HEY DISCORD USERS!!

HEY DISCORD USERS!!

unfortunately, discord continues to be the Worst Messaging Company Of All Time with its updates, and this time, its one that is not only a privacy violation, not only enabled by default, but ROLLED OUT SILENTLY, MEANING YOU MUST KNOW IT EXISTS TO TURN IT OFF.

i am talking about "clips", an exciting new feature /s that allows people to record you in voice chat without your knowledge or consent! Wow!

fortunately, you can turn this off, but its kinda shitty how they didnt tell you this existed at all, yeah?

settings > clips> the button should be clicked to turn it off

(note that it should be ON by default, you will have to click the button to turn it off)

thanks, discord, for Telling Us This Violating Setting Exists In An Update And Making Sure It Is Off By Default. /s.

reblogs are appreciated to spread the word.

Whoever needs to hear this. Please know.

"Closed at 6pm" does not mean "The entry door locks up at 6, but if you're already inside you can keep on shopping."

It means, "you should be finished and out of the store at 6pm."

This is not up for debate

This is just how things work

I have an actual dilemma this time.

My uncle hates cops because they detained him for breaking a No Contact Order with his son (long story). My grandmother (sweetest woman I know) has also declared her hate of cops for enforcing said No Contact Order, inadvertently keeping her from seeing her great-grandchildren.

My personal view on cops is less than it was when I was a kid because of everything that's happened since 2016, and it has only lowered in recent years. I know not all cops (and other law enforcers) are bad, but I can't find it in myself to hold a high opinion when all we see is the bad side of things. (My dad's brother, my favorite uncle, used to be a Sheriff, so that's where all my positive viewpoints come from on this matter)

I have been offered an opportunity to work at my county's Sheriff's Office.

I was at work (Event Staff, which is basically security but we aren't armed and have a few less responsibilities) and talking to the Deputy while waiting for the cast and crew to leave the Theatre. I told him I was thinking about getting a Security License (40 hours of schooling and 30 hours of armed training, I believe) when he told me to apply to the Sheriff's Office as a Deputy (4 months of schooling).

It's a tempting offer, and I kinda wanna take it, but there's a few things that are preventing me from doing so. My family's (not all of them, but I see them often enough) opinion is one thing. Public opinion is another (I may not take to heart what people say/think about me anymore, but the insecurities are still there). The last is my plans to leave the state (I love the mountains and snow, but I can't deal with the pressure of being LGBTQIA+ and not religious while surrounded by conservatives, my family being included) within the next few years.

What the hell should I do?

fanfic writers, here’s a friendly reminder that you are not less of a writer if you haven’t posted anything in years, you are not less of a writer if your works aren’t as popular as other writers’, you are not less of a writer if some trolls left you rude comments (they either just want your attention or are simply intimidated/threatened by your talent), you are not less of a writer if you write short one-shots instead of a 100k novel-length fanfic, you are not less of a writer if you’re not satisfied with your writing (I promise you it’s so much better than you think, you should be proud of yourself), you are not less of a writer if you’re not comfortable posting any of your works at all.

you are always as valid as any other fellow writers out there.

another reminder: fanfic writing is not a competition, and it’s not a job. don’t put so much pressure on yourself. always remember, the point of writing fanfictions is that we get to have fun, escape reality into the world we create in which we can write anything we want.

it stops being a getaway and a safe place the second we treat writing fanfic as a job or a competition. no, you’re not writing for anybody. you’re writing for you. this world you create is just you and your blorbos. have fun. it’s your getaway.

Now I'm sad......I have to clock in 1 minute

I know, you were just trying to bring me back home again, Al

quick, shitty drawing of one of the saddest scenes

haha don’t touch me