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It was always goofy. Pretty early on my partner got heavy into WoW while I got heavy into EQ2, and the “cartoony” art style and vibe of WoW was part of what made it unique.

I don’t personally think it’s wierd, but my partner told me I sounded like an old for using the word “flummoxed”

Man what a blast from the past. I haven’t seen these in idk how long but my mom had these when I was growing up. I don’t even remember the stories, but those illustrations were awesome and are among some of my earliest memories of being unnerved by an art style (along with the legendary Scary Stories and the Wizard of Oz series from 1900 with the W.W. Denslow illustrations)

Im sure some people are attention seeking to some degree but most people i know who go on neighborhood runs are just out doing their own thing and if anything are overly self conscious about showing off their bodies. I overheat incredibly quickly when I go for runs, and I frequently have to peel off my top layer and I’m still soaked. I can’t imagine I’m the only one. And I absolutely hate having any attention drawn to myself. Judgment from other people when I’m just out trying to get in a nice run outdoors sucks.

https://youtu.be/A-RfHC91Ewc

There’s a few spiders that do this (I know some orb-weavers do) and IIRC scientists don’t know for sure why, though it’s been hypothesized that it could be either to confuse potential predators or to make themselves and their webs obvious to larger animals.

Some orb weavers like Argiopes even make a thick zigzag construction in their web called a stabilimentum that we don’t really understand the function of, but one theory is to make the web more visually obvious so larger animals don’t accidentally barrel into them.

Spiders are neat.

Noticed the Kaua’i 'o’o on the list. This clip has always stuck with me:

https://youtu.be/5THqAY3u5oY?si=7D77CixMArVGIhmE

Thank you ‐ I promise I’ll follow up myself like I should lol. Really hoping more impactful legislstion like this becomes a trend.

I haven’t followed this as closely as I should have, but I remember seeing a Louis Grossman Rossmann* vid (huge right to repair advocate) essentially throwing his hands up at the New York version of this, as it basically took all teeth out of the bill by providing loopholes for companies to bypass the requirements for “safety concerns.” Is it the same situation in the other states?

*I have no excuse I’m just an idiot

I’m just getting caught up, never watched any of their videos before either. Was hoping the drama was just over something inconsequential but juicy & amusing… but no, of course it’s something icky and depressing.

Also this is from Linus Sebastian’s email response to the Verge:

In addition to our existing report systems (both anonymous and otherwise) we’ve proactively reached out internally today to encourage members of our team to report any workplace bullying or harassment…

So they’re proactively reacting to the allegations? Am I just really stoned?