i worked for a hybrid hosting and cloud provider that was partnered with Electronic Arts for the SimCity reboot.

well half way through they decided our cloud wasn’t worth it, and moved providers. but no one bothered to tell all the outsourced foreign developers that they were on a new provider architecture.

all the shit storm fail launch of SimCity was because of extremely shitty code that was meant to work on one cloud and didn’t really work on another. but they assumed hurr hurr all server same.

so you guys got that shit launch and i knew exactly why and couldn’t say a damn thing for YEARS

bethesda announces game concept.

people freak.

bethesda announces game. 

people hype.

bethesda starts hyping the game.

people go fucking nuts hyping the game as a result. their social media team plants those seeds to make it look organic.

a year or more of speculation occurs.

todd howard being his little schmuck self comes out and boasts about their new game.

people lose their god damn minds.

whispers of shitty gameplay start occurring closer to launch.

the masses tell those people to fuck off how could they know, dishonest review etc etc.

the big names in game reviews all review it and give it out of the park amazing reviews.

people go batshit crazy. people are out in the streets killing their parents for a chance at the new bethesda god game.

the game is released and is somewhat playable but jesus fuck is it lacking, it’s buggy, and every character looks like they’ve been updated from skyrim graphics of yore. the story sucks. the game play is empty but goddamn is there a lot to explore.

everyone rushes in like a madman.

everyone realizes the gameplay sucks.

people start bitching.

others say “oh don’t worry, DLC and user created mods will fill the game out nicely.”

years pass.

the unpaid modding community pours their heart and soul into making the game not fucking suck.

after all the DLC has come out (all with mostly positive or mixed reviews on steam) the game will go dark for a year or so.

todd howard wakes from his capitalist vampire coma needing fresh life force. the blood money of his unsuspecting idiot fans.

todd howard makes it into the office and says we could make a new game or we can milk this game for the next decade and a half. quick come up with names to rerelease the game under. game of the year edition. complete edition. master edition. elite edition. remastered. remastered complete. anything works!

over the course of the next three decades, todd howard is fed the blood of bethesda’s fan base.

he is swollen, like a fat tick upon his harkonen throne, waiting to burst.

“the people. they call for a NEW game”, he says, a devilish sneer contorts his face.

and the cycle continues.

and these fucking idiots. every goddamn time.

jesus fuck i cannot wait for these old bags to fucking croak and take their outdated logic with them.

i’ll spell it out really slow like for ya if it’ll help.

israel’s treatment of the palestinian people is that of an ethnic cleansing.

they are removing their heritage sites.

flooding their farmlands during winter so they’re fucked in the spring.

constantly boxing in all palestinians that live in any of the palestinian territories that still exist.

shooting palestinian women, children

shooting journalists and medics that choose to help or report on the situation.

bulldozing their land and homes to make room for new israeli settlers that will happily steal that land from the palestinians.

responding with disproportionate force after palestinians are goaded into defending themselves. one molotov should not equal days of missile strikes.

they have consistently “accidentally” targeted school buildings and hospitals for missile strikes during disproportionate responses.

basically all of these actions amount to ethnic cleansing, which is a facet of genocide.

israel’s M.O. is to act like nazi lite, then when the world takes notice and outrage occurs, they back off. during that time, they lobby the US government and pull strings and make threats.

and if you criticize israel at all for their behavior on the world stage? well then you’re just a fucking antisemite, and they’ll be quick to call it that.

they spend some of the most money of any world government using social media teams to protect their country’s interests.

you’re looking at smarter nazis with better PR and lots of money.

i’m not even gay and id buttfuck a twink just to stick it to the man. then i would claim it’s not romantic because i’m not gay so how could i feel romance toward another male.

checkmate

yes those silly comic book artists leaving their webcomic title in the lower left, just as the old school methods required thanks to tesla inventing social media

*makes fat lonely incel fumbling sounds*

“mMmMm yeTh tHe FeMmoOidS”

let me guess, you’re a really nice guy?

“perfect for 3am chats in the kitchen with your sleep paralysis demon and all its buddies. the slight daytime shade easily hides the 100 year old blood stains in the hardwood floor, so you can’t even see the pentagram! very roomy!”

to know all the answers is… forbidden knowledge

“oh your son of god died on a cross and now you gotta wear it on your chest and plaster your car? it was 2000 years ago get over it!”

that’s a spicy take rudy.

also my favorite part of the entire article is “guliani doesn’t elaborate on other instances when the red sea was parted”

like, obviously, but this felt so needlessly hilarious to add in as a detail in the article

thanks margot!

i really appreciate you taking the time out of your normally-busy schedule to just be in the river of shit with the rest of us. really makes us feel like our trudge work is worth some respect.

loved you in barbie, btw.

sheit, i’m not convinced this is isn’t an official effort driven by the studio to promote the movie by some viral means

this is some genius fuckin advertising if it is, and it’s hilarious free advertising if it isn’t

arrest them and form a completely redrawn map.

fuck them at this point. like “aha! we refuse! checkMATE!”? bitch please.

the fuck you talking about it’s a perfect example of an image meme.

it conveys an easy to consume message that can be virally spread to the masses with ultra speed

the fact that you understand the reference and you’ve already seen it multiple times before this was posted here… both of those facts ruin your claim.

sincerely, one of the old ones that was around for the inception of internet memes such as dancing baby.

it’s a meme bruh.

this is coming from a staunch fucking ally that has been there for more than a couple of friends that have transitioned.

but you gotta realize the outside world is not beholden to your preferences or desires. and if someone else runs counter to that, it’s literally as simple as not dating the guy.

he stated his preference. he likes breasts. he doesn’t like dicks. he would likely say that he likes breasts because as is obvious, the dude likes em. so it someone had a problem with that type of complimenting, it’d probably not work out.

sooooooooooooooooooooo there’s literally no problem here except you’re feeling attacked. with the amount of things y’all have to put up with in society, i understand y’all’s bitterness and anger and exasperation and frustration with any interactions. but this seems a silly hill to die on. it’s a dude’s preference.

oh there are lots of ways.

unfortunately a lot of the time, it doesn’t get any easier.

that being said, it all starts with knowing and understanding that, if you love who you are, those mistakes helped make you who you are.

personally that helped me come to peace with the fact that i had fucked up so badly.

next is atonement to yourself and others. that means learning to prevent the mistake from occurring again in the future, helping others that you recognize are making the same mistake so that they don’t have to suffer like you did, and if you hurt someone, apologizing to that person for both their and your own healings sake. sometimes it also means apologizing to yourself.

you do have to understand, though, that people change over time. our mistakes make us who we are. and you are not the same person you were when you originally made the mistake.

last and most unpleasant advice i can give is to allow the feelings to wash over you. our brain is capable of experiencing so many emotions, and each emotion serves a very important purpose. we tend to lead lives that shy away from the unpleasant emotions, but there is value to be had in experiencing them. feeling the shame of making a mistake can drive you to never make that mistake again. that’s valuable, even if it is unpleasant for a time.

signed, a guy working his ass off to be a perfect candidate for a liver transplant after a series of stupid shit decisions and drinking occurred during a divorce and a layoff.

it gets better bro.

also panther only refers to the fact that it’s a big cat from the pantera family if i am not mistaken: mountain lion, lion, jaguar, leopard, tiger

so the people saying “what species is the pink panther” actually have a legitimate point in saying he could be a pink lion. people saying “it’s just a panther” don’t understand what they’re actually saying. it’s like, okay what kind of panther?

eh DHCP isn’t really important right? obviously if it hasn’t changed since the 80’s why would you need to reboot your server.

what are vulnerabilities?

fuckin libs bro, i can’t stop lusting after hot pink ryan gosling! this is what the left wants! THIS IS THE FUTURE IF YOU GO WOKE! WAIT!WHERE’S EVERYONE GOING? COME BACK!

NGL adidas, being one of two companies that were started by essentially heirs to the dude who got rich designing and manufacturing the nazi boots, then later saying “ol antisemitic yeezy isn’t that bad right?” for hopes of more money.. is admittedly a really bad look.