Welcome to the Great Michael Yew Renissance

the minotaur, born like a day ago:

https://twitter.com/LiamODellUK/status/1288869766980042752

and you know what the fucking bullshit is  they’re replacing it with a ~6 months free of a subscription to a third party captions provider~ which of course you’d have to pay for after those 6 months are up and you KNOW random youtuber #9039 isn’t going to bother to keep paying for that either because they won’t have the money or they just won’t care. and youtube’s going to act like that’s a perfectly fine alternative that won’t result in the majority of the site suddenly going from “more or less accessible” to “Fuck You If You’re Disabled” 

“citing low usage” are you fucking kidding me nearly every worthwhile video i watch uses community captions. sometimes they’re kind of janky cuz they were made by some 14 year old who thought it’d be funny to put their own irrelevant jokes and commentary in there but that wasn’t a reason to ditch the feature entirely when its so useful and important

i’m not even hard of hearing and i rely on them to watch videos in other languages…this is literally how people have been making english subs for japanese songs and the like for years and it was great because you didn’t have to reupload the videos yourself and take away views from the original creators. many creators don’t allow reprints of their work whatsoever so if they go through with this (which unfortunately they seem pretty deadset on because lololol moneyyyyyy) it’s entirely likely that there just won’t be a way to watch that content with captions

there’s a petition to keep community captions…i don’t know if it’ll really do anything since they’re already going ~oh but we have Paid Alternatives!~ but don’t just let this pass by this should be a huge deal but i’ve barely seen anyone talking about it (not that i expect people to talk about things of any particular importance on tumblr but it’s not even getting attention on twitter beyond that one thread and like 2 other posts)

Statue of Apollo covered in tulle netting

A copy of the Greek bronze original by Leochares (330 BCE)

I hate how long this took me to wriiiiiiite

Who knew theater kids actually threw the best parties on campus. Maybe Michael should’ve known that considering it was his junior year and he was technically a theater kid, but he had self-respect and tried to avoid that part of life. No need to hear everyone talk about how they’re perfect for Broadway while singing offkey Hamilton remixes. He would play his trumpet in peace, thank you very much.

Still, it turns out that they knew how to throw quiet the party. The house was full of so many horrid, tacky, and glitter-covered decorations stolen from sets, and all the classics from the 2000s were blaring so loud the thin drywall might have been cracking even further. Also, what other parties had the band kids present, drunkenly playing Careless Whispers on the saxophone.

Michael was sipping possibly the worst Jungle Juice he’d ever had (or best depending on if you liked straight vodka dyed pink, who’s to judge) on the arm of an overcrowded couch, watching the two self-proclaimed stuntmen wrestling in the center of the room. Drunk college kids? Truly iconic.

“I got ten on the big guy,” said someone next to Michael. He turned and saw a curly-haired, freckled guy he did not know in the slightest. Michael blanched, taken aback that some guy really had the nerve to talk to him.

“It is a party,” the guy continued. “People may talk to you.”

“I know,” Michael said, sipping his drink. “Doesn’t mean I have to like it.”

The guy gave a short laugh. “Shame, I have a feeling I’d like talking to you.”

“You don’t even know my name.”

“Well then what is it.”

“My mom always said not to give it out to strangers,” Michael smirked. Maybe he was enjoying teasing the stranger just a little bit.

“Ah, so you’re a walking cliche. I can work with that.” The guy held his hand out for Michael to take. “Names Connor.”

Michael took his hand and gave it a firm shake. “Well I’m Michael, and I typically like it when guys are a little more forward than a handshake.”

Connor raised a brow. “Yet you don’t want them talking to you at a party?”