"Absolutely No One Comes To Save Us But Us."

(1) the ruling class benefits from illiteracy.

(2) short-form video entertains more than it sticks.

(3) reading is a discipline distinct from listening, watching, or other forms of literacy. It’s a skill that needs to be honed separately.

(4) Absolutely no one comes to save us but us.

"Absolutely no one comes to save us but us."

Ismatu Gwendolyn, "you've been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress)", from Threadings, on Substack [ID'd]

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Do you like not spending huge amounts of money on them?

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They got pretty much everything!! Vintage maps, mushrooms, flowers, trees, bugs, birds, corals, fish, palm trees, feathers, tropical fruits, you name it!!

They even got some works of my dude Ernst Haeckel on there!!!!

I could go on and on but I suggest you check it out yourself. Personally, I will be covering my entire apartment with these once copyshops are open again. But even if you don’t want to do that, just browsing all these beautiful illustrations is a great way to spend your time.

Have fun and stay save!

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saved yayay

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freakinreal

4 months ago

random again.

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tf2 tf2 scout tf2 medic tf2 engineer tf2 demoman tf2 soldier tf2 scout’s mom scout putting on spy's mask.. do yuo hate me......: side not demoman IAHAGHEHEHHHYUGHHRHHRHEGGHH :3cc side side note scout's mom UAUUHHRHRHBEHJEJEJJDJDJJ :3cccccc

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freakinreal

9 months ago

the title of a post in the disco elysium subreddit, reading: "I just laughed at a gay man in public"

a negative steam review, reading: "Not sure how people enjoy this. I've never felt so pathetic and uncomfortable playing any character in a game before."

a gif of harry du bois (tall guy, green jacket and yellow pants, shoulder length brown hair) from disco elysium. he waves his gun in the air before pointing it into his own mouth, while crouching into some sort of defensive stance

a tweet by user @frienem, captioned "Burger time for baby". below are attached three images of a Harry Du Bois cosplay, featuring a white guy wearing glued-on mutton chops, a white collared shirt, a green jacket and a colorful necktie. he is eating a burger while looking absolutely dejected/devastated.

a simple 4 pannel cartoon comic. in the first panel, a figure tells another figure "Hey friend, check out this cool game". in the second and third, the first figure hands over a copy of disco elysium, to which the second figure responds "This is a book". shown is also a screenshot stating: "There are more than 1 million words, according to ZA/UM, which is more than all of J.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings". the comic ends with the first figure giving a thumbs up

text from a steam review reading: "This really is rooted in despair. I have tried multiple times to be a detective but it is rooted in negativity. I keep trying from a new game with different player modes but it's all still psychotic."

a tweet by Mia Mulder, username @Potatopolitics. the original tweet reads: "Harry, of course it's normal to get softer skin and breast tissue growth as a 46 year old man. I wouldn't have Titus inject you with subdermal estrogen and t-blockers, what could I possibly have to gain from force feminizing a respected officer of the RCM? I'm a busy man Harry!" below is attached an image of Evrart Claire, since the tweet is meant to be an impression of him. it's a slightly caricaturish drawing of a pale fat guy with foggy-looking glasses, a veering eye and a big grin. Mia has retweeted this, saying: "I'm going back to my job as a local left party politician tomorrow and I'm realizing I'm just this guy."

a skill check from disco elysium for "composure", with a chance of 42%. below are written the modifiers:
-1 Took the novelty cheque.
+1 Didn't say thanks for it.
-2 The chair is killing you.
+1 But your ass is iron.

text reading: "Can you actually get sweet baby pissfaggot to wear his jacket? I was ... Kim"

a page from the disco elysium wiki, for the achievement "Cause a Shitstorm."
overview:
Description: You brought this onto yourself
Unlocked by: Throwing dirt at seagulls on the west shore.
how to obtain:
1. On Day 3+, leave Kim behind you (you must be alone), then go to the tip of the west shore. Approach the lone tree and interact with the yellow thought orb (requires 9+ Hand/Eye Coordination.)
2. Throw dirt at the seagulls three times. This will trigger a special cutscene, where the birds take their revenge on Harry, shit on him, and the achievement pops.

text from a steam review reading: "I insulted myself in the middle of a dialogue tree and I ended up living under a bridge throwing poo at people. This is a great game for people who defy nonsense ideas of "gameplay" and "fun" and are much more content with reading approximately six full length novels."

the cover of disco elysium featuring kim kitsuragi (middle-aged dark haired asian guy with round glasses and a cool orange jacket) and harry du bois (middle-aged brown haired white guy with weird facial hair and a green jacket), with text overlayed reading "Detectives be like "He's my partner" (eyebrow raised emoji) ooookay (three rainbow flag emojis)

kim kitsuragi (a middle aged asian man with black hair and a pencil moustache, wearing round glasses and an orange jacket) renditioned as a mii character, with text above reading "SOME OF Y'ALL BE LIKE HE'S MY WORLD AND THIS IS HIM"

text from disco elysium, reading: YOU - "Dios mío! (Draw a cross.) A LIBERAL!"

a reddit comment reading "Disco elysium killed my libido after the first walkthrough so please be careful"

abusing tumblr image limits to put together my emergency disco propaganda kit. for future reference or something

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im losing my shit this is so fucking funny HE IS MY WORLD so real tho i felt pathetic playing de (probably bc i was doing sorry cop by accident) Dios mío! A LIBERAL!

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freakinreal

10 months ago

There were some sniperscout requests in askbox soooo here we go

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sniperscout speeding bullet tf2 scout tf2 sniper ougghh my heart... i hate these fucking freakss!!!!!! OSOIGHHHHSJRGGGGG!!!!!!!!!<33<3 god they both ...... they make me SICK i fucking love the the expression on them and the movmementssss agiughhhdrghg WAIT UR THE PERSON WHO MADE THE WONDERLAND TF2 ART AAHUAJHHGBFBBRJENFGGFF (positive) reblogfing this so i can look at it again and again and again and aga im sick in the headdd BRAINWORRRMMMMMMMM (positibe (again) i jist love this so much aushhshgh)

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freakinreal

7 months ago

heheheee i saw ur process on instaaaa.... AHH!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THEM:3

EYEBALLSSLS

Aka My roblox character drawn: Tadaaaa

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artists on tumblr oc art artwork weirdcore

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freakinreal

6 months ago

i'm beginning to think the Swansea is devs' favorite character and i love it so much. they made him an official dance playlist on Spotify, there's an achievement for letting yourself be axe murdered 10 times in a row called "The Good Ending", his keys in your inventory could've totally been just a normal picture of some keys but they put in the extra effort to give him a silly swan charm, he gets multiple epic speeches, there's an entire character dedicated to hyping him up, they posted a video of him twerking Jimmy to death. mark my words they're going to turn him into a marketable plushie any day now

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mouthwashing deserved swansea you are AWESOME i love you swansea:3 kill that jimmy pls and ty

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freakinreal

3 months ago

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freakinreal

5 months ago

READ TF2 7TH COMIC HERE

something something scout pool

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tf2 scout tf2 spoiler goes feral I require him AUUUGHHSHFJHJRJEJEJEJEKEJ auhfhhfjgggggggggghg dilf scout is real. this is the right timeline after all all of ur art makes me go feral frothing at the moutth byw

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freakinreal

3 months ago

hey folks if you have an android phone: google shadow installed a "security app".