The Girl With the Neopets Tattoo

this is a former Something Awful admin

If he is convicted, this will be judicial murder on a level not seen in the US since the Haymarket Martyrs or Joe Hill.

DUDE

Elon Musk is telling the media that this job is costing him a lot because of Tesla. But he is doing it to make big tax cuts for himself and to shut down things that oppose him, he has gained so many contracts from the government.

A lot of his money IS only theoretical, though. It is based on the evaluation of his stocks, which he then borrows money against the value of.

He really does suffer when his stocks go down, but he is hoping that the pay-off will be worth it. Here's hoping it isn't.

So fucking wild that

Cartoon villain behavior

Have you ever looked closely at a car windshield?

The edge of the glass is painted where it is glued to the car but it has these small dots between the clear and painted glass.

These are there for a reason. When the sun hits the glass the painted areas and the clear areas will absorb heat at different rates. This causes the glass to expand and contract differently putting stress on the glass.

These dots help the glass to warm up more evenly over a larger area so the glass does not suffer stress that could cause it to spontaneously explode.

Fun fact: the Tesla cybertruck doesn’t have these.

Yes, the glass will spontaneously crack or explode in the sun.

Fucking wild to be teaching about Rosa Parks at the same time as a trans woman in Florida does an act of civil disobedience to use a women's restroom in the state capitol

As far as I know, she is the first woman arrested bc of this law. The law requires that the trans person be warned to leave the bathroom by a state official, and then if they stay they are guilty of trespassing after a warning.

So like, me, my gf, others just piss and nobody asks or tells, but this young woman sent a statement about the law to over 100 FL lawmakers so they would know she was coming, the cops were ready for her, she brought a reporter and went in anyway and spent the night in a men's jail. She is out on bail, and is hoping this will inspire change of the law. But if found guilty, and the law is upheld as constitutional, then she could spend up to 60 days in a mens county jail.

I know whenever people rave about Pokemon's sprite era, it's usually about gens 4 or 5 (for good reason!), but maaaan does gen 2 have such a distinct visual identity that I adore, and I think a large part of that is how creative they get around their limitations

Like! Look at Typhlosion's Crystal sprite! See how many colors it has? There's yellow, there's red, there's black, white... and that's it! Most if not all sprites operate under a four color palette - and since they all have black and white, that means each sprite only really has two unique colors to work with. And man, MAN do they work with them so well. Look at how the reds aren't just part of the fire, they're used to highlight Typhlosion's fur, to give it the illusion of depth. See how the yellows scatter into the flames, how the whites of the legs spread out where the highlights bleed away?

And look at Skarmory! The reds aren't just part of the wings, they're the outline of the eyes that make the sclera look more yellow than white (and I had to color pick to be sure! that's how effective color palettes can be, when it allows your eyes to 'fill in the gaps'). Most of the metallic shine comes just from how the purple and the white are applied- they made this bird METALLIC. on a GAME BOY COLOR. with TWO COLORS

Staryu's shading is complex by design (shining gemstone center, geometric star shape where the light source hits the faces differently), but look how the face-covering-thing around the gem is lighter than the rest of its starfish body. They both use the exact same shade of brown, but one part uses it as shading and the other uses it as its base! And the reds?? Not just how the gem can look so shiny, but it's used so well to complement the outline!

And look at Jumpluff! It's body is mostly a flat blue, but it helps accentuate the detail on its cotton puffs. Look at how scattered the yellows are, how specks of blue will poke out, making each puff look... well, puffy!

I had to size them up for readability in this post, but these sprites are only 56 x 56 pixels. That's so tiny!! And yet they're able to convey such key details for such a tiny game system, all while using such cozy color palettes!

gen 2's era of art design you will always be the moment of all time to me <333

university professors love to create the most fucked up pdf ever known to mankind. it's enrichment for them.

what HAPPENED here

I FUCKING LOVE NYLE xkjsjndkjansd

Nothing prepared me for how insane Quark and Odo are for each other. The entire popularion of the deep space nine refers to them as archenmies but when Odo is the last official person left able to operate the during an epidemic Quark shows up immediately like "you need help?" Odo gets falsely accused of murder and Quark starts investigating immediately. Odo's quaters get trashed by anti-shapeshifter racists and Quark is the first person there to be with him. Meanwhile Odo is complaining about Quark's dubiously legal business practice while also spending his entire free time in his bar. Yes what Garak and Bashir have going on is cute but it's nothing on whatever the hell is happening between these two old men. Forget romance true love is about being ride or die for your nemesis.

just remember, one day you're going to open tumblr and the crabs will be raving like they never have before

you can do it, magikarp!

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when enkidu dies Gilgamesh covers his face, veiling it “like a bride”. Haha (sudden low voice through gritted teeth) the ancient Mesopotamians are running circles around us. I need you to get your ass on the field and give me your best yaoi or we can kiss these quarter finals goodbye

it really is crazy how quickly people were willing to just let chatgpt do everything for them. i have never even tried it. brother i don't even know if it's just a website you go to or what. i do not know where chatgpt actually lives, because i can decide my own grocery list.

Dewey's politely telling you that it's his seat now and you can sit on the floor if you want