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[cl0ckworkpuppet]

time for my monthly mp3 player propaganda post!

yall. don't fucking stream music off of youtube or spotify. they pay their creators shit. the most generous estimate i could find was artists being paid $1 for every 200 streams (0.5¢ per stream), and unless you're listening to songs on an album thousands times in total, it helps tremendously more to just. buy their albums or subscribe to a patreon-like service for them

mp3 players are laughably inexpensive (you can get a decent one with bluetooth for like $40-50 and you can get away with even less if you forego some features), many of them are drag-and-drop, no ads, decent enough sound quality for the average person, unlimited skips, track selection, regular play and shuffle, playlists, being able to shut off your screen, and more importantly, ALL OF THIS IS AVAILABLE WITHOUT A SUBSCRIPTION. i've always been an avid hater of subscription models. there are some things where it's understandable, but you shouldn't lose access to basic QOL features just because you can't or won't fork over $10-15 a month.

"b-b-but $50 is so expensive!" WRONG. $50 (which is more than i've EVER spend on a single mp3 player) is the equivalent to 5 months on spotify premium without discounts. if you can afford that, it's worth investing into a device that can last you literal years if you get a good one and take good care of it

"but i don't wanna carry around another device!" fair enough, but these things are small enough to fit in tiny pockets (mine fits snugly in the watch pocket of my jeans) and are typically light enough to not be burdensome. if you can carry around your phone, you can carry around an mp3 player

"what if people think i'm weird for having outdated technology" let them. it's worth it in my opinion if it means i get to listen to music ad-free. the most I've ever gotten was "wooooah bro's got the dinosaur tech" and i just thought that was funny personally

"but what if the artist collapses without a constant stream of money!!! i'm not supporting the artist!!!!!" companies try to pay as little as they can get away with to artists. most of that money goes to the CEO and other higher-ups.

"but piracy is bad!" Piracy is a Crime. However, downloading youtube videos/audio for your own PERSONAL, NON-COMMERCIAL USE and NOT REDISTRIBUTING THEM is legal (generally, in the US, check your laws, i am not a lawyer, not legal advice, blah blah blah). besides, i never said you had to pirate your music. in fact, i encourage you to buy the albums of and support your favourite artists in other ways. some artists might even provide links for people to download their songs for free in high quality anyway

not gonna link products just in case someone thinks i'm a shill. but literally just look up "mp3 player" on your search engine or shopping site of choice and find something that doesn't look like it'll fall apart if you breathe on it too hard

seriously guys. if you listen to music more than like a few hours a week, and you don't get all of your music from livestreams or radios (although mine can connect to AM/FM radio), consider investing in an mp3 player. i tried out using one regularly in fall of 2021, and I haven't looked back. don't let companies drain subscription money from you

[otter-and-terrier]

this has been said before, but AARAVOS MANIPULATING THE ELVES WAS FORESHADOWED SEE THERE HE IS IN THE INTRO OF THE VERY FIRST EPISODE

i love all these tiny details

[purjopainfuse]

sweet little lamb and big scary dragon that’s my duo

[spextkrr]

-ˏˋ TORTURESHIPPING HEADCANONS ˊˎ

concept by my lovely moot @leighcest . tortureshipping is gavin ellis(the mule)/spink (death sentence) my fave crack ship that I'm taking too seriously!! no tw's

☆ they are so not good for each other. very on/off. lots of fighting. lots of jealousy and possessive behaviors. but for some reason they wanna stay together

☆ definitely met on a night on the town. gavin was out with his team for.. whatever sport they play idk i forgor on one of his trips and the two met. stuff happened. yeah.

☆ probably long distance... they take turns visiting each other

☆ has anyone heard the thrill of first love from falsettos. cuz that song is so them. (whizzer is gavin and marvin is spink btw)

☆ gavin is UNREASONABLY jealous.

☆ they can get kinda cute tho. gavin only ever calls spink by petnames (babe, baby, honey) while spink only calls gavin by his name (he tried baby boy once but the way that gavin cringed so hard made him regret it instantly)

☆ dates consist of a cheap dinner at home and drugs. yay ♡

☆ loooots of shotgun smoking and late night drives to the shittiest music ever

☆ do they love each other or are they just really horny? who knows.

☆ uhm that's all i have bye

[aipurjopa]

"why are you obsessed with being high all the time bro, you're like a fucking bird" and a SLEEPER AGENT WAS AWAKENED INSIDE OF ME

[heartonxions]

a song from a peak gajeel voice AND uses she/her pronounce for a character (karlach) and the lyrics ARE SO FUCKING GAJEEL??? AND ITS A LITTLE COUNTRY??? i literally could not breathe when i was listening to it. my gender-fluid gajeel dreams are coming true in the most delusional ways

[narugen]

mina please turn around……. so i can see…

[rodismancave]

I FINALLY REMEMBERED WHAT THE FUCK MY OTHER PROOF FOR MY “Rodimus sustained a bad spark injury from megatron’s shot/bonding to the matrix” PROPAGANDA. He subconsciously sees/remembers the Matrix map when Thunderclash had to be constantly at his deathbed to see it. So heh. Maybe, could this mean, that technically. Rodimus is , you know. A little Wounded, and that wound is a little Serious, perhaps we could say that it has even something to do with his spark, and

[louisegluckpdf]

they won't tell you this in therapy but sometimes the best way to stop catastrophizing/anxiety is to interrupt your spiraling with "girl what the hell are you talking about"

[peanut-jelly]

lately ive been bedridden with a terrible case of i dont wanna

[2022dirt]

Things worn down by people.

[tastylemonbread]

a lot of artists dont know how to draw bullets and to be real it bothers me a lot. here's my simple guide on bullets

edit: yes i know i used the wrong terminology by now you can stop saying things. also no that crayon isnt a rocket or caseless or some shit believe me when i say that what i saw was depicting a BULLET. shut up

[retquits]

there is something so crazy and powerful about having art of your oc that was made by anyone other than yourself. like oh my god you actually exist outside of my own brain that's WILD

[letthehatersbark]

The funniest one star review of Wicked I've seen so far

[razables]

fwiends…