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@witchfynder_finder the long eyelashes and flowing hair of spectrier made me feel attacked

@witchfynder_finder i got the ice one in my save so i've never seen the other one actually in battle

@witchfynder_finder i've actually grown somewhat fond of pokémon db because the page loads faster and has less adware that bulbapedia does

bulbapedia is obviously more comprehensive information but if i just need to look up where to catch a mon pokémon db is fine

i think contemporary english readers generally do not realize how many of what we today consider classics were originally written for cheap and published in a serialized fashion in some magazine

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pulp fiction has always been an industry, and the only reason why china is powering ahead right now is because historic anglosphere publishing corporations are all conservative, racist, and pretentious

restofworld.org/2022/china-rom

what concerns me the most about these new platforms is ⓐ globalization making it difficult for workers to organize, and ⓑ DRM and the complete lack of archival copies for even the most popular and significant works

i had a dream that fedi was obsessed with a fifteen-minute-long as-seen-on-tv advertisement for a frosted cupcake that you smash against the wall to hang things called "stickies"

honestly punlishers should just make the introductions to translations all free to read on their website

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i would like to thank apple books previews for letting me see if i vibe with this translator's thoughts before spending thirty dollars on the first volume of their work

remember when the singer for seven spires was like, awoo,

@aescling this instance stans a great and powerful fire demon

@witchfynder_finder i’m sure a union could negotiate this sort of thing as part of a contract 😏

@witchfynder_finder if a company wanted to man their phones on the weekend or outside of work hours it’s easy, just make those hours work double

like i would absolutely show up to work on saturday and sunday if it meant only working three days a week hell yes

work only 4 hours from 5pm to 9pm instead of 8 hours during the workday but still get paid the same??? hell yes

@witchfynder_finder tbf millennials all wanted to be young adult fantasy authors

@witchfynder_finder @KitRedgrave « 'None of the girls has got one,' said Bao-yu, his face streaming with tears and sobbing hysterically. 'Only I have got one. It always upsets me. And now this new cousin comes here who is as beautiful as an angel and she hasn't got one either, so I *know* it can't be any good.' »

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📟🐱 GlitchCat

A small, community‐oriented Mastodon‐compatible Fediverse (GlitchSoc) instance managed as a joint venture between the cat and KIBI families.