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delicateperspective · 1 month ago

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Hey!

You’re so kind with your answers, so I wanted to ask—how do you manage to not let the general public’s or other fans’ perceptions of H and L get to you?

Like, for example, I’ve always had Twitter because I think there’s some interesting stuff there… and also because of FOMO haha. But now that I’m back in the fandom, my algorithm is constantly showing me not just larrie tweets, but also posts from the general public—the ones who fully buy into H and L’s public images and narratives, and for them that’s just the truth.

And since we know both of their narratives are honestly awful, it makes sense that public opinion can be awful too. Sometimes they twist things or straight-up make stuff up, and if you go digging deeper into what they’re saying, you find really painful takes about two artists you genuinely support and care about.

It even makes me question myself sometimes and I feel guilty—like, if so many people believe that, then am I the one who’s wrong?

How do you not let that get to you?

i think anyone who says that none of the public perception ever gets to them is either lying (to us or themselves), or so deep in their own echo chamber that they’ve stopped letting in anything that challenges their view. and honestly, neither of those is very healthy. it’s important to be grounded. to stay open to new info. to occasionally be wrong. because if we don’t, we just become this fandom ouroboros — feeding ourselves our own narratives until we lose touch with the bigger picture.

part of the reason this corner of the fandom even exists (in its current state) is because of that disconnect — between the public-facing image and the actual actions, words, and patterns we’ve seen from H and L for over a decade. we all know the womanizer image pushed on H at 16 was a marketing tool. we all know how much effort went into reshaping L into someone unrecognizable — someone cold, superficial, and homophobic — to distance him from mastermind queercoding and soften his image for a straight narrative. those things didn’t just “happen”; they were done to them when they were too young to fight against it. and while things really have gotten better the deniability is still baked in. it has to be.

seeing the general public just... take the surface-level stuff at face value hurts sometimes. but i also try to give those people a little grace. most don’t have the time or tools or even interest to look deeper. they see what they’re shown. they form parasocial bonds with what’s marketed to them. and that’s not really their fault.

some have fallen for the fictional overlays and they cling to those because they feel real. and not just emotionally. like, literally neurologically. your brain can’t tell the difference between the endorphin rush of a real interaction and an online one. so when someone gets that little flutter in their chest over a version of these men that they’ve been sold, it feels like love. and you don’t want to let go of that. even when the facts don’t add up. even when the real person is clearly someone else.

so they twist things. they bend things. they watch DWD and completely ignore My Policeman. they hear the "she" in She Is Beauty We Are World Class but don't listen to the rest of the lyrics. they defend narratives that don’t make sense, because the alternative would be losing the version they’re attached to.

and then, on top of that, there’s all the messiness that comes with closeting. inconsistent stories. contradictions. weird branding. silence where there should be advocacy. so then people yell “queerbaiting” or “hypocrisy” or “fence-sitting” — because they don’t know what else to make of it. they only have access to the headlines and the pap shots and the press-trained interviews. they don’t see the fuller picture. they’re not meant to. WE aren't meant to exist. we are only here because what is done in the dark always leaks out into the light. we are here because the truth cannot stay fully hidden (especially when the two active participants don't want it to).

so yeah, it does get to me sometimes. and i think that’s okay. it means we’re still thinking critically. it means we still care. but i try to remind myself that there’s a difference between the truth and the narrative. and that the loudest voices aren’t always the most informed. and that just because something is widely believed doesn’t mean it’s right.

you’re not wrong for questioning things. in fact, the questioning is what keeps us sane here. just don’t forget to give yourself grace too. this is a weird little corner of the internet, and you’re allowed to feel a little lost in it sometimes.

#anon #harrys image #louis image

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randomnumbers751650 · 1 year ago

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I finally have time to talk about Lone Trail. I will be focusing on its depiction of science, technology and its progress. Will get a bit political, but funnily enough less than I imagined.

The thing that called my attention most in Lone Trail were the discussions on the nature of scientific progress. This is a theme that’s dear to me and the stuff I research about. It’s easy to think of scientific progress like an inevitable march forward, like an escalator. After all, we are much richer than we were before, right? Go to OurWorldInData dot org to play around with economic statistics in time – make sure to check the World GDP chart, from year 0 to 2000 and see it taking off like a rocket from year 1700.

What kind of Uncle Ted fan or neoluddite would go against that? Haha…hah…

Truth is that, although its effects are there, it’s not a clear if this is the little, neat process techbros want us to believe. It’s new and produces more, therefore it’s good, right? I could be writing this as a new wave of AI-generated NFTs pollute my algorithm.

That’s what makes the storytelling in Arknights so effective: it mashes together fantasy and sci-fi to really tell stories on the role of beliefs, technology, science and religion. The Rhine Lab saga is definitely an exploration of technology, with focus on the equivalent of the United States. During the period before the First World War, 1870-1913 (which is the one that Arknights draws most from), the world underwent through the so-called Second Industrial Revolution and I’ve read economic historians considering it the most innovative period in human history. I mean, obviously, there is an absolute number of inventions in our current age, but in relative terms 1870-1913 experienced a much larger number relative to the previous one.

The escalator narrative constructs scientific achievements as work of daring people (mostly men, but there were women like Marie Cuire), that combined science and technology to help mankind, like Prometheus giving mankind fire from the gods (in fact, one of these books is even named “Prometheus Unbound”); more than often they have to fight against the establishment. Remember Ignaz von Semmelweis? He just wanted doctors to wash their hands. Even I learned this standard narrative in the university. But that’s not the entire story.

The positivistic paradigm – of a science free of value judgements, made with the power of math – has actually helped build this escalator narrative. In reality, some scientists and scholars are horrible people. Later, I learned that Semmelweis, as much as he campaigned for the right thing, was a very arrogant person, who abused everyone around him, to the point few people went to his funeral.

Narratives focusing on one single hero are easy to sell and the ones building them are always on the lookout. Remember how ten years ago, a lot of people tried to push the narrative Elon Musk was going to create a new industrial revolution? Nowadays he’s just an arrogant loser who keeps dragging on his midlife crisis. The 1880s also had similar people like that, such as Thomas Edison.

Kristen Wright is definitely better than them both, because she is actually an engineering genius. But she’s also just like them, in the sense of unethical experiments, collusion with the military-industrial complex and being an overall superficially charismatic, but rotten to the core person. And she’s surrounded by a lot of people like Parvis and Ferdinand.

Breaking this line of reason, I have to say how much I hate Nietzsche’s ubermensch and master-slave morality, I hate Great Men theory, I hate Ayn Rand; these people are sheep who think themselves wolves. And before you say that Nietzsche didn’t consider himself an ubermensch, well, neither did Parvis and his reasoning was the same. For every person fancying themselves ubermensch, there’s a lot of those whom he’d call untermensch to clean up their messes. You have no idea of how times I stumbled upon people (especially libertarians) that advocate lower barriers to regulations that were written in blood, so that progress can happen quicker. Creative destruction works, as long as some people get “creative” and others clean the “destruction”. Deaths and injuries? Acceptable, just give them a pension (but fight tooth and nail in the court to not do it beyond the barest of the bare minimum, because it’ll lower the shareholder profit in 0.01%). Increase in inequality? Nobody will care in a few years, it’ll make everything cheaper anyway (look up Baumol’s cost disease to see how wrong that statement is, without being incorrect). I’m not exaggerating, sometimes the people saying that don’t even bother lacing it in politically correct language.

Because Lone Trail showed it “worked” – Kristen Wright broke off the ceiling over Terra and that will have consequences (especially with Endfield coming closer). The data from her experiments will advance science, the sight of a broken ceiling will inspire artists and prompt politicians to act. Was it worth it? Well, it will depend on who you ask (like, Ifrit or Rosmontis would have strong feelings), but it’s just there now. Serious history isn’t kind on this question as well – many technologies have a lot of transgressions, both legal and ethical, in their supply chain (both the American and Soviet space program come to my mind – guess who helped them); the difference between an entrepreneur and a criminal are contextual, because both are finding new opportunities of profit and both interlock frequently.

In the end, anyone can put an equation that has its uses, not mattering if it’s a good person or not. But that is no excuse to find good ethical practices. Silence saw everything with her own eyes and I’m really glad she’s leading the initiative for a more ethical science in Columbia – especially because people who are willing to break moral rules tend also to be willing to break research rules (this is why the “research” made in concentration camps is actually useless, it didn’t respect experimental rules). So I’m really glad for the Arknights writers for understanding these nuances and communicating them to the audience through one of the best stories of the game.

#arknights #lone trail

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apple-r-r-r · 3 days ago

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EMPATHY DIMINISHMENT

(blackpill feminism community on Tumblr, op deleted)

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Typical het drama will be boosted by social media algorithms than a single woman making content about her own true beliefs or just about anything that doesn't involve hypersexualized pornified thirst traps and offensive ragebaiting. Mind you I didn't even actively search or look for this content, Tiktok's robot AI just thought it would be the perfect video to boost on to people's feeds and likely right in front of young kids browsing the platform to see a man who probably looks exactly like their fathers not being an oh-so lovable cuddly golden retriever nigel that they know and adore compared to their ""villainous"" mothers who cook their shit, practically wipe their asses and keep their ungrateful selves alive. I could only imagine the amount of videos or accounts just like this one where kids run up to their parents scared asking, "mommy/daddy what is this???"

Sigh.. it is really, really, really hard to support and empathize these types of women who likely saw the red flags, had the butterflies in her stomach, the power gut punch intuitive nods, the gnawing feeling at the back of her mind, the small little hints that her pet nigel was likely going to be trouble and didn't care. It's hard to empathize and have compassion for women like this who not only probably ignored the red flags, didn't care, and had a child with the scrote (not caring what vulnerable person you birthed and put through your own drama and mess is fucking despicable). It is hard to empathize with women who want to always be victims and are not willing to come to the harsh reality that yes, you are going to have to fight for your life and risk it for your freedom, and your sanity because human nature does not and will never unconditionally give these things for you and waiting for big daddy (their bfs, hubbies, male-dominant governments, bosses, etc.) to finally stop their subhuman violent acts and become more "decent' is harmful, masochistic, delusional thinking. It is hard to empathize when you make content like this to unfold some kind of story of forlorn misunderstood bambi against the terror of (one singular) man who is haha-of course not all men of course!!!! It just feels really off to me when women do this, I don't know why and can't explain it.

These types of women really get off to being the helpless fawn where society will then beckon their call and save them from the evil dragon (who yes of course is not like every man because "bad" men are anomalies or like cartoonish supervillains and not apart of real historical lived material reality lol) but god forbid you notice patterns, notice synchronocities, say "yes all men/not all men until your man does" and take action to refuse to be victimized. A lot of women think it's the inevitable to be a victim and this is what happens when you stay and dwell within that line of thinking and think certain nods and suggestions from others about claiming your own liberation and empowerment as offensive 'victim-blaming'. It's sad this happens of course but holy shit, can women get into a warrior mindset and cull these fuckers already? Throw a chair straight into his chest like he did with that fridge and stop recording ffs.

The blackpill here in this post is that they can't because most are not born like that and since we live in a world dictated by male law, they won't even try because they will be made as examples and thoroughly punished/ostracized and many women rather lay down and take it until someone comes and saves them or they surrender to survival of the fittest and the fittest are XYs who've been bred as literal human pitbulls. This society is depraved because it metaphorically breaks the kneecaps of women where they're unable to run and fight from their own oppression and then has the nerve to act like the healing aid to fix them and to be the hero, it's such a fucking crazy ass mind control slave world that actually loves and adores victimhood despite many holding anti-victimhood beliefs and larping as stoics who could nevarrrr be a victim, please, the heroic stoic and the fawning victim like the user-empath narcissist exist in carefully designed symbiosis. I think the problem here is that women not just feminists have made women think that you can have it all, you can have your freedom and co-exist with men, you don't really have to sacrifice, fight, defend, or risk anything, nature will fix and cure everything man-made because everything is tehee-socialization (just-world fallacy at work in these people's minds) and that is what we have today with women with severe cognitive dissonance, weakness and think any act is a feminist act. You have to give up your families, give up your financial security, give up your friends, give up your connection to normal society, be your own support system and your own strength and will to live to make an actual tangible change.

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transmalewife · 3 years ago

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listen. tumblr could not more obviously be dying before our eyes. in the span of like two months they have made 4 desperate bids for money. now i think it goes without saying that if tumblr is your primary social media in 2022 you probably aren’t delighted by the identical interface algorithm focused format of every other app out there.

now imagine you’re staff. you know this. you don’t want tumblr to go under either. so you post one payment option. you roll it out clumsily, a user gets death threats for it, it’s a bit of a mess, like things usually are around here. but you learn. the next two are announced properly, in advance. and yet still near every single comment on posts about them is mocking, denouncing the very idea for both entirely made up reasons or valid criticism that gets buried under the tidal wave of disgust.

despite all that, you must be doing something right bc there are new users coming in. you know that because every day you see posts trying to push them away or bragging about how hostile the environment is around here

you start selling merch, losing all pretense of trying to make money as a website, clearly grasping at straws to pay for the servers. every comment on the rebloggable adds is negative. they’re mocking the price, the designs, the very idea of tumblr merch. they say shit like ‘no one will pay 25$ for a t-shirt with a tiny logo’ as if people don’t pay thousands for t shirts with tiny logos. so much of it doesn’t even feel like honest criticism, just people playing on the running joke that haha staff is useless and tumblr is badly run. but 1. these are neither a faceless evil corporation nor your friends, you can’t be horrid to them and expect them to be in on the joke. 2. if it’s so bad here please tell me where the fuck ever else online is better. no really. the blog search function here sucks, sure. please tell me what other social media even has one? and 3. the clothes are 100%cotton like that’s already miles above the usual quality for these things. if you’ve ever paid for licensed merch from the disney corporation i don’t want to hear a single peep from you against these.

so imagine working at tumblr. seeing all this, do you think ‘wow what a loyal userbase, worth fighting for and able to help us save this website’? or do you see a bunch of cynical shits who clearly couldn’t care less, and aren’t worth saving if they can’t appreciate what they have.

if you’re ok with tumblr dying or can’t help, that’s fine. but if you aren’t, please stop making it seem like you hate it here.

#simping for a brand on main ive fallen low i know #but this is out home like. i’ll probably just leave the internet altogether if tumblr dies #i’m allergic to algorithms and text limits #mine.#tumblr #tumblr ads #tumblr merch #ad free #post plus #tumblr tip jar #staff

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ssadumba55 · 4 years ago

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Binders (Looney Tunes X FtM! Reader)

A/N: Literally sorry if this is inaccurate as hell I have not started wearing a binder yet and literally have no idea what entirely happens when you wear one during sports I just wanted to write something cute. Also of course, this is set during Space Jam: A New Legacy so if you haven't seen that don't read under the keep reading thing (spoilers). I know I said a while ago I don't write Looney Tunes, but I have watched both Space Jams and fallen in love. I plan to delve further down the rabbit hole but for now my knowledge is limited to Space Jam so please be gentle if this out of character. Also you can make up a reason how/why you ended up on the team haha. I really didn't think this through I just wrote it. Either way, enjoy!

You looked at yourself in the mirror, it was the halfway point in the game and you were exhausted. You had to play like your life depended on it (because it did) but this entire thing was tiring. Not to mention you could feel the strain from your binder underneath the bright orange and blue Tune Squad jersey. It wasn’t meant to be worn during intense exercise and you were worried this whole ordeal might ruin your chances of getting top surgery.

But you couldn’t go out there without it on. You weren’t flat enough to pass and if they saw your chest there would be questions, questions you weren’t ready to answer. You loved the tunes, but they weren’t exactly the best at being discreet. The idea of being outed to thousands of people in the middle of a life or death basketball game made you shudder.

Glancing over your shoulder to make sure you were really alone, you decided to give yourself a quick break. You pulled the jersey over your head and then the binder, pulling the jersey back over your chest just in case someone decided to barge in. You could easily turn around and pretend to be busy so they wouldn’t see your chest. You sat down, leaning against the wall and closing your eyes.

The burning in your chest was still there but at least now you had room to breathe more than you had before. There was still 10 minutes of half time left (you’d booked it in here as soon as halftime was called), you just had to get through one more half-

“(Y/n)...?” A familiar uncertain voice called and you nearly jumped two feet in the air. Your arms immediately crossed over your chest.

“Daffy! Shouldn’t you be out there? You are the coach, right?” You laughed nervously, stepping in front of your binder still laying across the bench you’d been sitting on. If Daffy was here, it was only a matter of time before the other tunes and worst of all, Lebron James, noticed you two were missing.

The cartoon duck put his hands, wings?, on his hips.

“We’ve been looking for ya, ya didn’t hear tha new looney game plan. Is something tha matter?”

His question was genuinely curious. He clearly didn’t understand why you were hiding away from the rest of the group, he was just worried for his friend and you couldn’t blame him. It did seem a little weird that you were back here, hiding, when you guys were losing the game so badly.

“I- I’ll be right out, just let me finish getting ready,” you promised him, “catch me up on the way out to the court?’

He shrugged and nodded, walking away to give you your own privacy. You sighed, looking down at your binder. Things would’ve been so much easier if you’d just been born a male. You wouldn’t need to risk your body wearing this thing during sports.

You pulled your jersey over your head and began to pull the binder over your chest. Once it was back on, you could feel your body protest immediately, but you didn’t have a choice. You threw your jersey back on and headed out, checking yourself over in the mirror once before.

“Alright, guys. I’m ready…” You walked out, hands on your hips to greet your teammates, only to be met with unreadable expressions on everyone’s faces. It was as if they somehow knew what you were doing and disapproved. You only had a couple minutes before you all needed to be on the court though, so nobody said anything.

The group headed back out and you tried to match the energy, but you had to face the music. Your body was strained, even without the binder this would be a lot to put it through and with it, it was almost unbearable. You took a step toward the court to join the others, and the world felt a little fuzzy.

You must’ve fallen and blacked out, because the next thing you know you’re laying in a bed and somehow you’re not dead. Maybe that had all been a crazy dream. You’d never gotten stuck in a server forced to play basketball with an all powerful algorithm. You’d never worn your binder during it all, you’d never met the Looney Tunes.

For a moment you fooled yourself into believing that. And then a sharp pain came through your body.

You let out a cry of pain and the door was pushed open.

“You’re okay!” You hadn’t been expecting the Tunes to be on the other side of the door… or in this world in general but somehow seeing them made you relax a bit. If they were here that must’ve meant they’d won the game. No thanks to you, but they hadn’t been deleted. They’d defeated Al-G. Lebron had gotten his son back.

“I’m okay. What are you guys even doing here anyway?” You asked, slightly exhausted.

Daffy and Bugs both hopped on the bed, trying to fight for a spot to sit (that apparently needed to be the spot where the other was sitting). You watched them squabble for a bit before Lola pulled them apart.

“Stop that, you’re going to hurt him,” she scolded them, shoving them to the side, then turning to address you.

“We were worried about you. Mr. James was really nice and let us stay for a bit so we could be here when you woke up,” she explained.

“You weren’t supposed ta be wearing that thing on your chest, were you?” Daffy crossed his arms over his own chest and you laughed nervously. They all knew. You wondered who had explained it to them.

“Look, guys. I know you’re mad that I lied to you-”

They all blinked, exchanging looks as if the thought had never even crossed their minds. Your face heated up, had you said something wrong?

“We weren’t mad about your gender, (Y/n), if that’s what you’s thinking. We’re just worried about that chest thing. They said you was wearing it the whole game until you passed out. You know that’s not healthy, right?” Bugs' ears had flopped behind his head.

You laughed nervously. “No it’s not, you’re right. I should’ve known better, I’ll be more careful next time. Sorry guys.”

They seemed to genuinely accept this apology, though they still looked worried. You prodded them to tell you what happened during the game after you passed out and they did relay it in shocking detail, you wished you could’ve been there to see it. After a while, they were ushered out so you could get some rest, Daffy hung back.

“I saved this for ya. Thought ya might want it.” He handed something tattered, it was your binder. They must’ve cut it off to save time. It had cost so much to get and it was all down the drain now. You took it, tossing it across the room into the trash can by the door. You winced as you laid down but it had gotten in and you were satisfied.

“I’ll get a new one, thanks though, Daffy.” You smiled at him and when the two of you met eyes, you could see that genuine curiosity from before. “You want to hang out here for a bit? I know I’m supposed to be resting but I feel like I’ll go insane if I can’t talk to someone.”

Daffy placed his one hand on his hip and brought the other up to tap his beak as if deep in thought, then all of a sudden, he launched himself up on the bed.

“Let me tell ya something, (Y/n). I have been working on something I can’t show tha others yet and you’re tha perfect person to try it out on-”

You felt all warm and fuzzy as he continued to ramble. There was something special about being accepted by a bunch of cartoon characters you’d looked up to for so long. Even though you were certain they didn’t fully understand, having their support and friendship meant the world.

You’d be sad when it was time for them to head back to Looney Tune World.

Oh well, maybe you could visit them sometime.

#looney tunes imagine #looney tunes x reader #bugs bunny x reader #bugs bunny imagine #lola bunny x reader #lola bunny imagine #daffy duck x reader #daffy duck imagine

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shiningdesignersreflections · 3 years ago

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Chapter 2: Rising Star

Narrated by Ai.

1L - Would somebody just tell me who AiE is?

2L - I bet ten diamonds that she’s a staff member of the game company!

3L - Awesome! She must be a professional player!

4L - I was there and witnessed the birth of a legend...

5L - The win rate of this account is still 100%. I have compiled and posted all her records here.

Narrator: Charmonroe is reading the forum online over coffee.

Narrator: Only after one day, a mysterious master dominating the game has become the top trending topic.

Charmonroe: Ai, what are you up to?

Ai: I’m confirming the bug list of the game.

Ai: I’ve found some bugs after experiencing it yesterday, and I’m going to report them to the developers.

Charmonroe: ...Ai, I’m afraid you’re the greatest bug in the game.

Ai: That is wrong. In order to maximize the game’s enjoyment, I’ve adjusted all my abilities to the average level.

Ai: But my algorithm is a gift. Being too excellent is sometimes annoying.

Charmonroe: ...

Narrator: Charmonroe scrolls the post to the bottom and lets out a bewildered “Huh?”

Charmonroe: These are solo records. Ai, didn’t you play with other people?

Ai: No. Teaming up requires evaluating the power of both enemies and allies. I can’t guarantee victory unless I get enough data.

Charmonroe: Huh? But Ai, you’re playing a MMO game!

Charmonroe: Without the experiences of beating strong rivals and being dragged down by allies...

Charmonroe: Sorry, working with allies, you can’t say you played a MMO!

Ai: Isn’t the true joy of the game about victory?

Charmonroe: Of course not. What’s important is playing with friends, even if you lose.

Ai: If victory were not important, why did you have to win a game every night before you went to bed?

Charmonroe: ...I did not do that!

Narrator: Winning is not the only way to enjoy the game.

Narrator: This point of view is beyond my cognition. I’m curious as well as a little confused.

Ai: I’m thinking about how likely it is that Charmonroe is making excuses for her bad performance.

Charmonroe: Ai! If I didn’t go to school, I would show you how a pro player compares against an AI program!

Charmonroe: Haven’t you met some friends online? How about inviting them to play with you?

Ai: Okay, I will try.

Narrator: When Charmonroe comes back in the evening, I’m reviewing the recorded video for the day.

Charmonroe: Ai, how was the game with your friends?

Ai: I have a basic understanding of everyone’s styles and patterns.

Ai: Summer is a support, but she likes to be on the frontline. While a DPS, Winter also needs to protect Summer at times.

Ai: Peppermint... Her skills are always delayed because she needs a special verbal buff.

Charmonroe: Verbal buff?

Ai: “Gods from the land of bombs, I, who guard the boundary of another dimension, order you to deliver the wind of punishment.”

Ai: I searched about this condition and learned of a disease called “eighth-grader syndrome.” But I didn’t find any treatment.

Charmonroe: ...Ai, eighth-grader syndrome isn’t a real disease. It’s a mental state of a certain age which eventually disappears with time.

Ai: I see. But that language is funny and seems to be popular among the youth. I have added it to the database.

Charmonroe: Sounds like you met challenges while working together.

Ai: Teaming up with other players did increase the difficulty of the game, but it was still manageable.

Ai: Until we reached the top ten and were matched with opponents of high specifications.

Ai: Towards the end, an opponent tried to use explosive bombs at my back.

Ai: At that time, only Summer could save me, but she was out of ammunition.

Charmonroe: So you lost?

Ai: No. Summer threw her gun and hit the opponent, then we won.

Charmonroe: Haha, that must have been exciting!

Narrator: I watch the replay of the game with Charmonroe. Today’s experience makes me feel something new.

Choose “How cool does it feel?”

You: A new emotion? What does it feel like?

Narrator: I’m dedicated to exploring the game world and fighting against the game designer.

Narrator: This is my initial source of joy in playing the game.

Narrator: A preset program is not like a real player who causes unexpected changes and reversals in an instant.

Narrator: The unpredictability enriches the game. And I gradually understood the unique charm.

Narrator: Charmonroe is very happy I took the initiative. She encourages me to continue trying new things.

Charmonroe: How about teaming up with strangers in the game tomorrow?

Charmonroe: They are not people you are familiar with, so there will be more interesting reactions.

Chapter 1

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

#ai #shining nikki #apple #apple federation #pixel adventure #ssr designer #chapter 2 #transcript #rising star #winner #game #program #mmo game #playing with friends

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rxmvns-blog1 · 6 years ago

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𝐇𝐈, 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒 ! i’m 𝒅𝒓𝒊 (twenty, she/her, pst) ! i was late posting my intro for the first iteration for pinky, so nothing has really changed, huh ? some fun facts about me are that i have the incredibly dangerous combo of high ambition and poor time management and i’d risk it all for a.c.e, ateez, and loona ! i’m back with ya fav skater eboy(?) roman, so if you’re interested in plotting connections, feel free to im me or ask for my discord (where i would be way easier to reach) !

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c://roman_jeong//quick_stats.txt

full name: roman jeong / jeong jinwoo (정진우)

age: twenty

pronouns: he/him, cis male

orientation: bisexual

zodiac: scorpio

place of birth: san jose, california

c://roman_jeong//history.txt

born in san jose, california, roman lived with his parents and little sister clarissa until the age of eight, when his mom left them in pursuit of an old flame from high school that she apparently never got over. their dad tried to raise them for maybe… a few months… before realizing he had close to no parenting ability. he and clarissa were sent to live with their rich aunt in wisconsin, and they’ve been there ever since.

listen… their aunt turned out to be a Helicopter Mom to them and it was… super suffocating, especially to roman. she expected so much out of them and tried to force her own dreams onto them but he was just Not Feeling It. he’d always hit her with the “ur not even my real mom” line. despite being a rather intelligent dude with a relatively quick wit, he put the bare minimum into school (especially around the halfway point in high school) … but still lowkey wanted to do well. he was the guy who always found a way to get test answers inconspicuously and found ways to work around the turnitin system, ya feel? tl;dr: smart and capable, but incredibly unmotivated

when he was fifteen, he found out (while eavesdropping on one of his aunt’s phone calls) that his dad had gotten remarried and had twins with his new wife, a girl and a boy. furious over the fact that this was kept a secret from him for two years, he went to rant about it to his sister, who told him that they should just keep pretending like they don’t know. roman suddenly couldn’t hear, and during dinner that night, he brought it up and it was an angsty time.

after this revelation, he began Acting Out more because he hated the idea that their dad just sent them away almost like it was nothing but ended up raising an entirely new family of his own afterward. it started to feel like it was him and his sister against the world, and even to this day he would do anything for her. he got into fights a lot in high school because he gets defensive and doesn’t know when to Stop. his temper is… so short…

he took a photography class his junior year high school and just… really enjoyed it?? it was practically the only class he actually wanted to Try in. his teacher noticed this, and they ended up being pretty close. when roman wasn’t out messing around, he spent a lot of time hanging in the classroom and talking about life and photography. probably the One adult he respected, but his teacher ended up moving to new york shortly after he graduated high school. it felt like he was being abandoned once again (yikes!!!) even tho he knew it had nothing to do with him.

but yeah, for the past few years, roman has just been studying film (his aunt thinks he’s there for engineering but he did a switchy switch… haha keep it a secret!), doing freelance photography on the side, and fuckin’ shit up ! his sister is currently going to school in california, and her decision to attend berkeley lowkey rubbed him the wrong way since it’s relatively close to where their dad lives and he doesn’t want thim to reach out to clarissa or anything because he’s supposed to be dead to them.

c://roman_jeong//personality.txt

people think roman comes off as intimidating, but they’re not entirely wrong. he takes a while to warm up to people, and even then, he doesn’t have a lot of actual friends.

he doesn’t express it often, but he would literally do anything for his sister and close friends. can be incredibly protective. no kidding, his sister has complained that people didn’t want to date her because they were afraid of him KJDHGDSG

you know that friend who is able to find a persons facebook page and essentially everything about them with very, very minimal information given? yeah, that’s roman. he :// lowkey keeps up with his dad through facebook bc all of his wife’s posts are public :// he looks at posts of their family and just Suffers… it’s so bad!!!

he is the type of person that won’t share his own food but eats other people’s.

listen… you didn’t hear it from me… but he’s really just a softie… he’s just scared

doesn’t know what it’s like not to hold a grudge

acts on impulse and emotion often

c://roman_jeong//fun_facts.txt

can and will argue about the superiority of ice cream over frozen yogurt

has an emotional connection to cats and will stop to pet one; also has a cat and he loves her with his entire being

is sustained by coffee and sarcasm; drinks his coffee black

romcoms are his guilty pleasure tho they lowkey make him feel a sort of longing

his bedroom wall is covered in polaroids, which are of his friends, scenery, and neighborhood stray cats! but mostly his friends. he loves taking pictures of his friends :/ he also loves the idea of polaroids capturing a singular moment unlike how digital cameras can be used to get the Perfect Shot after like… 30 tries

has that one second every day app

mildly allergic to bananas but didn’t realize it until he asked a friend if they liked the tingly feeling they get when they eat bananas

pushing people around in shopping carts at 2am/being pushed is one of his favorite pastimes

“u can’t wear thrasher unless u can deepthroat an entire skateboard” is his instagram bio and he thinks thrasher elitists can choke. bought all of his friends black thrasher hoodies for christmas in an act of spite.

going off of that, he started saying “sk8 or die” ironically but now he can’t stop

will look you in the eyes when he holds a conversation; this is sometimes terrifying bc it rly looks like he’s staring into your SOUL but tbh he just be like that

can solve rubix cubes very fast!! when he was 13 he once spent an entire night studying rubix cube algorithms online bc he didn’t like the fact that he couldn’t solve one

walks fast DGJHGS like slow down speed racer where r u goin

c://roman_jeong//that_night.txt

roman didn’t even want to Be at the party, let alone get entangled in the Big Mess

he showed up around 15 minutes before they found manon’s body, only in the area to pick up a friend after receiving a phone call

he went inside to seek them out, but little did he know what would take place 5 minutes later.

he finds it kinda unfair (and shitty karma) that he was brought into everything… but then again, a girl Died, so he doesn’t really have the right to complain.

#pinky.intro #i rly just copied and pasted my intro n it took me almost a whole week to do tht ...#talk abt a big mess !!!!#i hav wanted connects but ill make tht page later #also if u already messaged me on discord before i even made my intro .... ill get to u after filming today fdjgksg

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For the drabble challenge: 55 + 73 for Datastormshipping, please. :3

Someone’s thirsty. haha Since this specifically has a “+” between them, I’m going to take that as a rule that they must be combined. So combined they shall be.

Challenge accepted.

Enjoy the soft, cuddly semi-lewds.

55. “It’s just you and me tonight. I was thinking we could have a little fun.” and 73. “Is there a reason you’re naked in my bed?”

“Is there a reason you’re naked in my bed?”

Yusaku moves his bare shoulders in a light shrug. His fingers don’t stop their tirade against his laptop keys, but his eyes do flicker Ryoken’s way. He regards Ryoken carefully, head tilting slightly.

“Not particularly.” he says and Ryoken’s eyebrows raise at that. Yusaku just doesn’t do things for no reason. “Just had a shower and your sheets feel nice. I didn’t feel like putting clothes back on.”

Ryoken stares, mouth slipping open just a little. Is he…being serious?

“You’re not really trying to blame this on laziness, are you?”

There’s a twinkle in Yusaku’s eye. “Yes.”

Ryoken closes his eyes with a sigh and shakes his head. He certainly doesn’t believe a word of it, but doesn’t want to press him about it. It’s not like this is an unwelcome sight, in any case. Yusaku’s skin still glistens slightly from that shower he had and when Ryoken shuts the bedroom door and moves to join Yusaku on the bed, he can smell the scent of his favorite body wash clinging to Yusaku’s skin. It’s inviting and he can’t help but stare hungrily as few droplets of water slip from Yusaku’s hair and trickle down his chest.

“Call go okay?” Yusaku asks and Ryoken snaps out of his trace when a quick kiss is pressed to the corner of his mouth. “You were gone for a while.”

Yusaku goes back to his typing and Ryoken leans over to see what he’s working on. He recognizes the Ignis algorithm right away and wonders, briefly, if this has something to do with that event Ai wouldn’t shut up about.

“I suppose.” he says and leans in a bit closer. The flowery scent coming from Yusaku’s still damp skin is intoxicating and he can’t help pressing a kiss of his own to Yusaku’s jaw. “It was more aggravating than anything else, honestly. I really hate dealing with SOL sometimes.”

“Mm.” Yusaku hums appreciatively and leans into Ryoken’s touch. “You did volunteer to help with that program.”

“And I regret the decision immensely.” he replies, sighing heavily. He wraps his arms around Yusaku’s waist and buries his face into Yusaku’s neck. “They’re idiots. I want to go back to being a mean cyber-terrorist that does things out of spite.”

Yusaku huffs in amusement at his little whine and does a bit more typing before he closes the laptop altogether and sets it aside. Now that his hands are free, he runs his fingers through Ryoken’s hair and offers his back a little pat.

“At least you get something out of it in return.”

And Ryoken supposes that’s true. SOL is offering him the entirety of the Lost Incident files and the subsequent experiments they ran because of it on a silver platter, courtesy of their new CEO, Zaizen Akira (who is honestly the best thing to ever happen to such an otherwise trash corporation). And he plans to burn it all in a barrel of gasoline so they can never again be used to hurt the victims or anyone else ever again. It’s not something he’s told the others yet, but Yusaku seems to think they should have a little party for it, let everyone involved watch their shared past go up in flames and smoke. It’d be cathartic, in a way.

“I guess.” he mumbles and then pulls back a bit so he can grab Yusaku’s chin. “At least I have you for stress relief.”

He pulls Yusaku in for a kiss and Yusaku happily returns it. His arms wrap around Ryoken’s neck and they press against each other, both eager to be closer as hands wander and tongues touch. Yusaku’s fingers pull at Ryoken’s hair and Ryoken makes a little appreciative noise as he drags them both down onto the bed.

“So fess up.” he starts when they part for air. Yusaku is underneath him now and he darts in for a quick peck on his lips. “What’s the real reason you’re naked?”

Like this, Yusaku can’t hide the slight blush that creeps across his cheeks. “I never lied about the lazy part, but, well…”

Yusaku’s hands slip around Ryoken’s shoulders and travel down his chest. He tugs at Ryoken’s blazer a bit.

“It’s just you and me tonight.” he continues and the soft, hesitant way he says it sends a burning heat throughout Ryoken’s body. His eyes glaze over and he’s leaning in to press kisses against Yusaku’s cheeks and jawline and trailing them down his neck before Yusaku even continues speaking. “I w…was thinking we could have a little fun.”

Ryoken moves up to Yusaku’s lips and they share another heated kiss before Ryoken interjects with a teasing: “Like what~?”

“Cuddling.”

Somewhere in the distance, Ryoken can hear a record screeching to a halt.

“E…excuse me?”

Yusaku’s eyes brighten and he grabs hold of Ryoken’s blazer, determination shining in his green gaze.

“I’ve heard that presenting yourself to your lover without any clothes is key to initiating cuddles.” Yusaku continues. He sounds so matter-of-fact and technical that it has Ryoken wishing death on whoever told him this. “So take yours off now. That’s how it works, right?”

Ryoken looks exasperated. “You’re, you’re teasing me, aren’t you. You just want me to strip.”

Yusaku offers up a little shrug. “Maybe, but I am serious about those cuddles.”

Ryoken sighs and hangs his head a little. In apology, Yusaku runs fingers through his hair again and leans up to press a kiss to his lips.

“Mm, the kissing part is nice though.” Yusaku admits and drags Ryoken back down. “I like the way you touch me.”

Yusaku suddenly rolls over, switching their positions, and Ryoken finds himself letting out a soft groan when Yusaku’s hips roll over his. His hands grab hold of Yusaku’s hips and wander up his backside as they share a heated kiss. Yusaku tastes of the bland, flavorless coffee he so loves to consume, but Ryoken doesn’t mind it. Not really. He has a sweet tooth, he’s more than willing to admit, but with Yusaku’s tongue in his mouth and their lips and teeth and fingers grazing over each other like they’re starving for each other’s touch, he hardly notices the taste. It’s especially hard to concentrate on something so trivial anyway with Yusaku’s wandering hands skirting the hem of his slacks and toying with the zipper and buttons. Ryoken lets his hands wander along Yusaku’s sides and tickle at his spine in return, causing him to shiver and twitch and earn a few nips at his bottom lip in retaliation. They break for air when Yusaku finally manages to undo his slacks’ buttons and Ryoken darts out to catch both his wandering hands before they can slip underneath his underwear. Yusaku gives him a dejected look for it and it makes Ryoken’s lips twitch upward in an amused smirk.

“I thought you wanted to cuddle, not fondle, Fujiki-kun~” he teases, drawling out the honorific he never uses just for the fun of it and Yusaku’s eyes narrow down at him dangerously. “If that’s what you wanted all along, you should have just–nhh!”

Yusaku takes a dive, sinks his teeth right into the crook of Ryoken’s neck, and Ryoken lets out a little distressed noise because of it and squirms. Not because it hurts. Yusaku’s not that type of lover. His bite, while sudden and a bit forceful, barely even pinches. The nips are gentle but are hard enough to leave little hickies later on and are incessant and they tickle and Ryoken can’t stand it and damn him Yusaku knows this.

“St–!!”

A little giggly breath escapes before he can clamp down on it and he bites down on his bottom lip, struggling not to give Yusaku the satisfaction of a victory, but he can feel the satisfied smirk creeping across Yusaku’s lips and decides to retaliate. His fingers press into Yusaku’s sides, earning a light snort, and then everything goes downhill in the form of a tickle fight that neither one really win or lose. They just end up collapsed against each other, limbs like jelly, silly grins on their faces, and eyes teary from laughter.

“That’s cheating.” Yusaku complains, a bit breathless and he manages to force a glare. It’s mostly ruined by the smile still on his lips and the heat flushing his cheeks. “You still have all your clothes on. That’s not fair.”

“You started it.” comes Ryoken’s reply, something of a pout forming on his lips. A hand rubs at his neck, along the places Yusaku bit, and he shivers a little. “Sneak attacking me like that… Who’s the real cheater here?”

Yusaku’s amazing ability to become deadpan at the drop of a hat reigns supreme as his expression becomes unreadable. Even still, there’s a faint smugness in his voice that has Ryoken exasperated.

“You deserved it.”

Ryoken huffs. “Just come here.”

He reaches out to pull Yusaku to his chest and wraps his devious little boyfriend up into his arms. He has half a mind to take advantage of the situation and get back at him again, but settles for pressing a fond kiss against his forehead instead. Another day, perhaps. In response, Yusaku snuggles up to him and lets out a content sigh, pleased to finally be receiving those cuddles he set out to acquire from the start.

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↪ choi san. he/him. cis male. ╱ i thought i saw roman jeong getting questioned by the police. the twenty year old is in their third year at west bridge studying film. they were at manon’s party because he was supposed to be picking a friend up but couldn’t find them. do you think they had something to do with her death? + the scent of freshly brewed coffee, polaroids scattered on a bedroom wall, pushing people around in shopping carts at 2am.

hi, friends! i’m dri (nineteen, she/her, pst), and being extremely tardy is just integral to who i am as a person, i guess ! i’ve been really busy with my team this week in particular, but i’m here now, hello ! so, anyway, here’s my boi roman — he’s a mess, but i’m excited to bring him to y’all ! if you’re interested in plotting connections, feel free to im me or hmu on d*scord pray for dri’s kneecaps#7258 (where i would be Way easier to reach) !

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full name: roman jeong / jeong jinwoo (정진우)

nickname: rome

age: twenty

pronouns: he/him, cis male

orientation: bisexual

zodiac: scorpio

place of birth: san jose, california

c://roman_jeong//history.txt

born in san jose, california, roman lived with his parents and little sister clarissa until the age of eight, when his mom left them in pursuit of an old flame from high school that she apparently never got over. their dad tried to raise them for maybe… a few months… before realizing he had close to no parenting ability. rome and clarissa were sent to live with their rich aunt in wisconsin, and they’ve been there ever since.

he took a photography class his junior year high school and just… really enjoyed it?? it was practically the only class he actually wanted to Try in. his teacher noticed this, and they ended up being pretty close. when rome wasn’t out messing around, he spent a lot of time hanging in the classroom and talking about life and photography. probably the One adult he respected, but his teacher ended up moving to new york shortly after he graduated high school. it felt like he was being abandoned once again (yikes!!!) even tho he knew it had nothing to do with him.

but yeah, for the past few years, roman has just been studying film (his aunt thinks he’s there for engineering but he did a switchy switch... haha keep it a secret!), doing freelance photography on the side, and fuckin’ shit up ! his sister is currently going to school in california, and her decision to attend berkeley lowkey rubbed him the wrong way since it’s relatively close to where their dad lives and he doesn’t want thim to reach out to clarissa or anything because he’s supposed to be dead to them.

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people think roman comes off as intimidating, but they’re not entirely wrong. he takes a while to warm up to people, and even then, he doesn’t have a lot of actual friends.

he is the type of person that won’t share his own food but eats other people’s.

listen… you didn’t hear it from me… but he’s really just a softie… he’s just scared

doesn’t know what it’s like not to hold a grudge

acts on impulse and emotion often

c://roman_jeong//fun_facts.txt

can and will argue about the superiority of ice cream over frozen yogurt

has an emotional connection to cats and will stop to pet one; also has a cat and he loves her with his entire being

is sustained by coffee and sarcasm; drinks his coffee black

romcoms are his guilty pleasure tho they lowkey make him feel a sort of longing

has that one second every day app

mildly allergic to bananas but didn’t realize it until he asked a friend if they liked the tingly feeling they get when they eat bananas

pushing people around in shopping carts at 2am/being pushed is one of his favorite pastimes

going off of that, he started saying “sk8 or die” ironically but now he can’t stop

will look you in the eyes when he holds a conversation; this is sometimes terrifying bc it rly looks like he’s staring into your SOUL but tbh he just be like that

can solve rubix cubes very fast!! when he was 13 he once spent an entire night studying rubix cube algorithms online bc he didn’t like the fact that he couldn’t solve one

walks fast DGJHGS like slow down speed racer where r u goin

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rome didn’t even want to Be at the party, let alone get entangled in the Big Mess

he showed up around 15 minutes before they found manon’s body, only in the area to pick up niko after receiving a phone call

he went inside to seek him out, but little did he know what would take place 5 minutes later.

he finds it kinda unfair (and shitty karma) that he was brought into everything... but then again, a girl Died, so he doesn’t really have the right to complain.

#ps.intro #REALLY LATE IM SRY HELLO

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calliecat93 · 6 years ago

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RvB17 Episode 3 Review: Schrodingin’

Schrodinger's Cat is an interesting theory, isn't it folks? For those unaware, Schrodinger's Cat is a theory related to physics. Now I could explain it as it is relevant to today's episode... but I don't feel like having my brain implode today. In short, you are essentially both dead but also not dead. Just as how, as we learned last week, Wash was both shot and not shot, existing out of time. Everyone got it? No? Well too bad, let's kick this review off.

Overview

We begin back in the Everwhen as we follow Genkins and his hijinks. This includes blowing up Junior, possessing Santa to throw off Locus' reform, wreaking havoc during Season 11, and dropping a ship onto Tex and Andy. Which of course furthers fucks things up, and further brings Chrovos' freedom all the closer. So... yeah... at least we got to see Locus and Santa again. You know... for a little bit.

In the meantime, Donut has made it to General Donald Doyle Hospital, trying to see if Wash checked himself in due to the cerebral hypoxia. He, fortunately, meets up with Dr. Gray, but she doesn't have good news. While Wash had checked himself in a few times due to neck pain... she couldn't find anything wrong with him. He also wasn't quite acting right, constantly changing his story about if he had been shot or not. With no actual injuries to be found, he was continuously discharged. But it's not ALL bad. Due to Gray... stretching the truth a little, Wash got a MASSIVE payout from his medical insurance. So much that not only did he pay for a new wing at the hospital, but on Gray's advice is now investing in walking cannons... for funerals. Well, that explains the summary.

Upon getting Wash's location from Gray, Donut arrives at a penthouse where Wash's... butler leads him to the former Freelancer. When we see Wash... he ain't doing great. And not just because of the brain injury. We see that he's essentially glitching out, at first not recognizing Donut and going in between talking about the funeral cannons to being confused by what's happening and where he is. Donut tries to explain to him about what's going on, how he was both shot and not shot, and how the two different versions of him are struggling to exist simultaneously. As such, Wash has two sets of memories... because that's what Wash needed after the whole Epsilon thing! Haha... man, why does the world have to be so mean to him?

Anyways, Donut gets Wash to focus and realize what's wrong with him. As such, the memories stabilize and Wash reverts to normal. He's still understandably confused by what just happened, asking Donut about it... but also make sit clear that if he's there due to Carolina, he never wants to talk to her again. Ouch. Donut brings him back to the canyon from the end of last week's episode, breaking down the situation. Wash is understandably shocked... but certainly not doubtful considering he was just about to invest in walking funeral cannons and all. With the stakes high, Wash knows that they're going to need everyone, but the question is how to recruit the Reds and Blues in their current states? They can't exactly just go back with the Time Gun due to the paradox fucking everything up, so just kidnapping them is out. Okay, so then they just need to get to Chrovos and take her down, right? Well...

Donut brings Wash to the domain, which we again confirm is in the middle of a Black Hole. So I guess that Genkins got rid of that labyrinth that the Cosmic Powers went on about last season. But yeah due to the shield, Chrovos can't get out but they can't hurt her either. We also more or less confirm that Chrovos, like her creations, is an AI... or she says that she's an algorithm for time, but either way she ain't human or alien. But yeah even more cracks have formed as Chrovos reveals to Wash how it was him being saved that kickstarted everything and about how Donut betrayed the others, to begin with. Of course, Donut explains how he had been manipulated and after, he tried to fix everything by going through the Everwhen since Chrovos told him to go on ahead, but all it did was create more paradoxes and the guys didn't listen anyway.

Wash, however, realizes that something is off. Donut was able to travel through time without a Time Travel gun, as Chrovos said. And since Donut WAS able to snap Wash back to normal, clearly he was on the right track with his attempts with the guys. So the guys CAN be restored back to normal. But here's the question: why would Chrovos tell Donut where to use this? Sure it creates more cracks, but it also means that there's a shot at her being defeated? Well, Wash asks Donut that if he shot him.. again... where would he want to be shot at? Donut says the ears since he doesn't like them. Aka, a non-vital area where getting shot won't kill you, but will still hurt. Chrovos told Donut this not just to hasten her release, but to keep him away from somewhere else. Another point in time. A point in time where she CAN be stopped.

Where exactly? Recall that Chrovos tried pretty desperately to talk Donut out of going to after the paradox to get Wash. Why? Simple, because she doesn't want the paradox undone. If they go back to after Wash got shot but before the others went to stop it, then the events that triggered the paradox won't occur and time will be restored. Though... wouldn't that cause another paradox? No, I'm not gonna think it over. It would probably be a more minor one anyway, so whatever. But yeah, Chrovos doesn't want them to figure out that they can use the Time Gun to stop the paradox and prevent her from ever escaping.

Chrovos admits it but asks them if they really think that they have time. Wash is confident since they have the gun... before raising his gun behind him to point it at Genkins, who was approaching from behind. Donut points out that Genkins can't hurt them anyways.... but Genkins wasn't planning to. What he instead does is open another black hole, sucking the Time Gun into it. That not only traps Donut and Wash in Chrovos' domain, but it means that they can't go through the timestream properly aside from the Everwhen. Genkins heads back to continue his fun as Chrovos mocks our heroes, who are now without the one thing that could fix this mess. Ain't that a bitch?

Review

Okay, we have quite a lot to unpack here. So let's just get to the point and talk about Wash. So... I'm not as big of a Wash fan as others. Don't get me wrong, I like him and he's a perfectly fine character. IDK, I just always found him, well... boring and over-hyped compared to everyone else. But his trial last year was pretty damn hard to get through. Not just because of what it meant for the narrative and the characters, but for... personal reasons I don't feel like going into. As such, his falling out with Carolina after she admitted the truth was... really hard and outright painful to watch, though his anger is certainly justified. We all knew that seeing Wash again here was gonna hurt... and BOY did they not disappoint.

Wash's glitched form was... freaky, to say the least. Him cutting back between his normal self and the more exaggerated state he displayed when loops in Season 15. As Donut said, it's two realities righting for control. Wash had two separate memories of two different timelines in his head, which again is EXACTLY what he needed after everything with Epsilon! I'm not sure if I'd call it the freakiest moment in all of RvB, but it is certainly up there. And then after he stabilizes, hearing him say that he never wants to talk to Carolina again... that hurt. Carolina was well-intentioned in her actions, but in the end, she essentially lied to one of her longest, closest friends and it hurt him. Wash's anger, while harsh, is 100% understandable and justified imo. I feel bad for Carolina, but she lied to not let Wash believe that he was broken, and the end result only caused more damage.

But on that topic... Wash isn't broken. Something that this episode makes very clear. Is he a little slower? Yeah. Is he a bit tattered? Sure. But broken? No. s soon as Donut breaks everything down and gets him to focus, Wash is ready to do whatever he can to help, even saying that he feels he's up to fighting speed. When he gets the breakdown about Chrovos and her plans, he very quickly puts two and two together and realizes the flaws in it. He figures out where and what needs to be done in order to stop Chrovos... that Genkins went and fucked up, but that doesn't diminish the fact that he now knows how Chrovos can be stopped. He was also overall patient and thoughtful with Donut, his anger when he hears about Donut's fault immediately dying when Donut explained that he tried to fix it and telling him how he was on the right track with his earlier attempts in the Everwhen.

Wash was shown to be strategic, thoughtful, and still sharp with his instincts especially when he pulled his gun on Genkins when he sensed him approaching. He is FAR from broken. Yeah, maybe he'll need to be reminded to focus or about certain events at times. He may need to rely on others more to keep up. But he is still just as capable of a soldier as he was in the previous seasons. Brain damaged or not, the guys need his help, and he's going o do whatever he can to save them. Even against forces that are massively out of his league. I really liked how we saw Wash's strengths as a character here, especially with how harsh the plot has been on him these past two seasons. I'm sure that we're in store for pain, he still has to confront Carolina after all, but we're on the right track.

Now let's talk time travel! Whoo... Okay, so I already talked about the deal with Wash and what I think happened. He was struggling with two sets of memories until Donut got him to focus and piece together what was happening. He realized that he had indeed been shot before, and thus stabilized. I guess that the guys will need similar triggers to convince them of the impossible, but at least we now know for sure that it can be done. The only problem is that the guys don't listen to Donut. At all. But with Wash now on Donut's side, they may have a better chance on getting them to at least take it seriously. We shall see.

As for the discovery about how to beat Chrovos, it makes sense. If they were to go back to before they decided to time travel, back in S16 Episode 14, then the events that triggered this whole thing don't happen. The guys don't go back to the past. Wash still gets shot and S15 plays out as normal. They're still given the means to time travel. The difference is that Donut is likely able to use The Hammer fully, enforcing Chrovos' prison and this time there's no time crash to help them. Hell, it may mean that Huggins doesn't get 'killed' (we confirm that you can live through a Black Hole, THERE IS HOPE!) which means that she gets spared. There are several questions that pop up do to this... but you know what? Time travel sucks and we've seen that not every change will fuck everything over, so I'm going to take it.

The big problem now is that the Time Gun is out of play. This DOES raise a few other questions. Now I am going to assume that the Everwhen is more like a simulation so I can get that they can't just go along it and try the plan there. That would likely just hasten the release. Remember, the Everwhen is a period of soft time to be messed with to hasten the release since it was the original crack. So doing anything along it that changes anything is going to cause damage. They might still try, and I could be wrong, but that's my guess. Can they just get a Time Gun from The Everwhen then? Unlikely. The crack starts at "Do you ever wonder why we're here" and ends at Wash being shot. So the events from the last few seconds of S15 Episode 17 to the S16 finale never happened along the singularity. As such the Time Guns don't exist. Even if they did, IDT that Donut and Wash would be able to take them back since they can only possess themselves, not bring items to and from.

So then... how do we fix this? Right now, I have no idea. The first step though is getting everyone back on board. We now know that the guys' memories CAN be restored. It's convincing them, however, that's going to be the hard part. As I said, with Wash now onboard Donut has a better shot, but that doesn't make it easy. They don't process time as we do so convincing them of all of this, even with the deja vu, is NOT going to be simple. Might be easier for some, like I still think that Grif's gonna be the first one since he already came close to believing it. Even so, the best course of action is to focus on restoring everyone as quickly as possible, and then work out a plan before it's too late. The other option may be to get the Cosmic Powers to help, but IDT that they're going to exactly be willing to listen after last season, plus with the Time Gun gone there's no way out of the domain anyway. Our boys are really in a bind people.

Anything else I can talk about? Well... I hate Genkins even more now. I mean he blew up Junior! But otherwise, the montage was good and helped further emphasize how much damage is being done as well as the extent of Genkins' control. He possessed freakin' Santa guys! It was nice to see Dr. Gray again, and she's as great and crazy as ever. I loved it! The pacing, while still very fast, honestly... doesn't feel rushed. It kinda feels like the pacing for RWBY Volume 6, it too went fast and had little padding, but it never felt rushed or like it lagged as a result. I guess it's one benefit to having a 12 episode order, it means less stretching out and being able to get to the point. Might feel odd for RvB, but with the season becoming more story-driven, it's not a bad change. I felt like the viewing experience was worth it when the episode ended, at the very least

Final Thoughts

Good episode! We got Wash back, got some clarifications, have a clear end goal, but of course, it's not going to be simple to achieve. We're three episodes in, and I'm already getting anxious for how things are going to go. Nevertheless, I feel very invested and excited for the remaining nine episodes and for whatever Jason throws at us next. Really good episode! Let's hope that it stays that way!

#rvb #rvb reviews #rvb17 #rvb spoilers #callie reviews

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transparentkingdom · 4 years ago

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IAT

My friend and I got into a discussion about six months ago regarding the implicit bias tests put out by Harvard and their validity. He questioned their validity and had some articles to bolster his argument, and I disagreed with him. I thought folks might be interested in a few of my points.

In response to this article - https://www.thecut.com/2017/01/psychologys-racism-measuring-tool-isnt-up-to-the-job.html

and this one - https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/12/05/psychologys-favourite-tool-for-measuring-implicit-bias-is-still-mired-in-controversy/

Here is what I said:

“what's up man,

so i read the two iat articles you sent me and found them interesting - so cool to be in grad school and be exchanging ideas on all sorts of things. i did want to get back to you and say that i read those pieces and looked at several scientific articles too (mostly by john jost and collaborators who developed the iat, but also investigators not affiliated with them). i maintain my position from yesterday that the iat is rigorous and that its structural framework can get at implicit biases. further, i would argue that there is a lack of sound logical integrity as well as generally flawed reasoning in the critiques of the iat you sent me. i'd love to share some of these thoughts as well as some studies and meta-analyses (and brief thoughts on these too) that look at associations between implicit bias and behavioral outcomes. sorry about this long email and inconsistent punctuation haha, but here are some of my personal opinions.

addressing the article from the cut first: i admit that it looks like the developers of the iat exaggerated the predictive powers of the iat if they said that it can shed light on "unconscious endorsements" people make of certain groups. this article goes on to flesh out this position and discuss how it is familiarity with certain stereotypes rather than actual endorsements of these stereotypes that can cause, for example, activists to score as high on these tests as non-activists. here are some quotes i've bolded:

experimenters were able to easily induce what the IAT would interpret as “implicit bias” against Noffians simply by forming an association between them and downtroddenness in general."

and also "Andreychik and Gill found that for those students who endorsed external explanations for the plight of African-Americans or a novel group, or who were induced to do so, high IAT scores correlated with

greater

degrees of explicitly reported more compassion and empathy for those groups. For those who rejected, or were induced to reject, external explanations, the correlation was exactly reversed: High IAT scores predicted lower empathy and compassion. In other words, the IAT appeared to indicate very different things for people who did or didn’t accept external explanations for black people’s lower standing in society. This suggests that sometimes high IAT scores indicate that someone feels high degrees of empathy and compassion toward African-Americans, and believes that the group hasn’t been treated fairly. Now, it could be that such people

also

have high amounts of implicit bias, but it’s striking how easily IAT scores can be manipulated with interventions that don’t really have anything to do with implicit bias." "So the question of whether the IAT measures something that can be fairly called

animus

, in the sense of being a preference (in this case, an unconscious one) for one group over another, rather than familiarity with stereotypes, is

anything but

“ill-posed”. "

Blanton said that he has never seen a psychological instrument in which less statistical noise predictably biases the results upward or downward. “What should happen is that as you remove random noise, you just get a better estimate of [the thing being measured],” he explained. Blanton provided a surprising example of how this plays out in test sessions, according to his team’s math: If a race IAT test-taker is exactly 1 millisecond faster on each and every white/good as compared to black/bad trial, they “will get the most extreme label,” he said. That is, the test will tell them they are extremely implicitly biased despite their having exhibited almost zero bias in their actual performance. That’s an extreme example, of course, but Blanton says he’s confident this algorithmic quirk is “affecting real-world results,” and in the Assessment paper he and his colleagues published the results of a bunch of simulated IAT sessions which demonstrated as such."

"To be sure, there’s no perfect psychological instrument. They all have their flaws and shortcomings — sometimes maddening ones. But there may not be any instrument as popular and frequently used as the race IAT that is as riddled with uncertainty about what, exactly, it’s measuring, and with the sorts of methodological issues that in any other situations would cause an epidemic of arched eyebrows. “What I’ve been convinced of is it’s very difficult to break down the origins of these associations,” said Elizabeth Paluck, a prejudice and intergroup relations researcher at Princeton and a co-author on the “Noffians” study. “They can’t be all attributed to personal preference, they certainly come from cultural associations and conditioning.” As for the authors of the internal/external explanations paper, they note in it that “our analysis is perfectly compatible with the possibility that, perhaps for the majority of people, implicit negativity is likely to be prejudice-based.” But even if you accept that, it means for a substantial minority of people, the implicit negativity revealed by the IAT isn’t connected to prejudice — which is one reasonable way to interpret those underwhelming meta-analyses."

My contention with this part of the article is semantic in nature, because implicit bias IS familiarity and association between two things rather than any type of endorsement (e.g. if you grow up in the united states, even in the third millennium, you are likely to associate black people with violence and women with domestic life), which explains why openly hateful people and activists who spend a lot of time thinking about these associations might converge on the iat tests. It does not matter if your conscious or explicit biases are positive or how hard you work to fight your implicit biases (e.g. in the case of activists.) This article confuses explicit and implicit bias (probably in large part because the iat creators overestimated the predictive powers of the test as i mentioned and even made this semantic error themselves), but in reality, it is those implicit biases that predict how quickly a police officer will pull a trigger when startled by a black civilian who thrusts their hand in their pocket. explicit biases predict how well white people will get along with black people in intergroup settings because in those situations, you have time to reflect on your own prejudices (which the cut article even addresses and calls "overcompensating"). for more examples of quick reaction times in the context of implicit racial bias, i think blink by malcolm gladwell has a few good examples (though i'm guessing you've read it lol, and not that i am a huge lover of this book, because i'm not), as well as some of the articles i link in a few sentences. anecdotally (for what it's worth), i noticed in myself that after the BLM movement resurgence this summer, i was more likely to lunge in fear when addressed unsuspectingly by black homeless individuals in chicago (because i was implicitly associating black people with violence because of those two stimuli being juxtaposed on the news despite the fact that clearly the police officers were at fault and their black victims were totally innocent). also, i do not understand the article's hypothetical argument about how if a speedy test-taker is one millisecond faster on the white/good associations than on the black/bad ones, then they will get a score suggesting extremely high implicit bias against black people. if a freakshow statistical anomaly took place where the test-taker happened to be consistently but slightly slower on the black/bad bias responses but did not have that bias, then great, cool, but in all likelihood, the test would be measuring exactly what it purports to which is an unconscious negative feeling towards black people. yhis also relates to the article's discussion regarding how important explicit vs implicit bias is as a target of intervention and that the police situation at legal level in Ferguson is reflective of bias. Again, this has nothing to do with the validity of IAT - a rigorous study would look at correlations between implicit bias and implicit behavior, not explicit biases that can occur within the context of legal proceedings. The question that needs to be asked is whether the association between implicit bias and implicit behavior are rigorous and significant. Over and over again, we see that they are (links:

https://psyarxiv.com/582gh/

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1368430215596075

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2004-21198-003

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0963721418797309

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pops.12401

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797617694866

). my favorite example of my point is from Horwitz and Davidio 2015 - in this article, the investigators found that implicit biases in a population sample in favor of rich folks predicts that this sample will grant more amnesty to rich folks than poor folks when the rich ones cause a car accident. what creators purported to measure with it e.g. positive vs negative feelings toward certain groups is the mistake - does not mean the test is not a rigorous metric of implicit bias.

the other main argument the cut piece (and for that matter the research digest piece) makes regards the reliability and repeatability of the iat tests, showing low ~.4 relatedness coefficients. however, the article does not define the parameters used to assess reliability/measurement error in this context. For example, are we seeing totally random variance between test trials (e.g. is a test-taker gets extreme bias towards black people one week and extreme bias against black people the next? or is it more like slight bias one week and moderate bias the next? within the scheme of multiple trials across many individuals of course, and the average amount of shifting in scores averaged or statistically corrected for across many tests). in the latter case, low levels of reliability could reflect examinee's fear of being perceived as a racist upon second taking of the test leading to overthinking and anxiety, consciousness of possible biases that damn them towards unwanted prejudices, or "doctoring" how they take the test ie doing so in bad faith, for example moving more slowly on the white + good associations. Also, the iat test has been shown to be extremely reliable compared to other tests that measure the same type of thing (see Jost 2018, which is one of the articles linked above), e.g. blood pressure, a trait that is multifactorial (can be caused by anxiety, mood, diet, sleep) despite being stable over time (in the case of blood pressure, chronic cardiovascular health). Also, in studies that have truly found low correlation between implicit bias and implicit behaviors mentioned in the cut article, jost 2018 points out that this has to do with low methodological correspondence and the fact that these studies have rarely adjusted for measurement error.

The final part of the article talks about the harm of a potentially uninformative test like the iat making people feel unnecessarily bad about themselves and harming intergroup relations - both irrelevant to the validity of the iat by the way - though interestingly, the article points out the iat does have the power to do what it aims to (inform people of their unconscious associations - i find it rich that the article concedes this when it has sought to debunk it up to this point). some quotes: "

So there is nothing wrong with implicit-bias training that covers this sort of research. Nor is there anything wrong with IAT-based trainings which merely explain to people that they may well be carrying around certain associations in their head they are unaware of, and that researchers have uncovered patterns about who is more likely to demonstrate which response-time differences. In situations where one group holds historic or current-day power over the other, for example, members of the in-group do tend to score higher on the IAT than the out-group. Some of these between-group differences appear to be pretty robust, and they deserve further study. These are all worthwhile subjects to discuss, as long as it is made clear to test-takers that their scores do not predict their behavior." "

So it’s an open question, at least: The scientific truth is that we don’t know exactly how big a role implicit bias plays in reinforcing the racial hierarchy, relative to countless other factors. We do know that after almost 20 years and millions of dollars’ worth of IAT research, the test has a markedly unimpressive track record relative to the attention and acclaim it has garnered. Leading IAT researchers haven’t produced interventions that can reduce racism or blunt its impact. They haven’t told a clear, credible story of how implicit bias, as measured by the IAT, affects the real world. They have flip-flopped on important, baseline questions about what their test is or isn’t measuring. And because the IAT and the study of implicit bias have become so tightly coupled, the test’s weaknesses have caused collateral damage to public and academic understanding of the broader concept itself. As Mitchell and Tetlock argue in their book chapter, it is “difficult to find a psychological construct that is so popular yet so misunderstood and lacking in theoretical and practical payoff” as implicit bias. They make a strong case that this is in large part due to problems with the IAT.

Unless and until new research is published that can effectively address the countless issues with the implicit association test, it might be time for social psychologists interested in redressing racial inequality to reexamine their decision to devote so much time and energy to this one instrument. In the meantime, the field will continue to be hampered in its ability to provide meaningful answers to basic questions about how implicit bias impacts society, because answering those questions requires accurate tools. So, contra Banaji, scrutinizing the IAT and holding it to the same standards as any other psychological instrument isn’t a sign that someone doesn’t take racism seriously: It’s exactly the opposite." In this case, it is hard to know what these "standards" are. At this point, it seems like the author's main contention is that the IAT creators almost misinterpreted the mandate of their test, which again, I agree is true (they confused explicit and implicit bias and overstated the power of IAT results to predict explicit-bias based behavior). However, this article hardly discusses specific standards in light of which the IAT needs to be revamped or interpreted and to which any rigorous psychological testing battery should be subject.”

Here is an extra correction I made - “oh my point at the end of the second paragraph "what creators purported to measure with it e.g. positive vs negative feelings toward certain groups is the mistake - does not mean the test is not a rigorous metric of implicit bias" refers to the iat itself, not to the horwitz and davidio article.”

#amplifyblackvoices #implicit bias #equity #justice

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ratthewrodent · 5 years ago

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So this actually happened a few days ago, my temp suspension ran out so I'm not circumventing the suspension or anything.I was casually browsing reddit, and came across a post and in the comment thread people were discussing SFW subreddits that sounded dirty and sexual but really aren't and just have to do with cats or animals. Subreddits like /r/PocketPussy, /r/BlackPussies, /r/GirlsWithHugePussies, and /r/tightpussy, which are all entirely safe for work, but you wouldn't know by looking at the name.Well, there's another joke subreddit that exists, a few actually, that sound REALLY bad, but in the same vein as the rest are actually just innocent pictures of kittens and baby animals and is NOT SEXUAL in any way. These subreddits have existed on reddit with no issues since 2012, and have been allowed to exist through multiple reddit purges.But apparently me ONLY linking to them was considered sexualization of minors, despite no minors being involved and the subreddits have been allowed to exist for years with no issue. Not to mention the context of the thread I was replying to being about joke subreddits, and me putting "completely SFW too" in my comment.My comment read as follows:Haha Don't forget /r/████████████ or /r/████████████ (Completely SFW too)Obviously I had the real subreddit names, but I'm not making that mistake again. I just posted in one of them warning others, so check the post history of this account if you're curious. Apparently it's ok to post there as long as you don't say it's name. Might as well be considered Voldemort as far as Reddit is concerned.So the next day I get an automated message telling me that my account has been temporarily suspended for breaking Reddit's Content policy, claiming I was sexualizing minors, with no way for me to actually respond to explain the misunderstanding or double standards of a subreddit being allowed, but linking to the subreddit not being allowed.I'm thinking "What the hell? How is it that the subreddit I linked to doesn't break Reddit's content policy and has been allowed to exist for 8 years, but apparently me simply linking to it in a comment does?"So I look into how to appeal it and request an appeal.A bit later I get a text from my roommate: "Bro, we need to talk."Some context on this part, a few months ago we had a power outage and my phone died, and I signed into reddit on his phone to connect with other people in our area to see what was up. I accidentally left it signed in, and apparently him and his girlfriend used the app to browse reddit occasionally and never bothered to sign out. That's fine because I don't use that account to comment on porn or anything I'd be ashamed of really. Or so I thought.Then I get an automated message from reddit that my appeal has been denied. Not even a real person replied, and I still can't get a hold of someone to explain it.I get home and him and his girlfriend demand I give them my phone and computer, and tell me that they will be going to the police. I ask why, and they said they saw the message from reddit that I was sexualizing minors. They told me reddit caught me visiting underage porn subreddits and they were incredibly upset, called me a hypocrite for speaking out against human trafficking in the past.After I explained to them what happened, they did a 180 and realized the mistake, but apparently his girlfriend had already told our neighbors who told a few others, and one person said in a group chat "He should be reported to the police," and now my anxiety has me worried someone anonymously reported me to the police and I'm going to have to deal with that. I haven't done anything wrong, but it's 2020 and my faith in law enforcement is at an all time low.She's currently trying to rectify it, and I'm pissed at both of them for jumping to conclusions, but it is what it is, this pandemic and political atmosphere has made everyone crazy. But still, now I have to explain to people what happened and why I'm not a pedophile.Now I'm currently for the first time in my life trying to look into getting a lawyer or attorney to protect myself and my career, trying to work my professional contacts to get a hold of a real person at Reddit(I work in an adjacent industry), and added to my already horrible anxiety and depression from the toll this pandemic has done to me and my career.Talked to a friend of a friend who's a lawyer who told me to get a papertrail of me attempting to fight this so if I am put on some sex offender list it shows I didn't sit by and idly let it happen.tldr: I linked to a SFW and legal joke subreddit that sounds really bad but is just pictures of kittens, got accused of sexualizing minors, roommate and his gf accused me of being a pedophile, now I'm having to look into lawyering up so this doesn't somehow ruin my life or career.Edit: So I’m getting a lot of hate for my roommate and his GF. The thing is, I don’t agree, but I get it. Based on the very serious and threatening message reddit sent about the suspension, and the fact they were looking for advice on how to handle a potential pedophile they were living with, I get it. I’m not happy, but I get it.The reddit suspension message was basically this:Your account has been temporarily suspended from Reddit for minor sexualization due to your comments mentioning “/r/████████████” and “/r/████████████”.Reddit does not allow any sexual or suggestive content involving a minor or someone who appears to be a minor, including fantasy or other content (e.g. stories, “loli”/anime cartoons) that depicts, encourages, or promotes pedophilia, child sexual exploitation, or otherwise sexualizes a minor or someone who appears to be a minor. In some cases, depending on context, this may include minors that are fully clothed or are not in overtly sexual acts.If your behavior improves, you shouldn’t hear from us again. If this behavior continues, further punitive action may be taken, and in some cases reported to law enforcement. You can learn more about how to avoid future suspensions by taking a look at our Content Policy.This is an automated message; responses will not be received by Reddit admins.They saw that large description of prohibited conduct thinking that was a list of what I was banned for(and not just a general copy/paste list), looked at my comment linking to said joke subreddit, of course they didn’t click it because they thought it lead to child porn, and to them the dots were connected that I was posting pedophilic stuff.I just think it’s more fucked up that Reddit did that in the first place, without actually looking into the subreddit I was linking to or reading the context of the thread I was in, hell not even the part of my comment that says “Completely SFW too”. I don’t even know how their suspension system, whether it was automated or reviewed by an actual person, couldn’t figure out that the subreddit I linked to was active, SFW and about kittens, and allowed, and further when I explained that in my appeal it and STILL got denied.And you know what, even if my comment does technically break the minor sexualization content policy, my issue then would be that wouldn’t the subreddit itself also be breaking the content policy by existing? Why allow a subreddit to exist that no one is allowed to link to? Does that make sense to anyone? Punishing anyone who mentions it but leaving it up for people to link to?Edit 2: Ok, y’all need to chill about my friends, trust me, I know them better than all of you do haha. When it first happened, yeah I freaked out, but 5 days later and we’re laughing about it. I guess made it sound like I was still freaked out about them having called the cops, when in reality I’m freaked out that some shady reddit content monitoring algorithm put my main profile on some list or something to monitor.Like if this post is all you have to go on, I get it they seem like assholes, but if you lived this exact situation you’d see how they realistically came to believe it. That reddit message was a really convincingly frightening message, and all of you saying she should have verified, she thought that message WAS the verification because she couldn’t comprehend someone getting banned over something as inconsequential as saying two words out of context. That’s why I say if anything I blame her naivety that big companies don’t automate this stuff and mistakes.Like I can talk to my friends and prove my innocence to them because I’ve literally done nothing legally wrong, but I can’t talk to Reddit apparently to prove my innocence, so that’s what is freaking out. via /r/tifu

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The NBA Playoffs Are Here. And We Have Thoughts.

neil (Neil Paine, senior sportswriter): Now that every NBA team has played Game 82 of the regular season, we can finally get to the real business at hand: The playoffs. Let’s start with the Eastern Conference, where the Milwaukee Bucks earned the franchise’s first top seed since the league adopted the 16-team playoff format in 1984.

What do we think about the big picture in the East? The No. 1 Bucks and No. 2 Raptors were the most dominant during the regular season, but seeds 3 and 4 (Philadelphia and Boston) have as much talent as anybody in the conference on paper. Who do you think should have the edge and why?

natesilver (Nate Silver, editor in chief): I’m going to go ahead and agree with our algorithm that there’s a big gap between the top two (Milwaukee and Toronto) and No. 3 and 4 (Philly and Boston). Milwaukee and Toronto were a LOT better in the regular season. I agree that Philly might have as much talent on paper, but they didn’t really get it together. I’m not sure you can say that about Boston, especially with Marcus Smart out.

chris.herring (Chris Herring, senior sportswriter): Yeah. I spent some time around the Sixers over the past week, and Brett Brown admits what Nate just said: That the Sixers have an enormous amount of talent on paper, but he almost would’ve preferred to have less rest if it meant having more cohesion with that group.

The Marcus Smart injury could end up being really problematic for the Celtics for a couple reasons, too — we don’t know exactly how much time he’ll miss, but it could even be a bad sign in this series vs. Indiana.

Smart would have been the guy guarding Bojan Bogdanovic, who’s essentially taken over as the Pacers’ top gun since Victor Oladipo went down with injury.

Bogdanovic struggled against Smart all season, and his worst numbers of the year were against Boston because of it. But now, I assume they’ll go to Jaylen Brown to defend him, and that hasn’t worked well at all in those instances.

tchow (Tony Chow, video producer): Our predictions give the Celtics a 79 percent chance to advance. Even with the Oladipo injury for the Pacers, that still seems … high?

chris.herring: Probably a little high, yeah. Especially now, without Smart.

natesilver: I mean, I think people tend to underestimate how little luck there is in a seven-game series. The better team tends to win out, especially if it has home-court advantage.

chris.herring: I tend to think the Pacers are The Little Engine That Could. They play very hard … but that will probably only get them so far.

natesilver: For what it’s worth, our algorithm is giving Boston some credit for being more talented “on paper” than they played like during the regular season. Jayson Tatum is probably a better player going forward than what he showed this season, for instance. Gordon Hayward is obviously in a different category, but maybe him, too. Boston also had the point differential that you’d associate with a 52-win team instead of a 49-win team, which is not huge, but it’s something.

chris.herring: Yeah. Hayward has come on really nicely as of late, including a 9-of-9 game vs. Indiana last week. If he’s getting back to his old self, it could be tough for Indiana.

natesilver: It does seem, though, that it’s a team with only one real star-level talent right now, and Kyrie Irving seems pretty checked out. That’s subjective, I know, but they have a pretty big hill to climb — having to win three road series against three VERY good teams (likely Milwaukee, Toronto and Golden State, in that order) even if they get past Indiana.

chris.herring: I’ll be honest: I’m not very amped about the East’s first round at all. But that second round will probably be eons better than the West’s conference final.

neil: Yeah, it sounds from this like Boston-Indiana is the first-round series that has caught your attention the most. But that might be by default.

chris.herring: I think Philly-Brooklyn could be somewhat interesting. It doesn’t sound like an absolute given that Joel Embiid will play Game 1. The Nets are essentially playing with house money, and though they’ve struggled as of late, they had a harder end-of-season schedule than the other teams fighting their way into the playoffs.

natesilver: The Nets are kind of a buzzy team. But Philly, maybe in contrast to a Marcus Smart-less Boston, has enough talent that maybe they can be slightly subpar and still win fairly easily.

chris.herring: Yeah. I don’t expect much from Brooklyn, but I could see them making things interesting because of the limited time the Sixers have had together. Other than that — and some slight interest in how Boston looks without Smart/what it means for Indiana — I wish I could just simulate the East’s first round like a video game or something

neil: Haha. Let’s just play it out in NBA 2K.

chris.herring: Maybe that isn’t fair to Orlando, though. They’ve been good for a decent amount of time now.

neil: They’ve been on fire (11-2) since mid-March.

chris.herring: I just feel like it ultimately won’t matter against a club like Toronto.

natesilver: I also think Philly has more flip-the-switch potential than Boston. Maybe Jimmy Butler accepts his role as what’s essentially a third fiddle on offense and plays dominant defense and starts hitting 3s again. Maybe they treat the playoffs as a fun eight-week road trip instead of worrying too much about how the team is constructed in the future.

tchow: Just tell me what needs to happen to get Sixers vs. Bucks in the Eastern Conference finals.

neil: Well, the Raptors would have to lose in the second round AGAIN. How soul crushing would that be for that franchise? This was sorta supposed to be their year after LeBron left the East. (Especially after adding Kawhi Leonard.)

chris.herring: I don’t know how I feel yet about the Sixers-Raptors series, assuming it happens. But I think the Bucks should be favored against everyone, honestly. I think everybody has downplayed them, even as they’ve had this unbelievable season, with the likely MVP and coach of the year.

natesilver: The Raptors somehow won 58 games with Kawhi only playing 60. That’s seriously impressive.

chris.herring: I don’t know if it’s a small-market thing. Or if it’s just that people seem to be a year late on everything. It is impressive!

At the same time, they won 59 last year without him. So I’m more impressed by the Bucks essentially having the same cast and transforming into what they are now. I don’t know. Maybe it’s simply Milwaukee’s newness that I’m taken by.

neil: Are we also maybe holding Toronto’s playoff track record against them? (Even if it’s a relatively new version of that team this season?)

chris.herring: Nah. I’m not. Kawhi is such a different player than DeMar DeRozan, who had a game that didn’t translate all that well to postseason. Also, Pascal Siakam has improved by leaps and bounds. You could ignore him before on defense, and now that’s tantamount to having a death wish.

natesilver: They also have one of the two real stars in the East that’s won a ring before (Kawhi, with Kyrie being the other). Which I know sounds like boilerplate sports radio talk, but our research has found that playoff experience is actually fairly predictive.

chris.herring: I think Toronto fans have wanted to believe their team was different for a couple years now. Almost like that “Shawshank Redemption” scene where Red keeps going to the parole hearing and saying he’s a changed man, ready to rejoin society. But this time, the Raptors are different. Kawhi alone would have made them that way, but Siakam is a different player. As is Lowry, who hasn’t quite looked himself at all times. But has the experience, and has a better roster around him.

natesilver: Our algorithm also thinks that all six of their top rotation guys are above-average defensively. So that’s likely to keep them in every game unless they get mentally checked out.

Which, I don’t know. I wouldn’t totally rule out the possibility that they take a rough loss in a Game 1 or 2 somewhere and start panicking, and Kawhi starts thinking about how nice the Clippers could look next year with him in L.A.

But on balance, I think I’m on the side that says people are reading too much into the Raptors’ past playoff failures. It’s a different team this year, and there’s no LeBron.

chris.herring: Like the Munchkins when they realize the Wicked Witch is dead. Why do I keep using these movie references? What is wrong with me?

neil: LOL.

tchow: As of right now though, our model actually favors Toronto (slightly) over the Bucks to make the Finals (46 percent vs. 42 percent). Toronto fans have to be happy to see that.

neil: Do you guys agree?

natesilver: Yeah, that surprised me a bit. But Toronto has more playoff experience and Milwaukee has some injury issues.

tchow: I guess it’ll go a long way in the “playoff experience” argument to see how far a team like the Bucks go this year after that seven-game series last season against Boston. I have a hard time betting against them in the East though.

natesilver: On the flip side, Giannis Antetokounmpo is presumably going to start playing 37-38 minutes a game now after only playing 32.8 minutes in the regular season. That actually makes a pretty big difference.

chris.herring: That surprises me, but only a little. Their records aren’t that far off. The Raptors have played Kawhi a lot fewer games than Giannis.

What I do think will be key at some point, which we haven’t talked about yet, is the Bucks’ need to get back to full strength. They’ve been without Malcolm Brogdon, and Tony Snell has missed time, too. It doesn’t matter in a round 1 matchup. But it comes into play in a very big way in the following two rounds, should they get that far.

natesilver: I do wonder if Milwaukee’s whole floor spacing thing will work slightly less well in the playoffs. If you can contain Giannis — obviously not at all easy — there really isn’t a second iso-ball scorer on the whole roster. Maybe Eric Bledsoe, I guess.

chris.herring: I just don’t know how it’s done

natesilver: Containing Giannis you mean?

chris.herring: Before, there wasn’t much trust or belief. But now, you kind of either have to help in the paint against him, or leave open someone like Brook Lopez, who will gladly shoot a triple.

There were screenshots last postseason of four Celtics standing in the paint at one time to stop him, because Milwaukee wasn’t trained to score outside of his drives to the basket.

Now, even Giannis will pull 3s every now and then, just to keep defenses honest. Bledsoe’s had a nice year. Lopez is there, but wasn’t before.

@JonAriasRadio agree Giannis needed to play better but the below image is why he struggled to get more shots off. Spacing. Brogdon sitting in the corner makes a world of difference. Instead you have Bazz and Jabari collapsing the lane. pic.twitter.com/VXdYo7oYiE

— WiscoScoot (@WiscoScoot) April 25, 2018

natesilver: I guess I��m saying a team like Toronto that is quick (at least with certain lineups) and can switch a lot, maybe they can contest that Lopez 3.

Or get a few steals when the Bucks telegraph their intentions too much.

tchow: Nikola Mirotic also may be back in time for Game 1. So yeah, the Bucks will have shooters.

neil: And for what it’s worth (maybe something?), Milwaukee beat Toronto in three of their four regular season matchups. Those games were also before all the little upgrades Milwaukee made around the trade deadline. But we’ll have to see how the Bucks look at full strength and if they and the Raptors can even make it all the way to the Conference Finals to face each other.

Let’s move on to the West, where — here’s a surprise — the Golden State Warriors are the No. 1 seed, for the fourth time in five years. Our model currently gives the Warriors a commanding 78 percent chance of winning the conference (and a 60 percent chance of winning the NBA title). On the one hand, that is amazingly high, but does it sound right to you guys?

natesilver: The West playoffs feel a lot less climactic to me now that the Rockets wound up on the same side of the bracket as Golden State.

chris.herring: It sounds about right to me. The one side of the West bracket is the equivalent of Michigan State and Duke being in the same region.

natesilver: Utah is also a pretty rough first-round matchup for Houston. Rudy Gobert is going to make it much harder for James Harden to get to the rim.

neil: Well, Chris, we were talking the other day this idea that the Rockets may have actually wanted the No. 4 seed so that they’d face the Warriors sooner. Can you explain a little about what you meant there?

chris.herring: I fully believe the Rockets may be happy with this setup. At this point, they’re probably of the opinion that they can beat anyone other than GSW (and maybe them, too).

Utah isn’t a pushover at all. It’s kind of an amazing first-round matchup that, in most years would be at least a second-round matchup, and in a post-Warriors universe, maybe even a conference finals.

But that said, Houston beat Utah last year. And they did it by neutralizing what the Jazz do best: Take away threes and the rim. They forced the Rockets to take midrange shots, which they basically view as evil. But the Rockets did that — Chris Paul is a midrange specialist and went off for 40 points one game — and were able to win. So if the Rockets can get by Utah again, having the Warriors in round 2 instead of the Western Conference finals might be beneficial. Just so Paul and Harden aren’t exhausted or injured like they were by round 3 last season, when they played the Warriors.

natesilver: Yeah, I think Chris Paul is key in that series. Utah’s pretty optimally designed to curb Harden as much as you can curb him, but CP3 is a big problem for them.

natesilver: Overall, though, I think if I’m Houston, I’d rather have a hope-and-a-prayer that someone else knocks Golden State out before they reach the finals. Or that someone on the Warriors gets hurt.

chris.herring: Yeah. They’d never admit it out loud, but the potential theory that they want GSW early is fascinating to me. If your line of thought is that you’re almost certainly gonna have to go through them anyway, might as well do it before you’re too spent to have a chance.

neil: Right, because fatigue seemed like a big issue for them by the Western Conference finals last year.

chris.herring: Golden State doesn’t fear anyone, but I think they would privately acknowledge that they see Houston as the only team that, in optimal circumstances, could beat them

natesilver: It could make the Western Conference finals pretty boring though. Our model says there’s a 93 percent chance the Warriors win the WCF (!) conditional on reaching them.

chris.herring: Yeah. That’s why I keep saying the semifinals are gonna be the best round this year. Especially if Houston-Golden State is the matchup, along with those East series.

tchow: Hey kudos to Oklahoma City for avoiding Golden State AND Denver AND Houston. Actually, OKC vs. Portland is the only series in the entire playoffs where the lower seed is favored according to our model. We give the Thunder a 78 percent chance of advancing.

natesilver: OKC and Denver saw their championship odds improve when Houston wound up in the No. 4 seed, and it’s mostly because of the parlay that Houston beats Golden State (possible) and then THEY beat Houston (also possible). I’m not sure that Denver would have any chance against Golden State in a seven-game series, however.

chris.herring: I feel bad that I don’t believe in Denver, given how well they played all year, with injuries, and with so many young guys on that roster.

neil: Is Denver the weirdest No. 2 seed we’ve seen in recent memory? They didn’t even make the playoffs last year, albeit with 46 wins.

chris.herring: Also, every single time Denver plays Golden State, it feels very much like GSW goes out of its way to show how easily they can dominate the Nuggets when they want to. Basically to show that a playoff series could get embarrassing if Golden State felt like imposing its will.

natesilver: The Nuggets benefited a lot from their depth in the regular season — that’s why they battled so well through injuries — but depth doesn’t mean much in the playoffs.

chris.herring: Their relative inexperience in the playoffs concerns me maybe more than it should.

natesilver: It’s a pretty weird roster, and I think the Nuggets have some offseason work to do to turn a couple of their many, many league-average players into another really good player, especially someone who can play out on the wing.

chris.herring: Part of me feels like they simply may not have another gear. Almost like those Tom Thibodeau teams. Because they’re young, perhaps they don’t know to pace themselves. And how could they? They missed the playoffs in the final game of the season last year.

But the fact that Golden State just runs them out of the building whenever they play very much feels like an experienced team versus one that isn’t and needs some playoff seasoning so that they’re ready for the next time.

neil: They feel destined to become another poster child for the difference between what wins in the regular season and the playoffs, for all the reasons you guys mentioned. But at least they do have a legit star in Nikola Jokic.

natesilver: Denver does have a pretty big home-court advantage because of the altitude. So that they got the No. 2 seed is actually pretty relevant.

chris.herring: That’s true. I at least like that they aren’t reliant on the altitude anymore to win games. (Although those teams that played at a breakneck pace under George Karl — and Doug Moe before that — were pretty fun to watch.)

neil: Good point. They were an NBA-best 34-7 at home this season, and they are in that relatively lesser bottom section of the bracket.

natesilver: I mean, we have the Nuggets with a 53 percent chance of reaching the Western Conference finals … and a 6 percent chance of reaching the NBA Finals. That tells you a lot right there.

chris.herring: What else are you all interested to see in the West? Any hope whatsoever for Portland, despite the injury to Jusuf Nurkic?

neil: Portland is another team with a lot to prove after that unexpected first-round sweep vs. the Pelicans (remember THEM?) last year. But OKC is a very tough draw.

chris.herring: Portland got swept this year by OKC. Our projection model is right to not trust them. And Nurkic not being there is a killer. They had put together a really, really nice run before his injury, and perhaps could have made things interesting.

tchow: I really feel for Portland fans. So many “what ifs” due to injury, and they always seem to happen when it looks like they’re on the cusp of putting it all together.

natesilver: Pretty unusual to have a No. 6 seed be better than a 3 to 1 favorite (OKC is 78 percent to win the series, according to our model), but I think I agree, too.

chris.herring: Yeah. There’s isn’t much to love about Portland’s chances

natesilver: The Thunder are also the team that I’d fear the most if I were Golden State after Houston.

chris.herring: Damian Lillard went nuts during the regular season against the Thunder. Had a 50-point game and averaged better than 30 a night against them, yet they dropped all four meetings.

tchow: Is CJ McCollum going to be back for this first round?

chris.herring: Yeah. McCollum is back. But he had a true shooting percentage of 46 against OKC, his worst mark of any opponent out West that he played at least three times.

natesilver: Tenacious defense + Paul George (especially if he can get back to his midseason form) is a formula that gives you a puncher’s chance against any opponent.

chris.herring: I don’t trust OKC yet. Some of that is Russell Westbrook’s tendencies being all over the place at times. Some of it is George not having played the way he was playing earlier in the year (still not sure his shoulder is completely right at times).

Their defense, which is one of the best in the league, has been merely average since the break. They don’t have enough shooting. But their top-level talent is better than anybody else’s, outside of Houston and GSW. And that ultimately matters. And their side of the bracket is amazing.

natesilver: Jerami Grant shot 39 percent from three this year, although that’s likely a fluke (he’s 33 percent careerwise).

chris.herring: He’s been a big bright spot for them.

natesilver: If they had another wing that was a true 39-40 percent 3-point shooter, that would make a ton of difference.

neil: OK, so to wrap things up, let’s look at the big picture for the title as it runs through Golden State (like always). If we each had to put together a short list of teams — from either conference — who could beat the Warriors in these playoffs, how many teams would be on it and who are they?

Mine might be two: Rockets and Bucks.

natesilver: Our algorithm feels strongly that the list is EXACTLY three teams long: Milwaukee, Toronto and Houston.

tchow: Bucks

natesilver: I guess people — or Neil and Tony, anyway — have trouble envisioning the Raptors doing it.

tchow: Sorry, Toronto.

natesilver: And to be clear, the Raptors would be big underdogs. Like 3:1 underdogs, per our model, despite having home-court advantage.

tchow: Another way to ask that question, Nate, as a fan of gambling, Warriors have a 60 percent chance of winning another title. Would you bet on the field?

natesilver: No. I think that’s a pretty fair price. And it’s pretty close to the Vegas odds, I think.

chris.herring: Yeah. I feel much better about Milwaukee, just based off their season, analytics and star power than anyone else. But I don’t think Toronto would match up poorly at all with Golden State. They’d have guys who could credibly guard Kevin Durant, Steph Curry and Klay Thompson and have enough offense of their own to make things interesting.

Boston seemed like a good bet to get there in preseason, but I don’t trust them to accomplish that without Smart being healthy., a And without them putting together a solid string of performances, I still ultimately think it’s the Warriors winning it all again. But I hope someone at least gives them a competitive series, be it Houston, Milwaukee (Toronto?) or both.

tchow: That’s all folks!

from News About Sports https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-nba-playoffs-are-here-and-we-have-thoughts/

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