#when i was 9

[wachtelspinat]

He found an old GameBoy Color with the GameBoy Camera and got it working again. Shit is like an old Nokia phone, indestructible

#overwatch #junkrat #roadhog #art #god i loved the gameboy camera #spent so many hours with this game #when i was 9 #also this was fun #a lot

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

Of the 19 hijackers who carried out the Sept 11 attacks:

15 were from Saudi Arabia (a powerful/oil-rich country the U.S. works hard to maintain diplomatic relations with)

2 were from the United Arab Emirates (also a powerful/oil-rich country the U.S. works hard to maintain diplomatic relations with)

1 was from Egypt, 1 from Lebanon.

None of the hijackers were from Iraq.

None of the Sept 11 hijackers were Iraqi.

None of the 9/11 hijackers were from Iraq.

#9/11 #serious post #not a shitpost #this should be one of the first things kids learn when they learn about the 9/11 attacks #politics #this is just...it's such an essential and brazen fact and i rarely see basic outrage over it #i want outrage. i want fury. i want disgust over the way fundamental facts are disguised and discarded and downplayed #because there are things we should KNOW. basic fact we should ALL KNOW. and they are tucked away in the footnotes. #and no this is NOT to put the blame on other middle eastern countries #we know this was carried out by a specific terrorist organization not a national government #but King George the Second decided (and was encouraged by his cabinet!) to invade a nation! #a nation that was not at all related or responsible!!! #a dictatorship to be sure--but a dictatorship that King George the First had been happy to support #so what changed? why did we go in guns blazing to DEMOLISH a country *we had NO PLANS OF REPAIRING*??? #well. because they wanted a villain didn't they. a nice clean war. clarity of purpose. us the heroes against them the villains #and when you're in that mindframe--truth is irrelevant. you can pick your villain (your victim) by rolling a roulette wheel #truth is irrelevant #worse: to the people in charge #truth is a HINDRANCE #'Alternative facts' existed long before it became a catchphrase #facts don't matter. truth doesn't matter. the impulses of a handful of volatile & rich & power-high people--that's History. congratulations

[terrasu]

My coworkers: *rioting about only having three minutes to read, write, and submit assignments due to a software error*

Me: ????

#no grip no speed developed psychological hypothesis for how brain processes words #when i was 9 #theyve done like 10+ tasks today #....i did 90 and have been chilling for hours. #is this bragging? idk #thats from a 3 day aptitude test i had to do

[riyo-soka]

Asajj Ventress trouncing the main characters in a fight, straight up lying to people, and deciding to get the fuck out of there so the plot couldn’t catch her is so Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) of her and I couldn’t be happier

#the bad batch #tbb spoilers #her lying to omega so she didn’t have to put up with the 3 emotionally unstable overprotective dads was soo funny #but also so real #asajj ventress #tbb omega #tbb hunter #tbb crosshair #tbb wrecker #my reaction to watching her be a bamf was the same now as it was when I was 9: that was fucking sick

[starcurtain]

One of my favorite things about the game's writing of Alhaitham and Kaveh:

The basic game text goes out of its way to convince us that the house is Alhaitham's--it is literally called "Alhaitham's Home" even during Kaveh's hangout.

But in-universe, we never see Alhaitham in his house unless Kaveh is there.

Throughout Sumeru's archon quests, we run into Alhaitham practically everywhere: in Port Ormos, in Aaru Village, in the Akademiya, at the Grand Bazaar. But never, despite the fact that the story wants to sell him as a homebody, in his own home. In fact, the only references we have to Alhaitham's house at all throughout the entire lead up of the archon quests are mentions of Kaveh.

Alhaitham doesn't suggest going there, doesn't ever go home himself (at least that we're explicitly told about) until the end of the archon quests, and has no cutscenes in his own house until Kaveh returns from the desert.

Then, all the sudden, Alhaitham literally can't wait to go home and walks off in the middle of a conversation.

From that point on, every time we're permitted to enter Alhaitham's house, in story quests, the hangout, and the event, it's either when he and Kaveh are together or with Kaveh alone.

Even during Alhaitham's birthday skit of all things, they went out of their way to tell us that Alhaitham's home, so of course Kaveh is there:

The map tag tells us the building is Alhaitham's Home, but the story reinforces a different idea:

It's Alhaitham's home when Kaveh is in it.

#genshin impact #haikaveh #kavetham #kaveh #alhaitham #the game really said #we're going to give you an area called Alhaitham's home #but he's never going to be there #except when his roommate is there #so whose house is it really #we have private conversations with Kaveh there #but not Alhaitham lmaooo #I'm not saying Kaveh is 9/10ths of Alhaitham's impulse control #but Kaveh left and Alhaitham said fuck it #I live in the back allies of Port Ormos now #the streets chose me!!

[il-predestinato]

Oh, Charles... your memory isn't bad. It's just selective. 🥺

Saudi Arabia 2024 // Val d'Argenton 2012

#charles leclerc #max verstappen #lestappen #f1 #saudi arabian gp 2024 #val d'argenton 2012 #i like how when he was asked on march 9 2024 what happened on march 9 2024 he's like ??? no clue sry #but when asked in 2021 about what happened in 2012 he gave a play-by-play soliloquy like it happened yesterday #i swear he KILLED me with the whole 'i will remember all my life' 🥺 #GIRL HAVE SOME SHAME #* #my edit #fave

[mwagneto]

#WOAGHDHDHHDHDHDH... GO GRANDPA........ #lately I've really been forced to consider JUST how long I've been watching it like holy shittt when i started i was like. 9 #doctor who #dw #david tennant

[bulldagger-bait]

I've always been curious to know this about the people around me. Most people have been in severe pain, but in my experience few have had what they would say is their 10/10 experience. I guess it's just something I find fascinating, as I had my 10/10 experience quite young and I sometimes forget that not everyone has. In my opinion it changes your relationship with pain and how you engage with it afterwards. If you answered yes, feel free to elaborate on your circumstances in the tags!

(reblog for a bigger sample size etc)

#I was 13 and mine was after spinal fusion surgery for scoliosis. T6-L4 fusion and when i woke up in spinal shock it was agonising pain #they had to give me ketamine before the pain died down and even then it was only 9/10 #i was on a fentanyl drip for a few days afterwards and ever 5mins and 50sec id be dosing myself #my dad would take over my button while i was sleeping and set a timer on his watch to push it at those intervals #it was the only way i could rest as without it id wake up in blinding pain #definitely the hardest experience of my life. sometimes i forget that i went through that and came out the other side. #polls #chronic pain #disability #spoonie #cripple punk #cripplepunk #the tags ive chosen kinda skew the balance in favour of the yes but idk what else to tag it with. #it would be interesting to see if other disabled people have also had a 10/10 and how common that is

[demonyawa]

Happy belated valentines day from my Narumitsu art of 2019, they will always have my heart

#narumitsu #wrightworth #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #ace attorney #gyakuten saiban #aa #demonyawa #procreate #artists of tumblr #lol at my old art #i miss them #i think about them everyday #i cant believe i was 9 when i played the games #now i am 24 goddamit

[norue67]

Do not worry! I can’t do anything but I will cry with you

#pokemon #scarlet violet #pokemon gen 9 #SMOLIV MY BELOVED #sobble #smoliv #it is so cute #i want to protect it #but i also kind of want to crush it #press it into olive oil #love the hours right after a new announcement when high quality memes and art suddenly materialize out of thin air #the olive oil memes are giving me life #thank you internet stranger for telling me that there is no e at the end of smoliv

[yourlocalabomination]

The darkness will spare my soul.

#PLEASE LOOK AT THE RUFFLES #PLEASE APPRECHIATE HOW LONG I SPENT ON THEM #actually please apprechiate all of this because I spent like 3/4 weeks on this bad boy #this piece reminded me why I’m lazy with most of my art because when I actually do detail properly it takes forever #also- idk how to do lighting I’m learning rn do don’t try and deep it too hard ok #anyway I’m out here shoving religious symbolism into my artwork oh look how original #I think grace would be dismayed at the fact this took 6 9 hours- a holy number #grace chasity #grace chastity npmd #grace chastity fanart #npmd #npmd starkid #starkid npmd #npmd fanart #nerdy prudes must die #starkid nerdy prudes must die #nerdy prudes must die fanart #starkid #starkid fanart #fanart starkid #team starkid #starkid productions #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #hatchetfield universe #fanart #my art

[i-restuff]

I had a European exchange student who lived with me for a short while. One of her culture shocks was that, I didn't care much about my birthday. It's not in a sad way either; I just go on my day like a normal day, which is pretty common here.

No cakes, no gifts (sometimes. but if not, that's fine as well), no party – you get the point. If I do want to celebrate, I'll just buy myself a burger and a random candle for fun, stuff like that. it is all my choice btw.

This culture shock went on whenever her classmates had a birthday. They were either like, 'cool, thanks,' didn't care, or were shy and tried to ignore that they had a birthday at all. I'm not saying that none of us celebrate; it's just very common for us to not celebrate it as well.

I don't know—she was genuinely surprised about it. So from my perspective, birthdays are a huge deal in her hometown.

And I'm curious,

#sorry if this question seems stupid #my perspective on birthdays is solely based on where I live #my last and only birthday parties were like two times #when I was 9 and 18 #and I hate it lmao #also for reference- I'm Indonesian #poll.txt #ramble.txt

[chipsoda]

WEEZER’D!!!!

#me when i see four characters. weezer time #this is inktowbew day 9 i just didn’t label it so i could keep the weezer format #homestar runner #teen girl squad #my art :3 #inktowbew #weezer

[rev-pirate]

Happy 10 year Anniversary to Tumblr Heritage Post Thrift Shoppe by Pixlriffs 

#pixlriffs #very sad i cant reblog the original 😔 #god i remember seeing a reposted version of this on facebook and reading it out to my friends at the lunch table like 8-9 years ago #wild when i found out pix wrote that

[minnow-doodle-doo]

Middle school, especially Gotham Academy, can be the worst but they got each other.

#dc #SoA AU #robin #batfam #jason todd #tim drake #my art #theyre brothers #ride or die bitches that can't do anything not intensely #They met when Jason was 11 and Tim 9 (my other Sons of Anarchy posts has more about them) #the NPC comment was inspired by a 5th grader who put 'i like NPCs' on a post it note on someones back idk why but I think it was devastating #I literally threatened to quit my job if they moved me to the middle school (it was for a lot of reasons but a big one was that Middle schoo #is the worst)

[starplanes]

A (5 star) review of Bury Your Gays, by @drchucktingle!

I read this book in one sitting. I did not plan to read this book in one sitting, but I could not put it down, accepting that my lunch break was now an extended reading break. Bury Your Gays was just that good.

It starts simple. Screenwriter Misha has been told by his exec that the season finale of his show must out, then kill the two leads. He needs to bury his gays because the board has determined it's where the money is. Misha says no. Then starts getting stalked by his (definitely fictional, right?) characters from other shows. Either Misha developed some incredible supernatural powers in that meeting, or something more sinister is at work…

Bury Your Gays illustrates why queer people should be allowed to tell the stories they want to tell, instead of being made to use queerbating, tragic tropes, or fake relentless optimism in the name of corporate Pride. It's a story about the queer struggle to find oneself in a world that makes it so, so hard. There's a lot of love for the queer community poured into this book, and oh does it shines. I especially adored the ace rep - and the concept of ace rep as a plot point. I shall not explain further. However, I am more scared than ever of the corporatization of Pride.

Bury Your Gays also criticizes capitalism's monetization of tragedy and exploitation of workers. It explores what happens when ethics are ignored in the name of an ever-growing profit margin, to the point where the bottom line becomes a near-sentient thing. It leans into the horrors of AI and data-mining by combining the two and going all the way with it. Chuck Tingle has acknowledged all my fears of black box algorithms and also made them ten times worse. Truly a feat! I will be sleeping with my router off!

It's a masterpiece of horror, both visceral and psychological. Since the main character is a horror writer, the story is very genre aware. There's a lot of fun to be had in the tale of "writer being followed by the monsters he wrote," and certainly no small amount of terror. It gets gory here and there, with plenty of suspense in between. Hints are laid out for the reader, enough where I was occasionally able to predict what was coming just a page or two before it landed. My jaw dropped multiple times! The writing is descriptive enough to pull you right in (and gross you out!), and it's paced near-perfectly. There's all these little moments sprinkled in that elevate the whole story, from fun references of other work to subtle clues you'll only catch on a reread.

This book will be living in my head rent-free from now on. It's about so many things and yet has interwoven them all perfectly. Fans of classic horror movies will love this story. Those of us fed up with AI generated trash will love it. Anyone who joined a WGA picket line will love it. Asexuals fed up with lack of representation will love it. People who watched multiple seasons of Supernatural will love it. Is that you? Go pick up Bury Your Gays. Be scared, be sad, be angry. But also validated, loved, and joyful.

TLDR: Read this book when it comes out on July 9!

#chuck tingle #bury your gays #book review #publishes july 9 #I was SO EXCITED when I got approved for an eARC of this book #it was everything I wanted it to be and more