But last time I reblogged one ten/fifteen minutes later I got a call offering me a job

But I reblogged it because I was waiting on hearing back from the job. So there you go.

This man.

Has a furby organ.

Was rewatching some of @vivziepop streams.

‪Neopets (1999)‬

‪Toontown (2003)‬

‪Club Penguin (2005)‬

‪Free Realms (2009)‬

‪Sims (1999)‬

‪War Of Warcraft (2004)‬

‪Spore (2008)‬

‪Wizard101 (2008)‬

‪Trillville Off The Rail (2007)‬

‪FusionFall (2009)‬

‪DC Universe Online (2011)‬

Marvel Heroes (2013)

Lego Universe (2010)

Webkinz (2005)

‪~ Baron Tremayne Caple A.K.A. DJ Baron/Autism Man/Autism High Functional/Rainbow Man/Fox Man/Fox Black/Fox Foxy/Foxy Fox/Baron Fox/Baron Tremayne Fox/Husky Man/Husky Black/Hyena Man/Hyena Black/Raccoon Man/Raccoon Black 🦊‬

I do vaguely remember some sort of sister rivalry, yeah! I also remember wanting to know more about Queen Valerian - I know we got to learn a little bit about her, but NOT ENOUGH. GIMME THE LORE, FREE REALMS. 

It really is great! I’m in my 20s now so it’ll be heartwarming to revisit this game.

The problem with the Imagine video wasn’t that “celebrities are rich people!” --we already knew that. 

The problem was a group of random celebrities--many of whom are decidedly NOT singers--put out a presumptuous collab that absolutely dripped with the patronizing assumption that it was what we all wanted. 

No one asked for it. It wasn’t their song, they didn’t do an especially good job performing it, and it didn’t impart a particularly relevant message (in fact, one could argue it’s almost inappropriate to sing a song about imagining no heaven when people are dying, and many of the survivors are trying to take comfort in their faith). 

It’s false sentiment delivered by a group of people who are presuming that a syrupy rendition of a well-known and important (or at least important sounding) song performed by well-known and (in their minds) important people would make all of the unimportant little people feel better during a global pandemic.

It was tone deaf (sometimes literally), it was condescending as fuck, and it painted an unintentionally embarrassing picture of inflated self-importance that was really just a bunch of celebrities trying to stay relevant in this time when they’re not getting the amount of attention they’re all used to. 

Backstreet Boys, on the other hand, are a music brand. This is their product. This is what they DO. And the tone of their video is one of “haha, hey, I know we’re not those kids anymore, but here’s some nostalgia we can all laugh at.” They hammed it up, some of them brought their kids into the video, and it was clear throughout all of it they weren’t taking themselves too seriously. They let themselves be the butt of the playful joke, rather than trying to impart a quasi-profound message that wasn’t even theirs to deliver (and didn’t even apply to our current circumstances in any meaningful way).

Musicians offering us their products in videos like this one already have proof that it’s something we want, and they’re doing it to help boost morale and give disappointed fans who are missing out on concerts something for free. 

The Imagine video, by contrast, gave us a steaming heap of nothing so a group of celebs could feel self-important and significant during a time when everyone is suddenly realizing that they aren’t. 

the dude’s name was su dongpo (also known as su shi). his original poem went like this:

稽首天中天，

毫光照大千，

八風吹不動，

端坐紫金蓮

(Humbly bowed my head below all skies Minutest lights shine through my deepest bounds Immovable by strong winds from eight sides Upon purplish gold lotus I seated straightly by the low mound) (x)

on which his friend wrote “放屁” (fart, literally), and you know the rest.