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Ok but like. What the fuck is there to do on the internet anymore?
Idk when I was younger, you could just go and go and find exciting new websites full of whatever cool things you wanted to explore. An overabundance of ways to occupy your time online.
Now, it's just... Social media. That's it. Social media and news sites. And I'm tired of social media and I'm tired of the news.
Am I just like completely inept at finding new things or has the internet just fallen apart that much with the problems of SEO and web 3.0 turning everything into a same-site prison?
You're right that the internet is smaller than it used to be, but there's still some cool stuff left in the corners. I'd recommend checking checking out Neocities if you haven't--it's an independent web hosting platform like Geocities of the old web, and there are hundreds of interesting and active pages discoverable both through their search function and through web buttons (links attached to small pictures with the title of a website) within the websites themselves. Here are three examples of web buttons you may find in link pages:
Most Neocities websites have link pages or button collections with anywhere from tens to hundreds of these. Don't be afraid to explore!
If you're looking for something more like a search engine, I can point you towards Marginalia. It's not a particularly smart engine, but it's perfectly usable if you've ever been taught to use search engines back when they were mostly run through keywords instead of full sentence comprehension. There's also an "about" and "tips" section on the front page with more information. The algorithm of Marginalia can be filtered by the user to allow, disallow, or require JavaScript depending on your needs, plus there are filters designed specifically to prioritize web 1.0 sites or mostly text-based ones. It is possible to search for modern websites with it, but it can return websites from just about any decade (since the invention of the web, obviously) so long as they contain the information you're looking for. For example, here are some random interesting sites I've found using Marginalia:
Native Languages of the Americas: Native American Cultures
BASIC HTML COMPETENCY IS THE NEW PUNK FOLK EXPLOSION!
Earthbound Text Labs by Bill Eager
The possibilities for discovery are truly endless.
Now you might want to know about directories. These make browsing for websites easier, but require you to read through and judge which ones to visit, as there aren't algorithms ranking the sites besides the whim of whoever coded the directory. Some of them have themes, others don't. Here are two that I've used:
Yesterlinks Directory
Ichigo Directory
Directories can be harder to come by just by surfing the net, but they aren't impossible to find. Many personal websites have their own directories of interesting sites hidden within them.
Webrings are similar to directories, but are actually more community-based. You have to register your website to be a part of a webring, usually by sending an email to whoever runs it and meeting some kind of entry criteria. For example, my personal website used to be a part of a webring called Sweet Dreams, which was for websites that heavily utilize color palettes and images of cute things, particularly sweets. Webrings will give you access to a widget upon entry that allow visitors and other members to browse between the registered websites in a massive ring, ergo, where the term gets its name. Webrings can have any theme or criteria for entry. If you can make a website about it, you can find a webring for it.
Now, you might be wondering about social media alternatives. I can't offer much, but I can nudge you towards the idea of forums. Here's one I found that could really use some traffic. I also browse a bit on MelonLand forum, which is actually closed right now--it's currently closed on Mondays--but on any other day of the week, you can find a fun community there dedicated to web revival. You can find it through MelonLand's main page. I'd also recommend checking out SpaceHey, which is a MySpace clone that's customizable and easy to use.
I hope this is of some help to you. The internet may feel less magical than it used to be, but that doesn't mean that the spark has completely died out. These types of indie websites need more attention if we ever hope to reverse the damage done to the internet by centralization and corporate interest. People are trying to make the web a cooler place to be, but we're going to have to do the work of finding and interacting with these projects in order to get them off the ground someday.
ALSO you should consider browsing Virtual Pet List and seeing if there are any pet sites you might be interested in playing. There is a whole genre of browser games right under your nose
I mean, Iβm pretty sure Lin is supposed to represent what Chihiroβs future might be like if she accepted her role in the bath house and didnβt try to maintain her own identity and values. Sheβs not a bad person, but sheβs hedonistic to exactly the extent that the bath house culture allows her to be as an employee and has no ambition beyond the system of favors, bribes, and petty intimidation between low-level workers. Sheβs traded her individuality and opportunity to better herself for the security of predictable exploitation and she doesnβt seem to regret it.
I donβt think itβs a coincidence that Lin is the only other major character who looks human throughout the movie - Iβm not certain she started out human, but I suspect she may have, and may have fully traded away her humanity. I do think itβs significant that she, unlike Chihiro and Haku, doesnβt reclaim her name at the end of the story.
She doesnβt want her independence or identity back. Her purpose is to eat and look pretty.
Alternate interpretation: I always thought Lin meant to be a comforting presence.
Sheβs the first bathhouse worker who is kind to Chihiro, helping her get her clothes and navigate her first work assignment and sneak food. One of the core themes of Spirited AwayΒ is finding your footing in a new and terrifying place, and Lin and Haku are key allies in Chihiroβs struggle to gain the skills and self-assurance she needs in order to thrive.
Linβs human appearance helps us and Chihiro feel more sympathetic towards her . Her familiarity with the system of favors and bribes makes her appealing as a role model who can demystify Chihiroβs new environment for her. Unlike the more inhuman occupants of the bathhouse, Lin looks like someone Chihiro could become in the future, and thatβs a good thing! Sheβs living proof that the bathhouse is not such a monstrous and scary place. Because Lin treats the bathhouse like home, Chihiro begins to see it as a home, too.
And once Chihiro starts to think of the bathhouse as her territory, sheΒ realizes that she has agency in this place as well. She uses its rules to her own advantage to free Haku and herself.
And that is the point of Chihiroβs journey in Spirited Away: itβs a metaphor for starting over in a new place and overcoming fear of the unfamiliar. After all, the frame story is Chihiroβs family moving to a new city. At the beginning of the movie, Chihiro is despondent, unhappy to be leaving her old friends behind. By the end, after making it through the spirit world, sheβs taking a much more active role in helping her parents settle into their new home.
These theories coexist really well, I think. Lin has accepted her place within this system, and thatβs given her the confidence and experience to be a mentor for Chihiro. Because she knows the system, she can make things a little better for Chihiro.
Because Chihiro has a mentor and friend, she learns how to survive and even do well in the Bathhouse. Itβs because of Lin that Chihiro is able to not accept her place within this system and instead fight back, and in the end to make things a little better for everyone.
Thereβs something there about community, and easing the path for those who come after you. Lin doesnβt regret her choices because they were the best choices she could make, and thatβs okay. Itβs not a tragedy. She got as far as she could get, and because she did, sheβs there to help Chihiro get farther.Β
And isnβt that what weβre all here for, in the end? To go as far as we can, and then give a hand up to those coming after us? Itβs never a tragedy when children can go farther than their mentors ever could. Thatβs a triumph.
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1 - 3 - Three gifs of Lin from Spirited Away, being generally cool
4 - reply from @/get-cuboned, βHer purpose is to eat and be prettyβ
5 - gif from Sailor Moon of a girl with shining eyes
inability to correctly perceive 3d objects is in fact far more dangerous when someone is driving a car next to you then when they're like, sending emails to you.
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one of my favorite things to do in limited perspective is write sentences about the things someone doesn't do. he doesn't open his eyes. he doesn't reach out. i LOVE sentences like that. if it's describing the narrator, it's a reflection of their desires, something they're holding themselves back from. there's a tension between urge and action. it makes you ask why they wanted or felt compelled to do that, and also why they ultimately didn't. and if it's describing someone else, it tells you about the narrator's expectations. how they perceive that other person or their relationship. what they thought the other person was going to do, or thought the other person should have done, but failed to. negative action sentences are everything.
i love when pets huff or sigh dramatically. like i am sorry. you're so right. you live such a laborious life. it must be so difficult to take naps and get pet and fed treats and played with all day. really a packed schedule youve got there boss. how do you manage it all. well no matter i'd say it's time for your well earned 7th afternoon nap
RAPTORAEM is an ongoing dark fantasy saga set in the Drowned Star β a fractured island-city suspended between revolution and ruin. Once a colonial possession of the radiant empire of Solarium, it now stands independent beneath the rule of Erik Mordiger: the revolutionary who won freedom... only to learn that victory is often more dangerous than defeat.
The city is divided between five rival Straits and a vast subterranean underworld known as the Pit. Smugglers, industrialists, witches, diplomats, gangsters, prophets, and revolutionaries compete to shape its future while old ghosts refuse to stay buried.
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π Ancient magic and modern ambition
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online numbers can really fuck you up when it comes to your creative work because you're sharing something you worked on with all your heart but it's very important to remember there's actual people behind those numbers. even if it's 1. that's one whole actual person. that's a human being who said "haha nice". that's a connection with a REAL person with a REAL life and REAL thoughts and feelings and experiences. like. damn. that should mean something
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Other slashers must be so jealous of the Candyman. Imagine going to your monthly slasher meetings in your weak little human skin mask while Daniel Robitaille strolls in with his massive fur coat and chiseled jawline purring about his victims. How lame would you feel...
ββββ Casual Dominance β-`β‘Β΄- / CRAZY ASS GIRLS GANG
οΉβ§βΛβ‘ pairings:Β tiffany valentine x reader, jordan li x reader, nancy downs x reader, jennifer check x reader, victoria neuman x reader, ginger fitzgerald x reader, patricia (split) x reader, apple (forbidden fruit) x reader
οΉβ§βΛβ‘ content: gender!neutral reader, race!neutral reader, toxic/yandere behavior β YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!
οΉβ§βΛβ‘ summary: the girls are who they are. and when they're with you who they are likes to be in charge.
Tiffany Valentine β
β You get the impression that when Tiffany looks at you all she sees is an emaciated puppy curled up in a rain-soaked cardboard box. Food is always being handed to you. Meals are never skipped. You find granola bars tucked away in the glove-box of your car. Bags of trail-mix miraculously appear in whatever bag you leave the house with. Homemade cookies are a constant feature of your lunchboxes. Tiffany's love is stored in a note on the kitchen counter smeared with a purple lipstick kiss: Hi, dollface, I'm out on the town doing you know what ;) but your dinner is in the fridge. XOXO! β
β Will not start her car until she hears the click of your seatbelt. If the two of you are talking when you get in the car she reaches across and buckles it for you so you can focus on getting your next thought out. β
Jordan Li β
β Is always looking out for you. Jordan doesn't trust so much as 10% of the student population at Godolkin. Whenever they aren't busy they trail after you like you're paying them to be your bodyguard. It's what comes naturally to them. The easiest way for them to show they care without having to open their mouth and say the words. "I've got you." is safer to say than I love you. β
β Carries your bags for you. Any bags. All bags. If your hands are full they won't be for long. Sometimes you just hold things in your arms in the hopes it makes Jordan sense something has gone terribly wrong and come running. You're starting to think they have you bugged because the amount of times this actually seems to summon them is scary. β
Nancy Downs β
β She's not much of a hand-holder but when you're in a crowd her hand gravitates to your lower back or hip, cinching you in close and shooting people nasty looks β or curses, she's unfortunately not above doling out curses β if they bump into you. β
β If Nancy notices your shoe is untied she rolls her eyes but drops to one knee, smacking your calf until you prop your shoe onto her thigh so she can tie it for you. She stands back up with, "You're such a ditz." She can only be so sweet. A girl has to maintain her reputation. β
Jennifer Check β
β Picks out your outfits. She has superb taste, and yes, she thinks it's better than yours. It's far easier to go along with whatever outfit Jennifer laid out for you the night before than to try to go rogue (express a sense of autonomy as a grown adult). The only reward waiting for you down that road is an argument. "Oh, so you think I dress like shit?" No winning that one. Besides, she enjoys subtle couple outfits. Not one-for-one matching sets but looks that are complimentary when you're standing side by side. It makes her feel close to youβ¦ and it's like putting a collar around your neck: Property of Jennifer Check. Don't touch! β
Victoria Neuman β
β Speaks for you in situations that she knows you have trouble navigating. Why wouldn't she? Communication is part of her job as politician. It comes easy to her. β
β Even before you were dating she would pull out the chair closest to her during anything a silent but unsubtle demand for you to always be within reach. She never wastes the distance either. When you were just friends she'd smack your arm during a bout of laughter or touch your hand to get your attention during conversations with multiple people. Now, her hand often falls beneath tables to grip your thigh or knee. It grounds her to be touching you. You're practically a stress ball that she hauls around to state dinners so she doesn't kill everyone within eyesight. β
β Walks on the part of the sidewalk closest to the street. Just a small precaution. People drive crazy and she's invincible. You aren't. She'd rather have a blown cover than see you get hurt, or worse β lose you. Paranoid? A little. But she's seen too much to be any different. β
Ginger Fitzgerald β
β When you're sitting down sometimes she likes to just stand next to your chair and place her hand on the back of your neck. This is absolutely a wolf thing. If you could heal as fast as she can she'd be keener on sinking her teeth into the side of your neck to give herself the sense of security that you're hers and you know it and revel in the reality of that to the same extent she does. But you can't heal that fast so β hand on the back of your neck. β
β If you're talking and someone cuts you off Ginger interrupts the other person with a tone so evil it could curdle milk, "Fuck me. Are you deaf or just stupid? They weren't done talking." You appreciate the sentiment. However, this has turned many perfectly normal social interactions in to cold wars. β
Patricia (Split) β
β Pats her lap when she wants you to sit down. No words. You're a perfectly intelligent creature capable of interpreting what she wants, and what Patricia always wants is for you be within arms reach. Feeling you go limp when she coaxes you to lean into her totally is one of life's most darling pleasures. β
β Clucks her tongue when she catches you neglecting a proper sleep schedule. "Sleep deprivation has an accumulative effect, ducky. Must we hasten the inevitable decline of the body?" At first she merely sweeps you away to bed, assuming the trouble starts and ends with the inability to move to the appropriate area at the appropriate time. Then comes setting a time limit on the various activities you like to do instead of sleeping like reading or scrolling through your phone. She isn't above wearing you out to the point of exhaustion, either. If all the above fails she'll begin giving you a cup of chamomile tea every night. The tea is drugged. Drastic circumstances require drastic measures, and your health is no laughing matter. β
Apple (Forbidden Fruits) β
β Maintains eye contact during your conversations at all costs. How else will you know she's being an active listener if your eyes aren't locked together, huh? If she could be pupil to pupil and eyelash to eyelash without freaking you out she would. She doesn't let you drift either. If you duck your head Apple ducks hers too. When you look away she tucks her fingers under your chin β anything to keep you trapped in her orbit. β
β Keeps your life on a tight schedule (and leash). You'll start having trouble remembering things for yourself because Apple is always doing it for you. Doctor's appointments, shifts at work, assignment due dates β let her take on all that mental load. Isn't it easier? Don't you feel taken care of? "You were never any good at organization anyway, babes." β
A/N: Don't mind me I'm experimenting with formatting. It's been awhile since we did the ladies, so long β in fact β that I have thrown in a new one. How are we liking the first glimpse of Apple?
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