grasping for words

potato battery? no. potato usually fried by itself. potato starchy enough to go in oil without batter

Potato battery? no, it only threatened you, which is assault

yes. good. fried potato taste very good with a salt

I will admit it’s been very vindicating seeing people criticise legundo for defending how pyro was threatening to stalk and harass his own fans, because I have disliked legundo ever since that one time he quote-retweeted a 15yo to call them an abuser (for the crime of saying it’s fine to write stuff that breaks ccs’ rules as long as the ccs don’t see it) and then, upon being informed that said teenager was receiving harassment and death threats as a result, doubled down by saying that hopefully this would serve as “an important life lesson.”

this is (part of) what I mean when I say the whole “boundaries” shit is a consent issue. “if you don’t want me to hurt you, don’t do this thing I don’t approve of” is not an acceptable term to set in an interpersonal relationship, much less one where you as the creator hold all* of the power and the fans have little to none. don’t wear that short skirt or that low-cut top, and so on. it’s victim-blaming. there is no world in which it is appropriate for ccs to endorse or support the harassment of children. at least in my opinion

what they don’t tell you is that it lives inside you until you let it out

I find myself increasingly frustrated with the lack of understanding of power dynamics in mcyt. fans are constantly bombarded with reminders not to be parasocial, but rarely is any such energy spared for the streamers who encourage and indeed rely on the fan behaviour in question (their careers would in fact not exist without parasocial relationships, as those are the foundation of the genre). the content creators hold all* the power in this dynamic; it is not an equal playing field, and they should be held to higher standards than their audiences. but it is, of course, much easier to punch down or even laterally at a fan who’s a bit too enthusiastic about a streamer’s personal life or relationships than it is to point out that the streamer in question is the one sharing intimate details about their offline life with their audience, often to garner sympathy or support (financially, even!). ceterum censeo “parasocial” does not mean “overly invested” and imo it should be mandatory to read the original paper on parasocial relationships before using the term in a negative sense

i'm winning the idgaf war [remembers idgaf] i mean who gives a shit how the idgaf war is going. i wasn't even aware there was a war.

joining the idgaf war on the side of who cares

you gotta read, you gotta write, you gotta draw, you gotta watch films and shows. there is literally NO time to be employed

it has always been a dream of mine to relax

it’s just not possible

there’s a japanese radish just below this post but you can’t reach it