#to increase the competition

[lunawings]

Hahah omg, I might have encouraged at least two (maybe three) more people to apply to the foreigner pack for the Koushien Live.

It's still open for a few more hours if anyone else wants to hop on that.

C'mon lets go let's just go see a Love Live concert in Japan together CMONNNN

[tthelady]

"Genshin is better", "honkai is better", "star rail is better", "wuthering waves is better" could some of you all possibly shut the hell up. Would it kill you all to just simply enjoy stuff without turning into it some kind of dick measuring contest

[colorisbyshe]

I know this video has made its rounds already, years ago even, but literally every time I see someone do something ridiculous (and often extremely wasteful) for like 5 minutes of fame or even just The Bit... I think about this fucking tiktok

Like the ends people will go to, sometimes ruining their homes or relationships or lives, for some attention........ haunting.

Saw a video of someone making a joke about their car being dirty and then they open the door and hundreds of empty water bottles spill out... like... did they get on all fours and pick bottles up, endlessly, bowed down like they're worshiping some god... one who certainly doesn't look kindly on them

[shinobicyrus]

Hey, yanno how Climate Change is a real thing that is tangibly, at this moment, affecting our world?

Well it turns out, the wealthy and their investment firms have been seeing the mounting evidence that oil companies have had for decades and are slowly starting to think more long-term about their portfolios in the face of rising sea levels, more extreme weather, and the myriad of ways climate crises are affecting...well. Everything. Maybe this means they invest more into sustainability, green energy, building more resilient infrastructure, or carbon offsets. Some of it, of course, is simple corporate greenwashing, but there are those that are taking this trend and packaging it into something called ESG (Environmental, Social, and corporate Governance).

Now some people would say this is predictable, even sensible. Just the good ol’ Free Market(tm) rationally responding to market forces and a changing world.

But those people would be fools! Insidious fools! For conservative sorcerers have come out with a new cursed phrase to explain this new market trend: Woke Investing.

What makes this investing “woke?” Well, much like how conservatives normally flounder when trying to define a word they stole from black people, “Woke Investing” essentially just means any kind of capital investment that they, the fossil fuel billionaire class and their sycophants, don’t personally profit from.

One of these aforementioned sycophants is Andy Puzder, conservative commentator, fellow at The Heritage Foundation, and former fast-food CEO. He calls this kind of so-called woke investing “socialism in sheep’s clothing,” further explaining in leaked audio of a closed-door meeting:

“My father's generation's challenge was the Nazis, who, by the way, were, of course, very proud socialists[citation fucking needed]. The challenge of my generation was the communists, who were, of course, very committed socialists. The challenge of your generation is ESG investing, and it's more insidious than communism or the Nazis.”(source)

You heard it here first, folks. Not investing as much in fossil fuels is more insidious than the Third Fucking Reich.

As usual, the Heritage Foundation is putting their petro-chemical donor’s money where their mouth is. Bills are being proposed to blacklist banks that don’t invest in key state industries, such as West Virginia coal or Texas oil. Fourteen states have already passed bills to restrict ESG-type investing, with Florida Governor Ron “Bullies Kids for Wearing Masks” Desantis leading the charge.

In other words, Climate Denial has reached such a point that so-called Free Market Conservatives who claim to hate big government are trying to make it illegal for banks, investment firms, and financial institutions to make any financial decisions that acknowledges Climate Change is real.

[thesexydancingcrepe]

Crossover

Ittw @skittlescripts

I Like Bowser! This was bound to happen☝🏾

I thought it would be funny that The Pilrim Gang were so used to The Reader objecting 99% of advances made at her only for this guy the fluster her

She's like: "I can't help he's the perfect man!

TPG: PERFECT?!

[16perceval]

[cephalopodish]

poor lan wangji his personal love song is being used to pilot his perceived romantic rival by his soulmate to commit atrocities meanwhile he keeps having to go to parties

[f0point5]

Oh so now we’re not worried about the “spirit” of the regulations only the technicalities.

This is not on McLaren so anyone roasting them can stfu but the way the governing body flip flops on its own rules to make sure they are putting on the “show” they want to see is something else

[brainrot-has-overtaken-me]

Do you still watch and enjoy MCC?

I still enjoy MCC when I get the chance to watch it, but people in the mcyt fandom (mainly people from Dream SMP side of things and fans of streamers who participated in that smp) are driving me insane with their increasing hate reactions each time teams are announced.

Like there are only 40 slots each MCC, people have to rotate out. If it was the same 40 streamers everytime, the competition would have become stale extremely quick! And people don’t seem to understand this! Nor do people seem to understand that these streamers have lives and cannot participate all the time.

I saw the announcement for MCC 35 and instead of the comments being filled of hype for teams and people having to choose who they will be watching like it used to be, it was just filled with “where’s so and so?” And “oh so and so isn’t in this one, guess there’s no point in watching” and more comments along those lines.

I fully understand if your main streamer isn’t participating and has in the past, there might be some disappointment, but there’s still 40 perspectives to watch, there has to be someone you could potentially enjoy playing. Part of this competition is getting to discover, experience and enjoy streamers you don’t typically watch interact with each other! It’s about community! That’s why there’s options for teams to sign up for “fun” and for “competition” cause it’s not all about the competition, there’s layers!!

People were mainly complaining about there being no Wilbur, Ranboo, Philza, Aimsey, Tommy, Tubbo, Guqqie, or Jack, with a few complaining about no Grian. Some of these streamers, like Ranboo, stated that they were done playing in MCC (saw some people saying Philza has also quite but I couldn’t find anything about it) and so you shouldn’t expect them on the teams, for they are moving away from MCC. Others, like Wilbur, have lives outside of being streamers and cannot dedicate the time every month to play.

This used to be a time of fun and bringing different areas of mcyt together for friendly competition, now with each new MCC, all I see is complaining. What happened???

[imflyingfish]

This isnt a crazy statement but i still think that there should be better diversity on the life series. I mean specifically there should be more woman creators and creators who are poc.

Like 3rd life had ONE woman!!! WHAT THE FUCK?

Theres only ever been TWO non-white members of the life series! What????

Only 4/17 of the secret life members are women! Thats like 4 and a bit men for every woman! THIS IS THE SEASON WITH THE MOST WOMEN????

Like i know the gaming space is a bit messed up on this front but like cmon....

I dont think that the life series is like. Intrinsically bad or anything, but it would be cool if Grian/the team and such could take notice of these facts and help to change the server just a bit more.

[chiscribbs]

I have been seeing the progression of this AU and I'm now deeply concerned about the rowdyness of at least two turtles ^.^"

I think I know which two you mean They don't call them the "Disaster Twins" for nothing, haha

I wouldn't worry too much about Leo, tho - this isn't his first prank spree. He might cause a little chaos here-and-there, but all he's after is some harmless entertainment, really. If things get too out of hand, he'll find a way out of it somehow.

Donnie, tho... Yeaaaah, him you can be a little more worried about.

[lorelune]

my employer dropped an opening for a position i’ve had my eye on for awhile :3c

[dissociationswagcompetition]

Today (Feb 12, 2023) is the LAST DAY to nominate characters for the Dissociation Swag Competition!

Submissions will close on Sunday, Feb 12, 2023 (Today!!!) at approximately 11:30PM EST!

You can nominate characters here!

What comes next?

Given the results of this poll, this competition will feature 64 characters! On Monday, (Feb 13, 2023) I will go through the nominations and place in the characters with the following rules:

Characters with the most nominations will be guaranteed a spot first

Characters with more nominations will be selected first. Basically: Characters with 5+ nominations get a spot secured, then characters with 4, then 3, etc etc. (As of right now, it's looking like most characters with 2+ nominations are guaranteed a spot, though can't say for certain until the survey closes)

The remaining characters (Likely the characters with only 1 nomination) will be randomly selected to fill the remaining spots, to be as fair and unbiased as possible

The bracket will release sometime on Monday (Feb 12, 2023), likely in the evening hours of EST (Sadly ya boi has a job -_-)

Voting on Round 1 will begin on Tuesday, Feb 14, 2023! Round 1 will be broken up into 4 groups so that there aren't 32 polls at once lol, and will take place as follows:

Group 1: Feb 14, 2023 (Tuesday)

Group 2: Feb 15, 2023 (Wednesday)

Group 3: Feb 16, 2023 (Thursday)

Group 4: Feb 17, 2023 (Friday)

Happy nominating, happy voting, go birds!!!

[phoenixcatch7]

Having been on several fanfic sites for several years, I can hands down GUARANTEE you that anything 'classic media' has done, fanfic has done better.

[mintaka-iii]

My mental health can't possibly good if an essay on the found family trope gives me such an indescribable feeling of hollowness and yearning

[that1nkyone]

Hmmm, what is your favorite pokemon, type, and move?

(Hold armfuls of bugs) You're asking too much of me.

But off the top of my head: Larvesta

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