I Am Back From The Gym And Ready To Fight Some Demons! Https://www.twitch.tv/therobichaud

Guess who's fucking sick again.

It's me. My immune system fucking hates me.

Sorry, no stream tonight.

Twitch and OBS are both being absolute dicks and I've spent the last hour trying to fix it to no avail.

I'm really sorry everyone

I’ll be going live with Final Fantasy XV at 11:30 EST

Join me for fun and failure

https://www.twitch.tv/therobichaud

Years after it came out, I have finally decided to check out Diablo III. I absolutely love Diablo II and will definitely rank it among my favorite games of all time. So let's hope III can live up to the ridiculously high standard I have set.

Anyone else think Joe Hill might have a problem with women?

I just finished The Fireman, and I've been reading through the short stories in 20th Century Ghosts, and, uh....I don't think he likes women much.

I'm thinking of re-reading Heart Shaped Box next and see if the issue is as prevalent in that as I remember.

Also, I could rant for hours about all the problems I have with The Fireman. I might just do that soon. But thinking about that book too much makes me kind of mad, so I try to keep my mind on other things.

Why do we do this thing where we're like "You wouldn't do this to another marginalized community."

I just saw a video of a bi person going "people act like the only bi woman is white and middle class, but they don't do that with lesbians or gay men." I immediately thought "Yes they do, though."

I've seen people say it with "You wouldn't say it about Jews" as a talking point against racism, with examples that I've definitely seen happen to Jewish people. "You wouldn't say this to a Black person" about comments I've seen Black people receive.

"Don't tell me I can heal my invisible disabilities with enough willpower, you wouldn't say that to a wheelchair user!" - they do though.

It's rare that a bigoted mindset doesn't replicate itself across groups. There are specifics for each marginalized group, but if a shitty attitude exists towards one, it most likely exists towards others. If you haven't seen it - it's likely your positioning.

If you want to discuss an issue you experience, you don't have to use another marginalized group as an example of someone who has it better. If you're wrong and they do suffer, you just contributed to erasure.

I have unfortunately lost my voice and I won't be able to stream tonight.

I should be back in full force tomorrow.

If you'd like, leave me a message letting me know what you'd like to see tomorrow.

Diablo III?

Control?

Cyberpunk?

Far Cry?

Left Behind?

Or The Selection (which is one of the worst YA books ever written)?

Can we all please acknowledge that Brittany Murphy was an extremely talented actor with an absolutely impressive range? And that she also had an amazingly kind and sweet personality?

I mean, can you imagine any of the films she was in with someone else in her roles? Clueless, Cherry Falls, 8 Mile, Girl Interrupted, Prophecy 2, Riding in Cars with Boys, Uptown Girls, etc.? Didn't think so. She made those roles. Those movies would have been made so much less by her absence. Even when she was given roles that had no depth or nuance, she gave it depth and nuance through her performance.

While we're at it, let's also acknowledge how horribly she was treated by the media. Like, tabloids just made up stories about her being an addict, having an eating disorder, being difficult on set. None of that was true. But she was constantly hounded about it and it was devastating for her mental and physical health. All of these lies became the common perception of her. People just accepted it all as truth.

She was an all-around wonderful person and artist. But she was destroyed by assholes deciding that she was an easy target. Even when she died, these vultures made up shit about how she OD'ed (she didn't) or died of an ED (she didn't). They couldn't even let her rest in peace.

I keep hoping that someday we'll stop letting media outlets do this to women, but I keep getting shown that there is no end to it. As long as people are getting "tea" they'll keep letting women, and even young girls, get victimized and traumatized.

“Don’t kill yourself you have to outlive panic! at the disco” is old. It’s tired. P!ATD literally broke up this morning. “Don’t kill yourself you have to outlive MCR again” is new. Fresh. They’re definitely vampires but you can give it your best shot