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I don't know I'm not done talking about it. It's insane that I can't just uninstall Edge or Copilot. That websites require my phone number to sign up. That people share their contacts to find their friends on social media.

I wouldn't use an adblocker if ads were just banners on the side funding a website I enjoy using and want to support. Ads pop up invasively and fill my whole screen, I misclick and get warped away to another page just for trying to read an article or get a recipe.

Every app shouldn't be like every other app. Instagram didn't need reels and a shop. TikTok doesn't need a store. Instagram doesn't need to be connected to Facebook. I don't want my apps to do everything, I want a hub for a specific thing, and I'll go to that place accordingly.

I love discord, but so much information gets lost to it. I don't want to join to view things. I want to lurk on forums. I want to be a user who can log in and join a conversation by replying to a thread, even if that conversation was two days ago. I know discord has threads, it's not the same. I don't want to have to verify my account with a phone number. I understand safety and digital concerns, but I'm concerned about information like that with leaks everywhere, even with password managers.

I shouldn't have to pay subscriptions to use services and get locked out of old versions. My old disk copy of photoshop should work. I should want to upgrade eventually because I like photoshop and supporting the business. Adobe is a whole other can of worms here.

Streaming is so splintered across everything. Shows release so fast. Things don't get physical releases. I can't stream a movie I own digitally to friends because the share-screen blocks it, even though I own two digital copies, even though I own a physical copy.

I have an iPod, and I had to install a third party OS to easily put my music on it without having to tangle with iTunes. Spotify bricked hardware I purchased because they were unwillingly to upkeep it. They don't pay their artists. iTunes isn't even iTunes anymore and Apple struggles to upkeep it.

My TV shows me ads on the home screen. My dad lost access to eBook he purchased because they were digital and got revoked by the company distributing them. Hitman 1-3 only runs online most of the time. Flash died and is staying alive because people love it and made efforts to keep it up.

I have to click "not now" and can't click "no". I don't just get emails, they want to text me to purchase things online too. My windows start search bar searches online, not just my computer. Everything is blindly called an app now. Everything wants me to upload to the cloud. These are good tools! But why am I forced to use them! Why am I not allowed to own or control them?

No more!!!!! I love my iPod with so much storage and FLAC files. I love having all my fics on my harddrive. I love having USBs and backups. I love running scripts to gut suck stuff out of my Windows computer I don't want that spies on me. I love having forums. I love sending letters. I love neocities and webpages and webrings. I will not be scanning QR codes. Please hand me a physical menu. If I didn't need a smartphone for work I'd get a "dumb" phone so fast. I want things to have buttons. I want to use a mouse. I want replaceable batteries. I want the right to repair. I grew up online and I won't forget how it was!

subjectsix

glad this post is resonating with the local populace fr

The Glitch, Chapter 3

"Nil pulled her closer, ignoring the push of her arm against his throat. “No, no gentle fuck by firelight for us, no little huntress. I know what fires your blood, same as it does mine.” Aloy was struck by the little shiver of fear and lust in her abdomen. She tried to stuff it down, to look as nonchalant as Nil always did but she could tell from the way his eyes darkened that he knew.

“And what’s that?” She challenged him.

“The hunt.” He whispered."

The Glitch, Chapter 3

#niloy #horizon zero dawn #the glitch

themarchingbeetle

sneepsnorp3d

major traffic incident

kira-serialfaggot

Look at all the fucking space he had and he still fucking hit him. This was a premeditated attack!

the-lumpfish-queen

That Nautilus was born to drive a BMW and is cursed to be unable to do so

vocabulary-altering-posts

PHRASE ADDED!

"That Nautilus was born to drive a BMW and is cursed to be unable to do so"

ramonadecember

the princess does not wish to be disturbed while reading @pangur-and-grim 's new book

witchmarks

WAIT. THIS IS *THAT* GREER'S BOOK?

gatheringbones

I am not a wide blank surface. I am a cunt.

gatheringbones

endless number of things you can do with a cunt but you can’t project on it. too much fat and hair. the image gets all warped.

adainesjacket

look i love the turners as much as the next person but they Cannot just keep taking esther's children. there cannot just be a sad asian lady whose sole purpose is to provide adorable children for the perfect white couple. that's insane. bring esther to london and give her some goddamn agency!!!

unseenbox

There's this whole huge essay I want to write but can't word properly about how Aranessa leaving the party and then the Seekers immediately starting to actually fight about the shit they've been putting on the back burner is like. It's so important. Because none of them can grow or change until their problems start being addressed instead of smoothed over. It's just. It's *such* a good dynamic and reinforces the idea that the world/characters being in conflict or chaos is not inherently a bad thing, just a consequence.

That just because something is the status quo or calmer or more peaceful does not make those things more just or solve the underlying issues, just like how by largely choosing to ignore the sundered houses' power grab until now only let it simmer underground.

pavora-art

Thank you for the support and kind words this year 💕 a cozy and restful holiday to you all ❄️

attxlia

The Apothecary Diaries is such a breath of fresh air because this is a story that genuinely seems to love women. From the sex workers of the Verdigris House to the seemingly antagonistic women of the palace (like Suirei and Loulan), the Apothecary Diaries declares that every single one of them deserves grace and dignity even if (or especially if) they come into conflict with its protagonist or societal respectability

aphrostiel

most beloved spot

“Well, I’ve certainly got something fun for you. Come on!” Petra grabbed Aloy’s hand, rough and calloused and warm and began dragging her off the plateau and into her rooms behind the forge. She spun Aloy around until she faced the corner. “Wait here.” Her voice became muffled as she started rummaging through one of the many crates in her room. “I’ve been uh… developing this for a few months.” Aloy heard the thud and clank of her thick apron and belt hitting the floor. “Nights are long here y’know and - you can turn around now.” ... Aloy remembered this particular item, sort of. Petra had shown it to her after one-too-many brews one night at Free Heap. Aloy had blushed as red as her own hair as Petra described its uses but hadn’t taken her up on the implied offer.

The Glitch, Chapter 2, parisgreenscreamqueen on AO3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30556440/chapters/209989886

#horizon zero dawn #hfw aloy #aloy/petra #petraloy

“Oh. OH.” Aloy almost dropped the device. It was a sex aid. “Geez, didn’t the Old Ones have enough going on?” She held the device at arms length. It didn’t show any signs of being… used… In fact it looked pristine. Like a, what was the word, prototype? Aloy chewed on her lip. She couldn’t believe she was even considering this… She glanced back at the door, buried beneath metres of snow. The other door was dim, half dead without her intervention. She was alone and as safe as she was ever going to be. “Okay, I guess we’re doing this then.”

The Glitch, parisgreenscreamqueen on AO3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30556440

#horizon zero dawn #more like horizon zero pr0n #hfw aloy