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no modern mobile game will ever give you the same feeling of an old school adobe flash game developed by broke collage students. they're all choke full of ads, they trap you in endless loops and they won't let you actually "win" because that would mean you stop playing. but somewhere in this greedy brain-dead norm, you have friggin dancing line. i don't have to tell you that this low resolution puzzle game is GOATED because the fact that it has a fandom will tell you all you need to know. it may seem like your average ad filled coworker game but it's actually like so cool?? if you've never played it dancing line is a puzzle game where you can bend a straight line every time you tap the screen and in order for it to stay in its designated path you have to tap to the beat of the music. it starts out with tracks that are really easy to follow but gets insanely difficult later on. i've had this game for years and there are levels that i still cant clear. and each one has a unique theme and the music absolutely slaps and the levels are filled with easter eggs and secret paths?? like why did they feel the need to cook so hard with this?? and yeah it is filled with ads but if you play it offline this game feels like an adobe game you would play on your family computer as a kid. so here are some niche details from the game that make me absolutely go insane.

— they have secret roads that you can only find if you ignore the path you see on screen and focus on tapping to the music. these roads usually give you the crystals you need to clear the level.

— in one of the levels, there is an eagle that follows you while you play. at a certain part, you have to match the music perfectly or the little birds on your path wake up and fly off, this angers the eagle and he flies off to steal one of the crystals on your way, so you can't get it. you have to play without getting the birds to wake up or you never finish the level.

— in another level, you're trapped in a maze and there are all these fake turns that you have to avoid because they go to dead ends, you have to pay attention to the music so you can stay on the right path. you usually enter a pyramid at the end of every level. but in this one, if you tap according to the music the path takes you somewhere else, and you go around the temple you were trying to escape earlier. there on the outside wall, you can see a picture of the game's development team with a message that says thank you for playing 😭

the game is so much more detailed than it ever needed to be and i'm such a nerd about it i don't even care how lame this sounds. i love dancing line.

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Superman

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did you think superman will support the genocide that killed over 20,000 children and is starving them ?

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did i tell u guys i got into an argument on twitter bc i said foxes are dogs and someone tried to bring up their actual fuckin. classification or whatever and i just said “foxes are dogs cause they are fluffye” and they kept arguing with me. the entire time i was like “you will not survive the immigration to tumblr you are lucky we are not there right now”

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Write it shitty, write it scared, write it without a clue but don't you be so spineless and have an AI write fanfic for you.

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DC released new concept art for the dynamic duo movie where they show Dick and Jason being close in age, sharing a room and working as Robins at the same time

i don't wanna jump on the hate train before we see the actual movie but.. I kinda hate this. I can't believe they're actually going for this concept. It's such a weird choice because i thought it was obvious that each Robin storyline is connected and taking one of them out or not letting them have their own singular arc will defineitely mess up the natural progression of the events regarding this dysfunctional little family.

each robin's relationship with batman is heavily influenced by the previous one. it's a chain of trauma that Bruce tries and fails to break every single time and that's what's tragic about it. when Batman takes Dick in and lets him become his first sidekick, he is strict. he tries to control Dick's every move and raises him to obey orders. a big part of their dynamic at this point is how Batman is always trying to tell Robin what to do and how Dick doesn't follow orders and does his own thing. after years of this controlling behaviour, Dick gets sick of Bruce's bs and gets away from Gotham to redefine himself as Nightwing. Bruce is heartbroken because his son left him, and he doesn't want to repeat the same mistake. that's why he tries a gentler approach with Jason. he puts in the effort to connect with the kid outside of being vigilante partners, he actually tries to be a father figure. he gives Jason more freedom than he ever did to Dick. and as a result of this, Jason is able to go after the Joker by himself and he gets himself killed. now Bruce is actually lost. he hates himself for letting this happen. he will die if he loses another son. so when Tim comes along, he shuts him out of his personal life completely. he won't let this boy put himself in danger for him. he won't let Tim get attached. he has to protect this one. this is why Tim is constantly trying to prove he deserves his place in the Batcave. he's trying to impress everyone, show them he is worthy. and at some point in their arc, Bruce is finally emotionally mature enough to let his walls down. he recognizes Tim's intellect and talent and he actually starts trusting him to have his back in battle. then Damian comes along and he has such big shoes to fill. it's like Tim and Bruce share a brain. they're completely in sync and Tim seems to always know exactly what to do and what to say. Damian is the opposite because he fails to connect with his father. they are too different. the way they see the world, their sense of justice and their idea of punishment is completely opposite to each other's. and now Bruce's challenge is to understand this boy who seems to disagree with him on everything, after getting so used to having a partner who could almost read his mind.

now, if you put Dick and Jason in the Robin costume at the same time, there is no "I was too strict with Dick so i should be gentler to Jason". I assume Batman is just going to be strict with both of them, because he has not one but TWO sons running around in tights and capes trying to save the day and he has to be the one to guide and protect them. so there is no giving Jason freedom. Jason doesn't go after joker and get himself killed. then there is no reason to traumatise Tim by acting so emotionally distant. then Tim doesn't have the insecurities that drove him to be the best version of himself and the best possible partner to the Batman. then Damian doesn't have to compete with an impossible rival. THERE IS NO STORY LEFT. YOU'VE CHANGED THE ENTIRE COURSE OF THE BAT FAMILY.

i know i am over-generalizing a lot of these concepts that were frequently done differently by different authors but i think at the end of the day if you wanna write bat family correctly there should be a chain of batman and robin dynamics, each one connected in some way to the previous one. and if you put the first two of them (who arguably had the most toxic relationships with batman) together, at the same time, you end up removing a huge part of this story. not only do you reduce Dick's importance in Bruce's vision for justice, you also take Jason's influence on the next two completely out of the picture.

and on that note, i have to mention. YOU TAKE SO MUCH AWAY FROM DICK'S IMPORTANCE IN THE DC UNIVERSE. he's supposed to be the first ever sidekick that turned into a legacy hero. the robin who got out of batman's shadow and became a leader for new generation heroes and then even the friggin justice league. he is the pillar that connects this whole fictional universe together. he is the character that paved the way for teenage superheroes in comics. he's THE Robin who also became so much MORE than Robin. now he has to share that spot with Jason? who is (sadly) STILL defined by what happened to him AS robin???

am i being dramatic or is this actually the worst thing they could have done to these characters? i dont even want this movie anymore guys 😭

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maybe i like my tech a little bit inconvenient

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HUNTR/X 💥

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shocking how much of writing is putting down a sentence and then thinking, "okay, but now a less shitty version of that"

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refseek.com

www.worldcat.org/

link.springer.com

http://bioline.org.br/

repec.org

science.gov

pdfdrive.com

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the reason you, a white american, believe that white americans don't have culture is the same reason fish don't believe in water

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the reason you, a white american, believe that white americans don't have culture is the same reason fish don't believe in water

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Do you want to be politically pure in theory or help your neighbor. Is it fruitless to help your neighbor because there's no Perfect Pure way to do it ?

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thinking fondly of this meme I made for a coworker years and years ago