Ray "Claire" Marina @raymarina@mstdn.jp

Yes, I work night shifts, that's why I'm up daily from 4 PM to 8 AM. People who work night shift are the reason you can get Back-in-the-Jox, rent a hotel room, or go to seleven even at 2 in the morning.

Any other shitty questions about my daily routine or work schedule?

White people who ask me about 🇵🇭 culture will never not make me feel awkward and uncomfortable

I've lived in the US my entire life. I only ever go "home" for 2-3 weeks at a time, every few years. Anyone can say "Duterte is bad" or "300 years of Spanish colonialism was a mistake" but as for the intricacies of PH pol and culture, ask someone who *actually lives there*

Wikis when people of color do bad things: "X did this, which is horrible."
Wikis when white people do bad things: "X did this. sOmE PeOpLe think this is horrible."

I don’t need your pity, daytime people. All I need is basic respect and decency, and gratitude for all the times you got a McFlurry, booze, or a hotel room at 1 AM or whatever.

You know how white and white-adjacent people look at rhythm game players and go "leet Asian god plays wacky Japanese arcade game that I'll never be good at?"

Becoming one of those "leet Asian gamer gods" has been my goal all along so I can weed out ignorant folks from my life

Yes, I work night shifts, that's why I'm up daily from 4 PM to 8 AM. People who work night shift are the reason you can get Back-in-the-Jox, rent a hotel room, or go to seleven even at 2 in the morning.

Any other shitty questions about my daily routine or work schedule?

We can talk about the othering of Asians without minimizing anti-black racism. We can criticize Asian cultures' treatment of black folks without minimizing anti-Asian racism.

totatoes and pomatoes

White people like to say "should've obeyed the law" in response to anti-black police violence, but go 90 mph in a 65 zone and think wearing a cloth mask to target is totalitarianism

Would like to play: Imperial NEO
Would like to play just to make ignorant white gamers mad: The Slot

Gradius tier list in honor of Gradius Day (I'm too lazy to use TierMaker)
Only games I've played a fair bit of included
S: Gaiden
A: ReBirth
B: I AC, V, Salamander 2, II FC
C: II AC, IV, LF JP-AC, Sala/LF FC, III SNES, TIA
D: Sala JP-AC / LF US-AC, I NES
Probably developed by a cop: III AC

Honorable mentions: Nemesis 2 MSX, Nem 3 MSX, Sala MSX, Nem '90, Solar Assault
(haven't played much, but find them interesting)

Learn to respect and learn about other cultures of color for a change, you Spain-brainwashed shitheads

Shut up, fellow Filipina. This is just another reason I'm ashamed of my ethnicity and of my people. Because we are okay with and enable the racism of white bastards if it doesn't affect us. If us Asians can't respect black folks and take the time to learn about their experiences in a white-dominated society, we don't deserve support when we get blamed for coronavirus.

Yesterday, while my mother was watching the news of George Floyd's death, she had the fucking gall to say that black people complain and protest too much, that it's not just black people who suffer racism.

if we're in a voice chat or hanging out in person (pending a certain global event ending), and you start talking about music that's made by ｂａｎｄｓ, know that my brain has already exited the conversation and going full on irrelevant daydreams

Which is why I usually instead bring my old iPhone earbuds with the Lightning-to-3.5mm micro-DAC, the length is just right for most purposes but also I can disconnect the DAC and go use my earbuds for other devices. like whatever game system I decided to bring today (yes I still bring my 3DS with me in 2020 sometimes, Etrian Odyssey is not on Switch yet).

Wondering if the Lightning port stock earbuds that come with post-6S iPhones was designed with under-clothing wearing in mind, because the cable is rather uncomfortably long if I wear it over my clothes.

Some of you out there saying "spiders are not bad!!"

ok but explain this to one of my best friends who is very arachnophobic

Just because it's a natural thing doesn't mean it invalidates people's phobia of it

For example, fungi, including mushrooms, are essential to many ecosystems. I get that. But that doesn't mean my severe mycophobia will go the fuck away.

most people: it's too hot today...
me, someone whose skin literally gets better in hot weather: bring it