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@rahkshirock

28, any pronouns, nonbinary, ace. if you are uncomfortable with something I post or need it to be tagged just let me know. I post about things I like and not much else. this blog is as nsfw occasionally. you can donate to my Ko-fi if you like what I do: https://ko-fi.com/rocketdog96

valve just utterly torpedoed the csgo skin economy lmao?

valve just quietly added the ability to 'trade up' skins in counter strike global offensive. by sending in 5 covert-grade items ('reds'), you are given a knife or pair of gloves.

'reds' are usually ~$10 skins. knives have, historically, been in the thousands of dollars.

^ in the span of 12 hours btw

if you're wondering why steam is slow or laggy rn it's because of high-value csgo inventory holders rushing to cash out as quickly as possible

This is an INCREDIBLY good thing, by the way. CSGO skins (and other similar digital "economy" items) are one of the primary ways gambling sites draw in kids and give them genuine gambling addictions. Legally, I might add, since these items *technically* don't count as gambling "real" money — the items are only traded for actual cash through unofficial avenues.

CSGO gambling has outright ruined *far more lives* than you would guess, and has been something that Valve has been asked to address for years (and many guessed they weren't, since it made them money too).

This is MASSIVELY good news.

I visited London last month and I was so overwhelmed by all the people absorbed into this building, that I boarded the wrong train. So I got time to draw this.

A big problem with sustainability and ethics when it comes to food is that so few people actually know where their food comes from. Like it's so sad how many people eat Macaronian cheese and can't even point out Macaronia on a map.

this job search war is fucked. i just saw a manager clap his hands together and say "weekends only" or some similar shit, and every one around him got paid minimum wage with only 12 hours. the camera didn't even go to him, that's how common this shit is. my ass is casting associates degree and level 2 eye contact. i think i just heard "power word: 5 years experience" two interviews over. i gotta get the fuck outta here

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what if a pokemon trainer threw a pokeball wrong in a stadium and an audience member caught it and just took it home

If you’re in the middle of a huge ass stadium and you throw a pokeball bad enough that it lands in the audience, then maybe you deserve having your pokémon taken from you

I love that the hands the universe gave me millennia ago to grip branches and stones just so happened to be perfect for giving a completely different animal an ear massage so good that it makes noises like broken AC unit and drools all over my shirt

As more and more people are being forced to switch to Windows 11, Microsoft's most AI-malware-ridden OS yet, I've been putting together articles and links for how to undo the damage and save your battery, your RAM, your disk space, your privacy, and your sanity from this bullshit.

FIRST:

The easiest way to get rid of the majority of the bullshit that Windows is forcing on us, as of October 2025, is this one-stop-one-click debloat solution from a modern day hero:

It's very easy, even if you're not tech savvy or get scared of pop up windows saying "ARE YOU SURE?" Yes, you are sure, I promise. This program takes maybe two minutes and will save you SO MUCH pain, time, and money (and exploitation).

Now that you've done that, here's the cleanup, to catch the little shit that the debloat might have missed (most of this will already be done by debloat, but hey, it's good to double check).

Even just reading about some of these features makes me angry. Fucking Copilot and "Discover" AI scrapers are in Notepad. NOTEPAD. And then there's this uncanny valley garbage:

No uncanny valley video calls for me, thanks! (Also, what else is it doing while it scans your face and listens to your calls? What else, microsoft? Because there was a lot of memory being assigned to this program for a simple "smooths your skin" add on).

The truly insane number of places they have stuck ads on your own home computer is sickening. Become Unmarketable.

Bonus:

How to disable the AI in firefox (still the only browser that lets you do this permanently) (Windows Report, 2025)

one time i walked into God’s room when He wasn’t expecting me and He was kneeling by the foot of His bed praying. tf. who was He praying to ..?

dei cubiculum quondam intravi dum me non exspectaret et ad pedem cubilis orans genuit. qf. cui orabat ..?

this is good because maybe there are medieval priests who wanna read this one

hit gelamp sume dæge þæt ic ga in godes rom þa he ne min wende and he cneowlode æt his beddes fet him gebiddende. þf. to hwam gebæd..?

motherfucker stop translating my post into the common vernacular and distributing it out to the peasantry