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Dr Doolittle-style show about a detective who can talk to animals, except instead of talking like people the animals still talk like animals, just translated into English sentences, so the plot of most episodes centres around trying to figure out what the star witness testimony actually means.
Victim's murder was witnessed by her pet snake, whose tank was in the room. Unfortunately pet snake is incapable of describing the world around them except in terms of 'rocks' and 'meat', with their descriptions of individual forms of 'meat' focusing almost entirely on body temperature and smell.
(Solved when it turns out that their description of 'warm-cold meat with rock' was actually an attempt to describe a suspect with a prosthetic limb, which is pretty unnoticeable to a human, but looks dramatically different in infrared.)
Murder at a honey farm. Each witness managed to see about ~0.06% of the full crime, in order to get the full picture, you have to get them to swarm.
Victim was found several days after death, already crawling with maggots. Days into the investigation, protag begins a frantic search to find any surviving maggots/flies that were on the corpse, after realising that how the victim tasted would give vital information about the poison used.
Also there's at least one or two animals who actually do talk in full sentences and in terms humans can understand, and the reason behind this is never fully explained.
All cats in this universe talk in terms of 'mine/not-mine' and mainly focus on territory, mates and food, with the one exception of the main character's cat who is named Watson and knows how to use sarcasm.
All insects speak in one word sentences where everything is 'food', 'enemy' or (for hive insects) 'friend' and 'queen', with the exception of seven-spotted ladybirds specifically, who for some reason speak in full English sentences and are up to date and knowledgeable about world events. The protagonists is as concerned by the full implications of this as you are.
Pigeons speak fairly simply about most things but also exclusively use coordinates when talking about where something is and are extremely knowledgeable about the postal system.
In one episode the sole witness is a trained monkey who only speaks French.
In one episode, where the victim was kidnapped to a some abandoned shack or a cave, the mc tries to get the bats to describe how the events happened using ânearâ/âfarâ/âfastâ/âbigâ/âsmallâ etc. while unable to piece together information from other witnesses, only to later realize one of the bats saw the kidnapper going outside and could describe with a lot more detail who that person was.
Ants have a slightly bigger vocabulary than most insects, because they have words to describe the function of each pheromone, but that doesnât help because even if they can remember anything, if something changed itâs beyond their control. But they can always remember where the colony is, which turns out to be completely off for one of the colonies, and thatâs how the MC finds out a corpse was buried there.
A mantis keeps saying the word âmateâ in places where it doesnât make sense, because the victim was cannibalized.
All mammals have poets, even when their vocabulary is very limited. Itâs never fun talking to them.
Cats can speak about clean/not clean, and if something dead ever touches their water they remember that.
Birds cannot be trusted to describe anything that happens in a building. They donât see the glass.
Dogs will call humans and other dogs by name and describe them the same way so the mc is always confused about who theyâre talking about.
The mc doesnât consult elephants. Theyâre better detectives than him and heâs ashamed.
One of the animals that speaks in human esque scentences and terms has to be a dog. But this dog speaks in the same manner as a person with SEVERE ADHD mid hysterical ramble about their latest hyperfixation. So like, the information they need is all there and completely understandable, but then there's SO many irrelevant details and tangential stories involved that it takes forever to sort through.
(I say as someone with severe ADHD who has always loved the whole '...squirel!' joke applied to both dogs and people with ADHD)
Also with most dogs you have to be carefull about using the b-word, the w-word and the f-word
Theres several time when the protag says keep your eye on the ball and the dog goes BALL!! WHERE???
So we definitely need more positive representation of DID, but you know what would be funny? Mildly inconvenient representation of DID.
Oh the world is ending and you need to know about this one specific thing? Yeah I have a guy for that but he doesn't feel like fronting right now
Sorry what's happening rn is this the bad guy? Yeah I just switched in idk what's going on
I know you're dating one alter but we're currently co-con with another alter who hates you so idk how I'm feeling rn
And just who do i think I am? It's funny you should ask that I actually don't know right now
Wait I just remembered this. here u go :3
honourable mention
It's my birthday, have an unrelated meme.
i meab its true tho
Jennifer Hale nation how are we feeling?
Not familiar with her outside of hex girls but she sounds promising, the first trailer sounded weird but I'm assuming it was just poor sound mixing.
J.hale is basically the queen of badass women characthers, fem shep(mass effect), sheena(tales of symphonia), fem trooper(swtor), miss marvel(Avengers:EMH) kyoshi(avatar:tla), jean grey(wolverine and the x-men, naomi hunter(metal gear), samus aran(metroid prime), bastilla and satele shan(KOTOR), ayala secura(clone wars),
Those are all just personal highlights

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YALL REALLY DO BRING THIS BACK EVERY SEPTEMBER
Its called scheduling the post for next year
for years it used to be that the only funny media reference to lawyers you could make was Phoenix Wright. now we have Better Call Saul, which makes 2 funny lawyer references you can make
Someone is overestimating the cultural impact she hulk will have
She-Hulk? Funny?
Abso fucking lutley, shes a) the original 4th wall breaket(yes before dp), and b) has had some amazing comic runs.
Also for someone hitting in the avengers/ff weight class fairly regularly, she also has temarkably solid connections to the street tier heroes like DD( via lawyer contact) and jessica jones(PIs and lawyers are a common team up)
Hell the only comic id honestly reccomend against reading is the 2016 run that just made her a female hulk it felt very off
Meant the show which is weaponized cringe but okay.
Even the show is pretty good and stays fairly true to comics regarding characthers and abilities, anything foun cringy is probably a result of misunderstanding a scene or toxic masculinity showing its face again
for years it used to be that the only funny media reference to lawyers you could make was Phoenix Wright. now we have Better Call Saul, which makes 2 funny lawyer references you can make
Someone is overestimating the cultural impact she hulk will have
She-Hulk? Funny?
Abso fucking lutley, shes a) the original 4th wall breaket(yes before dp), and b) has had some amazing comic runs.
Also for someone hitting in the avengers/ff weight class fairly regularly, she also has temarkably solid connections to the street tier heroes like DD( via lawyer contact) and jessica jones(PIs and lawyers are a common team up)
Hell the only comic id honestly reccomend against reading is the 2016 run that just made her a female hulk it felt very off
As far as ethical materials go you canât really get better than wool.
The sheep need the hair cut.
Nothing dies for it.
Sheep live pretty much wild for most the year.
Placed correctly they maintain a landscape and help the wildlife that live there to thrive.
Doesnât use Vast Quantities of land for little product.
Not draining inland fresh water oceans.
Been spending thousands of years perfecting the genetics for this purpose.
Comes in many different kinds of uses.
And the animal it comes off is fully edible.
My main issue with it is it has fallen so out of fashion that it pays the farmers who make it more to transport it than they get per fleece, and people have really fucking weird hang ups about the ethics of giving a sheep a hair cut.
Sheep can get infested with wool maggots if they are not shorn.
Also an unshorn sheep can drown if it falls into water, just by the sheer weight of the water its wool can absorb, dragging it down.
A Tunis sheep can live in a large doghouse, and staked in a different place every day, will mow your lawn (buy they get lonely. Buy two).
Light shearing nicks heal fast because the sheepâs waxy lanolin coats their skin. Though most sheep farmers wonât Nick the sheep bc it gets blood on the wool.
Sheep farmers MUST treat their sheep with care, because any little thing that upsets sheep affects the quality of their wool.
Even ânaturalâ fibers like bamboo take TONS of water to process and alkaline dyes to color them. You can dye wool with unsweetened koolaid.
People have been raising sheep for close to 10,000 years. And all that time, weâve been breeding them for better wool. Most mammals with thick coats shed naturally in the spring, sheep donât because we bred it out of them.
Sheep and their farmers have an actual symbiotic relationship. Farmers remove their excess wool, keeping them healthy, and then sell that wool to buy what they need.
itâs also naturally antimicrobial and resists odors (unlike polyester, which absorbs them better and makes it harder to wash them out).
Wool is also flame-retardant. And lanolin, the waxy byproduct at the base of wool, is an extremely effective moisturizer.
Also it keeps you warm even when drenched in water, it is a damn near perfect textile
i will never not be angry at white fantasy authors being like âthis is fake russia and this is fake germany and this is fake scandinavia and this is fake netherlands and this is fake amsterdamâ then turn around and be like âoh but thereâs only one fake collective african country and one fake collective asian countryâ
itâs okay you can say Leigh Bardugo but also: is there someone else who has done this? ?!?!
There are multiple franchises being brought up in the notes like Song of Ice and Fire, Wheel of Time, War Hammar Fantasy, Rangerâs Apprentic, etc. I canât speak to how accurate this critique is for them, but I donât think itâs only Shadow and Bone. I feel like Iâve seen it around more, but my memory is bad and I canât name anything specific
Dint bring ra into this, in the south we have fake middle east(only plot relevant one sadly) fake byzantines, and fake greece. In the east theres pseudo-mongols, and not-japan, and more implied countries, heck theres even not-america with several different indigenous tribes, and Warhammer fantasy has cathay(china) nippon(japan) ind(india), chaos dwarfs(sumeria) lizardmen(astecs/inca) and dark elves(confederate america without gunpowder but magic) and this is all i have on just on top of my head

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i know the star wars fandom always be like - in the disaster lineage Obi-Wan and Dooku be the ones with finer tastes, Yoda out there eating frogs, Anakin eating bugs, Ahsoka eating raw meat, and Qui-Gon eating some plant he found.
With the assumption that none of them (besides Yoda, presumably) have much love for Yodaâs swamp stews.
But, we tend to like what food we grew up with, yeah?
So what Iâm getting at here is the member of the disaster lineage besides Yoda most likely to enjoy the swamp stew would be Dooku because for him its probably a comfort food.
And just⊠the inherent entertainment (and sadness) value of possibly the most uptight, classiest member of the whole disaster lineage probably sitting around on Serenno eating whatever the GFFA version of caviar is, while trying very hard not to think about how what he really has a hankering for is some swamp stew.
I disagree somewhat on obi-wan, hes not luxury food, his favorite restaurant foods are from those obviously criminal front diners
if you're from europe and haven't done so yet, please please please sign the petition for unconditional basic income!
it needs 1 million signatures by the 25th june, as well as reach a certain threshold in at least seven countries which it only has in three, and it's also still missing so many signatures to reach 1 million and time is running out)
please just do it, it's free, it should be safe cause it's quite literally an official EU site, and literally all you need to do is put your name and address on there (not visible to the public, but they will check if the signatures are legit so please don't fake any signatures, that'll just make it look like the goal was reached when it wasn't)
please just do this, time is running out for this initiative. if there's any reason you haven't signed it yet and won't do it, tell me the reason, maybe i can debunk it
here's the link to the petition: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/014/public/#/screen/home
let's do this!
https://eci.ec.europa.eu/014/public/#/screen/home/allcountries
Objectives Our aim is to establish the introduction of unconditional basic incomes throughout the EU which ensure every personâs material existence and opportunity to participate in society as part of its economic policy. This aim shall be reached while remaining within the competences conferred to the EU by the Treaties. We request the EU Commission to make a proposal for unconditional basic incomes throughout the EU, which reduce regional disparities in order to strengthen the economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU. This shall realize the aim of the joint statement by the European Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission, stated in 2017, that âthe EU and its member states will also support efficient, sustainable and equitable social protection systems to guarantee basic incomeâ in order to combat inequality.
Webpage of the initiative in the European Commission's register
For the love of all you hold dear, sign this if you can. Itâs literally five minutes of work and youâre voting for yourself to get more money and financial security. Please get whatever amount of spoons is required for you to do sign this and sign it. You can do this. I believe in you.
[addition added June 19th, 2022]
To literally everyone in the EU this has basically no negative effects and could help countless pepole
sweden shouldâve sat there and shared the food. we only knew them for flatpack furniture now look what theyâve done to themselves
iâm literally losing my mind swedes canât be real
Oh, yeah. As someone who has Middle Eastern background but is born and raised in Sweden the culture here is certainly... interesting.
I canât say that Iâve ever seen anyone ask their guests pay for their own food (Iâve heard of it, though) or give their child a present only for them to require that they pay them back but the rest is pretty accurate.
I remember going home to my Swedish friends and when it was time for dinner they would ask that I stay in their room or go home when they had to eat. HOWEVER, it was never because they didnât want me to join or anything, itâs because when Swedes cook, they cook for the day. If they are a family of four then their meal will be enough for four people, and unless youâve made an arrangement to eat at their home beforehand then there wonât be enough food. And if there was enough food for more than the family then they were more than happy to have us over for dinner.
Growing up this was very weird to us considering my mother would cook for an army every day and whenever my Swedish friends were over it was obvious that they would join us for our meals. Itâs interesting how different our cultures are in these aspects. (Like Swedish parents expecting their children to be fully independent and even move out or pay rent by the time theyâre 18 and then wonder why their children put them in nursing homes and never visit when they get old)
Also, keep my smörgÄstÄrta out of your mouth...
^^^^^ so much this, we swedes basically plan everything so if you arent included in the family in some way we generally dont expect to need to buy that extra guest food(unless its during a holiday, in wich case theres always enough for at least 2-3weeks leftovers for a single person or 1 week for a family)
love that ânorthern europeans dont feed their houseguestsâ thing because literally every platform it enters causes bloodshed. twitter, reddit, and now on here, the funniest possible mix of âthis is literally wrong this never happens this never ever happened to meâ and âoh yeah this is normal and common i didnt know this was weirdâ like literally how does this happen
#literally im just gonna say its a rich/poor divide and specifically poor people will feed their guests and rich people are psychopaths#and this very very roughly coincides with a north/south divide because generally speaking northern europe is richer
ive been seeing these all day and not only is not feeding your guests demented but im still reeling from the take by that one brit who was like âwe were taught it was rude to assume youd be fedâ and im like yeah⊠you dont assume but they insist and you do the same if theyre at yoursâŠreeling at the image that this person would be like âyou want some foodâ get a âoh i couldnâtâ and just be like âoh okay cool byeâ likeâŠ
Never over night, like you hop over unplanned to play with a frien, and you are generally expected to head home for dinner and then come back(if you feel like it) planned events general includes question like where do you eat dinner(brekfast is always included for sleepovers, but not nessecarily any other meal), and who is picking you up and when, also the original post was about when a kid visits unnanounced(like having them ocer after school) not adult visits
Northeners donât deserve rights.
seriously i cant stop thinking about this. according to someone else this might be a reaction to a huge famine (at least in swedens case) but. literally every single culture ive heard of where famine/food scarcity was a thing at some point its been the complete opposite reaction. âyou never know where your next meal is going to come from and that includes your neighbors so share and help eachotherâ. like we had the fucking great depression and i live roundabouts the dust bowl and this is a HUGE âfeed your guestsâ area, âsouthern hospitalityâ and all.
i just. cant imagine going thru st like that and just deciding âokay so yeah everyone for themselves and that includes Literal Children visiting our houses who may have no other way of gettin foodâ like. what if your kid has someone over for a sleepover sorry kid guess you just aint eatin for like 16 hours :/ maybe more :/
It is not just a huge famine its several, we didnt have proper food Security until well after the indistrial revolution, also generally its all planned out beforehand, if your kid is there for a visit and you didnt cover food its generally assumed that they ate before heading over, you have to very clear with your intentions,
Sincerly~ a swede

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My Fav Spider-Man Panels
That Moon Knight one is fake
Also im not sure about the magneto one but all the other ones are canon afaik
the name tyler sounds like it was first used post-ww2 like maybe 1960 until you find out it literally meant âguy who lays tileâ (tile-er) 11th century england to refer to people that built houses. and then you read it as tile -er for the rest of yourlife
does piper mean guy who lays pipe
I know this is a sex joke, but... do people genuinely not know that a lot of surnames stem from professions? Tiler/Tyler became the surname for somebody who laid tile. Piper became a surname for somebody who played the pipes. Archer, Brewer, Butler, Carpenter, Clerk/Clark, Dexter, Farmer, Fisher, Mason, Miller, Potter, Sawyer, Sheppard/Shepherd, Smith, Tanner, Taylor/Tailor, Weaver... People later started to give old family surnames as first names, and then over time, many of those became popular as first names in their own right. Is... is this not known?
a fun fact: germanic jews were forced en masse to adopt last names only a couple centuries ago, for tax reasons. before then it was just âdude son of guyâ. so mostly the rabbis made everyoneâs last names up themselves because they were the logical guy to do the census paperwork.
so thatâs why âjewish namesâ are so like that. goldstein (gold rock), goldfarb (gold colored), goldshmidt (goldsmith). three or four hundred years ago some tired rabbi ran out of ideas. you get tons of jews who are just something-thal because -thal means valley and thatâs where they were when they got named. my favorite traditional jewish surname is just klein, small, because three hundred years ago some rabbi looked at a local guy and wrote down âshortyâ.
A similar thing happend in sweden during the 1500-s, when many farmers second and later sons where conscripted into the army in exchange for a plot of land, and a house. These became known as soldier thorpes(soldattorp) and as they where conscripted they also got assigned last names that all are quite short and snappy, like svÀrd(sword), klinga(blade), rask(quick), kvist(stick), lans(lance), and more