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PSA: Dishwasher pods are useless
Dishwasher pods contain pretty much the exact same chemicals as dishwashing detergent powder, and are WAY more expensive.
They're also actually worse than the powder. A little bit of powder gets into the dishwasher for the first cycle (if your dishwasher doesn't have a pre-wash basin, pour a little in the main compartment!), but the pod only puts any detergent in for the second cycle. If you have the physical ability to pour powder into your dishwasher, do not buy dishwasher pods.
(Sometimes gel is a little cheaper or easier to use, and it may be slightly worse than powder but not substantially. Both are far and away better than dishwasher pods.)
Source: Two videos by Technology Connections, which contain experiments.
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If Rotbtd was a classic RPG game (Part 2)
I really love to play around with pixels, so this time I created some fake screens based on my RotBTD series. You can tell I was heavily inspired by KH:CoM's beautiful pixel graphics :'3 [Characters by me, bgs from FF Pixel Remasters]
#rotbtd#the big four#rise of the brave tangled dragons#rotbtd edits#the guardians#other edits#sprite art#hiccup#rapunzel#jack#merida#pitch#don't mind me entertaining myself lmao#i could direct all this energy into being a productive member of society#but nah i find spending my time with these random useless projects more fun~
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Saw a post that said "y'all don't deserve trigger warnings for this one" in regards to the atrocities in Palestine right now and there is something that makes me so indescribably mad about that.
Most importantly it is so deeply, disgustingly dehumanizing to the people in front of the camera that you are claiming to care for. Using someone else's trauma. Someone else's suffering. Someone else's pain. To in turn traumatize others? To guilt them? To intentionally trigger them because "they don't deserve it"? That does nothing. That does absolutely nothing.
How does stripping someone of their personhood and turning them into shock value trauma porn for the sake of proving a point to other vulnerable people do anything constructive?
What good does that do for the person in pain besides turn their pain into a tool to inflict further damage?
How does that help anyone at all?
"But it's awareness!!"
No it's not. That's not advocacy. That's not "spreading awareness". That's intentionally going out of your way to degrade, demoralize, and guilt people by preying on their sense of morality and using the horrors of genocide as a fucking prop for it. And you are a sick bastard for that.
#sorry i'm angry#dealing with. a lot of moralistic guilt for trying to care for myself in the midst of a very stressful life period#and this shit just bothers me to no end#because there ARE ways to help and contribute when you yourself are in a vulnerable place#and guilting those vulnerable people and telling them they don't deserve content warnings#instead of providing them tools and resources to productively contribute#and effectively rendering them useless to your cause#is so fucking stupid to me#you do NOTHING by creating nonfunctioning messes of guilt and triggered emotions#except create a bunch of functionally useless guilt ridden people#and you call yourselves leftists !!!!#original post
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Okay, time to get pretentious and REALLY talk about this shot.
So put on your over-analysis goggles, and let’s talk about the Imperial Cog, Renaissance-era military forts, 18th century prison architecture, the military-industrial complex, the surveillance state, and why this single shot of Mon Mothma standing in a doorway in “Nobody’s Listening!” (the 9th episode of Andor season one) is making me so feral I want to kiss Luke Hull and his entire production design team right on the mouth.
For those of you not in the know - the shape on the screen behind Major Partagaz is the crest of the Galactic Empire - often called the Imperial Cog. It appears throughout Star Wars media on flags, tie fighter helmets, uniforms and as a glowing hologram outside ISB HQ.
In canon it was adapted from the crest of the Galactic Republic.
irl it was created by original trilogy costume designer John Mollo. Mollo has stated that the symbol was inspired by the shape of historical fortifications.
Bastion forts (aka star forts) first appear during the Renaissance with the advent of the cannon. Their shape eliminated blind spots, allowing for a 360 degree field of fire.
An apt metaphor for the Empire. Powerful, imposing and leaving you with nowhere to hide.
The Imperial crest also strongly resembles a gear or cog - hence the common “Imperial Cog” nickname.
Given how inextricably linked military and industry are, it’s also an apt metaphor. Both alluding to the Empire’s massive industrial power, and how it treats all of its citizens with a startling lack of humanity, valuing them only for what they are able to produce for the Empire.
The idea of the cog is repeated in the shape of whatever it is that they’re producing in the prison. They’re literally cogs in the Imperial machine making more cogs for the machine... while inside a larger cog.
This shape, in relation to a prison, also references something else which was almost certainly intentional on the production team’s part.
In the 1791 British philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham proposed a design for a prison he referred to as the “panopticon” - the name derived from the Greek word for “all seeing”.
The basic design for the panopticon was a large circular rotunda of cells with a single watchtower in the center. The plan would allow a single guard to theoretically observe every cell in the prison, but more importantly cause the prisoners to believe they are under surevillance at all times, while never being certain.
Later philosophers (notably Michel Foucault) used the panopticon as a metaphor for social control under totalitarian regimes or surveillance states. The perceived constant surveillance of a panopticon causes prisoners to self-police due to the belief they are always being watched, even if they don’t know for certain that is true. They live in constant fear even if nobody is actually watching them, even if “Nobody’s Listening!”
The idea of the metaphorical panopticon has in more recent years been adapted to many other examples of social control: CCTV, social media and business management...
Like the concept of cubicles in an open floor plan office.
So that all being established - let’s finally talk about Mon Mothma’s apartment.
The cog shape is everywhere. There’s hardly a shot where at least one cog isn’t visible. Every room is connected by cog-shaped doorways.
The shape serves as a backdrop to most scenes, often centered and featured prominently.
(Side Note: The cog also appears as a repeated pattern on room dividers with the interesting added detail of intersecting lines that make them resemble spider webs.
The fact that Mon is often filmed directly through these web-like screens (particularly when conducting rebellion business) leads me to believe that this was a very intentional choice.
Even in the very heart of the Empire the nascent Rebellion is starting to build a web of networks and intelligence.)
I had originally presumed that the repeated appearance of the cog was just Luke Hull and his production team adding some brilliant visual storytelling to their already amazing sets. But the following line from episode ten leads me to believe they intended for these details to have an in-story explanation as well.
When speaking to Tay and Davo Skuldon about the apartment Mon states that “It’s state property. The rules are strict on decor. Our choices for change are limited.”
While it’s unclear whether the “state” in this instance is Mon’s home planet of Chandrila or the Empire itself - that second option makes the decor even more insidious.
If Mon’s apartment is Empire property that means the shape of the doors is intentional in-world, not just for the sake of visual storytelling. It means that this was a conscious decision by the Empire. A reminder to even the richest and most powerful of its citizens that they are always watching - whether you can see them or not.
Which brings us back to our original shot.
My favorite thing about this shot isn’t just that is shows how very alone Mon Mothma is.
It isn’t just that she’s in the heart of the Empire, surrounded and dwarfed - just another cog in their machine.
It isn’t just that’s she trapped in her own metaphorical prison, worrying her self sick about who may be watching, not safe even in her own home.
What makes this shot truly extraordinary to me, is that right in the midst of the Empire you can see a new symbol forming.
Forming with Mon Mothma right at the center.
It’s a bit blocky, still constrained by the the harsh lines of the Empire, but giving how intentional every design decision on this show has been I find it pretty hard to believe it’s there by accident.
A symbol that will one day adorn the helmet of a boy from Tatooine.
One that will come to represent what all rebellions are built on...
#andor#andor spoilers#star wars#HOW IS THIS SHOW SO GOOD?#mon mothma#production design#history#long post#whose extensive knowledge of star wars and the history of the criminal justice system is useless now MOM
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I watched Jane's a Car from Nightmare time and I was surprised to not found any Utena crossover with it so I had to do it myself
#utena#utena spoilers#the adolescence of utena#the adolescence of utena spoilers#revolutionary girl utena#revolutionary girl utena spoilers#rgu#shoujo kakumei utena#shojo kakumei utena#animatic#animation#jane's a car#nightmare time#starkid productions#utena tenjou#anthy himemiya#these spoilers warning might be pretty useless but i tried my best ok
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New rule for ads: they all must be themed around the content I'm watching at the time.
And by themed, I mean directly related to. None of that weak link shit. I want the characters in my show doing the ad read. They have to sell me the product.
#this post in inspired by the MDZS icecream ad i just found#if my comfort character doesnt endorse this product I don't want it and your ad is useless#mxtx#mdzs#tgcf#svsss
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It's that time again!
If you can donate for or provide eSIMs for Gaza, they're in need of more:
If you just want to donate to a fund:
Some things to know about how Gazans are using eSIMs and how they're a literal lifeline for many people and why so many are needed:
#signal boost#esims for gaza#palestine#free palestine#trying to focus more on productive posting and not just anger#though#given how little the average american seems to know about all this#feels like even updates about what's going on aren't entirely useless
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ok completely different subject but seeing a 'squishmallow alternatives' post is so wild to me. i know you guys like those things but theyre so soulless its horrible to me. the fact that you cant boycott a company unless you have some other company to give all your money to is so crazy.. dont you have any other hobbies. this is like funko pops all over again its horrifying
#genuinely disgusts me i dont even know like. LMAOOO#but buying useless products made entirely of plastic disgusts me anyway like.. anime figures funko pops plushies etc.. <- saying that with#applejack collection i know. but seriously.#if you cant live without plastic heap landfill-material squishmallow frog number 17 maybe you should try to become a person#this goes for buying large amounts of stuff btw. idgaf if you buy yourself a plush every once in a while. LMAO#I mean I do think that people should shop secondhand whenever they can. or at least buy things made of natural materials.. but I know most#people don’t so I won’t go there LOL
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"The Barbie movie can't have anything meaningful to say because it's marketing for a doll". Cool, now try again without the nihilism.
#like yeah of course we should criticise the clear consumerism surrounding the movie#but wow sure let's just brush off the entire production because it's impossible to have any nuance#“if it's not perfect than it must be useless” it's actually a critique point in the movie congratulations#barbie#barbie movie
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i'm gonna kill you straight up right now
- jacob
#help uni is gonna end me#got so annoyed yesterday bc i did a lot of uni work and it made me feel good#i fucking love thinking ab determinism and free will#what do u mean rotting in bed doesnt make me feel as good as being productive thats very useless to my audhd#drawfee#drawfee quotes#drawfee video#jacob andrews#jacob drawfee#drawing the weirdest scps (that we've never heard of before)#scp 049
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I'm also sad right now because, unlike in the novel where everyone totally sucks, someone DOES speak directly to Qin Su in CQL's treasure room scene. When Wei Wuxian comes up to check on her and confirm that she's not under a spell, he whispers "Jin-furen?" to her in concern. She doesn't acknowledge him, which feels weird, right? Why wouldn't she latch onto a potential source of help, especially one whom she knows is now affiliated with the influential Hanguang-jun since she saw them together during the banquet earlier?
EXCEPT
One of CQL's changes is to make Qin Su the target of Mo Xuanyu's unwanted advances instead of Jin Guangyao. So Qin Su, already having an awful time due to the incest marriage revelations, is now (as far as she knows) being addressed by her harasser whom she now knows is also a half-brother. No wonder she's not engaging! It's ANOTHER INCEST SITUATION! And everyone else is just standing there, except for Su Minshan, who snidely remarks "So Mo-gongzi brought us into the chamber just to see Jin-furen!" which! underscores! her probable concerns!
And I'm sad about it because maybe, if the Suibian reveal had somehow happened SOONER--if Jin Guangyao had replaced the head with something that attacked Wei Wuxian when he pulled back the curtain, forcing him to grab Suibian in defense, maybe--and Qin Su knew Wei Wuxian for who he was, then things would have gone differently!
#people who have rights in this scene beside Qin Su:#WWX (for making an effort); SMS (for being a dick but at least in a useful way?); JC (for reacting to QS's death when he enters)#that is IT that's the ENTIRE LIST#neutral rights for JL as he is a child#slight negative for JGY and NHS who earns points for appropriate reactions but lose them for uhhhhh creating the situation#negative rights for the Twin Jades who are just soooo fucking useless. especially LXC!#either his bf is innocent and just traumatically lost his wife OR his bf is a murderer and should be suspected in his wife's sudden death#and he just sits there being deeply awkward#I mean. relatable! but if you feel awkward you could at least try to be productive about it. get some funeral potatoes Zewu-jun damn
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tiktok is evil and i deleted it off my phone for good now
#until i find it entertaining again in like a month or 2#i spent hours stuck on the app and wish i just got up and studied at /#school and been more productive :(#by evil i mean useless
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There's a Scott Underwood interview where, when asked about deleted scenes, he mentions a scene where Jonny steals Jimmy's hair and clothes, but can't elaborate on what episode this is.
[Transcript: Kit: Several people at aka have mentioned that the finished storyboard often has to be cut due to timescale, are there any great "directors cuts" / twists in the tail you'd like to mention that didn't make it to the finished product but are too good to be forgotten? Scott: We just cut out a really great part where Jimmy's clothes were stolen by Jonny, along with his hair, leaving Jimmy shivering naked behind a bush. I don't want to say from what episode until it's completely done.]
While the interview was posted in 2002, it appears to be from before the premiere of season 3 or shortly afterwards, as he discusses it in future tense. 14 years later, Cory Toomey posted this approved drawing to his Instagram, dawn_of_the_eds
There isn't any scene in the entire show that features this design, and was clearly from a scene that was scrapped somewhere along the way, and lines up with Scott's description pretty well. Judging by the code (32B), this would've been from the episode Boys will be Eds (the episode in which most of the boys of the cul de sac fight for Nazz's affections)
There's no conclusion it just bugged me not knowing which episode said deleted scene was from, and this seems to be the closest match. Source links under images.
#not sure if i ever posted abt this bcause who cares but whatever we love useless eene trivia here#ed edd n eddy#eene#deleted scenes#production art#boys will be eds
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“I wanna come back when I’ve got some more fics done!” he says, then crawls back with absolutely nothing to show for her leave of absence
#not for lack or trying! I’ve gotten work done! just not… nearly as much as I wanted#but I miss everyone and isolating myself as a productivity measure is unhealthy#so uh. I’m back! and still quite useless! forgive me#but hopefully getting back into the swing of interacting with content now that I’m steady on my meds again will fan the flames!#which is to say#please don’t unfollow me just yet I’m working as hard and I’ll do my best to work harder as I can I promise#peaches screams into the void
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you know sometimes I feel insecure about my research not being radical or useful enough and then I see someone doing their masters thesis on “antis” and instantly feel better
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