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A : "It's as straight as noodles"

B : "what is?"

A : "My hair and my sexuality"

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Art by Philipp A. Urlich

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uh, if you think you are going to need a new computer in the next six months and you have money to buy it now, and you have been able to find it in stock someplace, go buy it now.

It is my actual, professional, real-life job to buy computers for businesses and right now that is basically impossible.

I found one computer that will kind-of work for someone who has been waiting on an order that WE'VE been waiting on from our vendor for a month and when I placed the order for that computer it was almost sold out. I don't even know if I'm going to get an email tomorrow saying that the order was cancelled due to stock imbalances.

Look at this:

My Lenovo rep sends me an inventory of what's in stock with the big resellers nationwide every two weeks. This shows that there were about 400 Lenovo Business desktops stocked through the whole of the US. There are normally at least a couple thousand split up among various vendors and part numbers.

This inventory is from a month ago, all of those part numbers are currently at approximately zero. When she sent me her inventory update last Friday it was all for chromebooks, no desktops or laptops.

I have to get monitors for an office, a total of 8. The main vendor I use was out of stock and so were two of the other ones I have accounts for, so I waited a couple days. I saw on Wednesday at 10am that the main vendor had 197 of the monitors in stock at $134 each. I went to place the order at 11am after I was out of the meeting and there were only 4 left in stock and they were at $158. I managed to find 8 monitors for my customer today, but they were not the models that matched the ones currently in her office and she had to choose between keeping the same price but getting monitors that need a converter and only having a one-year warranty OR getting the same brand (though a slightly different model) with the same inputs and the same warranty but paying $50 more per monitor.

It has been a pain in the ass to buy graphics equipment for years, and there have been ups and downs with HDDs and SSDs and RAM, but this is the biggest overall "everything computer related" shortage that I've seen and that includes the run on laptops last year and various other floods and disasters that have taken out big chunks of the supply chain.

SO my advice is to try to keep your current devices running as best you can, do some preventative maintenance and make some backups and make sure they aren't getting heat stressed.

If you can afford a computer right now and you think you'll need one and you've found one for a good price, go get it.

Black Friday/holiday sale computers are usually pretty crap but if you think you may need to get a computer at a discount, that's the time to look for one and now's the time to start saving for it. Just make sure you're getting a relatively new processor because a lot of people are unloading stuff with older processors at low prices because they won't be compatible with Windows 11.

RAM, HDDs, and SSDs are actually pretty stable at the moment so if you think you can get your computer to limp along for a while longer with an upgrade instead of a replacement, try that.

Remember: if you kill your laptop screen you can always plug it in to an external monitor, and if you kill the keyboard or trackpad you can plug in USB devices instead of using the built-in components. If your battery is dead but the computer still works when it's plugged in, you can often replace the battery cheaply. If your battery is swollen, remove the battery and discard it, but remember that you will likely still be able to use your computer when it is plugged in.

Try to take care of your tech and treat it gently for a while if you can; don't yank out cables, don't drop shit, don't keep drinks around your devices and if you have pets or if you smoke, consider opening up your device and cleaning up accumulated ash/dust/dander/hair etc.

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Makoto entering the real world to see Haru’s seiyuu

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Free! Iwatobi Swim Club Drama CD Vol. 2 full audio masterpost

This has links to where you can listen and reblog the full audio to all the tracks on the second drama CD!

[Track 01] [Track 02] [Track 03] [Track 04] [Track 05] [Track 06] [Track 07] [Track 08] [Track 09] [Track 10] [Track 11] [Track 12] [Track 13]

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Free! Iwatobi Swim Club Drama CD masterpost

This is a new masterpost with links to reblog and listen to the full audio of both volumes of the Drama CD since several people asked me if I had a masterpost of the first volume.

Vol. 1

[Track 01] [Track 02] [Track 03] [Track 04] [Track 05] [Track 06] [Track 07]

Vol. 2

[Track 01] [Track 02] [Track 03] [Track 04] [Track 05] [Track 06] [Track 07] [Track 08] [Track 09] [Track 10] [Track 11] [Track 12] [Track 13]

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Free Extra short films track 9 translation

Audio provided by @issushaim

Natsuya’s Freeloader Life

Nao: I’m back!

Natsuya: Hey! Welcome back, Nao. Dinner will be ready soon.

Nao: You’re making dinner, Natsuya?

Natsuya: You’re letting me stay here so it’s the least I can do.

Nao: So you can actually make food now. In middle school tried to make your own nutritional drink and the kouhai hated it.

Natsuya: Don’t compare this to back then. Now I’m actually pretty good.

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Free Extra short films track 11 translation

Audio provided by @issushaim

Isuzu’s room

Gou: Excuse us!

Isuzu: Welcome, Gou-san! Ah… you really are so cuwte!

Ayumu: That’s for having us over.

Isuzu: And you too, Ayumu-chan! Come in, come in! Don’t be shy. Just sit wherever you want over there. I’m so happy that you two came to spend the night at my house!

Gou: You’re happy? We’re the ones who are thankful for the opportunity, Isuzu-chan!

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Free Extra short films track 12 translation

Audio provided by @issushaim

Terrifying Goukon

Asahi: Oh! As expected, Tokyo is still so lively even though it’s so late.

Kisumi: It really is like a city pulls in lovers and dreamers!

Makoto: Hey… are we really going?

Asahi: Why are you asking that now?

Makoto: But it’s my first time going to a goukon. I’m nervous.

Haruka: There’s a first time for everything.

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Top 5 makoharu moments 😏

Ask me my “TOP 5” anything

Hello anon, sorry for the late, I’m ready to keep doing it ^0^)/I only picked from anime moments!

1. When Haru let finally out his feelings thanks to Makoto’s words

2. The confession (=v=)

3. THE quote

4. Confession #2 aka Haru’s way too shy & Makoto is shocked

5. Home is where your heart is~

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Bonus:

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Things that Keep Me Up At Night About SasuNaru

Naruto and Sasuke KISSED in their first chapter together.

We see Sasuke’s Sharingan for the first time when he reawakened it because he thought Naruto was going to die.

Sasuke’s body “moves on it’s own” to save Naruto.

Naruto entered Tailed Beast Mode for the first time because he thought Sasuke DIED.

Sasuke’s final thoughts before he “died” were all centered around Naruto which even included their first kiss.

Hurting Sasuke or HECK EVEN MENTIONING Sasuke in a bad light is a surefire way to trigger Naruto.

Naruto and Sasuke were all BLUSHY AND AVOIDING each other’s glances after wave country.

Sasuke’s first thought upon learning that Itachi is back in Konoha is to SAVE NARUTO.

Sasuke just CANNOT KILL NARUTO and it’s not because he can’t based on his skills or on a “whim” as he puts it.

Naruto WOULD RATHER BE AN IDIOT AND A GENIN ALL HIS LIFE if it meant saving Sasuke.

Naruto would REFUSED TO BECOME HOKAGE unless he saved Sasuke.

Naruto never needed anyone to tell him that he should go after Sasuke because NARUTO GOES AFTER SASUKE BECAUSE HE WANTS TO.

Naruto wished for Sasuke on a shooting star.

Naruto literally had a panic attack at the thought of Sasuke dying.

Sasuke called Naruto his “one and only”.

Sasuke could have died at the last battle between Naruto and him but HE LIVED FOR NARUTO.

Naruto is the hopeful heart that connects Sasuke to Konoha. (i.e. the only reason why Sasuke even gives Konoha the time of day)

Every member of the Otsutsuki clan who has seen Naruto and Sasuke together have acknowledged their bond or have worked towards getting Naruto and Sasuke together.

Naruto left Konoha and Ichiraku Ramen to train for three years with Jiraiya to save Sasuke. NARUTO LEFT RAMEN FOR SASUKE.

Naruto and Sasuke are literal soulmates.

UPDATE [June 25, 2020]

Naruto and Sasuke have canonically watched each other since they were children and have felt a kinship with one another long before they became teammates.

SASUKE FED NARUTO EVEN THOUGH THE CONSEQUENCE WAS BEING SENT BACK TO THE ACADEMY which can ultimately set him back on his goal of killing Itachi.

Naruto and Sasuke know each others hearts like no one else in the entire series.

Naruto DOES NOT NEED A GENJUTSU to know that Sasuke is someone who he treasures. HECK! NARUTO EVEN BROADCASTED HIS ENTIRE INNER THOUGHTS ON SASUKE TO ALL THE NINJAS IN THE 4TH SHINOBI WAR VIA INO.

Sasuke only thought of going back to Konoha during his redemption journey because he read a letter from NARUTO and ALL OF NARUTO’S MESSY HANDWRITTING. I’m sobbing!!!

The only time we see Sasuke cry and laugh in happiness as well as feel content was when he was literally BLEEDING OUT TO DEATH besides NARUTO.

NARUTO when faced with the choice of either letting Sasuke kill everyone in Konoha or killing Sasuke CHOSE TO DIE WITH SASUKE. THIS BOY WOULD DIE FOR SASUKE BECAUSE WHO THE HECK CARES ABOUT RETURNING TO KONOHA AND BEING HOKAGE IF HE LOSES SASUKE?!

Naruto is WILLING TO BE BEATEN UP, CRY, AND GROVEL just to save Sasuke’s life. HE IS WILLING TO LOOK WEAK AND PATHETIC IN FRONT OF THE FREAKING RAIKAGE FOR SASUKE.

Itachi himself entrusted Sasuke to Naruto. NARUTO HAS ITACHI’S BLESSING TO BE THE ONE FOR SASUKE.

Sasuke is the only “friend” of Naruto who has ever met Naruto’s mother. SASUKE HAS KUSHINA’S BLESSING TO BE WITH NARUTO.

And that’s just a few that I could think about right now.  But don’t worry I’ll update this list every now and then.

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All High☆Speed! 2 illustrations in order of appearance.

Scanned by me! :D Please enjoy! Only 9 hours left!

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Scans by me, from Otomedia, Animedia, Animage, PASH, Newtype, and Girl’s Style. Enjoy! :D