i will write more about it. but better.

So now we're talking about fair pay and residuals for actors and writers can we start talking about fairer pay and streaming residuals for musicians. Particularly smaller musicians who are locked in unfair contracts and have no control over the licencing and usage of their music. And session artists who work for one day and receive no residuals, no matter how much revenue the music they created generates. And local "booking agents" who capitalise on the market while giving their artists almost none of the money from their ticket sales.

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Hey yeah in the midst of all the hype and the strikes, can we PLEASE fucking talk about this

I've said it before and I've said it again, fuck Nolan. This is the same man that forced his movie to release in theaters at the height of the pandemic because it was too "important" for streaming

Here's the real problem, it's not just Nolan who does this, it's an industry issue. This probably didn't just happen with Oppenheimer, but probably with Barbie, Mission Impossible, and every movie in between.

Why? Because VFX artists aren't unionized.

As this article states, "Not crediting the VFX crew is actually fairly common practice in Hollywood, and because VFX artists aren’t unionized, there is no recourse for the worker and no penalty for the studio when credits are omitted or misrepresented."

You wanna talk about this? Then let's not just focus on one movie, let's talk about the whole industry.

ai covers make me so uncomfortable dude. like i know hearing characters or creators sing songs is cool cause its like wow youve never heard them do that that sound cool but like man if that was my voice and people did that id be fucking ill. that would make me so anxious that people were using my voice to make whatever they wanted to hear even if it was nothing malicious. ‘wow that sounded so good, x has so much potential if they did this!’ well they didnt. because they didnt want to. and it wouldnt sound like that anyway cause its fucking ai. but you made them do it anyway i guess

jenny holzer's plaques; cast bronze, 1980-1982. "YOU'RE HOME FREE AS SOON AS NO ONE KNOWS WHERE TO FIND YOU."

habe you ever created a character specifically to go through the horrors and then realized that you don't want him to go through the horrors anymore

i changed my mind i want him safe at home before 6 sober and content ready for dinner

saw this on twitter

Why is salt good for exorcism and banishing and all that jazz?

Well you see, way back in the day people knew jack-all about germs and microbes and for all they knew it was evil spirits that got into their food and made it go a-spoil.

They Noticed and Observed that when you soaked food in a Lot of Salt, food stayed good longer. So that meant that the salt was keeping the bad spirits out.

Now, tossing around salt and making salt circles makes for dramatic rituals, sure. But I think we all know that some entities are just powerful bastards and need some extra oomph to get them out of the damn house.

You know what is more potent than salt at killing bacteria and germs?

Bleach.

You know what’s really good for just killing all kinds of stuff very dead?

Medical autoclaves.

Now I understand that not all of you have access to autoclaves, but I understand that a good pressure cooker can also do for sterilization. So therefore, I propose that if you have yourself a haunted doll or something that isn’t reponding to the usual methods, a wash with chlorine might be in order; and if that doesn’t to the job, a visit to the Insta-Pot might teach the bastard who’s boss around here.

(Of course there might not be much of a doll left but it wasn’t like you needed to keep it around, anyway.)

whats that defunct land quote again? every part of the film making process is awful, but not making film is even worse? idk something like that. anywah im being completely normal about art rn ::))

found it

I’m usually pretty flexible about player character backgrounds, but I draw the line at “is secretly Rasputin”. If your character is or has ever been Rasputin, they are not welcome at this table.

@bluebandedagate replied:

is this from experience

I have had a player try to sneak a secret Rasputin into one of my games on three unconnected occasions.

i hit them with the cow ray