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the most heartbreaking part of Caesar's assassination is that he had thought that Brutus was arranging a no loads refused public cumdump event for him

While I'm posting here and no longer under any obligation to rep the company, I might as well share this incredibly funny story from behind the scenes that I don't think ever got out: Due to the constant problems we had around "The Chaser" being also a name of a sex thing online (you would not BELIEVE the kind of confused fan mail I had to sort through), in 2019 we had very seriously planned to rebrand our online channels.

After a laborious process whittling down hundreds of potential names we settled on another alcohol related term, a popular Australian slang term for wine, as we thought that was in the spirit of "The Chaser" but also uniquely Australian.

Literally the only reason we didn't end up rebranding was the whole company fell into an omnishambles in 2020, and we were all too busy both figuratively and literally putting out fires to even think about doing a full company rebrand.

And that, my friends, is how The Chaser through sheer dumb luck, managed to avoid what would have gone down as possibly one of the worst company rebrands in the history of everything, when that same name came to mean something else VERY different a few years later:

For those saying they hope this is real, just dug into my old emails and found this gem of a subject line:

i think a big part of expanding your intellectual curiosity and trying to learn new things about the world is to abandon the shame of not knowing things. don't blame "the US school system" (which US school system????), don't blame your teachers, don't blame society, but embrace the fact that you are going to be learning new things constantly, throughout your life. practice saying "i really need to read about that" or "does anyone know of any good sources to learn about xyz?" or "hold on i gotta go check wikipedia/a world map/the dictionary/the news." every single day, there will be something you don't know already. that something doesn't have to be embarrassing. instead it can be an opportunity to learn something new

shame makes you shut down, and dig in your heels, and refuse to engage. curiosity takes practice, it takes conscious effort, and it takes patience. including patience with yourself

Yeah I'm sure everyone in living the tankie dictatorships were super happy. Not having freedom of speech or the press or uncensored internet is proven to make you happier.

the Chinese constitution guarantees freedom of speech and the press [link] (article 35) and while one can of course dispute whether the PRC lives up to these lofty ideals, the same can be said for the USA and western capitalist nations in general- case in point, the USA and it's allies have been blocking Russian sites out of concern over disinfo and surveillance from a hostile nation [link][link][link], which, you'll note, is the exact same reasoning China uses to justify its own firewall, which the USA condemns as oppressive censorship. so if you want to know what it's like to live in a totalitarian 1984 big brother dystopia where you don't have uncensored internet, simply look around you.

why do westerners think being able to spew bullshit about your own government who does fuck all about your complaints is the epitome of happiness and freedom

u know what makes ppl actually happy? access to food, healthcare, shelter, education, having ur needs met, having ur community improved noticeably year by year. Westerners are so out of touch pigged out on the exploitation of the global south

schera doodles for all 3 of my tumblr oomfs that have played trails in the sky

MA'AM.

Phyllis, we gotta talk.

estelle my bestie-elle. bestelle. i love this herbo representation

Estelle/Violence OTP

been keeping a collection

Friendly reminder that Estelle is the best character in video games

Shoutout to all of us Kiseki/Trails series enjoyers on Tumblr. There's like 10 of us and the brainrot is terminal

based on a true story

Chain Chompette~~, favourite character in the series!

damn i wish i had [opens wikipedia] a musical symbol used to indicate which notes are represented by the lines and spaces on a musical staff

the humble treble clef:

the idea of "lending" an ebook or digital audiobook, let alone of one being stolen, is a truly incredible piece of grotesque nonsense

i love quora being a deep dark hole of misinformation because whenever they talk about the dprk im like “wow we should so do that.” we really should throw missionaries and americans in a hole until they die.