#And every electronic device

[sweetiepootato]

A concept:

Käärijä and Häärijä recreating this for their calendar

I might edit it to add their faces

[rouge-fauna]

Am I the only one wondering why someone would use ChatGPT as a calculator instead of using an actual calculator for a simple math problem. Like do you need to borrow one of my 8 calculators? Or maybe just use the one on Google or on the phone in your pocket. Like are we really so far gone that not only can we not do simple math in our head, but we can’t even push some buttons and need to ask ai instead…

[matteoberrettini]

i'm so so so so so so scared of people who never turn off their phone

[buddieroommates]

I'm going to say this now and I'm going to say it clear: if buck is there when eddie shaves his mustache off you are never seeing me again.

[steevejr]

I ❤️ MY GIANT IPAD

[kellyscabin]

hovering over the button for a new laptop…………

[tickle-me-dalek]

"The Doctor and Rose don't have any chemistry, they spend most of their episodes separated so we never get to see their relationship develop."

....um. ....what?

[heresiae]

me, finally finding a video explaining how to change the time on my Jimny: I need a time machine to go back to 2007 and hit on the head some people at Suzuki.

I mean, it's ok? but... PUT IT IN THE FRIGGING OWNER MANUAL

[knightoflodis]

Thank you tumblr. I call hobbies “enrichment” now.

[irascible-iridescent]

Looking at the "Manual for the Nissan Cube repair operation and maintenance", and this book makes me horny ngl. Every car should have one of these. Like even if I don't understand 80% of what's going on it's so sexy to see precise pictures of taking apart EVERY part of this vehicle. Yes I want to see what's inside the motor thank you very much

[excusemebutiquit]

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[martlet-the-snowdin-builder]

this is haekal k

he’s a stickman

you can draw him

if you don’t know who he is, let me get you up to speed: he got bored so he’s traveling the internet. You wouldn’t mind if he hitchhiked through your blog, would you?

have fun

(P.S.: he may or may not have used the Geneva Conventions as a checklist. I’ll let your imagination tell you what that means)

Martlet: "If you're looking for chaos, it's one house down at my son's."

*Martlet points to the house next to her's that belongs to @deputyclover.

[twilightofthesandwiches]

The funny thing is that despite the many surface-level similarities between Mettaton Undertale and Tenna Deltarune; both being rectangular, charismatic TV Hosts who subject the Player Characters to many TV-Themed Minigames and a ‘score’ based Sparing Mechanic

And they even have a very similar taste is suits!

On a deeper character/thematic level, they’re actually total opposites.

Mettaton is the Underground’s only celebrity and main source of entertainment, he’s highly watched and highly popular (Well, within the standards of the Underground, it's implied they are just not that many Monsters around). Meanwhile Tenna’s whole thing is that he’s been abandoned and ignored by the whole Dreemurr family. Outcompeted and overshadowed by the many other sources of entertainment in the modern Light World.

And while Tenna is motivated by an obsessive desire to not be abandoned ever again, to keep Toriel and the Fun Gang on his shows forever… One of Mettaton’s biggest flaws is his tendency to abandon those he’s close to. He pretty much cut ties with Shyren and Napstablook when he became a star.

And he’s been growing distant from Alphys as well.

And, actually his whole darn motivation is to abandon the Underground in search of even greater fame on the surface.

His Pacifist Ending is all about him confronting that flaw in himself, understanding how important he is to the Monsters of the Underground and deciding that he should stay so he can keep bringing his brand of entertainment, joy and glamour to the people who needs it.

While Tenna’s Happy Ending is about helping him to get over his obsessive neediness to entertain specifically the Dreemurr family, and realizing he can move on to someone else, to someplace else, who will actually watch him.

On a deeper thematic level... I think you can also talk about how Mettaton is driven by his Dreams, while Tenna seeks Hope.

And also, I always saw Mettaton as representing modernity for the Underground.

Due to his human-fanboyism and fascination with the Surface, Mettaton has ended up creating and/or promoting a lot of aspects of modern human culture in the Underground. Mass media entertainment, merchandise, trademarks, fast-food, minimum-wage retail jobs, unions…

All of these things seem to exist in the Underground primarily or entirely due to Mettaton’s influence.

Every other Boss/Main Character has some kind of ‘official position’ in the Kingdom's traditional power-structure; Sentry, Royal Guard Captain, Royal Scientist, King, Queen, Prince… Mettaton is a creation of the Royal Scientist, but on his own he’s just a rich and famous celebrity. That's kind of a modern concept in it and of itself, since it kinda requires the existence of a mass media culture....

Or hell, just the fact that he’s the one Monster in the game who seems to have no real respect/loyalty for the Monarchy, and is actually working against him…

Both out of his individual sense of morality (he cares for the Humans) but also for the sake of the very modern goal of mass fame.

And of course on the most obvious level he’s a technologically-advanced robot whose ‘zone’ is the most tech-themed part in the game. (Zones? if you wanna count Hotland and the CORE as separate areas. Either way it's true of both when compared to the rest of the Underground.)

And Tenna is obviously the exact opposite of this. He and his Dark World are still kinda tech-themed in the sense that he is a Darkner based on a household electronic device, but he’s still clearly supposed to stand as a vast contrast to the much-more advanced techy-themed Darkners of Cyber City. He’s specifically meant to be themed after outdated and old-fashioned technology

And the concept of Nostalgia.

… In a way, despite Undertale being a very 2010’s game and despite the Underground being established to have 2010's technology such as Social Media… Mettaton's being primarily a TV Star with TV Show theming in most of his encounters is a very 20th century sort of concept. To use the Television as a shorthand for the concept of modernity.

Obviously that works within Undertale because that is a very familiar cultural shorthand and also it does make sense within the Very Particular Technological and Cultural Framework of the Underground… But with Deltarune being both a much newer game and taking place in a world much closer to our own, I guess it makes sense to instead use the TV to symbolize the past, outdated technology and nostalgic yearning.

[prodigalbutch]

i could buy a tiny little laptop with a linux distro preloaded and fuck around on it for 50 dollar. will i be doing this. once i have more money. do i want to do this now. badly.

[officialinvisibleanon]

Inviz, question. . .

Do you have a God complex? Because you never take responsibility for your own actions, do godly things, and don't have villainous/others that equal your power, skill, IQ, etc. So, I'm just wondering.

Because you don't seem to weakness or limitations to what you can do like a Mary Sue.

"...No? Having a god complex is characterized by the person believing that they're unquestionably correct in their opinions and actions. They also usually have no regard for the demands of society and expect special privileges for just... Existing."

"Though, interestingly, the God Complex is not a clinical term recognized by the DSM and the "real" name for a God Complex, or moreso the behaviors associated with it, is called Narcissistic Personality Disorder."

"As for whether I have it, I do not. I recognize my flaws, like my incomplete knowledge of magic forces, my incomplete knowledge of non-human biology, and my difficulty expressing emotions properly."

"...I also recognize when I mess up or do something wrong, and have to face the consequences. Like fighting on the wrong side of a war, or... Attacking a ghost dog that I thought was evil when it was I who was falling off the deep end, or..."

"...Or petty murder."

"The examples I just gave of me doing bad things are luckily things that haven't caught up with me yet, but... I don't... That doesn't make me feel alright about having done those things."

[elbiotipo]

Not a bold take here, but I believe nevertheless that our current way of producing and consuming electronics (I speak globally here) is not sustainable and built on huge human suffering. On the logistical level, virtually all of the world's microchips are made in a single factory on Taiwan because every single technology company outsourced it to them. Any conflict or disaster could simply stop the delicate supply chains that have their point here and make anything related to microchips, that is, our entire lives become much much harder. It is, in fact, very likely this might happen in our lifetimes and might lead to a major crisis in the first world.

This does not mean that computers or robotics shouldn't get produced anymore because that's a stupid idea by jokers. It means that the world needs to rethink how we make and consume electronics. Stupid fashion items like iphones are only possible because of this system; a tool, like a smartphone is, a very useful tool, shouldn't be needed to be replaced with each new model but endure. Computers should last longer and be upgradeable. I'd even go as far as to say that the power of a device should be proportional to its function; if a rugged brick phone can do the job, it will do the job. The exploitation of African countries for mining cannot continue, any international trade must be done in their terms and with the rights of their workers fully respected, no matter the price the end consumers will have to pay.

This cannot happen in a world where computers are seen as luxuries instead of tools and where capitalism creates demand.