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I'm traditionally masculine, but I don't believe any standard should be imposed on others. People should be free to find and live as their true selves. To me, an ideal man stands up for the vulnerable, not fixated on shallow displays that betray a cruel, juvenile grasp on manhood like the manosphere
November 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I'm traditionally masculine, but I don't believe any standard should be imposed on others. People should be free to find and live as their true selves. To me, an ideal man stands up for the vulnerable, not fixated on shallow displays that betray a cruel, juvenile grasp on manhood like the manosphere
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You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️⚧️
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️⚧️
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
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This is up there
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
This is up there
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i just heard an advert for "any sized coffee and two hostess snack cakes, ONLY $5" you cannot tell me the economy is okay
five dollars!! for coffee and twinkies!! FIVE!
five dollars!! for coffee and twinkies!! FIVE!
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
i just heard an advert for "any sized coffee and two hostess snack cakes, ONLY $5" you cannot tell me the economy is okay
five dollars!! for coffee and twinkies!! FIVE!
five dollars!! for coffee and twinkies!! FIVE!
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made a video 2 years ago explaining why AI dialogue generation is a nonstarter mechanic. this isn't what dialogue trees are for, and it's not what players talk to NPCs for. youtu.be/ZfEWOl0WHX8
November 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
made a video 2 years ago explaining why AI dialogue generation is a nonstarter mechanic. this isn't what dialogue trees are for, and it's not what players talk to NPCs for. youtu.be/ZfEWOl0WHX8
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Game company sows misinformation to cover up union busting, fans fall for it, actual employee posts explaining the employees were fired to prevent the studio unionizing
This is *unacceptable*
This is *unacceptable*
This wasn’t about leaking GTA VI.
It was:
Rockstar illegally firing union members to stop the studio from unionizing.
it directly contradicts Rockstar’s PR narrative and confirms almost everything that people suspected was going on.
It was:
Rockstar illegally firing union members to stop the studio from unionizing.
it directly contradicts Rockstar’s PR narrative and confirms almost everything that people suspected was going on.
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Game company sows misinformation to cover up union busting, fans fall for it, actual employee posts explaining the employees were fired to prevent the studio unionizing
This is *unacceptable*
This is *unacceptable*
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you know i didn't think that The Lord of The Rings was a cautionary tale about rings
like, it's about war and shit, i didn't think the moral was 'why to not talk to a ring that alters your thoughts.' but damn with Palantir taken the "inventing the torment nexus" boys need to really stretch LOTR out
like, it's about war and shit, i didn't think the moral was 'why to not talk to a ring that alters your thoughts.' but damn with Palantir taken the "inventing the torment nexus" boys need to really stretch LOTR out
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
you know i didn't think that The Lord of The Rings was a cautionary tale about rings
like, it's about war and shit, i didn't think the moral was 'why to not talk to a ring that alters your thoughts.' but damn with Palantir taken the "inventing the torment nexus" boys need to really stretch LOTR out
like, it's about war and shit, i didn't think the moral was 'why to not talk to a ring that alters your thoughts.' but damn with Palantir taken the "inventing the torment nexus" boys need to really stretch LOTR out
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oh my god they actually did it lmao
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
oh my god they actually did it lmao
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to this day I really don't know if Oda planned all this but I can definitely say these panels have aged horrifyingly well 😭
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 AM
to this day I really don't know if Oda planned all this but I can definitely say these panels have aged horrifyingly well 😭
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if any of my work is useful to you, i'd appreciate a bit of help with rent coming up ko-fi.com/connorshawva
October 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
if any of my work is useful to you, i'd appreciate a bit of help with rent coming up ko-fi.com/connorshawva
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i hate "knew this guy was shit" posts as much as the next them but ever since this guy cropped my artist friend's watermark out of his youtube banner saying arguing it "didn't look right" i'd been side eyeing the fuck outta him lol
He deleted it but hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooly shit
October 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
i hate "knew this guy was shit" posts as much as the next them but ever since this guy cropped my artist friend's watermark out of his youtube banner saying arguing it "didn't look right" i'd been side eyeing the fuck outta him lol
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i think the paint isn't the problem but speaks to a wider issue of fidelity taking priority over true clarity in games youtu.be/Biay2i3hx_s
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 AM
i think the paint isn't the problem but speaks to a wider issue of fidelity taking priority over true clarity in games youtu.be/Biay2i3hx_s
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streaming a NEW CASE in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies. apollo is allowed into the plot again www.twitch.tv/connorshawva
ConnorShawVA - Twitch
they/them 🌷 socialist writer and video producer who psychoanalyzes development of both games & tech
www.twitch.tv
October 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
streaming a NEW CASE in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies. apollo is allowed into the plot again www.twitch.tv/connorshawva
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Dipshits complain about this stuff because it's "woke" but they real reason anyone should complain about it is that D&D The Game fundamentally does nothing to support cozy bucolic fantasy romance, it's a game that is 90% systemized around dungeon fights
What does any of this shit have to do with D&D, which is a game about going somewhere dangerous (eg dungeons) to fight scary monsters (eg dragons)?
What relevance does all the twee art like this Hasbro keeps churning out have for a game that is fundamentally about peril, violence and adventure?
What relevance does all the twee art like this Hasbro keeps churning out have for a game that is fundamentally about peril, violence and adventure?
October 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Dipshits complain about this stuff because it's "woke" but they real reason anyone should complain about it is that D&D The Game fundamentally does nothing to support cozy bucolic fantasy romance, it's a game that is 90% systemized around dungeon fights
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i wrote last year about why companies investing in AI don't care that they're in a bubble and are just trying to make profit off it before it pops, which is why it's in a forever state of forceful integration yet complete uselessness: they understand that it's temporary sherishaw.net/blog/ever-af...
Ever After Reality: AI is a Plot Device in the Story Businesses Sell to Investors — Connor Sheri Shaw
Mass layoffs are a sign of future-proofing, in the narrative bubble that is investment in AI.
sherishaw.net
October 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
i wrote last year about why companies investing in AI don't care that they're in a bubble and are just trying to make profit off it before it pops, which is why it's in a forever state of forceful integration yet complete uselessness: they understand that it's temporary sherishaw.net/blog/ever-af...
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People will constantly say fiction has no impact on the world or politics whatsoever when Luffy out of any character resonates with everyone when the powerful need to be brought down a peg
Gen Z protesters from Indonesia and Nepal to Madagascar and Morocco, are rallying behind an unexpected banner: a grinning skull in a straw hat.
Why Gen Z protesters worldwide are flying an anime pirate flag
Gen Z protesters from Indonesia and Nepal to Madagascar and Morocco, are rallying behind an unexpected banner: a grinning skull in a straw hat.
n.pr
October 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
People will constantly say fiction has no impact on the world or politics whatsoever when Luffy out of any character resonates with everyone when the powerful need to be brought down a peg
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October 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM