emrys (& co)

at least the sludge they rebrand is genuinely useful sludge.

I was looking for a very specific kind of adapter and would you look at who makes it.

Collegehumor (now known as Dropout) produced a show called Total Forgiveness in 2019. It's a show about two cast members at Dropout with a staggering combined $150,000 in student debt, who pitch a show to then-CCO Sam Reich where the two challenge each other for increasing sums of money that can be put onto their student debt.

From the setup in the show's first episode my assumption was a show similar to Jackass, with crazy challenges no sane individual would ever consider doing. In Jackass, however, the motivation is one-upsmanship, trying to impress friends with unbelievably dangerous stunts only to have them try to outdo it shortly thereafter.

In Total Forgiveness, the motivation is helping to pay off student debt.

Spoilers under the cut.

^{wow.. not so big aftuh all...}

most of these i discovered on artist alley for the first time, and a few friends and already-known bangers that i happened to see on there mixed in!

• @8bitbirdsong -- awesome stickers!! (and enamel pins and other cool physical stuff with corvids and bunnies and other cool original designs! anyway check it out)
• @belarius -- intense but extremely worthwhile article (journal? research project? well, HE called it an article so, yeah) about gamification here. this is such a cool thing to find on a virtual bulletin board like the artist alley, hell yeah
• @hvb -- their new album "elemental fusion" is an incredible collaborative release with a veritable who's who of instrumentalists from "our" scene, just a joy to listen to. highly recommended
• @nothingdoingcomic (by @horseonvhs) -- i was already reading this but it's very good
• @MukkyWaffle -- y2k vibes immaculate, definitely want to commission her someday...
• @Jackdaw (aka People Need Goals) -- my partner in writing for do you validate podcasts, their work is extremely atmospheric and cool. check out their latest, apppointments, it's a good introduction to their style!
• @dog -- CD-ROM Journal scratches that same itch as Ross's Game Dungeon in that, finding out about these obscure buried treasures from our past is fascinating in itself, further carried by excellent writing. throw it in your RSS reader, you won't regret it! (side note, also watch Ross's Game Dungeon)

EDIT: i made a seperate post for this one but i think adding to the original (which is doing severals) is nicer for this super cool listing, so here it is:

• @asher -- foil bookmarks! these rule so much!
• @Giik -- settlemoon lovely looking lil idle game!