For a pessimist, I'm pretty optimistic

Hello there, my name is Ben! Just a bigender feminist nerd in California who likes to play video games, make music, write stories, and play D&D. 24. He/him and she/her pronouns please! ^_^

[guerrillatech]

[hustlerose]

[hustlerose]

“this chick” is barack obama 

[tonysopranobignaturals-deactiva]

[hiraeth-doux]

[wizardhecker]

I fucking hate game apps. I wanted to play tetris the otherday so I figured there must be a simple tetris app out there its the most basic game. But every app is like heres your daily log in bonus of 10 gold! You get 5 free plays a day. Here's an ad. To replay a level costs 1 diamond. You can eart gold by earning points in levels. 1000 points = 1 gold. You can exchange 550 gold for one diamond but we have a sale right now that they only cost 500 gold. Heres an ad. You can buy a loot crate of diamonds for 5.99$! You leveled up! Heres 1 free diamond. Youve run out of free replays for today, would you like to buy some more diamonds? Heres your daily tasks, make sure to log in every day this month for a free reward chest. its free! Heres an ad. Would you like to sign up for this credit card to recieve 10 free diamonds? Invite a friend and you can earn points! Ding! Youve leveled up. Heres an ad. This is our special bonus play weekend, you get one free replay and a pack of diamonds only costs 4.99$. You can use your gold to purchase new skins for the tetris blocks. This ones shaped like cats! It costs 100 diamonds. You need to collect them all. Free to play, may be some in-app purchases.

[lucyvaleheart]

I agree with literally everything op is saying and I don't want to detract from their point but this website here, specifically for mobile games (though they intend to eventually branch out to other types) is creating a database that flags those exact types of predatory things. It also flags games as safe, so if you want to look for safe mobile games this is an invaluable resource.

https://www.darkpattern.games/

It also has definitions, explanations, and examples of all the different types of psychological manipulations games pull on the website so if anyone ever tries to give you "just don't spend money, it's easy" you can send them this

[dynastylnoire]

This is bomb. Bc I really do just want to play my mobile cooking/farming games but eventually you get to point where you can advance unless you play.

Like what happened to the Diner Dash and Angry Birds franchises is trash

[noahnomore]

[theworsethingsgettheharderifight]

made it more accurate 👍

[infinitywithoutparallel]

you could have just put the pixels on there, you didnt need to add something under it

[theworsethingsgettheharderifight]

I also could've just added it without the pixels, so maybe don't be an ungrateful bitch about it

[pricelessreviews]

[gatogummie]

one thing i can’t get over in breaking bad is that so much of the cast hate jesse for just existing it is so funny. jesse will be like yo what’s up and before he can even finish someone will beat the fuck out of him within an inch of his life and jesse just sighs and goes on with this life like it’s another tuesday

[gatogummie]

honestly the funniest thing abt breaking bad is walter causing his own issues and then surprised abt it like jesse will be like yo mr white i don’t think working with the joker is a super good idea and walts like shut up jesse u idiot and then at the end of the season walt’s like jesse we have to kill the joker

[funnytwittertweets]

[wilwheaton]

[shittymoviedetails]

Send this birthday cake to a friend

[right-2-rebel-deactivated202210]

i wish all gas and electricity firms a very happy die

[neil-gaiman]

who even are you. like what did you write

I have no idea. Let me see if anyone else in this ask place knows.

[str0kethebigtree-deactivated202]

he was in arthur.

[telebisou]

you’re thinking of Jill Eikenberry; I think this guy was an astronaut of some kind

[asingerofdreams]

that’s Neil Armstrong, I thought this guy was in How I Met Your Mother

[neil-gaiman]

That’s Neil Patrick Harris. I think this might have been the playwright who wrote The Odd Couple.

[merinnan]

That’s Neil Simon. I think this is the musician who wrote Sweet Caroline.

[hils79]

That’s Neil Diamond. I think this is an astrophysicist

[oneiriad]

That’s Neil deGrasse Tyson. I think this is a river in Egypt.

[omgpurplefattie]

That’s the Nile; I think this is the Irish guy who made the movies “The Crying Game” and “Interview with the Vampire”.

[stripedsweatergirl]

No no no, that’s Neil Jordan. I think this is the English author who helped write Good Omens.

[aphony-cree]

You’re right! This is Terry Prachet’s tumblr. Good job everyone

[cuddlydemons]

ok I love this meme but like

Neil Gaiman actually was in Arthur.

[neil-gaiman]

This is true.

[dovesndecay]

what were you doing in a falafel

[kipplekipple]

Let a man live

[wabblebees]

[lucy-frostblade]

@ayraluv @spiral-the-pretzel

[transguyhawkeye]

i think every gay person should get a monthly stipend for. piercings and such also beverages. and i think every trans person should get to hit people with sticks legally

[liberalsarecool]

#QuietQuitting sounds like capitalists complaining about their waning exploitation.

[geekyglamour413]

I’ve made an observation