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OMM 1: tfw everyone around you's super excited about Pokemon Go and you don't have any room on your phone 8gb phones shouldn't be available for purchase it's not enough, it's never enough maybe if I believe hard enough, some space will free up OMM 2: school supplies is already on display at some stores. This is terrible

OMM 1: I downloaded Spotify the other night on a whim because last.fm lead me to believe that their library might include this one German rapper I've been listening to a lot lately, and they actually do have all him in their library, along with a bunch of other German bands too! And, unlike youtube, none of the artists aren't region blocked in any form and ohmygod this changes everything OMM 2: tfw ur attention span goes on vacation but the rest of u doesnt concentrating on one thing for an extended period of time? People still do that???? How did you get through it without a guide? I had a hard time figuring out where to even start... I think I'm almost done with it, and as a whole, the Water Temple's been a lot more tolerable/enjoyable than Jabu Jabu's Belly. Being forced to use the boomerang ruined any good things I had to say about that one. Meanwhile the Water Temple just seems to be time consuming since, like the Fire Temple, you have to remember where each door leads, and the quickest way to (re)learn the layout is just through trial and error/exploring

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I identify my past 4 (soon-to-be 5) summers by what music I was into at the time 2012 - kpop; 2013 - Awolnation, Bastille, Mika; 2014 - Caravan Palace, EDM, Foster the People; 2015 - Gorillaz, Mystery Skulls, Passion Pit; 2016 is so far just Alligatoah

I missed Pride month--hooray! I started this at the beginning of the month around June 3rd or so, and due to my self-imposed lack of time, I won't be changing the tense the first part was written in since it doesn't affect the overall point. I'll apologize in advance for what will probably be a double post, since I want to post something about the shooting in Orlando in a day or two. I'd tack it onto this one, but because the tone will be so different from the rest of this, it'd be better suited for its own post. It's LGBT+ Pride Month! Again this year Google has a neat little rainbow banner that pops up whenever you search "lgbt", "gay", "lesbian", "bisexual", "transgender", "asexual", "pansexual", and/or "queer" (There's probably more, but those are the only ones I looked up) President Obama proclaimed June as LGBT+ Pride Month this year too. Similarly, Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, raised an rainbow flag on Parliament Hill on the first. Even though gay marriage was legalized in Canada in 2005, this was the first time the LGBT flag had been flown there. Canada's also in the process of trying to extend legal protections to transgender citizens, so this gesture is nicely timed in that sense too. On a related note, The Sims 4 recently got an update that changed some things regarding gender. I don't have The Sims, so this is from what I could gather from a video I watched that briefly went over the update, but body types were changed to masculine and feminine I believe. Sims can now wear any of the clothing and/or hairstyle options in the game and have any voice regardless of whether they have a masculine or feminine body type. When you switch between the two, a little menu pops up so you can be more specific, I think there's three or four questions, but I know of them were "Can this sim get pregnant?" and "Can your sim use the bathroom standing up?" Not only is this a neat feature for transgender and nonbinary Sims players who want to make characters they can relate to, it's convenient for people who might not follow gender stereotypes closely or just so happen to really like one of the clothing options that was previously only available for Sims of a certain gender too. In a similar vein, Tinder is going to be more trans-friendly soon. Not much as been said about what changes will be made exactly, but striving to provide a more pleasant experience for transgender Tinder users who may have already have a negative experience through the app is certainly a good move on Tinder's part. To end the month on a positive note, the Pentagon announced today that the US military would be lifting its ban on transgender service members. The estimated number of transgender people already serving in the armed forces varies between 2,500 - 15,500, so this ban being lifted will immediately affect thousands of service members! Transgender service members will no longer have to stay in the closet about their gender identities out of fear that they could be discharged. "By October, the Department of Defense will craft and distribute a commanders' training handbook, medical protocol and guidance for changing a service member's gender in the Defense Eligibility Enrollment System. That is also the deadline that all the services will be required to provide medically appropriate care and treatment to transgender service members, according to Department of Defense protocols. Current members of the armed forces with a diagnosis from a military physician that gender transition is medically needed will receive that care. However, DoD "policy will require an individual to have completed any medical treatment that their doctor has determined is necessary in connection with their gender transition, and to have been stable in their preferred gender for 18 months, as certified by their doctor, before they can enter the military," according to the Pentagon." (source) It will take about a year for this to go into complete effect everywhere, but this a huge step in the right direction. Also, clerics in Pakistan recently released a religious decree saying that transgender people can get married under Islamic law. This appears to only apply to transgender individuals who have undergone full transitions and don't have "visible signs of both genders". To be honest, I find this really interesting! It's not only a step in the right direction, but this news is coming from a country in/near the Middle East, a region infamous for many things, including it's overwhelmingly negative view of LGBT+ individuals. Though it's not necessarily likely to happen, it'll be interesting to see if/what strides are made over in terms of LGBT+ acceptance in normalization in the coming years. Obviously this doesn't mean public opinion of transgender people in Pakistan has miraculously changed, and transgender people Pakistanis will no longer face any struggles, but a bunch of small strides like this are what could help get the ball rolling over there. Are the younger Catholics (younger as in under 30 or so) over there more accepting of the idea of same sex marriage? Most of my schooling was through Catholic schools, and most of my classmates and young teachers supported it in a legal sense, but, understandably so, not all of them were keen on the idea of gay couples getting married through the Church. Generally speaking, is there a similar mindset there, or do most seem content with gay marriage not being legalized since the issue of where religious rights start/end, and LGBT+ rights start/end is an issue the public doesn't want to address right now? Sounds like we'll just have to wait and see then. If he doesn't ultimately end up pushing for it, hopefully he'll at least bring it up once or twice, so we can see how the citizens and politicians react to the idea of it being legalized. I'm surprised to hear the discrimination sounds fairly commonplace over there. If/When the anti-discrimination laws start getting enforced, I wonder how much backlash there might be.

Alligatoah - Musik ist keine Lösung translated lyrics if anyone's curious bc damn son this song was more serious than I thought it'd be. I think the one line towards the end has an error in it, but it wouldn't change the meaning too much...

That's true. Ad's that automatically play with full sound and everything are by far the worst.

TIL that the letter "r" in German is unnecessarily complicated. Trilling's also apparently a thing in German.

Videos that only have on/off audio buttons, and no adjustable volume I'm looking at you Instagram, Tumblr, and Vine

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mrw: recognizing the Love Live song at the end of that video makes me feel like a weeb :C

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Maybe. Assuming the nothing happens to the EU before then, and that millennials' opinions don't change, considering it was mostly the older population who wanted to leave, in a couple decades I wonder if they would try to rejoin if allowed to. If not England, I'm guessing Scotland will try to rejoin considering the overwhelming majority there wanted to stay, and, if I'm not mistaken, part of the reason they didn't leave the UK a few years ago was so they could stay in the EU. If that is true, I wonder just how much the maps will change since it seems likely that the UK will go through even more big changes in the future. It sounds like Scotland's already reconsidering independence, and a few politicians in Northern Ireland want to see if they and Ireland can reunite, presumably partly so they can also go back to being apart of the EU. Should be an interesting next few years for the UK, and Europe has a whole.

OMM: And the EU now has one less country. (Or, well, 4 less technically) Not sure how to feel about this since I really didn't think "Leave" would win...

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OMM: My parents bought a smart tv not too long after we moved into our new house, and until recently I had no problem with it, but these past two weeks I've accidentally hit the "connect to smart tv" button on my youtube app multiple times, and this time it happened while I was watching this vine and ohhh noo Until today it'd just been music, which I could easily pass off without much explanation, but one of these times it's gonna be something worse and why can't I disable this button If I'm not mistaken, most people get some, if not all, of their wisdom teeth taken out at some point :/ At least how common of a procedure it is means the oral surgeon working on you will probably be pretty experienced though. I know I'll need mine out soon, and while I'm not particularly looking forward to it, I'm only really dreading it because I'm fairly certain I'll puke. I'm just worried I'll wake up with my mouth all swollen before I bite the bullet and go and get them taken out. Hopefully because you had one tooth removed, you won't need that wisdom tooth ever removed, even if the other ones start giving you problems! I'm in the Fire Temple currently. All I have left to do is fight the boss, but I want to see if I can get enough pieces for another heart and get more lon lon milk before doing that. I have no idea what I'm supposed to do once I've beat him though. I'm guessing the water temple's next, but I've heard people talk about an infamous water temple from the Zelda series, whether that was a general statement, or a reference to Ocarina of Time in particular, I don't know, but I'm hesitant to start it because of that. And if it's anything like the Jabu Jabu's belly, I'm gonna be really salty And can do! Just a heads up that I don't finish 95% of the games I start though. I put Skyrim on hold for OoT, and I'm starting to get that itch back for being able to shoot random enemies and then just run away and go exploring for hours, so if I do finish it, it might not be for a while

Probably....? Can't really remember, but one of the books I got for my birthday is a Pulitzer prize winner, so I will have soon! (It's called All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr) ------------ What was the first band you considered yourself a fan of?

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OMM 1: ohhh my god the NieR: Automata trailer makes me feel so many things. On the one hand, it looks like something I'd love, and, assuming the reviews won't be horrible, would buy on release day if I had a ps4. But on the other hand, I'm perfectly content with my ps3 in every single way, and want it to be my main console for another 3 years at the very least. But ohmgody the main enemies are sentient(?) machines and the character models for the protagonists look really nice and the boss they showed-- OMM 2: I got Ocarina of Time for my birthday, and I haven't the slightest clue as to what I'm supposed to be doing half the time, but the music's so pleasant and delightful it's hard to get frustrated at my incompetence and unfamiliarity with how LoZ gameplay's supposed to work. And even though I don't have all the songs yet, Minuet of Forest's probably gonna be my favorite ...why? did something happen? I heard about that. The guy arrested in California has had other run ins with the law here in Indiana, and it sounds like he is/was a ticking a time bomb. Hopefully now that he's in police custody he'll be dealt with properly. Even though we don't know his exact intentions, it's gut-wrenching to think about what could have happened had he not been arrested.

Florence + the Machine - Which Witch

OMM: This is horrific... I've been following the mass shooting in Orlando since about 4am, and for the next few hours, the estimated death count remained at ~20. Went to the store for an hour, and got home around 11:30am only to find out the death count had jumped up to 50, and it's too early to say that number won't go up again. Though there's no confirmed motive yet, at least not as far as I know, the shooting occurred at a gay nightclub, and it's Pride month..... It's so hard to believe that this time last year we were unknowingly days away from same sex marriage getting legalized in the US. I hope everyone who was personally affected by this will be able to recover

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