cuteys: hitlervevo: teenytigress: DUCK UPDATE: IT HAS IMPRINTED AND THINKS THIS BOY IS IT’S MOMMY. OMG THE FACT THAT WE ALL KNOW WHAT THIS POST IS ABOUT TALKS ABOUT OUR SOCIAL LIVES IT HAS GOTTEN SO BIG OMG

cuteys:

hitlervevo:

teenytigress:

DUCK UPDATE: IT HAS IMPRINTED AND THINKS THIS BOY IS IT’S MOMMY. OMG

THE FACT THAT WE ALL KNOW WHAT THIS POST IS ABOUT TALKS ABOUT OUR SOCIAL LIVES

IT HAS GOTTEN SO BIG OMG


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1 note = 1 pixel for your fandom’s symbol (shown above) in an art piece I’m making

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IF YOU DON’T SEE YOUR FANDOM, send me a message saying what fandoms I missed and I’ll add them

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If you would like to see all of the fandoms, look through these posts

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angelfire93: Alright, if you’re a consumer and you’re considering picking up the new Xbox One console, then please, take a moment to listen to me. Before we begin, no, I am not a fanboy or a hater. I have no console Bias. I have a PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, and a Gaming PC. Each has their pros and cons but now onto business.DO NOT BUY AN XBOX ONE. Why? See the reasons below:Xbox Requires an internet connection. Here’s how it works: Every 24 hours your Xbox will try to connect to Microsoft’s servers for verification. If it is unable to connect, sucks to be you. You’re blocked from playing even single player games until it can connect.Source: http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-does-require-internet-connection-cant-play-o-509164109Do you like renting games, lending them to a friend, or even borrowing them from a friend? No longer possible. Every Xbox One game you get must be registered to your Xbox live account to be played. After that point it will only work for you. No one else can use it unless they pay a fee. Essentially it works like this. You pick up a used Xbox One game from somewhere or someone, pop it into your console. The system verifies it’s been registered to your account. Uh-oh, it isn’t! In order to play it, you have to pay Microsoft a fee, which is currently slated to be full retail price. Doesn’t matter how scratched up it is or how cheap you got it at gamestop or from a friend. You aren’t just buying the physical copies anymore. You’re paying Microsoft for a LICENSE to be allowed to play that game.It is worth mentioning Microsoft is exploring ways for you to trade in and resell your used games. This is rumored to mean that you can sell your digital license to play the game (registration) back to microsoft, likely for microsoft points. You can then trade in the game at gamespot for some cash if you like. Either way, as it currently stands, the new owner would still have to pay a fee on top of the price of actually buying the physical copy.Source: http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-fee-for-buying-used-games-full-retail-price/Is it worth mentioning that Microsoft if shafting Indie Developers as well? Where as on Playstation Network or (whatever the Wii has) Indie Developers can self publish their content easily. Playstation even encourages this. Microsoft however forces these Indie Devs to enter publishing deals with them to be allowed to market their content. You don’t go through them, you don’t get to sell what you developed.Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/22/indie-devs-cant-self-publish-on-xbox-oneI’m not quite done yet! Now, I’m sure you heard a lot about “TV TV TV TV SPORTS TV TV SPORTS SPORTS TV.” Yes, the Xbox is slated to be able to stream live tv, live sports, etc. So let me ask you this. You obviously already have something like cable or DirecTV. Do you really want to shell out hundreds of dollars more and pay a monthly subscription fee to have another television provider? Yes, I said hundreds of dollars, and I don’t mean the cost of the console. To view live TV from the Xbox you are required to purchase ANOTHER separate device for it to work. Why would you even consider shelling out more money for something you already have anyway? Even if you didn’t, DirecTV is cheaper. Or you could even subscribe you Hulu.com and watch live tv on your computer. FOR MUCH CHEAPER. You essentially have to buy another cable box if you don’t have one. And if you do… what do you need the Xbox One for?Source: http://www.vg247.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-live-tv-available-in-us-only-at-launch-requires-separate-device/So far we’ve discovered that the Xbox One is not really a gaming console, at least… not a consumer friendly gaming console. It’s being marketed as an all-in-one home entertainment system. Something to replace all of the other devices in your house. But there are drawbacks even to that. Put on your tin foil hats for this part folks. Take from it what you will, all I’ll say is… possibilities…The Xbox One’s features will not function unless the Kinect is plugged in and active. This is not an optional piece anymore.Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/21/xbox-one-will-not-function-without-kinect-attachedSo imagine your Kinect piece breaks? Tough luck, no more Xbox for you. But you know what’s worse?Pay attention, because this is important. The Kinect is always watching. Always listening. Even when the system is off.Yes. One of the ways to turn the system on is to audibly say: “Xbox On” while the system is off. The Kinect, which is always on, hears you and turns it on. Now this might seem like a cool feature, but did you know Microsoft patented a feature that would allow the Kinect’s camera (It’s no longer just a sensor, but a camera) to spy on you for the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America?) While they may not actually do this, it is actually possible for them to do this now. It has a camera, and a microphone. The Kinect is always on. It is ALWAYS listening, ALWAYS watching.An idea has been tossed around that by using this feature, it will allows game developers and movie produces to set a limited amount of how many people can be allowed to view the entertainment. So as a hypothetical example, you and three friends are watching a movie, which is the maximum allowed. A fourth friend enters the room and the Kinect’s sensor registers the fourth individual. The movie stops and you a prompted to pay a fee so that the extra individual may also view the film. Again, that is NOT currently the case, but these are the ideas currently being tossed around with the system’s current capabilities.Source for listening: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4352596/the-xbox-one-is-always-listeningSource of spying: http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/139706-microsofts-new-kinect-patent-goes-big-brother-will-spy-on-you-for-the-mpaaNow, just two more things and I’ll be done here!This isn’t really a good or bad thing, but it’s annoying. It also explains how they can prevent you from playing a used game if you didn’t pay their fee. Xbox one no longer plays games off the discs, you HAVE to install them to the hard-drive in order to play them. I believe PS3 also has you do this (on a number of games but not always it seems), except that PS3 isn’t trying to Nickle and Dime you at every corner. It also seems according to this article there is something related to the Online portion at the beginning of this post. The option is there for Developers to require the Xbox to always be online to play their particular game. Well, it seems PC gamers and console gamers have one thing in common now… DRM.(At least pirates on PC can bypass DRM easily. Not an option for Consoles.)Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4352314/xbox-one-hard-drive-game-installsAnd last but not least, another annoyance… Xbox One will not be compatible with any and all current headsets. Nope, companies will either have to make new headsets altogether specifically for the Xbox One, and they have to adhere to what Microsoft wants. Look forward to price gouging.Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/22/xbox-one-incompatible-with-current-gaming-headsetsOh, one more thing… If you have an Xbox 360, don’t get rid of it. Why? Well if you want to keep playing your old 360 games you’ll need it. The Xbox One isn’t backwards compatible. At all. Not only that, but President of Microsoft’s Xbox Division Don Mattrick insults the very notion of backwards compatibility! He calls it: “Backwards thinking.”Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4350662/new-xbox-has-no-backwards-compatibiltySource of insult: http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/22/4355984/xbox-one-backward-compatibility-backwards-thinking-don-mattrickThat is all I have to say currently folks, and I hope you took the time to read this far. I’ll conclude with the following… please… PLEASE do not buy this console. Paying for this supports greedy and anti-consumer business practices. Speak with your wallet, and pass up the Xbox One. No matter what games it might have that you want, even if they are exclusive. Do the right thing and make a statement. Refuse to be nickle and dimed like this. Refuse to be seen as a mindless consumer who will buy anything tossed to them.We won’t know much else until after E3, but as it stands now, the PS4 or a decent gaming PC is the best way to go.If you are willing to do so, please spread this post around. Liking is not even remotely necessary, but do please share it if you agree with and acknowledge what you’ve read here. The more people know, the fewer of them waste their money.Thank you, kindly.~Dylan Jordan   (Originally posted on Facebook by one of my friends. He brings up many valid points. Mind you, I haven’t been a fan of Xbox in a long time and I will most likely get a PS4. But this confirms further for me that I won’t be getting an Xbox one any time in the foreseeable future.) 

angelfire93:

Alright, if you’re a consumer and you’re considering picking up the new Xbox One console, then please, take a moment to listen to me. Before we begin, no, I am not a fanboy or a hater. I have no console Bias. I have a PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, and a Gaming PC. Each has their pros and cons but now onto business.

DO NOT BUY AN XBOX ONE. Why? See the reasons below:

Xbox Requires an internet connection. Here’s how it works: Every 24 hours your Xbox will try to connect to Microsoft’s servers for verification. If it is unable to connect, sucks to be you. You’re blocked from playing even single player games until it can connect.

Source: http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-does-require-internet-connection-cant-play-o-509164109

Do you like renting games, lending them to a friend, or even borrowing them from a friend? No longer possible. Every Xbox One game you get must be registered to your Xbox live account to be played. After that point it will only work for you. No one else can use it unless they pay a fee. Essentially it works like this. You pick up a used Xbox One game from somewhere or someone, pop it into your console. The system verifies it’s been registered to your account. Uh-oh, it isn’t! In order to play it, you have to pay Microsoft a fee, which is currently slated to be full retail price. Doesn’t matter how scratched up it is or how cheap you got it at gamestop or from a friend. You aren’t just buying the physical copies anymore. You’re paying Microsoft for a LICENSE to be allowed to play that game.

It is worth mentioning Microsoft is exploring ways for you to trade in and resell your used games. This is rumored to mean that you can sell your digital license to play the game (registration) back to microsoft, likely for microsoft points. You can then trade in the game at gamespot for some cash if you like. Either way, as it currently stands, the new owner would still have to pay a fee on top of the price of actually buying the physical copy.

Source: http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-fee-for-buying-used-games-full-retail-price/

Is it worth mentioning that Microsoft if shafting Indie Developers as well? Where as on Playstation Network or (whatever the Wii has) Indie Developers can self publish their content easily. Playstation even encourages this. Microsoft however forces these Indie Devs to enter publishing deals with them to be allowed to market their content. You don’t go through them, you don’t get to sell what you developed.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/22/indie-devs-cant-self-publish-on-xbox-one

I’m not quite done yet! Now, I’m sure you heard a lot about “TV TV TV TV SPORTS TV TV SPORTS SPORTS TV.” Yes, the Xbox is slated to be able to stream live tv, live sports, etc. So let me ask you this. You obviously already have something like cable or DirecTV. Do you really want to shell out hundreds of dollars more and pay a monthly subscription fee to have another television provider? Yes, I said hundreds of dollars, and I don’t mean the cost of the console. To view live TV from the Xbox you are required to purchase ANOTHER separate device for it to work. Why would you even consider shelling out more money for something you already have anyway? Even if you didn’t, DirecTV is cheaper. Or you could even subscribe you Hulu.com and watch live tv on your computer. FOR MUCH CHEAPER. You essentially have to buy another cable box if you don’t have one. And if you do… what do you need the Xbox One for?

Source: http://www.vg247.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-live-tv-available-in-us-only-at-launch-requires-separate-device/

So far we’ve discovered that the Xbox One is not really a gaming console, at least… not a consumer friendly gaming console. It’s being marketed as an all-in-one home entertainment system. Something to replace all of the other devices in your house. But there are drawbacks even to that. Put on your tin foil hats for this part folks. Take from it what you will, all I’ll say is… possibilities…

The Xbox One’s features will not function unless the Kinect is plugged in and active. This is not an optional piece anymore.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/21/xbox-one-will-not-function-without-kinect-attached

So imagine your Kinect piece breaks? Tough luck, no more Xbox for you. But you know what’s worse?

Pay attention, because this is important. The Kinect is always watching. Always listening. Even when the system is off.

Yes. One of the ways to turn the system on is to audibly say: “Xbox On” while the system is off. The Kinect, which is always on, hears you and turns it on. Now this might seem like a cool feature, but did you know Microsoft patented a feature that would allow the Kinect’s camera (It’s no longer just a sensor, but a camera) to spy on you for the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America?) While they may not actually do this, it is actually possible for them to do this now. It has a camera, and a microphone. The Kinect is always on. It is ALWAYS listening, ALWAYS watching.

An idea has been tossed around that by using this feature, it will allows game developers and movie produces to set a limited amount of how many people can be allowed to view the entertainment. So as a hypothetical example, you and three friends are watching a movie, which is the maximum allowed. A fourth friend enters the room and the Kinect’s sensor registers the fourth individual. The movie stops and you a prompted to pay a fee so that the extra individual may also view the film. Again, that is NOT currently the case, but these are the ideas currently being tossed around with the system’s current capabilities.

Source for listening: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4352596/the-xbox-one-is-always-listening

Source of spying: http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/139706-microsofts-new-kinect-patent-goes-big-brother-will-spy-on-you-for-the-mpaa

Now, just two more things and I’ll be done here!

This isn’t really a good or bad thing, but it’s annoying. It also explains how they can prevent you from playing a used game if you didn’t pay their fee. Xbox one no longer plays games off the discs, you HAVE to install them to the hard-drive in order to play them. I believe PS3 also has you do this (on a number of games but not always it seems), except that PS3 isn’t trying to Nickle and Dime you at every corner. It also seems according to this article there is something related to the Online portion at the beginning of this post. The option is there for Developers to require the Xbox to always be online to play their particular game. Well, it seems PC gamers and console gamers have one thing in common now… DRM.

(At least pirates on PC can bypass DRM easily. Not an option for Consoles.)

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4352314/xbox-one-hard-drive-game-installs

And last but not least, another annoyance… Xbox One will not be compatible with any and all current headsets. Nope, companies will either have to make new headsets altogether specifically for the Xbox One, and they have to adhere to what Microsoft wants. Look forward to price gouging.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/22/xbox-one-incompatible-with-current-gaming-headsets

Oh, one more thing… If you have an Xbox 360, don’t get rid of it. Why? Well if you want to keep playing your old 360 games you’ll need it. The Xbox One isn’t backwards compatible. At all. Not only that, but President of Microsoft’s Xbox Division Don Mattrick insults the very notion of backwards compatibility! He calls it: “Backwards thinking.”

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4350662/new-xbox-has-no-backwards-compatibilty

Source of insult: http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/22/4355984/xbox-one-backward-compatibility-backwards-thinking-don-mattrick


That is all I have to say currently folks, and I hope you took the time to read this far. I’ll conclude with the following… please… PLEASE do not buy this console. Paying for this supports greedy and anti-consumer business practices. Speak with your wallet, and pass up the Xbox One. No matter what games it might have that you want, even if they are exclusive. Do the right thing and make a statement. Refuse to be nickle and dimed like this. Refuse to be seen as a mindless consumer who will buy anything tossed to them.

We won’t know much else until after E3, but as it stands now, the PS4 or a decent gaming PC is the best way to go.

If you are willing to do so, please spread this post around. Liking is not even remotely necessary, but do please share it if you agree with and acknowledge what you’ve read here. The more people know, the fewer of them waste their money.

Thank you, kindly.

~Dylan Jordan

 

(Originally posted on Facebook by one of my friends. He brings up many valid points. Mind you, I haven’t been a fan of Xbox in a long time and I will most likely get a PS4. But this confirms further for me that I won’t be getting an Xbox one any time in the foreseeable future.) 


Reblog if you believe asexuality exists

noneedforbloodpressure:

My mom refuses to believe that I’m asexual, because she thinks it’s impossible.

I’d just like to see how many people disagree with her


xcybermen:

october-afternoons:

partybarackisinthehousetonight:

im going to open a literature-themed coffee/dessert shop called “Lord of the Pies” and some of the flavor names will be:

  • the grape gatsby
  • lime & punishment
  • the adventures of blackberry finn
  • the crepes of wrath
  • the catcher in the pie
  • war and quiche
  • around the world in eighty buffets
  • 20,000 leagues under the tea
  • the call of the wildberry

OPEN IT AND I WILL COME.

what about pie and prejudice 


thesexycyberplanner:

faeiouck:

shady-bacon:

faeiouck:

“all slytherins are evil”

“all gryffindors are good guys”

“ravenclaws are nothing but nerds”

“hufflepuffs don’t do anything”

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Name one evil Gryffindor. One.

peTER PETTIGREW YOU LITTLE SHIT DO NOT QUESTION ME

i mean yeah, but a stupid ravenclaw?

LOCKHEART.


URGENT!

owlmylove:

attackofthepartycannon:

xere-the-sun-risesx:

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WESTBORO BAPTIST IS ACTIVE IN NORMAN TODAY, AND THEY ARE BY NO MEANS WELCOME. THEY ARE PLANNING TO PROTEST THE FUNERALS OF CHILDREN KILLED IN THE RECENT TORNADO. SHOW THEM WHAT AN ANGRY OKIE IS LIKE, Y’ALL! 

REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG!

they can go fuck themselves

followers reblog this like hell okay

please

are you fucking kidding me

how the hell do you plan to protest the deaths of children who were killed by a tornado


Anonymous asked: "who's your favourite TIMI character to write and why?"

(First of all, you do not have to go anon! I love getting questions about TIMI. Seriously, I’ll probably shatter your inbox with tons of praise and adoration if you ask me something because I just love the fact that I have feedback! Well, actually, that might end up getting a little creepy… I’m not that creepy. Maybe. You can make your own judgements.)

Anyways, I really like writing from each of the three girls.

Skylar’s is usually the easiest to write, I’ll give you that. I love getting to play around with her character- she has this odd mix of having an ego, but still being self-conscious, that’s really interesting to get into. I have some really interesting things planned for her- including some great victories for her, some rather heartbreaking (and very close to home, in one case) moments, and of course, some things involving Ashleigh and Phoebe… some very squee-worthy things.

I probably relate to Artemis the most- I can just channel so much of my emotions through her. I’ve really enjoyed her development- she’s probably the most fleshed-out, I’ve made a character study and all for her. I mean, I love getting the opportunity to have Lysander and Carter involved, plus I’m dying to introduce Production sector for you, because it’s based off of a theatre camp I did that might have been one of the best two weeks of my life, and it’ll just bring back a lot of memories. Overall, Artemis is just a super great character, and she’s so fun to write.

I have a feeling Belle’s probably the least favorite of the three- and yes, I might have mentally yelled at her around six times because her chapters seem to be impossible to write at times- but I really love Belle. She’s very different from me in ways- but yet we can also be pretty similar. And she just has such a great character arc along the way. All three of the girls do, really- not to be biased or anything- but I just love the way Belle has developed and will develop over the course of the series.

All three of the girls are so much fun- and so are the supporting characters! I love writing the other girls- by which I mean Ashleigh, Ivy, Cass, and Sam. They’re so much fun, and I can’t wait for you to meet them a bit better. Ivy and Sam have this really interesting dynamic, and I can’t wait to share a bit of their history in the upcoming drabble collection… all I’m going to say ^^ And Cass is such a sweetheart, I really do love her. Ashleigh I tend to have some problems with- mostly the fact that Skylar’s arc has changed a lot, especially Ashleigh’s role in it. So I’m still really working with her… the thing is, we’ve mostly seen her from Skylar’s view, who basically sees her as some manic-pixie-dream-girl goddess. I’m really trying to figure her out… and I’m loving where it’s taking me.

Now to the boys! Quinny you are such a cutie I literally cannot. You’ve barely met Charlie, Simon, and Avery- and a mystery boy who I’m not going to tell much about (Although there’s some very interesting things between him and Belle…) but they’re quite fun to explore.

I love Carter, I love Lysander… I might just have full-blown fallen in love with Phoebe. God. PHOEBE. FIRST YOU CHANGE AN ENTIRE ARC AND THEN YOU MAKE ME FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU FOR IT.

In summary: characters are just really great ok?

posted 1 day ago

Amazon Unveils a [Horrifying] Fanfic Publishing Platform

lingeringlilies:

Today, Amazon announced the imminent launch of its newest endeavor, Kindle Worlds, a publishing platform for fanfiction. When I read the announcement, I was horrified, then angry, then sad. I want to take a moment to explain why this is such a tragedy.

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fishingboatproceeds:

Mind says 14 minutes. Clock says 2 years.


ballerinahomicide:

trapghoul:

the fact that women’s healthcare seems to be a joke among men is sickening. 

lance armstrong loses a testicle and everyone’s like “oh man must have been so hard for him poor guy losing his manhood LIVESTRONG” and angelina jolie gets the jokes after her mother died from cancer and she’s trying to protect herself???? 

most accurate post on tumblr