I know calling reps is very nerve racking. You're not sure what's the right thing to say, and tbh having a script thrown at me makes things just as nerve racking. I called today, and I figured I'd write up a transcript of how my call went down. Hopefully it helps demystify the process

Here are Dave and David's full unedited comments for those interested:

it really be like this sometimes

all of you buy and play this NOW i'm not kidding i love this game

You can set pronouns separate from gender and chose what formal wear your mii prefers regardless of gender. Woke is so back.

Osamu Tezuka not only drew porn, he not only drew fetish porn, he drew probelmatic ship fic, he drew human on feral, he drew 1m+ size difference, he drew inanimate tf, he drew body-horror erotica. None of this was secret, either. He straight up made X-rated films under his government name in 1970.

We spent 3-4 decades with people making small games on shoestring budgets in their garages, and over the course of those decades watched those games with their amateur visuals and sound become classics so don't for a second tell me you need an AI because you can't afford to make a game otherwise.

Should the arts be funded: yes Is them not a good excuse to use the steal shit machine made by fascists? Hell no.

i made a song for puppy day :03 made entirely with puppy sounds and a kick drum

Freedom in bloom

Joker All Vouice Lines

someone's deepest sexual fantasy is car loan paperwork everything is a god damn fetish shut the fuuuuuuck up

This episode was great, now it's worse #TheAmazingDigitalCircus #tadc #ytp

i've never liked anyone this much before

Can you?

hh h oly fucking shit that new TADC episode

colored in with care #deltarune #utdr

MGS2 and other games from earlier generations should be part of game art education and learning and not only about only real time and the latest tech. If you can make a hallway interesting with just an electrical box and a handful of pipes and let colour and light work for you then you get it.

There are literally people out there who make bigger advancements in computer graphics than Nvidia just to make their own Overwatch porn.

the AAA videogame industry does not understand what videogames are do not entertain their triteness, go to indie developers and smaller studios and support their works instead as always, this world will never hand you gold on a platter— you must search for it yourself.

the new Nvidia technology that allows players to summon forth a brand new FakeFactory Cinematic mod for any game they want. 🤷‍♂️

i don't want external enhancements on my movies shows and videogames no genAI frame interpolation/super HD bullshit, no bloatware audio drivers, noneofit! i play games and watch TV to have fun, not marvel at the soapopera sludge the underpowered chip in my shitty smartTV retches out with 150ms delay

hey, so, this is wildly irresponsible "reporting" that seems to be for the express purpose of garnering fear clicks from trans women, and idk why nobody's calling this out. This Is Not Happening, Nor Will It Ever Happen. thread.

Spaces for kids have been destroyed or re-worked into stores, adult spaces aren't allowed to be actually "adult" lest we anger the CC companies, and supposedly neutral spaces are full of gambling/porn ads, disinformation, and right-wing pipelines. An internet that is increasingly not for anyone.

He's so cool! (volume warning)

NO NO NO YOU DON’T GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL tell everyone you know www.freetaxusa.com

At this point, I’ve seen the headline of “Pixar execs scrapped gay character from [movie]” as much as I’ve seen “[movie] features Pixar’s first gay character (for two seconds of screen time that we can easily cut for other markets)”

I need y’all to start talking about Disney the same way we talk about other evil corporations. Stop paying for their shit, stop looking to massive corporations for representation and expecting them to do the morally correct thing. Collapse that shitty empire pls

reminding myself of this rant to pull this outta my Extra Doodley folders

Hey. Tell people when they do good job. When you like the stuff they make. When you like the characters they’ve created. The stories they’ve told. Nobody hears it as often as you think bc everyone thinks everyone hears it all the time. Trust. They don’t. Tell. Them.

the future is for trans people

So this is a serious thread I've wanted to make for a while, I've mentioned it before but it concerns RSD (Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria), a very underrecognized condition and my struggles with it. I would really appreciate if you took the time to read cause I really don't want it to be ignored. 🧵

Assuming we think they’re sincere, the rash of tech industrialists announcing their chatbots are conscious is such a blistering indictment of their personality/character. They literally cannot conceive of a person being made up of more than words. They are incapable of understanding humanness.

retweet if youre a proud cartoon gooner that hates every member of bluesky staff equally 🤍

You better wake the fuck up now. If we don't make their lives ABSOLUTELY FUCKING MISERABLE, we're going be the ones who get shafted. And HARD. You best believe that everything about the Internet we know is going to die and everything we know and love with it. I've made my calls today. You need to.

•No more art. •No more expression of one's self. •No more income from your regulars. •No more online publishings •No more community. Just you handing your information over to a large surveillance network who will find you, arrest you, and possibly kill you. This is the thought police they want.

You want this? Make your fucking calls. I don't care how awkward you are. You won't be able to express anything to anyone in a public forum. There will be nothing left for us. Only suffering.

Yes I'm mad as shit. I'm scared too. So if you're scared speak the fuck now.

I didn't want to scare people. I hate that I have to do this but freedom dies in silence, and now now than ever, y'all need to find your outside voices. Y'all need to find that fire inside you. Cause it's we don't, everything will be lost and years of progress will be gone.

This is not a "we can rebuild after this" moment. We are witnessing a live re-enactment of the burning of the library of Alexandria, all because some fascist pricks wanna keep their power and keep you being stupid. Wake up. Now.

Absolutely devastated to have to deliver this news. I have loved working at BuzzFeed so much but I have to stand up for what I believe in. Please DO NOT send hate to anyone! If anything changes regarding this, I will let you know.

🚨KOSA, app store restrictions and ID checks are expected to be reviewed by House Energy and Commerce Committee this week, bringing us that much closer to a censored Internet under the guise of “kids safety"! We have to keep up the pressure against these bills! www.badinternetbills.com

the bad news is that the only real way you find out whether or not you can trust someone is to treat them as if you already trust them and risk getting hurt, because some people will betray that trust. the good news is that if you keep trying, you will find a lot of love and it will be worth it all

I can't be taken, if I give it away.

It’s funny if you call PayPal or visa lines and bring this up asking why they claim “adult illustrations” is against their regulations but betting on the death of kids is totally fine. They don’t have an answer. In fact yall should call them at least once a day with this :)

full body autonomy for everybody forever including the weird stuff & the sex stuff & also kids & also disabled people