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this might be a longshot LOL but you were blahstudios2 on youtube for a while, right? i remember when i was neckdeep in homestuck, i was obsessed with this MEP "the shipping wall", and iirc, it was hosted by blahstudios2. do you happen to have it / know where i can go about looking for it? genuinely it's a piece of history to me LMAO lemme know, and if not, that's alright, too. hope you're having a good one, nice to see you're still making videos <3

That is me! The video is unlisted to due all the fanart that was used without permission. Since multiple people have asked, you can watch part 1 and part 2 here.

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Saw Abigail and got kbbq with the comm this weekend.

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Witnessed a devilish double feature at the cinema yesterday.

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Went to Game On Expo this weekend.

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A Deal with the Devil

Someone on the Lolita fashion subreddit asked what we can do about newbies who do not know how to find clothes outside of (the well documented scam site) Devil Inspired. I wrote the following in response and thought it was worth cross posting here.

To be very blunt: most people are too illiterate to read pinned posts (even though that should just be basic reddit etiquette) and too lazy to move their eyes to the area of their screen where there is a link to a guide that answers their questions. You can't fix stupid at a certain point, once people get stuck in their ways.

Really, the only action we could do would be to change the subreddit banner image at the top to say "PLEASE DON'T BUY FROM DEVIL INSPIRED. READ A GUIDE ON HOW TO BUY FROM TAOBAO." We probably need a pinned post saying the same thing in the title, with an explanation of taobao in the body and links to some guides. That may be absurd, but I truly think its the only bullet we have left in the chamber. Even then, most people will ignore it. It really sucks that this subreddit has become the Devil Inspired Customer Service Hotline.

There are just too many people (some millennials but especially zoomers) who lack the ability to use the internet properly. With the "enshittification" of google, people now expect human beings on reddit to answer every single one of their lingering thoughts. But let's be real, the "let me google that for you" situation existed for a decade before google started to suck. Devil Inspired is the first result when googling lolita fashion because they pay to have good SEO and be at the top. Most people are not internet savvy enough to google "[store name] scam" or "[storename] alternatives" when they encounter a new store online. That's not even getting into Devil Inspired shoving sponsor bucks down influencer's throats so they can vomit advertisements back out onto their naive audience.

I understand why a normal western person would know nothing about taobao. However, anyone with intermediate internet experience should be able to tell that Devil Inspired does not manufacture the clothes they sell. No one makes that wide of a variety of styles that quickly, plus the wide variety in photography styles (and they sometimes forget to hide the original store's watermark.) Next, they should know to reverse google image search photos from Devil Inspired's catalogue. Their last resort should be to go to the "find this dress" pinned post on this subreddit. Then, if they discover there that the dress is from a taobao store they could just google "how to buy from taobao." But they don't do any of these things because the average internet user does not know they can.

Just a few days ago we had some one here ask to be spoonfed information about gothic lolita, something they could easily find themselves. When some one kindly gave them a link to the lolita wiki, the OP had the nerve to complain because they don't like Fandom wikis. I fucking hate Fandom and have a personal beef with them, but I wouldn't complain being spoonfed information for free from there. That person will never comprehend why people created fandom wikis in the past and they definitely won't understand why it's very hard to leave Fandom wikis. I am including this recent experience to illustrate why Devil Inspired is not the only problem here, people's attitudes just plain suck some times.

TLDR: We are fighting an unwinnable battle against people's illiteracy, refusal to learn, and Devil Inspired's fat stacks of marketing cash.

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Went to downtown Mesa yesterday, where I stumbled upon the lovely candy shop. I got some donuts, pet some puppies, and browsed vintage clothes. Then I went to a barcade and discovered there's a speakeasy underneath it.

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Thoughts on the site lately

I've uploaded so many photos of myself to tumblr and now it's all going into a generative AI database. I opted out but that doesn't stop my photos that were already sold. With this and the CEO meltdown I am not sure if I'm going to keep posting on tumblr anymore. In regards to photos, I feel like I shouldn't post anymore photos on the principle of it all.

But at the same time, they already have more than enough photos of me to do whatever they want with it so what difference does me adding more to the pile and hoping they don't sell those too? AI only needs a couple of photos to ruin a person's life, so it's too late for me. When AI started to get scary I checked a service that scanned for your face in databases and at the time I was not in them. It really sucks that that is going to change due to being betrayed by the site I trusted the most.

I love to look back on my past by scrolling through my tumblr. I've always looked forward to posting stuff on here so that I can look back on it in the future. Tumblr has been my home since 2011 and now my house is on fire but I don't know if I should try to extinguish it.

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Went to the matsuri today. 🍡👘

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I saw Lisa Frankenstein yesterday.

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You know you have to wear a matching outfit to a restaurant like this.

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I tried hot pot for the first time with my comm.

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My lolita comm went to a winter wonderland last night.

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Though its the end of the world Don't blame yourself now

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I went to a Christmas horror con today. I also got to donate blood for the first time ever as I have been anemic for most of my life.

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I went to a Halloween event yesterday. 👻

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Disneybounding? No thanks, I have another game to play.

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On Sunday at Saboten I went to a British pub with my local lolita comm. I also went to a cute boba spot for the first time. Monday was the final day and the comm hosted a Pokemon themed tea party. I finally acquired my number one dream dress and wore it proudly.