Yuletide Believer
@runlikemelos.bsky.social
Tomorrow may be worse than today. No, it'll be better. Because no matter how much time it takes, people will continue to strive for happiness.
🏳️⚧️ | bi | she/her | 25
🏳️⚧️ | bi | she/her | 25
More intelligent and thought provoking posts to follow, I am currently both burnt out from the end of semester and work and stunlocked by Pokemon
I promise I'll get back to other things but p-pokemon...
I promise I'll get back to other things but p-pokemon...
December 17, 2025 at 5:34 AM
More intelligent and thought provoking posts to follow, I am currently both burnt out from the end of semester and work and stunlocked by Pokemon
I promise I'll get back to other things but p-pokemon...
I promise I'll get back to other things but p-pokemon...
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if you want to help a trans woman afford hrt this holiday season:
ko-fi.com/junetype shit's pretty rough rn, after 5 years of waiting i still have no guarantee of when i'll be able to start hrt, i have an endocrinologist picked out but i dont have a car so there's no way of knowing when i'll be able to make an appointment. any help you can give is appreciated
Support Junetype
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ko-fi.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
if you want to help a trans woman afford hrt this holiday season:
Hm, this will do
December 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Hm, this will do
Is it really a loving relationship if you aren't doing percussion on their body to the beat of the theme song of the show you're watching together
December 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Is it really a loving relationship if you aren't doing percussion on their body to the beat of the theme song of the show you're watching together
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Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
December 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
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Actual psychologist here, and there are 2 things I would like to point out:
1. This sort of "we tried our best / we weren't so bad" is very much a classic move of the awful authoritarian and/or narcissistic parent, they've always done this and social media has allowed them more reach 🧵
1. This sort of "we tried our best / we weren't so bad" is very much a classic move of the awful authoritarian and/or narcissistic parent, they've always done this and social media has allowed them more reach 🧵
Welcome to the pissed-off parent pushback: After years of therapists and others encouraging adult children to cut ties with families they deem harmful or “toxic,” estranged parents are speaking out on.wsj.com/4s49U52
These Moms Are Done Being ‘Doormats’ for Their Estranged Children
Parents publicly blast their adult offspring for cutting them off, drawing tens of thousands of online followers.
on.wsj.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Actual psychologist here, and there are 2 things I would like to point out:
1. This sort of "we tried our best / we weren't so bad" is very much a classic move of the awful authoritarian and/or narcissistic parent, they've always done this and social media has allowed them more reach 🧵
1. This sort of "we tried our best / we weren't so bad" is very much a classic move of the awful authoritarian and/or narcissistic parent, they've always done this and social media has allowed them more reach 🧵
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This take is killing me lmao
I LOST my art job to AI.
Thousands of people got booted from their creative positions and replaced with AI and somehow THIS is the sentiment cropping up?
Fuck all the way off, outlaw that shit and the jobs return. Stop acting like this was an inevitability.
It's greed.
I LOST my art job to AI.
Thousands of people got booted from their creative positions and replaced with AI and somehow THIS is the sentiment cropping up?
Fuck all the way off, outlaw that shit and the jobs return. Stop acting like this was an inevitability.
It's greed.
So are you going to seek the job or not mate. You can only phase out algorithmic tools in full if people are doing all the jobs that relate to its use.
December 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This take is killing me lmao
I LOST my art job to AI.
Thousands of people got booted from their creative positions and replaced with AI and somehow THIS is the sentiment cropping up?
Fuck all the way off, outlaw that shit and the jobs return. Stop acting like this was an inevitability.
It's greed.
I LOST my art job to AI.
Thousands of people got booted from their creative positions and replaced with AI and somehow THIS is the sentiment cropping up?
Fuck all the way off, outlaw that shit and the jobs return. Stop acting like this was an inevitability.
It's greed.
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Against Immersion: The Holodeck Must Burn
This is not a place of honor. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here. Nothing valued is here. For a long time I have been opposed to the idea of immersion in video games, to the idea that people become "immersed" in fictional worlds. I believe there…
This is not a place of honor. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here. Nothing valued is here. For a long time I have been opposed to the idea of immersion in video games, to the idea that people become "immersed" in fictional worlds. I believe there…
Against Immersion: The Holodeck Must Burn
This is not a place of honor. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here. Nothing valued is here. For a long time I have been opposed to the idea of immersion in video games, to the idea that people become "immersed" in fictional worlds. I believe there is no specific mental state that can be referred to as being "immersed" in a video game or work of media.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Against Immersion: The Holodeck Must Burn
This is not a place of honor. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here. Nothing valued is here. For a long time I have been opposed to the idea of immersion in video games, to the idea that people become "immersed" in fictional worlds. I believe there…
This is not a place of honor. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here. Nothing valued is here. For a long time I have been opposed to the idea of immersion in video games, to the idea that people become "immersed" in fictional worlds. I believe there…
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I know that someone who mainly plays Nintendo and indie stuff these days is a “Type of Guy” but at this point it feels like literally everybody else is using genAI so it’s a bit hard not to be that Type of Guy
December 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I know that someone who mainly plays Nintendo and indie stuff these days is a “Type of Guy” but at this point it feels like literally everybody else is using genAI so it’s a bit hard not to be that Type of Guy
Might be another day without having a filling meal
God I hate HRT appetite so much
God I hate HRT appetite so much
December 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Might be another day without having a filling meal
God I hate HRT appetite so much
God I hate HRT appetite so much
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I'm on the infra team of the US division of a big big big company, and the enthusiasm for AI code at every single level is deafening.
The question isn't "does this game use AI-generated concept art?", it's "do every single one of the apps you're using have AI-generated code?" and the answer is yes.
The question isn't "does this game use AI-generated concept art?", it's "do every single one of the apps you're using have AI-generated code?" and the answer is yes.
December 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm on the infra team of the US division of a big big big company, and the enthusiasm for AI code at every single level is deafening.
The question isn't "does this game use AI-generated concept art?", it's "do every single one of the apps you're using have AI-generated code?" and the answer is yes.
The question isn't "does this game use AI-generated concept art?", it's "do every single one of the apps you're using have AI-generated code?" and the answer is yes.
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Also as someone who actually works in infra/DevOps/SRE, I can say that almost every single professional project in 2025 is using AI to write code and it's not because it's being forced on us from above but because the devs are excited about it like kids in a toy store.
December 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Also as someone who actually works in infra/DevOps/SRE, I can say that almost every single professional project in 2025 is using AI to write code and it's not because it's being forced on us from above but because the devs are excited about it like kids in a toy store.
I think you either gotta take a no-tolerance policy with buying/playing games that use AI in ANY capacity at ANY stage of development or just leave the conversation man
Like either you're against it or not I can't stand the posturing when you don't even practice what you preach
Like either you're against it or not I can't stand the posturing when you don't even practice what you preach
December 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I think you either gotta take a no-tolerance policy with buying/playing games that use AI in ANY capacity at ANY stage of development or just leave the conversation man
Like either you're against it or not I can't stand the posturing when you don't even practice what you preach
Like either you're against it or not I can't stand the posturing when you don't even practice what you preach
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Thank you arc raiders and expedition 33 for paving the way 🙏
sigh
December 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Thank you arc raiders and expedition 33 for paving the way 🙏
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Almost a week until Christmas
December 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Almost a week until Christmas
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Another wonderful new restoration done for the Million Dollar Cat (1944) for the complete Tom and Jerry Blu-Ray set! This one is another childhood favourite of mine and this scene features one of my favourite times when Tom actually talks! Let me know if you’ve seen this one (or bought the set yet)
December 16, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Another wonderful new restoration done for the Million Dollar Cat (1944) for the complete Tom and Jerry Blu-Ray set! This one is another childhood favourite of mine and this scene features one of my favourite times when Tom actually talks! Let me know if you’ve seen this one (or bought the set yet)
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As part of our project to preserve the history of Sega Channel, we have recovered OVER 100 new Sega Channel ROMs, including the legendary lost game Garfield: Caught in the Act - The Lost Levels.
Read more: gamehistory.org/segachannel/
Read more: gamehistory.org/segachannel/
December 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
As part of our project to preserve the history of Sega Channel, we have recovered OVER 100 new Sega Channel ROMs, including the legendary lost game Garfield: Caught in the Act - The Lost Levels.
Read more: gamehistory.org/segachannel/
Read more: gamehistory.org/segachannel/
You know what I really think makes Pokemon special. To me, at least.
I spoke about how Pokemon themselves are kind of a mundane thing in their own world, but I think that applies to the player and their feats as well.
I spoke about how Pokemon themselves are kind of a mundane thing in their own world, but I think that applies to the player and their feats as well.
December 16, 2025 at 4:55 AM
You know what I really think makes Pokemon special. To me, at least.
I spoke about how Pokemon themselves are kind of a mundane thing in their own world, but I think that applies to the player and their feats as well.
I spoke about how Pokemon themselves are kind of a mundane thing in their own world, but I think that applies to the player and their feats as well.
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Tokyo Godfathers is now available to watch on the Criterion Channel ❤️
December 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Tokyo Godfathers is now available to watch on the Criterion Channel ❤️
Ugggggggghhhhh they didn't need to go this hard it's so beautiful
December 16, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Ugggggggghhhhh they didn't need to go this hard it's so beautiful
I do not remember the last time I put a hundred hours in a Pokemon game bro
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I do not remember the last time I put a hundred hours in a Pokemon game bro