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I am feeling a bit angry about the Danganronpa English translations... V3's specifically.

it is very childish and naive but i am still so shocked to see that so many people are just fucking outright mean

just found out that there is a sudanfunds website! like gazafunds, it is a compilation of funds for people facing genocide

rantaro is my favorite drv3 character and im tired of seeing people shit on him because he has merchandise. just a small gripe but it still bothers me when people hate on a well written character SOLELY because they want merch of a different character. (sorry im not used to sharing negative opinions ToT i know its probably deeper than that but i cant help but be frustrated about it like if youre going to hate on a character at least have a solid reason)

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niv it’s your birthday :3 i hope it is a happy one !!! and i hope you get lots of birthday cheesecake as much as you want ^_^

Thank you! We're going to get Japanese food, actually.

"Saw traps for people with moral OCD" is a phrase that has embedded myself into my brain because, well, Saw traps for people with moral OCD are everywhere.

Stuff that basically amounts to...

"You have to listen to my opinions on [issue], or else you don't care about [issue]. (Constantly talks about how people like you are the absolute worst.)"

Anything that's functionally like, "you have to let me tear you down over things you can't control or you're a bad person."

Anything that's functionally like, "you have to let me vent to you whenever and however I want or else you're a bad person."

"If you enjoy X media/trope, you just hate Y people."

"Everyone knows that X thing is harmful/hateful; if you engaged in it, it's just because you were fine with perpetuating hate/harm."

"You should have just known better/should know this already!"

This thread over here talks about the inherent issues of putting this kind of stuff out there. The TL;DR is that it really only works on people who are mentally unwell and have poor boundaries, while just pissing off everyone else. It really doesn't matter if you're technically correct; you're still attacking people, and that means they're not wrong to block you.

I think that many of these Saw traps are created when people effectively write posts directed toward people who don't want to help, rather than the ones who do. Like, if you catch yourself writing an angry, shame-laden post, ask yourself: who are you writing it for and what are the odds you're going to change their minds? If your mental image is some smug fuck or angry reactionary, you're writing for the wrong person. Write for the person who's curious, who's willing to learn.

Also? Work on figuring out how to transmute negative feelings into positive, encouraging rhetoric. EG:

"Why is there no X positivity?" -> "Let's hear it for X!"

"No one cares about Y problem!" -> "Hey, we need more recognition of Y problem" or "I haven't seen many people talking about Y problem, so here's some info on what's up."

"If you don't reblog this, you don't care about [group]" -> "Please reblog this, it would mean a lot for us [group]."

And if you're really super duper frustrated and want to vent with a lot of nasty words and sentiments? Consider taking it to a private vent channel or a journal or somewhere that a stranger with moral OCD/scrupulosity isn't likely to run across it.

Remember, most people don't want to hurt anyone. More people are ignorant than malicious. People naturally want to do the right thing, so if you feel like you have to guilt them or shame them into it, there's probably a fundamental communication issue somewhere, or they simply lack the context to understand why what you're saying is so important.

some vetted fundraisers I've been asked to share:

@alamoudi-ghazi (gfm link): ~17% funded

@ahmaedworld1 (gfm link): ~7% funded

@abdalsalm (gfm link): ~38% funded

@abedallhferwanagaza (gfm link): ~35% funded

@mahmodsy1 (gfm link): ~30% funded

@kahlilahmad5 (gfm link): ~8% funded

@bessalah (gfm link): ~65% funded

@ahmad-syam2 (gfm link): ~17% funded

@hashem19798 (gfm link): ~9% funded

@maha-sh18 (gfm link): ~1% funded

@ahmedhells-blog (gfm link): ~25% funded

Hey everyone, I know it's going to be a busy day for a lot of people, but Google enrolled everyone over 18 into their AI program automatically.

If you have a google account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off.

Then you need to go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini and turn off all Gemini activity tracking. You do have to do them in that order to make sure it works.

Honestly, I'm not sure how long this will last, but this should keep Gemini off your projects for a bit.

I saw this over on bluesky and figured it would be good to spread on here. It only takes a few minutes to do.

Happy birthday!! Have a wonderful day 💖

Thanks, 64! :)

Yooooooop happy birthday!!!!! Hope you have a great day, you really deserve it :D

Ahh, thank you, Lyre!!