i need people to understand if youre losing in a video game and you start to get mad that you will not power up like goku. you will in fact get stupider and suck big shit at the game. you will then get even more pissed at how dumb and shit you are at the game and make even bigger mistakes. remember to log off before you get angry

Being ace and hot is a nightmare sometimes, I met this guy in my neighborhood, we live literally 200m away from each other, he's funny and witty and a genuine delight to talk to, and YESTERDAY he makes it clear he's flirting so now I'm trying to figure out how to turn him down and also throw my single friends at him because he really is a great catch, but I don't eat fish so he's wasted on me.

So now I have to figure out how to say 'I think, based on your tastes, I have some girlfriends you might like and they'd love to take you home, doggy walking same time next week?' in human speak.

u need to kill that fucking thing right now diabellstar

Love that you’re making it clear exactly what physical demands this job has, but could you possibly, potentially, phrase it differently?

Min wage should be 80k salaried

latent weeb knowledge will get you places

arknights failures in worldbuilding are contrasted by its immense successes and Columbia as a whole is handled INCREDIBLY in arknights; the merging of manifest destiny and the prison industrial complex in the pioneer system, the idea that if 9/11 did not happen (or happened elsewhere) they would MAKE it happen, it's all wonderful

but one of my favorite parts is the president, Mark Max. the little bird that sits on Joe Birden Conrad Jackson's shoulder. because we hear about vice-presidential elections in Lone Trail; and while it's unclear at first the implication becomes clear as time goes on that the position of president DOESN'T change. the actual leader of Columbia has never changed. it has been this same figure for all of Columbia's history and the vice president, the bushes and bidens, are subservient to the true ruler of columbia.

and in a literal sense mark max is a precursor AI that seems to have a somewhat omnipresent perspective and you can read that as AK arguing for the the ruler of the US literally being its surveillance system. BUT there are two other key aspects. the first one is that mark max is viewed as a revolutionary war hero and was elected president then. the second is that the capital of columbia is Max DC. and like when i first played lone trail i thought it was just being cute with typical american access - maximum district of columbia - but then i realized. no. it's named for the first president. just like washington DC.

and THAT'S where it really clicked for me; the president of columbia in arknights IS the founding fathers. all of them. archaic, revolutionary, violent ideals THEMSELVES are the the rulers of Columbia and they can never be removed. america in real life always asks "what would the founding fathers think". columbia does not need to. he is there. he will tell you. and he will not permit dissent.

Me when I’m Leizi’s artist and I’m asked to make a skin for her and I just got done raiding as Red Mage

Batman 2 being a winter movie is the perfect time to introduce a certain cold-theme villain 🥹