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honestly i never thought the phrase “i want that twink obliterated” was like a sexual thing. like when i read the phrase i imagine “a meteor like the one that killed the dinosaurs is summoned from the heavens and hits the twink in question” type situation
art is not my strong suit but this is my best recreation of what i saw when i opened the window. i have to emphasize that she was supermodel levels of gorgeous
got a crick in my neck and a frog in my throat and a chip on my shoulder and a stick up my ass and now you're gonna stand there puttin words in my mouth? haven't I been through enough?
Honestly, at this point, if you're still bitching about AI but not moving to open-source and nonprofit software/tech/services, you deserve it. Shut up or stop using it. Those of us who've put in the effort to switch to non-evil tech are sick of the purposeless whining.
I've been nicely letting everyone suggest open source on this post because it might genuinely be useful to someone but because you've decided to be a condescending little bastard- this might be a hard concept to grasp, but some of us actually have jobs. Some of those jobs also provide us with computers equipped with an OS we have zero say over, to use software we also have zero say over. Kindly get off your high horse and suck my dick.
As someone who has worked in IT for the past 17 years, I'd also like to say that there is often a higher barrier of entry for open-source software / operating systems when it comes to technical knowledge and ability, and those who can't jump that barrier still deserve to not have AI programs installed on their devices without their knowledge or consent. Someone who struggles with Windows is not going to be able to just hop into Linux, especially when they probably have other things going on in their lives and don't have the time to sit down and learn a brand new operating system. Someone who doesn't even recognize that there are different browsers, much less open-source ones that aren't Chromium forks, isn't going to be able to seek out one they can both a.) safely download, b.) install, and c.) use instead of the shortcut they know as The Internet.
And sure, you can dismiss these people as lazy, as stupid, as being elderly and so who cares. But from my 17 years of experience, I can tell you that technical instinct and ability varies widely across the entire adult spectrum. And I can also tell you that people have different strengths, and that just because someone isn't good with computers doesn't mean they aren't smart as hell.
And I can also say, again, that it really doesn't matter.
Companies like Microsoft and Google sneaking AI software into devices and software without the consent of those using the software or devices is wrong. It's invasive and raises major security concerns. People should not have to learn entirely new operating systems to escape this nonsense. It's an unreasonable expectation, and it fails to hold companies like Microsoft and Google accountable for their malicious behavior.
i enter the shower. hours pass. i emerge from the shower, having mixed all of my soaps and scrubs and lotions and conditioners and shampoos and body washes together in the tub in precise alchemical quantities. i smell like 314 different herbs and spices. my hair will not need washing for the next 500 days. my skin has developed protective chitinous scales. i step out of the tub and immediately slip and fall on a stray puddle of mane 'n tail and sprain my pussy
Yesterday I talked about Zora cooking, now it's time for an equally important part of ingestible culture, which is their drinking habits lol
And who better to present it than the ever reliable Zora Guard?
Read more for alcohol-themed lore~~
Zora may not drink for hydration, but recreational purposes are another story altogether. There are a few non-alcoholic options, such as hot or cold herbal infusions or teas (expensive!), but it usually is some kind of alcoholic drink that gets served at a party or gathering.
Zora have much higher tolerance than most other people in Hyrule (unless you ask a Gerudo), mostly on the account of being rather large and their slow-ish metabolism. Thus, if they drink, they drink a lot. And they do have a lot to choose from.
On the weaker side, there's mild rice wine and watered down fruity stuff. It's mostly served with casual meals and is barely considered alcohol at all.
The most popular stuff Zora drink when going out or having a party is a type of herbal spirit, watered down to one's preference (not dissimilar to ouzo or raki) accompanied by various salty snacks.
Then there's a lather large choice of wines made from a wide variety of plants (fruit is a problem when fresh, but fermenting/distilling gets rid of the most problematic bits), mostly favored by the herb haters and some nobles who want to pretend they're better than the commoners.
In theory Zora could drink stuff like beer, ale or mead, but since they don't have much use for the necessary ingredients on the daily basis, they don't really bother sourcing them just for this purpose. After trade went back to normal, some taverns started importing limited quantities as a curiosity.
Of course Zora also make a wide variety of unnecessarily strong distilled spirits, mostly from herbs. This is the kind of drink that's more of a luxury and meant to be consumed in small quantities. Almost all of these are considered a poisoning hazard by most of Hyrule, so you're unlikely to find them outside of the Domain.
Zora don't really have a legal drinking age, though obviously common sense is applied, like, you don't give wine to a baby and shop clerks will think twice before selling hard liquor to someone not looking fully grown. Zora kids usually start getting served milder drinks at home with dinner around the time they hit their final growth spurts (so at 40-60, which would be roughly 14-16 in our years).
The guards, unsurprisingly, tend to drink especially heavily (it is their major bonding activity), to the point that some amount of tavern outings are included in the yearly expenses (Bazz spent two weeks arguing for it with the palace accounting when drafting the Guard budget). On a daily basis they have to buy their own alcohol though, They mostly go for the common herbal spirits and wine, as these have the best price-to-value ratio when one wants to become shitfaced.
Pic 1 is more of a special occasion, which means the drinks are paid for from the Guard budget (it's just the cheap stuff though! Bazz wishes he had something better but then he'd have to buy for everyone and he's not made of money).
Also, a glimpse at the Zora tavern! It's just a big room with a few very long kneel-height tables (the guards stash their weapons and less comfortable armor bits underneath). Drinking is a social activity and the assumption is that you want to have as many friends around you as possible. The cheaper alcohol will be served in bottles or jugs, along with complimentary snacks, while the more high quality stuff is available per glass at a special order.
Bazz is the only one from the Brigade who -drinks-, and he has some rather concerning levels of tolerance. Rivan will sip his one drink throughout the night, but dip once the party becomes too much. He's actually pretty judgemental about Bazz's alcohol habits (especially because he was there once they started and he knows exactly how unhealthy they are) and also really dislikes being hit on by his drunk coworkers. He's also worried about Dunma, who insists on joining the outings for socializing reasons. She used to sit with the other youths, but after some less than pleasant experiences she consistently finds herself flanked by her dad and Gaddison.
Gaddison is probably most normal about alcohol, usually having a few casual drinks throughout the night. She's terrible at the social part though and most people tend to avoid her anyway, so she usually sits at the very edge of the table and either leaves with Rivan and Dunma, or the moment she sees Bazz cross the shitfaced threshold.
(1. she Will Not deal with him in this state; 2. Drunk Bazz is significantly less effective at shutting down people trying to be weird at her)
As for Pic 2, one of the perks of getting Link back in Bazz's life was getting a high quality drinking buddy (before that the best option he had was, funnily enough, Sidon, and usually they'd just end up talking about work anyway).
Bazz has a taste for the most cursed, medicine-adjacent stuff (Link isn't that far off comparing it to paint stripper) and has a sizeable collection stashed in his office (Rivan knows about its existence and every once in a while threatens to pour it all in the Reservoir, heedless of the ecological disaster that would cause).
Pic 3 is just Sidon enjoying a glass of wine while going through some late night paperwork. He's (embarrasingly) not really fond of the herbal stuff and actively repulsed by whatever is in Bazz's glass on a given day (Bazz still will jokingly offer to share every time).
EDIT: Also for those curious:
Bazz gets really mean when drunk (though it takes him a while to reach that point), Rivan becomes extra affectionate and Gaddison becomes quiet and might punch you for looking at her wrong. Dunma just has the giggles and Sidon is the emotional type (if it will be happy or sad this time is anybody's guess).
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