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tell me my prof didn’t upload the reading by photocopying his kindle reader page by page

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I love that psychic powers are still "allowed" in science fiction. They're an acceptable part of the aesthetic. Like you can't have magic, but you can have brain magic, because it's more Science.

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I am by NO MEANS a professional artist, nor am I good at replicating styles, but it was such a fun idea. Luthadel is such a cool aesthetic.

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Something about your Gerry makes me so happy like omg!!! It's him!!!

Well, it is a him.

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in technology connections' video about dvd closed captions, he explicitly highlights accessibility throughout rather than just focusing on the technological oddity, even saying that discontinuation of the tech support is abandoning the deaf and hard of hearing, as well as praising well made captions and specifying what's good about them. and the video itself does have high quality captions without the "when I get around to it" delay of many channels, including of the bloopers section. clearly it's a topic he feels passionate about.

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Consider-season one Jon and the Archival Assistants doing the sound effects for each tape diegetically

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i got these knockoff boots online and instead of the brand name on the tag they have the name of an apparently nonexistent martin scorsese movie??? what the fuck

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listen thousands of people liked that post about the internet roadtrip but i don't think most of you understand how truly unhinged this experience has been

bonus:

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so I’m filling out pediatrician intake forms for my newborn son and I get to the demographic section and I was already chuckling about putting a marital status…

yes hello my 3 day old son responds to only Old English, thank you

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I've been following this closely for around a week and you should too. Get in the car now so you can say you've been there since before we got to Canada! (it will still take a while to get to Canada)

do you guys know about the internet roadtrip? right now somewhere between 500 and 900 people are collectively 'driving' a car on google street view trying to make it to canada. it's fun i recommend it

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houseplant type friend

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i say this in all seriousness, a great way to resist the broad cultural shift of devaluing curiosity and critical thinking is to play my favorite game, Hey What Is That Thing

you play it while walking around with friends and if you see something and don't know what it is or wonder why its there, you stop and point and say Hey What Is That Thing. and everyone speculates about it. googling it is allowed but preferably after spending several minutes guessing or asking a passerby about it

weird structures, ambiguous signs, unfamiliar car modifications, anything that you can't immediately understand its function. eight times out of ten, someone in the group actually knows, and now you know!

a few examples from me and my friends the past few weeks: "why is there a piece of plywood sticking out of that pond in a way that looks intentional?" (its a ramp so squirrels that fall in to the pond can climb out) • "my boss keeps insisting i take a vacation of nine days or more, thats so specific" (you work at a bank, banks make employees take vacation in long chunks so if youre stealing or committing fraud, itll be more obvious) • "why does this brick wall have random wooden blocks in it" (theres actually several reasons why this could be but we asked and it was so you could nail stuff to the wall) • "most of these old factories we drive past have tinted windows, was that just for style?" (fun fact the factory owners realized that blue light keeps people awake, much like screen light does now, so they tinted the windows blue to keep workers alert and make them work longer hours)

been playing this game for a long time and ive learned (and taught) a fuckton about zoning laws, local history, utilities (did you know you can just go to your local water treatment plant and ask for a tour and if they have a spare intern theyll just give you a tour!!!) and a whole lot of fun trivia. and now suddenly you're paying more attention when youre walking around, thinking about the reasons behind every design choice in the place you live that used to just be background noise. and it fuckin rules.

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It‘s notable to me how many externals rely on reputation in tmagp. Almost all of them feed on stories and anticipation rather than the act itself.

• Ink5oul is an influencer

• alongside his TV show Mr Bonzo has a theme tune and cards that preceded his arrival

• Heinrich Unheimlich very blatantly states that it’s the stories spread by children that fuel his power.

They all feed on the idea. Even Needles phones the emergency services to make sure someone hears what he’s doing. They WANT to be perceived

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Cats getting caught doing crimes