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Lizposting

@thegreatgrumbolia

I'm just a shit in your ass. Possible creator of Live Slug React, Herman Melville imperssinator and professional E-clown. (he/her)

the Book o’Ringo

An easy way to access the released parts of my Book o’ Ringo, a story about a Stoner navigating his way through a post apocalyptic Nevada. Lemme know if y’all want me to post more (I have more).

Edit I should clarify these are very early drafts, so if you see a typo: don't worry about it.

the Tumblr Chapters:

Update: Tumblr turned out to be a pain for publishing this, so I’ve moved that burden over to DeviantArt, links for chapters can still be found on this fine post.

““Let us free Ireland,” says the patriot who won’t touch Socialism. Let us all join together and crush the brutal Saxon. Let us all join together, says he, all classes and creeds. And, says the town worker, after we have crushed the Saxon and freed Ireland, what will we do? Oh, then you can go back to your slums, same as before. Whoop it up for liberty! And, says the agricultural workers, after we have freed Ireland, what then? Oh, then you can go scraping around for the landlord’s rent or the money-lenders’ interest same as before. Whoop it up for liberty! After Ireland is free, says the patriot who won’t touch socialism, we will protect all classes, and if you won’t pay your rent you will be evicted same as now. But the evicting party, under command of the sheriff, will wear green uniforms and the Harp without the Crown, and the warrant turning you out on the roadside will be stamped with the arms of the Irish Republic. Now, isn’t that worth fighting for? And when you cannot find employment, and, giving up the struggle of life in despair, enter the poorhouse, the band of the nearest regiment of the Irish army will escort you to the poorhouse door to the tune of St. Patrick’s Day. Oh! It will be nice to live in those days! “With the Green Flag floating o’er us” and an ever-increasing army of unemployed workers walking about under the Green Flag, wishing they had something to eat. Same as now! Whoop it up for liberty!”

— James Connolly, Let Us Free Ireland! (1899)

this is absolutely fucking pathetic now every single fucking streaming service is gonna start doing this shit. all y'all had to do was not watch Netflix and let it flop for a few months and they would have given up

Y'all still actually watch netflix?

i know it's easier to see a headline and get angry about it online than it is to look into the source, but if we all did a little digging, it's evident that this is misinformation. the source is a blog post from a tech startup that is advertising their data analysis services to other streaming companies. the spike in subscribers (which lasted for two days) occurred over a four day period, of which, only the 26th and 27th of may had above average signups, the previous two days were under 50k signups per day.

what their data (purposely) fails to show is the sharp decline in signups between the 27th of may and the first of june, the day that these features rolled out, because their chart cuts off before the password sharing crackdown even went into effect. their data also does not count the number of cancelled subscriptions, and does not distinguish between free trial sign ups and paid subscription sign ups.

they are trying to make netflix look good to advertise their services. this is marketing, not actual data analysis.

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I can't deny. Things have somewhat improved since he touched the Crystal of Despair. I mean, we can't smoke on weekends like we used to anymore cuz it hurts his giant bird lungs, and he's clearly got some new shit to deal with, but we still all find the time to hang out. He sings us the most beautiful songs in return for fish and fresh apples, and after a crazy run at the bar we can simply whistle a tune into the night sky and he'll arrive minutes later, ready to fly us home.