#I hope one or two come to pass

[gofancyninjaworld]

The List of Predictions for OPM Webcomic Chapter 146

Thank you to everyone who has made a bet. I was hoping that in a great irony, ONE would have put up a continuation, but so far, so bad.

Here's the list! Keep your numbers safe, and we'll see what shakes out!

Number

Prediction

1 Dr Bofoi is already dead. Bonus: Genos gets framed for his death.

2 Who's ex-hero hunter ex-jobhunter Garou hunting now?

3Dr Kuseno is not dead (light edition): Saitama did take him to get medical care after all.

4 Dr Kuseno is not dead (dark edition): Destro and Erimin have done a touch of 'recovery' work

5 Overgrown Pochi remembers that he was a guard dog, hulks out and incinerates the invading robots. All 4 million of them.

6 Tatsumaki returns triumphant and not a moment too soon. Man, what would you guys do without her?

7 Blast finally deigns to show up in this version. Bonus: he meets Blue.

8 Metal Bat gets out of jail.

9 McCoy finally finds some ethics.

10 Turns out that Saitama did follow Genos after all.

11 Saitama goes home and arrives just in the nick of time. Bonus: Somehow King still gets the credit for destroying the robots invading the HA.

12 JOKER: ONE declares that he's ending the webcomic.

13 Webigaza is toast. :(

14 Watchdogman is finally no longer mysterious.

15 Tank Top Master puts on an extra tank top and wades back into battle.

16 Accel gets a reality check.

17 Dr Bofoi has some explaining to do.

18 Zenko is real!

19 Saitama saves the day. Somehow.

20 Lightning Max (and other wounded pro-heroes) find the tender mercies of the Neo Heroes to be far from tender.

21 King shows off his muscles!

22 What's Drive Knight up to?

23 Pig God and robots. Are they tasty?

24 Black Sperm discovers his inner Dimple.

25 Garou and Metal Bat meet for the first time. Bonus: they hit it off!

26 Genos finally has a showdown with his nemesis.

27 Zombieman comes back in style, showing us his hard-earned abilities.

28 Webigaza is saved! Phew! :)

29 Never mind the robot apocalypse, what about Flashy Flash versus the Abandoned Masses? Fight!

30 Saitama gets a new hero name at last!  Bonus: it's also naff.

31 My kingdom for a sword! Atomic and his disciples are back, all blazing fury and blades.

32 Darkshine finds his courage to fight.

33 Suiryu saves Suiko.

34 Mr. Fuzzy is pleased: this is all going according to plan.

35 Just because the suits aren't sold to you doesn't mean they're free: the Neo Heroes find out what their organisation really wants from them.

36 Mental health break: Saitama's cactus did survive after all!

37 JOKER: The OPM webcomic is set to be collected and commercially published as a spin off.

38 Saitama and Blue come to an agreement.

39 ONE is extra evil: time skip to the aftermath. How long can this man keep teasing us?

40 The Organization formally makes its demands.

41 The most reluctant hero in the world, Speed o' Sound Sonic, does something about the apocalypse.  Bonus: he rids the world of A.

42 Mr. Fuzzy never saw this turn of events coming.

43 For once, Flashy Flash gets to play the main character to his heart's content. He isn't, but let him have it. :)

44 We catch up with Child Emperor and find what he's realized.

45 Raiden gets humbled anew.

46 God cube, God cube, getcha God cubes right here! No bets on who has one or how they're using it.

47 Bang stops clipping his nails long enough to do something about the pesky robots. The HA really owes him one now.

48 Genos discovers the secret of strength. This one really should have been a joker, but I could only have two.

49 Puri Puri's infinite receptacle of love versus a thousand robots. Who wins?

50 Genos gives Dr. Kuseno the decent burial he deserves.

51 One small bright spot: all is well in City Q.

52 Amai Mask comes out of hiding to help.

53 The easiest bet: there is a giant fight between Genos and Metal Knight's robots.

54 We finally find out who the Rampaging Cyborg is.

#OPM #webcomic #predictions #chapter 146 #so many ways ONE could go #I hope one or two come to pass

[robinsteve]

“lucas, i’m scared. i’m so scared. i’m so scared. i don't wanna die. i’m not ready. i don't wanna go! i’m not ready.” if the duffers kill max in s5 after that we will be having words.

#not only would it destroy the message of hope and perseverance in the face of personal struggles- the message that’s been a consistent #thread through all four seasons- it would make max’s first “death” scene incredibly pointless when it could have been #so impactful had it been real #obviously i very much want max alive and healthy and happy but there’s something so cinematic and so awe-inspiring about that #shot of max in lucas’ arms with el by her side and the blue light bouncing off their blood-and-tear-soaked faces #before the camera draws back and begins to spin over them... anyway. my point is: #i will be very angry if they end up killing max via coma when they had OPTIONS. well. one option. but it was a really extraordinary option. #her death in s5 despite /everything/ would cheapen the final season immensely and would come off as almost laughably #desperate- but above all so so CRUEL to max and her friends #if she can't live and she can't just die in the attic don't prolong her and her friends' suffering for a far less impactful departure #and furthermore if she can’t live don’t purposefully degrade the meaning and remove the consequences #of a visually and emotionally stunning moment to string along viewers who want to know if max is going to be okay either!!!! #they're already on thin ice from the whole 'el revives max' thing (which i will expand upon in another post) but i've made my peace with it #because it kept max alive and it would actually tear me in two if she died for real but even so. thin fucking ice. to drag max over to #another season after all of that fragile ice walking- only to pass on resolving her arc in a careful way- would be devastating. #in terms of emotional and visual impact we have ‘max actually dying in the creel attic’ up /here/ #(imagine my hand hovering slightly above my hairline) #‘max pulling through the coma and learning to survive and thrive’ right /here/ (hand at eyeline) #and ‘max dying at the hospital’ allllll the way down /here/ (hand at stomach) #which would really fucking SUCK #to be clear i think she’s going to pull through the coma (thank god) because a) the duffers are cowarddddds and b) narrative reasons that #i don’t have enough time energy or tag space to elaborate on #but i also have trust issues from this season so i can envision a scenario in which they metaphorically pull the rug out from under #us and we all riot at dawn together <3 #max mayfield #stranger things #s4 spoilers #** #millie talks #st 4

[divorcetual]

The meower

#Queued... technically March 23rd? #I mean its march 22nd in oregon. but im not there rn lolz #either way im late. SORRY !! i forfor to queue on the 20th then i was on planes for like 21 hrs total #well no 5 of those were a layover @ the airport but #ANYWAYYYYY hi future me !!! #Howww was the trip? im on my first (second actually- its 4am of the second day if u coukd the arrival) day in Hong Kong #Its rlly hot and humid so I think im gonna die. BUT ITS ALSO SUPER COOL !! #Even just from the few hours I had out earlier its amazingggg. The lights and the buildings are so cool and theres such a fun but chaotic #atmosphere - idk if its just bcs its a big city or specific to HK? #I loveee large cities in general. New york. Tokyo. HK. thats all of the ones ive been to ig #I havent seen even close to all of HK. Im in central rn but we're goin to other parts later #Dad says the other parts are totally different- Like theres LOADS of gisnt buildings here (WAY MORE THAN U SEE IN ******!!! u know that tho #and theyre almost all residential of the ones I passed. Im sure theres offices n stuff i just didnt see them in the likd 20 minutes cab #ride lolz. U know all tuis already tho #ig what im getting at is HOW WAS THE TRIP !!!!! How was the rest of HK? WHAT WAS KYOTO LIKE?? #augh soo many cool things..... #Also also !! Have you learned any mire katakana? #ive JUST learned the vowel line so maybe u lesrned the k line now too? #I cant imagine school is any different. OHH DID U FINISH THE M P 10P COMIC?? #I started it and got abt one page done on the plane #I think it should only end up being two or three pages idk #Ohh !! Hows the new meds going !! I think u should have ur blood test done by now so do u know if it helped at all? #I hope soooooooooooo #Mm I think thats all I have to say .... NO WAIT HAVE U HUNG OUT W/ JACKIE?? #i rlly want to b friends with her ^.^ #Alright Thats all !! HAVE A GOOD DAYYYYYY I LOVE U #queue drop #weather report #WAIT EDIT DID THE TRIGUN VOLUME COME. HOW IS IT

[ghostofasecretary]

i'm still not over this so i'm sharing it here too

apparently? some people think the past and present perfect tenses ("i had studied" and "i have studied," respectively) are passive?? so the thing to do is use the simple past and avoid helping verbs in grant writing

the more you know!

#ghost's academic life #god that woman was so incredibly adhd. i'm SO charmed. will definitely try to keep in touch even if/when i go to a different school #i love when people are like. i know you could go elsewhere. but i hope you come here #like. that's just so lovely!! and flattering! fuck!!! #and she pointed me to not one but two resources for the future ^~^ #anyways! time to finish editing ask my mom for a final pass and finish applying to all aspects of all my grad school options! #ghost speaks

[empty-blog-for-lurking]

So i did manage to make myself a bluesky account, and welp gonna say it is too much like twitter to be likable

#I am going to hold onto it but like #I am really hoping to find an alternative that is more tumblr than twitter epecially when it comes to privacy #I will stay here till tumblr's dying breathe and longer #It is just really depressing #Whole two months have been just one depressing thing after another #I know tumblr isnt going immediately. But the fact that it is still going to go #And there probably never going to be an alternative that doesnt include me having to give up any form of privacy #Just- it's scary. It is heartbreaking #I hope something better comes up soon #Maybe they manage to make a site like tumblr #Maybe tumblr does get saved #Maybe this too will pass #But right now i am just so tired and terrified #I have been dealing with a lot of stuff irl already this felt like a final straw #empty thoughts

[bugsmoocher]

mmaster hcief

#personal! ok idk why but i am in such a bad fucking mood after realizing that yet another year has passed where my father hasnt like. #really ??? cared ??? i dont know man my parents are taking me out to eat but i didnt get a text or a call or anything #like man i know im not the one thats ur blood child but come on i remember yours and wish you every year :( #my mom only really remembered when i showed up and jokingly was like “ey next time you see me ill be a whole year older” #this week has sucked so bad brother i hope it wont set the tone for the next year LKHL:D:FLGHK #happy birthday more like KILL YOURSELF INSTANTLY POTION #god only like my friends and two family members remembered im realizing. fuuuuuuuuuck. not even the people i live with minus my fiance #i only exist to these people when its time to talk behind somebodys back brother #maybe i drive my car into a tree tomorrow ^_^ in theory itd be good for me but at the end of the day if these people didnt care when i went #to the fucking mental ward for plotting to kill myself i doubt theyd care if i bled out in a ditch either #they never called or visited they just picked me up and told me to never do that shit again #maybe i should have Not been born...............! #ermmm #personal #vent #i guess. idk. just so if people have those tags blocked itll get filtered or whatever #i probably shouldnt just throw this out into the wild but i dont want to directly bother anybody i know rn idk.

[goldensunset]

> did the thing i’ve been procrastinating for a year and a half

#AUGH. #turns out those questions were ridiculously easy #literally german one material #but again my problem is less that i don’t know the language and more that ‘dawg i don’t remember a specific good day from my childhood???’ #i remember specific bad memories and i remember general good vibes #but human memory doesn’t really jot down positive things of note #at least not in my experience #ok i lied i am a bit lacking in vocabulary too. thank you leo.org #i just didn’t trust myself to pronounce certain words correctly tho LOLLLL #also uuuuuhhh. ‘limit each response to 2 minutes’ bud the entire comprehensive audio file was just under two minutes 🤡 #i said what i said ok. hope that’s enough #i said what i had enough time to think of on the fly #45 minutes is not that long #<- finished 11 minutes early bc aaaah panic no time!!! #whatever. let’s see if my responses were good enough to qualify me for a higher german class #(registration opens tomorrow and this will NOT have been graded by then. ah well) #i register very early for my grade so hopefully i can just leave a class out and come back to it later once i get my results #who knows maybe if i do pass this test i might test out of having to take a language class at all #allegedly #i am. not as good at speaking as i used to be #but i’m also not as bad as i thought i’d be #peach rambles

[wtfcl0ud]

me when i want all the all the so much many chocolate ahhhhhh

#also idk if i woke up with cramps this morning #idk when my period is coming #i guess i was just lightly spotting the thurs #which is just funny bc i literally felt like passing out after i realized tht so i get it was just emotional??? too funny #but yah god i hope it doesnt come monday i hv two exams #one very anxiety inducing one n like i dissociate hard af esp the day my period starts n like mhmm #tht cld be risky af mixed with anxiety oof #cloud nonsense

[afieldinengland]

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#can we go two minutes without clawing up our own insides wanting reassurance. god knows why i’m vocalising it now #this is a hunger pang. a watchword for being vulnerable is Do Without #usually i smother these things. sorry he’s a fighter today (inner child) #sorry the moment of vulnerability has passed i’ve swallowed the vomit as you were #one day you’ll have to choose between letting someone in and killing harri and i hope you off yourself before you have to #well now you’re just being hysterical. we get it nobody touches you is it any wonder #people don’t come near mad dogs. will you get a grip #and stop talking to yourself you’re making me nervous #for the record all this happens in my head all the time #no one is going to help. theologically do you think we could get over ourselves and stop being a coward #shivering in bed. really seriously they should have drowned me controlled crying was no good #actually come to think of it i haven’t cried in months. what are we doing here harri and when do you stop talking

[iliveinprocrasti-nationn]

i don’t like. the irrationality created by memories

#ive spent enough time pouring over information and reading studies and making sure i know damn well how this disease works so that at least #it’s not some unknown enemy and becomes something i can understand #which is fine until im crying and shaking in my bathroom over it potentially being in this damn house once again and at this time of the #year where specific anniversaries of horrible milestones come back to haunt me #and i haven’t been fully present in going on two years now but these last two days have passed obnoxiously quickly and none of it feels real #it’s been a long time since i haven’t known the hour much less what day it is #and i can tell you about blood vessels and symptoms and all the ways this disease can function in and destroy the body but it doesn’t make #any difference when nothing feels real and i had to check what day it was and got the date wrong for the first time in years #I’m also defaulting to hyper-rationality which hasn’t happened since middle school and isn’t. a good sign #it’s just a replay of a lot of memories i can’t forgot but this time it’s not just memories and has a very much physical component which is #worse. I think. by far. #and then there’s the repercussions of this where I have to see if my brain will allow me to anything #i can hope i can still go to work and everything because i do love it but last time this happened i wasn’t able to walk into any building #without having to leave #so. I don’t know. not to mention things that don’t have to do with school or careers? #and rationally i should be asleep at the moment because sleep is so so necessary right now but that’s the one thing I’m really struggling #with right now #i don’t know. it’s just a lot and I don’t appreciate the added layer of ‘time is a circle’ #there’s other things I have to deal with and work through that are more irrational than research vs trauma response but will probably be #harder to work through because man does my brain love latching onto a grudge but. for lack of a better term. whatever #im most upset about things pertaining to a career has been messed up and that i can’t celebrate chanukah with my family #because everyone else can think about christmas but im losing my winter holiday #im just. anything that isn’t empty is scared and angry and bitter just a little bit #vent tw

[harmonizewithechoes]

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#small update in case anyone was curious #I am 4 days past my due date now and I’m absolutely miserable #I’ve got the biggest grossest looking bump I’ve ever had #it literally looks bruised 😣 feels bruised too #I know some people love being pregnant and love how they look with a bump #that is not me. I’m never more insecure about my appearance than during pregnancy. #I’m really hoping she comes this weekend because otherwise my appointment Monday is going to include some extremely unpleasant activities #but my other two kids were both born on Saturdays and tomorrow is also a Saturday so maybe this one will follow the pattern #since I’m going through a midwife clinic they’ll allow me to go until 42 weeks before transferring my care to a hospital and inducing #42 weeks would put Dec 12 as the absolute latest she could be born #and every day that passes in December is one day closer to her birthday just being lumped together with Christmas #as a fellow December baby I don’t want that for her #so yeah…. still waiting #still miserable #and my son has resorted to lifting my shirt and begging the baby to come out and say hi already lol #I’m not the only one who’s fed up

[mare-the-silly-scroingle]

deep breath in. if wrightworth can do this so can i 

#this is abt my best friend whooooo i need another label for fuck. uh. jupiter i guess is the code ive used #we broke up today and it was definitel for the best i already feel so much lighter #but like. i'm scared to hope for things i think. because. we are kind of in the limbo right now that we want #where we love one another a lot but we aren't exclusive or dating anymore we just. love one another. #and she knows that for me it will always be her and she told me that at the end of the day she'll always come back to me #at the end of the world it would be the two of us. that kind of thing #but i guess i just. i don't know. it's almost even scarier because i don't want to lose her #i want this kind of thing forever. i want ten years to pass and for me to see her again and go oh it's you #in this soft fond way. i don't know. i want that so badly. #i think i just need to be patient and things will be okay. #this is for the best even if the thought of losing her is scarier

[reasonsforhope]

No paywall version here.

"Two and a half years ago, when I was asked to help write the most authoritative report on climate change in the United States, I hesitated...

In the end, I said yes, but reluctantly. Frankly, I was sick of admonishing people about how bad things could get. Scientists have raised the alarm over and over again, and still the temperature rises. Extreme events like heat waves, floods and droughts are becoming more severe and frequent, exactly as we predicted they would. We were proved right. It didn’t seem to matter.

Our report, which was released on Tuesday, contains more dire warnings. There are plenty of new reasons for despair. Thanks to recent scientific advances, we can now link climate change to specific extreme weather disasters, and we have a better understanding of how the feedback loops in the climate system can make warming even worse. We can also now more confidently forecast catastrophic outcomes if global emissions continue on their current trajectory.

But to me, the most surprising new finding in the Fifth National Climate Assessment is this: There has been genuine progress, too.

I’m used to mind-boggling numbers, and there are many of them in this report. Human beings have put about 1.6 trillion tons of carbon in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution — more than the weight of every living thing on Earth combined. But as we wrote the report, I learned other, even more mind-boggling numbers. In the last decade, the cost of wind energy has declined by 70 percent and solar has declined 90 percent. Renewables now make up 80 percent of new electricity generation capacity. Our country’s greenhouse gas emissions are falling, even as our G.D.P. and population grow.

In the report, we were tasked with projecting future climate change. We showed what the United States would look like if the world warms by 2 degrees Celsius. It wasn’t a pretty picture: more heat waves, more uncomfortably hot nights, more downpours, more droughts. If greenhouse emissions continue to rise, we could reach that point in the next couple of decades. If they fall a little, maybe we can stave it off until the middle of the century. But our findings also offered a glimmer of hope: If emissions fall dramatically, as the report suggested they could, we may never reach 2 degrees Celsius at all.

For the first time in my career, I felt something strange: optimism.

And that simple realization was enough to convince me that releasing yet another climate report was worthwhile.

Something has changed in the United States, and not just the climate. State, local and tribal governments all around the country have begun to take action. Some politicians now actually campaign on climate change, instead of ignoring or lying about it. Congress passed federal climate legislation — something I’d long regarded as impossible — in 2022 as we turned in the first draft.

[Note: She's talking about the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Act, which despite the names were the two biggest climate packages passed in US history. And their passage in mid 2022 was a big turning point: that's when, for the first time in decades, a lot of scientists started looking at the numbers - esp the ones that would come from the IRA's funding - and said "Wait, holy shit, we have an actual chance."]

And while the report stresses the urgency of limiting warming to prevent terrible risks, it has a new message, too: We can do this. We now know how to make the dramatic emissions cuts we’d need to limit warming, and it’s very possible to do this in a way that’s sustainable, healthy and fair.

The conversation has moved on, and the role of scientists has changed. We’re not just warning of danger anymore. We’re showing the way to safety.

I was wrong about those previous reports: They did matter, after all. While climate scientists were warning the world of disaster, a small army of scientists, engineers, policymakers and others were getting to work. These first responders have helped move us toward our climate goals. Our warnings did their job.

To limit global warming, we need many more people to get on board... We need to reach those who haven’t yet been moved by our warnings. I’m not talking about the fossil fuel industry here; nor do I particularly care about winning over the small but noisy group of committed climate deniers. But I believe we can reach the many people whose eyes glaze over when they hear yet another dire warning or see another report like the one we just published.

The reason is that now, we have a better story to tell. The evidence is clear: Responding to climate change will not only create a better world for our children and grandchildren, but it will also make the world better for us right now.

Eliminating the sources of greenhouse gas emissions will make our air and water cleaner, our economy stronger and our quality of life better. It could save hundreds of thousands or even millions of lives across the country through air quality benefits alone. Using land more wisely can both limit climate change and protect biodiversity. Climate change most strongly affects communities that get a raw deal in our society: people with low incomes, people of color, children and the elderly. And climate action can be an opportunity to redress legacies of racism, neglect and injustice.

I could still tell you scary stories about a future ravaged by climate change, and they’d be true, at least on the trajectory we’re currently on. But it’s also true that we have a once-in-human-history chance not only to prevent the worst effects but also to make the world better right now. It would be a shame to squander this opportunity. So I don’t just want to talk about the problems anymore. I want to talk about the solutions. Consider this your last warning from me."

-via New York Times. Opinion essay by leading climate scientist Kate Marvel. November 18, 2023.

#WE CAN DO THIS #I SO TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DO THIS #WE CAN SAVE OURSELVES AND THE WORLD ALONG WITH US #climate crisis #united states #climate change #conservation #hope posting #sustainability #climate news #climate action #climate emergency #fossil fuels #global warming #environmentalism #climate hope #solarpunk #climate optimism #climate policy #earth #science #climate science #meteorology #extreme weather #renewable energy #solar power #wind power #renewables #carbon emissions #climate justice

[aria0fgold]

Ack, my arm hurts. Muscle fatigue again, I think? This is what happens when you play video games at an uncomfortable position, I blame the House for this.

#aria rants #bullying me. for two days. i still love it tho thats my bestie now. my frenemy bestie. i hold its uhh... pulsing vein #then get terrified of the black tape recorder with the recording of a child screaming blood murder nonstop #accompanied by the noise coming from the tv downstairs with its red glow and hurt filled message of ''you never came back'' #thinkin bout that message again. at first it sounded very ominous. but after finishing the game its actually a message #from a lonely house towards its former inhabitants. the same ones that used to live in it. those same ones that left and abandoned it #you never came back. and yet it continued to hope and hope and hope that each passing day. ppl will come to live in it again #but no one did. and you never came back. and its all alone. lonely. hungry. and you never came back.

[the-trans-dragon]

Every time I buy toothpaste the tube is smaller and I hate it!!! Give me fucking the toothpaste!!!

#do not even ask me about the shampoo bottles. do not ask me about the price of milk. do not ask me about the price of fucking SOUP being TWO #DOLLARS and SIXTY EIGHT CENTS. more like ZERO SENSE cos its nonsense that soup is fucking $2.68!!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa #minimum wage in my state is $7.25!!! it costs like $400 a month for groceries and minimum wage is only $7.25! #i got paid $7.25 to work at the only place in town that would hire my trans ass and the manager would use my correct chosen name and then #say “oh sorry” and then say my deadname despite the fact that i was upfront with her at hiring that i went by a different name! #she did not go by her first name btw! neither did a cis guy staff member! #you bet when i quit i addressed the letter to her REAL first name. two can play that game. at least i wasnt the one understaffing the store #and then offering to come in DRUNK to close. no maam stay home. do not ask me if i want you to drunk drive to work to help me close because #i fucking dont. id rather you stay home and then scold me tomorrow for staying 3 hours passed close to catch up on all the chores that get #missed when we are understaffed. aaaaaaaaa. i hope my new job is better. its paying me more so thats good lol. and my name is LEGALLY my #chosen name so. no deadname nonsense #sorenhoots