#from their facebook that i randomly checked

[bilvy]

The Academy Is...: July 2004. Albuquerque, New Mexico. The first leg of the “Believers Never Die Tour” is over. Petey Wentz takes out the trash (16 year old @siskybusiness) in dumpster behind the venue.

[livwritesstuff]

Here again to ask about that specific Tommy hypothetical 👀 what would Steve say? Would Eddie be jealous at all? Of course this is imagining Eddie hadn’t been harassing him for all of half an hour on the one day he gets to sleep in…

I think if Steve had entertained the thought in that exact moment, he probably would have said yes just to get back at Eddie — who absolutely would internalize that shit — for how annoying he was being.

Eddie probably remembers the train of thought a while later (when Steve isn't mad at him anymore) and asks him again.

Eddie: Steve — hypothetical.

Steve: Oh, god. Hazel's not filming this, is she?

Eddie: Hazel's at school, babe.

Eddie: If Tommy Hagan randomly showed up and told you that he was still in love with you after all these years, do you think you'd leave me for him.

Steve: *processing*

Steve: Ed, if Tommy Hagan showed up on our doorstep after forty years of nothing and said he was still in love with me?

Steve: As a licensed counselor, I'd feel obligated to, like, check in with him or whatever.

Steve: That would be so concerning, dude.

Eddie: *groans* Stevie, that’s such a boring answer.

Eddie: Come on, man! You really think that if you guys reconnected again, you wouldn’t catch feelings after a while?

Steve: *sighs, because he realizes he can't avoid answering forever*

Steve: Uh, I dunno, man, I still feel like you underestimate how much I love you. I really don’t have any interest in catching feelings, or whatever, for anybody else.

Eddie: Can’t really control that kinda thing though.

Steve: Yeah, fair, but he’s definitely not my type.

Steve: Like, at all.

Steve: He’d be your type though, I bet.

Steve: *narrows his eyes suspiciously*

Steve: Where is this coming from? Did he, like, friend you on Facebook or something?

Steve: Why are you asking me this?

[yae-energy]

pick up the phone pt3: fifty shades freed

synopsis: my take on weather they’re a caller or texter

cast: satoru gojo, ieri shoko, kento nanami, toji fushiguro

cw: cursing, toji slander 😋

a/n: these titles are such a joke 💀,,, anyhow, yeah

—

gojo - both (texting leaning)

- this man is busyyyy

- as mich as he loves calling and prefers to call he just never has time to

- spam texter

- sends those “u up?” texts

- but not even on no booty call shit LMAO, he just wants to talk cause late nights are the only times he’s free

- sends lots of those facebook gifs cause he thinks they’re funny

- double texts if you don’t answer

- always facetimes you in his spare time cause he wants to see your face

- apple pay come in clutch !

- mf always sends you money

- tiktoks galore

- “i miss you 🙁”

- will stay on the phone while he’s doing litterally anything just so he doesn’t have to hang up on you

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shoko - caller (facetimer)

- she is too lazy to type LMAO

- sends lots of vm’s

- like almost every other message

- sleeps on the phone with you but it’s never on purpose, she just dozes off fr

- she finds your voice comforting

- usually calls at night cause she figures you aren’t busy then

- plays games with you while you guys call (usually cause you ask to play with her LMAO)

- randomly starts singing if it gets quiet 😭

- always has some sort of music going on in the back

- lots of good lighting when she facetimes too

- is always snacking/drinking on something

- twirls her hair when she talks to you

- lots of random bathroom breaks

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nanami - caller

- is only a caller cause you are

- uses it like a debriefing LOLLL

- like he asks about your day and wants you to go into extremeeeeee detail

- like tell him how many bathroom breaks you had or smth 😭

- he wants to know how you felt at every point of the day

- asks if you ate/drank water. loves knowing you’re taking care of yourself

- lowkey loves to gossip 😭😭😭 mf NOSEY ASB

- like he acts like he don’t care whenever you talk about your work drama but he will constantly follow up and try to see if the story developed

“so whatever happened with that one coworker?”

- and he tries to play it off but you know he just wants to chit chat

- will not sleep on the phone with you

- mans has a strict bedtime schedule,,, BUTTT

- he will give you the same speech every time y’all hang up

- says the “dont let the bed bugs bite” shit cause he thinks it’s funny

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toji - texter

- don’t expect him to answer any call

- or text really

- like we see where megumi gets his bad texting skills from 😭

- mf got that dnd on allll dayyy

- apple pay king cause he thinks it makes up for him leaving you on read

- “hey u up?”

- def means it in a booty call way tho

- prob got you saved as “side ho no.34 ❤️ (the favorite)”

- bro be so unserious when he texts you

- like he’ll hit you up but then complain about you talking to him 🙄

- asks you to send pics of yourself so he can see your face

- will leave you on delivered immediately after tho

- calls you once a month for y’all’s monthly check in

“yeah yeah, luv you too”

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tags: @megurulvr @honeybleed @jujuyii @chinieh @jogeto @mypimpademia @miirene @planetlunaa @neptunes1nterweb | tag form

[faithhopeloveandtherapy]

We have been away for the weekend to visit d2 and to celebrate Mothers Day. d3 didn’t come as she has exams this week so stayed at home to revise.

The weekend has had some really lovely bits but also some really stressful bits, and the really stressful bits are overwhelming and leave me feeling so exhausted and drained. H seems to be in this phase where he doesn’t pay attention when driving, last month he randomly crunched into the side of another car as he parked because he didn’t see it, and then on Saturday he was doing a three point turn and reversed at full speed into a high kerb and scrunched the exhaust. Like literally the exhaust pipe that should be horizontal now has a kink in it and points at the ground. Then when he drove the car after that, there’s an ominous squeaking form underneath the car like something is loose.

This nearly sent me over the edge, I am all like “the exhaust is going to fall off and how are we going to drive four hours home and the car is doomed” and H is like “ah well there’s nothing we can do about it just now” and I’m like “that’s exactly my issue!! there is nothing we can do about it it!! And we are stuck with this situation that leads to certain doom!!” I don’t know how to get myself out of situations like this, my anxiety just runs riot and takes me over so I go into a shutdown spiral. I had to self medicate with alcohol to even get back to minimal functioning. I do try and do a bit of CBT on myself and think about what evidence is there that my worst case scenario will happen, and what might the best case scenario be etc but it just has minimal impact.

Then at the end of last week, H’s phone died. This was an entirely predictable event that I have been telling him to get a new phone ordered for the last couple of weeks before this exact scenario happened, but of course he left it to the last minute grrrrr. So now his phone has died and we cannot communicate when apart. So in the complex situation of checking out of air bnb, retrieving the car from a mile away and collecting d1 and d2, he went awol and I couldn’t get hold of any of them to find out what was going on, and none of them thinks how I might be feeling and therefore they should let me know. So I got in another anxiety spiral thinking of the worst case scenario.

Anyway I probably sound really whingy but these things are really difficult for me and make me feel really sad that nobody in my family thinks or cares enough to take the care of me that I take of them, and then I’m expected to be all happy and cheerful about my Mother’s Day treat when I’m actually feeling sad and invalidated. I did manage to say how I was feeling and we all did some repairing and then I put my negative emotions to the side and enjoyed the lovely and thoughtful treat that my girls had bought for me.

If you were friends with me on Facebook you would just see all the highlights and it would look like I had an amazing weekend being spoilt, which I did, but its only half the story. This is the other half.

[shadowfoxsilver]

Donation Scams

Over the years, several users have popped up out of nowhere claiming they need mutual aid. Now generally, for the most part, those who are asking for aid usually are legitimate users. Unfortunately, recently, some who are sending asks for aid are actually scammers using randomly generated blog names and posing as someone who needs aid while stealing the information from those who really need help. They will even go so far as stealing the info from someone who may have passed away recently with little care to what happens from theft.

I am not saying all users needing aid are scammers; Rather, there are those who are mixed in with the real users and making it difficult to find them by yourself. I will attempt to explain how these scams work as best as I can with examples given.

tl:dr - Scammers are stealing info from legit donation posts from numerous places and currently spamming asks to reblog their scam posts or making up stories in asks telling you to reblog their posts. Searching their username will generally reveal they stole info.

Please share if you'd like. I'm not a popular blog, and sadly some popular blogs have fell for these scams. All I ask is that you remain civil, I am aware most people will already know how to spot scams but this is for those who haven't yet learned how to.

So how do these scams work? A person will join this site with a random username that's clearly been auto-generated and then go about editing their profile to fit whatever they chose to scam by. This may be targeting LGBTQA+, natural disasters that are still being recovered from, other minorities, or fandom related. Regardless of the case, they will copy/paste blog headers from someone else and edit their blog info to anything relevant to what they decided to use for the most part. Once that's done, they'll start searching tags.

These tags they search may also be relevant to their scam, or random posts they'll group together to look somewhat relevant. Usually a fandom tag, a tag for cool things, or a tag for an animal of sorts and generally just any tag that will also be used to look legit. Once they have chosen a tag, they will reblog about 20 posts from the tag but it's usually in the span of several minutes all at once. They will not tag these reblogs, and may occasionally reblog a few days later.

After this, they'll make a donation post. They'll add images to this post that may be sensitive, use words that are guilt tripping towards the reader, or steal the story someone else had when they had coped the post. Usually, though, the story they tell is just copy/pasted from wherever they stole the pics from. Generally speaking, they are from facebook/gofundme/etc and edited enough you may not easily locate the sources. After they make the main post, they'll add a paypal in the post as well that isn't the paypal that would have originally been in the post. At times, the original post did not have paypal listed! Sometimes, though, a different funding site is listed that isn't one very well known.

Afterwards, the scam blog will then start sending asks to reblog their pinned post, which is the donation post. The ask may tell someone to answer privately, an effort to obscure the ask from those who are searching it in tumblr search. They will send these asks out all at once to random users, many who will reblog the post without much attention to it's contents. However, some will take notice of this blog and search it's contents to find out it's rather new. Generally, these blogs are a few days old with no other posts.

Once called out, the scammer will then start to block anyone whose reblogged their posts saying their a scam. They'll also hide any reblogs so it won't show up in the notes.

Examples of scam blogs, sourced from my scam busting blog:

Link Link Link LInk

So please, do your research if you get an ask that asks you to reblog a pinned post. Check to see how old the blog is, how many posts they made, and if the ask was sent to several other users. It's also good to search the paypal name for any existing alerts.

[homeofhousechickens]

I currently have 3 Wyandotte hens purchased from the feed store 3 years ago (I think Murdoch's stocks Cackle chicks). I read that their laying rate should taper off as they age, but they haven't seemed to slow down and still lay 1 egg a day. Could this be because I live in a colder northern state and they get a longer break? I'd estimate they stop laying for about 16-20 weeks depending on the weather. Also, how can I go about finding a good breeder in my area for future birds? Your blogs has definitely got me wanting a more... humane source of chicks.

I would suggest posting that your looking for them on facebook. You can also check out the livestock conservancy and see if any the breeders that are breeding them. Wyandotte actually graduated from being endangered in 2016 so they aren't a priority anymore but you still might find some in the breeder directory. Also try looking at the breed clubs as well.

To get you started here is a fb group for wyandotte breeders you should check out

As for the egg production the Hatchery Wyandottes I raised were very productive, even in the winter but they typically didn't lay daily as they got older I believe. Usually dual purpose breeds like them don't lay daily and really shouldn't due to their size- it puts a strain on their heart. One of the wyandottes I raised (her name was sweet pea) she died randomly one day at her home due to a heart attack. Apparently she was just walking down her coop ramp all normal then fell over dead 😱 so watch out for that.

Do keep in mind that a chicken has a finite amount of eggs in her body, so she will eventually slow down but due to being a heritage breed they tend to live longer so they will lay longer.

[do-it-for-the-fandom]

Esplanie

Oh my, I do love Esplanie!

Who would win tickle wars?

I just have this idea in my mind that Esposito is extremely ticklish and would fold so easily with even just the threat of being tickled. I don't know why... but you can't convince me otherwise.

Who would draw pictures of the other in their sketchbook?

So, after Swan Song where we randomly discover that Espo is actually quite musically talented (honestly didn't see that one coming) I just feel like he has this secret creative side that we don't see too often. Now, do I think he has a sketchbook and is making painstakingly detailed portraits of his friends? No. But do I think he doodles little sketches of Lanie (among other things) in the corner of his notepad wile he is on hold, checking alibis or running down leads? Definitely.

Who would hold hands while walking?

Both of them. It's like their hands are magnetically drawn to each other as soon as they're within a certain distance. It's not one reaching out for the other, they just kind of meet in the middle.

Who would give cheek kisses?

Lanie when she's being playful, Espo when he's being supportive.

Who would start a snowball fight?

Lanie would start it but Esposito would sure as hell finish it, ball after ball until Lanie is laughing so hard she can barely breathe and is begging for mercy!

Who would slip the most on a date to go ice skating?

Lanie was a ballerina... I can't image her as anything but graceful on the ice. But I also feel like Espo isn't the type of guy to step out onto the ice with a date unless he knows he can do it, you know? So I honestly don't know for this one.

Who leaves letters in the other's locker?

I don't see them doing hand-written letters but if I were to pick what I personally would like to see, it'd be Espo writing Lanie a cute little love note.

Who would bring lunch to work for the other?

They take turns. It's not like a regular thing... not even planned most of the time but if Espo happens to have a long enough lunch break and/or is close enough, or if Lanie has the day off (or any of a million other reasons) they might bring the other lunch.

Who would want to cuddle at the movie theater?

Espo is a snuggler. 100%

Who would buy a cheezy cliche holiday gift?

Again, it has to be Espo. i don't know why... sometimes my brain doesn't offer up any kind of explanation it's just like "this is how it is" and that's that.

Who would start and argument about what colour curtains they would have at home?

I honestly do not think Esposito would care enough about the colour of the curtains for this to even become an argument. Unless, of course, he was bored and just playfully disagreed for the hell of it.

Who would remember their anniversary?

Castle. He has a reminder set a few days beforehand to remind Espo. (If they ever actually get to an anniversary without breaking up).

Who would blurt out how much they love the other in front of people?

In front of other people? Neither of them. To each other? Honestly, I feel it could be either one of them. Frustrated bickering leads to "Ugh, why are you even here right now?" leads to "Because I love you!" and a few seconds of ohmygod, did I really just say that??? silence before he (or she) confidently says "obviously that is why I am here" as if to be like yes i said that and I meant it. And then, I don't know, maybe they keep bickering or maybe there's some big declaration of love from the other... but I feel like the blurting of feelings is a private event for these two.

Who would offer to wash the other's back in the shower?

Esposito would offer just as an excuse to get into the shower with Lanie (as if he needs an excuse) but Lanie would genuinely offer to wash Espo's back.

Who would post statuses about the other on Facebook?

I don't see Espo really using Facebook, but Lanie would 100% post the occasional picture of the two of them.

Who would have the other's picture as their phone background?

Lanie! Esposito's background would 100% be whatever background the phone came with! haha.

Who would take pictures of the other while they're sleeping?

Both of them would have a folder on their phone of the other having fallen asleep in an odd place/position, or just looking all cute snuggled up in the blankets, etc.

Who says I love you?

Is this who says i love you first? Because I honestly cannot decide. One part of me thinks that Lanie might have waited for Esposito to say it first, seeing as it seemed to start out as a casual thing. But then i also feel like Lanie isn't the kind of woman who 'waits around' for the guy to say how he feels... if she knew something had changed then I think she would have said so. But, I just have this image of Espo being the first to say it. i don't know... I really see him as being a secret softy, a romantic at heart, etc.

[swingsetindecember]

i was in the weird glut period of the tech boom where phones were too expensive (and unreliable) and landlines and pay phones were prevalent growing up so i only knew my friends home land line numbers and there were rules to call people as they could get in trouble with their parents for tying up the phone line.

so even when we later got phones it was still expensive that you had family plans and so you also had rules when you could call people like after 7pm and only on weekends and it was too bothersome that we would just meet in person or not at all. 

so like as we got older, we had no way of contacting someone that moved or drifted away because we never had cell phones and the landline i call now is disconnected or their parents have moved so like there is this lost friendship generation because staying in contact was hard and proximity was always a factor of staying in touch. and i was born in 1980s 

i have friends i barely text because we never really had a texting relationship. it’s wild like why randomly text them? texting used to cost per word. so like i text coworkers more when close friends i have a harder time to do a text conversation because we never did that. even e-mail. like it’s a hard hurdle. it’s not like we are less friends, but we didn’t do texting, phones or email. it was expensive and it was during our core social development period that its a really hard aspect of the new tech world to decide to throw back into because some people i have no way of contacting except throwing a facebook message and hope they still check it, if they do it will be a month from when i posted so it is like snail mail 

but i understand because we all get tech fatigue so also response time is slow and that is just a byproduct of growing up with slow tech, like why reply right away? internet used to be bad and such you would be like i have loads of time to respond and that kinda piles over to other things in dealing with technology. i know this post is long but i feel it is a vibe that a lot of people my age have with staying in contact with people and dealing with technology

[iamanartichoke]

y'all I saw this article on facebook and Christian Bale accidentally joining the MCU, having no idea what he's in for, is probably one of the most Christian Bale-y things to ever Christian Bale.

I'm just getting a huge kick out of this.

(cut for RPF-ish fiction, length, and general dumbness)

Taika: "Hey, you wanna be in my movie?" Christian: "Maybe." *reads script, considers, decides it's interesting.* "Okay, yeah, sure." Taika: "Okay, cool, let's talk Gorr." - Later - Marvel execs, all dressed like ninjas except for one (1), who is wearing a trenchcoat and sunglasses in the middle of the night: *break into Christian's home, steal script & replace with redacted version, plant bugs, etc* Snipers: *in position* - Even Later - Taika: "And cut!" Christian: "Okay, so, I have a few questions -" Taika: "Sure, what's up?" Christian: "I'm hearing rumors - " Marvel execs, in the FBI surveillance van: *getting ready to signal the snipers* Christian: " - well, not rumors, but I looked on the Google and, uh, I'm not comfortable wearing a G-string." Chris Hemsworth, nearby, drinking an energy smoothie: *does a spit-take* "What? A G-string?" Marvel execs, holding off the snipers: "False alarm." Taika: "No, no, don't worry, we won't be doing that. This is an interpretation of the comics, we're not following them that closely." Christian: "Oh, okay. But, uh, CGI ...?" Taika: "I promise you, you won't be wearing a G-string or naked or anything. Chris will, though." Chris, who's just taken another sip of his smoothie: *starts coughing* "What?" Taika: "What?" - Later Than That - Christian: "Taika, we need to talk." Taika: "What's up?" Christian: " ... Right, so, okay, I wasn't going to say anything, but weird things have been happening since I signed onto this role -" Chris Hemsworth, nearby, randomly lifting weights: "Stolen scripts?" Natalie Portman, nearby, also randomly lifting weights: "Strange van parked on your road?" Taika, rubbing his temples: "Unexplained bullet whizzing past your head that time you were talking to your wife about the role?" Christian: "Yeah .... yeah, so, um, basically I'm hearing rumors I've joined the MCU? And I'll just come right out and say it - is this a legitimate movie or have I joined a cult? Taika, Chris, and Natalie: Yes. Marvel execs, from the FBI surveillance van: "I think they're onto us." Christian: "So what is the MCU, then?" Natalie: "Dude." Taika, peering out the window: "That's perfect, Christian, just keep that up on the press tour. They stop asking about spoilers if you fuck with them enough." Christian, mostly to himself: "I was, like, genuinely asking, though." Chris, putting aside the weights: "While you're at it, pretend not to know who Thor is." Natalie, sympathetically patting Christian's shoulder: "You're thinking about how you won an Oscar, aren't you?" Christian: "A little bit, yeah." Natalie, Taika, Matt Damon, and the leftover energy of Anthony Hopkins and Cate Blanchett, nodding: "Yeah." - Even Later Than That - Marvel execs, still in the surveillance van, drinking cold coffee and nodding off while listening to Christian, inside his home, talking about Nosferatu: "Anyone checked in on Tom Holland recently?"

[gotchi-blog]

Tamagotchi 4U Review

It's finally here! The review of 4U. I have to admit - I never thought I would own this model. I randomly found a basically unused Tama on a Facebook group for a ridiculously low price (the seller had no idea how much that little buddy is worth.) And every time I look at my Tama shelf, I thank myself for following through with this deal. Sometimes all you need is luck!

General score: 7/10

Design

First off, I really love the shell design. I have the white shell - when I saw the offer, I didn't actually know what was the shell choice in this model. After checking out the other designs, I believe that the one I have is totally the best. I love everything about it - it's very minimalistic and the golden ring around the silver faceplate looks amazing. The faceplate is under a thick layer of plastic, making the silver shimmer with depth. The plastic is very easy to remove, so customisation is very common with this model. I think it's a cool feature.

The buttons are placed shallowly in the faceplate. I love them - they are super responsive and you need very little strength to click them, as opposed to Meets, where the buttons hide deep in the toy and demand more force. They give this slight, pleasant resistance - to me, clicking them is just a nice sensation.

The back of the toy is flat. That's linked to the connection feature, which I will talk about more later. I like that shape a lot - the Tama doesn't spin around when you put it down and doesn't get as many scratches at the back. It's stable and you can play with it while it's resting on the desk.

The most important one is the NFC system. 4U doesn't use infrared - instead, there is a special touch place at the back of the toy. There used to be touch spots around Japan that allowed you to download new content. You can connect your Tama to other ones by touching their backs.

2. Unique mechanics

There were a few Touch Cards released. They contain new content, including unique characters. It's basically like an older version of Tama SmaCards for Smart. I never really considered getting one because the additional stuff wasn't really up my alley (especially the designs of the new characters - I don't like Tamas based on humans, which was the case with some collaboration cards.)

4U includes the 4 petal clover element from previous Japanese releases. Each character has a favourite meal, item and accessory. The 4th petal is earned once you have the adult character for 48 hours.

Skills are another feature characteristic for this model. There are 3 basic skills and 5 school ones. The basic skills are using the bathroom, bathing and cleaning the house. They can be earned only as a child, which is quite difficult, considering how quickly the characters in 4U become adults. The school skills are: invention, fashion, sports, art and cooking. As an adult you can go to school, where you get them. You need items associated with those skills (experiment set, sewing kit, ball, clay and frying pan) and the notebook to be able to participate in the classes. The amount of times you need to attend the class to get the skill depends on your character.

The last thing worth mentioning are the guests in the garden. They visit only when your character is an adult. The garden option isn't very elaborate, however from time to time either a seller or guest will come around. If it's the seller, you can get unique items in a good price. If it's a guest, they will ask you for help with some projects. Being able to help them depends on your school skills. If you have the skill they need, they will give you a whooping 1000 gotchi points. Considering how little you can get from the games, that's a great deal.

3. Characters and growth cycle

And here we have probably the biggest bummer of this model, something that didn't let me give it a higher score. There is no teen stage.

...what now?

Yeah. Your Tamagotchi will go from child straight to an adult. The growth cycle is very short. You barely have the time to teach your pet the 3 basic skills. If you're a fan of the younger stages, you'll be bothered by that, for sure.

On the other hand, every character has secret evolution stages obtained by special care or performing some actions/using items etc. To me, it's more of an additional fun thing, rather than a fair replacement of the teen stage, especially since the secret stages are temporary and can be reversed.

There aren't that many characters to obtain in general. Maybe the original idea was that the downloadable content will compensate for that, but once the cards stopped being sold and the touch spots were gone from Japan, we're left with a quite poor model (in terms of evolution.)

All in all, I think that the removal of the teen stage was a big mistake. It's probably my biggest issue with 4U.

4. Games

There are only 3 games included. Two of them are in the Game Centre, and one in the park.

The Game Centre games are Bowling and Spaceship. They are easy and quick. Winning them gives you 200 gotchi points. I have to mention that the Spaceship game has a beautiful background. A real work of pixel art.

The park game is longer, but it makes your Tama lose a lot of weight. You need to follow the dance sequence by pressing the right buttons. Watch out - at some point you will need to use a combo of 2 buttons. Start pressing them when the "Push" icon shows on the screen - if you do it too early, it will be counted as a mistake, leading to losing the game.

I wish there were more games. I often have this problem with the colour-screen Tamas - they seem a bit lazy when it comes to the minigames. The exception is Pix, of course. That one is actually great. Here? Not that entertaining, still quite alright.

5. Aesthetics

As I've mentioned in the "Design" section, I love the outside appearance of this model. And I have to admit that 4U looks great also when it comes to the screen!

You can easily tell that it's an older colour-screen Tama, with less detailed animations and character designs, but it's not any sort of issue - the animations are still very pretty and the characters are fun. I love the design of the basic room. Though there are wallpapers you can buy, I always stick to the basic one due to how cosy it looks.

You can give your Tama accessories, both clothes and head coverings. However, that works only on adults in their basic form - the special stages can't wear anything.

Due to the amount of official and fan-made faceplates and other accessories, 4U is very customisable. So if you're into this sort of fun, it's a good model to choose.

An important thing to note is how vivid the screen colours are. The quality of the screen is amazing - the shapes are sharp and even the background patterns are vibrant. 4U is perfect for taking photos of what's going on the screen. I'd say that it's super photogenic, which is not the case with Pix that has a softer screen that need a proper lighting.

Generally, 4U is so pretty that sometimes I play with it just for the sake of looking at it.

6. Battery life

Not much to say here. It's good. This model isn't as involving as e.g. Pix or Meets, so you rather won't be spending that much time actively playing with it. That means long periods between battery change/recharge. As always, I recommend AAA rechargeable batteries.

7. Conclusion

Tamagotchi 4U seems like a solid product to me. Not my favourite when it comes to gameplay, but still very nice. I like it a lot. Good choice if you don't have that much time to spend playing with your pet - it's easy to take care of them (and if you manage to teach your Tama how to use the bathrooms, you won't even have to worry about cleaning up after them.)

The biggest weakness is the growth cycle, but if you don't care that much about having a varied choice of pets, I consider it a decent and fun Tamagotchi.

[skippyv20]

Mirror mirror in the parade...who is under that hat?

Hi Skippy & Friends-Pilgrim checking in with some questions and comments about that parade siting in WYO. I have checked numerous times to see if any local papers reported their presence to no avail. I almost called one to ask. I too noticed JH’s ear, nose, lots of shiny hair and possibly a scar on his right knee…aging face, back to scruffy, gray clothes and very thin. This does not match the photos of him at the cathedral in London in his fine day tux, where JH looked fit, with some good muscle weight from all the exercise playing polo….hmmm.

Thin and thinner is the female. She even has a waist. Why oh why, if we can see JH and A’s face, can’t she come up with a smile for the cameras? All three heads together saying cheese-like the rest of humanity. She has been smiling constantly in public. Another big hat with nicer hair extensions this time? I didn’t see anyone else sporting a hat like that on the sidewalk that day not even her hostess…who by the way was the one waaay back when arriving at the airport on Vancouver Island…that had happened years before while mm was filming Suits. But Pinocchio used those photos from a sunny day pick up when we know the weather that whole week had been very dark, snowy and stormy. Hmmmmm her again.

I wonder how much the Daily Mail pays for freelance work these days. This would be quite the haul for these two sisters from SC. The older one is a retired elementary school teacher who has on her Facebook page an announcement of her fundraiser called Autism Speaks. Hmmmmm. Did they just randomly show up and get the only photos of this family at a public parade?  Are they connected in some other very sweet capacity?  They sure did get a fine payout from the Daily Mail for their submission I would suspect, and how amazing that the Harkle’s didn’t mind sharing…hmmmmm.

According the the Daily Mail on their website, if you-anyone one of us-has something of serious interest…well all we have to do is contact their offices, describe what we have, get permission to submit our story, video footage of photos and see what happens once they take a look. If our submission appears to be newsworthy one of the staff will call back for more infor and discuss price. They need a signed permission to go ahead with it all, which could include multiple publications. “We’ll be in touch and we will make the process as easy as possible for you. We do the fact checking, we write the story and we have contacts at the best-paying publications. Our clients inclide the Daily Mail, TMZ, People Magazine. We also work with TV shows like Dateline, The Wendy Williams Show and more.” Wow…sounds like a good way to pay for a vacation…hmmm. Over and out from a perfect but packed Cape.

These stories are written by Pinochhio herself, dear Pilgrim…..always…😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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[kalyri]

Yet another “I suddenly remembered” from me—after midnight when my brain just decides to randomly go off on its own, wandering through memories.

This one’s got transphobia and I hate it.

I was a trucker for the last four years of my life, and during my… second year? I think? Yeah, I was in my automatic instead of the manual. Anyway, I’d worked all day, probably close to 10 hours driving so like a 12 hour work day. Pretty typical of my mid to late work week at the time.

And I wanna say I was in Alabama. I could probably tell you exactly where this Pilot was, but I’ll leave that out. Anyway, I was exhausted, I was hungry, and I really had to pee, so I went into the bathroom. And I tended to sit in there for a good long while because walking the half a mile from my truck to the store to pee wasn’t something I wanted to do more than twice in a night. So I’m sitting there and I’m not paying attention to anything, people come in and leave. It’s a bathroom, most people are in there for 1 of 2 things.

Well, suddenly someone’s banging on my door. I make a noise, like mm? And she says something but I don’t fucking know what it was, I’m hard of hearing. So I ask her to repeat it and she says it again, but still not loud enough and I said “I don’t know” or something. Idk. I had no idea why she was knocking on stall door, there were like 4 stalls and I was the only one in there before she came in.

So I think nothing of it, but she’s being loud with her children—what I assumed were two boys at the time. She leaves soon after and then maybe five minutes later someone else comes in and pounds on the door and asks me a question. I ask him to repeat it and he does: “what’s your gender?” In more words than that, but you could tell he was uncomfortable. And I asked him why? He said he just needed me to answer and then like the bottom dropped out from under me. Because I could simply answer what he wants to hear—but I instead say “why does it matter? I’m using the toilet.” And he tries to get me to answer again, I don’t and he sighs and leaves.

And I continue scrolling like Facebook or tumblr or ao3 or whatever and then I think about it—I’m in Alabama… they could call the cops on me, lol. So I say fuck it, wash my hands, and leave. And I can feel eyes on me. The ladies behind the check out counter—my plan of getting McDonald’s goes out the window and I leave through the trucker entrance. And I call my mom. Because I’m shaking.

This lady knew nothing about me, but made an assumption based on the only thing she could see—my work boots. And then made another assumption on the only thing she knew—the pitch of my voice, which isn’t high on a normal day, and definitely wasn’t that night because at the end of a long work day, the last thing I want to do is mask for strangers. So I don’t.

I’m non-binary. Visibly not feminine, but not exactly masculine. I was wearing jeans, tshirt, and my work boots—which just looked like low-rise hiking boots because my feet are weird and I can’t wear calf high footwear.

Like it doesn’t surprise me that it happened. Some people are just hateful and refuse to mind their own business. But it’s so much different when it happens to you. And I was reminded of that just a few minutes ago because my brain just likes to throw random memories at me for no reason some days and today it was that one.

I made a point of avoiding that truck stop for at least a month afterwards. There’s a few more on that stretch of interstate that are better anyway…

[tylerworner]

Modern life.. I find it difficult to say the least. The funny thing is, as I type away on this phone to make this post about the daily use of our mobile devices and the hold it has over us as human beings; I realize other users will also stare at their phone and read my thoughts, this is called irony.

It dawned on me recently.. and I have recorded lots of my thoughts on my phone because I find comfort in reflection and nostalgia, should my thought process ever change, it undoubtedly will. I almost find it, essential to be on social media, I try to pull away from it but like a magnet to metal, it pulls me right back in at the fore front and I find it so odd. It also occurred to me, unless we display our emotions and feelings on a public post, we’re very unlikely to be called randomly by a family member or a friend just “checking in”.

In my opinion I would assume because someone may be checking my social media accounts and because I don’t appear to be posting anything disturbing or worrying, they assume everything is ok in my world and it’s simply not the case.. is it? People can only react to what we allow them to see and we’ve been doing it for such a long time now, it’s hard to imagine there was ever another way of communicating and understanding someone.

I’m a child of the 1990’s, I really wish I could be the age I am now and live through that period of time, where the internet didn’t exist, I think it would be a fantastic experiment to see how we would react and interact with people and events. Better yet, wouldn’t it be great to go to a music gig or a comedy festival and see no phones? I’m as guilty as anyone, but I could easily not have my phone in my hand for over two hours or more if I was just using it for it’s sole purpose, for example making and receiving phone calls or text messages, I’m not attached to it, only now because I’m writing .📲

I have always been a technical nerd and I always find use for wires, I can fix most things technical and more to the point I taught myself the knowledge, it pretty much came naturally to me. I think on the whole, technology is great, I love how it simplifies our lives and it gives us multiple platforms to promote, to advertise, raise awareness, raise money, insurance, even online sex work.. technology has completely changed the way we interact, I find that it interrupts what could be a meaningful conversation with someone. For example, I might really want a genuine face to face conversation, I might get a few words out, but then a phone notification goes “ping” and that’s it, whoever I may be talking to, I’ve then lost that moment and they turn their eyes & focus to a funny video on Facebook or Tik Tok.

I think as funny as cat videos are and babies laughing, I think sometimes it’s sad how quick we are to dismiss what could be a really important conversation. Life today is a very tough road to walk, you try to stay on the correct path, but find yourself being constantly diverted. I also worry a lot, to the point I’m on so much medication that affects my mood, my focus, my ability to actually get up and function.

I find that social media just gives me even more time, to worry about things that other people would most likely laugh at and never think of again. I lose so much of my time, worrying about people that aren’t worried about me, in fact if someone offered to take away all my worries and insecurities I would probably worry that I’d have nothing left to worry about. That’s how ridiculous my life is!

However, I will just minimize the time I spend online because I find it a vicious circle of anxiety, worry, memories, more to the point it reminds me the actual amount of years that have passed which leaves me facing my actual age of 30, soon to be 31. Like I said it has more pros than cons, but is it for me, I’m not so sure! 🤷‍♂️

[ash-n-dynamite]

This isn't related to anything recent, but it's something that's been stirring around in our head for a while and just now the perfect comparison came up.

So, we've seen things about people needing to respect DNIs or people being affronted that you reblogged something from a "bad" person. Sometimes we can see DNIs in tags, and it makes it easier to know if I want to, or should, interact with said post. But what happens when original tags do not carry over through reblogs? Well, someone may say you should ALWAYS check the OPs blog anyway. Here's the thing though, why would I for a single random passing by post or blog?

Let's bring this into real life interactions to better understand why double checking people's blogs before interacting is more than a little ridiculous. Do you always search and double check someone's social media before you interact with someone random you are interacting with for less than a minute? If someone tries to start a conversation at school or work do you hold up your hand and say wait, I gotta check your Facebook to see if we should be interacting? No. No, you probably don't.

Now, if this random person starts to become someone you regularly interact with, or want to interact with, then YES it's then a good idea to get to know them as a person and if they are healthy or safe for you to be around. Or vice versa. This doesn't mean you have to agree on everything, to be clear, most people don't.

Of course, there is always stranger danger. Always a risk of someone you randomly interact with could be a risk to you or your friends. This is a big benefit to being able to check people's blogs prior to interaction. So I'm not saying this isn't valid, but you can not force that habit on others or look down on someone for not going the extra steps. Online interactions have SO many benefits from easily seeing values, DNIs, and blocking when necessary. But you also have to understand that this doesn't translate into real life interactions and that many people treat interactions on social media like they would with people they are conversing with in person.

TLDR;

Unless people start wearing signs on their body listing DNIs or a large QR code saying beneath it "read my intro before interacting," I'm going to interact with people online pretty much the same as offline. Don't get angry when someone doesn't see your DNIs.

[usagi-zakura]

Holy fuck Facebook...

...yes I admit I am on Facebook... why?

Because my whole family is there and its just an easy way to keep in touch with all of them.. but today randomly I got logged out... both on my PC and my phone....

Tried logging in again...Wrong password.

Tried resetting the password. Got an error. Tried again. Got an error.

Reset the password to my email. Then tried resetting the facebook password. Got an error...

Then I got an email that the password had been changed... from my PC... Panic.

Tried resetting it again. Error.

The email had not been changed. I was still getting reset-codes. And my phone app registered that "yes this is the unit you log in to normally. Go on in except wrong password..."

So I asked my brother to check for anything weird on my account.

He was logged out too...

So I googled it... and finally some "good" news... well good news for me. Bad news for Zuck. Me and my brother's accounts are not the problem... its Meta that's having the problem. Several users across the world are experiencing the same issue.

That takes a load of but HOLY SHIT that was stressful... Now the question is when I log back in...which password will I have to use? :p I did get an email saying it had been changed... but which attempt was it? Because I did different ones every time in case the system just thought it wasn't good enough...

I may have to reset it again once this issue has been fixed :p