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[mintamenapie]

Shout out to all your internet friends who are gone.

Those messenger screen names that haven’t logged on in ages, some before detailed profiles were a thing on those services.

Those emails that are long since abandoned, some with domains that no longer exist.

Those online friends you knew years ago and who then helped shaped you in some way, who you just can’t FIND anymore.

Those people who once were, and hopefully still exist IRL, that seem to have no known internet life anymore.

And those who have actually passed on, and their online lives are now a memorial to them.

I miss you all. I hope life is/was kind to you, and maybe one day, we’ll somehow connect again.

[nadiaoxford]

Soooooo many.

If you’ve stayed with me for any significant amount of time—thanks!

[thebigone0305]

Frostbite883 Q: What are your thoughts on Erika Polina a.k.a. Lilian Woods, Gilda Mars and Vita tan? What do you think about these three chars?

I never actually expected to get any questions here, so I’m a bit surprised about this, but I’ll try to answer it anyway.

In short I like them. They are a testament to the creative ability of the greater GG affiliated community. Like all artistic products I don’t agree with every aspect their creators use them for (and I don’t mean the R34 stuff), but overall I enjoy most of the work they are featured in. Especially the Gamergate live comic by KKY is always good for a laugh (as well as summing up recent GG developments in a concise way).

[rainbowflashover-blog]

Gonna' Get Me a Bottle

[thebigone0305]

Finally something to celebrate, or just drinking for the sake of it? If it’s the later, might not be the best idea :X

[wallisninety-six]

I cannot stress this enough for the 2016 election

If Bernie loses the primaries: YOU STILL MUST VOTE

Tumblr’s become so attached to Bernie that I’m not sure y’all are still gonna vote in the election if he loses. I will vote for him, I know most of you might too, but we must still be prepared for something like that :/ I know it would mean that you will have lost the one candidate you believed in the most. I know it will possibly mean voting for Hillary over the Republicans, when all of you don’t like her that much, I understand, believe me.

BUT HERE’S WHY YOU STILL VOTE:

1. Because are you going to give the Republicans a greater chance of victory?

I know it seems like HRC and the Republicans are one in the same to most of you, but if both HRC and the GOP REALLY dislike each other? You can tell that’s not exactly true. Granted when compared to Bernie, Hillary seems conservative, but Bernie’s super liberal where Clinton reflects most of the party, center-left, like Obama. She’s not the progressive you all want, but she sure as hell ain’t conservative. Bernie has positive things to say about Hillary, and, let’s face it, she is still a better choice than any GOP candidate.

2. Not voting means you are still deciding who has a better chance of winning in the election, don’t be fooled.

Don’t think that Bernie not winning the Dem nomination means that there is no hope at all for change and that voting for any Democrat is useless, if you don’t vote, you give the Republicans a greater chance of winning, just like I said above.  And you know what? Good. Because that’s exactly what they want. Why would they want young people voting if it means they might vote Democrat? Think about that hard.

3. BECAUSE BERNIE WANTS YOU TO.

Seriously, he released a whole video on how “elites want big money to dominate the political process” and this:

And he KNOWS they don’t want that. You will not be making a positive change if you don’t vote, hence he is saying you will make the problem worse, if you avoid voting.

This is not only for this election. It is 2016 and beyond. Don’t forget that, please.

[rainbowflashover-blog]

I’m conservative. I don’t support socialism. Sorry. I prefer Ben Carson. He has my vote.

[thebigone0305]

The important part is properly engaging with the candidates and their positions and actually going out to vote. Apathy is the death of democracy.

And at the very least we can agree on the fact that there are Republican candidates that I would consider much better than Clinton. Sadly they have even less of a chance of winning their nomination than Sanders XD

[rainbowflashover-blog]

This is my throat. Skin disease sucks ass. Too broke for medicine. Guess suffering is in my future.

[thebigone0305]

How can a single person have so much bad luck in their life? :X Is there no free clinic in the area that you could go to?

[jordynslefteyebrow]

it’s….. it’s right there…..right where you didn’t highlight….

[thebigone0305]

Also “End the War on Drugs”. Legalizing, regulating and taxing drugs is going to create a lot of income (as demonstrated by the states that legalized weed already). Releasing non-violent drug offenders and greatly reducing spending on enforcing drug laws (or using those resources for more effective law enforcement for serious crimes) is also going to help.

Maybe even use some of those crack house raiding teams to go after corporate tax evaders, that ought to be way more profitable XD

[rainbowflashover-blog]

Been Busy

I’ve had a lot happen recently. Long and short of it, I’m probably moving to Ohio to live with my parents. I haven’t seen them in a decade and a half. I’m a complete stranger to them, but they say that they want the family to reunite. I’ll probably just visit them to make sure it’s all gravy before making concrete plans. Seems like a rational course of action, to me anyway. Sorry for being a stranger.

[thebigone0305]

Good to hear (I hope?). Best of luck with that.

[escapismitis-blog]

Imma' Beat Dat Deck

[thebigone0305]

Was the post’s text lost during posting or am I missing something?

[antinegationism]

I thought you had good shit to leak once you were ungagged. Don't go craven on us.

For more reasons than I have time to list – it’s better to wait until after the appeal. 

[thebigone0305]

Agreed, making first amendment case law is more important than internet drama or even uncovering some more corruption right now. Although as a donor to the legal fund I would appreciate you actually using your new found freedom too finally speak out later on ;)

[morriperkele]

Why hasn't blastwave updated since april?

I died.

[thebigone0305]

Already complaining after just 5 months without a new post? What kind of casual is that? XD

[antinegationism]

Have you matured enough to realize that TZP was a bad idea and you shouldn't have posted it? Its effects have been far more negative than positive and in retrospect it couldn't have played out any other way.

In retrospect, any thing that has played out could only have played out the way it played out.

“Matured enough” implies some objective axis by which to gauge maturity.

“More harm than good” is highly dependant on which things you most value.

[thebigone0305]

Considering that the “harm” amounts to some bad words being exchanged on the internet and some hurt feelings (much of it certainly less than nice and some threats even criminally punishable), while on the positive side there has been tangible change in operating policy of several media outlets, some personnel changes (with incompetent and unethical individuals losing their positions of influence) as well as the outing of a serious domestic abuser that liked to present themselves as a virtuous fighter for good (and somehow still does), I’d say it was very much worth it. And that’s not even considering the potential to make first amendment case law, possibly strengthening the rights of people speaking out for decades to come. So all in all, I’d say it was very much worth it. But then again, I’m just an evil pro-GamerGate shitlord ;)

[rainbowflashover-blog]

Hit "Like" if You're a Socialist

I need to know who to shoot when the shit hits the fan.

[thebigone0305]

As a centrist/moderate on the European political scale I would probably be considered full on socialist in the US. But us Germans already had our little experiment with socialism in the form of the East German GDR (well, it wasn’t exactly voluntary, the Russians kind of made that decision for us :X). And in hindsight it is generally regarded as only marginally less horrible than the preceding years of the Nazi dictatorship (without the concentration camps and the wars, but hardly much difference for personal freedoms and diversity of political opinions). So I can honestly say I have not much love for the classical socialist/communist concepts.

The West German (the “free” part) system of a social market economy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_market_economy) worked out quite well though. It combines the best elements of a free market economy with the basic protections of social security. Because markets are (generally) very good at finding efficient solutions. But unfortunately when it comes to basic human rights, they rarely have an economic value, so some corrective measures (like universal health care funded by all taxpayers) are a good addition to the free market.

That said, in a real “shit hits the fan” scenario, all bets are off. It’s going to end up full on Mad Max style probably XD

[rainbowflashover-blog]

I was pretty drunk by this point, lol, so I kinda looked like shit. It happens. Anyway. Some friends threw me a belated Bday party because my actual birthday was a serious disappointment. Good times. They got me trashed though. Shame on them, lol.

[thebigone0305]

That looks like fun :)

[rainbowflashover-blog]

Do you have skype or anything? I want to talk, I think you need to just scrap the truck and buy a cheap, small, used hatch back

Can’t use Skype drains my phone battery bad and used a lot of data. I can’t even Tumblr much. :/

[thebigone0305]

Have you considered a backup USB power bank? If you don’t have constant access to power but can charge them for a while when you do (at work or wherever you are currently charging your phone) you can get several full charges for your phone out of them, depending on the model. Cheap ones can be had for under $10, but the capacity scales quite well with size. The best deal I can find on Amazon right now is 10,000mAh for $13.99 (down from $49.99 MSRP): www.amazon.com/dp/B00JM59JPG/ Reviews are quite positive (with those cheap electronics quality can vary a lot) and someone actually measured the power output over time and it seems to hold up to the 10,000mAh claim (again, with those cheap electronics the manufacturers like to be a bit optimistic with their claims sometimes). One downside is, it doesn’t come with a power-outlet-to-USB-adapter to charge the power bank, but if you are charging your phone, you probably have one already (if not that would be another couple of bucks). But depending on the amperage rating for the adapter it might take longer to fully charge the power bank, charging should also work on a 0.5A or 1A charger, but 2A or higher would be ideal to cut down on the time (partial charging and draining should also not be a problem, those things are pretty flexible). The other downside is that the 2.1A output (the socket on the power bank where you connect your USB device for charging) seems to only sustain up to 1.8A instead of the advertised 2.1A (again, cheap electronics and all^^), but that only means that your device is not going to charge as quickly, most phones work without a problem on lower rated outputs and adjust themselves automatically. But in some rare cases the internal charger in the phone refuses to work with a power source of a lower rating. If you can give me the model number of your phone I can look up whether there might be any issue with charging from this power bank or not (as I said previously, I’m useless with cars, but computers and tech I can help with XD). Of course the whole point is moot if this is outside of your budget right now and who would fault you for putting food and other necessities over more battery life for your phone. But I thought I should mention it anyway.

[rainbowflashover-blog]

I can’t afford it, but its good advice. I’ve never heard of a power bank but it’s worth investing in. My living without power is a long term problem, and I will look into it when I can afford it! Thanks!

[thebigone0305]

No problem. If you have any questions, let me know, I’m glad to help.

[rainbowflashover-blog]

Do you have skype or anything? I want to talk, I think you need to just scrap the truck and buy a cheap, small, used hatch back

Can’t use Skype drains my phone battery bad and used a lot of data. I can’t even Tumblr much. :/

[thebigone0305]

Have you considered a backup USB power bank? If you don’t have constant access to power but can charge them for a while when you do (at work or wherever you are currently charging your phone) you can get several full charges for your phone out of them, depending on the model. Cheap ones can be had for under $10, but the capacity scales quite well with size. The best deal I can find on Amazon right now is 10,000mAh for $13.99 (down from $49.99 MSRP): www.amazon.com/dp/B00JM59JPG/ Reviews are quite positive (with those cheap electronics quality can vary a lot) and someone actually measured the power output over time and it seems to hold up to the 10,000mAh claim (again, with those cheap electronics the manufacturers like to be a bit optimistic with their claims sometimes). One downside is, it doesn't come with a power-outlet-to-USB-adapter to charge the power bank, but if you are charging your phone, you probably have one already (if not that would be another couple of bucks). But depending on the amperage rating for the adapter it might take longer to fully charge the power bank, charging should also work on a 0.5A or 1A charger, but 2A or higher would be ideal to cut down on the time (partial charging and draining should also not be a problem, those things are pretty flexible). The other downside is that the 2.1A output (the socket on the power bank where you connect your USB device for charging) seems to only sustain up to 1.8A instead of the advertised 2.1A (again, cheap electronics and all^^), but that only means that your device is not going to charge as quickly, most phones work without a problem on lower rated outputs and adjust themselves automatically. But in some rare cases the internal charger in the phone refuses to work with a power source of a lower rating. If you can give me the model number of your phone I can look up whether there might be any issue with charging from this power bank or not (as I said previously, I'm useless with cars, but computers and tech I can help with XD). Of course the whole point is moot if this is outside of your budget right now and who would fault you for putting food and other necessities over more battery life for your phone. But I thought I should mention it anyway.

[rainbowflashover-blog]

I’m tired of living in a hole. I literally have it worse than 3rd World citizens.

I’m a “get off your ass and achieve” kind of person. That’s why I got a second job. To get on my feet and be stable. But the loss of my vehicle cost me my first job.

I just started the second job and it won’t pay me until after I’ve been evicted. I’m facing homelessness and it is not fucking fair. I work. I don’t do drugs or drink.

WHY THE FUCK AM I DESTITUTE?!

I’M DOING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS!

GODDAMNIT!

[thebigone0305]

The smug internet commenter/cynic in me wants to take a cheap shot along the lines of “Maybe that’s something a little bit of socialism could help with?”. But that seems neither appropriate, nor constructive (well arguing about politics rarely is to be honest, especially on the internet XD). But maybe it’s at least good for a laugh, or at the very least a smirk (I'll take anything to brighten up your mood really). I also know that you aren’t big on asking for help, especially anything that could be considered a “handout”. To some extend that is a problem that most of us have. Asking for help feels like admitting defeat, like you have to face the reality that this is something you can’t just deal with on your own. Since food and housing seem to be the most pressing issues right now this is probably the best way to start. Housing might be difficult, but food seems possible to do. I don’t know where exactly you are, so I can’t do any specific research (and I’m half way around the globe), but there might be a food pantry in your area or some church (or other group) that runs an open kitchen or something like that. I know, it’s not glamorous, but those places are designed specifically for people in situations like you are right now (arguably I can’t think of anyone more deserving than someone who is working their ass off and is still starving). So please, don’t starve yourself for the better part of a week (if I understood your last post correctly, you know, time zones and language barrier and all that, but the point still stands either way). Sometimes strength is admitting, that you do actually need some form of assistance and accepting it from those that are offering to help.

[rainbowflashover-blog]

So... I waited for a year for you to come back, and you quit? Just like that?

Sorry v_vJust super emotional is all… You’re one of the few who actually still does care.

[rainbowflashover-blog]

The other two… Ask-de-writer and thebigone are 2 others who also care. I would never leave because of y'all. My words were insensitive, and disregarded how much you all do care. I was wrong. I’m sorry.

I have letters to respond to for all 3 of you. I will get to them as quickly as I can. Likely first thing in the morning. I love y'all. Sorry for acting immaturely.

[thebigone0305]

Don’t worry, it’s an understandable reaction :) I sometimes get a bit disappointed if some witty comment on a YouTube video or on imgur gets ignored. I can’t imagine how it must feel to spend hours pouring out your heart (and in a relatively public form) only to feel completely ignored.