Galaxy Brained Madness

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Imagine they were Rocky's defender against bullies on Erid since they were pebbles and now that Grace is on the planet they've re-doubled their efforts.

Worse is, this giant rock can get sassy and vicious and MEAN if they so desire:

Adrian: *hears some tiny eridian talking shit about Grace using instruments and other stuff to speak Eridian.*

Adrian: “Excuse, question?? You speak about Friend Grace that way, question?? With that ugly voice of yours, question??”

Rocky: “Adrian—”

Grace: “Adrian, please, this is not necessary —”

Adrian: “Hush. You two. They're grown rock, they're not pebble, they can answer Adrian just fine, statement.

Now, 🎶🎵...”

*Cue large as fuck Adrian towering over a petrified Eridian.*

Adrian: “Can 🎶🎵 repeat what they said about Friend Grace, question? With ugly little voice and ugly little body, question?”

Grace: “Holy shingles—”

Based on the incredibly funny post by @narwhalsarefalling

Yes it did. I just let it slide because I was taught that I'm "too sensitive" anytime something bothered me. But now I'm finally standing up for myself.

"You never struggled with this when you were a kid."

The European Union already forced Apple to abandon its proprietary charging port and adopt USB-C across its entire iPhone lineup. It just did something bigger. A new EU mandate requires every smartphone sold in Europe including Apple devices to feature a battery that can be replaced by the user without specialist tools, without voiding a warranty, and without sending the device to a manufacturer approved service center. Batteries must maintain a minimum capacity threshold after a set number of charge cycles and replacement parts must remain available for up to ten years after a model goes on sale.

The consumer electronics industry built its current business model around batteries that degrade, cannot be replaced at home, and create a natural upgrade cycle every two to three years. The EU just legislated that model out of existence in the world's largest regulatory market.

Apple, Samsung, and every other manufacturer now faces a choice between redesigning their devices for the European market or accepting that their current hardware architecture is no longer legally sellable there.

Grace gets frustrated with a tool or something and tosses it to the side as he does. And Simon picks it up and mutters an apology on Grace's behalf under his breath. Cut to Grace absolutely breaking down to Rocky later, taking off his glasses as tears stream down his face bc, "he apologized to the tool, Rock. I threw it and he felt the need to apologize. On my behalf." Him feeling a bit like an asshole for throwing a fit