illus. sowsow "Porygon 2" from Unbroken Bonds
Rainbow mo
i'm begging you guys to start pirating shit from streaming platforms. there are so many websites where you can stream that shit for free, here's a quick HOW TO:
1) Search for: watch TITLE OF WORK free online
2) Scroll to the bottom of results. Click any of the "Complaint" links
3) You will be taken to a long list of links that were removed for copyright infringement. Use the 'find' function to search for the name of the show/movie you were originally searching for. You will get something like this (specifics removed because if you love an illegal streaming site you don't post its url on social media)
4) each of these links is to a website where you can stream shit for free. go to the individual websites and search for your show/movie. you might have to copy-paste a few before you find exactly what you're looking, but the whole process only takes a minute. the speed/quality is usually the same as on netflix/whatever, and they even have subtitles! (make sure to use an adblocker though, these sites are funded by annoying popups)
In conclusion, if you do this often enough you will start recognizing the most dependable websites, and you can just bookmark those instead. (note: this is completely separate from torrenting, which is also a beautiful thing but requires different software and a vpn)
you can also download the media in question (look for a "download" button built into the video window, or use a browser extension such as Video DownloadHelper.)
*explaining kitchen appliances to my pet medieval knights* The microwave, or Micheal the Wavious, and metal fork, or Sir Silver Prong, are sworn enemies and can never cross paths lest their meeting spell destruction for all.
plagued by visions
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ghost swing 👻 🎸
Oh I've seen this one before
As far as I know, he also:
- had a phone with Internet access from the very start (his whole "tactic" based on using Craigslist - getting and then reselling free stuff, and also finding a place to crash in)
- was monitored by a doctor the entire time. Obviously, in practice a homeless person most likely wouldn't be able to afford regular doctor visits just for check ups. That was of course not being disclosed during the challenge btw and only came out after he gave up, so who knows what other stuff he was doing in secret
- he had the knowledge that he can "quit" and return back to normal, any day, any time. So all that talk about determination, proving a point, and "staying hopeful" is complete bullshit and just not realistic. When you're in your lowest moment you don't HAVE THAT. You don't have the back up plan in the back of your head that if anything, you can just go back to normal. It's way, way harder to pick yourself up off the ground then. It's way harder to even survive.
It's easy to think you'd be able to do something when you know that you'd never have to actually do it.
I had an interview with a local paper this week about this rock snake I started on the longest street of a nearby city (where I work) because it's bringing people so much joy:
I said something during the interview that the interviewer seemed really shocked by, so in case it's important for anyone else to hear: When asked about the rock snake and some scavenger hunts that I've hosted for adults, I said -
"We don't stop enjoying the things we liked as kids; they just stop being offered to us. And when you're a kid, fun things like art projects and scavenger hunts are always brought to you, so you're not taught to make a habit of seeking them out as and adult."
She said "Wow yeah... life is so stressful... and you don't think to... wow."
So if anyone else needs direct permission to be a whimsical adult child today, I hereby grant it to everyone. ❤️