Not everything they sell is total junk, like this cozy pizza blanket although I think the picture they have here is an ACTUAL pizza.
The Shining inspired statue also looks quite good!
I found some underwear that "protects your children" but I don't know if having a plastic dome covering your nuts is very practical at all!
Lastly, a very friendly Harambe shirt.
Artist that owes me a $400 commission for a year and a half now
There's a certain artist that still owes me a big commission after a year and half. I'm at the point where I feel my art is decent enough that I don't even need his commission anymore either. I don't even want to use it because he has been such a headache to deal with. Do I even want to promote a person like this?
Guy keeps fucking off for months/weeks without working on it. Keeps popping back up when I confront him about it and says that he got depressed again and can't work on anything. Don't know how this guy even lives or hopes to make a living off art if he can't get anything done. He can't even work on the shit he keeps piling on from other clients. I feel at this point, he's better off filing disability from his depression if his country even offers it. He seems to be well enough to keep playing Overwatch and Minecraft though instead of working, since I have him added on Discord.
This is extremely frustrating and he's actually so close to getting it done. But he shades like 1 pixel and then shows me the "progress". Since he barely shades anything, of course it's taking so long. If he just shades the damn thing and adds the background I requested, then he would be done. He definitely doesn't want to work on it anymore but he keeps insisting he wants to finish it to "add to his portfolio". I think he has his work ethic to worry about more than his portfolio at this point.
Some of these guys have no issue taking money and spending it then never finishing the work they owe. This isn't the first artist that does this to me either but certainly the worst one so far. With the others, at least I have been able to get my money back or they finish just right before the buyer protection runs out. Of course I don't commission them ever again after.
This is actually one of the reasons I started to do my own art now. I'm tired of dealing with people like this. I already had the foundation to get started because I've been drawing most of my life. I just need to refine my skills at lot.
If you're wondering why I have even let it get to this point and you're thinking I'm retarded, then you are correct! I absolutely can't justify not putting my foot down on this. I won't let something like this occur again for sure. I'm too forgiving sometimes and it bites me in the ass.
Hell, I struggle with completing art too but the difference is I'm not getting paid for it and it's not my full time job either. This is why I won't ever do commissions and my inability to work on it is due to physical health issues, too. I know depression is also crippling but then I feel the guy shouldn't be handling money at this point.
I feel my patience is at its limit but I'm in a shitty situation where the commission is SO CLOSE to done and asking for a refund feels pointless after this much work is done. It's a very lovely commission of my OCs! I'd rather just have it, honestly.
@veru if you rewatch shrek you should watch shrek retold. it's an acid trip of a movie but it's fun. the little bits that are changed catch you completely off guard.
Almost bought the shirt but I really have too many shirts already!
The eye medicine came from another day but I love the savagery.
So a couple of days ago, the site recommended a random Shrek tapestry and once I clicked on it, my entire feed got completely derailed with weird tapestries and other bizarre shit I'll put in the next post. Now I really want to rewatch Shrek.
Apparently Reddit has now banned a subreddit dedicated to the Fediverse Reddit-alternative Kbin:
https://sakurajima.moe/@chikorita157/110517156242412322
If you're on a centralised platform like Reddit, this is what they can do. Centralised platforms have all-powerful leaders who can do whatever they want, and you have no alternatives if you disagree.
The point of the Fediverse being on lots of servers is that each server's power is limited. If you disagree with one server's actions, you can move.
More weird shit in an unfortunate literal sense.
AliExpress also has a colorful assortment of uncanny Nicholas Cage products that are somewhat comforting to me because they remind me of the good ol' internet.
Rant about Pride shit
More context regarding that first screenshot. This is in response to what Nickmercs said here.
People need to stop with the whole "just let people love". It's a disingenuous and ignorant point. We are all WAY past that point and you have to be willfully retarded or a grifter to keep brushing it off. I fully support the anti-LGBT protestors here. Would join them if I could! Keep the gay shit out of schools!
Rant about Pride shit
"We're not doing anything..."
He's right but not in the way he expects. "We" are definitely not doing enough to denounce this grooming shit and I'm sick of it. I wanted to rail on this guy so bad but my Twitter has been politics free for some months and I want to keep it that way so I don't spam my Japanese follower with Western problems bullshit on their feeds.
I'm tired of this passiveness from other gays about the fact that nefarious individuals have completely taken over in a parasitic way and are making an entire group of people look bad and be treated as an actual threat. Apparently it isn't common sense to not be tolerant towards criminals and disgusting sex offenders.
People need to get it through their heads that the Pride shit is no longer in good will, just like many things from the old days that have been butchered to push identity politics and keep the population in a constant state of unrest and divided. But was Pride ever in good will? To me, it's just narcissism. If you want to be treated as an equal, you don't celebrate it in such an obnoxious way. I'm just a human, so I don't find anything "proud" about my sexual preference.
I don't need "approval" from anyone either. Certainly not from conservatives and it's not the reason I'm against everything the gay community has become. I'm not "one of the good ones". There's no such thing because being against grooming, pedophiles, drag queens being around children, men in women's sports, fetishes in public, and mutilation of children IS JUST COMMON SENSE! 100% I am against everything Pride stands for now and no, you really can't separate all the bad shit from just "celebrating". If you think like this, you're just on copium, blind, and retarded.
I hate all the ugly flags too! Such a fucking eyesore. How can people unironically use this shit? I really like rainbows because they're pretty and I hate that it's been coerce into some hideous flag now. Regardless, I will continue to like rainbows by themselves because I've always stood as an individual and I'm not going to let other obnoxious people ruin it for me.
More people need to denounce this bullshit and it has to come from within, not just from the outside. What is happening is abhorrent and people's past struggles are once again being used against them just for profit and exploitation. Pride month is an incredibly disingenuous charade made up by corporations that just treat us as "numbers".
This is the reason I'm always shitting on the current state of things regarding homosexuality. It can come across as "homophobic" until you realize I'm one myself and I'm entirely against this madness. I know it can be a bit tiring to keep seeing stuff about it, so I will try to focus on more funny universal memes going forward and actually posting original content.
This current political climate does affect me the most in this situation, although I don't think we are going to see gays being thrown off buildings like in other countries once people have had enough of this shit. Well, we also don't want it to get close to that point and the parasites do need to be weeded out by starving them of profits. A lot of the agitators are grifters themselves that profit from pushing this asinine and they value their pockets more than painting an entire group of humans in bad light or even the wellbeing of children.
I haven't downloaded Blue Protocol yet and I'm definitely not feeling too in the mood to play another MMO currently but I'll try to stream it when it goes live in JP next Wednesday. I'm just busy with my doll stuff currently and trying to improve my art. Was hoping for a July release tbh.
Saw some info about the Battle Pass through here: https://blue-protocol-db.com/news/blue-protocol-communication-deep-dive-8/
It seems to be around 4,500 yen for the highest tier and lasts 60 days. This is around $30. I wonder what the West pricing will look like. My concern is how a F2P would go about getting this and what's actually in it. There is also a free version of the Battle Pass too.
I can pay for it but thinking about my poorfag frens ofc.
There are also time trial rankings. If they keep the P2W down and allow no lifers to at least achieve the same gear as wallet warriors, then I look forward to it. Whale slaying is my specialty. Until the P2W becomes unreasonable ofc.
New class was announced: A lancer. Between the Heavy Smasher and now this one, it's what I'm looking to play unless my group of frens lacks a range. I really don't like the two range classes in this game but may ultimately be forced to play one. They really gotta give a 3rd range option, preferably a dark caster of sorts like a warlock or wizard. Generic mage and archer ain't doing it for me!
Another weird gem. Swole Sanrio characters keychains and My Melody is doing a JoJo pose because of reasons, I guess. There is also an option of getting a fat fuck one. Hello Kitty's head is attached to Hulk's body...
Who is this for?! Clearly, it is for me because I bought the JoJo Melody one. They're literally like $1.
frenly warlock 🧙🏾
I'm posting more on my Misskey server nowadays. If my instance blows up, you will find me here.