Welcome to My Mess

Me: ok

The actual director is Natted JWHJ0715, and they deserve credit!!!

But unlike the adult in this strip, Calvin’s dad actually APOLOGIZED for yelling at him when he saw how guilty his kid was:

have you been listening without your ears? be honest.

I was gonna make a list of VBS songs with rap but I'm so flabbergasted id even have to think about doing that that I can't even comprehend doing so since its at minimum half of their discography: so take some obvious examples from the top of my head:

RAD DOGS, READY STEADY, Beyond the way, Ultra C, Fire Dance, CRAZY, Wah Wah World, Crash The Party, Accelerate, Realize, YY, Alter Ego, Egoist, Shanti, Hana Obore, Bring it on, Doctor Funky Beat, Imperial Girl, Ifuudoudou, Tabi ni Kaeru

AND THERES EVEN MORE THAN JUST THOSE.

i hope no one takes what tom is trying to express here as an attack on you for not listening to rap a lot or not being huge on hiphop itself— thats just fine, everyone has their own tastes. i personally love and listen to rap artists but as a genre its not one i do not as much as other genres, or styles of hiphop music. and thats just fine, its my preference too.

but if your attitude towards hiphop, rap and black culture as a whole no matter the genre being shown somewhere is one of stereotyping, judgement and racism (even unintentionally— if youre seeing a black man dress or dance cutely and your first thought is some bs like “thugs can be cute too!” or vice versa— if a character or person thats paler skinned is wearing hiphop inspired fashion (nth wrong with it if it’s respectful) and your first thought is “why is __ a thug now lol” you should look at yourself for a moment. a lot of people love the things the people make, but not the people, and theres a huge disconnect there because so much OF the ‘people’ in question is IN that thing. like any other form of art, it is something so personal and tied to the individual and their experiences.. to enjoy a mockery or stolen version of it and hate the actual piece of work itself or the people who make it just because they made it and not any other race is, frankly, ridiculous and you need to do some serious introspection. no one can control how they are born and what race they are. ive had people not even know i was black / afrolatina because of the way i draw or whatever and its like… what is your depiction of a black artist like?? what does a black artist draw like to you?? you do realize whether you intend for it or not, you have a stereotype or prejudice right? am i supposed to draw a certain way as a race to you, and not as a human with different lived experiences and tastes?

The following items are demonstrated in the video and described in the voice-over:

1. Assorted bump dots - Various kinds of stickers with protruding dots on them that can be put onto appliances to make them more tactile.

2. Pocket money brailler - A device that allows you to imprint braille onto paper notes, indicating their value.

3. Liquid level indicator - A device hung on the edge of a container with metal prongs that detect when liquid has reached it.

4. Braille Pop-It - A pop-it with the alphabet in braille on each bubble.

5. Tactile Rubik's cube - A rubik's cube with unique textures for each color.

6. Braille color clothing tags - Tags with braille to indicate what colour a piece of clothing is.

7. Signature guide - A card with a rectangular slit in it to guide the user when writing their signature.

8. Low vision playing cards - Cards with very large and colorful numbers on them.

9. Pop-A-Cell - A plastic card with 6 bubbles you can indent to practice braille characters.

10. Talking keychain clock - A clock that says the time aloud when you press a button.