Shark Apologist

I’m not sure which one came first but I’m happy for their transition!

my wizardgirl keeps mage regressing during the big boss fight, throwing out level 1 Ice Bolt and giggling like we're supposed to find it cute. I know this bitch can do a level 12 modified Frosthammer Vortex. It's not even hard for her. But the Wyvern Queen, who we're supposed to be killing, keeps going "Wow, that was a really big spell for you! good job giving me -1 speed! You're soooo powerful!" and my fuckass mage is beaming at her with those big wet eyes. I don't care if you get "level dysphoria" from your gigantic big-girl mana pool I'm about to die out here

like i actually think the boys (2019) is a great example of an adaptation that thoroughly justifies itself, and it's not (just) because it turns a 2/10 comic into a 6/10 tv show, but because the boys comics were written in direct response to superhero comics, when those were the primary vehicle for the superhero, and amazon's the boys is being filmed in the post-MCU world, where what matters and impacts the culture is superhero films. it's a story that's worth jumping mediums with because it's a very mean-spirited takedown of a particular genre that's also jumped mediums, and the boys, like an action movie protag hopping across moving train cars, gives chase

Hackers say that they used Meta’s AI support chatbot to break into a host of high-profile Instagram profiles by asking the support bot to change the email address associated with the target account. The claims coincide with a series of high-profile Instagram account takeovers, including the Barack Obama White House account, the Chief Master Sergeant of Space Force’s account, and Sephora’s account. The news shows the extreme risk associated with offloading support or critical functions to an AI chatbot. Users who have had their accounts stolen say that there is no way to escalate their problem to a human. In March, Meta announced that it was pushing AI support to all accounts across Facebook and Instagram, and that it would have the ability to reset passwords and perform other critical account maintenance functions: “Solutions, not just suggestions,” the feature’s product page says. “Account security and recovery.”

crash bandicoot is another game that the entire games industry and usamerican gamers will talk of with rhapsodic love constantly and then you see one (1) frame of it and its 1930s racist

He's a tropical fucking dog you people are insane

I mean you could actually... say your piece on why it's racist but go off, I guess?

Is this one of those "I'm extremely white and American and I saw a brown person in a video game made by a Canadian, so it's racist" things?

I think it would be Aku Aku? But I'm not sure...

op isn’t american nor white and there are multiple people in the notes talking about what the game’s problems actually are if you’re curious

like in general making care work dependent on sentimentality is a fucking bad idea lol, to some extent you can't really prevent the fact that people interacting with one another will probably feel some type of way about each other but esp when you are taking on a role where people depend on you for basic bodily care tasks, necessary medications, proper performance of potentially dangerous procedures &c it's not actually about YOU or your feelings at all & the more you make it into that type of ego trip looking for self satisfaction because youre soooooo self sacrificing and empathetic and you love your patients sooooooooo much -- the less you actually see & think about & serve those patients. never confuse personal fondness for evidence you are doing right by that person -- completely irrelevant & not at all protective against or mutually exclusive of abuse. people who are disliked or dislikable also need care! you signed up to provide it to them. if you cannot do bear to do that and do it fucking well then find a different job

it's easy to make fun of marxists for being like "we have a special way of understanding society called Thinking About Things That Are Real" but to be fair if you ask the average person what their ideas about society are based on they will start listing some of the Least Real things to ever not exist

crash bandicoot is another game that the entire games industry and usamerican gamers will talk of with rhapsodic love constantly and then you see one (1) frame of it and its 1930s racist