#aLSO MY GOD WITH THE THERE WAS NO TECH THING

[be-the-glenn-to-my-maggie]

I've been complaining a lot lately about people not having enough media literacy but seeing some of ya'll's takes on this banger new season of Black Mirror has me wondering if you guys have... too much media literacy.

#it goes full circle lol #if i see one more it was boring and predictable post #i saw someone say true crime junkies will love loch henry #oh the episode?? criticizing true crime as a concept?? #will they love it film bro steven?? #film bro jonathan? #film bro chad? #what episodes of black mirror dO you all like #is it just white christmas #they really upped the game from last season this shit was good! #every single episode was good #aLSO MY GOD WITH THE THERE WAS NO TECH THING #each episode involved tech it just wasn't always new #sometimes it was our tech today creating a scary concept #is that not worse somehow? #i think it's worse i like it #i also think i'm gonna fight tooth and nail for the werewolf as a metaphor in mazey day #i love the supernatural as a metaphor and i think this take was super interesting #i would've loved more hints beforehand tho #black mirror #black mirror spoilers #melissa og #melissa on black mirror

[puppetmaster13u]

I just had a thought, fueled by the fact I have a fever probably.

Bruce, Batman, is very mom-coded.

Tony, Iron Man, is very dad-coded.

They should platonically co-parent.

#batman #bruce wayne #dc #dcu #prompts #iron man #tony stark #marvel #mcu #Dick and Peter would be best friends change my mind #Also this relationship would be fueled by Stubbornness Competitiveness and sheer SPITE #Along with the fact they're both wrapped around their children's fingers #And working together could take over the world if it wouldn't be so much paperwork #and taking down rebellions would be so time consuming compared to things they actually enjoy #Not quite lab buddies & more 'hello fellow baseline human usin tech & skill to fight gods' buddy #Also you cannot tell me they wouldn't have fun hangin out in their public covers w/ Brucie bein happy himbo & Tony bein flirty genius #dc x marvel #marvel x dc #dc crossover #marvel crossover

[techtainia-makes-things]

I don’t even have the game yet, but I already love her. Genuinely a really interesting take on Persephone, and honestly the most stand out design for her. Props to the designer.

Also, I know that the vest probably would have shoulder straps. I have elected not to care because I’m very gay, and you don’t ever really see them anyway.

#Tech’s art #handmade plush #stray gods persephone #stray gods #Let her be angry she deserves it #This also might be my last plush for a while (but I also said that with Tarantulas #so maybe not) #Looking into doing effects things???

[engagemythrusters]

Okay. Watching The Bad Batch for the first time and I’ve only gotten 2/3rds of the way thru the first season thus far, but I feel I now understand the characters well enough to start making conjectures.

So here’s what I’ve got so far:

Due to the inherent Muchness of heightened senses, I wouldn’t doubt a sensory processing disorder for Hunter. It’s clear that he’s gotten a handle on it (aka learned to adapt to, compensate for, and understand it) by the time TBB appears in The Clone Wars, but I bet it was hard to deal with when he was younger.

Wrecker appears to have a developmental/learning/intellectual disability of some sort, compounded by a TBI. He struggles with bigger words and is impulsive, along with other notable markers. This could have stemmed from the accident that left the facial scar and blinded his eye, but it seems that, based on how the other three original bad batch clones act around him, that this has always been a thing. A TBI likely added to this, because he seriously just keeps getting smacked in the head, the poor guy. He’s just a walking headache.

That being said, he likely gets lots of migraines. Seriously, that much head-smacking can’t result in a fun, happy time up in his head, pain-wise. I suspect the other four get them, too. Hunter has to process a lot of information from all senses, and Crosshair from his sight. That’s a lot to deal with, and I know I get headaches from a lot less. Tech… he’s staring at screens all day. Blue-light headaches much? And Echo… he’s literally got so much going on up there, technology wise, that it’s undoubtedly the cause of many a migraine. He’s one bad interface connection from a seizure, practically.

Crosshair has some attachment issues, I think. Like I believe all the clones would, had they not been programmed otherwise. They never got held by a caring individual, for gods sake. Maybe later generations had older brothers to hold them every so often, but that’s not enough. They never got one-on-one care. And, since his programming never kicked in correctly, Crosshair has all of that just shoved into his twig body. So, RAD, due to his obviously avoidant nature.

Tech is autistic and I don’t think that’s debatable, really. Like that textbook autism (which leads to a discussion about his savant nature being paired with a highly autistic-coded character and the harmful impact that could create for us autistic people in real life. The same harm of Wrecker’s disability vs how he’s treated as an ‘it’ in the show (said explicitly by Cid) and how Crosshair, with evident attachment issues, is demonised as the villain. BUT THATS ITS OWN ESSAY TO WRITE.)

Omega has ADHD and that one’s not heavily coded like the rest, but I think it fits!

None of them have true favourite siblings, but each are easier to go to for different things. Hunter, for leadership and emotional advice. Crosshair, for silent understanding (pre-chip activation). Wrecker, for emotional understanding and grounding. Tech, for intellectual advice and rationality. Echo, for interpersonal advice. Omega, for intrapersonal advice and a fresh, new perspective on everything.

I truly believe, in my heart of hearts, that Hunter would have the highest, shrillest scream. It doesn’t make sense, but it just seems right (to me personally).

Tech and Echo spend a lot of time on Echo’s implants and prostheses. Echo clearly isn’t using them for their original intent—some not even used at all—so they have to be updated, modified, or taken out. (As evidenced by the—I’m assuming what is a—neural interface he now wears and the lack of other implants he used to have in TCW.)

Echo has chronic pain, due to phantom limbs. That, and it must take a lot out of him for those prostheses. They're melded to him in a way that seems... not user-friendly. Techno Union wasn't doing it because they wanted him to live a fulfilling life. They did it because they needed him. They wouldn't care about his pain. It's unlikely that he doesn't feel constant pain. I'm guessing his everyday average pain level it's equivalent to what normal people (i.e.: people who aren't me or other chronic pain-havers) would consider a 4 out of 10.

I have a feeling that most of them know the basics of swimming, but likely aren’t good at it—Wrecker especially. And, with all that armour, it probably wouldn’t matter if they could swim or not. That shit will absolutely sink them. Omega, once taught, would LOVE IT, though.

Crosshair would let a tooka adopt him. As in, he would let the cat follow him around. Whether or not he’d do anything for or about the tooka… I don’t know. But he’d allow it. (Wrecker would dote on the thing if it followed him. Lula and said tooka would be his best buds. He may like explosions, but he’s a sweet guy at heart!)

Echo and Crosshair have absolutely held staring contests. Asserting dominance. (Somehow, despite not having been involved in the first place, Wrecker has won at least two of them.)

Hunter has a taste for meilooruns. Tech does not.

All of them snore. Echo’s even has an electronic buzzing to it. Tech is absolutely the loudest. Omega has wished to smother them all in their sleep.

#and they’re all Māori xoxo I’m not taking the fucking whitewashing #anyway that and also I really need to do a LONG WINDED ANALYSIS on the affects of handling disability in this show #it’s got a few good things #but mostly bad #(side note: please do not feel the need to agree with all these things! these are personal. if yku reblog you can say which— #—are the ones you do agree with and ignore the rest!) #(and another side note: maybe things like the swimming one will be proved wrong—that’s okay! this is based on the data I currently have #which isn’t much bc we currently only have one full season and two eps of the next as of this point) #(so overall: take with a small grain of salt! these are my headcanons based on current information!) #star wars: the bad batch #the bad batch #tbb #tbb omega #tbb crosshair #tbb wrecker #tbb hunter #tbb echo #tbb tech #god I have to tag a bunch of shit don’t I cause I don’t know What Is The Right Tags To Use #the bad batch omega #the bad batch hunter #the bad batch wrecker #the bad batch tech #the bad batch crosshair #the bad batch echo #clone trooper hunter #clone trooper crosshair #clone trooper wrecker #clone trooper tech #arc trooper echo

[terrorbirb]

Nothing against low level jobs really, but one of our engineering techs was only a food service worker before this. Like an associates does something for you (don't know if that's what he has even he may be a student) I guess, but no wonder these guys aren't ready for engineering.

#totes bro #its.......a long term investment #i now know that these guys are techs because he said he was an engineer #what i do isnt hard and i guess theyre only supposed to assist but i havent seen any of them assist so idk what they do #i dont think we had engineering techs before i think it is just desperation #they're also not young #so schooling has left the brain a little #i know this sounds bad but they keep asking for me to teach them a thing and they stay at my desk for an hour #and god knows they like .....dont understand really basic technical concepts #and tbqh i do not have time for this #so now i know why I'm the favorite and the only one working. the other engineers have also complained about the new recruits #like you say 'lipids' and they dont know what you mean its just like extremely frustrating when theyre supposed to be #doing exactly what you do on more simple projects #but they absolutely cannot do that. like i get not being able to understand a super large system but they cant get like what fittings used #its frustrating because engineering isnt always low stakes #its not high stakes but a mistake can shut down a highway (happened recently) #ALSO the least qualified people always call themselves engineers #also i just changed from mechanical to civil engineering it is new for me #its still fluids somewhat which is what i was doing

[saffroncustard]

April

#those meatballs were so good everytime I’m bummed I don’t take any home #🍊 #I love my life so much #I don’t need a flashy life to feel proud and grateful for what I’ve got honest to god I’m so happy with all I have and all I am #“be grateful for what u have while working for what you want’ is the theme of my life rn #so happy! what a great month full of blessing #the me being happy about the simple life thing is significant because leaving tech meant also leaving behind all the keeping up with the #joneses that u develope working in those environments . it was like that with east coast fashion people too and I’m glad to not be around #that. I’m rlly grateful to friends like Alan and Asata who are creative and invite me into their universe in a way that’s enriching and #not elitist or contrived #I love it here

[songofwizardry]

my youtube home page recommended videos these days are like

video i've already watched

actual video i'd like to watch from a creator i follow

extremely upsetting video that has zero (0) relevance to anything i ever watch

video with ten views of someone's high school graduation or something

shorts i don't want

video i've already watched

video from my watch-later playlist that i saved five years ago

six (6) videos related to home improvement bc i made the mistake of watching one (1) video about fixing something once

tomska????

#i'm being hyperbolic but this is genuinely what it feels like #but also #this is somehow miles better than the “for you” thing that pops up on the search page #i can't find a way to right click on a video in the “for you” section and say 'please dear god never show me this again please?' #whose idea was it to put “for you” in a search page anyway i'm searching for a reason #also #if your cursor hovers too long on a video and it does that autoplay preview thing #why does that count as a view and then go into your history and then fuck up your recommendations literally instantly #why can that be reflected so quickly in my recommendations and not anything else #i am sorry to rant on tumblr but i am genuinely v annoyed about this #tech #youtube #my post #coming back to add that this frustration has caused me to do what i should've done ages ago #and go find the list of ublock origin filters that turns off the recommendations on search pages #so my life is much better #perhaps there was a plus side to my annoyance #but i am STILL v annoyed ok #anyway this is your sign to go do that ublock origin saves my life repeatedly

[bunnyb34r]

I really wasnt expecting that anti-apple post to get notes sgdgdgdg I feel so validated 😭💕

#marquilla #i mean androids could be better too but at least theres variety and you can customize it without 'jail breaking' #also we can have ad block on our phones 😎 get fucked 🤙 #teslas and iphones are two things tech bros (gender neutral) loooove to have and it's so funny in a cringey way like okay enjoy your death #trap on wheels and your gonna break in 3 years phone. you got me! im a broke bitch! 🙄 #BaldBastard has both as well as my aunts husband well he rents them when they rent cars but it's like yall are so lame agdgdgdgd #like im sorry but you could be the coolest person on the planet but the second you have either or god forbid both of those you turn into a #fucking loser sgdgdgdg (and again im mocking apple elitists not people who happen to own iphones and are normal ab it) #he didnt get to rent a Tesla last time they came in and he was SO MAD they gave him a hybrid car not a tesla bc he wanted 'the Tesla #experience' and i had to literally bite my tongue to keep myself from saying 'oh you mean burning to death or drowning bc the self driving #system crashed into a building or drove off a bridge?' SO HARD SGDGGDGDGDGD i was like 😐 agsgdggdgdgd #oh or did you want the tesla experience where you rearend someone on the highway and are thrown out the windshield bc theres no #crumple zones? that experience? #they ofc all have apple watches and are CONSTANTLY checking them for notifications its so fucking rude

[s-ccaam-era-crepe]

god i said i was going to go to bed like. 30 mins ago but anyways. show night #1 is in 2 days and i think im going to die

#camera talks #i hate this show sometimes #the director Sucks #and the crunch time for tech is so fuckkking awful #god i wish we didn't do this every time lmao #and i already told em but like icarus Is the only reason im getting through this #waugh <33 /pos #anyways i should keep my words (told gf it was going to bed 30 mins ago and Needs to go to bed) #oh also ?? i pretty sure i almost passed out today. not sure if it was bc of the not eating all day or like. #other medical things that are definitely happening but yeahg. that sucked

[obessivedork]

Holy shit the section in Far Harbor where you go into DiMA's memories is SO weird and COOL I love it!

#but also I toggled god mode because I am nothing if not a lazy gamer who is here for fun and not struggling lmfao #Listen Michael found out his baby boy is not a child but a 60 year old slaver hiding behind tech and fancy science bullshit #so he needed a fucking vacation. He went 'we'll find Kasumi and visit a place I haven't been to since I was a kid! Win win' #and then Far Harbor was like that(tm) and. OK BIG my Courier 6 Bobbie energy of Mikey-boy thinking he would get a vacation lmfao #But from what I hear I might not have to retcon things in my own brain cannon like I did with HH in NV lol #fallout 4 #fallout #fo4 #kat plays fo4 #I NEED to decide what my consistent fallout 4 tag will be 🤪 #Also video games in the 2010s were really like 'we need a name for a Japanese woman/girl how about Kasumi' asdfgh

[sanguine-tenshi]

Genuinely think that if you design a piece of technology that is user unfriendly you should be brought before a firing squad.

#brought to you by wall heaters #it seemed like the most convinient way to heat my room #as we have solar panels so heating on electricity is the best option #but the user interface is so fucking god awful and unfriendly that i am genuinely considering sending a 'strongly worded' email about it #do you know what this thing needs? #two buttons to set the temperature and an on/off switch #do you know what this thing has? #a requirement to set the current day and time. a requirement to set the on and off time spans. temperature settings #oh and a grand total of four buttons for you to do it on #this piece of shit also comes together with an instuction manual so god fucking awful and confusing that you'll come out even more confused #on how to operate this mess #every piece of new technology should be easy to use and understand #the probability of user errors should be minimized as much as possible #it shouldnt be some tech bro flexing about how smart and educated he is #bro you put a radiator on the wall #congratulations #youve discovered america in the year 2023 of our lord

[fructidors]

girl help three bad days have got me seriously considering switching schools again

#this is the awful thing about my brain #i have one (1) bad experience and i'm immediately like GET ME OUT I NEED TO BE SOMEWHERE ELSE PERMANENTLY #it's why i've almost never made it through a full term of summer camp #i'm sure i'll wake up on monday and realize better (much better) academics are probably not worth. all the downsides #but for now it's not fun #i also know theater tech starting again will make me feel like i have more of a place but i don't WANT to rely on theater tech again #that was supposed to be for freshman year while i was still figuring everything out THIS year i was supposed to LIKE my CLASSES #every class is honors or ap. and i genuinely cannot tell the difference #i need to be somewhere that wants me to try i need it so so so bad #but bad enough to literally uproot my entire life??? god i hate being in high school so so so much #can we move past it??? now?? please?? #i'm ready for the next thing. please and thank you. #sorry sorry sorry the average teenage angst is not fucking letting up

[thedeadthree]

ADDA (pathfinder kingmaker) // ADEMARTA (p:wotr)

YELENA (fallout 3) // PRIYA (ofna)

MINA (when twilight strikes) // PETRA (the sandman)

the dears @roofgeese, @chuckhansen, @blackreaches, @multiverse-of-themind, @florbelles and @leviiackrman tagged me to make a few of the loves in this cutest picrew! ty so much!

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#only if you want to! 🥀❣️ #oc: adda de trastamara #oc: ademarta cel tradat #oc: yelena voronin #oc: priya selesnick #oc: mina morganthau #leg.ocs #leg.tagged #THANK YOU SO MUCH LOVES this picrew is so cute ✨🥺 #tis the season so it’s rereading ofna and wts time of course! 🍂🤎😌 MISSED THE GIRLS #pathfinder has completely taken over my headspace ajzhhzhz ✨🥴🤎 #mar mar and being covered in blood is such a good look I think ✨😌❣️🥀 be a little unhinged bb! u deserve it! it’s a treat! ❣️❣️ #SPEAKING OF UNHINGED AND THRIVING petra i love this for u my dear ✨☺️ #catching up on my things ive missed! technology is not being my friend anajhazh ✨🥴 but we are ✨manifesting✨ the tech gods are merciful skzjj #yelena turned out adorable in this picrew..! ✨🥺 baby baby and her dads doctors jacket! IM FINEE #mina trying to focus on the objective but also she thinks kian is neat akzjjzjz ✨🥴 her priorities are in order! totally! #ADDA LOOKING ANGELIC as she should! it’s in her genes! literally! ✨💫👼 #this picrew also did so good for priya ✨🥺🤎🍂 LOVEE this for her! #the best looking totally not accidental member of a totally not cult if i ever seen it ✨😌 #t: picrews

[mooshrems]

i need to try and draw benni and drake omg their designs are just so cool

#when drake called him over for a food break !!! super nice #ALSO MORE RAMBLING HERE BUT OMG THE TRUST OMEGA HAS IN HUNTER. #this episode was just so cool. literally i love how omega is getting bolder #ALSO WRECKER’S ‘we never miss.’ I KNOW YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT CROSSHAIR #AND TECH THE PREVIOUS EPISODE ​‘if the shot is not accurate’ I DARE YOU OH YM GOD #oh my goddhdb . so many crosshair hints and throwbacks #AND AND AND WRECKER LOOKING AT LULA AND HUGGING GONKY #nah because i needed the batch to realise the whole. cid situation is roughly the same as mokko and how they both treat their #how they both treat their teams ? #next episode being called metamorphosis could mean so many things #WAIT . hunter doesnt know about the warning about cid and only wrecker tech and omega do #im predicting tech would tell hunter the minute cid gives them some mission OR they somewhat fail on a mission again the next few eps ? #enough sorry #the bad batch #the bad batch spoilers #tbb #tbb spoilers

[callixton]

wow okay today was one of the most emotionally draining days i’ve gone through in recent history. and that’s saying something

#this show is making everyone angry constantly and sapping their energy and sympathy #i learned! that i experience trauma flashbacks! during a fucking run of the show! #had a flashback and silent panic attack and spent hours coming down from it #got to unwind with friends which was much needed #but then one of my friends exposed my crush in front of people who did not know. which uh. is not something i can just brush off #and thats minor and will be fine but god this week has been fucking shit and it’s one more thing #also missed class bc of tech and i feel guilty about that even though i have no reason to #i have so much fucking shit due across the next week and no physical time to work on it bc of performances #i’m gonna have a breakdown and cry i think #and i want to call my parents but i’m also. a little scared bc of this flashback i don’t want to accidentally make it worse when looking for #- comfort. especially bc i can’t fucking tell them #this semester has FUCKING SUCKED. i want to scream and cry #ted talks

[em-bandaid-boy]

Watching Spiderman movies all out of order

#text #i go from og doc ock to tom holland and his high tech spider moves to gettin GREEN GOBLIN'D with willem dafoe #going from tom holland losing everything he has then back to his adventures with the fishbowl man #havent watched anything with andrew yet but its coming #going from tobeys famous train scene to tom holland getting fucking hit by a train #as i type tobey has just been green goblin'd #oh boy i cant wait for norman himself to get green goblin'd #the green goblin'd joke is only funny to me #sometimes things happen that have no relation to spiderman at all and im like oh my god i got GREEN GOBLIN'D!!! #oh wait here it comes #BRO he got green goblin'd #you know im something of a goblin myself #how does it feel norman? youre going to be goblin'd again. #also if like. if a scientist came up to me with a spider and said theres a 0.1% chance a bite would make me spiderman #but if there was also like. a 99.9% chance id just die??? GIRL. gimme that spider #i would give everything to be spiderman #GIRL i would get GREEN GOBLIN'D if it meant id become spiderman. send in the glider norman #id pay all my money to be spiderman. its not much money. but its still ALL my money