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The grace of Jesus Christ, which is the efficacious principle of every kind of good, is necessary for every good work; without it, not only is nothing done, but nothing can be done.

I saw this when running newpipe. But wait, it gets deeper. I clicked on the details buttons and it said as of today, we have 83 days left until Google rolls out this new requirement for apps inside and outside of the google play store. If any developer disagrees with their new terms and fees, they will be blocked!

I'll share some of the info below:

Looks like they're trying to nuke the remaining privacy and freedoms we have left on the internet.

What to do?

-Get your developer friends to not comply to their new guides

- Sign the open letter on the site and take action by checking out the full resources list on their website as well!

To summarize, this is all daunting especially when you feel all alone with unfair and inhumane regulations comming out faster than improvements but we got this working together!

Share the link with your friends, family and anyone who will listen!

the multiple instances of “a test of ink” or some other variant thereof, followed by the person’s name and ancestry so that you know exactly who tested this ink

the multiple instances of complaining about the poor materials and subtly blaming others for it (often following the “test of ink” bits)

random blessings on God and on people (also random invocations to Mary)

the passive-aggressive prayers for the owner of the book, Edmond MacRichard, mostly for making them write on Sunday nights

the passive-aggressive prayers for everybody, actually

that one time one scribe cursed a dog

all of the random signatures that list not only their name, but their ancestors and where they came from, for absolutely no reason that I can see

the commentary on Edmond that alternates between complaining about him, praying for him, and seriously detailed accounts of what’s happening at the time with him

the pointed comments about what the book they’re restoring is lacking in, both in subject matter and quality

the complaining (seriously there is so much complaining it’s great)

some gems:

“The writing above was bad before it was restored and it is bad now.” (burn)

“If this story is in this book twice, it is not by mistake but because it is so well told here.” (sheer confidence radiates from this quote I tell you)

“Do not swear by the sod on which you stand. You shall be over it but a short time: for a long time you will be under it.” (that’s not creepy at all)

the stories, poems, and miniature history accounts that are entertaining to read that pop up every so often

every single instance where the word “alas” gets used (hint: there are many)

the sea monster bit? that there’s no context for?

the bits of advice and musings that occur which are actually quite profound

these guys need Sleep™

that one scribe from “dread and dismal Greece” who’s just hanging around for some reason

calling people leeches (which I’m pretty sure is one scribe doing it multiple times, so this is a call-out for Diarmaid Ó Conaire, who thought he could get away with it BUT HE CAN’T)

For example:

Diarmaid: “Understand those things above, ye historians and judges and leeches. I am Diarmaid Ó Conaire etc.”                the response underneath: “And by this page Diarmaid himself did not understand these things above. I am Seán Mac Fhlannchadha.” (FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT)

the passive-aggressive insulting by the scribes of the other scribes, and the resulting conversations (read: arguments) in the margins

that relatable feeling when you turn in something you know is terrible to your teacher and you know he’s going to die a little on the inside after seeing it but it’s circa 1500s Ireland: “This is a prayer for my teacher, Maurice son of Thomas son of James, for whom I have restored this little piece with bad tools.”

and when it released for ios? holy fuck were they DROWNING in money. when they took a weekend to put the game on sale for a dollar, down from five, a couple months after release, they made as much in that one weekend as they did since its release. it was among the top paid apps for weeks.

with critics, peggle was among some of the top downloadable, mobile, and general best games of all time at the time of its release in 2007 and onwards, and it only shot up in popularity as they made it more accessible to more people. and this was in a time before candy crush.

the thing about simple addictive puzzle games is that they make you feel competent, confident, smart, and cool for being good at them. not everybody can learn how to aim in a shooter or the best strategy in an rpg. but anybodys grandmother or baby brother can play a simple puzzle game, and the nature of these games and the way they make you feel only makes you want to play more and more.

however very very fucking few people who play simple puzzle games that you can master on the toilet would be going to E3 in the early 2010s. remember in 2012 when every ~hardcore gamer~ would screech about ‘fake gamers’ who only play candy crush? thats what peggle was. it was THE crack mobile game from the pre-candycrush era.

no one who was excited about peggle was going to E3. the hundreds of thousands of people who played peggle were not the type of people who would consider going to (or even giving a shit about) E3.

but it sold like hot cakes, and candy crush was churning out content like a madman, and EA owned popcap now, so because the game sold amazingly, and because they wanted to keep cashing in on it, and because corporate drones who controlled the scripts didnt comprehend that their consumerbase isnt one homogeneous mass, they decided to announce peggle 2 at E3 2013.

but not just “oh by the way peggle 2”, no. peggle sold like skyrim, it sold like black ops, clearly they should be saving the best for last, they should announce it like it was the craziest most incredible announcement of the night!

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