Silvy teh Ruu

I put up a post about him on my town’s Facebook page, asking if anyone were missing him. No one responded so we tried calling the police to see if someone had called in about him but they said no and that they couldn’t take him before morning. They basically told us “If you can’t keep him overnight just let him go and let him run around all night”. My housemate was terrified that he might get run over by a car and volunteered to look after him until morning.

The next day someone finally responded to the post and he was reunited with his family before my housemate and I went to work. Turned out that they had been besides themselves with worry because they hadn’t thought to look at the Facebook page and called the police but for some reason the police didn’t make the connection between their call and our’s and told them that no one had found him.

When I came back from work the family had left a bag of treats at our door with a card telling us how happy they were to have him back and thanking us for keeping him safe all night.

O’ Tumblr (a parody of Hellfire) Sung by Codot

Lyrics: Community Guidelines, you know I am a righteous man, of my content I am justly proud, Community Guidelines, you know I’m so much purer than, the filthy child porn producing crowd.

Then tell me, O Tumblr, why the whole of us must pay, Why the porno bots can’t be controlled? I see them, I block them, their posts no longer linger there, So why are we the ones that you must scold?

O Tumblr! Damn Tumblr! The Tumblr that had been, Would never allow this! Why purge my harmless sin?

It’s not our fault! We’re not to blame! It is the Russian bots and monsters who should pay! It’s not our fault! You made a plan! Where women’s nipples are more hunted than the Klan!

Protect us, O Tumblr, Don’t just become an Apple drone, Don’t let monopoly control your mind.

Don’t punish creators,  Or we will find another home, Where we come first and aren’t left behind.

GUARD: Waiting4Codot, your post has been flagged. CODOT: What? GUARD: The puppies were mistakes for female-presenting nipples. CODOT: But how? Nevermind. Get out you idiot. I’ll find a better website if I have to burn down all the internet.

Oh Tumblr! Damn’d Tumblr! Now staff the time has come, Choose us the creators, or see your site undone.

Please just reconsider, Staff have mercy on me, Let Tumblr be ours or it will burn!

And yes, I know that, as a voice actor, I won’t be IMMEDIATELY affected, but a LOT of my friends will be, and that frustrates me. Also, it’s only a matter of time before someone makes a horrendous audio post and (given their current behaviour) they wouldn’t even police audio; they’d just get rid of it.

Numbered days, folks.

When communicating to someone about a sensitive topic, I’ve found it’s helpful to explain why you want to talk about it. If you say you’re worried, or hurt, or just needed to get it off your chest, it can help the other person not get defensive and then more completely process what you’re saying. 

Many relationships die by a thousand little cuts. Little problems that on their surface are penny-ante. But the real offense, the hurt, is unresolved. And the little hurts pile up and the resentment builds until things fall apart.

It’s very easy for people to read a bad intent when you’re communicating a problem. Sometimes it’s a natural defense mechanism, if you think someone is just being shitty then you don’t have to really hear them. But it can just as often simply be an incorrect assumption. Communicating your intent can stop that from happening and help the conversation come to a more fruitful resolution.

Or “I suspect it’s just my anxiety, but I’m worried that you’re angry with me because you’ve been kind of quiet.” is better than just “Why are you so distant?”

you don’t have to be emotionless or conciliatory. it’s ok to express anger. just be mature about it, and respect the other person. don’t go on a power trip, don’t leverage your legitimate gripes to make them grovel. keep your eyes on the prize. if you don’t know what the prize is, the next step is to tell them so and invite them to help you figure it out, not to moan until they miraculously do the right thing at random. even when you’re super upset you can still apply these skills.

wrong: “this place is a damn landfill because nobody but me does any housework!”

right: “there is some serious housekeeping fail going on around here. it’s kinda driving me bugfuck. i want to sit down and take a look at how we do the housework, because how we’re doing it right now sucks.”

see how the second one doesn’t blame? blame’s not important. responsibility is important, but that has to be worked out calmly or it’s not going to be functional. the first person is picking a fight; the second person is trying to solve a problem. you’ll notice they’re not smoothing ruffled feathers or acting apologetic, they’re clearly quite annoyed. but they’re aiming their anger at the situation, not the person.