UN resolutions in general don't mean jack shit, but I do think the US voting against, and so many European countries voting against or abstaining as well as Australia and Canada abstaining will further embolden Israel.
Of course, Palestine doesn't even get a seat at the table.
How can we abstain on whether civilians should be protected?
I don't know what the answer is, but definitely worth noting how your government voted.
When I’m in the shower,
I’m afraid to wash my hair,
‘Cause I might open my eyes
And find someone standing there.
People say I’m crazy -
Just a little touched -
But maybe showers remind me of
“Psycho” too much.
Rockwell feat Michael Jackson - Somebody’s Watching Me (Extended Mix)
god i wish i wouldn't have to explain the intricacies of the neopets economy to you guys to give the full context for this but. the new neopets team that took over from jumpstart pledged that they were going to curb the inflation of rare items, which is great because a lot of rare items are worth literally hundreds of millions of neopoints, they are unbuyable unless you've been playing actively for 20 years. they did this earlier with a site festival that included random loot boxes, some of which had Unbelievably Fucking Rare And Precious items worth 200 million neopoints apiece.
well.
today they have gone a step further. by releasing this year's trick-or-treat bags. and having the trick-or-treat bags be stuffed to the brim with unbelievably fucking rare stamps, weapons, paint brushes, defense magic, and other unbuyables. (all prohibitively expensive and in-high-demand types of items.)
jellyneo, the premier neopets website, has recorded prices of some items plummeting from 2,000,000 neopoints to 4,000 neopoints IN THE LAST THREE HOURS. this is when most people haven't even heard about the event or OPENED THEIR BAGS YET.
and of course. cherry on top. 20-year-old account holders are crytyping on the site events neoboard about how mean and cruel it is to make rare stamps part of the prize pool, because their entire identity hinges on being part of the neopian bourgeoisie, and they are having MELTDOWNS over their assets being devalued until they're part of the lowly proletariat.
this is a children's game for children btw.
none of the money is real.
i'm having such a good time.
oh fuck yeah this is the coolest
Log in to your old neopets accounts and claim some trick or treat bags I guess!
“Call me Frank, everyone does.” When I made that my tumblr tag line, what feels like decades ago, it was because I genuinely would just have people in my inbox refer to me as Frank or Franken.
And eventually when I had true friends on this platform, it stuck, even when we met up in real life and they knew my legal name.
Sure my real name is pretty, but even my parents call me shortened versions of it, and I’ve never fit the meaning.
When I play games and I create myself in them, I always go with Frank. Stardew’s loading menu and Fallout’s character select is just “Frank” “Fran” “Frannie” “Francine” “Frannnnnn” ect.
Because it feels friendly, and warm and mine. It’s a name I gave myself and I love it and I love the people who I use it with in real life. And in turn it made the litany of nicknames my parents gave me feel more precious and sweet.
My real name is now just what gets called in doctor’s offices or at security checkpoints, and it tastes sterile and distant. I’ve come to dread hearing it.
I wouldn’t want my parents to call me Frank. And I don’t really need my friends to call me my legal name either, though they’re welcome to do so.
Only the subtlest metaphors on this Tumblr.
This works as a metaphor for children but also it works perfectly well when played totally straight because horse people are actually like this
it literally took me three solid readings through this to realize that it wasn’t necessarily about horse people, because they are exactly like this
swear to god ever since bethesda started writing fallout games ive been like this
like huh???? abwughg?????? abuh?????huhguh????????? WHA???????? hm????????????????????????????????????
When they updated 76 to add in human NPCs and settlements they explicitly said it was because of all the nukes you launched to summon raid bosses made the place safe to live again.
Okay but in Fallout 1 you save the world by nuking The Master and his followers and in Fallout 2 you save the world by nuking The Enclave and in Fallout New Vegas you have the option to nuke the faction you're most opposed to.
I think the difference here is that those games had something to say beyond spectacle and aesthetic when it came to dropping bombs. Bethesda Fallout writing and especially 76 seem to take the purposeful narrative implications of dropping these horrible bombs and completely discard them in favor of surface level "look at this wacky mushroom cloud" type stuff
Pre-Powers AU: What if Shriek and Carnage had met prior to either of them ever getting their powers, only to meet again once they did.
Chapter 8: “Get screwed up on you”
“Apparently I can’t shake the universe giving me ample chances to abuse myself again.”
The man on her bed said nothing, noting the dumped bag of clothes on the ground. Toeing it with the edge of one socked foot, he noticed the reddish brown stain coating the inside of the plastic.
“What did you do with the body?”
An underwater graveyard in Llyn Celyn, Wales. The village it was located in was flooded in the 60’s to supply water to Liverpool.
Mum just told me that’s where we get our water from….
