#reddit stuff

[faranae]

I love Reddit sometimes.

[twomiddlefingersforthehaters]

[storm-of-feathers]

Some of the comments:

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[mneiai]

When the mass reddit exodus starts I hope we can go back to individual forums. I'm still on a few forums and it's just so much nicer an experience than most of social media.

[crystalelemental]

Someone on Reddit did a very interesting poll, involving EX options that people have used.  It looks at grand total number promoted, as well as percentage of how many people own the sync pair as metrics across different rarities, and it’s exactly the kind of nonsense I like to see.

Spotlight Scouts (by grand total)

Sonia. Apparently she is #1 most promoted in the entire game, even.  People fucking love Sonia.

May.  Guessing this is historical, since she’s good but there’s now better.

Leaf.  Gotta be historical.

Hilbert.  How is he not like #2 given his kit?

Brendan.  Gotta be a Reddit-ism.

Aaron.  Nice.

SS Elesa.  Tracks, she’s popular and was really good.

Dawn.  Unexpected but nice.

Bea.  Fighting types are hard to come by, and she was better than Wally for a long time.

Sabrina.  Fair, she’s really good for general pool Sp Atk/Crit buffing.

Other non-Limited (Commons, by grand total)

Hau.  I will say this: they discounted people who promoted Skyla via the event to make it more fair for percentages.  But here it’s just absolute number.  Hau outranks someone handed out for free, and the best common in Roxanne.  Apparently, Electric-Weak Aaron scared enough people so bad that everyone promoted Hau.  I am in awe.

Roxanne.  Predictable, she’s obscenely good.

Skyla.  Free at one point.

Barry.  Historical artifact, he was once fantastic.

Candice.  First of the common grids, really good Ice EX that outperformed Winter Nessa and Ghetsis both, it tracks given Ice’s history.

Drake.  Sure?  I’m kinda stunned he’s above BP Morty given that Morty is just better in literally every way.

BP Morty.  Really good defensive support.

Korrina.  Historical artifact.

BP Candice.  How?  Legitimately, how?  She sucked ass until Irida dropped, why did so many people promote her?  Is this just an indication of how few promote these pairs?

Siebold.  Neo Barry, in a way.  Really good at time of EX release, still really good, I think people just jumped on it as a free solution.

PokeFairs (by grand total)

SS Blue.  Absolutely historical, but also even now advice on the free pick from Victory Road is “take Blue.”

SS Morty.  Eat shit, Red.  SS Morty’s stupid good and everyone knows it.

SS Red.  Eat third place, idiot.  Historical.  At this point, Red and Charizard is still good but not that good.

SS Diantha.  Really?  I didn’t think all that many people pulled for her.  I guess she ran for a while, so it makes sense.

SS Brendan.  I want to call this a Redditism, but he’s also really good.

Cynthia.  Tracks.  Favorite generally, got obscene expansions.

Diantha.  Has to be because Fairy is hard to shop for.

Classic Red.  SEUN applied multiple times, fan favorite, this tracks.

N.  He used to be considered like the best pair, I think, due to Piercing Blows.  I feel like it’s at least a little historical in the era of Dual Rat.

SS Acerola.  The newcomer that apparently everyone loves for her constant shenanigans.

Master Fair (by grand total)

NC Marnie.  WHAT?!  Why?!  Marnie’s not really worth EXing, guys.  All her DPS is AoE, she blows apart sides fine and only gets AoE on sync, what is the actual point?  I know, favoritism stuff, but this is so hysterically unnecessary.

Renegade Cynthia.  Tracks, she was highly anticipated with how long people waited between Cynthia alts, and was exactly what players wanted to see.

Irida.  I love that Irida’s on here.  She is that good, people are right to do this.  The EX in particular is what makes her so good off-type with Ice allies.  AoE DPS handles sides fine, but you want that pop damage.

NC Calem.  I’m a little surprised he beat out some of the others.  Good for him I guess?

SST Red.  Stunned he’s only #5, I thought everyone got him.

Anni Lillie.  Nice, girl.

SS Serena.  Unsurprising given the impact she had.

SS Lusamine.  Similar to Serena, though also unnecessary like Marnie in a way.

NC Serena.  I expected more people to have EX’d her.  But okay.

NC Bede.  That tracks.  Best support in the game.

Seasonal/Special Costume (by grand total)

Halloween Caitlin.  FUCK.  YES.  MY GIRL

SC Diantha.  Limited options for Fighting, she was revolutionary and remains the best barring NC Hop.

Winter Jasmine.  Everyone loves SEUN.

SC Lillie.  I actually thought more people skipped her?

NY Lisia.  Nice.  I never expected this, but nice.

P!Marnie.  People like Marnie, and this was a good Zone setter early on when it was a bigger deal that they all had strong sync nukes.

Spring Burgh.  Listen.  We have to remember that once, long ago, Spring Burgh was considered the best support in the game, because he had crit rate, a ton of bulk, and Potion support.  It was a different time back then, and everyone pulled for him, in the same way like everyone pulled for NC Bede, you know?  It’s not their fault.

SC Jasmine.  Absolutely fantastic, both Jasmine alts are here.

SC Emmet.  Bug damage is painful, it does not surprise me people went for it.

Halloween Iris.  Poison was also rough, or course people wanted the Zone.  I’m surprised most people EX her though.

Other Limited (Variety, Lodge from limited base, events, by grand total)

Swimsuit Misty.  For F2P, having a bulky support with evasion and Synchro Healing 1 is really good, I’m not too surprised.

Classic Giovanni.  Okay, now it’s just Kanto Bias, right?

Ball Guy.  Memes are bad, actually.

Bugsy/Scyther.  Sure?  This one was fairly good.

Lodge Cynthia.  That’s character favoritism, she’s not that good.

Blarcanine.  Why?  He’s not even that good.  We have expanded Silver now, why?

Lodge Steven.  Okay this one tracks, he’s really good as a special Rock sync nuke.

Lodge Adaman.  Wait.  Adaman’s lodge form sucks though.  And his base form didn’t make top ten in Master Fairs.  This one’s weird.

Variety Lorelei.  You know.  I hate the Variety thing, but I’m glad my girl made top 10.

Variety Lance.  Sure, this tracks.  He’s a legitimately good damage dealer, I know some people went for it.

PokeFair (by percentage)

SS Brendan.  Okay now it’s a Redditism.

SS Steven.  Tracks, though I’m surprised so few went for him if he didn’t make Top 10 overall.

SS Morty.  The most consistent of the bunch, apparently.  High grand total, high percentage.

SS Blue.  Just a step behind Morty in percentage, just a step above in grand total.  Morty is the new Blue, just saying.

SS Hilda.  Neat, my wife likes that.

Emma.  YES EMMA KILL

SS Acerola.  The newcomer is killing it.

SS Dawn.  Not many pulled for Dawn, but we are a dedicated people.

SS Lysandre.  Now that’s just funny.  I know I did it, but he really doesn’t need this.

SS Giovanni.  No that tracks, he was a huge deal.  Though I guess more people skipped him than I expected, since he’s not top 10 either.

Master Fair (by percentage)

NC Calem.  Woah, okay, back it up.  I don’t think Calem’s that good to begin with.  Not until SC Zinnia saved him.  The only reason I can think of for him being the most EX’d by percentage is that he’s statistically very frail for a support, and people outright needed the stats.  Otherwise this one’s just bizarre.

Aura Cynthia.  Did not make Top 10 by total, but did make #2 by percentage.  That implies not that many people went for her.  I guess...SST Red was the bigger focus.  Ash didn’t make any list (eat shit, loser), but Cynthia has less in total than Red but far more by percent.  Interesting.  Moreover, Red didn’t make the list.  Meaning...everyone got him, a lot of people EX’d him, but not that many.  He was so good many didn’t bother.  That...sadly tracks.

SS Kris.  That’s my girl.  Didn’t make Top 10 overall, but seeing her here is a comfort.

SS Serena.  Sure.

NC Bede.  Unsurprising.

NC Serena.  Love that Bede got more by percentage.

NC Marnie.  #1 in grand total, but much lower by percentage.  Damn near everyone went for Marnie, huh?

Anni Lillie.  Stunned to see you here, girl.

SS Ethan.  This feels like a Marnie choice, given the spread damage.

SS Lusamine.  Sure.

Seasonal (by percentage)

Hallloween Caitlin.  NUMBER ONE UNDER THE HEAVENS.  WHERE THE FUCK IS HER ALT, DENA?!

Winter Jasmine.  God, people loved her.

SC Lillie.  Okay.

NY Lisia.  Nice.

SC Jasmine.  Both Jasmine forms are top 5.  Why does Jasmine not have five alts like Morty?

Spring Burgh.  Find it in your heart to forgive the sins of the past.

SC Diantha.  Sure.

P!Mallow.  Huh.

P!Bea.  HUH.  Apparently, not many went for these two, but those who did really like them.

SC Emmet.  Tracks.  Interesting, P!Marnie isn’t here.  Everyone pulled her, not every EX’d her.

Other Limited (by percentage)

Ball Guy. Gross.

Variety Lorelei.  Neat.

Variety Agatha.  Oh cool, not top 10 by total, but the five of us who pulled her?  Three of us EX’d her.

Variety Bruno.  Same deal.

Variety Lance.  Okay.

Swimsuit Misty.

Classic Giovanni.

Eevee Lucas.  Okay, now it’s a new face.

Eevee Kris.  Am...am I the only one who EX’d her?

Bugsyther.

Least Promoted Overall

BP Erika. Tracks.  She deals like no damage and is a stall bot, why would you?

Eevee Lyra.  Man, no one pulled for her, and no one EX’d her.

Eevee Kris.  Okay, now we’re finding something out.

Lodge May.  She sucks, makes sense.

Eevee Lucas.

BP Sophocles.  I’m kinda surprised, but Electric Weak Aaron eats him alive.

Lodge Rosa.  If Lodge Rosa has one fan, I am that fan.  She sucks though so makes sense.

Surge.  The funny part is I don’t even think he’s that bad.

BP Karen.  I feel like she’d do okay with it, actually.  But she just got an EX too late to matter.  Dark exploded by the time she became relevant.

Lodge N.  Hypnosis bot.  Surprised he’s not lower.

Least Promoted Limited (percentage)

Lodge N.  Oh there it is.

Lodge Gloria.  Huh.  She’s actually competent, I’m surprised.

Lodge Marnie.  She’s bad so it tracks.

Lodge Raihan.  Liza exists.

Blarcanine.  Eat it.

Lodge Adaman.  Are you seeing it yet?

Lodge Steven.  Are you?

Lodge Cynthia.  You have to see this now.

Eevee Lyra.

Winter Siebold.  ...wait, Winter Siebold?  Where did you come from, dude?

Least Promoted (different groups, so commons)

Hapu.  Dunked, loser.

BP Erika

Lodge May

Surge

Burgh.  Just Burgh.  Despite dying for Bug damage, no one considers Burgh.  Incredible.

Anabel.  NOOOO!  Why is Anabel not being promoted?!  This is an absolute number.  Don’t tell me no one pulled for her!  I know, Diantha, Lysandre, and Emma, but come on!  That’s actually sad.

Anni Steven.  Redditism.  I know the EX isn’t necessary, but I know plenty of people loved the guy enough to do it anyway, this is solely a Reddit hate trap.

Winter Siebold.

Blarcanine.

Eevee Lyra.

Least Promoted Limited (percentage)

Lance. Just Lance.  A lot of people got him, probably from shared scouts.  No one bothered.

Anni Steven.

Winter Siebold.

Lodge N.

Blarcanine.

Eevee Lyra.

Impressions Okay, this is really, really interesting data, mostly for insight about Variety Scouts.  Despite several making top tens for grand total and percentage...the implication given that many are the bottom as far as never being promoted implies that it’s because no one pulled.  This is a very positive outcome for Variety scouts in general, indicating that at least in this segment of the player base?  They’re actually not pulling.  The value isn’t there at all.

It also implies that no one cares about Lodge and BP units.  While many didn’t make the list, this is also because there’s a lot of each, and they can’t all be here.  The obvious ones, like BP Erika and Lodge N, who exist for status, are all topping the chart.  But even relatively good ones like Lodge Steven and Lodge Gloria are on the bottom.  I think it speaks to how much people really dislike the lack of something new for getting EX.  I mean, that and not wanting to waste gems on Variety scouts, and perhaps not waste resources on Lodge units that aren’t that good.  I do find it interesting that Lodge Dawn, Lodge Lillie, and Lodge Morty, who I consider the best lodge units by far, didn’t make any list in either direction.  Very middle of the road, it seems.

Another thing that is very interesting to me is that, at the top of almost all of these lists, barring the commons and Master Fairs...is support.  The good supports tend to be the most frequently boosted pairs.  Despite all the grousing about how every support isn’t good enough, they’re the most consistently boosted.  Except the Master Fairs, which still play by offense rules, until you look at percentage and NC Calem suddenly rockets to the top.  Even with the commons, which didn’t have a support at the top, it was because Hau was a nigh-requirement for many players to handle Electric-weak Aaron at the time.  Which is, I think, the single funniest outcome thus far.

Aura Cynthia being second place in percentage, SST Red in fifth place overall, and Ash not appearing on the list, is a very interesting breakdown of statistics, and my favorite minute tidbit on the lists.  SST Red was pulled so often that he’s an overall top performer, but didn’t make percentage because he’s so fucking stupid as a sync pair that a bunch of people didn’t bother wasting resources on someone who’d get the job done anyway.  Aura Cynthia wasn’t pulled enough to make overall numbers, but nearly everyone who pulled her must have upgraded her.  Ash was apparently the last winner of the third anniversary, which is a comfort exclusively to me who doesn’t like him. 

[briliantlymad]

AITA posts are so whacky

There's only ever two types of them.

It's either

"AITA for *insert having a completely normal reaction to an insane situation*?

OR

"AITA for *insert having a completely insane reaction to a normal situation*?

[camellianswer]

dying over the one trans boy on Reddit who posted about how he’s somehow growing balls

and the whole comment section is just “GO. TO. THE. DOCTOR.”

[mylurkingstorage]

note to self: r/196 signifies reddit refugees and their memes

[palletwoodcamper]

The Very Best Of Reddit Free Talk March 2024

[eagle-longing-for-siwa]

[radiojamming]

Happy anniversary to the time during quarantine when I made the tiniest pizzas.

[neverevan]

I love how anytime any of the big sites go down like twitter or reddit, people always end up here. tumblr is like the art school the internet uses as a shelter during a natural disaster.

[happyallykats]

Tumblr at Twitter users: "Welcome home cheaters. Yeah yeah fuck you too."

Tumblr at Reddit users: "Couch is cleared up if you need to sleep on it. Oh yeah and don't touch the milk in the fridge, it has expired and smells awful."

[chirpsythismorning]

This is everything the Stranger Things writers have posted publicly about the WGA strike:

TIMELINE

May 3rd:

Stranger Things writer Caitlin Schneiderhan tweets picture from personal Twitter account of sign from the strike that reads 'Pay us or Steve Harrington is toast'

May 6th:

Official Stranger Writers Twitter account makes post on behalf of the Duffers Brothers. They have since pinned this tweet to their profile. "Duffers here. Writing does not stop when filming begins. While we're excited to start production with our amazing cast and crew, it is not possible during this strike. We hope a fair deal is reached soon so we can all get back to work. Until then -- over and out. #wgastrong

Bonus:

May 12th:

Stranger Things writer Kate Trefry posts picture from personal Tumblr account of sign that reads, 'Byler won’t write itself'

As far as I know, the two writers that posted on their personal socials are the only writers from ST that even have personal accounts that are public, whereas the rest of the writers do not.

What does make me take a pause though, is that, while yes they did post these pictures from their personal accounts, which is about as official as it gets, they also cryptically did not include themselves in said pictures...

This just got me thinking about how Stranger Things is quite literally Netflix and vise versa. They are practically one in the same, where one without the other just doesn't make sense.

While this conflict of interest might run deep for many writers out there fearing to speak out against their employer, for us, the consumers, the fans, we as a collective have so much more power than we realize.

In contrast to the writers, streamers can't just fire their consumer base sometime down the line, out of spite for speaking out. Without consumers, neither Stranger Things nor Netflix would be what it is today.

We have the affordance of being able to speak up the loudest of anyone. And so why wouldn't we take advantage of that?

There are so many people out there protesting: writers, actors, others in the industry and even outside of it who are also taking a stand, many who need support so that they can continue to fight in the upcoming days, weeks, months, without being deterred by corporations that are making them feel greedy for demanding a contract that at most, asks that they be paid fairly.

And so I want to encourage anyone that is reading this, but fellow fans of Stranger Things especially, who have so much power in this strike when it comes to getting Netflix's attention, to consider taking the time to do whatever you can individually + with the masses as a community in order to best support the strike.

Follow the Strike! If you're active on various social media already, please be sure to follow the official accounts advocating for the strike via Instagram (@writersguildwest/@wgaeast), via Twitter (@WGAWest/@WGAEast). Engage with posts from folks that are out there daily, many with whom you can find by following tags like #WGAStrong, #WGAStrike and #WritersStrike. Although most fans are not able to join in picketing themselves, we can at least recognize all of those out there's individual efforts and do our best to show that we're paying attention and listening!

Spread the word! Show support any way you can by sharing posts and articles about the strike, or even fun memes to inform others in a more engaging way. This is the official site for the WGA strike if you want to learn more about what’s going on before diving in! And make sure to stay up-to-date here as things continue to unfold!

Donate! The Entertainment Community Fund is endorsed by the WGA for anyone that wants to support those affected by the strike financially. And this thread on Twitter is an incredible resourse, as it provides an ‘easy, one-click, stress-free, accessible-to-all-budgets’ ways you can support folks on the front lines.

Also! Consider donating through this link for the Entertainment Community Fund, where the money donated still goes directly to that fund, this is just an organizing page for Stranger Things fans specifically! By allowing fans to see how much of an impact we make as a collective, in real time, this could encourage even more ST fans to want to contribute. In a best case scenario, if this GoFundMe were to reach impressive proportions of donations from fans, that could lead to news outlets reporting on it, which could allow an opportunity for even more eyes on the strike, while also even more importantly being able to provide financial support to those that need it.

Trend! On social media, use #StrangerFansforWGA to trend or even just to reach other fans also looking to come together to support the strike!

While I know this post probably wont reach anywhere outside of Tumblr, I want to make a point to encourage those of you that are on other platforms to inform fans in those spaces about the strike and what they can do to help!

We might not all agree on everything, but I think we can agree on at least one thing... @Netflix & all major streamers and networks out there, who are still refusing to make a fair deal: PAY YOUR WRITERS!

In the mean time, if you're interested in working on different ideas for initiates we can carry out as a fandom, please reach out to me! I might only one person and I might not have all the answers and solutions, but I do know that with more of us working together, our odds of making an impact are much greater!

Over and out!

[ocwonderland]

Write an r/AmITheAsshole post told from your OC’s perspective. (Bonus: include replies from your other OCs.)

[xshrimpcake]