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#that addition is brutal but fair

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god forbid 5000 year old girls do anything

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rick riordan off the shits

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#what a great plot twist DERRY GIRLS | 3x03

#derry girls #sister michael

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tumblr users love to say "we don't censor things here like on Twitter" and then type things like "r3ylo" and "jk r*wling"

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SOMEONE FINALLY BROKE VIC MICHAELIS

#multiple times!! #dropout #very important people #zac oyama #vic michaelis

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1) I never said you doctored images, and as Wes said, those tags were from a different post about a larger trend. I am saying that you selectively chose to use images that looked emptier, because any image posted on Google maps from an actual person shows the area around the billboard as full of people. [EDIT: I should not have made assumptions about how the images were chosen for the original post, and I retract this claim. I'm leaving it here for accountability, but I apologize for it and I never should have said it.] I recognize that an image posted by a person is going to have its own bias as far as how many people are in the picture (more people there = more likely someone took a pic and posted it) but I gave a reason why Google would prefer to use images where it looked empty, and so why it was not a good source of evidence for your claim. I still don't understand in what world is the street leading directly between Leicester Square and the tube station "=/= nearby tube station". The station is literally visible from the exact position you posted from on Google maps (it's partially obscured behind a truck). To continue to state otherwise is misinformation.

2) Every question that has been asked about the billboard and concern that has been raised over the last few days has received a response, the discussion has been slowed so that people have time to make a thorough and detailed response and to prevent things from getting heated. You may not have liked the answers, but saying people have been shut down is disingenuous. I saw two channels and a team meeting be redirected to address concerns that were brought up and ask what could be done to make people feel more comfortable to bring up issues. It's also important to remember that many of these discussions were had already during the planning for the billboard, so being met with "we already talked about X and so we're doing Y because Z" is not the same thing as being shut down and ignored. Anyone can join the server to read through the chat, and I encourage them to do so for themselves, because clearly we have different interpretations of the events. I'm happy to point people to the exact channels where these discussions have taken place.

3) Here are some examples of concerns raised and addressed just over the last day: someone on Twitter asked for more transparency on who was actually running the billboard campaign, so that info was added with direct links to people's accounts in multiple places rather than the one place it had been listed. The organizing structure of Save OFMD Crew was also clarified. Another person pointed out that it felt confusing and disingenuous for the QR code on the poster to redirect to a new campaign website and not the petition, and it has now been confirmed that the QR code will continue pointing at the petition.

4) On the mismatch in charities: the financial transparency policy outlines "core" charities that the campaign will support in general for the year. These are voted on by the server as a whole. The charities listed for the fundraiser were chosen separately for the billboard fundraiser. From the fundraising section of the transparency policy: "Any funds above the three goals listed above will be donated to pre-chosen and identified charity/ies". It does not say it will go to those core charities, which are discussed in a completely different section. I agree that this is confusing, and I will bring up clarifying it in the discord, but it's not a lie.

I think I'm done here too. You still haven't addressed the massive amount of misinformation in your posts.

so. the save ofmd billboard in london.

stop fucking donating. because you're picturing this

when you're actually getting this

it's not a street with heavy footfall. it's not a significant location. it's not on the way to a tube station or anything else that would make it a highly travelled street.

vue is where you go to pay £5 to see a movie. this isn't going to be djenks taking a selfie in times square. this is going to be a random street in london with a 10 second billboard getting ignored bc everyone walking past has better things to do than look up from their phone

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You can literally see the tube station and Leicester Square in the images that were originally posted. I'm kind of flabbergasted at the misinformation.

#kind of hard to feel like things aren't being said in bad faith #when stuff like this happens #literally any picture on google earth posted by an actual person shows that area full of people #they deliberately picked the ones where it looks empty #and deliberately said there wasn't a tube station nearby

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Actually, I'm not done.

"no heavy footfall" my ass

For the record, it's also on the road directly between Leicester Square and its tube station

so. the save ofmd billboard in london.

stop fucking donating. because you're picturing this

when you're actually getting this

it's not a street with heavy footfall. it's not a significant location. it's not on the way to a tube station or anything else that would make it a highly travelled street.

vue is where you go to pay £5 to see a movie. this isn't going to be djenks taking a selfie in times square. this is going to be a random street in london with a 10 second billboard getting ignored bc everyone walking past has better things to do than look up from their phone

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Also, Google Street View photos of a location aren't really proof of how much foot traffic it gets? I'm not super familiar with either area, but these are some of the Times Square images on Google Street View.

Looks pretty empty, huh? One of the biggest tourist destinations in the world, empty on Google Street View because they want to use pictures where you can actually see the environment. Now, one step over from both of those, and the people are back, but it seems pretty obvious to me which photos Google would rather use.

Now, I'm not trying to suggest that the London billboard location is anywhere near the level of Times Square, but those Google photos don't really prove anything.

so. the save ofmd billboard in london.

stop fucking donating. because you're picturing this

when you're actually getting this

it's not a street with heavy footfall. it's not a significant location. it's not on the way to a tube station or anything else that would make it a highly travelled street.

vue is where you go to pay £5 to see a movie. this isn't going to be djenks taking a selfie in times square. this is going to be a random street in london with a 10 second billboard getting ignored bc everyone walking past has better things to do than look up from their phone

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all demographics and time periods and geography taken fully into consideration, some people were just born to lose

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I am filled with love this fine morning for what an incredible character Spanish Jackie is.

She's a badass, awesome Black woman, and she's allowed to constantly be a badass, awesome Black woman. She is consistently portrayed as smart, capable, and highly respected. Not once is she made into the butt of the joke. I adore Leslie Jones as an actor, and I get so sad sometimes because, and she talks about this in a lot of interviews, she's so often given roles that are just a one-note "angry/aggressive Black woman" role.

And Spanish Jacke is calculating, and intelligent, and strategic, and an excellent pirate. I'm so glad we got to see a bit more of her in s2 because she's such a great character.

#omfd #spanish jackie

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So many people do not understand the relationship between climate change and cold weather.

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What they did to the airing order of the first season of Leverage is such a crime it's not even funny

#leverage #is it a largely episodic show? sure #but there's so much DEVELOPMENT for the team learning to work together in the first season!! #and anyway why WOULD you mix it if there was an order

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genuinely the best part of leverage is the innocent bystanders who are willing to help out. sophie’s acting students. minimum wage workers they pay off. anyone else who can see they’re fucking over rich people. it’s exactly what i would do.

#leverage

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You can appreciate...the gravity mavity of the situation

#I'm obsessed with this joke #i think it's SO funny #I hope they never go back and “fix” it #doctor who