Rin (they/them)
@rinwrites.bsky.social
Millennial (sorry) with AuDHD (not sorry). A volleyball anime saved my life and made me unashamedly cringe. Red panda on the other place. Probably your only Melanau friend. https://ko-fi.com/rincredible
created July 3, 2023
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💀 Adinda Gasolina ❤️🔥 (@thevenusdarling.bsky.social) reposted
Made a fried egg sandwich with homemade sourdough bread and homemade sauerkraut, topped with kewpie mayo and (don't judge me) sliced cheese because somehow cheddar has disappeared from stores. Paired with homemade lemon jasmine kombucha because duh!
Claire Willett (@clairewillett.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
how dare they imply that Starfleet (ONE WORD NOT TWO) has its headquarters in San Francisco because in the 21st century it was the capital of AI Starfleet has its headquarters in San Francisco because space is gay everybody knows that
Stephie (@pikablu.bsky.social) reposted
Crunchyroll revoked their Library Outreach Program which allowed public libraries to access their streaming library for free, destroying anime clubs across the country.
LGBTANIMES+ (@prideanimes.bsky.social) reposted
🚨🚨 Anya estampa o mais novo visual da terceira temporada de "SPY X FAMILY". O anime estreia dia 03 de outubro, com produção dos estúdios CloverWorks e WIT Studio.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
Genuinely love how Southeast Asians are sending mutual aid to their comrades in Indonesia, but at the same time I can't help but wish that we just had governments that aren't corrupt and authoritarian and increasingly right wing. #SEAblings solidarity is great but less oppression is better, y'know?
Colmery (@squeezchz.bsky.social) reposted
“I’m fiscally conservative” is a safe way for people to say,”I’m okay with some people being considered expendable.”
Dane 🔜 DragonCon Comic and Pop Artist Alley A11 (@monkeyminion.com) reposted
I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org
Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson.bsky.social) reposted
Look at that beautiful blue sky! ⏰☠️ Wake Up Dead Man, the new Benoit Blanc mystery. Thanksgiving in theaters, 12/12 on Netflix. More to come very soon…
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
Still holding out hope for new full seasons somehow, even if I know that's probably delusional.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
For most of the earlier episodes, it wasn't so bad, but the cursed meme quality started being a little hard to ignore around the New Year episode. The opening looks amazing, which just makes the less pretty bits more obvious.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
The pacing was also a little off, and I missed how much of the court action we saw in previous seasons. The voice acting was great as always, and the music in it is probably my favourite of all the seasons, and I genuinely like how more people got tiny bits of the spotlight.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
Watching S4 of Haikyuu!! and no matter how hard I try to ignore it, and despite knowing about the production issues it had, I still struggle through watching some of the episodes because it's so subpar after S1-3 (especially S3). I'm fine with the new art style, but the quality is frustrating.
Karen Geier (@karengeier.com) reposted
I'm back baby. I got suspended for 24 hours for telling the New York Times, an account that is not a person, to "jump up their own ass and die"
leon (@leyawn.bsky.social) reposted
i met anubis in the realm of the underworld, big strong guy by the way, had a dog’s head, i’m not so sure about that. and he said to me, mr president, you’ve got the heaviest soul we’ve ever weighed down here. can you believe it? they’ve never seen a soul that heavy in all of duat
Elin Winkler (@doronjosama.bsky.social) reposted
Bigelow is just a baby, Feb2025. #catscatscats #bigelow #biggie #tabbycat #standardissuecat #rescuecats #adoptdontshop #dailycats #pleaseenjoyacatinthesetryingtimes #catmomlife #february2025
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
Or ykw, give me a trombone and a kick drum and I will do it!!! I don't remember that many songs but I'm very sure I can still play Anchors Aweigh, Spartans of Tomorrow, and Hava Nagila.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
I would much prefer it if Those Guys™ would bust out an out of tune saxophone and play Careless Whisper than take 10 minutes to just give their opinion which is never as novel or clever as they think it is. Or maybe forums should hire a saxaphonist to play him off like at awards shows.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
This! I don't have to like what other people like, but I shouldn't view enthusiasm as something bad (unless it gets toxic obvs). Being "cringe" now makes me happy.
just a little chacha 🏳️⚧️ 🐈 (@justalittlechacha.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
i once called something cringe on a discord and someone was like “i love cringe, it shows they really like it” and i realized i called things cringe when ppl were real about what they loved and i was jealous of their confidence and courage to share their excitement with the community/fanbase
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
Yo why is my cringe meme post blowing up again (not that I mind, I love how we can all relate to and embrace The Cringe™, it's just always surprising when it blows up)
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
I hope one day this will be you bsky.app/profile/rinw...
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
Grab is pretty terrible because it's a monopoly that exploits its gig workers, but even the resistance can use tools of an oppressor. Absolutely love seeing how other Southeast Asians are using Grab to send food and drinks to the protestors in Jakarta. Always show solidarity in a class struggle!
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
Here you go! Reddit from 2016 www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQu... Vlogging from 2018 slate.com/technology/2... Dudes filming themselves in cars www.mic.com/p/why-do-so-... Reddit again, but specifically about women (and more recent) www.reddit.com/r/answers/co...
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
I also thought it was interesting that the people who bought more than one item mostly paired Osamu with Suna instead of Atsumu! No one bought a Hoshiumi :(
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
There's this girl who usually organises group buys of merch, and when the merch arrives, she puts all the buyers in a group chat and lists down who bought what. There was a Haikyuu one recently so I got curious to see which character was most popular based on the number of buyers. It was Osamu.
Milk Tea Alliance Calendar (@mtacalendar.bsky.social) reposted
New week begins #MilkTeaAlliance & here is the events🧵 We have watched our friends in Indonesia rise up in against the gov't corruption & brutality, to be met with more violence by the state. Peoples demands in 3rd pic Can donate to medical & legal assistance here: kitabisa.com/campaign/unt... 1/
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
Not scholarly, but I was surprised to find a Reddit post asking this question 9 years ago! Also found an article from 2018 about vloggers filming in their car, and another from 2020 that specifically said that it's mostly dudes who do it. I can share the links if you'd like.
Rahul Kohli (@rahulkohli13.bsky.social) reposted
Happy International Cosplay Day! ❤️
Keubiko 🇨🇦🇺🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦💪 (@keubiko.bsky.social) reposted
So hell does exist.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
Me to people but honestly mostly to myself
Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) (@nora.zone) reposted
there's one guy out there who actually does want to fuck watto and this is the best day of their life
Dom ★ comms open (@domxto.bsky.social) reposted
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
I haven't seen a lot here about what's going on in Indonesia, but this is a comprehensive thread. This is state violence.
Micah (@rincewind.run) reposted
I have now seen kpop demon hunters and my main takeaway is: more derpy demon tiger, please
寧 Shanice ⬩ Brainrotting 😔💖 (@shanicetjn.bsky.social) reposted
More doodles because I was waiting for my friends ✨ #MiscArt | #KPopDemonHunters | #SajaBoys | #Baby | #Mystery | #Romance | #Abby | #fanart
Robin 🍊| @ comms (@tricodeku.bsky.social) reposted
tsukihina is living their best life 🌙☀️
jay 🍂 (@akinorikonoha.bsky.social) reposted
HAPPY WASHIO DAY TO THOSE WHO CELEBRATE
Cedre 🍃 Available for work (@cedre.bsky.social) reposted
Translation: "To create the next Balatro, we need to foster an environment that allows failure"
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
Every time I see MoE (Ministry of Education) I pronounce it as that word.
darth™️ (@darthbluesky.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
there was never a time when virulent anti-trans posters were tolerated here
darth™️ (@darthbluesky.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
“there was a time when…” i will tell u what there was never “a time when” here there was never a time when nazis and racists dominated the timelines
Milk Tea Alliance Calendar (@mtacalendar.bsky.social) reposted
We along with #MilkTeaAlliance Friends of Myanmar issue this statement on the Brutality of Policing in Indonesia. The death of a protester in unacceptable, the 600 arrested should be freed & the people allowed to protest! In Love, Rage, Sorrow & Solidarity text: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
I was so upset to find out that he died. To be killed in such a cruel way just for wanting the most basic thing—a fair chance at dignified living.
Erin Cook (@erincook.bsky.social) reposted
The 'let them eat cake' of it all is really something. A young man doing a very, very hard job protesting to stop parliamentarians dining out on his and his community's taxes and was killed for it. You almost can't think about it; it's too raw.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
Update: she has mildly inflamed gums, which was exactly what I expected. It wasn't her usual doctor today because her usual doc was attending to a rather rambunctious poodle in a diaper, so when she had her claws clipped she got a bit spicy (she's usually very sweet at the vet)
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
Of course the day I have to get her into the pet carrier is the one day this week she decides she doesn't want to sleep in it for most of the afternoon
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
They say pets end up being a bit like their humans and unfortunately for Skittles, I have SAD and am also a picky eater and very "I want affection but ON MY TERMS ONLY *angry sounds* oh but why does the human not give me pets, do they not love me 😢😢😢"
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
She doesn't seem like she's in pain, based on the feline pain chart, and she does eat but only when she realises I'm not switching her food out to churu or something. The weather has been gloomy and she does tend to get moody with it, but she's old-ish so I'm being cautious.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
Sending the cat to the vet today because she's been a bit off her food and is moody. Everything else is fine, I'm just sending her to get checked today because it's a long holiday weekend here and if I have to go to the emergency vet it's $$$ and the vets there seem kinda assholey.
Garrett Martin (@garrettmartin.bsky.social) reposted
how will we move our breakables when the newspapers are all gone
Tequila Mockingbird (@xanindigo.bsky.social) reposted
if your industry can be put at risk by paying people what they’re worth, then your industry deserves to die
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe the bad makeup on the back of his hand was just really strong sunblock, guys. Maybe he's getting sunblock IV'd into his veins or something.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
Ooooh I see, he needs an invitation like a vampire does.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
I saw somewhere that—as of the Minneapolis school shooting—there had been 268 mass shootings in the US this year. That's more than one a day. That headline that The Onion used to bring it each time one happened is just too apt now to be even darkly funny.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
This brought back uncomfortable memories of how my then-classmate related so much to the shooters that she wrote a poem dedicated to them in our school magazine. We're not even American.
Max Kennerly (@maxkennerly.bsky.social) reposted
Ah, yes, for all you young people: there was a relentless effort to manufacture a consensus that Columbine was caused by Goth culture, industrial music, and videogames. The neo-Nazism was buried, and anyone who pointed to easy access to guns was denounced as a liberty-hating tyrant.
Punish the Villains (@internethippo.bsky.social) reposted
They have us living in places called Apartment rather than Togetherment, open your eyes
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
Kinda dark to realise that all the things that I'm sure my parents were worried could've happened to me as a kid—being kidnapped, assaulted, run over, injured while handling knives and heat in the kitchen, etc.—at least they never had to worry that a machine was actively encouraging my desire to die
Chuck Wendig (@chuckwendig.bsky.social) reposted
JFC, this keeps happening. So many schools and parents freak out about kids on social media, but then shuttle them toward a sociopathic yes-man robot who helps them design their own suicides.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
I used to write fic with Japanese characters celebrating Christmas like regular Christmas! I usually give a pass if the author is clearly on the younger side, but if they're at least uni-aged I'm a lot more critical (probably unfairly so sometimes tbh)
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
Anyway, in typical "Rin has AuDHD" fashion, this went from subs to fanfic BUT the key takeaway is cultural hegemony is a crucial part of capitalism and we all suffer from shitty quality things because of it. Also, if you love a piece of media so much you'd make fanwork, please do more research kthx
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
But sometimes the tells are a little less obvious, like referencing things that are common news or history points in America like the sub-prime mortgage crisis instead of something more appropriate to a Japanese context (again, this only matters if the characters are Japanese in Japan).
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
—obviously Japanese making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich as a regular after-school snack, or having a Japanese mother offer tea to her kids who are complaining about the summer heat and the tea is SWEET TEA!!!!!! (I get disproportionately mad about this, sorry, it just takes me out)
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
I feel like the over-localisation of English subs to be more familiar to Americans is so typical of the cultural hegemony, and I can almost tell when a fic or fanart is made by someone who exclusively watches in English dub. Sometimes the tells are obvious, like depicting a character that is—
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
—so school years in high school would be first, second and third instead of freshman or whatever (not everyone knows what a fucking "sophomore" is!!!!!!!!!! And using junior and senior to both indicate the second and third year AND as translations for kouhai and senpai is just confusing).
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
Meanwhile even back in the relatively dark ages of fansubs you had colour-coded subs, subs on different parts of the screen, subs for song lyrics, thought bubbles, shop signs/posters, and cultural context. Because of all this, most subs wouldn't be so Americanised—
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
Formatting was another, although I'm noticing some streaming companies are now better about it. When I was doing subs, we were limited to two lines at the bottom on the screen, a very low character limit per line, no scroll, and single colour, even if multiple people were talking at the same time.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
—of stuff for streaming companies before, and the rules about length, using full words and proper language (even if the conversation used slang), no swearing, no "obscure" cultural references even if it was relevant to the plot... it really wasn't conducive to producing good subs.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
As someone who had learn to sail the high seas as a young 'un to get to watch ANY anime that wasn't Naruto or Bleach with subs and not dubbed in a language I don't even speak in daily life, fansubs will always be better than official. There are loads of reasons for this. I did "official" subs—
ScrapKingKeita (@scrapkingkeita.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
There was an anime that I can't remember the exact name of, that did so poorly that it got cancelled early and the final episode explicitly was thanking overseas piracy for preserving the show and having a bigger interest than Japanese message boards did
ScrapKingKeita (@scrapkingkeita.bsky.social) reposted
Crunchyroll started as a piracy website that would steal the work of fansub groups and lock it behind paywalls, which caused Fansub groups to literally encode messages during the "Brought to you in part by these sponsors" segments, warning viewers that if you paid for the subs, you got scammed
うみねこ博物堂 (@umineko22.bsky.social) reposted
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武政 諒 Ryo Takemasa (@ryotakemasa.bsky.social) reposted
Cabbage (2023) Art Print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...
ABYƧS (@abyss-sounds.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
hey i have a meme for this
Moa (@moa810.bsky.social) reposted
I got the new limited Holbein watercolor, “Carrot Orange”. What I should sketch and paint this week is super duper obvious.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
Idk folks, if the financial viability of an entire industry hinges on the undeserved benevolence of people who had their life's work stolen to power it, then the industry deserves to be ruined.
うさ (@usa2ji.bsky.social) reposted
ナガイネコチャン🐈⬛🐈
Nep (@yaoi.pink) reposted
I was playing the bad suicide squad game with friends but Deadshot just disappeared from my end for a whole hour including in cutscenes and it made every scene feel like there was a malevolent ghost haunting the cast
Moa (@moa810.bsky.social) reposted
🖤色相環チャレンジ、次はブラック! 黒いキャラクターのリクエストをこちらのフォームで受付中です。匿名仕様、複数送信OK。 🐦⬛The next color is BLACK! Give me black characters via the form below. You can send multiple requests. 🔗 forms.gle/mmnsjZUugpax...
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
Yay! I'm re-watching S3 too, I know Ushijima is supposed to be this massive scary top tier high school athlete but honestly he's just funny because he's so blunt.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
(sorry for quoting instead of replying @gusufan.bsky.social I didn't want to risk wrecking the flow of your thread) He's just like us fr
em (@gusufan.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
How??
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
Me, trying to get back into reading: Let's start with something short and simple! Also me: *buys Katabasis*
Dia Lacina (@dialacina.com) reposted
SAUCE IS NOT GIRLFRIEND
Colin Dickey (@colindickey.com) reposted
When someone started tampering with Tylenol bottles in 1982 the company recalled $100 million worth of bottles immediately even though they clearly weren't at fault
Paris Marx (@parismarx.com) reposted
“Any hint of looking at the broader system rather than individual responsibility is excised from this paper. That is clearly an intentional choice: if Google disclosed the system impacts of generation, it would probably look way worse.” @ketanjoshi.co on what’s obscured in Google’s AI climate data.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
The way Iwaizumi stepped over the back of the seat instead of walking past Oikawa and the way they're both very conspicuously keeping their hands to themselves
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
Normally I would just repost this because it doesn't need a comment from me, but I'm putting it behind a quote-post just to add a content warning for descriptions of self harm.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you for this. I initially thought the article referenced was the op-ed about Sophie Rottenberg, who had used a ChatGPT AI therapist. Neither should have happened.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
I must have watched this at least 5 times before I noticed the one-seat gap Iwaizumi and Oikawa deliberately left between them, and even then it took a guy friend to point it out (he said it's like when guy's don't use the urinal immediately next to someone when they're in a public toilet).
은민 (@em913em.bsky.social) reposted
세계 개의 날🐶 공 가져왔어요!
lucky salt ∴ (@satansalt.bsky.social) reposted
meet ham, depresso omi handler extraordinaire 😸🖤 based on the lovely fic by @trivialsacrifice.bsky.social 4/9
A bucetona do Bolsonaro (Bolsonaro's moose knuckle) (@cyberstalin.bsky.social) reposted
i wonder if we can ever truly talk about childrens safety and sexualization without ending up in this hellscape
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
It's kinda corny but I really do like the whole "worthless pride" insult because of how Oikawa later referred to it when they met post-timeskip, and I also like what Oikawa said about how a murder of crows working together could take down a single big white eagle. Drama King Oikawa is peak.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
—but he would likely not have had to challenge himself as much as he did at Seijoh where he has to set to players with very different playstyles, which resulted in him being a better player overall (also he wouldn't have had Iwaizumi to keep him in check if he went overboard).
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
Oikawa's confrontation with Ushijima is really good, because like most of the arguments and exchanges of barbs in the show, both sides are right. Oikawa would have a better chance at high school nationals with a team that did it three in a row (presumably twice with Ushijima)—
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
Anyway, the end of Haikyuu!! S2 is always so good no matter how many times I've watched it. Iwaizumi and Kindaichi crying and not a single person telling them to man up is nice (to be fair I don't think anyone says that when anyone else cries either).
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social)
I care so much less about typos on here, how freeing lol
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
Classism is a major thing in Malaysia and people are often say the most cruel things about poor people so casually, because they view poverty as a moral failing. The reality is any one of us can be poor—all it takes is one unfortunate circumstance.
Rin (they/them) (@rinwrites.bsky.social) reply parent
Some housing areas have playgrounds and parks but they're fenced up and only accessible to the people who live in those areas. I remember seeing a photo of a park in a housing area, literally right behind some low-cost flats, but the people from the flats can't go to them.