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modernbaseball

2 am: bedtime were meant to be broken 😈

7 am: I hope i get in a car accident

starlight-in-disguise01

One of my favorite screenshots

ot3

looking for animal references on image searches has always kind of sucked but it's much worse after AI image generation technology has begun to actually past muster, which is why i always just go straight to inaturalist. can't recommend this highly enough. you get to both find out about niche species you've never even heard of and also see some really good photographs like this one

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misscrazyfangirl321

Being an adult will have you unironically craving a vegetable

misscrazyfangirl321

Being an adult will have you unironically sad about a parasite outbreak in fresh vegetables.

fluentisonus

they're trying to get me to do something called ""my job"" instead of reading about medieval english poaching laws

chimaerakitten

“Would you block someone just for disagreeing with you?” Pal, I’ll block someone for agreeing with me in the wrong tone of voice.

kaetor

AUGH this took so long. anyways pevensies + caspian if they like. got to stay in narnia post pc & wore more pretty outfits bcos i loved looking at their fits at the end of the movie & seeing the progression in fashion between the golden age & caspian's era

versegm

Your friendly reminder to not spend money on gacha.

versegm

if your response to this post is “too late for me” i want you to sit down and think very, very hard about your life. Because maybe you said it jokingly, and it IS a joke, then good for you, but if you actually do spend significant amounts of money for a jpeg you’re not even sure you’re going to get, you might have a gambling addiction and that is a serious problem not a joke or a meme.

elliegrine

I agree, but I want to add that I think the “just a jpeg” thing on posts calling out the predatory nature of gachas is getting in the way of reaching the audiences that might spend money on gachas. Especially as modern gachas are more than just pictures and stats. Like, look at games like Genshin impact which I believe is the biggest gacha at the moment; it’s a game that is as complex as many other non-gacha games on the market and the characters themselves provide both variations to gameplay and power advantages. Calling it “just a jpeg” is allows for rationalisations like “it’s okay, I’m getting more than just a picture for my money”.

Gachas are predatory for tons of reasons. They’re basically gambling, and oftentimes the average cost of of getting the character you want can reach hundreds of dollars. The thing you’re gambling for is ingame power and while you *might* be able to do most things without paying, the sense that “if I only had this character it would be so much easier” will grow stronger the more you progress. They often include guild systems with guild missions that give you a sense of obligation to perform to your guild members and if you make connections within the game you’re less likely to leave. Pvp and leaderboards also give you something to constantly want to aquire more power.

So more convincing arguments might adress things like “does this game really give you something you couldn’t get in other games for way less money?” “would you accept buying power being a thing if it wasn’t abstracted behind characters and gambling?”

Highlight the predatory nature of the game compared to other games and ask questions to gain and show an understanding of the gacha player’s view. Because every gacha player has heard the “it’s just a jpeg” argument. Every tcg player has heard the “its just a piece of cardboard” argument. But it isn’t a convincing argument because it is honestly kind of false, the thing is a game piece of a game that is sold piecemeal and would cost thousands of dollars to get every piece.

noodlejaq

does dragonling Rumi ever gets held like a ferret?

It's more to dragonling!Rumi flopping over her moms like a ferret. Celine and Miyeong would not treat her like a creature, she's their daughter.

They'll gently hold her tiny hands and make sure her feetsies are on solid ground.

Their beloved baby longmi

mypoorcanary

ben affleck. next video please

plaguedocboi

I feel like starfish are one of those animals that are treated as very “normal” by people but absolutely shouldn’t be. Like they’re a wheel of repeating heads connected by a central stomach. They walk around using thousands of tiny sticky hydraulically powered tentacles. They have an eye on the end of each arm. Instead of having a mouth they just have an opening where their entire stomach can be pushed out to engulf prey. And they’re just allowed to exist like this. It’s not illegal or anything.