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Mysterious moth unseen for 65 years accidentally rediscovered by tourist

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Bats are literally just tiny Dragons

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Have you played Dwarf Fortress? The update made me pick up (vanilla) Rimworld again, but while the latter is more fun as a story generator, the former is a much better colony sim...

i haven't, though it does look interesting! i'll admit, though, i've been a little reluctant to try it bc it looks more complex, and also the focus on storytelling is a big reason i like rimworld! but i figure i might pick it up at some point in the future if rimworld ever eases its iron grip on my psyche :`)

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the sheer amount of unhealthy parasocial attachment the watcher drama has revealed is honestly kind of frightening. "i won't go CRAWLING BACK to watcher now i know they only want me for my money!" girl what did you THINK they wanted you for? your personality? your glittering conversational skills? they don't know you, and you don't know them! "this whole time i was just a transaction to them 😭" yes??? that's how this works? they provide goods and/or services in exchange for currency?? THEY'RE A COMPANY???

like, i've got zero problem with people who don't want to subscribe to the new platform or are now wary of watcher bc of the legitimate concerns their initial decision brought up (potential loss of accessible content, lack of pricing awareness, lack of transparency leading up to the decision, potential lack of financial sustainability) but i am genuinely disturbed by the people reacting like they were broken up with over a company changing their monetization structure

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OH and quick reminder before I forget!

Companies are not your friends, even Content Creators that put up the parasocial mask to make you feel comfortable. Their aim is to make money off of you above all else. Remember that in the wake of this. Watcher is a company

Ryan and Shane and Steven are business people

Money will always be the thing that binds them to fans.

They are not the exception, they just showed VERY CLEARLY that they are the rule.

Continue consuming their content. I know I will be if anything piques my interest. But remember they are a Company and this is how they have to survive.

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honestly, i'm very happy to support watcher's revised subscription platform. i was already paying $5 a month on patreon to see episodes a day early, so i'm glad to pay $6 to see them a whole MONTH early!

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93 earthquakes of magnitude 4 or higher from 5PM to 6AM in taiwan last night, 23 of them exceeding magnitude 5 and two of them exceeding magnitude 6. and they're still happening.

ain't no one on the island got any sleep last night 😣 i hear the government is giving hualien a day off to try and recuperate some rest. two more buildings partially collapsed there (no one was inside either, thank god) and many residents camped out in parks out of fear of sleeping in older buildings.

seems like earth was saving all her aftershocks for today. praying that things calm down and we all get a chance to exhale.

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enough about taylor swift already. reblog and tag the smallest, least known artist you listen to

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i love being a star wars fan. yes, i spend all my free time thinking about star wars. no, i don't know anything that happens there. yes, i have very extensive knowledge on coruscant lower-level fauna. no, i don't understand the timeline but objectively it's not even my fault. of course i've read through traviss' mado'a language guide and dictionary. does anyone understand hyperlanes. don't ask me about their military ranking system or i will jump out of the window

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Astarion References

uncompressed + unedited full size images on google drive here

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yay, another music game! thank you @watertankafternoon for the tag!

artist: Bjork

what is your gender: Isobel

how do you feel: There's More to Life Than This

if you could go anywhere: Family

favorite mode of transportation: Freefall

your best friend: I Miss You

favorite time of day: Afterwards

if your life was a TV show: Human Behavior

relationship status: Bachelorette

your fear: The Modern Things

i'm not quite sure which of my mutuals might like this niche kind of game, soooo if you see this on your dash and think it looks fun, consider yourself tagged!

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HOLY SHIT YOU ARE A FUCKING BABY. it's like people have forgotten that companies actually need money to run and now are throwing a tantrum that they're not going to get entertained for free anymore?? it's fair to feel sad that the income from yt/patreon/promos/merch wasn't enough to keep them at the level they strived for, but it is their right to raise their labor's price - as much as it is your right to not buy the product anymore! but to turn this simple transaction into some moral problem, to invoke capitalism here (has this... not been capitalism before?) - typical baby behavior.

I don't think steven and the rest of the Watcher team are idiots. i don't think they foresaw the intensity of the backlash, but they must have known they were trading a bigger audience that pays cents for a smaller one that pays dollars. this tells us that either a) they want to maintain/increase their content quality, or b) they really fucking need money. both options do not warrant this backlash. omg it's so anti-capitalist praxis to not pay your staff a fair wage🤪

i'm fine with people deciding not to subscribe*. i'm fine with people feeling disappointed they won't get to watch their stuff anymore (i know i will). but to scream that you've been "betrayed" and accuse the team of being morally bankrupt for their decision is beyond unreasonable in my opinion.

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before he left, my brother gifted me a small travel ukulele he 3D-printed and assembled himself, and i love it so much. i've only had it for a week and i can already play a couple of songs! it's really nice to have a means of creative expression that's just for me alone. like, i love sharing my writing and art with other people, but there's just something about learning songs just for myself without an intent of ever performing them for someone else that is so comforting :)

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really recommend getting a partner with a different religion than you and very little knowledge of your religion because the opportunities for explaining things to each other are just exquisite

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I'm sick of internet negativity, so let's combat it: reblog this and saying something nice/pay a compliment to the prev in the tags.