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[violetcarlin]

It's random poll time again! Please reblog, I want data to prove or disprove a long-held theory of mine. So, you know, please reblog for science and all that.

Think about your all-time favorite band/music artist, or your current favorite, whatever's easiest to remember. Think about your favorite album by that band/artist. And tell me ...

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im sorry but when you grow up and interact with people irl youre gonna have friends where you dont fw their tastes. sometimes youre gonna meet someone chill whos also a hazbin hotel fan or have a really nice coworker that likes taylor swift and youre gonna need to mind your business and shut the fuck up or youre gonna be real lonely

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Things that happen in Dawntrail that sound like shitposts:

You are invited to meddle in the affairs of a major political power. These events with extremely serious ramifications for global politics include gardening, animal herding, mountain climbing, and a bake-off.

Night City travels diagonally through time and fuses with a small town in Arizona.

An uplifting Hollywood movie pop-gospel song about unity plays over a montage of you and your friends building a bomb.

You down a suspiciously beaver-themed energy drink and briefly go super saiyan.

The temporally anomalous catboy dad deepthroats two scoops of nothing-flavored ice cream in an attempt to ease the tension at his work friend's family reunion. Somehow, this actually achieves the desired effect.

An AI-generated ghost attempts to burn all of the world's people and resources to extend the life of their metaverse Disneyland for other AI-generated ghosts. In response, you proceed to fight a robotic biblically-accurate angel inside their mind palace.

Dead baby cave.

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Okay, I was a bit worried about my ability to finish, but I did it - my piece for @raraaviszine is finalized and sent in, and I just have to not worry about whether I polished it enough until the zine comes out at the end of September.

I'm SO EXCITED for the zine in general - so much good Crow stuff coming your way. Trust me, I've seen teasers of some of it.

Speaking of teasers ... how about one for the very adults-only piece I wrote? Did someone ask for a sexy Crow threesome? If so, I've got you.

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Okay, I gotta know, because I personally was stunned by how many I didn’t know. How many creators did you recognize on The Rolling Stone’s 25 Most Influential Creators of 2025?

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Since I'm back on my bullshit again, I will once again shill for my actual favorite video game of the last year and a half - Enshrouded.

Do you like the base building aspect of survival games? Did you ever go "you know, I'd love to play a video game where I could just build the Shire or Whiterun from scratch?"

Do you like exploring a deliberately designed (as in, not procedurally generated) giant open world and learning lore through readables?

Do you want a game where you can make the decision whether to have punishing vaguely souls-like combat or play easy mode and just bash everything over the head for their crafting resources? Or anywhere in between?

Did you ever want a game where, when there's a mountain in between you and the quest objective, you could literally just pickaxe your way through the mountain?

Do you want to do all that with your closest friends? Or random strangers? But also still have the option to play entirely by yourself?

My friends, if the answer is yes to any of the above, get thee to Steam and pick up Enshrouded. It's still in early access, so not on consoles yet, but it's so much more polished and quite frankly GIGANTIC than most fully released games I've played already. And there's another full biome coming in October!

(Hopefully they're still targeting next year for full release - the devs have been very good about keeping to timelines and communicating, so crossing fingers for console stuff in 2026!)

Seriously y'all, this game is so much fun - the building mechanics are a blast, there are so many different materials you can use, and the exploration is vast and seemingly never-ending, in the best way possible. I'd call it Valheim meets Breath of the Wild, with a side of Baby's First Soulslike for the combat. (The combat is probably the weakest part right now, so if that's your interest, consider that first. But I'm of the "just let me stomp it so I can go back to crafting" persuasion, and it's fine for me.) It's on sale right now, and I'd say it's more than worth throwing $24 at to see if you like it. Keen Games has been super impressive with their process and communication since they launched in early 2024, and considering I've almost put 400 hours into the game since then, I think I've gotten my money's worth.

If you want a short-ish video about why you should play so you can see some of it, see this one. Me, I'm off to spend my Friday night continuing to upgrade my NPC crafters in my solo game so I can get to the snowy mountains and build myself a cozy cabin someday.

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Please reblog for reach. This poll is probably going to get passed around Kansas residents more than non residents but I need imput from both parties

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What’s the noun form you use to describe how comfortable something is?

Because in fibercrafting/textiles/fashion content I see online, I keep hearing a completely different form than the one I’m used to, and I don’t know if it’s an age thing, a field thing, or something else.

For example, changing a design element or the fiber content might change how comfortable a garment is — it impacts the _______ of the garment.

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"America is a deeply fascist and evil country" actually, the USA is a normal country. Y'all are neither uniquely good nor uniquely evil. Some things are good, some things are deeply fucked, most things are flawed but functional. Some US-Americans are saints, some are assholes, most are somewhere in the middle. If any other country had the same economic and political power as the USA, the world would not be a better place.

Believing the USA is The Most Evil is just American Exceptionalism in a different hat.

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frog boy and slime girl in the house🤼‍♂️

[violetcarlin]

protein bar companies should have their peanut butter and chocolate privileges revoked until they can prove they actually know what those two ingredients are supposed to taste like

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what made u guys pick ur url's !

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Two job-hunting resources that changed my life:

This cover letter post on askamanger.com. A job interview guide written by Alison Green, who runs askamanager.

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Friday music time - I've gotten sucked into the Ghost hype recently. I mean, I grew up on 70s and 80s hard rock y'all. You dress that sound up in a crazy goth aesthetic and it's like you were targeting me. Some guitar riffs make me feel like I'm back listening to cassettes on my dad's janky old boombox. It's fantastic. Highly recommend.

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i know this will make me sound old and boring but once i’m home for the night i’m home. i don’t like upsetting my plans even when i don’t have any. yes it’s only 8pm but i spent the whole evening believing i’m not going anywhere, i cannot perceive or be perceived right now, try again later

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“Now, now, Estinien. If Master Alphinaud thought any less of you, you would still be Nidhogg’s plaything─or dead.”