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between tiktok and youtube slop, kids these days are subjected to possibly one of the worst media diets in the history of mankind. unlike me who was raised on the same 10 commercials for corn syrup products cycling between variety shows, as nature intended

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You can take the apartheid out of South Africa but you can never take it out of a white South African

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unsung benefit i think a lot of ppl are sleeping on with using the public library is that i think its a great replacement for the dopamine hit some ppl get from online shopping. it kind of fills that niche of reserving something that you then get to anticipate the arrival of and enjoy when it arrives, but without like, the waste and the money.

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"Don't use Libby because it costs libraries too much, pirate instead" is such a weird, anti-patron, anti-author take that somehow manages to also be anti-library, in my professional librarian-ass opinion.

It's well documented that pirating books negatively affects authors directly* in a way that pirating movies or TV shows doesn't affect actors or writers, so I will likely always be anti-book piracy unless there's absolutely, positively no other option (i.e. the book simply doesn't exist outside of online archives at all, or in a particular language).

Also, yeah, Libby and Hoopla licenses are really expensive, but libraries buy them SO THAT PATRONS CAN USE THEM. If you're gonna be pissed at anybody about this shitty state of affairs, be pissed at publishing companies and continue to use Libby or Hoopla at your library so we can continue to justify having it to our funding bodies.

One of the best ways to support your library having services you like is to USE THOSE SERVICES. Yes, even if they are expensive.

*Yes, this is a blog post, but it's a blog post filled with links to news articles. If you can click one link, you can click another.

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Hmmm a rage god taking advantage of emotionally unstable children who don't feel special and have a very skewed idea of what is and isn't "fair." The final villain of this season is basically the YouTube algorithm and I love it.

#dimension 20 #fantasy high junior year

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“One of us tells the truth and one of us lies” is OUT!!!

“You have to smoke this, or I’ll lie” is IN!!!!

#dimension 20 #fantasy high junior year

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saw someone on tiktok make the comparison of kristen using the name 'phtosynthekids' because it meant something to riz, the same way lucy used 'the high five heroes' for kipperlilly.

A rogue and their cleric :(

#dimension 20 #fantasy high junior year

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My timeline is 50% people dunking on Kipperlilly for being mad about not having a tragic backstory and 50% people rhapsodizing on the tragedy implications of Lucy, Kipperlilly's BFF, choosing death over joining her on her rage mission.

The combination is incredible. How do you like that tragic backstory now that you've got it, Kipperlilly?

#dimension 20 #fantasy high junior year #fhjy spoilers #the thing about life is that most people who wish for trauma will eventually get it

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More differences between Jawbone's job responsibilities and mine that we learned about this episode: the world of Spyre apparently does not have Duty to Warn.

#dimension 20 #fantasy high junior year #fhjy spoilers #when your client tells you they want to murder someone you don't just document it and move on #even if the person they want to kill isn't living with you

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Aging is hot. Gray hairs are hot. Smile lines are hot. Get with it.

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One thing I really like about Fantasy High -- and honestly Dimension 20/Brennan characters in general -- is that even the good parents are not perfect. Sandralynn is easily frustrated, especially when Fig reminds her of herself. Jawbone doesn't always know how to back off and meet people where they're at. The Thistlesprings have terrible boundaries and are deeply uncomfortable with negative emotions. In Burrow's End, Tula is constantly grappling with the urge to limit her children's options due to her own fear.

The experience of having Good Parents isn't that you get your needs met perfectly 100% of the time -- it's the experience of having one or more deeply flawed adults doing their level best to do right by you in spite of whatever shit they have going on in their own lives and psyches. And that's beautiful in its own right.

#dimension 20 #fantasy high junior year #burrows end #fantasy high

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been a moment since I did one of these! ♡ (part one, part two, part three)

#dimension 20 #fantasy high junior year

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"We just... like to talk... about how great it is that our kids are such great adventurers..."

Translation: We are both rapidly prematurely aging because our children are fucking unhinged.

*restraining the other contents of the episode in a closet behind me* haha anyway. Sandra Lynn and Sklonda are best friends you guys, they go out for drinks. She's told her about her tragic backstory. They talk about their kids. They're besties

#dimension 20 #fantasy high junior year #sklonda gukgak #sandralynne faeth

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L + ratio + I cast Legend Lore on you and nothing came up

#dimension 20 #fantasy high junior year

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#dimension 20 #fantasy high junior year

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the idea that restrooms, locker rooms, etc need to be single-sex spaces in order for women to be safe is patriarchy's way of signalling to men & boys that society doesn't expect them to behave themselves around women. it is directly antifeminist. it would be antifeminist even if trans people did not exist. a feminist society would demand that women should be safe in all spaces even when there are men there.

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Love that Eugenia Shadow eats ghost steaks but takes real drugs

#dimension 20 #fantasy high junior year