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When I tell that I LOVE solarpunk

Oh, I remember this, the edit was done by youtuber Waffle to the left.

They didn't just cut out the parts with the oat milk, they skillfully edited over all the god-damn branding and replaced the audio.

But what I still find most hilarious about this whole commercial is the fact that everything they show in this solar punk world seems to be made with sustainable, zero waste and reusable materials.

Everything EXCEPT THE FUCKING CHOBANI BRANDED STUFF! The only plastic you see in this whole commercial is all the straight to the landfill packaging made by the very corporation that tries to sell how sustainable and "green" they are. Unintentional self satire at its finest.

They couldn't even show their yogurt and milk in (basically infinitely reusable) glass containers because they pretty much only sell their shit in plastic

It is such a perfect example of the true face of "green" capitalism, it's hilarious.

The punk in this solarpunk comes from cutting the corporation out of the picture

ALSO

Another really interesting thing about this edit is that they changed the label on the side of the apple-picking machine.

From "donations" to "commons". It's a subtle change, but it makes a huge difference in the world-building of the video. The former implies that this big orchard belongs to an owner and that they're donating the fruits to "the less fortunate" (and, by extension, that poverty is still a thing); the latter implies that the orchard belongs to everyone and that the fruits are free to take in the spirit of solidarity.

Waffle To The Left brought out the potential in this gorgeous video and made it an actual solarpunk utopia — without brands and without corporate pandering, complete with true common ownership over land and resources.

Desktop is a magical Place you can visit, but cannot live at Desktop, you must leave Desktop from time to time. You cannot take Desktop with you to bed or work or school. Desktop has a Place, has a home, and Desktop knows its Place.

Tablet and smartphone are malicious, hungry ghosts that haunt your every waking moment. They have no place, no home, they wander the earth Searching, Craving your time and attention, a bottomless void hell bent on devouring your soul because they have none of their own.

So I was thinking about unicorns a lot a while back and now I've got at least 4 subspecies inhabiting the headworld and now you're going to get to learn about them!

Most common and what most centaurs think of when you say unicorn is the above, the Common or Dwarf unicorn! They were made almost entirely from goats and they remain essentially goats with a single horn, usually fairly straight and curving backwards, but there are many different varieties as they are treasured as fine pets and decent livestock, kept for their company, milk, and meat just like goats. Thankfully their attitudes are closer to mini horses than goats, adding to their favor as pets, but they're still quite mischievous as opposed to their more capricious goat cousins.

Next most common, but still fairly rare, is the "True" unicorn! These ethereal beasts are known bastards! Long, fine boned, strong and tough as nails despite their delicate looks these war mounts are visually the closest to a traditional unicorn other than the sparse mane and tail - thought to be owed to the clear base of the breed being Akhal Teke horses. Unfortunately their attitudes do not match their beauty as they are through and through war horses. Used almost exclusively in the eastern kingdom as nobles and knights mounts in their neverending skirmish wars these beasts bond to exactly ONE person at a time and everyone else is liable to be bitten at best, run through with that horn at worst. An absolute nightmare to stablehands throughout their range, they are finicky and aggressive to horses and humans alike making them difficult to keep. They are shockingly intelligent and KNOW how to use that horn to its greatest effect, leading to the nickname of 'Fencers' Even in their native range they're not super common due to the aformentioned difficulties in keeping them and the fact that they frequently prefer to fight one another than breed.

Most rare and least understood is the 'Heraldic' unicorn, these stately but wild creatures are as beloved as they are dangerous. They tend to just appear out of the wilds to those they choose as riders, and are well known for their loyalty and gentle dispositions in times of peace and as deadly war mounts in battle, leading to an enormous amount of legends around them. They are the mounts of kings and explorers, nobles and common adventurers, most who wind up with one of these creatures live extraordinary lives. They also require a significant amount of protein in their diets, and if it is not provided they will acquire it.

Last, and also kind of least is the 'Wild' unicorns. These are clearly the remnants of some rogue genetics that pops up in primarily wild horse herds for some reason. They are just horses that grow a horn, usually of a roughly spiraling nature. It is fairly fragile, and so not very useful but they're still favored as a novelty mount to many and often passed off as one of their more unique cousins to the uninformed. Because of the edge the horn gives them in herd dynamics, if a wild unicorn makes it to adulthood with the horn intact, this can often form pocket herds of unicorns as the gene briefly proliferates- but it never seems to last more than a few generations.

they probably cant love me back in a human or even mammalian sense, but my goldfish with their smooth pea-sized brain have learned to trust that i will make them better when they are sick. i feel like crying about this often

Maybe Princess the tarantula never had anything resembling what we as humans know as emotions, but she still came out of her burrow and up to the glass when we’d talk to her and used to stare at the drawing I’d tape to her terrarium. Maybe she couldn’t even comprehend what we were, but she knew we were there to take care of her. And even if she never showed that sort of curiosity or trust we’d still love her.

Idk if Munchie the praying mantis felt love for me, but I do know he trusted me enough to climb onto my hand when offered and was comfortable with allowing me to carry him places despite me being absolutely massive in comparison to him. So that's close enough in my book.

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