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retail therapy is feeling better by going shopping
wholesale therapy is feeling better by eating a costco hot dog

Hey so as a general PSA for speedrunners: if you transitioned or had a similar renaming et al and you have vids/runs somewhere I mod that deadname you, hit me up. I'll fix it however you want. Even if it means removing the vid (as is within my power anyway).

My queer speedfriends have this problem a lot and I don't wanna contribute to it. Far as I'm concerned you have a right to have that data removed if you want.

“You have a right to your story.” That includes the difficult feelings your story conjures within you, and the ability to change your story based on new experiences and understanding.

Youtube, Google, widespread account terminations 

Markiplier put on a Youtube livestream to promote the new (really awesome) choose-your-own-adventure YT series thing he put out. In the stream he played through the game and asked chat to use specific emotes to vote which way to go.

Google’s automated systems detected this as malicious spam and completely terminated the entire Google account of hundreds of viewers.

Mark is so pure though, he’s personally championed calling out Google to fix it, probably to his own massive detriment. Last I heard he got through to someone I guess, so it’s being fixed now. Only because a major producer called them out.

However it highlights something important: Google can yeet you for any reason and if they do, you lose access to all your services. Automated anti-harassment/anti-spam catches you in a false positive on Youtube? You lose your gmail, docs, android account, everything.

Every single person who appealed for reinstatement got denied by another automated system, and then were told “there is nothing more you can do, this is the end of the workflow”.

YT also just updated their TOS to express they can and will terminate accounts that are “commercially nonviable”, meaning they’ve put on the table that they can terminate you if your footprint-to-profit ratio is low.

Do not rely on Google. If you have YT vids, back them up. If you rely on gmail, consider an alternative; especially for emailed 2FA logins.

Just… christ z_z;

Batman hot take 

Batman is melee DPS
Robin is an evasion tank.

4. NES roms.
if you want hyper sentient dog scientists in the year 40,000 to be able to run your software, write it as an NES rom. trust me on this.

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Mysterious disappearance from Wikipedia? 

In 1985, Nintendo put demonstration kiosks called the "M82" (who knows why?) in stores looking to sell the system and its games. Similar in concept to a Play-Choice 10, it had twelve slots one could elect from and a knob in back to change the maximum play duration. Working units are rare and sell for thousands of dollars.

Search for the thing on English Wikipedia? Get nothing, zilch.

On French Wikipedia? fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo

On Finnish Wikipedia? fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo

In places that have obviously taken text, links, and all from English Wikipedia? enacademic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/ (and others).

But currently, English Wikipedia knows absolutely nothing of it, and that's throwing me for a loop. How does that even happen?

Don't dance like there's nobody watching.

Dance like there are three benevolent alien deities watching, and they are very proud of you.

Dance like that.

“Pagliacci, even your antics couldn’t cheer me up, I’m still sad”

“Well, I hear the renowned psychiatrist Dr Medico is in town, you should look them up!”

“But Pagliacci...

Shout-out to all the trans girls who are too depressed to shave, brush their hair, or do makeup every day, even if they'd like to.
You're all beautiful and perfect and I love you.

The making of a synthesizer voiced by a wall of 48 classic Game Boy systems. 

If you haven't already heard of Look Mum No Computer, this video of his is like watching the world's coolest mad scientist musician document the assembly of a music-powered death ray that shoots pure enthusiastic awesomeness.

He's fun!

youtube.com/watch?v=c6h5a8Lqgo

[1.Ch.] Contractors, Home Ownership 

Our home has a discontinuity in its main outgoing sewer pipe.

We hired a trenchless repair company to fix the pipe.

The contractors got halfway into the job and said they couldn't finish it because the sewer pipe had a discontinuity in it.

...?

re: Castlevania III no Densetsu or whatever. 

It's the best of Castlevania III's soundtrack on the NES and the best of Akumajō Dracula on the Famicom, carefully mixed together to bring out the best in both. Open your schedule and give it a good listen.

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