meerkat ramblings

Was recently reminded of this fandom's history with being called 'bizarre' and you know what: on this holiest of Pink Undies Sunday, 13 years late, I reclaim it 😤 Stay bizarre, Stereks 💖

[2020 list of pink undies sunday entries]

[my previous pink undies sunday art: 1 2 3]

flat colors under the cut because i liked those too (i just like shading skin and adding details even more lol)

It harms your lungs and it’s especially bad for children (and pets!) or anyone with health problems. There are all kinds of chemicals in that smoke. It’s not only trees that are burning. The heat already makes it harder to breath. This makes it worse.

If any of you are experiencing it, feel free to tell about it in the comments. 💚

BlueSky Canada has a prediction map of their modeled data here:

oh and also this one, ft. stalin

me: remembers that george washington’s doctor recommended that he take some time and relax for his health so naturally the most relaxing thing he could think of doing was taking alexander hamilton and thomas jefferson fishing with him which went about as well as you’d expect

Amazon made their service worse, to force people to pay for Prime.

Nowadays, if you order from Amazon, there is a week long delay before your package is shipped. (on purpose)

I remember when orders would ship out the same day. (I remember - it was real)

YouTube didn't used to have ads. Now, ads play in the middle of videos. (it's worse than TV ever was)

The best can opener I have owned is over 40 years old. Modern ones just don't hold up as well. (The ones I bought new broke ages ago)

The bread machine my mom got for her wedding lasted 30 years. It's been replaced twice in the last 5 years. (How can you fuck this up?)

The cardboard tubes in the middle of toilet paper rolls have gotten larger. (This too?) Companies increasing the price of the product while selling you less. (REALLY?)

It sounds crazy. (it's the truth) When you talk about it, YOU sound crazy. (it's true)

Even when people believe you (do they really), all they can say is "it sucks". (it's too big) Because the problem is so big, so pervasive, what can we even DO about it???

To get the necessary laws written and passed, we need politicians, to get the politicians elected we need information campaigns, to fund campaigns we need money, and all the money is being hoarded by the people profiting from enshittification. (it sounds so fake)

Like so many other great things online before it, someone said 'hey wouldn't it be fun if...' and a bunch of other people said 'oh hell yeah' (including me now, 13+ years later lol)

I was started by @misslucid back in 2013! It was inspired by the Sherlock fandom's Red Pants Monday that I don't remember how got started - I imagine much the same way.