On Cruelty

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 15, 2023



So for us Orthodox Christians it's Good Friday today and it'll be Resurrection Day (Good Saturday) by the time you're reading this. In the neighborhood where I live, a new (boisterous and with many members) family has moved in, who brought a live rooster a few days ...

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Fake Media - Not the Kind You're Thinking

Banes at 12:00AM, April 13, 2023


my webcomic, Typical Strange, uses many fake films in its video store setting

A few years ago I spotted a book in the second hand store - one I'd read as a kid. I bought it and reread it. It was definitely more suited to the younger me - it was ...


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A Sense of Entitlement

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 8, 2023



Entitlement. Privilege. Obnoxiousness.

We all deal with these things every day, whether we want to or not. It comes in all shapes and sizes. From the kid that throws a tantrum if they can't take some other random kid's toy to the adult that is pissed they stole ...



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Being Inclusive vs. Being Authentic

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 18, 2023




So for some reason my youtube is being besieged by rant videos over The Little Mermaid live action movie by Disney… AGAIN. You'd think the algorithm would know by now that I only watch ER skits and debunking videos, but here we are.

The controversy (again) is over the ...




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You Kids Are Testing My Limits

Banes at 12:00AM, March 2, 2023



I was reading a critique of a series, a successful series, of novels. I think it's an urban fantasy/horror thing where the main character has a specific paranormal ability, limited, but useful in her detective work. She had a love interest, who was maybe on and off, but ...

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Toxic Positivity, Toxic Acceptance (Part 2)

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 11, 2023




So last time, in Part 1 of this discussion of …sunnier villains or antagonists, we had left off talking about how toxic positivity is all about the toxic person's comfort. And that this need to impose a certain behavior, dogma, and/or approach to reality in their environment leads ...


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FEATURED COMIC --> The Return of the Old Gods

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 8, 2023



There is a plane on a runway ready to take off at fifteen hundred hours. Emily Stedman, a university student identified as a genius protege by her professor, is introduced to Major Blue, an Air Force liaison, interested in her cognitive abilities. A bit clumsy at times, Stedman is able ...

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Altarland, or how I learned to stop tinkering and love the AU

Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Jan. 29, 2023



So it is Sunday again and the first month of the new year is nearing its close. I still haven’t finished my work on the short story I’m making for the new DD Anthology, but I am coming back from my updating hiatus next week anyway. During my ...

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Quackcast 619 - Artificial culture

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 24, 2023

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Talking about AI again but this time our subject is different: Does it have a negative influence on culture?
AI creative tools in the hands of an ...




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Panel By Panel:’Fluffy 500’ and Unusual Angles

hpkomic at 2:06PM, Dec. 2, 2022



Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. I am working on another comic submission from a couple of posts ago. This week our volunteer is the creator of Fluffy 500, IronHorseComics, who shared some pages. Today I want to look ...

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