#video notes

[ithappensoffstage]

I am genuinely so worried for all the young horny dykes going into adulthood thinking there's something "problematic" / "wrong" with them for being horny because fucking tiktok lesbians think any horny dyke content is "male gaze fetishistic"

[gadget-bridge]

You can now forward video notes to multiple chats on WhatsApp: Here’s how

[monsterfactoryfanfic]

if I've learned anything from grad school it's to check your sources, and this has proven invaluable in the dozens of instances when I've had an MBA-type try to tell me something about finances or leadership. Case in point:

Firefox serves me clickbaity articles through Pocket, which is fine because I like Firefox. But sometimes an article makes me curious. I'm pretty anal about my finances, and I wondered if this article was, as I suspected, total horseshit, or could potentially benefit me and help me get my spending under control. So let's check the article in question.

It mostly seems like common sense. "...track expenses and income for at least a month before setting a budget...How much money do I have or earn? How much do I want to save?" Basic shit like that. But then I get to this section:

This sounds fucking made up to me. And thankfully, they've provided a source to their claim that "research has repeatedly shown" that writing things down changes behavior. First mistake. What research is this?

Forbes, naturally, my #1 source for absolute dogshit fart-sniffing financial schlock. Forbes is the type of website that guy from high school who constantly posts on linkedin trawls daily for little articles like this that make him feel better about refusing to pay for a decent package for his employees' healthcare (I'm from the United States, a barbaric, conflict-ridden country in the throes of civil unrest, so obsessed with violence that its warlords prioritize weapons over universal medical coverage. I digress). Forbes constantly posts shit like this, and I constantly spend my time at leadership seminars debunking poor consultants who get paid to read these claims credulously. Look at this highlighted text. Does it make sense to you that simply writing your financial goals down would result in a 10x increase in your income? Because if it does, let me make you an offer on this sick ass bridge.

Thankfully, Forbes also makes the mistake of citing their sources. Let's check to see where this hyperlink goes:

SidSavara. I've never heard of this site, but the About section tells me that Sid is "a technology leader who empowers teams to grow into their best selves. He is a life-long learner enjoys developing software, leading teams in delivering mission critical projects, playing guitar and watching football and basketball."

That doesn't mean anything. What are his LinkedIn credentials? With the caveat that anyone can lie on Linkedin, Mr. Savara appears to be a Software Engineer. Which is fine! I'm glad software engineers exist! But Sid's got nothing in his professional history which suggests he knows shit about finance. So I'm already pretty skeptical of his website, which is increasingly looking like a personal fart-huffing blog.

The article itself repeats the credulous claim made in the Forbes story earlier, but this time, provides no link for the 3% story. Mr. Savara is smarter than his colleages at Forbes, it's much wiser to just make shit up.

HOWEVER. I am not the first person to have followed this rabbit hole. Because at the very top of this article, there is a disclaimer.

Uh oh!

Sid's been called out before, and in the follow up to this article, he reveals the truth.

You can guess where this is going.

So to go back to the VERY beginning of this post, both Pocket/Good Housekeeping and Forbes failed to do even the most basic of research, taking the wild claim that writing down your budget may increase your income by 10x on good faith and the word of a(n admittedly honest about his shortcomings) software engineer.

Why did I spend 30 minutes to make a tumblr post about this? Mostly to show off how smart I am, but also to remind folks of just how flimsy any claim on the internet can be. Click those links, follow those sources, and when the sources stop linking, ask why.

[prokopetz]

The fascinating thing about this particular patch note is that it implies the game engine is fully rendering your character's penis at all times, not just when you take your pants off.

[i-just-want-to-destroy]

how to build compelling characters

[daintyytulip]

walked in and dream-came-trued it for ya <3

[wheatormeat]

If there's anything I've felt about ace attorney since playing through the original trilogy, it's how cheated I've felt about the fandom interpretation of it. Y'all were so caught up with your gay boys and your Miles Edgeworths I didn't realize how much of this game was about WOMEN. THE CORE OF ACE ATTORNEY IS IN ITS FEMALE CHARACTERS. From Mia jumpstarting Phoenix and guiding him throughout the whole trilogy even after her death, her presence being the primary connecter of Phoenix and Maya, Maya and Godot, heck even Dahlia and Iris and the whole lot of them. From Franziska's earnest faith and consolation of Miles Edgeworth, even begrudgingly, pulling him out the trauma of his childhood with the face to face confrontation of a bullet wound in the same spot as the man who killed his father. Lana and Ema dragging Phoenix back into the thing he does best. Lana and Ema who's tragic story lies in a pair of sisters ruined by the heinous law system and their unconditional love for each other. Dahlia and Iris with a different version of sisterly tragedy, struggling through generational trauma in separate settings and support systems. The matter of the Fey tradition looming over the entire narrative and all the legal and social terror that comes with it. CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE ACE ATTORNEY WOMEN.

[yeehawpim]

a comic with some norse mythology

[great-art-and-a-purple-tongue]

I just gave a sermon at my church today about asexuality and how to be an ally. Not only did I get a lot of comments about how much people liked it (and how it was easy to understand for so many old folks), but one old lady came up to me afterwards with tears in her eyes and she said, "I'm 77 years old and I finally know what I am. Thank you." And that just made everything I've done worth it.

(also, thank you @onbearfeet for letting me use one of your blog posts. It resonated with a lot of people)

[ladybeug]

So a while ago I was talking to @anna-scribbles and @marimbles about adrien and gender (as you do), and as a part of that conversation we said... hey do you remember that jenna marbles video where she put rhinestones all over her face?

and then, tangentially... do you remember that one clown makeup vine?

hold on i'm going somewhere with this:

We got to where I was going. but i'm still driving:

[venus111]

Astrology observations

🧞‍♀️ venus in the 8th house synastry makes venus person nosey wanting to know the house person secrets(etc going through their phone) it can lead to distrusting each other

🧞‍♀️ having 12th house synastry with someone will lead you doing crazy things together you influence each other for better or for worse

🧞‍♀️ Sagittarius sun women can be told that they look like their father

🧞‍♀️ Gemini risings face verbal abuse setting boundaries and cutting ties may help you stay safe

🧞‍♀️ juno in Taurus crave romance,beauty and artistic pleasures

🧞‍♀️neptune in 28°,4° can indicate a parent who dealt with illness or addiction or a home where boundaries weren't clear and safe

🧞‍♀️ people with the same Mars sign fight with each other or have tensions

🧞‍♀️ I had a colleague I was very attracted to their voice it was calm and soft she had her Mars in my 3rd house

🧞‍♀️ Gemini placements can be obsessive and constantly want to be in touch with you (phone calls,texts,video chats ) if they start to develop feelings

🧞‍♀️earth signs experience premature greying of their hair

🧞‍♀️ people who are born on the 28th are billionaires or they end up marrying someone with money celebrities born on this day are Angelababy, Anna Nicole smith, bill gates and Elon musk

🧞‍♀️ Pisces and Virgo placements are seen as innocent people they are pure at heart and in actions

🧞‍♀️ Scorpio rising, Aries rising suffer from migraines

🧞‍♀️ Mercury square Venus synastry there’s a noticeable tension and friction in communication and affection between partners

🧞‍♀️ Individuals with Pluto in the 9th house feel a strong calling toward activities that promote personal growth and spiritual expansion

🧞‍♀️ Pisces,Sagittarius and Aquarius placements make the best music most of the popular artists of our generation have this

🧞‍♀️ Aquarius individuals are very romantic in their love relationships

[an-internet-introvert]

Going to Phil's to do the Laundry

[boatemboys]

THANK U CLEO FOR THIS CLIP 🫡🫡

transcript:

Cleo: Monument or statue of... what.

Joel: So I was thinking, something involving me, and Jimmy, but then (Cleo starts laughing) you have creative range. How about that. How does that sound to you.

Cleo: Oh no, oh n- I- (starts laughing again)

Joel: Don't make it weird. Why are you making it weird. Why are you saying oh no like that. It's nothing weird.

Cleo: It's n- it's nothing weird, okay, um-

Joel: It's nothing romantic, it's just two good friends.

Cleo: (pauses) Okay, yeah, like two good friends on one singular block. Together. Uh.

Joel: Yeah well- You can, you can move the, like, you can do them off the block. You can do them on the floor if you want. Or like, if you need any more gold I've got another- gold block. It's up to you.

Cleo: No no no, I can do this. I can do this. It won't involve neck kisses or anything. It'll be less- (laughing)

Joel: Please don't make it involve- please. No. They're ded- they're left specially for Etho and I'm not willing to...

Cleo: You're not willing to share. (Joel: Nope.) Aw, okay.

[felassan]

pronouns to bear in mind 😊

Trick Weekes: they/them Corinne Busche: she/her Jin Maley (Taash): they/them Erika Ishii (Rook): all pronouns Gareth David-Lloyd (Solas): he/him/they/them Jessica Clark (Neve): she/her/they Jeff Berg: he/him

[prokopetz]

Apart from silly bugs, the patch notes I love most are for deeply obscure bugs that have been around forever, but were only identified recently because somebody tried something particularly clever. Like, last week Inform fixed a pronoun confusion issue that had apparently been outstanding for 20 years and was only discovered in 2022. Fantastic.

[idiotsonlyevent]

nothing prepared for the noise chilchuck made here