"I don't even go here" has to be one of my favorite tags to use on here.

Do you see it? Your art/writing is about a ship/media that I've never seen, and of which I know absolutely nothing and yet I am compelled and moved by the unique spin you put on it. You did such a fine work that I now want to know the source material. Perhaps you even did such a fine work that the source material doesn't hold a candle to the stuff you make.

I don't even go here. I appreciate you giving me a tour though. <3

I JUST REALIZED THE REASON DIASOMNIA IS CALLED WHAT IT IS BECAUSE IT'S MEANT TO SOUND LIKE DYSSOMNIA WHICH IS A SLEEPING DISORDER WHERE THE PATIENT HAS TROUBLE FALLING ASLEEP OR STAYING ASLEEP

reblog if you were today years old when you found this out like me

So today a lot of people are freaking out that Nintendo is gonna go trigger happy with suing other companies via a metric ton of new gameplay elements from Tears of the Kingdom getting officially patented.

Turns out that Nintendo already goes out of their way to register patents on every single game mechanic they can, not so they can prevent anyone else from using them, but to protect everyone else from frivolous lawsuits.

Got this interesting bit from a Reddit post:

On top of not being fucked over by someone else registering the patent, they can also protect the entire industry by doing so. By having a patent on it but not suing other companies, that actually means other companies can use the said technology/mechanic without the threat of being sued by other patent holders who only seeks to abuse their patents. By doing this, the game industry can thrive by not being restricted by patent too much. This isn't just Nintendo, for example, Capcom also holds patents for a lot of patent on gameplay mechanics on fighting games, but they allow other companies to use it without licensing, because that makes the whole industry and the genre grow. It's like the unwritten rule of the industry since the early days of the industry in Japan. Now, Konami didn't receive the memo that this is the unwritten rule, and abused their patents especially on their rhythm game genre--and the end result is that while they are dominant in that genre, the genre itself is very much small. One of the bigger cases where Nintendo actually sued another company for patent infringement was against Colopl, which patented touch screen gameplay mechanic very similar to how Link is controlled in DS Zelda games. Colopl went on to sue other companies using similar gameplay styles, and Nintendo sued them saying that Colopl's own patent is infringement of theirs. So what really happened was basically Nintendo telling other companies that they were fine with other companies using their gameplay mechanics as long as they didn't try to patent them and abuse it on other companies.

And as John Oliver once covered, there are greedy assholes out there who go out of their way to abuse the patent system. People really do make frivolous patents just to wheedle money out of others.

Sure, Nintendo's still a multi-billion dollar company and it's not like they've never done some questionably scummy business practices, but yeah. The higherups actually like playing games from other companies. They want the video game industry as a whole to keep going and they don't want to be the only ones doing it.

omg.....i just realized..........dusa...........is...... THE medusa

I am genuinely curious as to how Hazbin's version of Saint Peter would react to the Cross of Saint Peter (the upside down cross) being turned into a demonic symbol by modern pop culture. I'm pretty sure more people nowadays know it as the "AHHH SPOOKY DEMON" cross than the "Saint Peter decided to be crucified upside down" cross.

Actually, he'd probably cry, tbh. No. He'd DEFINITELY cry.

For story writing and Star Trek canon timeline purposes I was perusing the official Star Trek website and the character biographies.

Talk came up about a second five year mission set after TMP.

Apparently there was a second five year mission even though we didn't get to see it on screen.

Phase II? Novels? Was I mixing it up with something? I admit I was boggled as to whether it was real or hearsay.

Anyway, research ensued.

Wait what?

Am I crazy?

Have I missed some posts? Years? Hot deets?

Have we been talking about this legendary hush hush second five year mission this whole time, or am I a thick dunce just rolling in late to this party here?

Sure enough upon checking:

Wtf? Genuinely asking because I feel like we don't talk about this 2nd five year mission much albeit being canonically mentioned in Kirk's official Star Trek page.

How was I today years old?!

Tag me in your posts, give me the deets, the tea, any info you have about this second five year mission.

Because I am gooped, gagged, the wig is in orbit.

Have . . . How . . . How have I not heard about this? Should I be embarrassed?

What happened on that second five year mission? Inquiring minds need to know.

And even better, creative minds, fill in the gaps.

A blog entry from 2012 re: The 2nd 5 Year Mission

Game of Thrones’ Team on Dorne, Oberyn’s Exit | Entertainment Weekly (27 July 2014)

Llegados a este punto yo ya creo que hasta respiro mal…

King K. Rool’s ship slowly gets closer and closer to DK Island every time you complete a world in Donkey Kong Country:

I was today years old when I found out that people don’t feel their veins or blood flow or their heart beat. What the fuck. Like I know everyone CAN feel their heartbeat but I thought it was a constant thing. Like your telling me people don’t constantly feel their heartbeat, blood flow or pumping????????

you are telling me that in the japanese dub of south park, Kyle's va is the same as Tanaka ryuunosuke,manjiro "mikey" sano, and FUCKING TACHIHARA MICHIZO??.

Damn, I knew Yu Hayashi is talented, and I know that's the work of a va,but I didn't expect Tachihara and those two.

Share a voice with him

EDITED: FUCKING STEVEN UNIVERSE TOO?

Anyways, enjoy ur evening

So I'm a dumbass

I'm 27, and it wasn't until THIS WEEK that I realized the Final Fantasy series ISN'T one big series set in the same world, but a meta series where each game in the mainline series is a separate adventure with a completely different cast of character, world and plot?

The MAIN REASON I never played a Final Fantasy game was because trying to start the series felt super overwhelming 😭😭😭

But then I started to get suspicious when I saw content from 16 and I was like "Wait a minute, this seems kind of different from the 15 game was playing..."

And I found a series retrospective and learned the full truth 😭😭😭

And the movie! 'The Spirits Within' isn't connected or related to A SINGLE ONE of the games!?!?

MY LIFE IS A LIE!!!

So, I was today years old when I found out that silverfish was an actual thing and not just a mob in Minecraft.

I am speechless…

GIGANTAMAX MEOWTH IS BASED OFF OF A MONTY PYTHON SKETCH AAAAAAH

Bruh u can rewatch travel banter in octopath 2!

blanky was QUIRREL?!?!?!