Fallout Fandom Grab Your Geiger Counters

my friend gave me this funny meme, but it had knight AI art, so I replaced it with art from the public domain instead. It removed the smug tone of a toxic straight male Instagram user in the process but I consider this to be the better version

A Maiden Embraced by a Knight in Armor by Sir George Hayter

praying no one else has done this yet

Etheirys's Worst Crafter Crumples Under Modest Challenge, Flees To Moon To Hide Shame (Thousands Of People Are On The Moon To Witness Aforementioned Shame) (The Thousands Of People On The Moon Not Pictured Due To Privacy Laws) (Moon Privacy Laws Yes They Have Those Now)

is there a term for "miserable misanthropic loser with a comfortable life that grossly exaggerates society's role in their self-fulfilling prophecy of being a miserable misanthropic loser" because I notice this archetype of person always hijacks labels like "NEET" and "incel" (the latter of which was originally coined by a bisexual woman in good faith)

which of course never accurately describes them or their lifestyle because their problem is just that they're so angry and self absorbed they can't even realize that 90% of it is just them. and then they always try to gatekeep these labels from people who aren't as angry and miserable as them despite having similar (or the exact same, or even worse) problems because then that means it's actually possible for them to realistically improve themselves and it's not all society's fault that they're the way they are

I think it sucks that these people always take over such communities and labels because they can be useful and they could be good communities to encourage people to get better but these fellas always want to turn it into a misery circlejerk where they pretend that willingly not going outside and being unable to relate to healthier people is the worst thing ever, they're such based loners, and no one else knows true suffering

I have sympathy towards people who have been screwed over in life and are struggling mentally but it's really obvious that a lot of these people are actually the architects of their own misery. They're just in denial of it, but instead of trying to work on it, they lash out at everyone else

so i've got family in nyc and i visit every so often and i like to just wander around the city. so i go to FAO Schwarz the big toy store just to look around right when the new star wars movie was coming out (i don't remember which one but one of the new sequel ones that wasn't rogue one) and just as you would expect, there are a million star wars toys but my eye catches on one particular set of shelves where they have these little dolls

and there are a few general huxes and a few reys and a few finns but then there's a shelf and a half of LOBOT (seen above).

Now, if you didn't grow up with an unhealthy obsession of original trilogy star wars lore between the ages of 12-14 you might not understand who this figure is. he is this guy

and gets flashed once on screen with this shot as a kind of jumpscare which I think was kind of mean to the actor that they just used his face with a head massager as a jumpscare. anyway, i'm getting carried away, but the point is he only shows up in the background of a few moments in the movie after that. in the credits he is even listed as "lando's aide" and he acquired the name lobot because he ended up having no lines in the movie and people suggested that he was lobotomized and his brain was replaced with those metal things seen above. anyway, the fandom went wild with it and came up with all kinds of stories but none of this explains why, in one of the most famous toy stores in the usa, in the middle of a star wars craze, i found nearly 200 lobot dolls on racks and only a handful of other star wars characters. i tried explaining how weird this is to my partners and family members and friends and everyone just looks at me with this blank robotic stare.

now, i just occasionally spend a moment or two every day thinking about whoever it was that decided to overproduce an insane quantity of lobot toys and what they're up to these days

you're stuck in a box with no holes for air

this is how it feels to try to get a job in 2024

it's always sunny in new vegas

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[image ID: 4 images, fallout new vegas redraws of episode stills from the tv series "it's always sunny in philadelphia". all dialogue is in the form of captions typical of tv shows, with a white font on a black subtitle box.

eli, lelelego's courier, and rose of sharon cassidy (cass) are standing in a dirty public bathroom. cass is lighting a very short cigarette. eli is standing a few paces away, looking weirded out. cass says "so, uh, you're gay, huh?

cass, standing in front of a cubicle. she's still lighting the cigarette. she asks, "for pay or for free?"

eli, looking to the side like he's confused by the question, says "uh, for free, I guess."

cass, now putting the cigarette to her mouth, smiles and says, "chump." /end ID]

also, the pics were from alwaysshoutyinphiladelphia :>

from my super secret ms paint gallery