locked up, and walked away without the soap because I didn’t want to wait for a person to unlock THE BODY SOAP. Crazy.

theconcealedweapon

acelessthan3

Still collecting the full alphabet of the “live, laugh, love” variants if anyone has some good examples.

Bonus if they can fit the “We can’t ___, _____, ____ our way out of this.”

dhegdheer

compilation of the comments’ best hits + some of mine own.

teaboot

Missed a big one, huh

#I do think the D one should be deny defend depose but whatever

deadgrantaires

what non-humanfood did you eat as a child

pet food/treats

paper/kleenex/etc

sand

grass/leaves/random plants outside

playdoh

insects

currency (pennies, dollars, etc)

glue

hair

other (PLEASE add in the tags lol)

Voting ended onJan 24, 2025

INGESTED not just chewed on to clarify lol. based on real responses from my groupchat

#once I accidentally swallowed a nickel #but I told my parents it was a quarter #cuz I didn’t know the differences between the coins #they freaked out #and my dad had to sift through my poop for a week to make sure it came out #he still has that nickel in a plastic bag somewhere

annabelle--cane

you have no idea how much it pains me that I can't watch goncharov. I want to watch this movie so bad it makes me look stupid.

annabelle--cane

to be clear I can't watch goncharov because my usual piracy site got taken down and I haven't found a replacement. and not for any other reason.

hihello-what-are-you-doing-here

Here try this one!

annabelle--cane

UR A LIVESAVER THANK YOU

ao3topshipsbracket

Top Femslash Ships Bracket - Round 4

Korra/Asami Sato (Avatar: The Legend of Korra) vs Kaiou Michiru | Sailor Neptune/Tenoh Haruka | Sailor Uranus (Sailor Moon)

Korra/Asami

Michiru/Haruka

Voting ended onJan 13, 2025

This poll is a celebration of fandom and fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with some of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement of anything included in the bracket, and refrain from harassment.

#this is also a crime