man it's absolutely astounding how capitalism has made the means of subsistence so advanced that so few people actually need to be involved in the basic work of meeting human needs like producing food, compared to even just a hundred years ago.
and then we take all of the labor power freed from that and instead of like, reducing the workweek, or investing it in education or science or art, we invented bullshit industries like advertising to keep everyone working but make sure society doesn't get better
"Five stories from my life, and the socialist policies that could have changed them" -- let's talk about stuff.
stardew valley
Ok, I'm out of the time loop, I finally finished the day by not going to the mines. I think I've learned something here.
Next day, fortune: "The spirits are in good humor today. I think you'll have a little extra luck"
stardew valley, Stuck in a time loop
"The spirits are somewhat mildly perturbed today. Luck will not be on your side." 🧙♀️🦇
gamer hypnokink
it was barely even a hack, really. she was just passing through and dropped in to say hi. she regretted that she couldn't stay longer.
you work out later that she must have noticed your gaming PC was unlocked while you were in the bathroom, dropped a DLL into the game's folder in %AppData% that redirected a slowly increasing percentage of texture loads.
you're headset on and half an hour in when you first wonder what she's up to. usually this game's a good way to clear your head: a mild workout, a repetitive core loop. you're distracted enough by what she might be doing in her little apartment right now, a city away, what expression is on her face, whether she's thinking of you, that your concentration slips and you take a hit. damn. you had a good combo going.
between levels, in the hub, you see her face on a poster. well, someone that looks like her. probably stock art. you should take a screenshot. you flick a joystick and teleport over and it's gone, replaced by a higher level of detail. just seeing what you hoped to see, perhaps.
you're halfway through a difficult section, waiting for a cooldown, when you see her. absolutely for sure. she's slightly sideways and stretched as an impact decal across a wall, but that's her. you know those square frames, those glittering eyes, that smug smile. did she work on this game? she never said. this time, you take a screenshot.
and then a storm of particle-effect-heavy enemy weapons fire detonates over your head. their shrapnel is hundreds of replicas of her face, billboarded, facing you, still facing as you move again, and then they fade. you bring up a weapon to respond, on reflex, and its ammo counter is an orange version of her; you fire, and she's gone again.
you keep playing. you don't usually get this far. you might break a personal record before you text her to say, haha, good one, you got me. you dodge, you weave, you counterattack, as more and more surfaces are replaced with her. she's everywhere. on your blade. in the clouds. warped across the surface of enemy mechs.
you can't handle it any more. every texture is her, walls and floor and units and explosions all blurring together, inferable only by where there are seams between her, ripples across the face of her regard. you're suddenly, briefly, short of breath.
you kneel, dropping to a real floor jarringly just short of the virtual floor. you let the controllers slip from your grasp and jam your hands down your pants. the headset still shows you the game world, a churning kaleidoscope of her, everywhere.
you finish hard, panting, alone in your living room, underwear slick with fluids, headset still tying you to your gaming rig, a tether to her will. your body shakes.
an unclear moment later, you shrug the headset off. you're sweaty, your eyes are a little twitchy, you must look a mess, but the only thing you want to do now is grab your phone. you open the chat client, thumbs tapping out what you feel is an eloquent complaint, or a greeting, or a declaration of surrender:
HEY <
> so you found it? :3
… yes. <
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my other tattoos!! (nsfw, ec, cbd)
also my posts of my other tats were on my old main so here are some of the other tattoos i have...
my new tattoo(s)!!! 🖤🙈🖤
i love love love them!!! not quite done, as we’ll eventually be filling the frame in black, but i already am in love with the design!! 🖤
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I’m so glad people like this exist! I love these kind of cis people! https://redd.it/e7hbmo
stardew valley, rage quit
I think I've played the same day in Stardew Valley at least 5 times now. Every time I do some stuff and towards the end of the day I think: Oh, I should go to the mines!
Aaaaaand... Then I die, rage quit, don't play the game again for a month and the cycle continues.
It's like Groundhog Day or something... It's first after I fail that I remember that I done this many times before... Maybe there there is some lesson I need to learn here... 🤔
Trans woman, bisexual, someone's fiancée, forever a programmer, poly, and former total mess