Here but for Fortune

Art by @achromasloth / @bug-memory / @sockdrawerdoodles (Icon) / @bleats-blog (mobile banner)

The pronouns: they them theirs it its

The dob: feb 14 2002

The content: memes, music, mayhem, emotinal transparency, pretty art, and other such things.

Album I made a few years back:

who'd like to change his clothes into a uniform?

Is there anybody here

who thinks they're only serving in a raging storm?

Is there anybody here

with glory in their eyes,

loyal to the end, whose duty is to die?

I want to see him,

I want to wish him luck,

I wanna shake his hand,

I wanna call his name,

Pin a medal on the man.

Is there anybody here

who'd like to wrap a flag around an early grave?

Is there anybody here

who thinks they're standing taller on a battle wave?

Is there anybody here

who'd like to do his part,

soldier to the world and a hero to his heart?

I want to see him,

I want to wish him luck,

I wanna shake his hand,

I wanna call his name,

Pin a medal on the man.

Is there anybody here

proud of the parade,

who'd like to give a cheer

and show they're not afraid?

I'd like like to ask him what he's trying to defend,

I'd like to ask him what he thinks he's gonna win.

Is there anybody here

who thinks that following orders takes away the blame?

Is there anybody here

who'd wouldn't mind a murder by another name?

Is there anybody here

whose pride is on the line,

with the honor of the brave

and the courage of the blind?

I want to see him,

I want to wish him luck,

I wanna shake his hand,

gonna call his name,

The robot was sitting motionless on the curb cut on the other side of Forbes Avenue. It wasn’t crossing with the rest of the pedestrians, and when I reached the curb, it didn’t move as the walk signal was ending. I found myself sitting in the street as the traffic light turned green, blocked by a non-sentient being incapable of understanding the consequences of its actions.”

The second screenshot is a tweeted picture by an unknown user of six sidewalk robots going down the side of the street, with a car trying to pull between two of them. There are two replies below it, the first reply is by Adrian Lopez @PaladinZilch and reads “Wow. Imagine being in a wheelchair and seeing that.” The second reply is by I [flaming heart emoji] You @IAm444x and reads “oh god the tech bros made car traffic for sidewalks [crying emoji].”

Motorized vehicles aren't allowed on the sidewalk. The sidewalk is for pedestrians. Power chair users are considered pedestrians by specific exemption (and for good reason - that is a single human, using the most minimally disruptive means of locomotion available to them.)