How your backyard barbecue go, The Smiths❓

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
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^ Soichi from Junji Ito: Maniac (forgot what episode srry)
I go by Lex, or Six

He/It/Flower/Blossom pronouns (don’t only use they/them if you’re going to use that)

Smelly little fictionkin loser (@invdr-tak )
I’m on spacehey too!
Also got a rentry with links to other shit if you wanna learn more abt me :]

Basic DNI + Pr0/c0msh1p and t3rfs/radf3ms (I also block freely)

Pinned Post don't reblog pinned post lex shouts into the void finally making a pinned post that isn't stupid
papakhan

Anonymous asked:

I don't particularly want to feed your Bethesda hate-boner because it's big enough as it is, but you should give the recent GQ interview with the creators of the Fallout show a read. They flat out admit they nuked Shady Sands because 'war never changes' and cuz they wanted a Mad Max-styled wasteland

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/fallout-season-2-creators-interview

lesvegas answered:

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oh wow what a fucking surprise, they took one look at an established world and said ‘fuck that’ because resetting progress and pretending humanity is inherently violent and evil always is easier than actually working with fallout’s real themes and writing. who knew a show backed by bethesda would do the same thing bethesda’s been doing to the ip for the last fifteen years

camirami

This is soooo satisfying to see after all the whinging about how FNV fans were bitching over nothing.

Even the r/fallout thread on this is overwhelmingly critical of them after a week of kneejerk positivity

lesvegas

it's almost like the only fans that give a shit about *fallout* (as opposed to Fallout TM) were right all along, who couldve guessed

defineshitposting
carhammerexplosionmatt

hello everyone!! this is a burner account to share this:

as photomatt deletes everything, me and a few others are trying our best to compile screenshots to spread the word of the situation. most of the screenshots in the dropbox feature a comment by one of our helpers containing context. if you have any screenshots you'd like to add, please dm me. there is a high chance this account will get banned, so please save this dropbox and the screenshots included and continue to spread the word.

thank you!!

edit: thank you to all the people sharing and reblogging this! please note that this dropbox is being constantly updated (as i type this, files are being processed) so be sure to check in frequently for updates.

edit 2: as this gets more popular, i'm getting more and more worried about the probability of getting banned. to send me screenshots, please feel free to add me on discord (@mit_skies). i'll try to keep everyone updated on there + it'll be easier for me to see and document screenshots.

paulsrockinpagoda

photomatt did in fact delete everything, so keep circulating the tapes

defineshitposting
copperbadge

Let's Talk About Missing Persons

So, I've seen this post circulating last week, and a few others like it in the past year. I think this probably needs to be discussed every few years, and it feels like time.

First, a few caveats: there are reports on the post that Abby has been located and is fine, so no need to reblog and also that's great news, I'm very happy she is safe. Second, I did not especially doubt the veracity of the post, so I'm not impugning the people who made and posted it, but I also declined to reblog it for reasons I'll get into. Third, I know that especially in marginalized communities it can be dangerous to involve the police, and that Missing White Woman Syndrome means it can be difficult to get media coverage. I understand why Abby's community may have chosen to search for her in the way they did.

However, for everyone's safety, I do not link any missing persons post that requires you to contact an individual to report the missing person's whereabouts. If the poster doesn't ask you to contact the police or a known missing persons organization, I won't do it.

This is for the safety of the missing person.

When you see a post with someone's photo, name, and last known whereabouts, and you are asked to contact an individual -- a family member, partner, friend, etc -- what you are being asked to do is report on the whereabouts of one person you don't know to another person you don't know. You don't know that the person you're talking to isn't an abusive partner or parent, a stalker, or a person who means them material harm. One of the Insta accounts in the missing image doesn't appear to exist, and another has no bio and very little captioning on their images. I couldn't verify that Abby even knew these people.

Again: when I looked at the image, it looked sincere to me. I didn't doubt those people were earnestly searching for a friend they were worried about. But also, an abuser doesn't look like an abuser until they do. So I don't make exceptions, because a missing person is missing but a victim outed to their abuser has strong odds of being murdered. The most dangerous time in the life of an abused person is when they are leaving their abuser. Even if a victim simply logs on to say "Hey, I'm fine, these people mean me harm" the abuser has now flushed them out of hiding, and manipulated them into making a public statement.

If you can't verify positively that the person searching does not mean the missing person harm, you should not be circulating a post, full stop. At the very least, if the community doesn't wish for the help of the police (understandable) or can't get the help of an organization or community (frequent), the missing persons poster should advise you to speak to the missing person, not the searcher, and notify them they're being sought, as long as it's safe for both you and them to do so.

This isn't intuitive. We want to help, and search posters like that tug on the heartstrings. We know that when the police get involved even in something this innocuous, it can be perilous for everyone. But in situations where someone is so vulnerable, we have to concern ourselves first with harm reduction, which in this case means not spreading someone's photo with a stranger's contact information on it.

I'm glad Abby was found and is fine and that her searchers were in earnest. But that will not always be the case, and it's important to remember that.