Double pistols and a wink

carpe noctem - seize the night

I care about net neutrality a lot, yet I haven’t reblogged any posts about it yet. You may be wondering why and simply put, the misinformation on this site is pissing me off.

Many of you may have seen posts going around with pictures like these:

They’re very scary and compelling. They illustrate a dystopian future where websites are sold like cable packages.

The problem is they have jack shit to do with net neutrality and what the FCC is trying to do, and frankly it makes those of us trying to protect net neutrality look completely ignorant.

So, what’s actually going on? Sorry, but it’s not as interesting as the pictures convey. If you don’t read between the lines it’s going to seem like boring shit. Sorry, guys, but the way that scary as fuck legislation gets passed in this country is by hiding it in a mundane, boring package that no one cares about or pays attention to.

So, what is the net neutrality that’s in jeopardy? Back in 2015, broadband providers became reclassified as common carriers under Title II. The FCC actually pushed for this Title II reclassification at the time so they could come up with stronger Net Neutrality rules. Basically, the FCC has legal authority to keep companies like Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon from interfering with web traffic in any way under Title II.

So what’s happening now? Trump’s FCC chairman and Verizon’s bitch, Ajit Pai, wants to reclassify broadband providers as Title I, and let the internet providers, companies like Comcast, AT&T and Verizon, do whatever they want to control web traffic. This includes slowing down service by means of bandwidth throttling.

What does this mean for the internet and how we use it?

1. Companies will have to pay extra money to the internet providers, so their web traffic isn’t interfered with. This will seriously harm up and coming websites. If Google was invented post net neutrality they never would have been able to flourish in the way they have. They likely never would have gotten off the ground which is why even big companies like Google and Facebook support net neutrality.

2. The internet could turn into an oligopoly with only the big companies like Google able to pay enough to keep web traffic flowing. If broadband providers are able to interfere with web traffic to smaller sites there will be no competition on the internet as a marketplace. Oh, you’d love a version of Amazon that doesn’t treat it’s workers like shit and actually cares about mitigating its environmental impact. Too bad, the website is slow as shit if it even loads at all.

3. Any websites the internet providers disagree with will have their web traffic interfered with. This includes important social justice movements like BLM, LGBTQ pride websites, antifa and so on.

Person A: “What do I get if I win?”

Person B: “I don’t know. A kiss?”

Person A: “How will I reach you? Do I have to bend down?”

“Are you cold? Do you need anything to warm up?“

“Anything else?”

“Hey, uhh… Dinner wont be ready for a little bit, so I suppose we might want to find something else to do…“

*he would not succeed in his minor escape attempt however as from round the corner his Akira came running out at full speed, only to dash behind him in hiding as she shivered in fear

“AASRIEEEEEEEEL!!!”

*immediately following the human were three canine guards galumphing after her with their tin armor rattling loudly

*[Asriel would immediately turn to catch a glance at Akira swinging about him to obscure herself from her pursuers. Confused, he was about to raise a question before the guard stepped before them. The young prince would turn to the guards before he’d shout a sharp]

*HALT YOURSELVES!!

*[He was still maintaining a resolved posture but his suspicions were starting to arise. Using his authority, he’d see that the guard immediately stop them in their paths- although his hind foot was starting to tap irritably]

"S-sir!" He mumbled out and shook his head, standing to attention in an attempt to regain composure "th-this.... Human was found sneaking around the settlement-"

"I was not sneaking around!" Akira cut into the guard's explanation "I was just walking down the street and they started chasing me!"

Kid Meme

Name: Mira

Gender: Female

General Appearance: black hair with purple tips, human yellow eyes, a pale skin tone with yellow scales on her cheeks, arms, legs and tail, she doesn’t have any wings

Personality: an indecisive scatter-brain, get’s distracted easily but does try to do her best to help, even when she’s doing more harm than good most of the time

Special Talents: has excellent tracking senses, can use lightening magic

Who they like better: Akira, she’s a lot more approachable and less intimidating than her father

Who they take after more: Marcus personality-wise and magic-wise

- * Ahaaa thank you Akira… Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

“B-because I wasnt actually drowning… I was hiding in the water out of embarrassment- f-for falling in while daydreaming…” She tried to hide her blush with her knees. It didnt work.

Upon hearing that she hadnt mentioned timelines, akira acted like thst part of the conversation hadnt even happened

She lets out a soft snort as she rolled her eyes at the other. “Suuuuure you did.” she said as she looks over at Akira. She’s obviously not buying the excuse that the human said.

“Are you cold? Do you need anything to warm up?“

“Anything else?”

@redeemedjustice

*[Asriel had left the store with a paper bag of groceries in his arms as he trotted his way across the underground- from Snowdin. He was starting to slow his pace for a few moments until he had heard what sounded like shouting. More of calling out as if a pursuit was happening. The young prince had no interest in the leftover politics of what was left of the social structure in the underground- so he’d begin to quicking his pace some more.]

"AASRIEEEEEEEEL!!!"